Ally Robertson reveals Steve Bruce outlook on West Brom issues

West Brom have struggled this year despite looking like one of the favourites for promotion and it has seen them slip out of the top six and get rid of their former manager.

After taking over at the beginning of the year, Valerien Ismael looked like an inspired appointment. After a decent start though, the former Barnsley boss struggled to pick up wins and as the side began to falter in front of goal, they found themselves slipping out of the play-off spots.

With the Baggies hierarchy determined to seal another promotion, they felt it was the right time to pull the trigger and relieved Ismael of his duties. Moving quickly, they then installed Steve Bruce as his replacement.

The appointment of the former Newcastle boss was met with mixed feelings but Bruce is familiar with how to get a team out of the Championship – and Ally Robertson has now revealed via his column for the Express and Star that he and the new manager agree that they need more bite in attack.

West Brom have certainly struggled to score and despite adding Daryl Dike in January, the player has suffered an injury that has ruled him out for a solid chunk of time. It led to the Baggies moving to bring in Andy Carroll for the interim but they have still yet to bag goals and win under their new manager.

Robertson though has revealed that Bruce is certainly aware of the need to improve in terms of their frontline and said via the Express and Star: “I met Steve Bruce at the training ground last week – we have a mutual friend in Bryan Robson. And I told him, as a team, we’ve done well until we have got to the final third – as soon as we there though we’ve had nothing.

“He agreed that things simply haven’t clicked up top. And the statistics prove it, we now haven’t