West Brom should unleash Griffiths

West Brom recalled Josh Griffiths from his mortgage spell at Portsmouth final week and Carlos Corberan ought to take into account handing him an opportunity within the first crew.

Steve Bruce opted to ship the promising younger shot-stopper out on mortgage through the summer time however endured with David Button regardless of his woeful kind, with WhoScored rating the 33-year-old as comfortably the worst performer within the Baggies’ first crew to date this marketing campaign with a surprising 5.99 common score.

Corberan was fast to place his religion in Alex Palmer because the primary alternative in between the sticks as an alternative and that has coincided with the Baggies’ spectacular run of kind, with the 26-year-old protecting a formidable nine clean sheets in 15 games.

Nevertheless, in Griffiths West Brom look to have one of many high younger goalkeepers within the EFL, as he has beforehand helped Cheltenham City to promotion and been an everyday for Lincoln Metropolis within the third tier.

Throughout his first mortgage spell away from the Hawthorns with Cheltenham City, chairman Andy Wilcox was filled with reward for Griffiths, saying:

“He actually loved it right here. I watched him from recreation one to his final of the season and he’s improved no finish.

“He’s simply bought higher and higher, so credit score to Booky [Steve Book, goalkeeping coach] for giving him confidence. He has an enormous future, that lad.”

Though Portsmouth’s kind has suffered in current weeks, with Danny Cowley sacked as supervisor earlier this month, Griffiths would nonetheless amass seven clean sheets in 22 appearances for Pompey, which represents one other spectacular return from the teenager.

He additionally stored a exceptional 23 clean sheets in 50 appearances throughout his time at Cheltenham, clearly taking part in an enormous half of their promotion to League One, so maybe he might have the same influence within the Baggies’ facet this marketing campaign.

Due to this fact, whereas Corberan is likely to be reticent to drop Palmer after his robust current kind, it’s time that Griffiths was given an opportunity to indicate what he can do in West Brom’s first crew, as he’s nonetheless but to make his senior debut for the Midlands membership.