Fighting spirit the key for Cox

Albion striker Simon Cox has pinpointed the Baggies' fighting spirit as the key to their proud away record.

Cox and Co head to Cardiff tonight having lost just once on their travels in the Championship – a defeat at Barnsley.

The Baggies forward believes the players' attitude has been crucial to the successful run on the road.

He said: "We have a never-say-die attitude when we play away. We like to try to play a game of attacking football and, when we get the chances, we tend to take them.

"Teams obviously have to come at us because they're at home and it suits us - we can sit back and then hit them. It's nice for us.

"If we can keep our run going it will be great. We need to keep a run and, if we can go from now until the end of the season, then I think dreams will be made."

Cox helped the Baggies stay in the FA Cup on Saturday but the former Swindon hitman, who has converted to an attacking midfield role, insists promotion remains the main aim.

He said: "Number one priority is obviously promotion as it gets us back into the Premier League, but we want to do well in the FA Cup.

"We're still in the hat, which is the pleasing thing. There was desire from the boys, we showed a never-say-die attitude and managed to get the goal we deserved in the end.

"We were hoping for a couple of days off, but now we have to play the replay."