Aim high, urges Keith Andrews
In-form midfielder Keith Andrews today urged Albion to aim high – but warned them they cannot quite declare themselves safe from relegation.
In-form midfielder Keith Andrews today urged Albion to aim high – but warned them they cannot quite declare themselves safe from relegation.
Saturday's 4-0 win at home to Sunderland saw the Baggies open up an 11-point advantage over the Premier League's bottom three with Andrews bagging his second goal in as many appearances for the club.
And the Ireland international said: "I don't think you can properly say we can forget relegation.
"We have to have one eye on it, but our focus is on looking forward and up the table a see how far we can get.
"Certainly we've got to look up. There is a hell of a gap between ourselves and the bottom three and you can combine that with the confidence we are playing with and the players we've got who are bang in form.
"We need to be looking up. We are one win away from the top half of the table and that's where we need to be looking."
* Andrews lost out to Richard Dunne last night as the Villa defender was crowned Ireland's international player of the year at the annual FAI Awards.
Andrews also lost out to Darron Gibson in the goal of the year category while Baggies striker Simon Cox was beaten by Darren O'Dea in the young player of the year poll.