West Brom fans aim chants, boo players off and walk out early in 5-0 defeat to Norwich

West Brom boss Eric Ramsay, speaking to BBC Radio WM.

“We never felt like we had any assurance or control of the game and in critical moments we just weren’t good enough when it came to individual battles from a defensive perspective and certainly moments on the ball over the course of the first half which led to us feeling like we couldn’t build what we wanted to build and it ultimately made it into a very one-sided night which is certainly not what I was expecting.

“I have to be really balanced in the way I think about it at the moment because I felt like on night one there was a lot of good to that performance against Middlesbrough and I came in tonight with a lot of optimism. I’m eight days in, it is a situation that I have to make sure I see very clearly, that I separate my time here from everything that has gone and has led up to this because ultimately, I have come in with a real sense of energy, recognising the magnitude of the challenge. But I’ve also got to recognise that this is a tricky situation and we’ve got to find a way through and I will lead in that way and make sure we are really positive and constructive but also it is made very clear to the players where we fell short and why.

“I know the gravity of this situation and what it’s going to need and the toughness that goes with it, as a head coach and a group of staff around a group of players that are showing some fragility. But I’ve got to make sure that we support them in the right way, we make sure we are constructive, we find positives where we can find positives, we bring the negatives front and centre and we meet some of that difficulty head on.”

Ramsay, per Sky Sports:

“I genuinely do not think about that (relegation). It’s not something I would weigh into the way I evaluate games.

“We have to recognise where we are and be humble. But the second we start to think like that it becomes a waste of our time.

“There’s no lack of care or desperation to win, but there’s a fragility that comes with everything that has led up to this point.

“We have to find a way to ensure that it doesn’t affect games in the way it did tonight.”

Norwich City boss Philippe Clement, speaking to BBC Radio Norfolk:

“I’m really happy for the fans and happy for the players as well, that they get their reward for all the hard work that they have been doing, that they are doing and they need to keep on doing, let’s be clear about that.

“I’m really pleased for the clean sheet, scoring five goals, five different goalscorers. A few weeks ago, we talked about that, that we were too dependent on our strikers to score the goals and that we had to attack more with the whole team.

“That’s getting better and better, they go more in these positions and they feel more comfortable by doing that and that’s going to be very important, that it’s more of a surprise for the opponents that they have to mark everybody and it can come from all sides, so that’s a major one.

“Also, two tough away games, winning, that’s the first time this season – I think even two games in a row winning for the first time, so a lot of positives today and also to see all the fans so happy and singing and all the smiling faces – that gives me a lot of energy.”

Clement, per Sky Sports:

“I was really pleased with the performance.

“There were several really good things – a clean sheet and we haven’t had many of those this season, and that’s a target.

“Scoring five goals away from home is an important thing. We spoke a few weeks ago about being too dependent on our strikers so we need to create a team where the danger is coming from everywhere, so that’s getting better and better.

“We need to get people who are more used to being in these situations and are calm, because a few weeks ago we missed more chances.

“The hunger and desire of the team was so crucial.”

Here’s how social media users reacted as West Brom fans aim chants, boo players off and walk out early in the 5-0 defeat to Norwich…

@Carl__P_: How far this club has fallen. We are an embarrassment.

@MattYeltzBaggie: That’s the worst in my 36 yrs as a season ticket holder. A shameful performance from a group of bollockless wankers. First job tomorrow is to tell Josh Maja to go home, keep him away from here & let some mug give him a contract. We’re going down. These wasters have no balls #wba

@joelbb96: Slept on it. Reflected. League One = plenty of new grounds to tick off #wba

@DexWBA__: The only ‘good’ thing if we went down is the reset the club will get. There won’t be one single player I’d be sad to leave, they’re all shit houses and stealing a living. My Cardiff friends tell me it’s the best thing that happened to them. (Obviously hopefully it doesn’t) #wba

@Lukey_Stan13: These players are conmen, charlatans, a disgrace to the badge. The people upstairs ain’t much better but about time these players who have been a consistent failure throughout their time at this club get called out. Detest the lot of them. #WBA

@SouthBankMatt: Honestly, thank you. This season has been so tough, but you guys are really helping. To think we were on track to be the worst PL side in history and still haven’t suffered a loss as bad as this one is brilliant.

@JamesWBA4: RAMSAY OUT, NESTOR OUT, PATEL OUT, MORRISON OUT, MYHILL OUT, THE WHOLE SQUAD OUT

@JonD09: On the whole, the transfer business under Bilkul has been awful. Styles, Heggem & Price the only ones have been any good. The rest? Slow. Technically inept. Mentally fragile. You live & die by your recruitment. Millions spent. Pearce & Nestor need to be accountable. #wba

@_SeanDaly: By a clear country mile, the WORST Albion performance I’ve ever seen. Fucking gutless bastards! Never seen an Albion squad fold so easily. The defending is beyond amateurish every single game! A group of players that don’t have the bottle to play for WBA. Joke! #wba

@JoshBland13: I try to stay above getting too emotional after games, but in 21 years as a season ticket holder I have never seen anything that bad. Pathetic, gutless, cowardly. Perhaps the first time I’ve ever come away from The Hawthorns genuinely disgusted. Relegation fodder. #wba

@BaggieFans: Really is looking quite bleak. 8 defeats in 10 and still 10 on the spin away from home in the league Derby next, who haven’t finished above us in the last 20 odd years, yet lost the last 6 and have 1 win in 12 against them 😅 Definition of a bogey team #wba

@pennwba: Shit players, shit coaches, shit owners, shit weather and a shit PA system. Its all fucking shit #wba