Form is temporary and West Brom captain Jed Wallace is a prime example

We see it all the time don't we and for many it is caused a lot by the hysteria of social media.

We see it more and more at clubs up and down the country, and we have seen it at Albion in recent times.

I can remember periods in the last few years where Matt Phillips was written off by many. And I must admit, personally I never stretched to stating he was past it, but in Albion's bleak times I did ask the question of whether his time at the club may be coming to an end.

Phillips has proved that isn't the case - but the main example of this, certainly in recent weeks is Jed Wallace.

Calls to drop Wallace from the starting line-up had been growing earlier in the campaign.

After a blistering start to his Albion career where he played that chalk on the boots, one touch and cross role, his form began to tail off late last season.

At the start of the current campaign, after being handed the armband, his form did dip.

We don't 100 per cent know what that was down to. Could it have been the weight of the captaincy? Or could it have been a change in position, with Wallace at times being moved away from his traditional winger role.

He was hospitalised in the summer and had his appendix removed. Could that have impacted his form?

Maybe it could have, but one thing that is for sure, is that Wallace didn't just become a bad player overnight.

I think in the modern era, like I have mentioned earlier, sometimes people tend to forget that players just have bad runs at times, they have bad games.

Players will come out of the other side of it, and Carlos Corberan saw that.

I can't say for certain whether the Baggies boss would have thought about taking Wallace out of the side during his difficult run, but if he had there would have been some sense in it.

But he persisted with his captain because he knows what he can do, and in recent weeks that decision has been vindicated.

At Southampton I thought he was exceptional, and his quality we come to expect from the Baggies skipper is again marrying up alongside his high energy performances.

Against Ipswich, Wallace was handed man of the match and for me he fully deserved it.

His cross for Brandon Thomas-Asante should have been buried, his pressing was persistent and then his decision making for the second goal was a pivotal point in the game.

He made the right choice at the right time with Grady Diangana going on to score, and he very much led by example throughout.

Wallace is hitting his stride again and it is no surprise. A player with that much quality was always going to re-discover his form at some point.