Ryan Mason calls for 'personality' needed for West Brom to respond to jeers
Ryan Mason has called on his Albion players to show personality to dig out of a rut and deal with jeers from fans.
Further questions were asked of Mason's role as head coach following Boxing Day's home defeat to Bristol City, with the visit of QPR to The Hawthorns following hot on its heels on Monday night.
Mason, who received backing from the Albion board last week, was subject to personal taunts from disgruntled home fans, who also aimed jibes of home players Joe Wildsmith, Isaac Price and Samuel Iling-Junior.
"It's normal," Mason said of jeers from the stands. "Listen, I've played for one of the biggest clubs in Europe as a player and when they're not happy, they let you know.
"But what you do need in those moments is personality.
"You need personality, you need to take responsibility and I hate the moment we're in. I don't accept losing, it's not something that I want to instil, that losing games of football is acceptable because it's certainly not.
"So I understand frustrations, that's fine, that's normal, that's football."
The Baggies have slipped eight points off the Championship play-off positions and are now just as close to the second tier's bottom three.
While the Boxing Day clash brought an improved Hawthorns attendance, eyes will be on possible empty seats following a recent trend for Monday's clash against the Rs. QPR beat Albion comfortably at Loftus Road earlier in the month.
"The only way to change that is by winning games for football," Mason said. "That's the only way to speak to fans. The fans are the heart and soul of this football club. They're incredible, they support, they travel. We've not given them enough back.
"We felt at the start of the season, when we were winning games, we were in a good place. The energy, it was like it created so much more. And the only way you do that is by performing and getting results."
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