tony pulis believes joey barton 'probably had a point' when claiming west bromwich albion's players 's*** themselves' during defeat to queens park rangers earlier this season in december west brom were two goals up but lost to a charlie austin hat trick, leading to barton's scathing judgement and plunging alan irvine to the brink of the sack barton said then: 'west brom went 2 0 up and i turned to dunney (richard dunne) and said, 'they've scored too early' they don't know how to get over the finishing line' tony pulis has admitted that joey barton 'probably had a point' about west brom losing their cool  the outspoken midfielder (right) was commenting after west brom surrendered a two goal lead  the teams meet again at the hawthorns on saturday with pulis having instilled a solid core to the point albion have not conceded after scoring first in a game 'whatever joey says or whatever he does he's entitled to hid views and his opinions,' pulis said 'the club were 2 0 up and lost 3 2 so he most probably had a point, or he felt he had a point to say something on that subject' pulis recalled his own misfortune from leading 2 0 and losing as gillingham manager in the second division play off final of 1999 'i've managed teams that have been 2 0 up with only for or five minutes to go and ended up drawing then losing on penalties 1999 man city wembley,' he added 'so i can't talk about being indestructible in respect to leads 'we've played really well i don't think they've just been good results the performances have been really, really good we're hoping we'll continue that now' qpr striker charlie austin scores a header to seal a hat trick and a comeback win against west brom  austin claims the match ball after helping qpr to comeback from two goals down to win 3 2 in december 
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west brom lost 3 2 to qpr earlier in the season having led the game 2 0 . hoops midfielder joey barton accused the baggies of losing their cool in a result that would contribute to former manager alan irvine's sacking . new boss tony pulis has admitted that barton 'probably had a point'. the two teams meet in the premier league on saturday at the hawthorns . pulis has steadied the ship at west brom since taking over in january and the club looks unlikely to be relegated this term 