Baggies Broadcast Extra: How far can Bilkul take West Brom?

Unfortunately, Jonny Drury and Lewis Cox were unable to answer all of your burning questions this week.

However, Jonny has picked out the unanswered ones and put together responses.

Richard Downing - It's nearly a year since Shilen Patel took the club over, in a year we have already seen massive improvements. How far can Bilkul take our club and what can we expect over the next two to three years?

If the first year is anything to go by, for me Bilkul can take Albion far.

It will be a year at the end of the month since then took over at the club, and the biggest difference has been off the pitch. The finances have been improved, they've invested off the field, and improved the pretty bad recruitment that had gone on in the previous years.

On the field, you can argue that improvements haven't massively improved. Albion are pretty much where they were this time last year. But it is all interlinked. Due to what had happened in the previous few years, Albion had a squad that was really only one that could challenge to get into the top six.

I think it will take more time to evolve and change, and then of course there has been a managerial change in there also.

There will continue to be investment in young and upcoming players, which is only a positive thing for me. It will continue to improve off the pitch too.

It is a bold call, but within the next two to three years, I see Bilkul taking Albion back to the Premier League. If they don't, then we still remain in pretty safe hands.

 Tomwba - Any information on what happened with Swift potentially going to Derby? 

We've seen the reports but not had anything confirmed. If it was close, it was a pretty big turnaround on Tony Mowbray's part.

He was waxing lyrical about the impact Swift could make a few weeks ago, but since then his performances haven't hit the mark.

It doesn't surprise me if he was close to an exit, because for me he will be pretty surplus to requirements now with a fully fit Albion squad.

If he did go or was close, the fee would have been interesting given he has just six months on his contract.

But he will go in the summer, I have no doubt about it. Unless he produces something special between now and May, I can't see the club offering him a new deal.

Sunil Patel - How do we translate our decent home form to our away performances where we have been a bit lacklustre? Do we need a different team for home and a different one for away? Will our home form be likely enough to get us over the line for the play-offs? 

I think we need to translate one display to the next, regardless of where it is at. The inconsistency is the main problem for me at the moment. 

But you are correct, the away form isn't near the home form and that needs to improve.

Home form alone for me won't be enough, it has to improve away from home for Albion. Even if they won all their home games, that only gets you to 68 points. It may not be enough.

Away from home, if I was Albion and Mowbray I'd consider playing on the counter. There are games where they will have more of the ball, but I think this side has the potential to be rapid on the break.

The defensive foundation is already there to be used. On the break, with the likes of the wide players and Armstrong who are frighteningly quick, they could hurt sides.