Darren Fletcher: Still fire in our West Brom bellies

Accusations that Albion's season effectively finished when the club hit 40 points 'hurt' the players, according to Darren Fletcher.

The club captain reckons Monday night's battling 1-1 draw away at title-chasing Tottenham proved there is still fire in the belly of the Baggies.

Despite the potential title-deciding result at White Hart Lane, Tony Pulis's side are not on form at the moment.

They've picked up just two points from their last six games and apart from the valiant effort away at Manchester City and the second half at Spurs, the football has been poor.

But Fletcher is angry at suggestions Albion are taking it easy.

"That hurt us, because people judged us on Arsenal, and didn't see us at Man City and Watford where I thought we could have maybe won two games, and probably should have won two games," he said.

"We had an off-night against Arsenal, there's no doubt about it.

"Everyone was a bit tired, legs and things like that. It was one of those games where we weren't ourselves and we wanted to put that right and I think we showed that [against Tottenham]."

Infuriatingly for supporters, Pulis's side have recently turned on the style away from home rather than in front of their own fans.

The last two games at The Hawthorns have been disappointing 1-0 defeats to relegation-threatened Norwich and out-of-form Watford.

Three days after the club announced it was freezing season ticket prices for next season, supporters will want to see some adventure against West Ham.

Considering the opposition, they'll probably be treated to some excitement.

Whereas the Baggies are winless in six, the Hammers are unbeaten in their last six league matches.

Slaven Bilic's men have bagged two or more goals in each of those games, and let in two or more in five out of those six. Four of them ended in rip-roaring, high-scoring draws.

The Hammers may be sixth in the league but Pulis has proved all season that his side are more than comfortable against the top sides.

Albion have only lost seven out of their 18 games against top-half teams and have picked up 19 points from those matches, four more than Man City have managed.

That's partly down to the constrictive tactics Pulis uses to frustrate the big teams, but it could also be a mental phenomenon.

Albion seem to produce their best football when there is no pressure on them away from home against the best teams, but fail to force the issue at The Hawthorns against weaker sides when the home crowd is demanding a performance.

Pulis's side are one of four teams sitting on 41 points in lower mid-table. It would take three wins from three to propel the Baggies past their record Premier League points tally of 49 set under Steve Clarke, but last season's total of 44 is more easily within reach.

"That was one of the goals at the beginning of the season and let's try and do it," said Fletcher.

"That would be a step forward, it would show progression. I think that's always important at clubs, and that is definitely our goal from now until the end of the season.

"It was nice to get that point [at Spurs] because we've been unfortunate really, we've not picked up points in a while.

"Hopefully that will settle us down again and we can go into the last three games looking forward to them."

Baggies goalkeeper Ben Foster is a doubt for tomorrow with an ankle injury he picked up against Arsenal but striker Saido Berahino should be fit enough to play.

West Ham have no injury concerns ahead of the game.

Former Albion players Tony 'Bomber' Brown, Ian Hamilton, and Garry Thompson will be in the fanzone before kick-off for the launch of superfan Dean Walton's new book, Born to be a Baggie.

Celebrity fan Adrian Chiles and boxer Tommy Langford will also be attending.