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Cheeky West Brom fans troll Stoke boss Mark Hughes

Sniggering Albion fans have been dreaming up their own trivial excuses for Mark Hughes to use next time he’s in town after he accused the Baggies of leaving the grass long on purpose.

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Stoke City boss Mark Hughes

After Sunday’s 1-1 draw at The Hawthorns, the Stoke boss sniffed: “I see they’re cutting the grass now. They should have done it before the game, but there you go.”

His remark prompted fork-tongued Baggies to type out their own excuses accompanied with a photo of the Potters boss talking to camera, and the meme spread like wildfire on Twitter over Bank Holiday weekend. Here are some of the best, as curated by @MagicMxzza