Ben Foster exclusive: It’s simple… we’ve moved on from Barcelona indicent

Ben Foster insists West Brom’s players have already moved on from the incident in Barcelona last week, and says morale in the camp is surprisingly good.

Gareth Barry, Boaz Myhill, Jake Livermore and Jonny Evans, who was stripped of the captaincy for last weekend’s FA Cup loss to Southampton, apologised for breaking a club curfew during a training camp.

Speaking on Soccer Saturday ahead of West Brom’s vital clash at home to Huddersfield on Saturday, Foster says the mood around the camp is positive, despite the incident and the fact Alan Pardew’s side are seven points from safety.
Foster said: „[The mood is] surprisingly good actually. I think we’ve got quite an experienced group, and I’m sure many of the players have been through this before.

„It’s not nice, it’s never easy, but we’re all keeping upbeat, and you’ve just got to get on with it. There’s no point in letting it drag you down and getting miserable about it, you’ve got to roll your sleeves up and knuckle down.

„It’s definitely been a strange two weeks, you can put it like that. It’s one of those things, sometimes things like this happen in football.

„Whatever happened, happened. It’s something we’ve put behind us, we’re not even really talking about it anymore, which I think is a good thing. The spirit is pretty good, we’ve got an experienced bunch, and we’re good at moving on with things.
„It’s something you kind of accept as life, mistakes happen. The four lads in question – first of all I have to say, they know they made a mistake, and it’s very obvious, they know they let a lot of people down, the fans especially – but as people they are four of the best you could find, they are really nice human beings.

„So it’s not as if the lads feel let down, or something where we say: ‘What are they doing?!’ They know they’ve made a mistake, we know they’ve made a mistake, and we kind of just move on from it.
„They’re four very experienced players, and a huge part of our team, very integral players. So we just move on, simple as that.“

West Brom have won just one Premier League game since Pardew took over from Tony Pulis in early December, but they have drawn five of those 13 matches.
Foster says the pressure on Pardew is not acknowledged by the player, nor the manager, and says the new boss has been a welcome arrival at The Hawthorns.

He said: „We pay no attention to it whatsoever, and I’m sure Alan doesn’t as well. Alan’s record speaks for itself, he’s a great manager, and I think he’s been a real breath of fresh air since he came in too.

„He’s really changed it, we had Tony for a few years, and it has been a very regimented way of doing things, and it’s going to take time to bring your own ideas, implement them and get them working.“
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