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title: "West Brom: Lewis Cox shares response to Paul Heckingbottom claim"
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author: "Charlie Smith"
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published: "2022-10-30T19:10:50Z"
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# West Brom: Lewis Cox shares response to Paul Heckingbottom claim

**[West Bromwich Albion](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-brom-news/) have denied that the club’s social media team helped Sheffield United in their 2-0 win at The Hawthorns on Saturday, [Lewis Cox](https://twitter.com/LewisCox_star/status/1586402142671216642) reports.**

### The Lowdown: Heckingbottom’s comments

Carlos Corberan endured the worst possible start to life as Baggies manager on Saturday, with defeat against the Blades leaving them [bottom](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/championship/table) of the [Championship](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/championship-news/).

Sheffield United boss Paul Heckingbottom [admitted](https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/west-bromwich-albion/2022/10/29/paul-heckingbottom-west-broms-social-media-clue-gave-sheffield-united-formation-hint/) after the game that he was ‘pretty sure’ Corberan would go with a 3-4-3 system, adding that West Brom may have put a ‘little bit too much out on their social media channels’ ahead of the fixture. The Blades manager didn’t specify in regards to official posts, and Cox has shared a response from the Midlands club.

### The Latest: Cox’s update

[Cox](https://twitter.com/LewisCox_star/status/1586402142671216642), who labelled Heckingbottom’s comments as [‘interesting’](https://twitter.com/LewisCox_star/status/1586372562514329601), took to Twitter on Saturday evening to share West Brom’s response to the claim. He stated that all of the Baggies’ pre-match content was taken on Wednesday, prior to decisions from Corberan on selection and tactics.

Cox tweeted: *“Albion say all pics/vids used online were taken on Wed prior to decisions on selection/tactics and that there is nothing in PH comments.”*

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### The Verdict: Not good

Everyone at The Hawthorns would have been hoping for a new manager bounce, and even though the club are adamant that there is nothing in Heckingbottom’s claim, some posts may well have hindered Corberan and his side.

[The Express and Star](https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/west-bromwich-albion/2022/10/29/paul-heckingbottom-west-broms-social-media-clue-gave-sheffield-united-formation-hint/) say that a picture on Thursday showed Corberan, ‘holding a piece of paper with scribbled writing on it, enough to make out some of its contents’, something that the Blades may have exploited to their advantage.

Corberan has a huge task on his hands to turn things around in the Midlands, with the Baggies now bottom of the second tier, and it wouldn’t come as a shock if he were to ask that social media training ground posts are toned down going forward.