SAM Allardyce is considering throwing an extra man up front in a bid to turn around Wanderers' ailing home form.

The Reebok men have not won a home Premiership game since August and the manager admits a change of system could be the answer.

It could come as early as Saturday's clash with Charlton Athletic which Wanderers will be going all out to win to stay within their survival targets.

Playing five midfielders behind a lone striker has worked wonders away from home this season but has failed to pay off at the Reebok where the goals have dried up.

Allardyce knows that if his side is to reach the 44 points target he believes would definitely keep them up then they must get the goals flowing at home.

Ideally he would like to recruit a top class goalscorer to play alongside Michael Ricketts but a lack of funds means his options will almost certainly come from within his current crop of players.

"We have to turn our performance at home around," admitted Allardyce.

"One of the problems has been scoring goals at home. We unfortunately find it very difficult at home to break down the opposition. This is quite common in the Premiership this season with a lot of teams struggling to win their home games.

"We have not got the outstanding quality of player that some other teams have got and we are struggling to break them down.

"A change of system would be nice and I have to consider putting two players up front. It is a question of balance because it is a particular worry that we might leave the back door open and get caught on the counter attack."

Allardyce will do what he can to turn Wanderers into as potent an attacking force as possible against Charlton as he sees this game and the Reebok visit of Leicester City on December 29 as their two best chances of picking up maximum points this side of the New Year.

Revealing his points target for the season, he added: "Forty four points would be ideal. And the sooner we do it the better.

"We do have our targets to reach but we don't want to keep heaping the pressure on the players every time we play."