Jonny Drury and Lewis Cox give their take on Albion's defeat at Sheffield Wednesday.
The leaders were looking to extend their unbeaten league run to eight games - but found themselves 2-0 down inside 25 minutes through a Darnell Furlong own goal and a Josh Windass header.
Josh Maja pulled on back before it looked as though Alex Mowatt had rescued a point in the 84th minute.
But immediately Wednesday went back in front and that is how it stayed.
The leaders were looking to extend their unbeaten league run to eight games - but found themselves 2-0 down inside 25 minutes through a Darnell Furlong own goal and a Josh Windass header.
Josh Maja pulled on back before it looked as though Alex Mowatt had rescued a point in the 84th minute.
But immediately Wednesday went back in front and that is how it stayed.
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00:00Baggies fans welcome to ExpressingStyle.com my name's Jonny Turi I'm here with
00:11Lewis Cox at Hillsborough after a gut-wrenching as Albion fans have
00:15described it to me a few moments ago late defeat to Sheffield Wednesday came
00:20here as league leaders still league leaders at the moment I believe maybe
00:24not when this video is uploaded to our website but didn't go to plan I said to
00:29someone before the game can't be as worse as last season it wasn't a
00:33halftime it felt like it was gonna be two nil down shocking defensive display
00:38shocking display all right really from Albion fought back valiantly Josh Madger
00:42Tom Fellows Josh Madger that combination again and then Alex Mowat got it back to
00:462-2 and then another awful awful awful goal to concede
00:52and a first defeat of the campaign Coxie a bit of a reality check but a bit of an
00:59afternoon of a lack of maybe care and quality and decision-making and just
01:05poor goals to concede yeah they were yeah yeah I think Albion paid the lesson
01:10for not showing up in that first half I'm not saying the second half was
01:13brilliant I don't think it was but it was obviously much improved Carlos
01:17Corbett's gone along with that to me down there in a press conference and
01:20said look said it's quite easy really the first half we were not ourselves we
01:25were a long way away from ourselves in the second half we look more like
01:28ourselves and we controlled the game for the most obviously until four
01:32minutes from time and still didn't create probably enough even though they
01:37improved in the second half and with a better team but enough to score the two
01:41goals required obviously Mowat's equaliser for 2-2 there's an element of
01:46fortune of that isn't there the way he's hit it into the ground and probably the
01:49only way it goes in is if it loops over the keeper Beedle as it did and that's
01:5384 minutes and you think wow I mean you said the words you said to me when that
01:57went in was out of jail didn't you you said out of jail to me and I think that
02:00would have been bang on really it would have maintained I think most importantly
02:04and again this is something Corbett said just the momentum of the start the
02:09unbeaten run of something we wanted to maintain here you know that sort of feel
02:12good factor and it looked like doing that despite you know a really woeful
02:17first half as you said got out of jail get a point on the road would have been
02:21an absolutely great point wouldn't it when you take it all into context but to
02:24do that 90 seconds later down the other end and again the caveat here we we
02:28haven't had replays today I know it's been on Sky but haven't seen the whole
02:32winning goal back in terms of how it got how Barry Bannon got in down the left
02:37the Carlos was explaining that it Albin had lost it and the play had been
02:41switched and obviously he crossed for the Dutchman whose name escapes me
02:46Misaba to score the winner but just criminal really to go from 2-2
02:51yeah equalizer one end and Corbett made the point that sort of you know 2-1 to
02:58get to 2-2 change things up put people in different positions but swift in
03:02different position for bottle went on the left it was all a little bit not
03:05frantic but you know we're sort of using risks to go for it and a 2-2 perhaps it
03:10just hadn't settled down after that again into into shape I don't want to
03:14quite say I'll be more guilty of being gung-ho you know 2-2 now we go for
03:183-2 and paid for that that's happened at times doesn't it the both ones can
03:22think of one or two examples I don't think it was that I have to see it back
03:26but I think it was just some general poor play of losing the ball and being
03:29found out really at the back and a bit unforgivable I think in terms of today
03:33in terms of 2-2 and then and then and then losing it like that a bit of a
03:39crazy afternoon certainly a crazy finale wasn't it but you're right at the top to
03:44talk about that first off display because that's Albin's worst first off
03:46of this season comfortably in the league isn't it I would say we'll ignore
03:51Fleetwood in the cup but certainly in the in the championship they just they
03:55were miles below the level weren't they and Carlos was bang on I think when he
03:58said we didn't look like ourselves they just didn't yeah I think the display all
04:01around experienced players weren't at it you know Albin showed a lack of quality
04:05I've asked fans out there and I've just written a piece now which is soon to be
04:09out on the Expressing Star website I think he maybe got it wrong in terms of
04:12selection now you know I'm sure a lot of it was down to medical advice and I'm
04:16sure a lot of it he said it now Molumbian Moat started on the bench he's
04:19put Usman Diakite and Rakic in there for me that was too much of an
04:22inexperienced midfield too you know Rakic was good last week but he showed
04:26that he kind of needed someone a bit more experienced alongside him you know
04:30and hindsight's a wonderful thing could he maybe change the system you know I
