Reid returned in December after missing 15 months with injury (Getty)

The Ewood Park outfit have lost only once in 11 matches, although Reid thinks Saturday's draw with Fulham could cost them dearly.

He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "We saw the Fulham match as a must-win game.

"We're seeing it as two points dropped and it felt like a defeat and means every game is now important."

These last nine games, every one of them is going to be a cup final Blackburn midfielder Steven Reid

Following Manchester United and Chelsea's elimination from the FA Cup, a place in next season's Uefa Cup via the Premier League is only guaranteed for the club which finishes in fifth place.

Any team finishing sixth will gain entry via the Intertoto Cup, if an application has been made.

Reid admits Rovers can't afford any more slip-ups: "We're just worried about ourselves. These last nine games, every one of them is going to be a cup final.

"We've got a tough game this weekend at West Ham and over recent seasons we haven't done ourselves justice there.

"Hopefully we can get a win down there and turn the Fulham result around."

Blackburn have lost on their last eight visits to West Ham, and have not won at Upton Park since April 1994, when Henning Berg and Ian Pearce scored in a 2-1 win.

West Ham against Blackburn Rovers is live on BBC Radio Lancashire this Saturday from 1500 GMT on 95.5, 103.9 & 104.5 FM, 855 & 1557 MW and DAB Digital Radio.