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West Brom debrief: Albion need to kill teams off on quest for success

Albion’s season has already hit opposite ends of the spectrum.

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Six games in and they were unbeaten with five wins under belt – now it is no win in four games with two points from a possible 12.

The mood has changed from jubilation to frustration and that was evident by the conclusion at the Kassam Stadium on Saturday.

Here are a few talking points to come from Albion’s latest falter.

Killing teams off

The best teams have it in their locker to find a way, whatever the situation.

Unfortunately for Albion in recent weeks, they haven’t been able to discover that.

Against Millwall they ran out of answers, but at Oxford it was a case of lacking that quality in the final third.

Numerous times in the second half they were in positions where they were just one pass, or a little bit of quality, away from finding that killer second goal.

But it evaded them and they couldn’t get it.