Shane Duffy wants the international break to help Albion reset and prepare for a strong finish to the season.
Albion are back in action on April 2 at home to Norwich and Duffy views the 17 day break until the next fixture as an opportunity to take stock and reset after Spurs condemned them to a sixth successive Premier League defeat on Wednesday.
“We’ve gone through a tough period, but that happens to a lot of teams in this League. It looks worse because we’ve had the defeats on the bounce, so we have to make sure it doesn’t continue.
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“If we’re at it we know we can win any game. Hopefully we’ll have a couple of players back after the break and can crack on. I know this team can go on a run of good results. It’s just about getting some belief back and getting the Amex rocking again with our fans behind us and putting a smile on their faces.
“There are nine games left and 27 points to play for. We can still do good things this season and that’s the belief the manager is putting in us.”
Duffy admits Albion need a stronger defensive platform if they are to end their run of defeats.
Albion have only scored one goal during their sequence of defeats, while they have conceded 13 goals.
“We’re conceding far too many goals, we’ve got to be better at keeping the ball out of the back of the net,” admitted Duffy.
“Against Spurs I thought both goals came when we were on top in the game, but we gave a few sloppy balls away and the goals we conceded were poor.
“That’s our platform as a team to go on and score goals. We’re not a side who scores two, three or four goals a game so we’ve got to be tighter. In the last six we’ve conceded at least two in every game and that needs to change.
“We’re all disappointed. It’s a tough run we’re on and there’s a little bit of confidence lacking, although I don’t think you could ever question the commitment or effort of our group of players. It’s just that Spurs had that extra bit of quality on Wednesday.”