WHEN you go to West Brom you know you have to defend well and we just didn’t do that.

They are well known as a counter-attacking team and the first goal was sloppy.

But it wasn’t as bad as the second. You can’t be beaten by a long ball over the top.

The start to the second half was terrible and it was all over then.

WE needed to start well and it could have been so different if Cole Skuse had scored. He played well and was unlucky, but too many players were below par. It was unfortunate to lose McAllister through injury but I think the damage had been done by then.

I THOUGHT West Brom looked the best team we have played this season and you always felt they were capable of stepping it up a gear or two.

Jerome Thomas and Chris Brunt were quality and we just couldn’t cope with them.

There weren’t too many positives and I think we can forget all about finishing anywhere near the top two.

AGAIN it was Dean Gerken who kept the score down because he made some top-drawer saves. I agreed with the decision to leave out Alvaro Saborio, but we don’t have much pace in the team apart from the front two.

IT WAS our first defeat for a long time but the performance was very disappointing, especially after we have taken so many fans.

We deserved more but West Brom are a Premiership team.

But then again, on another day, It might have been different if Skuse had scored early on. That’s the difference in the Championship.

I KNOW West Brom are a good side, but our defending was poor throughout the game.

We need to make a massive improvement for Sheffield United next week.