Coventry back on track but Baggies in trouble - Aaron McLean's EFL takeaways

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• They're not a team who will blow teams away but what they will do is grind points out."To go away to Watford, who on their day can beat anyone in this division and had been in fabulous form, and come away with the points and a clean sheet will show what they are about."They will be thinking this could be their season."Sorry Saints need to get back to basicsSouthampton's poor form continued as they fell to a 2-1 home defeat by Hull City to stretch their run without a victory to seven matches. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementMcLean: "The momentum for Southampton has dwindled away."They had that new manager bounce but over the past few weeks they have almost reverted to type and when they concede a goal it's that 'here we go again' syndrome and they can't seem to shake it.."They desperately need a good win to get the feeling back."It feels like they will struggle to get anywhere near the play-offs."First of all they need to get some clean sheets.
• They're not keeping clean sheets and that is not giving them an opportunity to go and take something."If they can just go and grind out a couple of 1-0 wins then that will give them the confidence that they can go and be a bit more expansive. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"That is what the squad has been built in that mould but now they need to tighten up."At the moment it isn't working and they're getting punished."'Things looking bleak for Baggies but time to turn it around'New West Brom boss Eric Ramsay saw his side battle back from two goals down only to lose 3-2 at home to second-placed Middlesbrough on Friday.
• Norwich's 2-1 win at Wrexham on Saturday leaves them four points behind the Baggies before Tuesday's game between the two sides. McLean: "Going back to Friday night's game between West Brom and Middlesbrough, I feel like new boss Eric Ramsay has a huge job on his hands. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"They lost to an unbelievable strike in their last league game at Leicester and then they did so well to come back to 2-2 to Middlesbrough and then to lose so late on, I feel sorry for them."That has been their Achilles' heel though, they have conceded late goals time and time again."At this stage of the year you find yourselves in that position because your performances aren't good enough.
• Away from home their results have been abysmal and they find themselves in a lot of trouble."I look at Norwich, who they play on Tuesday in what looks like another great match, they have got that new manager bounce under Philippe Clement, and the Baggies need that now. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertiseme.