West Bromwich Albion manager Tony Mowbray has enough problems on his hands with his own team right now, without worrying about what to expect from Burnley tonight.
In the crazy world of the Championship, playing an even more mercurial outfit like Steve Cotterill's Clarets makes life unpredictable, to say the least.
If Mowbray thinks his Albion side have been through a turbulent time, it's nothing compared to the rollercoaster ride Burnley have been on.
One of the eight different teams to have led this season's Championship, Burnley were still up in fourth when they came to The Hawthorns in November to play an Albion side labouring in sixth after five games without a win.
Albion won 3-0, a lone bright spot prior to their two most depressing defeats of the campaign (at Stoke and Sheffield Wednesday) before the run of one reverse in 18 games which saw the Baggies briefly go top themselves in February.
At the same time, Burnley were on a run of 18 games without a league win. And, even a month ago, this would have been construed as an 'away cert'.
That's certainly the way the pools panel saw it on Saturday when they handed Albion the points on the coupon.
But things have turned again. Burnley, now 16th, have saved themselves from the drop with a timely run of four wins in five games, including taking advantage of a late defensive error to win at St Andrew's on Easter Saturday. And that has come at the same time Albion have shown such classic signs of a blow-out.
Admittedly, the under-pressure Mowbray can cling to the fact that the two wins Albion have managed in their last nine league games are their last two away trips,
at Queens Park Rangers, where Dean Kiely's penalty save turned the contest and at Norwich, where Diomansy Kamara's last-minute goal won the points. But what can the Baggies boss realistically expect tonight?
"If we turn up and play the way we did at Southend on New Year's Day then we could find ourselves on the wrong end," said Mowbray.
"But you either win games or you don't. And, if you don't, you get the sack.
"It's a results-driven industry and this club has got expectations.
"I saw Burnley beat Norwich last Tuesday night. They worked extremely hard for each other. And you find it difficult to see how they went so long without winning a football match.
"But if you play well and stick to your beliefs, you get the rewards in the end and I hope that proves the case with us too."
It can only be hoped that Mowbray's pre-match dressing room team talk tonight is a sight less complicated than the one he gave to the local press when he talked almost in riddles about the "problems" which permeate the club.
It can be assumed that one of those will be sorted tonight if his most likely match-winner Jason Koumas is restored after two games on the sidelines - as part of the midfield reshuffle needed due to Darren Carter's suspension.
His other selection issue is how to replace Neil Clement, the other Albion player red carded in the furious, frantic final moments of the defeat to Sheffield Wednesday ten days ago.
Mowbray hopes Sam Sodje is fit, following the bout of illness that delayed his return to training after coming off early against the Owls with an ankle problem. Though Martin Albrechtsen can move across from right back and he has the option of youngster Jared Hodgkiss, there is also the chance of a recall for forgotten man Chris Perry.
Kevin Phillips is likely to return up front to face a Burnley team for whom Wolves old boy Ade Akinbiyi scored one of the goals last time out in their 3-0 win over Norwich.
Akinbiyi is not certain to keep his place, having got the nod last week because on-loan Norwich striker Paul McVeigh was not allowed to play. But, five years after failing to carry out Wolves owner Sir Jack Hayward's famous public exhortation to stop the Baggies getting promoted, one wonders what might happen if a chance comes Akinbiyi's way tonight?
