Albion blogger Jarrod Hill wants to see loan signings arrive at the Hawthorns to bolster the injury-hit Baggies squad sooner rather than later.

Hi guys and gals I hope you have all had a good week.

The team battled through adversity on Tuesday night to earn a point against a Cardiff team also looking to build on their aspirations of being promoted.

The injury jinx continued as Roman Bednar`s back injury flared up in the run up to the game and had to be replaced by Luke Moore. I reckon Roberto Di Matteo must have walked under a ladder or seen too many single magpies recently as his luck continues to be consistently bad.

After going behind the lads fought back to get a point which could have easily been all three but for some wayward finishing, but if the truth be told a share of the spoils was a pretty fair result.

I have been constantly checking the team’s news boards all week for news of a new arrival on loan. The only rumour still going round is the one regarding our old boy Jason Koumas, but with only one more loan allowed and our injury crisis becoming worse a decision must be made as to which position we focus on.

The problem is due to Jara`s season-ending injury, the lad covered three different roles all of which we now have little or in some cases no cover. Jara`s versatility saw him cover the defensive midfield role, centre back, and right back positions all with consummate ease.

Currently the only cover we have at centre back is Meite, who is injured. For the defensive midfield role we now have no cover for Mulumbu, although it can be argued that in some games we can avoid playing a designated holding midfielder.

Yet my biggest worry is at right back, Zuiverloon`s form has been somewhat hit and miss all season and now we have no cover at all for him. If he wasn’t available for Sunday’s game at Bristol City, who would play right back?

The other point that many on the blogs have made is that young Gianni looks more comfortable in midfield, playing without the burden of having to defend.

At least on the other flank we should have Cech back available in the not so distant future but at right back who do we have?

I know it is not as easy as playing football manager on the pc, but I believe we should be looking for a loan player who can play at right back and cover centre back if required. It would provide cover for two of our weakest squad positions and put pressure on Zuiverloon to keep his place.

I appreciate that many of you will point to our midfield and say that we are short there too, and that by playing five in midfield it further highlights our need for reinforcements.

But we have been led to believe that Giles Barnes is nearing full fitness and Jerome Thomas and Youssef Mulumbu will be back from suspension. James Morrison is another on the road to recovery, but this season may come too soon for him as we have heard little or no news on his progression.

So as I see it if we can only make one more signing I would go for a right back, not sure who is available but that is what we pay the scouting network to do.

Whoever we get in it looks doubtful they will arrive in time for our Sunday lunch time televised clash against Bristol City. I hold nothing but admiration for their manager Gary Johnson and like so many teams in this division; we will need to play well to get the three points.

I just hope we start well, we are starting to develop a bit of a habit of being sluggish starters, but in games where we have scored first we have generally gone on to boss the play. We all know that anyone can beat anyone in this division but if we are to achieve automatic promotion we must keep our unbeaten run going, and preferably collect all three points.

I hope Bednar is fit to play as he has become a key part of making our 4-5-1 formation work, his all action displays and his growing goal tally couldn’t have come at a better time and it is no coincidence that the teams form has also improved.

Oh well have a great weekend and I will keep checking out the E & S news boards to see who we sign.

Come on you Baggies!