Any Albion fan could be forgiven for losing the faith a touch at this point.
The Baggies had played 12 games, and 71 days had passed, since their last league win prior to Wednesday night’s clash with Southampton at The Hawthorns.
To be pegged back in the 91st minute and denied that elusive win after leading for the whole of the second half will have left even the most optimistic supporter on the floor.
But once we pick ourselves up, we will see there are signs of life and reasons to believe under James Morrison.
First, Albion may not have won a game for more than two months, but at least they are losing a lot less.
Ten defeats in 16 matches was the run of results that spelled the end of Ryan Mason with the then Baggies boss openly admitting in the press: "We are losing too many games."
Recently, the Throstles have become harder to beat, losing just two of their past seven league fixtures.
The two most recent draws have also come against teams many would expect Albion to lose to. Sheffield United and Southampton sit sixth and fourth respectively in the six-game form table.
Saints have scored 15 goals in those six games; however, on Wednesday night, Albion restricted them to a measly 0.82xG (Expected Goals).
The Baggies have certainly tightened up at the back since conceding 12 goals in the first four games of Eric Ramsay's ill-fated reign as Albion boss.
The Throstles have shipped, on average, just a goal a game in the seven league matches since then, which is in line with how the best defences in the league perform.
The bigger problem is at the other end.
Albion have scored just four goals in that time, and it's been 10 league games since the Baggies bagged more than one goal in a match.
But, even in that regard, there's hope.
Morrison has switched to two up top with Daryl Dike and Aune Heggebo leading the line, and the interim boss has gone more direct, playing to the strengths of the pair of 6ft-plus strikers.
It may not have paid dividends in terms of goals; however, in terms of threat, it has.
Albion created 1.57xG against Southampton (their second highest xG in a league game for over three months), had six shots on target (the most for 12 games) and the added height in the team resulted in the Baggies being a big set-piece threat.
Of course, none of this equates to three points and a victory, but there are reasons to believe.
The counter-argument to that positive perspective is that the Baggies are one of just three teams in the 92 not to have won a league game in 2026 (the others are Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield Wednesday), so expecting them to win three or four games between now and the end of the season seems like a tall order.
However, few saw an Oxford United side who had won just two of their previous 16 league games winning three on the spin – but that's exactly what has happened.
It's amazing what a victory can do for a side. Albion just need to get one before it is too late.
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