James Morrison: Roy has toughened us up

West Brom's James Morrison today claimed boss Roy Hodgson has toughened up the Baggies for another survival scrap.

Hodgson's side ended a three-match Premier League losing run with Saturday's dramatic victory at Stoke.

And after seeing them recover from Cameron Jerome's 85th-minute equaliser to win at the death, Morrison paid tribute to Hodgson for adding resilience to the side.

"That's what Roy's done – given us that strength to compete," said Morrison.

"It's our second season in the Premier League and people always say that's the difficult one. If we can get to that 40-point mark as early as we can we can push on from there as we did last season.

"If you look at our team we've got good players and we think we deserve to be in this league.

"But they don't just hand it to you, you've got to work, and if you see the likes of Swansea and Norwich doing that you know you've got keep on your game.

"Roy has done a great job so far. We had a sticky patch in the last three or four games, which hurt us a lot, but we're all glad we've won again."

Morrison bagged his third goal of the season to cap an impressive display that also saw him twice strike the frame of Stoke's goal.