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title: "West Brom: Fans unhappy with U23 result"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-02-06T19:30:41Z"
modified: "2021-02-06T19:30:41Z"
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# West Brom: Fans unhappy with U23 result

**West Bromwich Albion fans are far from happy after the club’s U23 side were beaten 5-2 by Reading in the Premier League 2 on Friday.**

Things are not going fantastically for the Baggies at the moment. Obviously, they are 19th in the Premier League table and 10 points adrift of safety ([Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/premier-league-table)), and time is running out for Sam Allardyce to try and keep them in the top flight. It seems the youth team is also struggling.

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They are currently 12th in the Premier League 2 second tier out of 13 teams. They have won just four of their 12 matches so far this term ([flashscore.com](https://www.flashscore.com/football/england/premier-league-2/standings/)), and this heavy defeat will do little to improve the confidence of the up-and-coming youngsters.

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The fans were far from happy with the result, which was [shared on the club’s official Twitter account](https://twitter.com/WBA/status/1357704345924608002), and they took to the social media platform to share their thoughts.

### **Let’s see what the West Brom fans had to say about the result below**

**“Even our youth getting 5 shipped past them what’s going ON”**

Credit: [@jackwat\_](https://twitter.com/jackwat_/status/1357705035300425730)

**“This is what happens when you treat staff so appallingly that they would rather uproot and take all their collective intel and contacts to our nearest rivals 5 miles away – when we were ahead of them. It’s utter negligence”**

Credit: [@chrislepkowski](https://twitter.com/chrislepkowski/status/1357792028919218177)

**“Love seeing consistency in the approach towards all levels at the club Dowling’s decision to make U23s players and staff use a different entrance at the training ground doing absolute bits #WBA”**

Credit: [@dannyw\_92](https://twitter.com/dannyw_92/status/1357789006222790656)

**“Why is our whole club in the mud”**

Credit: [@josh\_futba](https://twitter.com/josh_futba/status/1357707798184931333)

**“Is there ever good news from this account?”**

Credit: [@97Dylan97](https://twitter.com/97Dylan97/status/1357710613875748864)

**“What’s new? #Laiout”**

Credit: [@robbyofsmeth](https://twitter.com/robbyofsmeth/status/1357705195384430597)

***In other news, [Kevin Phillips rubbishes this Kamil Grosicki claim.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-brom-news/west-brom-baggies-kamil-grosicki-kevin-phillips-jake-livermore-kieran-gibbs-legia-warsaw/)***