West Bromwich Albion Football Club News

• Nickname:The Baggies
• Founded:1878
• Manager:Roy Hodgson

• Ground:The Hawthorns
• Capacity:25,400

Greening wants boss backing

27 Mar 2009 - 12:59:09

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West Bromwich Albion skipper Jonathan Greening has urged his team-mates to repay manager Tony Mowbray by keeping the club in the Premier League.

The Baggies are currently seven points adrift of safety and there have been rumblings of discontent with the style of football employed by Mowbray this season.

But with eight games remaining to save their top-flight status, Greening has called on his team-mates to ease the pressure on the manager by fighting to save their Premier League lives.

"All the players and the staff love the gaffer. Everyone thinks he's a top guy and a great coach," he told the club's official website.

"We all believe in the way he likes to play and personally I think it's definitely the right way to play in the Premier League.

"Everyone says there's no right or wrong way to play - and there isn't. Stoke play a direct game. Wimbledon used to do it for years and they survived in the Premier League for a long time.

"I think to be a top, top team in the Premier League you've got to play the way he likes to play, like Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool.

"If we could stay up for the gaffer it would be a great achievement because people have been saying all season we'll get relegated playing this way.

"He got us here in the first place in his first full season at the club. Since he's been here the club has come on leaps and bounds and the way we play gets a lot of plaudits from everyone who's a football fan.

"It would be great if we can stop up for the gaffer because he's a great guy."