Terry Wills on Albion’s draw at Sunderland.

What term would best describe Albion’s encounter against Sunderland?

Take your pick from the statutory good, bad, or indifferent and then add the correct description – awful. Thankfully fellow potential relegation candidates were little better, meaning that Tony Pulis could return home in the knowledge that due to another solid defensive, clean sheet performance we were another point closer to safety.

I know that many Baggies felt that this was a perfect opportunity to gather three points in view of the Mackems current form but conversely Sunderland knew victory would ease their own problems.

Hopes that our new deadly goal-scoring duo, Berahino and Brown Ideye, could carry on where they left off against Swansea and West Ham was premature. Saido struggled following a early injury and this, minus any constructive back up from midfield, led to zero serious attempts on target.

Yes, a game to forget but even so the point and other results elsewhere opened up a gap between the bottom three teams. Long may it continue.

Onwards and upwards(?) – there’s a stern test coming up against Southampton this week. Can Tony Pulis continue to wave his magic wand? Only time will tell.