Claudio Yacob today insisted he is happy to be Albion's unsung hero as the Baggies aim for another record-breaking Premier League season.
The Hawthorns favourite is pleased to let high-profile team-mates take the limelight as the Baggies target another top-half finish.
Argentina international Yacob has become a popular figure with supporters since moving to England last summer on a free transfer from Racing Club in Buenos Aires.
And the midfielder, who has cut an impressive figure in a defensive role, said: "I don't catch the attention like players such as (Romelu) Lukaku and (Shane) Long.
"I don't score goals because that's not my role – but I think my function is very important to help the team achieve their overall goal. Scoring is the aim of the match but it's not the most important thing.
Albion's hopes of reaching Europe faded when the FA Cup semi-final draw meant only a fifth-place finish would take them into the Europa League.
But they remain in course to beat last season's best ever Premier League finish of 10th and their highest Premier League points total of 47.
And Yacob, who has two full international caps, revealed he is becoming more comfortable in the Albion squad after spending the season learning to speak English.
Claudio Yacob today insisted he is happy to be Albion's unsung hero as the Baggies aim for another record-breaking Premier League season.
West Brom defender Billy Jones today urged the Baggies to sign up his right-back rival Steven Reid for another season.
West Brom boss Steve Clarke still hopes summer signing Markus Rosenberg can make an impact this season after revealing the Sweden international's frustrations.
West Brom captain Chris Brunt is desperate to make it 13th time lucky for Northern Ireland and deliver a long overdue victory at Windsor Park.
Kev's, Sy's And Trbhoo's song, spooky again????? we were posting the same thought at the same time, I bera not be turning into Trbhoo else Max will throw me Angle Cake back at me.
oh come on.- not even a small smile??...we've sung worse over the years....and just the thought of us all hand clapping queen style might lead to a new fancey dress theme for the end of the season....wonder if there is a world record for how many queen impersonaters in a footall ground??
Unsung hero he may be but I think we all know how important he is to the team. We struggled when he was out injured because he is a genuine class player who is not easilly replaced. He obviously likes us as much as we like him and he seems to be a typical, hard working, honest, Albion type of player. Lets hope we can keep him for many years to come, as that would mean that we continue to develop into a club worthy of respect and recognition in The Premier League.
Our small steps towards sustainable Premiership status will bring us ever greater rewards in the future, but no doubt over the summer, we will have the usual calls for big signings and moans about our "tight fisted" chairman. Well, if tight fistedness can bring us more players like Claudio, I say, long may it continue.
You are my favourite player Claudio. I love watching the way you pinch the ball off opposing players and your distribution is first class.. I hope you stay with us and next year we can go for a Champions league spot...COYB
Just goes to show money can't buy you everything. What an immense player he is, just hope the big boys don't come knocking on our door. In saying that we are the big boys.
Thing is, if massive clubs like Wolves, Barcelona, etc... come sniffing it will hard for him to turn down the opportunity of a lifetime plying his trade in the Nou Camp or Molineux. He could possibly be winning a League 1 championship medal next season, whats he gonna win staying with us?
This blokes been a brilliant signing! Those years of being a soft touch defensively have disapeared and a lot of the credit should go to players like Yacob and G Mac who havent cost us a penny transfer fee wise! keep it up boys! COYB
Claudio Yacob what a fantastic player he is! We MUST keep him, I suggest that it would be a good idea to offer him the reward of a long contract for all his efforts this season, this would keep him at the Hawthorns. Albion play much better when he is in the team he is a class act! Didn't we miss him when he was injured?
Can anyone tell me the words to the song and the tune that they sing about him I have not heard it yet? My Grandson who is a season ticket holder loves all the Albion songs and he will love to hear a new one, maybe they will sing it at the next home game?
Well when Albion looked like they were about to sign Claudio, I found video footage of him playing in Argentina, I then predicted he'd be a 'special' player for us.
