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title: "West Bromwich Albion: Fans discuss Steve Madeley’s tweet"
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published: "2021-01-27T12:12:41Z"
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# West Bromwich Albion: Fans discuss Steve Madeley’s tweet

**Many West Bromwich Albion fans have been discussing the latest comment from The Athletic’s Baggies reporter, which emerged on social media after Tuesday’s defeat.**

[Steve Madeley tweeted](https://twitter.com/SteveMadeley78/status/1354201784533741568) after West Brom’s Premier League loss to Manchester City. [His tweet said that after the 5-0 defeat](https://twitter.com/SteveMadeley78/status/1354201784533741568), the West Brom players were locked in the club’s dressing room and Sam Allardyce had a frank and honest conversation with them. He felt that there was a ‘grilling’ taking place and Allardyce was going to fulfill the post-match media duties much later than usual.

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Ilkay Gundogan had [grabbed a brace on Tuesday](https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/55714078), while Joao Cancelo, Riyad Mahrez and Raheem Sterling also got a goal each in the game. As a consequence of the result, West Brom [remained in the 19th spot in the Premier League](https://www.skysports.com/premier-league-table) and they have only 11 points in the bag. They have the worst goal difference in the league at -33.

After the game, Allardyce [described the performance against Man City](https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/football/55820662) as ‘upsetting’ and he hopes that the team learnt from the defeat against the Citizens. [He said that he was](https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/west-bromwich-albion/2021/01/27/sam-allardyce-home-truths-shared-in-west-brom-meeting-after-man-city-rout/) late to the media duties because he needed to get some of his disappointment and feelings out of the way and the players also needed to air their views about their performance.

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[Madeley’s tweet about Allardyce’s actions](https://twitter.com/SteveMadeley78/status/1354201784533741568) caught the attention of many West Brom fans, who made their views clear about the update.

### What did West Brom fans make of Madeley’s tweet?

**“A grilling won’t make any difference for these players. They simply aren’t good enough for this level I’m afraid.”**

Credit: [@bsond2015](https://twitter.com/bsond2015/status/1354203334572441606?s=20)

**“It’s all utterly pointless.”**

Credit: [@PeterBone1](https://twitter.com/PeterBone1/status/1354206837453824006?s=20)

**“Why has it taken this long for a grilling? All of them are an embarrassment.”**

Credit: [@luke\_millichamp](https://twitter.com/luke_millichamp/status/1354202024171229186?s=20)

**“Just another ‘huddle at Blackpool’ completely meaningless.”**

Credit: [@OlArnie2](https://twitter.com/OlArnie2/status/1354202188143353862?s=20)

**“About time these players have got off too lightly with there performances!!!“**

Credit: [@kenny\_woodward](https://twitter.com/kenny_woodward/status/1354202273098948615?s=20)

**“Is it me or does this smell of Big Sam resigning? If he goes, he’ll still not have been relegated so might be some clever thinking from the big man.”**

Credit: [@JonnyDrury7](https://twitter.com/JonnyDrury7/status/1354204777484324865?s=20)

**In other news, many West Brom fans have been fuming at a news update about Matheus Pereira – [read more here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/west-brom-news/west-brom-baggies-matheus-pereira-ban-upheld-hawthorns/)**