The Ryan Mason Achilles heel returns to end Eric Ramsay's stint: West Brom talking points as head coach sacked following Charlton defeat
It was improved - but Albion have gone another game without a win and it has cost Eric Ramsay his job.
After George Campbell headed them in front - Albion should have buried the game with Josh Maja and Isaac Price having chances to put them out of sight.
They didn't and Lyndon Dykes netted an equaliser, with Charlton's only chance of the game.
Late on Mikey Johnston and Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba had chances to win it but Albion were left frustrated. Jonny Drury looked at some key talking points to come from the game:
Molumby change worked
Team news brought around the news Jayson Molumby had been moved into an advanced number ten role.
Many were bemused by the decision - but surprisingly it seemed to work and Molumby was the star man for Albion.
He led from the front, was all over the final third of the pitch and it looked to be a good move from Ramsay.
He was involved in big chances - and won a number of free kicks in good areas.
It may be a sign of things to come - because Molumby played a hand in a side that produced more in terms of chances than it has for some time under Ramsay.
It won't be Ramsay making that call though.
Atmosphere switch
It was no surprise to see that Albion fans had voted with their feet and stayed away from the ground on Tuesday evening.
The empty seats were everywhere and you can't blame them given the way things have gone in recent weeks.
The atmosphere was as you expected, flat, nervous, tense.
But when the hosts were getting on top and when they went in front - you could feel the whole place lift and the players fed off it.
It showed how much the fans can have an impact - but they have to have something to get behind.
Far too often they haven't, but at times against Charlton they did.
The chances that could cost Ramsay
For all the flack that Ramsay has received in recent weeks, and some of it quite right - for me that defeat doesn't rest on his shoulders.
Albion created enough to win the game, more than enough.
They were not half chances either, the opportunities for both Price and Maja in the second half were huge, especially the Maja one.
More often than not you back to him bury that - but he didn't.
It proved costly for Ramsay. Ironically, Ramsay's issues have been two fold, his side have shipped too many goals and have hardly created chances.
In the end, it proved to be his downfall as he was axed 90 minutes after the final whistle, following a meeting in the Hawthorns boardroom with Shilen Patel.
The Achilles heel for Ryan Mason was not finishing chances and killing games. And in the end it finished off the man who replaced him.