Ally Robertson: Play like that until May and West Brom will stay up

It’s a good sign when you return from Goodison Park disappointed with a point.

I’m sure most supporters would have taken a draw beforehand, but afterwards I was gutted, because we should have won.

We were by far the better side, and by far the most threatening.

If we had got the second goal, I reckon we would have gone on to win 3-0 in comfortable fashion, but a draw keeps the team ticking in the right direction.

It looks like the midfield and the strikers are starting to develop a better chemistry in the opposition’s half and there were a couple of encouraging performances from Salomon Rondon and Jay Rodriguez.

Rondon looks like a different beast with team-mates around him.

Before Alan Pardew arrived, he was up there on his own, fighting off two, three or sometimes four defenders. It was a thankless task. Now he’s got some support, he’s bringing others into play.

Rodriguez now has three goals in his last five games and his finish on Saturday was a tidy one.

He’s still got to prove that he can keep the team up, but if he carries on in this vein of form, there’s no reason why he can’t be the poacher that gobbles up the chances created by Rondon’s presence.

It’s well known we’re on the look-out for a striker in this window and obviously the best recruitment is to buy players who are better than the ones you’ve got.

But that pair’s recent upturn in form suggests we could get by with a pacy forward who could come on in the second half and change the game. It would be hard to drop either of them on recent form.

The incident with James McCarthy was a nasty one and while everyone wishes the Everton midfielder a speedy recovery, I also felt sorry for Rondon.

It was nothing nasty or aggressive, it was just a striker getting ready to shoot and an opponent making a good tackle.

All through my career, I tackled hard, but never went out to purposely injure someone, very few players do.

It’s the last thing you want to do, because chances are you’ve had an injury and can relate to being on the sidelines.

The positive signs are that Rondon recovered quickly, and I’m sure he’ll have put it out of his mind by this weekend’s match with Liverpool.