Wolves seek to pile the pressure on Villa boss Houllier

Last updated : 19 March 2011 By Daily Mail

United in spirit and belief, Mick McCarthy's team will try to take advantage of the bitter in-fighting down the road at Aston Villa and inflict further misery on the neighbours. ??

Fighting spirit: Wolves hope to take advantage of in-fighting at Villa

Dragging Villa into the relegation battle is the aim with only four points separating the clubs. ?

'They are in range and we want to pull them back,' admitted boss McCarthy. 'There is no doubt that we are targetting them.'Equally they will see this as a home game against a side in the bottom three and will target us. ?

Villa's preparations have taken a pounding after Richard Dunne and James Collins ruined a bonding session with an alcohol-fuelled row involving coaching staff. ?

The pair, who have been fined, are injured but Villa boss Gerard Houllier insists:? 'You will be surprised by the quality of effort and the unity of the team. I don't think what happened will affect the players. It was great team-bonding activity and it was just unfortunate that the incident happened.'

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Source: Daily Mail

Source: Daily Mail