Wolves warned to expect a barrage from Stoke

Oct 27 2009 by Bill Howell, Birmingham Mail

WOLVES have been warned to pack their tin hats and expect an aerial barrage when they take on Stoke City.

Wolves aim to continue their impressive mini-run after decent draws with Everton and Villa at The Brittania Stadium on Saturday.

But Berra knows that Tony Pulis’ side are on a superb run of their own after beating West Ham, drawing with Everton and winning at Tottenham.

“Stoke is not going to be easy. There’s going to be a lot of defending,” Berra said.

“They play a lot of high balls, have a lot of tall players, and aerially they’re a very dangerous team. They score a lot of goals from corners and throw-ins so defensively we have got to be on our toes.”

Berra revealed that a lot of work had gone in behind the scenes on coping with set-pieces with both Villa and Stoke extremely adept from dead ball situations.