04:33know Moat played a whole half could Moat have played maybe the first 60 you know
04:37so there's a bit more experience in there I just think I think Diakite will
04:42come good I think he will he will adapt to the level of the championship but I
04:45thought he just looked a bit like a rabbit in the headlights and him and Rakic looked
04:49very very inexperienced and I'll say he wasn't helped by players around him
04:52maybe behind him and in front of him I thought poor displays defensively
04:55yeah yeah that didn't help so I'm not gonna pile in on Diakite even though he
05:00was hooked at halftime but for me maybe got that Carlos Corbán knows more about
05:04football than you know than I'll ever know but he forgot more than we'll ever know
05:08let's be honest kind of I thought maybe if he was very honest he'd probably say
05:12maybe got it wrong yeah I think he's hinted at that downstairs actually I was
05:19a little bit just on got it wrong I think I think he wouldn't have paired
05:24those two today in midfield unless he maybe had to and I don't want to sound
05:28harsh with that but when the team news dropped an hour before kickoff we were a
05:31little bit like oh you know this is the atmosphere here the sort of frenetic
05:35nature of football here you know that feels like a lot for someone making their
05:39first championship star alongside a colleague who made his first the week
05:43before Diakite who's not Carlos has said time after time so far the season you
05:49know he's adapting he's taking some time to adjust really he hasn't got the
05:53technical quality that Moat had and that showed the chalk-and-cheese night and day
05:56he was quite sort of coy about it in one of his answers to me Carlos down there
06:00but I think reading between the lines of what he said again you'll be able to
06:03read this at some point but it was along the lines of look how much we improved
06:07when Moat came on and the control we had but we can't be reliant on Moat here we
06:12can't there's gonna be times where he's not available or maybe not on it and we
06:15can't just be able to do well in games when he's at it I think players have got
06:18a step up but I'm not gonna pile on Rakic either because it's only his
06:21second start coming here tough place to come Sheffield Wednesday for me in a
06:25false position I think no good side well I'll be played into the hands today but
06:29people like John Swift who maybe isn't as tough in the tackle as Moat but he's
06:34got the technical ability to shift the ball and to dictate a game he has got
06:38that quality we don't see it enough for me at all and he wasn't the only one who
06:41was poor out there today and I don't want to pile on because it's one defeat you know and
06:45they're gonna lose at some point but it's not just like you say we can't just
06:48rely on Moat no you know Molumbi hasn't got that technical ability that Moat has
06:52but Swift has and there are other players yeah I'm there you know Rakic will get
06:57up to speed and he's someone who could probably boss the pace of a game I just
07:03thought they were all off it defensively as well Coxey does it now
07:06they were poor defensive does it now lend you know not playing to Corbrandt's
07:11hands but inevitably they'll be changed on Tuesday because there's three games
07:14in the space of seven days but does this now say to Kass maybe we've got to mix it up
07:19you know there's always gonna be chinks in the armour and cracks in Albion I
07:22think it showed today they were off the pace you know do you expect them to
07:26maybe change in terms of three or four players on Tuesday night now given what
07:30they've put today because there's so much competition places you can't just
07:34play bad and stay in the side almost and I don't think just because of the
07:37schedule I mean if Albion play well and win today do you Keita and Rakic and it
07:41goes swimmingly you know yes there's players to come in but Carlos might have
07:44been tempted to go again you know just because it's Saturday Tuesday you don't
07:48have to change it you know players might be okay but yeah on the basis of the 45
07:53we've said all season aren't we videos podcasts while they're winning not not
07:58lost yet yeah played well it's a little bit unfair to change a winning side and
08:04there's no real justification yet for for pulling a heck amount of position a
08:09jolly out of the side or partly or grants on the left a lot of options we
08:14know yet be it Malumbi Moa obviously both picked up injuries but now the
08:19sides it was unchanged for so long wasn't it now it's it's been slightly
08:24tweaked through through injury hasn't it and it will now be fascinating on
08:27Tuesday night whether the head coach ops through his own decision through
08:31his own choice to to tweak things I mean there are several options I mean before
08:36the winning goal before I've been even equalized for 2-2 by the way
08:39Higgins gone into the middle hasn't in for boxes gone in at left back which is
08:44kind of not what we expected on a sound harsh on the joy but what many people
08:49might think will settle eventually perhaps but didn't really serve Albion
08:54well for the goal did it as as those two were part of a backline that ship
08:58that third goal so it will be interesting there are other people
09:03banging on the door I would say to come into the side we saw them come on today
09:08Moa had a great influence didn't he and he really helped decide change things
09:12Dean Garner was a was a major part in the first goal back through Madger at a
09:17lovely little moment in midfield Fed fellows his cross was headed in by
09:21Madger so you know Dean Garner's one right there's me Johnson we've seen a
09:25few cameos now not quite really made that massive impact from the benching
09:29games but like this is a no relative quote-unquote big money sign and that
09:33will be that he's right there you know and someone like grant who's had a
