Mick McCarthy relishing a cup cracker with Birmingham City
chance to shine, however, and his views were shared by Wolves’ striker Sam Vokes, who is also relishing the tie.
The Wales international youngster said: “It’s strange that we have been drawn against Birmingham the day after playing them – it means we’ll have to come up against each other at least three times now this season.
“It should be another lively game with a good atmosphere and hopefully we can go there and progress to the next round.
“We might be in the same division but it’s still a massive game and we saw on Saturday how a local derby always has a good atmosphere.
“It was a good game on Saturday and we’ve both been doing well this season so it should be another big occasion when we meet in the cup.”
