JUSSI Jaaskelainen is fed up of the ups and downs at the Reebok this season.

Inconsistency has dogged Owen Coyle’s side since they made an explosive start against QPR back in August, and they currently find themselves a point adrift of Everton in the bottom three heading into tomorrow afternoon’s clash with West Brom.

Not since encounters against West Ham and Arsenal - either side of the infamous FA Cup semi-final defeat against Stoke - have the Whites strung two victories together.

And after laying their Wembley ghost to rest against the Potters a fortnight ago, Jaaskelainen believes it is about time fortunes stopped fluctuating so wildly.

“We want to take the aspects of what we did well in the 5-0 win against Stoke into Saturday's game and make sure that we can start performing on a consistent level week in week out,” he said.

“The games in which we have won against QPR, Wigan and Stoke were all by good margins and that tells you that if we can be consistent in our performances there's no reason why we can't be in kicking on up that league table.

“Hopefully that Stoke game will be the turning point. Our bad run started against Stoke at Wembley in the FA Cup semi-final last season and we're hopeful that our last game will end it.”

The Big Finn is confident that Wanderers’ current precarious position will prove only temporary.

Victory at the Hawthorns today could potentially propel them into mid-table, and Jaaskelainen hopes that could be prove a platform for the rest of the campaign.

“We are a good team, but at the level we play at you have to show that every week and haven't done that this season,” he said. “If you don't perform to your best we have to at least make sure we are hard to beat.”

Jaaskelainen will be reunited at West Brom with his former national team boss Roy Hodgson, whom he still holds in high regards after working with him five years ago.

“He’s one of the true gentlemen in football and his knowledge of the game is unbelievable,” he said. “I obviously speak to him when I see him at games. I’ve got a lot of respect for the way he conducted himself when he was in charge of Finland and for the way he conducted himself since."