'I want to be': Ryan Mason on closing the West Brom 'gap' as Albion bid to forget about latest late frustration

Mason's Albion have taken eleven points from their first seven Championship games - having put in a solid start to the new campaign.

They picked up three wins in their first four games - and it arguably should have been four from four after they were left frustrated by Portsmouth at The Hawthorns.

In recent weeks there had been frustration, as they were beaten by a late goal against Derby in a game that for much of it only looked like going one way.

At Middlesbrough they left themselves with too much to do having fallen 2-0 behind in a pretty even contest.

But the biggest frustration of the opening weeks of the campaign came on Friday night against Leicester.

In a game that saw Albion have less of the ball - they dominated in terms of clear cut chances.

Especially in the second period - Albion went close to finding a second goal on at least five occasions as they continued to carve out clear openings.

The biggest fell to Josh Maja who fired over from just a few yards out - and after Albion failed to double their advantage the inevitable happened as they conceded a late stoppage time equaliser, with Nat Phillips turning through his own net.

It was tough to take for Mason and his side - and he is keen to close the gap between being a 'good football team', and one that wins games.

He said: "Look, first of all, I've got so much belief in what I'm doing and what the staff are doing. I've got so much belief in the players. I know the players believe in what we do and everyone inside of the club is working towards something.

"My feeling is we're a good team. We're a good football team. But I don't want to just be a good football team.

"I want to be a team that wins. We need to understand and try to close that gap of what it really takes to win and be a team that can be successful. So there's frustration for sure.

"I know we played a good game. I don't need to watch the game back to feel that, but it wasn't enough. So we're disappointed.

"We have to accept it and have to understand  that we need to do more."