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West Brom talking points: Formations, changes & a need for more

Jonny Drury looks at some key talking points after Albion's long unbeaten run came to an end at Watford.

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The back five change

Heading south I very much thought he would go a bit more defensive on paper, and I was right.

It was a certainly a change with a back five, and it looked like it was going to be very much a case of Albion sitting in, doing that they do best, defending, and then hitting on the break.

But the first half was anything but. It was entertaining, back and forth of, you have a go, and then we will.

Albion looked really good going forward, better than they have done for many weeks aside from the clash with Sheffield United last Sunday.

They missed that final piece of the jigsaw, and had a superbly worked chance in stoppage time which Karlan Grant couldn't turn home.

It seems that system gives Albion something else in their armoury.