Some West Brom fans have shown their admiration for ‘underappreciated’ Romaine Sawyers via social media, as the 28-year-old talks about getting “goosebumps” playing at The Hawthorns.
The 28-year-old midfielder recently spoke to West Brom’s official website about his journey to becoming a first-team player for the Baggies, declaring that he “always wanted to play for West Brom” growing up.
Sawyers, a Saint Kitts and Nevis international, discussed beginning his journey at West Brom when he “was only seven”, feeling “hurt” at being released from the club in 2013, as well as the “goosebumps” he felt upon his return to the Hawthorns at the beginning of the current season in his interview with the club website.
Sawyers has started 31 of the Championship leaders’ 33 league games so far this season. The midfielder has made an average of 65 passes per game this season, which is a higher average number of passes per game than any other West Brom player has managed to achieve.
Is Romaine Sawyers underappreciated this season?YES, SAWYERS HAS BEEN A KEY MEMBER OF WEST BROM'S SQUAD
NO, SAWYERS IS NOT UNDERAPPRECIATED
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Some Baggies fans recently took to Twitter to show their admiration for the West Brom academy product, with one user notably claiming that Sawyers has been a “very underappreciated player in recent times”. Read the positive messages in favour of Sawyers from some Baggies fans in the tweets below.
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Romaine Sawyers on returning to WBA:
“I remember running out at the start of the season at the Hawthorns – it gave me goosebumps.
“Every kid wants to play Premier League but to play it with your club is a feeling I can only imagine. We’ve got a good chance though.” pic.twitter.com/HgtOx4UzBR
— WBA Report (@WBAReport) February 18, 2020
https://twitter.com/Baggieanalytics/status/1229829243972063232
Agreed!
— NickGriffo (@GriffoWba) February 18, 2020
I don't care if he's arguably out of form, he is still crucial to this team
— ?AJ? (@ASinghJ62) February 18, 2020
Class player ???
— Michael Farmer (@baggieboyfarmer) February 18, 2020
I'm such a big fan of Sawyers, i wish he can find that first half of the season form soon ?
He needs that bit of aggression and decisiveness back and he'll be back to his best ??— JonW1995 (@JonW1995) February 18, 2020
R S Turbo. Living the dream in the fast lane !
— Dickos (@grorty_dickos) February 18, 2020
What do we think?
Given the large number of games he has played for the Baggies this season, as well as his impressive passing statistics, it may be fair to claim that Sawyers has been a key member of West Brom’s Championship-leading squad this season.
Sawyers has also shown his versatility this season, featuring regularly in a defensive midfield position for the Baggies, despite normally playing in a more attacking midfield role throughout his career. Sawyers’ versatility and reliability this season may well make him an underappreciated member of West Brom’s squad.