Ally Robertson: Tough run after break will show us where West Brom are

I hope it gets the lads going after the international break, knowing they should’ve won. It should give them a great appetite, especially playing a top side like Ipswich.

We were excellent in the second half after doing very little in the first half – the same as the last home game against Hull!

We deserved something from the game, no doubt about that, but if we don’t take our chances, or look after the final ball, we don’t score the winning goal.

For players the bigger the team you’re again the better the game. You want to prove that you’re as good as Southampton, a team that have been in the Premier League for years, and can mix it with the teams fighting for promotion.

These games coming up, especially the home double-header against the top two Ipswich and Leicester, are a chance for the team to show they are or can be as good as the opposition.

When we were in the old First Division and playing against Liverpool or Manchester United, we desperately wanted to prove we could be as good as them.

That’s what our boys have to do now, prove we deserve to be up with them.

The league table is so tight and credit to Carlos and the players, we haven’t been on a bad run of defeats yet – and heading into Christmas time is when you don’t want that! This is when you really want the momentum and form with no more breaks.

Hopefully we can get the full squad together, no more injuries, and build and get going. Yes, Carlos has said we don’t want to go into international breaks after a defeat like we have done a few times – but on the other hand, you don’t want a break if you’re on a good run!

We’ve got a couple of injuries we need to get back, at least, and they are apparently due back soon.

The key now for us is we just can’t afford any more injuries. We haven’t got a big enough squad to deal with it and change things.

No fan likes a break from games, but at least it’s chance for lads like John Swift and Josh Maja to get fit and training.

A lot of games this season we haven’t been great, or blown teams away, but to stay where we are, around the top six positions, is brilliant.

If we can get a run going around this big period of tough games, we could get in or around the top four. That would be amazing.

We’re not scoring that many in games, we’re missing chances, but I believe if we can maintain what we’ve seen in effort levels so far then we won’t be far away.

We probably won’t catch the first two, but if we can get a play-off place it would be fantastic for where we are as a club at the moment.