Woverhampton Wanderers' Joey Craddock warns Aston Villa face a battle

Oct 21 2009 by Bill Howell, Birmingham Mail

JODY Craddock has promised Villa that this time Wolves will give them a game at Molineux.

Villa trounced their neighbours 4-0 in March, 2004, with all the goals coming inside the hour.

But buoyed by their 1-1 result at Everton, club skipper Craddock says Wolves are confident.

“The point could be massive at the end of the season and it was a good point,” he said.

“It’s going to be a big game, regardless of their result against Chelsea.

“A derby’s a derby and it’s going to be 50-50 on the day as to what can happen.

“We’ve got home advantage, we’ll be looking forward to it and we’ll be up for it.

“We haven’t come across a team yet who have walked all over us.”

Craddock is confident Sylvan Ebanks-Blake will soon find his feet in the top flight after a season disrupted by a hamstring injury.

“Sylvan’s always dangerous – his goals will come. He’ll get more chances and he’ll make the most of them.”