Comment: Five dropped points the focus for frustrated West Brom
The past week has felt like a big missed opportunity for Albion and Ryan Mason.
Had things turned out differently, we might have been talking about five days which sparked his reign firmly into life.
Instead, the focus is on five points dropped from winning positions, with the narrative still fixed on a team struggling for momentum due to a frustrating habit of letting opponents off the hook.
Wednesday night’s 1-1 derby draw with Blues wasn’t quite so galling as Saturday’s 3-2 collapse at Coventry.
There was no mindless sending-off to turn the tide, or scrutiny of the head coach’s substitutions.
Yet the Baggies were still essentially masters of their own downfall, failing to take the second half chances which would have killed off sub-par visitors and secured a win to lift them into the top half of the table.
