Beware the ex-factor warns Sylvan
Striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake has warned Wolves to beware the familiar faces from Sheffield Wednesday on Saturday.
The league leaders go to Hillsborough to face old friends in Michael Gray and Leon Clarke – Molineux loan midfielder Darren Potter is ineligible for the clash – against an Owls side reeling from Tuesday's narrow 2-1 defeat to Reading.
Gray, who made his 500th League appearance last Saturday, spent 18 months at Wolves, playing 41 Championship games and was popular with fans before joining the Owls in January.
Wolverhampton-born forward Clarke, a product of the Wolves Academy, was more of a qualified success among the Molineux masses, but has found his feet in the Steel City.
The 24-year-old, who once incurred the wrath of the Wolves crowd with a "cupped ear" gesture after scoring against Plymouth, has bagged 12 goals in just 22 starts at Wednesday, including three of his eight this season in the last three games.
Ebanks-Blake believes his table topping side should be wary of Wednesday's Wolves connection.
He said: "Of course they're a threat because they're good players – that's why they were with us.
"For whatever reason, they aren't here now, but they played a part and they have the advantage of knowing all about us. They will want to prove a point, but every team wants to beat us because we've been top for such a long time, so we expect teams to be fired up against us.
"That's something we've had to get used to over the season, so I think we're ready for it."
Wednesday, who went into the Reading game with back-to-back wins, took the lead against the Royals through Sean McAllister, only to concede second half goals from Shane Long and their top scorer top scorer Kevin Doyle.