As we staggered away from Loftus Road with the Championship trophy sticking out our back pocket we all agreed our defence would need to be over hauled for the Premier League, writes Albion blogger Jarrod Hill.

Mowbray duly obliged and invested in no less than one new keeper and five new defenders.

Saturday witnessed yet another defensive debut when Donk replaced the out of form Barnett, which made the rear guard performance even more impressive.

Carson was outstanding and I keep thinking back to the day we signed him, Ray wbaforever Blood stated he was worth at least 10 points across the season (blooming know it all), although the points total may already need re-assessing!!!!

Donk was steady; Olsson not only defended for his life, but as seen with the goal will cause opposing defences problems from set pieces.

But special mention must be reserved for Zuiverloon.

Facing arguably one of the best left wingers the Premier League offers (especially at home) he never looked anything other than comfortable at just over £3million he already looks an absolute steal.

Yes I agree that at times we rode our luck, but how many times have teams come to the Hawthorns and done that to us??

Everton and to some degree Villa returned home with three points after the football gods denied us the rub of the green.

Big Ish continues his Premier League learning curve as he incurred the wrath of his manager and no doubt his fellow team mates. After some fantastic build up play he twice failed to square the ball for certain goals, electing to shoot instead. But lets not be too hard on him, after all he did set up the winner and it was his introduction into a 4-4-2 formation which opened the game up.

The only downside to Saturday’s game was the injury to Kim.

We wait to hear how serious the injury is, early reports from the Albion physios is that the knee did not swell up as badly as first feared but await the scan results to confirm the extent of the damage.

With Clement, Meite, and Kim injured and Texeira still completing his rehabilitation from long term injury Mowbray for once must be looking forward to an international break.

But first we face Fulham and the return of a certain Mr Zoltan Gera.

Signing off from a happy Albion blogger!!!