Albion boss Tony Mowbray today insisted he is not worried about his future after seeing another rival manager depart a Premier League club.

Mowbray says his own jobs prospects have not crossed his mind in the wake of Roy Keane’s exit from Sunderland.

And the Baggies chief – who received an 80 per cent ‘approval rating’ in one online poll this week – is pleased to retain the support of most supporters.

“It’s not something I’ve considered,” said Mowbray, whose team have taken just one point from their last seven matches.

“I go out and work with the team and I generally enjoy watching them play. Players enjoy coming into work and into training.

“I haven’t sensed any negativity in the stadium. Even when we were 3-0 down against Chelsea the fans stayed with us.

“I think there is an understanding about us being a newly promoted team who aren’t far away from being a pretty good team in this league.

“I think our supporters are hoping things can turn around as we get the right mix and right ingredients.

“Hopefully something can change, whether it’s a player changing position, someone coming on loan, someone someone scoring goals or something else which makes a difference between winning and losing.

“The margins have been that close. I’ve not felt we’ve been outplayed.

“Even in the at 4-0 loss at Manchester United, for the 60 minutes or so we were still in the game even though we found it hard to threaten.”

Keane, who claimed the Championship title a year before Mowbray, quit his post at the Stadium of Light yesterday.

And Mowbray was surprised to see his Black Cats counterpart call time on the first phase of his management career.

“I don’t know Roy that well but he seems a very single minded and focused individual who needs applauding for the fantastic job he’s done in his few years at Sunderland,” said Mowbray.

“To get promotion and keep them up were wonderful achievements.

“I don’t know what’s happening there because I don’t read the local Press up there and I’m not sure what’s gone on or what the expectation level is.

“But he’s a very single-minded guy and I’m sure he’s done what’s right for him, his family and the football club.”

And despite Albion’s tricky patch, Mowbray today hinted at an unchanged line-up for the Baggies’ crucial Premier League clash with Portsmouth on Sunday. The boss looks set to keep faith with the players on duty in the 2-1 defeat at Wigan after handing them another ringing endorsement.

Mowbray had already suggested he will stick with his 4-5-1 system against Pompey and the Hawthorns chief now looks set to keep the same personnel too.

“It’s the same squad,” confirmed Mowbray, for whom long-term injury victim Neil Clement is the only absentee.

“Sometimes we do change a few things but I don’t think there will be many changes.

“We have no knocks, which is a positive sign. Everyone is fit and raring to go.

“The side played well at Wigan. I’m not huge on statistics but the stats on us playing one up front show that we create and have more shots than when we play 4-4-2.

“We concede fewer shots and goals than we do when we play 4-4-2 and we have more possession of the ball playing with one striker. I balance that up against playing at home and the mentality of fans with the perceived negativity of playing one up front.

“But with all due respect to people on the fringes of the industry, systems and formations do not mean that you’re being negative just because you play one up front as opposed to playing two or three up front.

“We played two up front against Chelsea because if you play one up front then they just pass it around at the back, you cant get a kick and your own fans think ‘we will just let them play?’

“You have to look at the opposition. Some teams are more direct and it doesn’t matter if you play one up front or two up front.

“If you’re playing against a football team who retain possession of the ball and you can’t pressure them high enough the pitch that’s when you look at formations.

“For example, people may think it’s madness to play three up front against certain teams but all you’re trying to do is stop them getting into their rhythm and passing.”