Graham Potter has praised the support of key figures at the club after leading Albion to their best ever top-flight season.
A run of 18 points from our last nine games lifted us to ninth in the final Premier League table, but it hasn’t always been plain sailing this season.
Towards the end of 2021 we only won once in 11 games and there was a run of six successive losses in February and March before the upturn.
The boss says it is during tough periods that he relies on the strong relationship he has with chairman Tony Bloom and chief executive and deputy chairman Paul Barber.
"Once a week I speak to Tony and before every game to talk about the game ahead and the previous one and I mostly chat to Paul [Barber] after games to check in that everything is okay.
“It’s more a consistent approach and they are very supportive. They have the ability to be objective despite the fact we have sometimes been in an emotional rollercoaster of results.
“Hopefully it is a mutual relationship in terms of when I have been supportive and objective with them. It's been a really important relationship that I identify as one of the main reasons why I came here in the first place.
“I think back to three years ago it was because of those two guys and thankfully I made the right call.”