Ex-Millwall attacker Wallace: ‘West Brom bottled chance to close play-off gap’

Jed Wallace said West Brom “bottled” the chance to close the gap to the top six in the Championship over their Easter fixtures.

The Baggies lost 3-1 to Rotherham United on Friday and blew a two-goal lead at home relegation candidates QPR on Monday, settling for a 2-2 draw.

Wallace played the full 90 minutes in both games, as Carlos Corberan’s side dropped down to 11th in the table and five points adrift of the play-off spots.

The 29-year-old scored 42 goals in 260 matches for Millwall before leaving for West Brom in the summer.

“We go 2-0 up and then a goal out of nothing and then a calamity goal really,” Wallace told BBC Radio WM.

“We had a massive opportunity over the weekend to make a dent on where we want to get to and, for lack of a better saying, we’ve bottled it, to be honest, as a group of players.

“No disrespect to QPR. I’ve got a lot of respect for Gareth Ainsworth – I played against his Wycombe team for years – but we should be beating teams like that at home, especially given the home form we’ve had and the fact we went 2-0 up.

“We’ve shown such good character to fight and claw ourselves into a good position after our start to the season, and I don’t think anyone can say they played well over the last couple of games.

“Amazingly, we still have an opportunity to do something.

“It feels unjust, really, after the last couple of games, but we know it’s not dead and buried.

“If we can put a run together like we have done already this season, then anything can happen. We know this league can change quickly, but it’s not going to change if we play like we have for the last couple of games – we’ve been rubbish.

“We’ve let ourselves and the supporters down with our performances over the last two games.”