Former West Bromwich Albion boss Alan Irvine is confident Tony Pulis' team will stay up.

Irvine left the club at the end of December when they were a point clear of the bottom three.

He told Sky Sports: "I had a great time and I was obviously disappointed when it came to an end but these things happen.

"The chairman said to me 'we really appreciate what you've done' and 'we think the way that you've worked is the way we would want a manager to work'.

"But it comes down to small margins, and there were small margins. We just happened to be in a spell where we had a run of very difficult games.

"If you look at the results Tony (Pulis) has had now, there's not a lot of difference. But I've said all along West Brom would be good enough to stay up and I still believe that."