Jonny Drury: I watched Eric Ramsay's first West Brom game and this is what I learned

It was a night of ups and downs and a real welcome to the Championship for Albion's new head coach.

But what did we learn from his Hawthorns and Albion bow?

The short answer is, quite a lot.

But one of the big things we saw from Ramsay is that the new Albion chief is a man of his word. He made it very clear in his interviews this week that fans will know how his side are setting up and how they want to try and win games.

Under the old regime, that was never clear.

But in the first half, you could see that the plan was to very much stifle Boro, sit in and break. When they did break early on, they looked dangerous.

Yes, at times the first half was a tough watch with Albion not getting enough of the ball, but it was clear what the tactic was. One gripe you could have with it, is that Albion gave Boro too much respect. And there is an argument for that.

But it showed that Ramsay is clear in his ideas, clear how he wants his side to set up.

The other big thing is something we have also heard from the man himself and from reports from his time in Minnesota, and that is adaptability.

And he really showed that in the second half, and it should have earned Albion a point.

After going 2-0 down, Albion went to a back four, switched a couple of players on the field into different positions and Ramsay brought on two players in Josh Maja and Jed Wallace.

The substitutions worked to perfection. Maja arguably changed the game, finding little pockets of space and showing superb touches.

He set up a big chance before playing a hand in the equaliser, which his fellow substitute stuck away.

The old Achilles heel of late goals came back to bite Albion once again. That isn't a problem that has developed under Ramsay, but it is one he does need to find a solution for.

Despite the result we learned a lot on Friday night - as did the new Baggies boss.