Jonathan Greening says West Bromwich Albion can escape relegation from the Premier League

Dec 2 2008 by Christopher Lepkowski, Birmingham Mail

JONATHAN Greening is aiming to draw on his experiences from Albion’s Great Escape to help pull the team out of relegation trouble.

The skipper was a member of the side who stayed up, against all odds, on the final day of the 2004/05 campaign.

Albion were cast well adrift during the festive period but managed to turn their form around during the second half of the season.

Greening believes this side is far better than Bryan Robson’s team of four years ago.

“We were the first team at the bottom at Christmas to stay up at the end,” he said.

“We know it can be done. We’ve got the players to do that and we’re playing better football this time than we did then.

“Why can’t we do it? We need a little bit of luck, a few things to go