'Maybe we do...' Tony Mowbray drops West Brom striker hint for play-off run-in

Mowbray takes the Baggies to Bristol City's Ashton Gate on Tuesday night to face a Robins side who are a main rival in the race to finish in the top six.

Liam Manning's hosts have some form and momentum heading into the clash while Albion - who have won just once on their travels since September - are winless in four and continue to misfire in front of goal.

Mowbray has stuck with struggling loan frontman Adam Armstrong as the main striker in his side, with the deadline day recruit often flanked by wingers or with Karlan Grant or John Swift in support.

The head coach has repeated that using two out-and-out centre-forwards is not something he tends to do. Another loanee, Tottenham's Will Lankshear, and Daryl Dike, who has endured two years of injury hell, have been waiting in reserve for their opportunity.

Mowbray, brought back to the club in January after a failed approach for Swiss coach Raphael Wicky as the club looked for more goals, admitted now more than ever is the time for results.

"What's the mentality (like)? I can feel in the dressing room there they are upset, disappointed, frustrated, they don't know the answers," Mowbray said as his side, in eighth, prepare to face sixth-placed City.

"How can we have 21 shots and not score? They don't know who to blame, they're not sure.

"I'm trying to say 'maybe it's me, maybe I need to find the answers more for you, maybe we do need to play two up front and play more direct'. We'd have 40 per cent possession but might win 2-0 and with the games left to go we have to find a way to win.

"We can't finish this season thinking what a good team we are because we dominate every team we play and keep getting beat. We need to find the answer. I'm trying not to leave a minute unturned. We worked all week breaking their defensive line, there have been too many times we haven't hurt the goal, but we got behind, to the byline lots.

"Karlan Grant and Callum Styles got right to the byline, Mikey (Johnston) was doing it, the end product's still not there, we need to keep working."

Albion lost back-to-back games against Norwich and Sunderland 1-0 since the return from the international break at the end of last month despite having more of the game on both occasions.

Against the Black Cats in particular hosts Albion were dominant in most statistics bar the one that counts in converting chances.