Mowbray said: "We got the three points on the back of what was an untypical performance from us. In the first 20 minutes of the game we played lots of fluent football and created plenty of chances but at half-time I was far from happy. We were defensively very poor in the first half, slack, and we gave Cardiff too many chances. In the second half there was a huge improvement defensively and Nathan came off the bench to score a very good goal. Overall, I have to say we have played much better than that and not got anything out of previous games this season so I suppose I have to be happy with the three points."
Defeat drew a line under Cardiff's five-game run of unbeaten games, though manager Dave Jones pointed to the loss of senior players. Glenn Loovens, Michael Chopra and Simon Walton were all missing at The Hawthorns through suspension while Darren Purse and Ricardo Scimeca were sidelined by injury. And Jones said: "I think a draw would have been the fair result. Both goalkeepers were busy - theirs busier than ours - but we made a mistake giving the ball away in the middle of the park and got punished by a Nathan Ellington wonder goal. A lot of people had us down for a beating at West Brom because I had so many of my big hitters missing. But as it turned out, we created the game's better chances, especially in the first half when our movement caused West Brom all sorts of problems. Even when West Brom scored we still had chances to get an equaliser but it was not to be. I am very proud of my players and the performance they gave because they frightened West Brom to death and showed there is a very bright future at this football club. We want the future now, we are greedy and we want promotion now so we are going for it. If we succeed then it will be fantastic, but if not we go again next season. There is a big future at our football club."