West Bromwich Albion are showing progress, according to head coach Eric Ramsay.
The Baggies have moved two points clear of the Championship relegation zone after a 0-0 draw at Birmingham City on Tuesday night.
"It is real progress and I said to the players at the end this is what is required between now and the end of the year," Ramsay told BBC Radio WM.
"I can't guarantee we will be a team who will play with real fluidity and we are going to be a team that finds itself in real flow but what I hope to be able to guarantee is that we will run in the way we did and show that desperation to keep that ball out of the back of the net."
Albion are yet to win any of Ramsay's six games in charge, drawing three and losing three but they are now unbeaten in their past two Championship matches after a goalless draw with Stoke at the weekend.
"We backed up Saturday's performance really well and showed a lot of the same characteristics but I would say we went on another level in terms of the front footedness, the way in which we were able to turn the ball over in their first third and aggression, organisation and will to win," he added.
"I have to tip my hat to the players. They have a really deep squad – you saw what they brought off the bench – but I feel we went toe-to-toe and yes the last five or six minutes felt frantic but if you strip away those we were really good value for the point."
West Brom visit Norwich in the FA Cup fourth round on Saturday (15:00 GMT).
