Leeds moved to avert the crisis hyperbole that another defensive dog day would have triggered by successfully erecting the barricades at the Hawthorns. A workmanlike point on the road against a frustrated West Brom did nothing for the pulse rate but registered as a gain in terms of their season so far.
This game was the first competitive outing for Leeds’s yellow away kit, a retro throwback to past glory days complete with smiley badge. The face Leeds presented was more of a gritted-teeth grimace but after conceding six goals in their first two games of the season the clean sheet was welcome.
