West Bromwich Albion manager Bryan Robson has said all season that he would stop his much-criticised tinkering with his team when he found a winning combination.

And yesterday's 2-2 draw on the road at Middlesbrough, following last week's 4-0 home win against Everton, suggests the Baggies really are getting somewhere.

It is all about scoring goals, as Robson has so often reminded his six strikers. And, thanks to two of them finally clicking (not to mention Rob Earnshaw, who came off the bench to score last week), Albion are scoring points too.

In the two hours of football since Kanu replaced the injured Geoff Horsfield to pair up with Nathan Ellington against Everton last week, Albion have now scored six goals - five of them from their strikers, of which Ellington has hit three.

Having previously only scored once on their travels in the league this season, Ellington and Kanu's efforts at the Riverside have helped achieve some turnaround. And it all left Robson feeling comparatively contented.

"We've been looking for our two main strikers to stamp their authority on games, to give us a chance of winning matches," said Robson. "And Kanu and Ellington have done just that. There won't be too many changes if we can start getting good performances and good results.

"We've missed too many chances away from home but all I can do is look at the good points from today and the Everton game.

"We were nearly the cause of our own downfall with the penalty as Paul Robinson made a rash challenge which didn't leave the ref with much choice but to give it. But I thought our response was good.

"I thought they might go on and win it from there as it had lifted the crowd. But it was us who could just as easily have won the game. We got into the last third in some great positions, and weren't clinical enough to finish it off, but I was pleased with our overall performance.

"And, to be fair to Paul Robinson," Robson said, "he showed great composure in the way he set up Kanu. That was great and Kanu's finish was excellent. He was left out earlier in the season only because of a hamstring problem and it's particularly pleasing to see Kanu in the form he's in at the moment."

Kanu's touches of class have begun to offset his younger strike partner Ellington. But, while the African does not put it all down to Ellington's arrival, he does admit to having been impressed with the way he has made the step up from Championship football last season with Wigan Athletic.

"If you're good, you're good," Kanu said. "It doesn't matter what level you play at.

"He's got very good feet, he's strong and he wants the ball.

"Because they mark me, it makes him more free. But, if he keeps scoring goals like this, the more markers they put on him it will mean more space for me."

Kanu also believes Ellington has timed his arrival in the team well, saying: "You come into a struggling team and it is difficult for you.

"But if you come in when the team are playing well, you have a better chance.

"And we're playing like a team. We're playing good football. We've been making chances for four or five games. Now we're scoring them too. And the defence is keeping it tight too.

"Everyone knows how we struggled last season and it was difficult for us. But this is probably the most enjoyable time I have had at the club."

Steve Watson sustained a hamstring problem in a heavy first- half collision with Emmanuel Pogatetz but his precautionary half- time removal may ensure his fitness for next weekend's home clash with Fulham.