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title: "West Brom: Fans react to Ismael’s comments on Gardner-Hickman"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-brom-fans-react-to-ismaels-comments-on-gardner-hickman/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Twitter Talk"
published: "2021-11-05T12:10:29Z"
modified: "2021-11-05T12:10:29Z"
---

# West Brom: Fans react to Ismael’s comments on Gardner-Hickman

**West Brom manager Valerien Ismael hailed teenager Taylor Gardner-Hickman for his performance against Hull City in the week.**

And a number of Baggies supporters have been reacting to Ismael’s comments after the club posted them on their [official Twitter page](https://twitter.com/WBA/status/1456275291647713281) on Thursday.

The 19-year-old was handed a [first](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/taylor-gardner-hickman/leistungsdaten/spieler/546944) Championship start in the 1-0 win at The Hawthorns and took his opportunity with Darnell Furlong suspended.

Gardner-Hickman played on the right-hand side in a 3-4-2-1 system and made two tackles, one key pass and won six duels. \[[SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/team/football/west-bromwich-albion/8)\]

He recorded a better [match rating](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/taylor-gardner-hickman/leistungsdaten/spieler/546944) than senior professionals Jake Livermore and Matt Phillips, with West Brom sharing a [clip](https://twitter.com/WBA/status/1456275291647713281) of Ismael and Gardner-Hickman online.

Ismael labelled the youngster as man of the match, describing his performance as ‘great’.

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### West Brom fans react

This is what these Baggies fans had to say in reply to the club’s [official post](https://twitter.com/WBA/status/1456275291647713281), with a few hoping to see him keep his place against Middlesbrough on Saturday but some taking the chance to hit out at Ismael.

**“Klopp without the ability”**

[Credit: @LukeRowland015](https://twitter.com/LukeRowland015/status/1456541074600697866)

**“I am really fond of our manager. It will end in tears as being fond of a manager always does, but it’s great to have a manager who seems to be such a good bloke.”**

[Credit: @SafiyaOutlines](https://twitter.com/SafiyaOutlines/status/1456354104125661186)

**“Agree Val not brave enough to stand by him cuz his shocking management is putting pressure on him”**

[Credit: @RobertByron11](https://twitter.com/RobertByron11/status/1456363588780711944)

**“He better start next week”**

[Credit: @Jakecolclough4](https://twitter.com/Jakecolclough4/status/1456275412003090433)

**“Don’t drop him for Furlong!”**

[Credit: @Mickthedec57](https://twitter.com/Mickthedec57/status/1456313611400384513)

**“Had a fantastic game. Shame he will more than likely be dropped”**

[Credit: @daveyg71](https://twitter.com/daveyg71/status/1456282052756660235)