Tony Mowbray believes his side delivered a strong performance at title-chasing Burnley on Tuesday night.
Albion and the Clarets drew 1-1 at Turf Moor, with John Swift’s stunning opener being cancelled out by Zian Flemming’s close-range finish.
It’s a result which stretches the Baggies’ unbeaten run to five Sky Bet Championship matches and keeps them inside the top six of the division with nine matches remaining.
The boss says there was plenty of energy, effort and intensity on show.
Mowbray said: “The point is useful, of course. The performance is what I judge the team on. I thought the energy, the intensity and the effort was right there for 90 minutes. We needed it to be, playing against a really good team.
“We more than competed and part of me thinks we could’ve sneaked that game tonight and won 2-1.
“They’re a good team and they pushed us back for spells and you have to understand that when you come here and you play against the better teams, you are going to get pushed back at times. We had to defend, and we did that very well.
“Saying that, we had some chances to nick a second. Unfortunately, that just didn’t happen for us.
“John Swift’s free-kick was a fantastic goal. He’s a wonderful player and he’s very talented. Certain games need certain types of players to give us the best chance to win.
“I felt with him and Grady Diangana, we needed some footballers who could deal with the ball and pick the right passes. They did that tonight and we had some spells of possession and pushed them back and created chances.
“Karlan Grant was immense as well. What a warrior and what a work ethic he has for the team. I was really impressed with a lot of the performances.
“I’m trying to change the mentality of the players and I’m trying to get us to play on the front foot. I believe that we can go anywhere and go toe-to-toe and have no inferiority complex.
“The best sort of defence is attack and playing in the opposition’s half, as opposed to sitting back and trying to keep a clean sheet and letting the other team have a lot of the ball.
“I think the fans here want us to attack and play on the front foot. They want to see us score plenty of goals and win. I would rather win 4-3 than 1-0, if that makes sense. That’s just my mentality. I want to win football matches and inspire the players on the pitch to fight for the badge.”