The only difference is that games over there appear to be a bit 'gung-ho', often end to end stuff, so he was making driving runs through the centre, a la Bryan Robson, but over here he's used much more defensively, to break up the opposition attacks.Still a quality player.
The fans love you Claudio.We hope you spend many years wearing our famous striped shirt.The futures bright,it's blue and white.Boing Boing.
Claudio is our "Ball Snatcher", which is as important a job as scoring a goal, putting in a super cross, heading away a dangerous high ball, going past a player, plus. Long may he do our ball winning. Chant: Yacob-Yacob rob-rob-rob, repeat.
As we're talking about a 'quality' Baggies player, and it's a 'game-free' weekend, maybe we could amuse ourselves a little bit-
About this time 5 years ago, Jarrod asked the guys on here to give us their all-time best, or favourite Albion team, based on the players they've seen in the famous blue and white striped shirts over the years.It's interesting, because one or two included Jonathan Greening and Robert Koren amongst their all-time greats!!
Anyway, I could probably put 25 players in mine, but you have to leave some out, so based on the impact they've had on me, mine would possibly be ( 4-4-2 )-
Ben Foster; Doug Fraser, John Wile, Ally Robertson, Derek Statham; Laurie Cunningham, Bryan Robson, Len Cantello ( obviously ), Willie Johnstone; 'Bomber' Brown, 'King' Jeff Astle.
I suppose being similar ages it's not surprising I agree with most of your picks. The only one I'd change would be Bobby Hope in for Len. It's also a close call with Cyrille, Jonas, Chippy Clark, Don Howe and believe it or not Andy Johnson but they all just fail to edge out the competition
As I say, it's a personal thing, so over 40-50 years it's hard to pick a clear first XI, there's bound to be a few difficult choices.
Chippy Clark was very underrated, always dangerous and a prolific goalscorer, Bobby Hope made the team 'tick', and Cyrille was very, very difficult to leave out.Don Howe left the season before I began watching, so did JtH's favourite, Derek Kevan.As for Andy Johnson, I've never seen anyone else run around the pitch at 100mph for 90 minutes.
clive chippy clark what a player many happy times but what about john kaye and big stan jones derek the tank kevan and many more great players
it is just a fun thing, but each of us can remember different players from different eras, it's our own personal favourites from those we've had the pleasure to watch.
I started going as a young lad in 1964, so I missed the 'greats' like Derek Kevan, Ronnie Allen, Ray Barlow, Bobby Robson, etc., but some of the other guys on here will remember them with great affection, I'm sure.
Reminds me of Martin Jol when he first joined us - good on the ball, good technically and hard as nails...... What a fantastic piece of scouting to find him and incredible that we got him on a free.
A totally class player who has only cost us his wages......arrived in a new country, has to learn a new language whilst adapting to a new team and leauge....and still put in some monster performances!! Admire both his dersire and talent as a player. And i think we all appreciate the way our club works hard behind the scenes to identify players like this in all positions.....players who cost little but give us alot.
That's the million dollar question now, can RG pick up DA's mantle as seamlessly as we all hope. The scouting network is hopefully still in place so the main thing Richard needs to do is vet the background and personality of potential signings.
Much has been made of PO's attitude of late but he's the first "bad apple" we've had for years and even then you could say that at least he earned the right by being the missing link that established us as a PL club. McAuley, Reid, Lukaku, Yacob you can run through the rest of the squad and they all have a desire and commitment to the team as well as themselves.
Although from afar it seems Claudio really is something for us to continue building with. To say after 3/4 of a season he reminds people of Jol and Brian Robson, he must be one hell of a player?
The primary goal of any team is to have its backbone solid and good! Foster, Olsen, Mulumbu, Yacob! This backbone will see us in good stead!
super player, the role he plays for west brom (any team) is my favourite role within the team. sitting in front of the back four breaking down opposition attacks and moving the ball on. one of my all time favourite prem players was claude makélélé, he perfected this role, a master at his profession. i do believe there is more to come from yacob.
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