PAUL Warhurst believes Wanderers are about to play "the most important games in the club's history".

The midfielder is fit to return against West Ham United and knows the price of victory could be incalculable.

He says it is no used feeling sorry for themselves and that Wanderers are in the relegation zone on merit.

"The table doesn't lie," he says with an honesty Wanderers are going to have to show in their play if they are to pull themselves out of their precarious position.

Warhurst has been sorely missed since he began a three-match ban at the start of the year and then was struck down by a calf injury.

He says: "I'm fit and available for the West Ham game but whether I'm picked is up to the manager.

"It still rankles me that I was sent off for what I did against Leicester," and with a smile added: "If I'd have known I was going to be sent off I'd have kicked him harder. But it's done now and we've got to look at the future."

Although he says Wanderers can have no complaints about being in the relegation zone, he believes they have the ability to climb out of it.

West Ham at home is the kind of game teams in trouble have got to win if they are to stay up. But Warhurst warned: "No game is a winnable game. You have to make it into a winnable game.

"West Ham are a good team and were unlucky to lose to Chelsea in the cup on Wednesday night.

"They will be upbeat tomorrow and are sure to give us a tough game.

"We haven't won at home since since we beat Liverpool and it is up to us to put that right on Saturday.

"Our problem has been our failure to win at home and you have to do that if you are to survive in this league. Hopefully we can do that on Saturday.

"We know we can do it because we did it at the start of the season so there's no reason why we cannot do it from now until the end of the season.

"We have to get back to basics. We have been saying that since we have been on this sticky run.

"If we get back to keeping clean sheets it gives us a chance. These are the most important games in Bolton's history. I really think that.

"Every game now is like a cup final. To play in the Premiership is what every players wants. I have been relegated with Palace in 1997 and it is the lowest of the low.

"It is not just the next six games which are important but every game from now until the end of the season.

"Getting knocked out of the cup means there are no excuses now. It's an old cliche that we can concentrate on the league and that's what we can do.

"And the fans can be important to us. They have been great this season but they have got to keep faith and we have to keep them coming by playing well."