The hosts looked the stronger side from the start as James Morrison got forward inside the opening 10 minutes and appealed for a penalty when Kevin Nolan appeared to handle the ball, but the referee was not interested
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The hosts looked the stronger side from the start as James Morrison got forward inside the opening 10 minutes and appealed for a penalty when Kevin Nolan appeared to handle the ball, but the referee was not interested
Albion lost this fixture 2-1 in the Premier League in December, but drew 1-1 at Upton Park a month later following Pulis’s intervention from the stands
However, a proposed move for West Ham United forward, Carlton Cole, collapsed to keep Ideye with the Baggies, and he has made an impact by scoring in his last two games
Berahino scored the Baggies’ other goal as West Brom moved four points clear of the relegation zone
“I’m not sure if it was a solid deal anyway. He’s got a great opportunity now to play some games and we were very pleased to see him score on Sunday
The 26-year-old striker became the Baggies’ record signing when they shelled out £10 million to bring him to The Hawthorns from Dynamo Kiev last summer
The Baggies’ record signing almost left the club in the final hours of the winter transfer window on Monday, but came off the bench at half-time at Turf Moor to head in the equaliser
It was reported on deadline-day afternoon that the Baggies were prepared to take a huge loss on their £10 million club-record signing and sell him to the Qatari club
Reports on Monday suggested Ideye could be set for a cut-price switch to Qatar with Al Gharafa, but the Nigerian international insists there was no truth in the stories
Al Gharafa are set to complete the permanent transfer of the 26-year-old who will go down in history as the club’s biggest waste of money
The 26-year-old joined last summer for a club record £10 million from Dinamo Kiev but has failed to impress with just two goals in 16 appearances
Tony Pulis is willing to let him leave in the January transfer window in order to make room for a forward of his own choosing, and may find a suitor in Hamburg
He said: “I was really surprised that he missed that chance on Saturday, because he puts those types of opportunities away in training
“You need to take those chances,” Pulis said of Ideye’s first-half miss. “When you get opportunities like that, you have to take them. But Brown worked hard today; he really worked the line well and Berahino played well off him
Neither side were able to create any chances for the majority of a scrappy second half, with both goalkeepers acting as mere onlookers
While Ideye, who is still struggling to find his scoring form since arriving in England, leads West Brom’s attack, his compatriot, Aluko, would also aim at picking an away win for the Tigers
Head coach, Tony Pulis, is desperate to freshen up his side in the transfer window but agrees with Chairman Jeremy Peace about the need to keep the squad size down to around 22
The jet-heeled front man has been starved of opportunities at the Hawthorns, but when put into the first-team picture he has done little to help his cause
The 26-year-old has failed to impress following a £10 million move from Dynamo Kiev in the summer