Why Ryan Mason only has himself to blame for creating big West Brom headache
A lot of mud is being slung in the direction of Ryan Mason at the moment.
Some of it for good reason. Albion are in a slump not seen since at the club since the mid 1990s. They are 16th in the table, closer to the relegation zone than the play-offs.
And if results don't pick up in the next few weeks, then they could well find themselves in a relegation scrap.
The hope is that it doesn't come to that - but that is very much the reality of the situation at the moment.
Boxing Day's 2-1 defeat to Bristol City was the latest in a long line of miserable afternoons the Albion fans have had to endure this season so far.
Across the season there have been a fair few sticks the fans have used to beat Mason with.
Some maybe haven't been justified, and in the defence of the under fire Albion head coach, there are a string of games where they haven't taken one or three points purely because the players haven't been able to take advantage of the chances they have created.
But, there have been questionable decisions and one was again highlighted on Friday.
The change from Josh Griffiths to Joe Wildsmith was such a strange decision when it happened.
Wildsmith has had a couple of quiet games, but he was already coming in for flack before his mistake in the Boxing Day loss.
Granted a player was interfering with play - however, his inability to dive or try and save the ball just looked awful. It was another mistake.
Another mistake that shines the spotlight on Albion, Wildsmith and Mason.
This isn't an attack on the keeper, he just doesn't looked good enough to be a solid number one in the Championship.
Having Wildsmith in has made an out of form backline look even more rickety. Albion look nervous, and some of it looks like it stems from their goalkeeper.
However, the big question is still why the change. Griffiths may have made the odd mistake, but he had won Albion more points than he had lost this season.
Had he not produced displays such as Norwich - Albion may well be in the relegation zone right now.
When a manager is under fire, there are shoots of sympathy for them.
Although that is the case in part for Mason - one of the biggest problems he has created is made entirely of his own doing and he only has himself to blame.