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title: "West Brom: Supporters “booed” Kyle Bartley vs Birmingham"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Charlie Smith"
section: "Championship News"
published: "2022-09-15T11:41:25Z"
modified: "2022-09-15T11:41:25Z"
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# West Brom: Supporters “booed” Kyle Bartley vs Birmingham

**West Brom supporters ‘booed’ defender Kyle Bartley shortly after Birmingham City’s third goal on Wednesday, according to reporter [Joe Chapman](https://twitter.com/ChapmanJ92/status/1570153477246160896).**

### The Lowdown: Another defeat

The Baggies fell to a midweek defeat to their local rivals, making it [five](https://www.skysports.com/west-bromwich-albion-results) games in all competitions without a win.

Steve Bruce’s side have won just one of their first nine Championship fixtures, with Scott Hogan scoring a hat-trick at The Hawthorns. The result leaves West Brom in [20th](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/championship/table) place and only out of the relegation zone due to goal difference.

### The Latest: Chapman’s post

Chapman provided updates from The Hawthorns on Twitter and described Bartley’s involvement in Hogan’s third goal as [“properly bad”](https://twitter.com/ChapmanJ92/status/1570153079667916801).

He then stated that the centre-back’s first touch after the restart was [“booed by the Albion fans”](https://twitter.com/ChapmanJ92/status/1570153477246160896), with Bruce taking him off after [76 minutes](https://www.flashscore.co.uk/player/bartley-kyle/YHOcp7Yb/).

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### The Verdict: Evening to forget

You can see why a number of supporters were unhappy with Bartley, with [SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/birmingham-city-west-bromwich-albion/isj) giving him a match rating of 6.3/10. He failed to make an interception or tackle all evening, lost possession on 12 occasions and also completed just one of six attempted long balls.

The defender has been one of the club’s worst performing players in the second tier, as per [WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/175/Show/England-West-Bromwich), so it wouldn’t come as a shock if Bruce left him out of the side for this weekend’s trip to Norwich City.