Max O’Leary insists confidence has grown within the group as a result of consecutive clean sheets in the Sky Bet Championship.
Albion picked up hard-fought points in recent matches against Stoke City and Birmingham City at The Hawthorns and then St. Andrew's @ Knighthead Park respectively, with both of those encounters ending in 0-0 scorelines.
Eric Ramsay’s team host leaders Coventry City on Saturday lunchtime – the first of eight crucial remaining fixtures in front of the club's supporters this season.
O’Leary, who joined in the winter transfer window from fellow second-tier side Bristol City, believes the last two performances and outcomes have helped “set foundations” and hopes the Baggies can now start collecting victories instead of draws.
The stopper said: “We’ve been setting foundations for the team to go on now and get something out of matches.
“Obviously, clean sheets are nice but we want to be winning games. Putting ourselves in the best position to do that starts from us keeping things tight at the back, which we managed to do in the Stoke and Birmingham games.
“The conversations we’ve had as a group here have been good, but we’ve had to stay positive despite how games have gone for us.
“We’ve tried to build that confidence back up, as we’ve shown in the games recently. We want to show that we can get out of the tricky period we’ve faced. If we do that, then we’ll push ourselves up the table.
“What we need is honesty, that self-reflection and having the leaders who can drag people through the tough times. Driving standards and remaining confident are the main factors which we need every day at the training ground and then on a match day.
“You need that mix in the changing room, and we do have that here. We’ve got more experienced boys and younger ones there too who have the benefit of being pushed by the older lads. Conversations in recent weeks have needed to happen and I feel we’ve come out the other side of it and things are looking up for us.
“You can see in the last couple of games in the league that there’s been a shift in how we play and set up, so it’s about adapting in these tough moments and acting quickly. There’s no time to dwell on what’s been, there’s got to be action taken and we’ll be looking to take more action in this busy week coming up.”
Read more from Max in Saturday's edition of Albion News - the official West Bromwich Albion matchday programme.
