West Brom midfielder Jake Livermore happy to keep attacking

The Baggies have played some breathtaking football this season ever since manager Darren Moore opted to switch to a 3-4-1-2 formation.

But results have dipped in recent weeks with defeats to Wigan and Derby followed by Saturday’s draw against Blackburn.

Albion have shifted styles a lot in recent years with former bosses Tony Pulis and Alan Pardew having different philosophies.

But Livermore says all the players have bought in to how Moore wants to play.

And he also moved to remind fans that – with 46 games – the Championship is a long season.

“It is such a long season,” Livermore said.

“We are only 15 games into it and we’re four points off the top.

“We’ve all got to play each other, it’s three games a week, pretty much every other week and, long-term, the style we are playing, it will stand us in good stead.

“Against most teams we have the majority of the ball and that will help us.

“And to be fair to the squad and the staff and everyone involved, we are all in it together.

“But in the last 18 months we’ve had a number of different playing styles and we are trying our best to find the one that works and we are going to stick to it because that’s what we believe it. We are all in on it.”

Livermore said under Pulis, Albion’s results would often tail off towards the end of the season. And he believes that the opposite will be the case with Moore’s attacking style of play.

“We played under Tony (Pulis) for a few years and the general feeling was that towards the end of the season, we blew up and the results seemed to slow down, and we are hoping with this style of play it will be in reverse.

“If we can stay there or thereabouts, we will push on towards the end of the season.

“We are still learning a different system, we are only going to grow and get better in my opinion.”

Albion are currently second favourites to win automatic promotion from the Championship with only Leeds shorter odds.

And Livermore says the Blackburn game showed the team is going to have to learn how to deal with being a major scalp for the opposition each week.

“Blackburn was a difficult afternoon,” he added. “They are a good side, every week is going to be a test for us but long-term I think we will overcome those tests.

“That’s our strong belief in the dressing room.

“We are a big scalp for people. They come here and it’s a big, big game for them. You can tell by the way Blackburn played. They played out of their skin and did well, had a game plan.

“We didn’t have the rub of the green. We had a couple scrambled off the goal-line. Another day they go in and we are all happy.”