West Brom manager Steve Clarke has challenged his players to set even higher standards during the second half of the campaign.
The Baggies head into the festive period on 30 points and lying sixth in the Barclays Premier League after Clarke's first half-season in charge at the Hawthorns.
A 2-1 home win over Norwich on Saturday ended a four-game sequence without a win, and Clarke said: "I said to the players after the game that they can be really pleased with their efforts. To be sitting on 30 points before the halfway stage is a good achievement for them."
He went on: "We can use that as a springboard and an inspiration to do even better during the second half of the season.
"It has given us a great platform to build on for 2013 and we will give everything in the remaining games to complete the job we have started."
Clark added: "Although our recent performances have lacked the spark of games earlier in the season, there is still a lot to be pleased with.
"We have managed to set very high standards as a group right from day one and have only very rarely and briefly dropped away from them.
"What has been achieved represents a good return for nearly six months of hard work put in by the players since returning for pre-season."
Source: PA
