West Brom Super Fans gush over Gallagher and Yokuslu after Newcastle display
This is part of a regular series from our panel of West Brom Super Fans. Each week, our Super Fans will deliver their verdicts on the biggest talking points and news stories around The Hawthorns.
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West Brom lacked a cutting edge against Newcastle but supporters were impressed with the performances of Conor Gallagher and Okay Yokuslu.
The midfield pair have been key to the recent upturn in performances as we now look a lot more solid at the back.
In fact, we have conceded just two goals in Yokuslu’s five starts – one fan we spoke to is key to get him signed on a permanent deal because of that.
Ultimately the goalless draw against Newcastle is a disappointing one as it was really a must-win game.
As a result, there has been an outpour of criticism for some performances on Sunday, with our panel of West Brom Super Fans picking out Matheus Pereira for condemnation when asked who their saints and sinners were on Sunday.
Here is what they had to say.
Dylan Ashmore (@WBADyl)
Luke Pollard (@LukeyP_wba)
Jon W (@JonW1995)
Luke Stokes (@lukestokes84)
Luke Smyth (@lukenbsmyth)
Dan Nash (@DanNash86)
David Beddall (@DavidBeddall4)
It seems that fans appreciated Gallagher’s effort above all else, and he did keep things ticking over for Albion.
The Chelsea loanee made two tackles and 34 passes while competing for ten duels (SofaScore) – though that was some way short of Yokulu’s remarkable 18 duels.
Gallagher has been one of our most consistent players this season and if we had more players who displayed his standards we may not be in the bottom three.
Pereira, for example, has been very inconsistent and once again failed to impress fans playing on the wing.
Mbaye Diagne also let himself down with wayward finishing, underlining the fact we are just a little short of becoming a complete top-flight side.
The cost for that will likely be our Premier League place, and it is unfortunate that our best players currently are only on loan.
In other West Brom news, two senior Albion players have sent Sam Allardyce a message with their performances for the under 23s.
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