Ish's Ellington inspiration

Much to the dismay of any Albion fan, Ishmael Miller has today revealed how former Baggies, and now Watford, striker Nathan Ellington inspired him as he progressed through the ranks at Manchester City. Despite being a constant threat at former club Wigan, Albion fans never saw the best of the 'Duke' before departing to Watford for £4.25 million pound in the summer.

Miller ended his own personal baron spell of five games without a goal on Tuesday night smashing home Albion's third on the night, and although Ellington has only found the back of the net five times this season, the 16-goal hit-man believes the Baggies must be aware of Ellington's potential threat this Saturday (KO 5.20pm).

"Nathan is a good player," said Miller.

"He's someone I watched and admired when he played for Wigan and then when he came to Albion in the Premier League.

"He can score goals and he will be a real danger for us.

"We need to keep him quiet so we can get the result we need.

"You always look at players you can learn from and try to develop things from their game which can improve your own.

"Nathan was one of those - he's a good finisher, a good player and a professional I respect."

In only his first full season as a striker Miller is only four goals away from the converted 20-goal mark, and with five games remaining, is hoping to exceed the acclaimed target.

"I'm getting closer to 20 goals," Miller continued.

"It's my first full season as a striker so it would be nice to get 20 and maybe even push on and get near to 25.

"Saturday should be a tough game.

"They're very athletic and have a lot of power and strength from set-plays.

"We need to be at our best to get all three points."

The former Manchester City forward was instrumental in helping fire Albion to victory at Blackpool on Tuesday assisting Kevin Phillips for the all-important second after a barnstorming run then scoring the third himself with 'Ish' insisting all wins, however they come, are important between now and the end of the season.

"We pushed on in the last six minutes and our plan was to just keep grinding them down," he added.

"It was important to win as it always is when you've just lost a game.

"Obviously if we'd lost on Tuesday people would have said there was a hangover from Saturday, so it was important to win.

"Our squad and team showed the togetherness and spirit we've got.

"It showed we can get results even when we don't play well.

"We needed the three points and we were desperate for them."