Steve Bull: Wolves players must be fired up for derby day

If I were Rob Edwards, I'd be firing these Wolves players up for a proper derby match tonight.

Let's give the fans something to cheer about - we know the inevitable relegation is coming - so the supporters deserve some bragging rights.

It will be tough because Villa are a good side, that's why they're up there, but we have to keep fighting to the very end and this game has to be seen as a good opportunity.

The fans have a huge role to play in getting behind the players and the players should be desperate to get the three points.

Edwards has to make sure they are prepared to fight for a result, playing full throttle from the first to the last kick. If we do that, it could be a memorable night at Molineux.

Looking back at the weekend, it was a very frustrating defeat to Crystal Palace.

We played really well in the second half against Arsenal and carried that into the Palace game with a good start.

Palace are in a tough situation and are a poor side in my opinion - and we took the game to them.

But when you're down there, you keep getting kicked and the luck doesn't go your way. We should have gotten three points but Tolu Arokodare missed his penalty, Ladislav Krejci was sent off, and we knew Palace would get their goal.

I thought it was harsh on Krejci because it seemed to me that he didn't know the ball had gone out and he was trying to clear it.

Quite a few people were shocked at the red card, it's very frustrating, but we still gave it a good go with 10 men and could have gotten something from the game.

Unfortunately, Arokodare was subjected to racist abuse after the game on social media and it's disgusting.

I hoped by now this would be stamped out, I really don't understand it. I hope these people can be singled out and held responsible.

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