We have to get use to these games over the next few weeks as the Wolves game is going to be the first away game of 4 consecutive ones. Our recent record in local derbies lets say has been just superb and I and most Villa fans do not expect that to change. This is not an arrogant statement nor a cocky one but a realistic judgement of where we are in the football world and where Wolves are.

Wolves are not a bad team at all, I expect them to survive this season but we struggle against the more physical teams, this is something Wolves are not. They have decent ball players in the middle but there are few that would worry players of our quality and I do not expect our defence to be overly worried by Kevin Doyle !!

Following on from the Chelsea game we expect few if any changes because MON has always stuck with a winning side. I expect against Wolves the pace and new power of Gabby will cause their defence major issues and if Carew can be bothered then those two will be unstoppable. The form of Dunne and Collins should be enough to cope with Doyle and I think we should have a comfortable victory.

However it is a local Derby !! anything can happen, shocks can happen (Wolves have not beaten us at the Molineux for two decades) and we should not be complacent but we have plenty of reasons to be confident of starting the 4 away games with a win.