West Brom boss Tony Pulis insists he has no problem with his Aston Villa counterpart Tim Sherwood following the latter 's comments about the size of the two Midlands duo . Prior to Tuesday 's Barclays Premier League clash between the teams , Sherwood - a contender to take over as Baggies boss in the recent past - described Albion as a 'good little club ' before expressing his delight at having landed the manager 's job at a 'massive football club ' like Villa . Then , after his side won 2-1 in the game at Villa Park , Sherwood again made an apparent dig at West Brom , saying they will 'have to improve ' for the next meeting - Saturday 's FA Cup quarter-final at the same venue - if they are going stop the hosts triumphing again . West Brom manager Tony Pulis insists he does not have a problem with Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood . Sherwood said West Brom were a 'good little club ' ahead of Aston Villa 's 2-1 win against the Baggies . But Pulis said ahead of this weekend 's derby : 'That is Tim - there are no problems with me or the chairman at all . 'Tim is Tim and he will be good fun for everyone around the West Midlands for the time he is at Aston Villa I 'm sure . ' Pulis stressed West Brom will not need to use either the words of Sherwood , for whom the win on Tuesday was his first since taking the Villa post last month , or the disappointment of their defeat in that game to generate any additional motivation for Saturday 's contest . With his players only one match away from a Wembley semi-final , Pulis - a beaten FA Cup finalist in 2011 as Stoke boss - said : ' I do n't need to pin that ( Sherwood 's comments ) up in the changing room . 'We have a good group of lads here and they will want to win the game as much as Villa will . ' I do n't think we need any ( extra ) motivation . It 's a local derby , it 's the quarter-final of the FA Cup and it 's absolutely wonderful that we 've got to this stage . These are big games that everybody should look forward to and we will certainly be looking forward to it . 'We 've got as good a chance ( of winning the competition ) as any of the eight teams left in there . 'You go and ask Bradford . They will fancy winning it as well . ' West Brom defeated non-league side Gateshead 7-0 in Pulis ' first official game in charge of the Baggies . Pulis ' first game officially in charge of West Brom following his appointment in January was the 7-0 FA Cup third-round victory over non-league Gateshead at the Hawthorns . Since then , Albion 's run in the tournament has also seen them win 2-1 at Birmingham and 4-0 at home against West Ham . Overall , the Baggies have lost only twice in their 11 games in all competitions under Pulis so far . And asked if he had underestimated Villa on Tuesday night , the 57-year-old said : ' I have great respect for every club and every team . 'From the third round right the way through , and in every game we play in the Premier League or anything else - I have total respect for clubs , the people there and the supporters . ' I never underestimate anyone . I 've been in the game too long to do that . ' West Brom will be without injured forward Victor Anichebe ( groin ) and cup-tied midfielder Darren Fletcher for Saturday 's tie . Pulis says he has a few 'knocks and niggles ' in his squad to assess - winger Callum McManaman ( foot ) is a doubt , while forwards Saido Berahino and Brown Ideye have both been playing recently with pain-killing injections . Pulis also said the club 'have to go carefully ' with Stephane Sessegnon , with the forward understood to have suffered a family bereavement , and it remains to be seen whether goalkeeper Ben Foster keeps his place after his costly late error in Tuesday 's loss .
Aston Villa host West Brom in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup . Tim Sherwood 's Villa side defeated West Brom on Tuesday . The match will be played at Wembley Stadium and is expected to attract a crowd of around 50,000 fans - more than double that for last season's final between Arsenal and Manchester United which attracted just over 40,000 fans.