Behaviour comes under fire from club legend Wile
pearances for West Brom came during the 1970s in which players had far less power and, having also served the club as caretaker manager and chief executive, he recognises the difficult position they are in.
“They don’t have the luxury of saying we can do without these players because they don’t have enough good players,” he added.
“Even if they do fine the players, unfortunately it doesn’t mean a lot today. Managers and clubs in general are in a difficult position with players. The power has shifted dramatically to players and agents.
“It must be a very, very difficult job to control if they behave in such a way as they have. The only conclusion you can draw is that things aren’t right.”
Boss Pardew (left), meanwhile, knows West Brom must discover some momentum if they are to have any chance of remaining in the Premier League.
“We can only salvage it by getting some momentum. We had a little bit of momentum when we went to Liverpool and got that result. Unfortunately we suffered four injuries that week,” said Pardew.
“We’ve got to stay injury free, we’ve got to try and get a win against Huddersfield and take that momentum into the next few games.
“I thought there were some good things to take from the (FA Cup) game. I think anybody who was there will see that was a proper fight and a proper effort. We need to take that into the next game.”
Southampton are also in the Premier League relegation zone, six points in front of West Brom, but unlike their rivals do seem to have some momentum.
Saturday’s 2-1 success means Saints have lost only one of their last eight games in all competitions, winning half of them, and manager Mauricio Pellegrino thinks it could be significant.
“It is important to build a run, it helps everyone to increase our confidence and spirit when we are in a difficult situation,” he said.
“We have many important games but this allows us to take more into the next match.” MANCHESTER United manager Jose Mourinho is having to juggle a range of injuries at a “crucial moment” of the campaign.
The Red Devils secured safe passage to the FA Cup quarter-finals by winning 2-0 at Huddersfield, kicking off a crunch run of games for the Red Devils.
Mourinho’s former club Chelsea arrive in the Premier League on Sunday, after Wednesday’s Champions League last-16 first leg at Sevilla, with the United boss sweating on several injury issues ahead of the games.
“I didn’t rest one single player, so we had every player available here,” the United boss said after winning at the John Smith’s Stadium on Saturday.
“I brought two kids (Ethan Hamilton and Angel Gomes) that played 90 minutes yesterday (for the under-23s) because I don’t have another player.
“Can we recover some of them for Wednesday? I believe so. (Marcus) Rashford, (Ander) Herrera, (Antonio) Valencia, I think they have a chance. Paul (Pogba), I don’t know.
“Marcos Rojo, Phil Jones, Marouane (Fellaini), Zlatan (Ibrahimovic) — I don’t think they have any chance, so we arrive at this crucial moment with some problem.
“But I think mentality is very important. And we have a strong team, strong bonding, strong team mentality. We know it is a very difficult match — but we go for it.”
David De Gea is set to return to the fold at Sevilla having been rested at Huddersfield, where Daley Blind was also absent as he recovers from injury.
Pogba (above) was conspicuous by his absence for the FA