Dorrans has titles on his mind

Albion star Graham Dorrans today set his sights on the Championship title after the Baggies regained their poise in the race for promotion.

The Scotsman starred again as Roberto Di Matteo's side closed the gap on second-placed Nottingham Forest with a 3-1 win over fellow promotion rivals Sheffield United.

And Dorrans insists the Baggies still want to repeat their title triumph of two years ago with leaders Newcastle now just six points ahead.

"Everyone wants to go up in first or second place," said Dorrans.

"If we have to win the play-offs to go up that's what we'll do but we are in this to win the league if possible and that's what we'll be looking to do.

"Everybody in the dressing room wants to win the league first and foremost. Then if we finish second and go up we will take it.

"If we don't do that and we go up through the play-offs then that's great as well.

"The main aim is to go up but everybody in the team is aiming for the title.

"It's not really about Newcastle, it's about us. We've got to concentrate on our own performance and just get ahead of whoever is up there.

"If it's Forest, Newcastle or whoever, we've got to get in front of them and we will be looking to challenge them."

The Baggies can move back into the Championship's top two on Wednesday with victory at Blackpool in their game in hand over Forest, whose unbeaten run was ended at 19 games by local rivals Derby on Saturday.

And Dorrans believes the reaction in the Forest camp could prove crucial to the race.

He said: "We went on a little run at the start of the season when we were nine or 10 games unbeaten.

"When you lose it's disappointing but you've got to pick yourselves up and I'm sure they will be looking to do that and get points on the board as Newcastle will.

"We played them at the start of the season and I thought they were a really good team.

"We managed to get a win but they were probably disappointed not to win.

"They've got good players and they are doing really well."