West Brom debrief: Wallace return, depth debate and over-reliance?
Albion conceded a goal and lost for the first time at home this season as Middlesbrough emerged narrow 1-0 winners from The Hawthorns.
Carlos Corberan’s men fell to Hayden Hackney’s late winner as impressive Boro claimed a deserved win.
We asses some of the talking points in the debrief as the Baggies were dealt back-to-back defeats.
Skipper’s start
It was a big night for Jed Wallace after the 30-year-old was handed a first start of the season with Tom Fellows handed a breather.
Wallace is well aware of the situation – he said not long ago that every right winger in the Championship would be playing second-fiddle to the division’s leading assister Fellows at the moment.
Wallace was not alone in struggling against Boro. Albion did not click as an attacking unit, despite a couple of chances on another day that could have been taken – one for the winger.
The right-sider struggled to get the better of Boro left-back Neto Borges, though, for the most part and cut a frustrated figure when he was withdrawn for Fellows seven minutes into the second half. The likelihood is Albion’s young talent will be back in against Millwall on Saturday.
