As Close To A Keegan Rant As We Can Expect!

Last Updated : 11-May-2009 by
Tony Mowbray would not be capable of a Kevin Keegan outburst if he tried.

The West Bromwich Albion manager is controlled with his thoughts and chooses his words as carefully as he likes his players to pick passes.

But in the wake of a victory that imbued Albion with renewed belief in their survival battle, the former central defender showed some rare emotion and, without raising his voice, delivered what might be described as an "I'd love it we if stay up" moment.

Tony Mowbray: "I've never written us off.

"They've tried to write us off for months, but I know what's in our dressingroom and [ Saturday] was a classic case of that. Players have had to deal for days and days with the negativity of 200 to 1 [ odds] splashed across Sky every day. This will be the day, the mentality to use that and spin it on its head and keep fighting.

"I don't want to be the ultimate optimist because we could all be down in the dumps next Sunday and you would be telling me that it was inevitable.

"We need to get at least a point against Liverpool and, if we're still alive, go to Blackburn. That would make it a pretty exciting last day - it would be something else."