Di Matteo has done a magnificent job at The Hawthorns, guiding the Baggies to promotion from the Championship and then steering them into the top half in the early stages of the Premier League campaign. Albion have also reached the Carling Cup quarter-finals, but Di Matteo is keeping his feet on the ground and remaining focused on winning games. When asked about being linked to bigger clubs, he said: "I don't read papers, in good times or bad times. "It doesn't affect me at all. I have a job and I like my job and I need to win games. I'm going to try my best to win games. "I can achieve my ambition by doing a great job. That's why I work very hard and prepare my team to the best of my knowledge and ability to win the next game. "I'm not fussed by all the surroundings. I'm quite boring actually and simple in that way. "I need to win games. That is my aim and my focus. Winning helps to keep the chairman off my back." Asked about his contract at The Hawthorns, Di Matteo added: "My contract situation is not an issue. I have a rolling contract. It suits everybody." West Brom go to Blackpool on Monday for a meeting of clubs who climbed out of the Football League in the summer. Like Blackpool manager Ian Holloway, Di Matteo has taken a positive approach to life in the top flight and considers that the only way to tackle the Premier League establishment. A tremendous victory at Arsenal and a draw at Manchester United may have shocked most observers, but not Di Matteo. "We dont go into any game with fear. We have respect but no fear," the 40-year-old said. "But if you want to do an analysis of the away games we've played so far you would have to include Chelsea and Liverpool. "At Chelsea we got hammered [6-0 on the opening day of the season], at Liverpool we were probably unfortunate to lose but we lost. "We went with the same attitude and mentality, at Arsenal we worked hard, at Manchester we worked hard. We try to go to win every game. "We have a philosophy of how we want to win games. We do adjust it and adapt it a little bit, considering the opposition and the players we have available."
