Head coach Tony Mowbray remains confident Albion can finish in the top six of the Championship but wants his players to start creating a gap to the chasing pack.
Two dropped points at home to Hull after taking the lead on Saturday, which came on the same day as Bristol City and Coventry were both winning, leaves it incredibly tight going into the international break with the Sky Blues and the Baggies tied on 57 points and due to play each other soon after the domestic schedule resumes.
But Mowbray said: “We’re confident we can get into the top six. We’ve got to keep going, keep grinding out results and finding a way.
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“There’s going to be some good days along the road, and there’s going to be some frustrating days along the road.
“With eight games to go, let’s hope we have more good days than bad days, keep accruing points and, come the final day, get ourselves in a position where we need to beat Luton to make sure we’re in the top six.”
Reflecting on the Hull stalemate, he said: “There were spells where we were good, and things we still need to get better at.
“The percentage of shots on target that we have has not been enough since the day I arrived.
“We’re lucky if we get 20% of our shots on target, but it’s a pretty common thing that we need to keep working hard on in the final third. Picking the right pass, making the right run and more end product in and around the opposition box.
“We’re left a bit flat and disappointed, and dropping two points at home is not what we needed.
“Three points would have made the Burnley point seem like a really good one, but two points from two games is not enough.
“It keeps us in the top six but we need to start trying to create a bit of a gap, but we’re disappointed with just the one point from the game.
“It can be difficult during these three-game weeks because you need to get your shape organised, and we’ve had to make changes in the team through personnel because of suspension and injury.
“It’s not always easy to focus on the stuff you want to do because you can’t keep training hour after hour with three games in a week.”
