Gareth McAuley wants West Brom to 'iron out' issues

The Baggies kick off their Premier League campaign at Crystal Palace in under a fortnight's time.

McAuley played the full 90 minutes in Saturday's drab goalless draw with Plymouth Argyle.

It was the first time the 37-year-old Northern Irishman had completed a full match since Euro 2016.

He said: "It's the workout we were looking for. It was a hard game.

"We could have been better with the ball at times. It was a bit slow in some parts, but that's pre-season.

"Pre-season is about working hard, getting minutes and getting performances up to speed, ironing out things we need to work on.

"We've only got two weeks to do that and two games left so hopefully it starts to pick up in the next two weeks."

Albion failed to score against their League Two opposition on Saturday, but it's been a quick turnaround for the players, who stayed down in Devon over the weekend.

They face National League side Torquay United at 7.30pm.

McAuley is hoping the team make a breakthrough tonight because Saturday's stalemate was frustrating.

James McClean should have scored a one-on-one and Jonas Olsson had an effort cleared off the line, but apart from that the Baggies failed to create any real gilt-edged opportunities.

"We had a few chances in the first half off corners and things," said McAuley..

"Obviously James has gone through, it would have been nice, it's always nice to win games.

"The most important thing is a lot of the lads have got 90 minutes."