Albion blogger Jarrod Hill is gushing in the wake of three league wins on the spin for the Baggies under new stewardship in Roberto Di Matteo.

After dining on the bread and butter win of the previous Saturday game at Nottingham Forest, our late kick-off win over Ipswich at the Hawthorns was a tea-time feast.

To a man we were superb, and it was fantastic to see Robert Koren’s form return after being moved from playing out wide to playing in his preferred role in the middle.

Our former skipper Jonathan Greening’s move to Fulham has provided a straight fight between Koren and Dorrans for the attacking central midfield role when we play 4-4-2,.

On Saturday, ‘Rokko’ staked his claim in emphatic style. My blog on Friday stated my hope that our silver lining of Greenings departure could be the return of the energetic, free-scoring Koren into the centre of midfield and he duly obliged.

His partnership with another Man of the Match contender in Youssouf Mulumbu worked so well, they looked like they had been playing together for many years.

My only minor complaint would be that the 2-0 score line doesn’t reflect our dominance in a game we could have easily bagged four or five goals. Luke Moore missed a penalty and, although it wasn’t the greatest spot kick ever witnessed, Ipswich can thank their goalkeeper Richard Wright for preventing a goal fest.

Young Chris Wood looks to be getting better with every game and his intelligent play belies his tender years. At the back we managed another clean sheet and, similar to Moore and Chris Wood, central defenders Jonas Olsson and Shelton Martis are developing their understanding of each others game.

The great manager Brian Clough highlighted the importance of partnerships throughout a team. Centre-halves, central midfield, strikers, full-backs, wingers, they all constitute partnerships and we seem to have a few which are blossoming under our new manager Roberto Di Matteo.

And when can I stop calling him new? Wow this really is a positive blog!

On top of all this we still have some excellent players to return to the fold. Neil Clement, Ishamel Miller, Roman Bednar and James Morrison are all recovering from injury and suspension.

Hopefully Bednar and particularly Morrison will be back soon and I am simply drooling of adding their quality to a team already in the ascendency.

Plus there is more positivity – we are still looking to strengthen the squad before the closure of the transfer window. The rumours circulating presently are mainly defenders and, as much as I would welcome additional quality in that department, I am hoping we have another striker arrive through our doors.

We do not lack numbers up front but we do lack experience. Not that I do not rate Moore, Wood, Bednar, Rueben Reid and Simon Cox, as I believe they will all have something to contribute this season, but I would prefer us to have another experienced front-man.

Wood, Cox and Reid are rookies at this level and I simply do not rate Craig Beattie, so an experienced striker in the mould of what we had in Kevin Phillips would complete a squad capable of achieving promotion.

But if we include the injured Miller we currently have seven strikers at the club, and I am sure Mr Peace would want an exit from that department before another arrival. Maybe Beattie?

Onto tomorrow night’s Carling Cup game at home to Rotherham and the Millers will be looking to get themselves a scalp, so we must be on our toes. We certainly do not want a replay due to our already congested fixture list and Roberto has already stated his desire for a cup run.

It represents a perfect opportunity for some of our fringe players to remind us of their capabilities, so I am hoping to see the likes of Felipe Texeira, Bednar and veteran goalkeeper Dean Kiely.

And I hope I have provided you all with a nice positive blog to go with a superb performance from the boys on Saturday, the truth is if we play that well all season few teams will be able to live with us.

Long may it continue.

P.S: I have Jarrod ‘Bomber’ Hill locked in my cellar and, until he begins to look at things in a more positive manner, I will continue to write these blogs for him under his name.

Don’t be alarmed – I have provided him with food and essentials. He has a 1983 Shoot annual, a Buckaroo – slightly damaged, missing an ear – and a hard back version of Britain’s Ten Most Beautiful Walks.

He also managed to find an old Linda Lusardi calendar down there but I have confiscated it.