West Brom: Grant penalty may have a silver lining

West Brom‘s surprising begin to the Championship season continued on Saturday as they misplaced 3-2 towards Swansea Metropolis on the Hawthorns.

Steve Bruce’s facet bounced again from Matthew Sorinola’s early opener for the Swans to take a 2-1 lead after targets from Jake Livermore and Grady Diangana.

Nevertheless, their lead was short-lived as Olivier Ntcham made it 2-2, earlier than the essential second which is able to depart nearly all of Baggies followers completely fuming.

After a foul within the field, substitute Karlan Grant stepped up for an 82nd-minute penalty, solely to ship a weak, chipped effort straight down the center, with Steven Benda comfortably saving.

To make issues worse, Michael Obafemi would rating an 89th-minute winner for the Swans to depart the Baggies in twenty first place and put Bruce below much more stress.

Grant was understandably criticised by journalists after the sport, with Chris Lepkowski labelling the penalty “utterly unprofessional“, whereas Birmingham Stay’s Joe Chapman described it as “dreadful“.

His total efficiency from the bench was lower than spectacular, as he had simply 11 touches and accomplished 4 passes however whereas he let his supervisor down, there could also be a silver lining.

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Whereas it’s understandably irritating that the Baggies misplaced once more, had Grant transformed the penalty and West Brom held on for 3 factors, then it might need prolonged Bruce’s keep even additional.

The previous Newcastle United boss ought to be below severe stress on the Hawthorns after a woeful begin to the season that has returned only one win towards Hull Metropolis in 11 Championship video games.

West Brom had been one of many pre-season favourites for promotion however now discover themselves in a relegation battle and a change on the helm is required if they’re to show issues round. Certainly, a defeat, moderately than a draw will certainly speed up any plans for a brand new supervisor, one thing that may absolutely solely profit Albion going ahead.

Bruce admitted forward of the worldwide break that he was below stress so after one other disappointing dwelling defeat, it’s absolutely time for the board to behave and sack him whereas the season can nonetheless be salvaged.

Hopefully, the penalty miss and subsequent loss show to be the catalyst in Bruce being changed as supervisor earlier than Wednesday’s recreation towards Preston North Finish.