‘West Brom make their own rules up’

Posh manager Darren Ferguson claims West Bromwich Albion are being allowed to make their own rules up in the Championship this season

Posh were frustrated by Albion full-back Darnell Furlong continually delaying the game in the latter stages of last weekend’s 1-0 defeat by walking slowly to the visiting fans to borrow an item of clothing with which to dry the ball before hurling a long throw into the home penalty area.

It happened three times before referee James Linington cautioned Furlong for time wasting, but Ferguson accepted the referee was restricted in what further action he could take, despite there being obvious Covid implications for a side who currently have a couple of players selfisolating.

Ferguson said: “It’s absolutely ridiculous, but I don’t blame the referee. He was told he can’t do anything about it.

“It’s the Football League’s problem. I’ve never seen fans throwing towels onto the pitch before.

“West Brom seem to be makingtheirownrulesupand the League need to do something about it. Last week a Blackburn member of staff picked all the towels up when they played West Brom and the referee told him he had to leave them.”

West Brom manager Valerein Ismael claimed his side’s mentality enabled them to find a late winner and stretch their Championship winning streak to four game despite playing nowhere near their best.

Ismael said: “It was a difficult game at the end of a difficult week.

“We knew it would be a tough game , but at the end we managed to score. We showed the desire and the mentality you need to win matches.

“You will get some games like this throughout the season.

“You can’t always dominate the opponent and score three or four goals, but it’s important to stay strong and show the right mentality.

“And we had that mentality to win the duels, to win the second balls, to stay strong together and to believe that we could score at any time.”

Jack Marriott in an aerial duel in the game against West Brom.