‘Miles behind the rest of play’ – Some West Brom fans slam midfielder at HT v Newcastle
Chris Brunt may be a modern-day legend at West Brom – but that hasn’t stopped a bunch of fans from slamming him for his first-half performance against Newcastle on Tuesday.
West Brom went in at the break two goals behind in their FA Cup fifth-round clash thanks to Miguel Almiron scoring a rare brace.
Albion had a couple of chances of their own in the opening 45 minutes and came into the game a bit after Newcastle’s firs goal, so a two-goal deficit is perhaps a bit unfair.
West Brom struggled in the middle of the park and a lot of fans have pointed to the duo of Brunt and Gareth Barry as being the reason for that.
Brunt is 35-years-old, barely kicked a ball all season and has recently been injured while Barry has recently celebrated his 39th birthday, has also had little game-time this season and has also had an injury.
Was it a surprise that West Brom lacked energy in the centre of the park? Absolutely not.
However criticising Brunt for that isn’t going to help. You know he would be playing a lot better if he was younger and fitter.
Still, that hasn’t stopped some fans from reacting negatively to the Northern Irish veteran’s first-half display.
Here is a selection of their tweet:
https://twitter.com/BaggieGamer/status/1234937233213399041
https://twitter.com/Brom68/status/1234937951697719296
In other West Brom news, Kevin Phillips has shared his exclusive thoughts about Matheus Pereira’s imminent permanent move to the club.