The West Bromwich fans have not seen too much entertainment this season
Image credit: West Brom News- heartless display leaves Baggies fans still awaiting first league win since sealing promotion
Getting over Fulham defeat is taking some time and the healing process is by no means finished for West Brom fans.
Albion boss Slaven Bilic gave an honest assessment for his side’s 2-0 away defeat at Craven Cottage on Monday evening and admitted the commitment and work-rate following yet another disappointing performance was ‘alarming’.
He is right, but the Croatian knows Albion simply must go further in the upcoming fixtures, if he is to keep his job and stay at the Hawthorns. Games such as Sunday’s, against Tottenham Hotspur at the Hawthorns don’t come much more difficult.
The Baggies game against Spurs is set to be televised on pay-per-view via Sky Sports Box Office despite pressure from fans up and down the country to scrap the strategy.
Top-flight officials are set to review the controversial format at this Thursday’s meeting, during which time they will discuss the option of lowering the current £14.95 price rather than ditch the strategy overall.
Albion's fanbase is one which pay-per-view has hit harder than others, and it's sparked outrage throughout the football community. Some fans have gone as far to boycott matches and instead donate the £14.95 to various charities and foodbanks.
The PPV scheme is set to carry on for the coming weekend, after which there will be an international break. Authorities have explained the most likely outcome to emerge afterwards is a new cost of £9.95.
However, for fans such as West Brom this would be regarded as somewhat disappointing; the Baggies have been on the pay-per-view scheme three times so far and the Spurs will be a fourth clash on the spin.
In that time they've only scored once and managed just one point- that came against Brighton. For fans who have paid to see their side in these three games that comes to an astonishing £44.85.
Bilic criticized the Premier League’s decision to charge fans to watch games.
’’Football is a sport for the masses, a working-class sport, and it should be affordable to everybody. Football is not polo or golf,’’ he explained after the goalless draw with Burnley.
Following their defeat to Fulham, West Brom drop down to 18th in the table and remain winless in the league so far. They welcome an in-form Spurs side to B71 in Sunday’s midday kick-off.
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