Abdoulaye Faye is eyeing a first Boleyn Ground start after making an outstanding full West Ham United debut at Millwall on Saturday.
The Senegal centre-back showed all his experience and power to keep the Lions at bay at The Den, winning countless headers and tackles for his side.
While Faye was naturally pleased with his own performance, the 33-year-old admitted he and his team-mates were slightly disappointed not to bring all three points back to the Boleyn Ground.
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"We were disappointed not to win the game because we created a lot of chances and we should be winning this game," he told West Ham TV."Sometimes you don't know what is going to happen and you create a lot of chances but you can't take them, so we have got to look forward to the next game.
"It's very important to win the game next week at home. We didn't win at home for six months [before beating Portsmouth] so we need to win two or three games on the spin and then everyone will have confidence for the future."
Faye relished the opportunity to make his full Hammers debut in such a unique atmosphere, comparing the noise at The Den to that he experienced while playing for Newcastle United at Sunderland earlier in his career.
"Everybody played well on Saturday, but it was a tough game as everybody expected it to be. It was my first time playing at Millwall and it was a tough game.
"We should have been winning the game because we had so many chances, but that's football. A draw is OK because I have confidence we can win every game at home.
"I enjoyed it because it has been a long time in coming. I was here in pre-season then I got an injury and after that Tonks (James Tomkins) and Winston [Reid] have been playing really well and I've had to wait.
"I got my chance and I wanted to take it by helping the club to do well and to help us go up this season. I have confidence we can do that.
"I like it when it is physical. I have experience of an atmosphere like that from when I played for Newcastle against Sunderland, where there were even more people.
"We played well in the second half and we can look forward to next weekend."
Faye was brought on as a second-half substitute in the 4-3 win over Portsmouth on 10 September - a fixture which marked West Ham's first home victory in more than six months - and is now targeting his first Boleyn Ground start when Peterborough United come to visit on Saturday afternoon.
While he is keen to start, however, the No15 knows it is at the end of the game that Sam Allardyce's side need to keep their heads, having conceded last-minute goals in all four of their home matches so far this term.
"I will be looking to start. We have had a little bit of trouble at home because we have not concentrated through every game. You can't win every game two or three-nil.
"Sometimes you have to win one-nil and concentrate for the whole 90 minutes, but I have confidence we can do this and I think we'll be OK next weekend."