West Brom star Conor Townsend insists Baggies will improve in front of goal
West Brom favourite Conor Townsend has challenged his teammates to put their goalscoring woes behind them in an interview with the Express & Star.
The Baggies scored just 52 goals across the 2021/22 season, the joint-sixth lowest in the league and only seven more than relegated Derby County.
However, Townsend insists that Albion will be changing this next season, aided by the arrivals of creative forces Jed Wallace and John Swift.
“We know we need to work on that (chance conversion) and that’s the same as last season as well, I guess,” he told the Express & Star.
“As far as our defensive stats, we were still pretty good. Scoring goals was our problem.
“But that is on us as a team, that’s not just down to the strikers, that’s on all of us.”
Things are changing
Despite only making two attacking signings so far this summer, Albion are already in a completely different space when it comes to creativity.
Swift was the second-highest creator in the league last season with 13 assists, below only Fulham’s Harry Wilson who had the 43-goal Aleksandar Mitrovic to feed chances to.
The former Reading star is also a lethal finisher, being the joint-highest scoring midfielder in the league last season with 11 goals.
Wallace was joint-third for assists last season, racking up 12 assists across the course of the season, making Albion a creative force on paper.
Albion keeping Callum Robinson would also not be the worst outcome for the Baggies, as the Irish international racked up 16 goal involvements last season
Steve Bruce already had 18-goal hitman Karlan Grant at his disposal, but Daryl Dike returning from injury gives him two top-level strikers.
Should they hit the ground running next season, Albion should be more than up to the task that Townsend has set them.
In other West Brom news, the club are likely to dip into the loan market after tying up a deal for Okay Yokuslu.