{"id":440323,"date":"2011-06-13T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/13\/west-brom-considering-striker-role-for-somen-tchoyi-next-season\/"},"modified":"2011-06-13T12:31:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T12:31:00","slug":"west-brom-considering-striker-role-for-somen-tchoyi-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/13\/west-brom-considering-striker-role-for-somen-tchoyi-next-season\/","title":{"rendered":"West Brom considering striker role for Somen Tchoyi next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Ross Jackson<\/h3>\n<h4>13 Jun 2011 13:31:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"65.7357414449\">\n<div readability=\"13.5644171779\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Somen Tchoyi, West Bromwich\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/131400\/131469_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Somen Tchoyi, West Bromwich<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"28.5257009346\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/112\/west-bromwich\">West Brom<\/a> are pondering whether to give Cameroon international <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/cameroon\/34365\/somen-tchoyi\">Somen Tchoyi<\/a> a chance at playing in a striking position.<\/p>\n<p>Tchoyi spent the majority of the season playing on the wing and contributed three goals. However, in the final game of the season when the Baggies were 3-0 down at Newcastle, they moved the 28-year-old into a more central role where he scored a magnificent hat-trick to rescue a point for his side.<\/p>\n<p>Baggies assistant boss Michael Appleton revealed the hat-trick was no fluke, and Tchoyi has in fact played there before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has looked a threat when we have seen him do that on international duty, so it has been on our minds a little bit and we might have found a tool we can use for next season,\u201d Appleton told <em>Express and Star<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNewcastle was incredible and it was great for him. In the first half he threatened a little bit in wide areas but, as soon as we put him into central areas, he caused havoc and could have had another couple of goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Albion are believed to be looking for a strike partner for Peter Odemwingie, with PSV Eindhoven forward Ola Toivonen reportedly a target of Roy Hodgson. However the Dutch side\u2019s \u00a310 million valuation of the Swede may have deterred the former Liverpool boss, who could opt to use Tchoyi alongside the Nigerian.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more from the original source:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/13\/2530173\/west-brom-considering-striker-role-for-somen-tchoyi-next\" title=\"West Brom considering striker role for Somen Tchoyi next season\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">West Brom considering striker role for Somen Tchoyi next season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Ross Jackson 13 Jun 2011 13:31:00 Somen Tchoyi, West Bromwich Related Links Teams Players West Brom are pondering whether to give Cameroon international Somen Tchoyi a chance at playing in a striking position. Tchoyi spent the majority of the season playing on the wing and contributed three goals. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":405000,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-440323","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>West Brom considering striker role for Somen Tchoyi next season - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/13\/west-brom-considering-striker-role-for-somen-tchoyi-next-season\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"West Brom considering striker role for Somen Tchoyi next season - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Ross Jackson 13 Jun 2011 13:31:00 Somen Tchoyi, West Bromwich Related Links Teams Players West Brom are pondering whether to give Cameroon international Somen Tchoyi a chance at playing in a striking position. 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