James Morrison described Albion’s 3-0 win over Watford as a “massive one” for the club, as well as a just reward for a group that has “given everything” in recent times.
Goals from Isaac Price, Daryl Dike and Danny Imray – his first in a Baggies shirt – secured a deserved Sky Bet Championship triumph for the home side at The Hawthorns.
Watford had one or two promising moments in front of goal, but a combination of determined defending and solid goalkeeping from Max O’Leary ensured a sixth clean sheet in the last seven fixtures.
Morrison says there were a number of eye-catching performances across the pitch.
The interim head coach said: “It’s a massive win for us. For the players and staff, they’ve given everything over recent weeks and we're all really pleased. The performance was there at times when we stuck to the gameplan and we were able to open them up.
“Sometimes it was a bit flat, but we found a way to win. It’s another clean sheet and there were some really good performances across the board. I thought Danny Imray was excellent again, Ousmane Diakité played very well, and all of the defence actually - it was a very impressive performance.
“I didn’t really need to say too much beforehand, sometimes, if you give the players a bit of leeway, they might come off it - but that doesn’t happen with this group. We had a good weekend with the result, and coming into training was positive, you could see that momentum coming out in our performance too.
“Isaac Price had a joke before the game about getting to 10 goals, and Daryl Dike’s on a bit of a roll after getting one over the weekend. We want them all to keep up the momentum. It was very pleasing to see them score again, the ball was falling to us, and we felt we earned that after our work on the training pitch.
“In the second half, we had to cast our minds back to Wrexham, where we were two goals up and went on to draw the game, so today was all about keeping our focus. We needed to start the game really well and we did that.
“Danny Imray has developed really well during his time here, he’s got that confidence now. Each performance has got better for him. He’s got through some difficult moments but has come out of those as a much better player - he has a bright future ahead of him.
“I’d have snapped your hand off for this run (nine matches unbeaten). I go back to talking about getting that first result and building on that. The belief came as a result of that first performance, the fans stuck with us throughout, and it’s down to being such a strong collective.”
