Mowbray, whose bottom-of-the-table side face Fulham tomorrow, insists he could not care less what the experts have to say.

He said: "I haven't watched Match Of The Day this season. I like to remain single-minded and focussed on my team.

"Who are the experts in this game? If the experts sitting on sofas were good enough they would be doing my job.

"I have the world telling me I am doing this wrong, I am doing that wrong, why do you play like that?

"If I listened to this influence and that influence I would lose track of what I believe in.

"My philosophy and belief is 'do what I believe in'. Pick the team I want to pick, play the way I want to play and don't listen to people who tell me I'm doing it wrong.

"All football club managers, even if you win 10 on the bounce, will still get people saying you are not getting things right."

All Mowbray is focussed on now is trying to plot a route to Barclays Premier League survival and avoid an instant return to the Coca-Cola Championship.

He will not change his philosophy and that means trying to play an entertaining brand of football for the supporters which he hopes will be good enough to avoid relegation.

Mowbray added: "Our fans have been through a lot over the last few years and this season they have been a credit to themselves, the club and the team.

"They fill the stadium every week and back the team as they did when we were three down at half time against Chelsea. Even then the stadium was bouncing.

"They can see what we are trying to do. They enjoy watching the football we are trying to play and I am here to make the fans proud of their team.

"I try to entertain our supporters and give them a brand of football they enjoy coming to watch and which will hopefully ensure we stay in the division."

Mowbray is confident the Baggies have the wherewithal to avoid the drop.

"We have a realistic chance of doing that. If we stay it will be looked upon as a pretty good season enjoyed by the fans. We would then try to improve team and be better next season," he continued.

"We realise that that there are only a certain number of opportunities to win games.

"Are we going to Fulham to win? We would hope to but I am not putting it down on my fixture list as a three points for us.

"It is a tough, tough game for us against a pretty good side. If we do not win there will not be a huge depression over the Hawthorns. We will get ready for the next game.

"If you look at our fixtures I would like to win five of the last eight games.

"In my mind I look at the home games against teams in the bottom half of the table like Wigan Sunderland, Bolton, and Stoke - teams which we have to look at and expect to win. Lose one and it will look very dark."