BOSS Chris Hughton has welcomed the firepower he has for Albion to maintain their push for Premier League survival again in the second half of the season.

Top scorer Glenn Murray and summer signing Florin Andone are vying for a starting spot, with Jurgen Locadia as back-up.

Murray and Andone have been responsible, between them, for four of Albion's last seven goals.

Murray started Sunday's home defeat by Chelsea before Andone replace him in the second half, a reversal of their roles in the previous game at Burnley.

Locadia was brought on late in both matches.

Hughton said; "It's what I want. Florin, I thought, had done really well in the game he came on in (Crystal Palace) and the game he started at Huddersfield.

"I didn't think he did so well in the last game at Burnley but that might have been a consequence of having not played and having a big impact in the two games before.

"Of course, we've got Glenn who has scored goals.

"But that's what I want. I think it's good and Locadia as well, who will feel aggrieved he hasn't played more.

"We will need that type of competition going into the second half of the season."

Hughton has to decide whether to start Murray at his old club Bournemouth on Saturday or revert back to Andone.

Bournemouth visit Chelsea tomorrow night in the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup.