Peter Odemwingie credits manager Steve Clarke for West Brom's improvement
Wednesday 7 November 2012 07:50, UK
Image:Peter Odemwingie: Has hailed Steve Clarke for the job he is doing at West Brom
Peter Odemwingie believes manager Steve Clarke deserves credit for West Brom's improvement this season and does not feel their current top-five Premier League spot is a fluke.
Improvement
Odemwingie, Albion's top scorer for the past two campaigns, can see an improvement in the quality of the players and has hailed Clarke's impact.
He said: "We are improving as players individually which is very important. I can see that.
"It is so obvious many players have improved and the manager deserves a lot of credit for that.
"His goal this season was to increase the number of passes we make and that makes you enjoy the game more and brings more excitement.
"We create so many chances and those things are also very encouraging."
Odemwingie knows West Brom face a tough task to maintain their current lofty status but feels it is not an insurmountable challenge.
He said: "We need to consider also there is a bit of instability (up and down results) amongst the other teams under the top four so that is the hope.
"The weekend results helped us to bridge the gap that was there (in the table) and if we keep playing like this, and the rest of the teams outside the top four are still unstable......you never know.
"We will be surprised to finish in the top six or seven but I don't think we will say it is a mistake if we keep playing like we have for the past two months."
