The wake-up call was delivered in time-honoured fashion, a chorus of boos to accompany the half-time whistle.
Plenty of room for improvement and sufficient time for West Brom’s players to show what they are really about.
They responded with oodles of energy which seemed certain to bring a reward eventually. So it came to pass thanks to Karlan Grant, who finally found a way past stubborn opponents to score his seventh goal in eight games.
MATCH FACTS
West Brom: Johnstone, Kipre, Clarke, Bryan (Reach 40), Gardner-Hickman, Livermore, Snodgrass, Townsend, Phillips (Hugill 63), Ahearne-Grant, Robinson (Diangana 88).