I have just confirmed that our own Peter Odemwigie has perfomed beyond any reasonable doubt in his first match for West Brom Albion.
And for those of you who thinks dat he made the wrong move I believe dat time will eventually prove you wrong. Osaze scored the only goal of the Match.

any pesissimist should dare and speak.

I'm so so happy for him.

Debutant Peter Odemwingie scored a late winner as West Brom secured a deserved win over unadventurous Sunderland.

The Uzbekistan-born striker   (if he commited crime, it would have read the Nigerian striker)missed an earlier chance when clean through but made no mistake with nine minutes left as he slotted in James Morrison's pass.

The Black Cats rarely threatened with Kieran Richardson and Nedum Onuoha providing some rare spark late on.

Chris Brunt was outstanding in the middle for the Baggies and crashed a shot against the crossbar near the end.

Showing no signs of a hangover from last week's 6-0 drubbing by Chelsea, the hosts, bar a wobbly five minutes after the hour, looked full of verve and creativity with Brunt in particular pulling the strings from the middle and out wide.


Di Matteo happy to get three points
And it was the Northern Irish midfielder who ripped open the visitors' defence early on to set up new team-mate Odemwingie for a glorious chance to open the scoring.

However, just 24 hours since moving from Lokomotiv Moscow and securing international clearance on Friday night, the forward, who plays for Nigeria, looked a little jittery and hooked his weak shot wide of Scott Carson's right post.

With boss Steve Bruce sticking with front men Darren Bent and Fraizer Campbell on the back of last week's two-goal surrender to Birmingham, Sunderland looked shockingly bereft of attacking ideas and were restricted to two tame free-kicks in the first period.


Scotland's fit-again Morrison was another proving a handful for Bruce's new look defence as he blazed wide from the edge of the box before crossing for Brunt, who could only head off target.

West Brom, eyeing just a third win in 18 Premier League matches, continued to dominate proceedings and came within a few inches of a spectacular opener before the break.

Defender Marek Cech out-sprinted the Black Cats' defence and whipped the ball in for the unmarked Brunt to produce a stunning overhead kick but had to watch it fly narrowly over the bar.

The momentum remained in West Brom's favour in the second half as Sunderland's Belgian goalkeeper Simon Mignolet was called into action yet again as he smothered a Brunt header.

Bruce waited just past the hour to introduce new faces, introducing Danny Welbeck and Boudewijn Zenden, and for a few minutes, the visitors briefly came alive.

But keeper Carson was up to the test as he tipped over Richardson's 25-yard shot and then comfortably held on to a header from on-loan defender Onuoha.


Sunderland "not good enough" - Bruce
As Sunderland ran out of ideas and seemingly unhappy to work harder for three points, they suffered a sucker-punch as Odemwingie picked up Morrison's cute through-ball to cap a lively first game in West Brom's colours with a well-taken goal.

There was even time for Brunt to get within a whisker of a deserved goal as he blasted against the bar.

A job well done for Roberto Di Matteo's team but sterner tests await with trips to Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United coming up.

For him to score a goal in his debut match he deserves 100 thumbs up.go go go, osaz

Thumb up for him, more to come,

I told folks before World Cup that he was our best bet to lead the line as a lone Striker.

Everyone was arguing that he can only play in the wings.

See the amount of work he put in today.

Osaz my Guy

nobody knows how happy I am for this guy, imagine west brom beating bent's team, omo osaz u 2 gbaski!!

ur number 1 FAN

Osaze, congrats. I hope you will score more goals

Adejonny,

No mind them. If na 419 den for catch am na Naija dem go put there straightaway.
If our leaders were just a tad serious, we would just be doing like America: we for no send any body message. We no go jisoro about any body's prejudice and we for just carry go. Nonesense & ingredient.

His football is totally Nigerian. He got into football when he used to follow his dad to matches because his dad was a team doctor.
They find it difficult to associate anything good with us.
The good thing is that  individually we dey carry go wherever we are whether they like it or not. Maybe some day collectively as a people (when the current thieving leaders are dead) we fit carry go too.
Osaze is a class act on a good day.

dream start for Osaze. I'm happy for him. didnt see the game though. I hope he sustains the momentum

I'll make sure I watch the highlights of the match

More goals for Osaze (not against gunners sha.lol) and better club next season.