West Brom blogger Jarrod Hill believes the only way to keep the Baggies bandwagon rolling on will be with results as Roy Hodgson’s men try to build on some sterling form.

Two draws followed by two wins over our local rivals has had West fans everywhere smiling with glee.

Bragging rights over your friends, colleagues and, sometimes, family has been secured for the near future and the eight-point haul has moved us up the Premier League table.

I have had to eat humble pie in the last few weeks, after I raised major concerns over our change to a 4-4-2 formation that stuttered before coming to life in the last two games.

I still think the re-introduction of Somen Tchoyi has helped the new formation work, but I am ready to admit I may have been a little hasty in my rejection of boss Roy Hodgson’s preferred set up.

And I still see 4-5-1 as a formation for certain games against certain opposition but, up until the Wolves game, I could not see the two up front working. Maybe that was more down to the strikers than the formation itself?

Shane Long has played well and will be greatly missed during his absence through injury, but the truth is his partnership with Peter Odemwingie didn’t look like it would work.

Tchoyi has proven to be the link to making two up front work for us. His style of play is often talked about as being unpredictable, but his directness causes opposing defences no end of concern.

What we also overlook is his positional play and his work rate. I watched the Wolves game again this week, along with the Villa game, and his ability to drag defenders out of position is excellent.

Tchoyi has the ability to tie defenders in knots or find a team-mate who he has just created space for.

OK, he has the infuriating ability to choose the wrong option or run the ball out or try and take on the whole opposition single-handed but, without him, we have lacked the fluidity he brings.

Football teams are all about partnerships, the front two, the full back and his winger, or the centre backs.

Good partnerships make a world of difference to a team and, for me, Long and Odemwingie do not look to be a natural fit.

That doesn’t mean they won’t in the future, as both players certainly have the intelligence and talent to evolve. But while that slowly takes shape, I see Tchoyi as a natural partner for either of them.

Hodgson also has Simon Cox to call upon and, again, he has different attributes to the other three strikers. His ability to pick a pass is good and he is probably the best striker of a ball out of all of the strikers we have.

Cox can count himself unlucky to not have had more opportunities this season, after finishing last season in good form and carrying that form on for the Republic of Ireland.

This weekend’s game against Liverpool arguably represents our toughest game in the last five fixtures and, although we must give them the respect they deserve, we should no longer be overawed by the big boys.

Manchester United and Chelsea both managed to smuggle all three points away from us this season but, on another day, we could easily have gained something from both.

Liverpool have considerably strengthened their squad under Kenny Dalglish and are starting to look more like the force they once were.

But, with our tails up from recent wins, home advantage, and the fact we beat them last season I hope we will again give them a hell of a game.

The longer we can keep our mini-unbeaten run going the better. The Premier League moves so quickly and four results can make a huge difference to any club.

We know that having taken eight points from four and Wolves have seen how it can be from the other side, having taken just one point from their last six games.

Confidence can be a fragile thing and it needs to be closely guarded, it’s easy to lose but takes time to build, a bit like Jenga.

Another positive result against Liverpool on Saturday and the bandwagon can keep rolling on. We will need all the positivity, luck, and support we can muster with Liverpool and Arsenal our next two fixtures.

Two fixtures, incidentally, we won last season, but a repeat of both of those results would be too much to ask for, surely?