[BaggieMan]

What a great shame after the day had started so well with a super tribute to Cyrille from former players, friends and family with Adrian Childs and Frank Skinner being the anchor men.

Everything was rosy until Hegazi scored when we sat back deep Pulis style surrendering the midfield and initiative to the opposition.

Phillips was dreadful and apart from one good cross resulting in Rondons goal, Brunt was poor as was Yacob - in fact all the team with the exception of Foster and Hegazi. With Chelsea away to come, the future isn’t bright.

In all the years I’ve been supporting the Albion, we have never performed as we should against lesser teams but turn it on against the better ones. All is not lost but not far from it.

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As has been said before, strange how some people see a players performance differently. Yes Brunty put in a very good cross for both goals but apart from that, too many mistakes and misplaced passes. Phillips was dreadful all round. Burke really showed his pace and raw talent. Sturridge didn’t really do a lot. Rondon a lot of effort and a good goal. McClean useless. Ah well, it’s only a game.