The Baggies’ campaign went well at first as the team fought for a play-off place up until the turn of the year. But once everything unravelled for Valerien Ismael there was no turning back.
His replacement, Steve Bruce, never got the best out of the players and the team ultimately finished 10th, eight points adrift of a top six finish.
Considering the wealth gap that exists between the Albion and the majority of Championship clubs, after their stint in the Premier League, this was a massive underperformance of expectation.
But their transfer business this window shows that the club is willing to put the effort in to improve the squad in a bid to challenge for promotion.
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