Tony Mowbray doesn't intend to make widespread changes to what he is inheriting at West Bromwich Albion as the club officially begins its post-Carlos Corberan era - but the returning boss will seek to release the handbrake on the Baggies squad's creative talents. Mowbray's second stint at The Hawthorns officially begin on Friday and he'll guide Albion back to former club Middlesbrough for his first game in charge on Tuesday evening.

Mowbray was unveiled at the club's training ground on Monday afternoon and was highly complimentary of predecessor Corberan, who left Albion for boyhood club Valencia on Christmas Eve. One criticism that was often aimed at the Spaniard, though, was that for all of his excellent coaching and how he set his team up, Corberan appeared to restrict his attacking players.

Mowbray, whose Albion side in 2007-08 scored over 100 goals on their way to the Championship title and reached the FA Cup semi-finals, has by his own admission moulded his sides into more a generally more pragmatic style in the intervening period, learning lessons from spells at various clubs along the way. Still, though, there is a burning desire to see front-footed football, flair and, above all, lots of goals.

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"I don't want to disrupt too much," he explained. "Don't do a Brian Clough and tell the Leeds players to put their medals in the bin. There has been some amazing work done at this club, the out of possession, the structure, they all work really hard. I have watched their goals, there've been some wonderful goals. There isn't much wrong. I just need to tickle its tummy here. I want to keep the players enjoying it.

"I went into the dressing room at half time the other day, because we needed more bodies in the box. I felt the goal was coming and it did. There are really good, attacking footballers at this club. There aren't loads of brilliant number 9s, there is no Kevin Phillips, but with the attacking players we have, we need to let them off the leash and express their talents.

"Grady [Diangana] is wonderful, but he's been inconsistent. I can understand why, it's difficult if in training it's all about positioning when you lose the ball. [Mikey] Johnston, [Tom] Fellows, wonderful players in my eyes. Karlan [Grant], and [Josh] Maja when he's fit, he links the play. I'm here to tinker but not to disrupt too much, hopefully improve. I want the players to know I care about their careers.

"I am full of energy, bouncing, I can feel it coming out of me. I want the team to be the team I want now, which won't happen that quickly. A different coach has implanted, very tactically and cleverly, a different style on this team. Over a period of time I'll try to change it to a style I like. Hopefully we score more goals, create more chances, be more attack minded, but don't lose the very good attitude and structure.

"Every football coach wants more players, the bottom line is that you have a better chance of winning if you can bring better players into the building. My main thoughts are with the players, their personalities. Are they frustrated? Have they had enough game time? The previous manager didn't do this or that."

Mowbray knows patience is required. He is getting to know the players on first-name terms and is already communicating to the squad what he wants from them - both on the pitch and in the training ground's classroom, through the medium of video. Clearly, though, the man himself - who has been through some ordeal over the course of the last year - is raring to go again and work with another group of players with the intention of making them better.

"There's no magic switch, you can just flick a switch and it wins all the time," he reasoned. "How much influence can you have, how can you change it? I change it through showing them my personality, showing them what I'm about, hopefully they appreciate that I care about their careers.

"Hopefully they don't think the manager is criticising me, he's not criticising you, he's trying to help you, he's trying to make you a better footballer, they all want to play in the Premier League and hopefully, collectively, we can all get to the Premier League, but if not they have to be good enough individuals that the Premier League comes and plucks them.

"They'll only do that by learning, watching, listening, getting better, wanting to improve every day, and that's the culture we're trying to bring really, that they know we're all on a journey together to get back to the top flight."

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