Shane Long in record-breaking mood after major win for West Bromwich - The Guardian

West Bromwich Albion's Shane Long is hoping for a record-breaking end to what is a fine time after this victory saw the membership set accurate documentation for Premier League matches gained (14) and details obtained (48). Should they finish ninth or above as that would represent their utmost finish in the Premier League period Things could easily get better yet. They sit easily in eighth with four matches outstanding and Long expectations Saturday's gain a' where three people were sent off a' may be the catalyst for a solid end to the plan. "I felt like we've been playing well over the past handful of weeks," the Ireland global said. "Maybe we were only a little slow from the blocks and as a result of that we got caught before. I think the only real really poor performance was the initial half a week ago against Newcastle. "We kept our very own until that and things only didn't get our way. We started off well and put ourselves in a great place to have a great season. I believe the director and players have earned it so hopefully we could quit on going back four games and get right up there." Southampton were unbeaten in six matches going into this sport, where they were outplayed from the beginning. Marc-Antoine FortunA opened the scoring after six minutes, with second-half moves from Romelu Lukaku and Long securing the three items. "We came here with a game title plan," Long said. "Sometimes it doesn't go properly to approach but at Southampton it did. We had a really targeting team out and we caused them all sorts of issues at the back." Despite a fine West Brom performance, all the talk following the game was about the referee Robert Madley, who had a top-flight introduction to remember. He sent off the Saints left-back Danny Fox for a lunge after earlier featuring red cards to Gaston RamArez and FortunA. RamArez received his marching orders for elbowing Long in the face a' a thing that led FortunA to raise his arms to the Uruguayan in frustration. "I got a knee to the face," Long said. "I do not know if it was planned or not but he caught me straight on the chin. I believe the ref got an excellent view of it and I was on the floor so I didn't get yourself a view of the next one." The Southampton chief Adam Lallana unveiled RamArez and Fox had apologised with their team-mates in the dressing room. Lallana was also in apologetic mood after what was Saints' worst performance of 2013. "It was some of those days but you can't just blame that," he said. "We didn't play in addition to we have been playing at home. We did not play high up the message, we did not press well enough, we didn't go well enough. Every one of these factors combined in this poor performance. Individually we were all off the rate. That showed in the efficiency and the result."