On the surface, a 20-1 bet on a 16th placed Premier League team in a two horse race should represent fantastic value for money.
However, anyone who has seen the two teams play of late will tell Victor Chandler and co that they are probably being a bit generous with their odds, not least when City’s reserves have just spanked us 5-2.

The two sides played out a 7 goal thriller last season
And if Mick obdurately sticks with his preferred 4-4-2 system that guarantees a two goal deficit at half time, the bookies may as well stick a nought on our end.
Even a mindless idiot can see that.
The Team
Our battle hardened manager will surely go 4-5-1 for a game that nobody has us down to get anything from, and a game where many pundits believe the pressure is off completely.
Whether the expected system change has more to do with the class of opposition rather than lessons learnt is up for conjecture, however.
The big question is, who will play in midfield for this one, as it is unlikely Mick will drop the leaden footed Berra or Johnson, despite leaking goals like a sieve during this painful winless run.
If he opts for David Edwards, many fans will be annoyed, bearing in mind Guedioura and Milijas have offered far, far more on Carling Cup showings alone.
That doesn’t make them numpties mind. They probably just remember Anfield like me.
If he does pick one of Guedioura or Milijas to go alongside O’Hara and Henry, most supporters will be supportive, no matter the result. It’s what many have been demanding all season. I go for Guedioura, as he has the better engine and we’ll be doing a hell of a lot of chasing.
As for the wingers, you’ve got to presume that Jarvis will play, being as he is the only player in the entire squad with any pace to trouble any team, despite his poor delivery of late.
I hope Hunt plays on the other flank, even if I am one of Hammill’s biggest advocates. My reasoning for this? That we are going to have to work damn hard on Saturday and a feral-type performance from the Irishman will have the potential to break up the Poznan.
Doyle will plough a lone furrow in a formation where he has always played his best football for Wolves.
The only other change might just be Zubar for Stearman, if the Frenchman is fit. If he is, I’d play him.
The team I expect Mick to play:

Hennessey, Stearman, Berra, Johnson, Ward, Henry, O'Hara, Milijas, Hunt, Jarvis, Doyle
Prediction League
A handful of people predicted a draw against Swansea last time out but only Baltimore Wolves got the scoreline spot on.
Congratulations on a well-earned 3 points.
In all my years of supporting Wolves, this past week has been the most divisive, upsetting and downright painful that I can ever remember.
Feeling marginalised is one thing. Feeling like a lost child stuck between warring parents is quite another.
With that in mind I will utter the words I hope to never utter again.
Forget the result and let us all hope for a performance to take genuine heart from.
The daft thing is that we’ll probably get one, and Mick will then stick with the team that most mindless idiots have been crying out for for weeks.
The even dafter thing is that we might just pull out a freakish result. It has been known.
Come on you Wolves!




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