West Brom debrief as tweaked Baggies fall below levels
Albion’s unbeaten start to the Championship season ended with a 3-2 defeat at Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.
We have a look at some of the talking points from the performance in the debrief.
New-look midfield
Having used an unchanged line-up for five games, Carlos Corberan’s hand was very much forced in game number seven, with a surprise full league debut for midfielder Ousmane Diakite.
The summer recruit started alongside fellow new boy Uros Racic, who only made his first start seven days earlier. It was certainly a pairing lacking in Championship experience.
It was an in-at-the-deep-end second-tier occasion in a hotbed like Hillsborough and it didn’t play out well. Malian Diakite couldn’t settle with or without the ball – the latter is his strength – and Albion’s midfield was picked off and played through. Racic, previously impressive, struggled just as badly.
