SO much for a Super Sunday? In front of the TV cameras at the Hawthorns yesterday we were nothing short of woeful. And thankfully it’s a long time since I’ve had to utter such a phrase.

From the outset we lacked any kind of tempo and, for me, the system played into West Brom’s hands.

Lukas Jutkiewicz was in a different postcode from the rest of the lads in Claret and Blue and the midfield, albeit stripped of its usual mainstays, was static and were unable to get the better of their Baggies counterparts.

I can accept the fact that both Dean Marney and David Jones – a pairing which were so influential last season – were missing but what I can’t accept is a lack of organisation, especially at the two set pieces we conceded from in opening 45 minutes.

Craig Dawson – who else after our summer pursuit of the centre back – struck the first blow at the back post after we failed to deal with a routine corner before man of the match Saido Berahino notched the first of his two with an equally easy goal from a corner.

Steven Reid and Ross Wallace – both ineffective in the first half – were hooked at half time and replaced by Ashley Barnes and Nathaniel Chalobah but things didn’t get much better after the restart.

The optimistic among us might have expected a better reaction but it was more of the same and once Berahino had scored his second after wandering through the Clarets back line, it was a case of seeing out the remaining 35 minutes or so without further damage.

Graham Dorrans got a fourth in the last minute but by then the hard work of the last three matches had been demolished by an Albion side that we made look much, much better than they are.

Our lack of strength in depth, especially in the centre of midfield, was fully in evidence and I’m sure our performance in the transfer market over the summer will be trotted out again by some fans.

No one said it was going to be easy and we’ve taken a tonking off a side we should be looking to take points off.

But Sean Dyche’s job now is to pick the lads up and get them ready for next weekend, a trip to Leicester City where a number of teams have already come unstuck this season.

We cannot have a repeat of yesterday’s performance and I’m sure the manager will be telling his players that in no uncertain terms.

I’m choosing to put it down as a bad day at the office but we really can’t afford many more at this level.