I realise the headline reads like a Kevin Keegan slogan, but it comes from the heart. West Bromwich Albion haven't had it easy on the fitness front this season. That might sound like a 'woe is me' sort of stance; Albion are, of course, not the only team inflicted by injuries. The nature of theirs, that they're almost solely concentrated on the attacking department, has the potential to impinge on their results, however.

There was the spill-over from last season, with Daryl Dike and then, in pre-season Adam Reach. Neither are likely to be seen again until the turn of the year. Albion thought they'd, to a degree, solved a few issues when recruiting Jeremy Sarmiento and Josh Maja in the summer, but for this next flurry of games neither will be available. John Swift, their important playmaker and in-form top goalscorer, isn't either.

Some sides lower down in the Championship mightn't be able to cope with such a loss of key personnel. Albion do, at least, still have the might to name three recognised attackers to fill the three forward areas, attackers of experience and quality. Grady Diangana and Jed Wallace ought to back themselves to unsettle any full-back in this league, particularly at The Hawthorns, and through the middle you're likely to have Brandon Thomas-Asante.

The centre forward, subject of plenty of interest in the summer from elsewhere in the Championship, hasn't scored since August having begun the campaign very smartly. The goal he scored, for example, against Middlesbrough was one of true composure and potency having been delivered the opening on a platter by an unsuspecting Boro defender.

Since, though, Thomas-Asante has struggled. Never one who can be accused of not pulling his weight, he has continued to work defenders without the reward. Sometimes - particularly against Millwall with different wingers for company - he appeared to be on a different wavelength to his teammates when making runs.

When he's had openings in games, he's failed to find the net. Asante could and should have scored at Bristol City, at Watford and against Millwall when opportunities presented themselves. Some of his best goals have been through sheer instinct, with little time to think before having to act, but that well has dried up lately.

With Dike and Maja out, as well as the influential Swift, how timely now would a return to form be if Asante, confidence flowing once again, could dispatch Plymouth and QPR in these coming days? That'd be an enormous fillip for what's to come.

"The fact that I used Wallace as a striker doesn't mean that I don't believe in Asante," Corberan said. "These games now are sometimes 100 minutes and it's important to have impacts from the bench. Maybe if normal Maja had been fit, Asante might have been playing more - or maybe Maja plays more and Asante would be on the bench.

"For me, you need someone with his energy and quality to impact the game. You don't win the games with the players who only start. It's important to balance. Before the injury of Swift, we only had one possibility you can leave on the bench - against Sheffield we left Diangana on the bench, against Preston we left Asante.

"I didn't want to use Asante at Preston because I knew the result was positive and I knew the next games we'd have. After, you are looking at the team. Wallace didn't play against Millwall at home, Asante didn't play against Birmingham. It's more about having players who can impact the team from the bench.

"If you analyse Asante last year, he was making a massive impact. He was excellent. Does it mean he can only make an impact from the bench? No way, because Asante is one very good striker. That's why we are going to watch him in the first XI in more games."

I'd be delightful, then if Asante can bring it all together on Saturday. Then, aside from one attacker, there is another in the form of the emerging Tom Fellows. He's no stranger to Albion supporters, having been granted his opportunity over two years ago by Valerien Ismael, but now he enters stage left (or right, depending on the wing he might operate) having returned from a clearly beneficial loan spell.

Fellows piqued the interest of 2,000 away fans at St Andrew's last time out with a nifty cameo in a difficult environment. He pleased Corberan, too, in defeat. Now, with a dearth of senior players missing, Fellows is effectively the next cab off the rank. Exposed previously to the Championship, if only briefly, he'll know what is in store in terms of demands and expectations, but he's far better prepared now than ever more to make his mark.

Plus, when you consider that he and the rest of the Albion first-team have been joined this international break by a host of existing under 21 performers, Fellows might be forgiven for feeling something like a season professional. At 20 years old, and after an excellent pre-season in the first-team surroundings, now is the time for the winger to announce himself as a bona fide first-team Albion player who can be counted on and confirm Corberan's hunch.

If, in these next few days, we may see a return to scoring ways of Thomas-Asante and a notable contribution from Fellows, Albion will prove Corberan right in that they're able to adapt to difficult moments in the former's case and rise above injury adversity in the case of the latter.

How would you line Albion up against Plymouth on Saturday?