09:37fantastic start on the left a bit quieter today wasn't he grant but
09:41everyone was that 45 minutes nobody was at their level I don't think I can't
09:46think of one player in the first half who did I would say did well the first
09:50and second all three goals but the first and second goal that second goal I
09:53mean what even was that people were out of position for every goal weren't they
09:57they were just yeah the first obviously the an overload on the left maybe a bit
10:02complacency today yeah and everyone was off it but there was nothing in the
10:06middle of the park was that just before I answer that I mean the midfield of
10:09Diakite and Rakic started badly losing the ball giving fouls away played
10:15through switched out to the left by by Wednesday and Bannon's there in all
10:21kinds of space to feed Marvin Johnson who's yeah cross deflects enough furlong
10:25and set the tone a bit didn't it for that first half Albion hardly recovered
10:29didn't recover really a couple of very very half moments but only recovered in
10:34the second period but I don't think it was when I've been equalized I felt it
10:39was fortunate and we said got out of jail didn't they they'd got off the hook I
10:44felt I wasn't sure that they deserved really Carlos Corbijn's men to to
10:49equalize and take a share of the sport so they felt harsh on Wednesday to me
10:52which is not what you want to feel is it but that's not that you know not that
10:57it's not so frustrating to see them go down the other end and bag a winner but
11:01on the balance of play maybe they they deserve that so a couple of people have
11:05told me the possession stats are quite my opening today I think someone I heard
11:09someone say I'll be not as high as 70% of the ball which seems incredible to me
11:13I'd have to check that maybe that's a result of second half
11:17they certainly had a lot more of it in a second half didn't they but as I said to
11:20Corbijn down there and he he answered didn't create too much did they for all
11:25the players they got on the pitch you think of the Madger header with 20 25
11:28minutes to go I think that was at 2-1 how many clear chances for 2-2 were there
11:32and and and the one that equalizes is a Mowat pot shot that's a little bit
11:37fluky that lobster keeper as we know so not as incisive as in previous games in
11:45terms of the chances even shots that I've got goals are clear chances
11:48creative you know obviously relied heavily on Madger's finishing at the
11:53moment aren't they and then Fellowes delivery a shout out for the the top
11:57scorer seven goals in seven and Fellowes is fifth assist of the season which is
12:01more than he managed last season which is remarkable six and four away games
12:05phenomenal Johnny do I think it was complacent today probably not I think
12:11your point at the top about too many change that whole new look midfield was
12:17costly and I think seeped around the whole park I think it was a really sort
12:21of slow five or ten was it and it spread and settled and within it they fell
12:26behind and it was a very much an uphill challenge from there that I've been
12:30somehow almost scaled wasn't it incredibly what I do feel a little bit
12:36upbeat about after a bit of a chasing day and this is our first sort of
12:40miserable video of the season isn't it really is that we go again on Tuesday
12:44night yeah and that's quite handy isn't it obviously to respond I like the fact
12:49it's at home it's against the side in Borough who are sort of fancied really
12:55for the season as a whole before a ball was kicked you'd back to Carrick side to
12:59really be up there challenging certainly for the playoffs so it'll be a
13:02good sort of level up to see yeah and let's see this is a new look squad
13:07remember we're seeing a lot of new players sort of bedding now aren't we so
13:10how are this new look squad gonna respond to this first major setback of
13:14the season they cast gave a good line just down there in the press office he
13:19said we can't waste minutes in games you know as good as good as Albion might be
13:23they've wasted 45 minutes today didn't they and not being themselves and it was
13:27a lesson really in a real eye-opener these were third bottom going into
13:31today I think only won one as I say drop zone and they turned up and really
13:37swept up inside in that first half for our winner under their level so look a
13:43bit of a lesson into the champ a bit of an eye-opener for these players and my
13:46friends their response on Tuesday night I don't know about you I think they'll
13:49learn I hope they give a good account of themselves I think we'll certainly see
13:53one of Moa or Malumby start in midfield I would have thought certainly Moa as
13:57he's the one who played today disappointed day Johnny but we mustn't
14:01get too low must we I mean at the time in speaking while we now probably half
14:04three other games going on around us we might still be top yeah it's gonna
14:11happen the invincible dream is over if it was ever alive but no it's tough
14:17tough difficult afternoon on a few counts and yeah sort of
14:23wondering what what might have been if not for that really really below par
14:27first half which is which is disappointing but look they've got a lot
14:30of credit in the bank I'll be in this season and their chance to put it right
14:33comes quickly yeah first setback for Albion we'll finish the video off just a
14:38shout out there was a medical emergency in the away end today I know a lot of
14:40Albion fans will have seen it been around it Carlos Coulbran was very much
14:44aware of it and has passed his best to the the person involved who's been
14:48taken to hospital so we send them all our best wishes for everyone at the
14:51Express and Start we're on the field not to be for Albion as we said a first
14:56setback first defeat of the season beaten here 3-2 by Sheffield Wednesday
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