Joleon Lescott has vowed to lift the pressure on under-fire West Brom boss Alan Irvine and insisted he did not sign up for a relegation battle.
The Baggies suffered their fourth straight defeat in Tuesday's 2-1 defeat to West Ham as supporters sung 'Taxi for Irvine'.
The head coach has vowed to fight on and Lescott, who was tempted to The Hawthorns by Irvine after working with him at Everton, said the players must take responsibility.
"We're not going to add any pressure to the manager, we want to win as much as he does, him more so probably," said the defender.
"It's not great for anyone involved obviously. The manager of any team tends to get the stick, but it's the players who need to look at themselves and we need to realise what we're doing may be okay, but it's not good enough, we're not winning games and not picking up any points.
"We need to look at ourselves and realise what's at stake."
Irvine has a strong bond with his players and has their backing and Lescott believes, despite their poor form, fans must be realistic this season.
"It's not the end of the world. We're in December, we've lost four games and that's disappointing, but we're still outside the relegation zone and that's the key," he said, with the Baggies 16th.
"If we could finish the season 16th that'd be progress from last year.
"We need to keep going and be realistic about our achievements."
Lescott won the Premier League with Manchester City in 2012 and last season and said he did not join West Brom to fight the drop.
"I'm like the rest of the lads, we knew it was going to be tough," the former England star said ahead of Saturday's crunch trip to Hull. "I didn't come here to fight relegation.
"But if it needs to be we'll dig deep for the next two months and get clear, hopefully we can do that.
"It's a new test and something I'm enjoying, but I don't like losing, I hate it to be honest. I don't even like to use the word hate."
The Baggies were downed after Kevin Nolan and James Tomkins, the defender scoring his first goal since October 2012, cancelled out Craig Dawson's opener.
It had the Hammers fans chanting 'Barcelona, we're coming for you', with the team fifth, and Tomkins insisted they could break the stranglehold of the top five.
"For sure, look at our position last season and it wouldn't have been as pretty as this, I know that," he said. "It just shows after a bit of team spirit, good organisation and good players we are getting the benefits. The lads are excited about what we're doing and it's all about keeping the run going.
"December is the hardest part. It's hard to get to get to where we are, but the hardest part is to stay here.
"Around Christmas you can see a lot of people fading, but if we keep our injuries down and people fit who knows what people can do."
But Tomkins vowed the players would not follow the fans in eyeing a trip to the Nou Camp.
He said: "It's showing their sense of humour, but they won't be getting too carried away, it's just a bit of banter, and we won't be getting carried away either.
"The players are certainly not singing it!"