Slaven Bilic’s West Brom look to be making a serious push for promotion this season, but the recent form needs to be looked at. The Baggies again lost on Monday evening, and whilst they still sit at the top of the Championship, the fans weren’t happy with the defeat, or indeed the starting lineup.
Here’s our team to take on @stokecity.
Grady Diangana starts for the first time in a month, while Ahmed Hegazi also makes the XI. Come on you Baggies!#WBASTO | #WBA pic.twitter.com/dFOzGmwruf
— West Bromwich Albion (@WBA) January 20, 2020
Rotation in England’s second tier is key. The games come thick and fast and it truly is a feat if one player manages to complete the entire season starting every game, so it’s inevitable that the Baggies were going to have to mix things up sooner or later.
The fans, though, weren’t having it and last night they found themselves increasingly frustrated to see the likes of Ahmed Hegazi and Conor Townsend in the team for the loss at home to Stoke, and you’d imagine that Bilic will revert back to his best team for his next game.
You can read the Baggies thoughts on the lineup here:
Is there any reason why Townsend keeps getting in this team seriously?? I’d take the under 23 left back over him any day! even Dara O’Shea!! The man is garbage
— Andrew Grainger (@andrew_grainger) January 20, 2020
Not what I’d gone for. Dropping a guy who’s scored 2 in 2
— WBA_Shane_NYG (@WBA_Shane_NYG) January 20, 2020
I would’ve started Zohore tonight, harsh on him to leave him out
— 𝓖𝓲𝓫𝓫𝓸 ✰ (@xKG26) January 20, 2020
Townsend and Hegazi is worrying.
— Will Man (@irishbaggie) January 20, 2020
Why drop semi
— Tom (@stoneroseswba) January 20, 2020
Where’s Nathan and Zohore should be starting
— Andy Capp (@AndyCapp17) January 20, 2020
The Baggies will be desperate to turn their form around and will be keen for Bilic to make some changes.