Where West Brom went wrong in the transfer window - one issue raised | OneFootball

FLW Fan Pundit Callum has concerns over the attacking depth for West Bromwich Albion after the summer transfer window.

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West Bromwich Albion head into the rest of this season off the back of an impressive start to the campaign, with a 1-0 defeat of Staffordshire rivals Stoke City at the Bet365 Stadium sending them off positively into the September international break.

The Baggies appointed rookie boss Ryan Mason early on in the summer, as a replacement for Tony Mowbray, and they do look as though they could be challengers for the top six this season.

Mason’s managerial reign at The Hawthorns has seen Albion begin with ten points from their opening four matches as they sit tucked inside the top two and the automatic promotion spots at this early stage.

West Brom could have added more in attack

However, with the summer transfer window now closed, West Brom supporters may have a bit of a concern over the depth of their attacking areas, especially in the right-wing position.

Tom Fellows departed the club for Southampton a few days’ before the end of the window, and they were able to bring in Samuel Iling-Junior on loan from Aston Villa.

However, as FLW’s Fan Pundit Callum Burgess has outlined, there are still issues with the depth in attack, especially considering the injury records of key players.

Callum says: “I think that, heading out of the transfer window, we are probably one right-winger short.

“You’ve got Jed Wallace, whereby right-wing is his natural position, whereas Mikey Johnston and Samuel Iling-Junior have to be seen as options who can play on the right-wing but would probably be better off playing on the left, alongside Karlan Grant.

“I think that bringing in a natural right-winger, following the departure of Tom Fellows, could have been a bit more of a priority, as it could go on to be something we go on to regret if, for example, Mikey Johnston is not as effective on the right, even though he has been played there a couple of times in pre-season and did so against Stoke, too.

“It is probably a case of wait and see to see how that develops over the season but I think that in general, we could have done with one more attacker.

“We don’t know how (Josh) Maja and (Daryl) Dike are going to hold up with their injury streaks, leaving Aune Heggebo, who has started the season really well, but will he be able to hold his performances as it gets deeper into the season? We’ll have to wait and see.”

West Brom may not have replaced Tom Fellows

England U21 international Tom Fellows has emerged as one of the stars of the EFL, and he even started this season well before his move down to the south coast before the deadline.

The arrival of Iling-Junior may provide something extra for Baggies in attack, but the rest of their late business centred around defensive arrivals, with the signings of Alfie Gilchrist, Chris Mepham and Charlie Taylor.

Earlier on this summer, Baggies also brought in defenders Nat Phillips and George Campbell, as well as Krystian Bielik, who can play at centre-back as well as in defensive midfield, with Torbjorn Heggem joining Bologna.

Their other new signings have included Auno Heggebo, who joined from Eliteserien side Brann, as well as Toby Collyer, arriving on loan from Manchester United.