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    Football - Morrison: Clarke has proved himself

    West Brom midfielder James Morrison has hailed the impact made by head coach Steve Clarke in successfully filling Roy Hodgson's role after he left the Hawthorns to take charge of England.

    Clarke faced his first senior role in management with Albion after being number two at Newcastle, Chelsea, West Ham and Liverpool.

    The Scot had a hard act to follow in Hodgson, who guided Albion to a top-10 finish in the Barclays Premier League last season.

    But Morrison believes he has proved already to be up to the task, with Albion lying in seventh spot after a 2-1 home win over Swansea.

    Morrison, Albion's official man of the match against the Swans, said: "Look where we are. The gaffer has done fantastic.

    "Roy did a fantastic job here but Steve came in, made some good signings, and also had a good group of players.

    "Everyone who steps on that pitch gives 100% and that has been the key of this season. At the start of pre-season he said he wasn't going to change much because it didn't need changing.

    "He tinkered a little bit, but that was about passing the ball a bit more and getting up the pitch a bit more. It seemed to work."

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