JONATHAN Greening believes the unforgiving nature of the Premier League will help Albion’s more inexperienced players next season.

Nine of the 14 Albion players who played a part at Manchester City on Sunday had not kicked a ball in the Premier League before this season.

Some of those players, such as Jay Simpson and Marc-Antoine Fortuné, will not remain at the club next season when Albion’s relegation is confirmed, but Greening feels the top flight will have served as a valuable lesson for the rest.

“We’ve got a lot of inexperienced players,” said the Albion skipper.

“To have had this year and the experience of playing against the world’s best players is good.

“The Championship is a difficult league as well and if they get another 40 games under their belt they will come back stronger.

“I remember when I was 22 I hardly played and made about 30 appearances for Manchester United as a sub.