What we found out.

1. Andy D'urso. Premier League referee he was but on Saturday he was poor. To miss one obvious penalty (when Mills handled the ball) was bad enough. To miss two more decent shouts was unacceptable.

2. Albion's backline were troubled. There's little pace through the centre and the full-back positions have been a problem throughout the campaign. If Albion do go up then those will need to be addressed.

3. Who plays up front as a lone striker if Roman Bednar is injured? Ishmael Miller was on the bench but Chris Wood had an ineffective time. Luke Moore isn't the answer while Simon Cox is clearly out of favour despite showing excellent work rate whenever he plays.

4. Scott Carson produced a good performance. Possibly his best yet. It was needed following his recent display at QPR. The Albion skipper helped his side to that point. Without him Albion would have lost. He needed that performance.

5. Albion fans were denied the chance to dress as stewards. Following the much-documented bust-up between Reading players and stewards recently, some Albion fans took high-visibility vests and coats to Saturday's game. They were told to remove these by Reading's officials - on the basis that they compromised health and safety.

6. Grzegorz Rasiak left the stadium clutching a cabbage.

7. Who to win on Monday? Newcastle to keep Forest at bay? Forest to deny Newcastle more points and keep Albion's title hopes alive? Or a draw?

WHAT do you do when Roman Bednar is injured?

As useful as Albion's variant of 4-5-1 is, it leaves Roberto Di Matteo with a problem when his big Czech man is unfit.

The striker is out for a few weeks with a thigh injury, although suggestions today suggest he may not be as bad as first feared.

Even so, where to go when Roman's lodging in the medical room?

Do you go for Miller, who is nowhere near 90 minutes? Let's return to him in a bit.

Chris Wood perhaps? Eighteen-years-old and stocked with the potential capabilities to play that role. But he still lacks experience in what is a very important position.

Simon Cox has played there before for Swindon but he struggled last time.

And then there's Luke Moore, who like Cox, clearly isn't suited to the lone striker role.

Roberto Di Matteo got questionned, certainly in some quarters, for playing Moore at Swansea on Tuesday when Miller was sat on the bench.

But to leave Miller as the substitute was the correct decision (though whether Moore was the correct option is another debate)

And here's why.

While there are examples where playing a partially-fit player from the start can help, I'm not sure it applies in Miller's case.

Take the Liberty Stadium on Tuesday.

The game was so condensed, completely concertinaed and so lacking in rhythm that Miller's only role during the first-half would have been to tire himself out chasing lost causes - which would have been of no use to anyone.

'Bomber' Brown called the first-half correctly in his commentary - it was a game of chess. And there were no grandmasters anywhere in sight.

In fact there was no service and there was little for Moore to feed off.

And this is where Miller comes in. Not during the first-half, but as the game wears on.

After 60-minutes matches traditionally open up as one or both sides go in search of a crucial goal - this is where Miller's contribution is most obvious.

This is the period where he can do most damage, running at weary defenders, using his power to knock them out of the way and levering his left-foot to take the ball past defensive on-comers.

Playing up front on his own is not a role he enjoys particularly. Nor is it his strength. But playing against the knackered centre-half is.

In the meantime, with Bednar injured this is why Albion are trying to bring in another striker - to give them a plan A, when Miller is plan B.

One thing is clear, whether Albion get promoted or not, they need to address the forward line. They need a player with the characteristics of a John Carew.

Dare I say, James Beattie might be worth a go should Albion get promoted. Personally, I'd be making the call right now.

In the meantime, Albion fans may need to get used to seeing Miller continue his role as super-sub.

"...I know we've got to give Megson a chance and this is the time everyone has to stick together etc etc, but I just can't help feeling terribly disappointed with this appointment...I hope I'm proved wrong but this is not an appointment which captures the imagination..."

"...I've been speaking to some of the blokes who are Stoke fans... and they are cursing that we have got the person they consider to be the best manager they've had there for years and years and years..."

Not my observations about Gary Megson - but a snapshot for supporter opinion taken from http://www.baggies.com/ 10 years ago.

Gary Megson took over at Albion on March 9, 2000.

The brief was simple. Keep the club in the division by any means possible.

Good footballing men, wasters, players so unfit they couldn't even keep up with Megson during long-distance runs, those who read newspapers during team-meetings or turned up late for kick-offs. A flurry of people left Albion. All of them, in his opinion, had served a purpose. It was ruthless, it was merciless. And, in some instances, it was exactly what Albion needed.

Albion stayed up. Just.

Within two years the trouble-shooter-in-chief had transformed a labouring, ponderous side into promotion material. A side which didn't concede many, fought for sheer life and had a touch of flair and quality when needed.

The promotion of 2001/02 was, in so many ways, Albion's Year Zero. There was life before then. But it was bleak. Albion's current existence owes so much to Megson and the side he built in that first promotion campaign.

He was even given the keys to West Bromwich. Promotion was won once more.

Megson had his down sides. He was political - you could ask him about a player's groin strain and get a verbal missile aimed at a player he disliked, an agent he loathed, a manager he wasn't keen on or, more often than advised, his own club's board members. Speaking of which, he wasn't too keen on chairmen either. He knew how to play the press better than any of his successors since. It was probably one of his biggest strengths. And, probably, his ultimate downfall.

He split and divided opinion, despite his successful periods.

But whether you loved him, loathed him or, proven wrong or right by him, then this week was one for raising a glass to Megson and his achievements at B71
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And, one would hope, to Paul Thompson, the chairman who appointed him.

Without Thompson's bold decision to go leftfield with his managerial appointment, Albion may not have got near to their Premier League during the last 10 years, let alone spent four seasons there.

Megson's four-and-a-half-year presence shaped Albion's modern history.

Step back and think where Albion might have ended up had his stewardship of the team never happened.