BOSS Mick McCarthy says it might take a bit of Mike Bassett kidology to break his team’s Molineux hoodoo.

The fictional England manager was never the best at adding up – and the numbers certainly don’t add up for Wolves, who have lost five out of their last six at home.

“There is no better time to have a performance and a result,” he said.

“They all know the importance of it. I get a little bit miffed at times. It’s as if I have to bring the team in on a Friday morning and say ‘right lads, it’s West Brom we’re playing – this is the big game’.

“That’s Mike Bassett management isn’t it? ‘We’ll be playing 4-5-2’.

“Come on, when I was a player and people started that stuff with me I was going ‘do me a favour’.

“You start imparting information as a coach you think they want to hear and they’re sat there going ‘you numpty, you complete numpty.’