Hodgson not keen to put Wolves down

West Brom boss Roy Hodgson will take no satisfaction from pushing local rivals Wolves closer to relegation by winning Sunday's crucial derby at Molineux. The Baggies guaranteed their own top-flight survival via last weekend's 2-1 home success over Aston Villa. But Wolves are still in the bottom three and defeat against Albion would leave their future hanging by a slender thread. Hodgson knows the fans would like to see Wolves return to the npower Championship, but said: "I'm not for relegating anyone. Sometimes in doing your job, you find yourself being in charge of a match which does provoke a relegation. But no one gets no satisfaction from it whatsoever and certainly I wouldn't get any extra satisfaction from it being a local team. "I have great respect for the club (Wolves) and for Mick McCarthy. I respect the rivalry between the two clubs and I'm sure our fans do. I can understand fans thinking that way but they would have to excuse me as a professional not wanting to go down that route. "But I repeat I do think we as a club have an enormous responsibility going into this game, the major responsibility being to our fans who are desperate for us to do well in it. "We also have a responsibility to other teams in the league who are fighting with Wolves for places in the Premier League. I am sure they would be very disappointed if they thought we were going to go there and not give our best."

Source: PA