The dramatic turnaround in West Brom's striking options will only get better

With injuries and Devante Cole clearly not being fancied, Tony Mowbray went with two wingers up top and was effectively putting a sticking plaster on a sprained leg.

It was never going to be a long term fix, in the absence of Josh Maja and Daryl Dike.

Albion needed to act in the transfer market. They did, and acted some some quality.

First Will Lankshear came in from Spurs, a highly rated forward with limited first team experience but an exciting addition nonetheless.

They then went one better with the loan signing of Adam Armstrong, who completed a dramatic late deadline day move from Southampton.

It was a move that surprised many, not just at Albion, but across the division.

It has taken Albion from a pretty desperate position of having to play two wingers up top with no real sign of it dramatically changing, to having options.

I wouldn't go as far as to say that Mowbray has an embarrassment of riches up top now, but he certainly has quality options.

Armstrong speaks for himself, well his goal record does any way, it and is no surprise he added to that with such a clever, guided finish to put Albion ahead against Sheffield Wednesday.

Many could have been forgiven for Armstrong is just a poacher, someone who hovers in and around the six yard box - which is something that Albion have desperately lacked in recent seasons.

He is that and then some. His display on Saturday showed that, as he dropped deep to rob defenders of the ball, drove forward from deep to kick off attacks and linked with his wide players.

His movement was top class too, underlined by his goal as he sat in wait, biding his time for Tom Fellows to pick the right cross.

And although Armstrong takes some of the headlines from the dramatic win, the early signs of Lankshear were encouraging.

Athletic with good energy, it was his run to get into the channel that saw him pick up a ball and then find Fellows for the first.

He was also a handful, backing into defenders, holding it up and bringing others into play. 

He's in a different category to Armstrong in terms of experience and his attributes, but he looks at an early glance like a quality addition.

So they've gone from no options to two exciting ones in the space of a week. Then on the horizon it is going to get even better for Mowbray.

Daryl Dike could potentially feature for the under 21s in one of their upcoming games, and we are just a few weeks away from some positive Maja news, as he fights back from injury.

That will represent some turnaround, and it may well be Mowbray does in fact have an embarrassment of riches at the top end of the field as Albion head into their season run in.