Obviously many of you will have listened to our thoughts on the first podcast of the season, but here are some issues that are, for me, still unresolved:

• Was the own goal definitely Wes? I think it was but most of the media are still reporting it as a Cohen o.g. As I commented in the podcast, Chrissy-boy said that it came off Wes. Maybe some of our supporter’s up on Victor’s Veranda would have had a better view.

• Did anybody else notice that Gianni Zuiverloon (West Brom’s number 22)  should have been sent off? As far as I could tell, he fouled Tys, then ran away while the ref was getting the book out for what would have been his second yellow card. In the meantime, Shelton Martis (number 24) ran up to the ref and yelled at him, and was shown the yellow card instead. Zuiverloon was subbed shortly afterwards as he was “injured”, but the Baggies should really have been down to 10 men. How come no-one else seemed to notice this or comment upon it?

• West Brom were not, in my opinion, lucky. I think that they will win a lot of matches by playing a relatively dour but well-organised brand of football, and if they end up at or near the top of the table at the end of the season, then that will not be by luck alone.

• I was a little underwhelmed by Dele Adebola’s performance, but it will take some time for him to develop an understanding with his team-mates (especially when stuck on his own up front). However, if you are wearing number 9 on your back, then you should really be scoring from the two rebounds that he had. To be fair, he stuck the disallowed effort away quite nicely (and it wasn’t his fault that it wasn’t given).

• I have often thought that the player who wins the penalty should not take it. I really like Earnie, but it was an awful spot-kick and he was obviously psyched out by Carson’s antics; I am sure the erstwhile England custodian will quite happily take a yellow card in exchange for two points gained.

• Finally, I thought Paul McKenna was outstanding. Always willing to give and receive the ball, happy to get stuck in with a tackle and a couple of decent long-range efforts. Also talked to his team-mates a lot, and potentially the type of leader that we have been missing for so many years.