West Brom fans respond to 'nightmare' striker blow

West Bromwich Albion fans have been reacting to the latest news regarding the hamstring injury suffered by recent signing Daryl Dike.

The United States international was handed his full West Brom debut at The Hawthorns in the 3-0 win over Peterborough United but was forced off due to injury shortly after half time.

Speaking in his pre-match press-conference ahead of Wednesday night's home clash with Preston, Albion boss Valerien Ismael provided an update on the damage.

Ismael confirmed that the 21-year-old will be out of action for eight weeks, which means he is set to miss around 11 games during his spell on the sidelines.

“Monday night I spoke with the doctor and unfortunately it’s a really bad muscle injury, so he will miss eight weeks,” said the boss.

“It’s a bad hit for us because he was our transfer target No.1 and we saw in short spells how good it is to have him. It’s painful for me, for us, for the players, for the club and for the fans.

“But it is what it is. The things you can’t influence in football are injuries and COVID. You have to deal with it.

“We need to stay focused on the next game, because with or without Dike we need to win. It doesn’t change anything about our task.

“It’s clear you want to play with your best and strongest team, and now without Dike we have one player less. But we still have very good players in the squad to help us win games.”

Many Albion fans took to social media to react to the "massive blow."

"Nightmare," one supporter said on Twitter.

"That's prime Albion. He may make the play-offs then," another added.

Here is the rest of the reaction...

"Just typical. At least Norwich don't want Hugill back."

"Oh man."

"Well, he'll be coming back to a new manager, I reckon."

"Awful