Home is where the heart is for Albion

Albion blogger Jarrod Hill is glad to be back at the fortress Hawthorns where the Baggies are unbeaten this season ahead of the visit of Fulham.

Albion blogger Jarrod Hill is glad to be back at the fortress Hawthorns where the Baggies are unbeaten this season ahead of the visit of Fulham.

After another memorable away game at Manchester United last week, it's good to be home.

Fulham represent a team that are typical of this season's Premier League opposition, ordinary one week and fantastic the next.

Barring Chelsea, every team has been in unpredictable form and we are the perfect example of what has been an unusual start to the Premier League.

Not many people would have predicted Liverpool would be in the bottom three at this stage, or that the super Baggies would be sixth having gained four points away at Arsenal and Manchester United.

It is the unpredictability of this league that has been the talking point in many a bar around the country and I hope our team can keep surprising the opposition.

But tomorrow's game represents a tricky challenge, Fulham are an established Premier League club with a team that narrowly lost in the Europa Cup final last season.

There is also the small matter of Messrs' Gera, Greening and Kamara to throw into the mix.

I have no gripe with any of the returning trio and have fond memories of each one of them in an Albion shirt, not least because all three managed to hit the back of the net when we played 'them down the road.'

Before a ball had been kicked this season, I would have had tomorrow's game marked down as a good chance to get three points and I still do but, more importantly, I see it as a game we can't afford to lose.

We always knew that our home form would go a very long way in forming what type of season we will have and the longer we remain unbeaten at the Hawthorns the better.

The lads must be full of confidence after recent results and that's just what we want as we head into a run of important fixtures.

Having gathered points during what looked on paper as a difficult start to the season, we now have an opportunity to push on during the heavy fixture list of November and December that is full of 'winnable games.'

The thought of reaching Christmas on a good footing and healthy points tally excites me, not just for the obvious reason of accumulating enough points for Premier League survival, but also for the January transfer window.

The better we look by the turn of the year, the easier it will be to recruit the players required for our second half of the season push.

Transfer windows are always a bit like a Friday night singles bar, the better you look the easier it is to pull.

I don't want to look too far ahead, but I guess our head coach Roberto Di Matteo will already have a shopping list ready for sporting and technical director Dan Ashworth.

Anyway back to tomorrow's game, Peter Odemwingie is still struggling to be fit so I wouldn't be surprised to see an unchanged starting line-up.

Marc-Antoine Fortune deputised for our Nigerian star at Old Trafford and, if he plays tomorrow, I fancy him to score.

Now I admit I am not in the same league as Pete 'Hilltop Baggie' Danckert when it comes to predictions, but I would back him to get a goal and I just can't explain why.

But, regardless of who scores the goals, I just hope that we can get a result.

With a full house expected, me, you and every other Albion fan can certainly play our part on ensuring we remain unbeaten at the Hawthorns.

Up the Baggies!