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Miller: time... to shine

It was a bit hectic to be fair. Kevin Phillips was doing some break dancing on the floor! It was very funny.

Ishmael Miller
Quotes of the week

West Bromwich Albion duo Ishmael Miller and Chris Brunt were still on a high when they dropped into the Soccer AM studio on Saturday, after sealing promotion to the Premier League.

Tony Mowbray's side became Championship Champions last week and the players revealed they celebrated in style, after the last game of the season against QPR.

"The Chairman put on a little party at the hotel for all the boys and their girlfriend's and partners", said Brunt. "Everybody went back there after game and we had a good night, it was a great day."

Now with all the players' wives and girlfriends also at this party you would assume that it probably would have been a pretty low-key affair, not so, according to Miller.

"It was a bit hectic to be fair!" said Miller. "Kevin Phillips was doing some break dancing on the floor! It was very funny."

Unfortunately for us no one managed to get their phones out in time to film the striker in action, but Soccer AM never misses an opportunity to dig out some great archive footage for our guests and we couldn't resist showing them West Brom manager Tony Mowbray's impression of a car!

Unbelievably neither player had ever seen this before, and if you haven't either just click on the video on the right because it is truly hysterical!

"Oh my god!" exclaimed Miller after watching the video. "He's a funny guy. He's got some funny gestures on the sidelines [during a match] that the players like. We have a bit of banter with him about that in the changing rooms."

"Yeah he's got some great facial expressions when he's annoyed at things on the touchline", added Brunt.

Premier League

This season's Championship has been one of the most exciting and fiercely contested in years, but both players admitted they couldn't wait to test themselves in the Premier League next season.

"It's something you've wanted to play for, for the whole season", said Brunt. "You try and block it out of your mind for the entire league season, but now we've got promoted we can start thinking about it.

"It's going to be a nice summer, but it will be a long pre-season waiting for the games to kick-off."

Eastlands

Meanwhile former Manchester City striker, Miller, revealed he was excited by the prospect of returning to Eastlands to face the side he supported as a boy.

"Going back to Eastlands will be a big fixture for me", said Miller. "I've still got loads of friends there because I was there for a long time and grew up with a lot of the players that are in the first team now.

"But obviously you want to go to Old Trafford, The Emirates, Stamford Bridge and all those sorts of places because they are the best places to play, so it will be a great feeling next year."