The Baggies have won just once in their last nine matches and currently sit in 16th spot, a point above the relegation zone, following Sunday’s 2-0 defeat at Stoke
Browsing: Brown Ideye
The summer arrival from Dynamo Kiev has failed to find the net in the Premier League and hasn’t impressed since his return to the team against Villa and QPR.
Burgess made almost 400 appearances for Albion in a 14-year career before moves to Northampton, Rochdale and Kidderminster
And Ideye, who started for the second successive game, believes Alan Irvine’s men got carried away with their first-half lead
Ideye was selected ahead of Saido Berahino against QPR on Saturday for the second successive match, but he failed to test Rob Green with the few openings he had
Ideye has struggled to live up to his price tag following a switch from Dynamo Kiev.
He has managed just one goal for the Albion in the League Cup against Hull – but injured himself in the process
Ideye made just his third Premier League start on Saturday and, despite struggling personally, the £10 million man helped the Baggies to a 1-0 derby win against Villa
The club’s record signing, Ideye, was joined in the starting line-up by the likes of Silvestre Varela, Sebastian Blanco and Jason Davidson, all of whom are also fighting for a regular first team place
Because after the nightmare end to his spell at Dynamo Kiev, Ideye knows what real problems are and is keen to keep his tough start at The Hawthorns in perspective
Ideye picked up an ankle injury during the process of scoring Albion’s opener in the 3-2 League Cup victory at home to Hull towards the end of September
WBA boss, Alan Irvine, has even omitted Ideye from his West Brom squad for the last two Barclays Premier League matches and the 26-year-old admits he is getting a hard time
Albion have had a tiny return on the £10 million they paid Dynamo Kiev for his services, just one Premier League start and a single Capital One Cup goal
The Nigerian international has scored just once – in the Capital One Cup against Hull – since his arrival in England, and he was let out of the squad entirely for Saturday’swin at Leicester
However, reports claim the management staff at Albion are increasingly concerned by how poor the 26-year-old has been, with sources claiming he is way off being a Premier League player
The striker bought for 10 million pounds has under his belt four unconvincing starts, one goal and three weeks on the sidelines.
Ideye however tweeted just twice this week, both on Monday, when he responded to West Brom’s excellent 2-2 draw with Manchester United by proclaiming: “So proud to be a Baggie
The £10 million forward is still searching for his first Premier League goal, with his only strike coming in the Capital One Cup
Ideye got off the mark for the club in the Capital One Cup win over Hull last week, but injured his ankle in the process
West Brom should have had a first-half penalty when Emmanuel Adebayor handled a Craig Dawson header, but they continued to press after the break in a display that belied their lowly standing
Ideye missed a spot kick in Tuesday’s Capital One Cup penalty shootout against League Two Oxford but got off the hook as the Baggies scraped through
Delays in the completion of the necessary paperwork to formalise his move mean he is slightly behind some of his new teammates in terms of match sharpness, following a disrupted pre-season
The Nigerian twice went close to breaking the deadlock at St Mary’s and the striker himself admitted that he was disappointed not to have opened his Baggies account