Yesterday evening, West Bromwich Albion’s U23s faced the long away trip to face Swansea City in thye Premier League 2, and a lot of fans were interested to see who would be set to feature, as the club wouldn’t allow anyone to take part in two games in as many days by playing for the U23s and then the seniors in the FA Cup.
Here’s our starting XI for tonight’s #PL2 clash with @SwansOfficial.
It’s a 7pm kick-off at Landore Training Ground. Come on you Baggies!#PL2 | #WBA pic.twitter.com/eC1JnFPmLh
— West Bromwich Albion (@WBA) March 2, 2020
With that in mind, the Baggies took a real look at who was involved, and many of them were frustrated to see that Cheikh Diaby started against Swansea, as it means that his chances of being involved against Newcastle are slim to none.
The same couldn’t be said about Rayhaan Tulloch, though, as he was completely left out of the side to face Swansea, failing to even make the club’s five-man substitute bench. As far as the fans are concerned, though, this can only be good news for the supporters will be keen to see who makes the squad tonight.
Will we make it to Wembley?
Yes
No
You can read the Baggies’ thoughts on the U23s starting eleven here:
No diaby for tomorrow… that’s dead
— Hi (@Charl_WBA) March 2, 2020
Diaby masterclass tonight, Tulloch masterclass tomorrow
— スカー藩主 (@IiamwbaV4) March 2, 2020
Diabyyy
— Aaron Leatherland (@azza_leva3) March 2, 2020
No Diaby tomorrow then
— . (@LeeFoxall6) March 2, 2020
Good to see fin around the u23s @richthorndike
— mark (@mbowenwba) March 2, 2020
Come on baggies
— Owen Bradford (@Bradford__O) March 2, 2020
The fans were clearly keen to see who would be in contention for a spot against Newcastle and will be hoping Tulloch’s absence last night means good things for them.