Wolves winger Matt Jarvis ready to give Stoke's Jonathan Woodgate the runaround again
TERRY Connor has warned Jonathan Woodgate that Matt Jarvis is out to leave him in a spin in tonight's derby duel.
Mat Kendrick
TERRY Connor has warned Stoke defender Jonathan Woodgate that Wolves winger Matt Jarvis is out to leave him in a spin in tonight's derby duel.
Woodgate lasted barely 19 minutes of Stoke's 2-1 win at Molineux in December.
He is standing by to replace Andy Wilkinson (groin) and Connor said: "Woodgate will feel he has a point to prove, of course he will. He'll want to come out on top in that duel if he plays. He'll want to rectify it.
"We do talk about personal duels all over the pitch and whether you can win yours.
"If you see your opposite number replaced before half-time then you must have done something really well.
"The other player will obviously be devastated because he has done the opposite.
"Matt Jarvis will want to come out on top again and carry on playing the way he has been playing recently. It's not only Stoke, he's given a lot of teams problems.
"He played really well in that Stoke game and I think he's been playing really well recently.
''I just want him to continue that form. He works really hard at his game, he wants to improve and he has seen the fruits of that labour. I'm sure he would want us to take Premier League survival over his own personal form but he's been playing really well."
Stoke boss Tony Pulis revealed this week he tried to snap up the winger from Gillingham but was beaten to the punch by Mick McCarthy.
"The deal had already been done," said Pulis. "He's a very good player."