Christian Walton has been told to stick to his strengths
First published in Albion by Andy Naylor, Chief sports reporter
Albion boss Sami Hyypia wants Christian Walton to stick to his strengths at the Amex tonight.
The England under-20s keeper makes his home and league debut against Wigan at the Amex.
Walton was called up for last week's Capital One Cup exit at Spurs in place of broken finger victim David Stockdale.
He is back between the posts as loan signing Ali Al-Habsi is not allowed to play against his parent club after featuring in Saturday's 3-2 defeat at Bournemouth.
Hyypia told The Argus: “I think Chris is a good keeper and nobody expects any miracles of him. He knows his own quality and if he does the things that he does normally very well then that’s what I’m expecting.
“He doesn’t need to do anything else. Pressure is always there when you play a game but I think he is mature enough to be calm, be relaxed and do what he can.”
Al-Habsi, at Wigan since 2010, knows what Albion are up against.
Hyypia said: “Hopefully he will give us some good tips how to play against them.”
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