West Brom Super Fans criticise club direction while discussing Mbaye Diagne
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 were sub-standard against Crystal Palace and our Super Fans aimed criticism at the board after the match.
We asked them about the impact Mbaye Diagne has made since joining in January and whether Sam Allardyce was let down by the recruitment team.
Diagne has just one goal in nine games and was criticised by podcast host Adrian Goldberg for his showing against Palace.
Albion have now scored only three goals in eight games so questions are always going to be asked of the front-man Diagne.
However, our Super Fans have identified other problems with the attack and have not been shy in pointing out who they blame for the shortcomings.
Here is the discussion taking place.
Dan Nash (@DanNash86)
David Beddall (@DavidBeddall4)
Luke Smyth (@lukenbsmyth)
Jamie Rossiter (@Jay89R)
Dylan Ashmore (@WBADyl)
Luke Stokes (@lukestokes84)
It is interesting to see Sam Allardyce has escaped most of the criticism.
Luke Dowling and the board have been criticised for poor transfer direction, and that is a sentiment we support.
Our glaring weakness prior to January was the lack of a Premier League quality striker.
We signed Diagne in the end but after letting Charlie Austin go we really needed more than one attacking reinforcement – it was disappointing to miss out on Haris Seferovic.
He was linked by the Express & Star and is an example of the lack of ambition we displayed in the transfer window.
Another intriguing point from the debate taking place is that many sympathise with Diagne despite his goalscoring record.
They wish he had more support up-front and that may have been possible if we signed another proven striker.
In other West Brom news, Adrian Goldberg has blasted two Albion players for their performance against Palace.
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