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." Hodgson's own fortunes have been revived at The Hawthorns after he was sacked as Liverpool boss in January. But he believes it unfair for his reputation built during more than three decades as a coach and manager should be scarred by an unsuccessful six month spell at Anfield. He said: "I'd like to have thought that people who studied my career during 36 years would not have made judgement on good or bad in the space of months. "I always remain positive in that respect. With a career as long as mine, I'm very satisfied with it myself and I don't follow the headlines. "If there were headlines suggesting I'm not very good or suggesting I'm very good I take them with the same pinch of salt. "I think it's a sad indictment of a 36-year career that after one period (at Liverpool) which is less than successful, people are making judgements about your ability. "It makes it a pretty sad world for us people and professionals working in it." Hodgson has taken great satisfaction from Albion guaranteeing their Barclays Premier League status with a run of 16 points from nine matches. But he is mindful of building on the current success next season. He said: "It is a good achievement. All the teams who achieve it get their fair share of praise and moment of glory. "But then the real hard work begins, making certain you can stay there again and again and again. "Once is good but, if you can stay there even longer, you become stronger every year as a team plus the money the Premier League provides helps you every year to stabilise and build up your club. "The trick is to make sure you don't go down immediately, which is a major risk always, and avoid an even bigger risk of going down in the second year." Albion midfielder Paul Scharner has been ruled out through suspension after being sent off against Villa.
