Carlos Corberan’s side still hold a very strong position in the early Championship table after a relatively strong start to the campaign.
However, successive defeats to Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough have raised some eyebrows in this quarter of the West Midlands regarding whether Albion can mount a sustained promotion bid over the course of the remaining 38 games.
A handful of changes have been made by the Spaniard in those two encounters, which included Jed Wallace replacing Tom Fellows in the starting 11 on Tuesday night, despite the England U21 international starting the campaign in exceptional individual form.
And, alongside the winger from Longbridge’s restoration, Corberan has been urged to make yet another switch out wide for the upcoming encounter with Millwall at The Hawthorns.
West Brom urged to start Mikey Johnston in upcoming Millwall encounter
That’s according to Football League World’s West Brom fan pundit, Callum Burgess, who has stated that he would like to see Mikey Johnston handed a first start of the season for the Baggies in place of Karlan Grant.
“I think it’s time that Albion started to re-introduce Mikey Johnston to the starting XI,” Burgess told FLW.
“Although he’s looked rusty in his cameo appearances so far, we’ve only had 20 or 30 minutes (in each game) to judge him off. So, it might be easy for the fans to pass opinions that he might not be the player that he was last season.
“We’ll only know if that’s the case when he starts playing an hour to 70 minutes on a regular basis again to get into the swing of things.
“Although Karlan Grant has had a fairly good start to the season, especially with his work off the ball and putting in 110 per cent every week, we saw the spark that Mikey Johnston can provide when he’s on it.
“When he’s starting games for us, if he’s getting back into his mojo, then Albion can have a really decent Championship player.”
West Brom fan pundit highlights Grady Diangana blow for Carlos Corberan
It was revealed by Corberan after the 1-0 loss to Michael Carrick’s side that Grady Diangana had suffered a shoulder issue after being absent from the midweek clash, and the DR Congo international remains a doubt for Saturday’s game.
Burgess stated that he would, in an ideal world, see the 26-year-old restored to the side against Neil Harris’ men, although it seems rather unlikely.
