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SUB SMITH’S CHOKER FOR LAME ALBION

Bilic defends call not to pick new boys

By John Wragg
Star Game

STAR MAN
BARTOSZ BIALKOWSKI
Millwall

TUSSLE: West Brom’s Kenneth Zohore, right, and Millwall’s Murray Wallace battle for the ball

SLAVEN Bilic shook his head and said it was just not possible to play any of the four new players he brought to West Brom 48 hours earlier.
“They only had their medicals on Thursday night. The players only trained on Friday and it would have been a totally unserious approach to the game to play them”, insisted Baggies boss Bilic after Millwall took a deserved...

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