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Wolfie’s ponderings on being a Wolves supporter, and other similar matters

 

Wishing Robbie Keane had stayed Stateside: Wolves 2-3 Villa

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

Aston Villa were one of the worst teams – or rather put in one of the worst performances – I have seen at Molineux this season (our own lacklustre fumblings included).  Wolves, on the other hand, produced by far their first half performance.  This game should have been won but for three things; Berra’s clumsiness, [...]

Man City vs Wolves (The Revenge): Preview

Thursday, October 27th, 2011

Having been asked to answer a few questions by the folk at the lovely bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk, I sensed a fine opportunity to 1) actually have the energy to write a game preview and 2) recycle some content – very eco. Out of politeness, of course, I took the opportunity to ask some searching questions of them [...]

DLLLLL: Could be worse

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

Protected by a flying start to the season, Wolves have amassed an unenviable record of late, culminating on Sunday with a defeat to West B**m to complete an unmatched run of 5 straight losses – their worst run since 1984. Many fans are baying for McCarthy’s head and performances have been worse than most last [...]

Wolves 1-2 Newcastle: Life can be very unfair, especially to those who give the ball away all the time

Sunday, October 2nd, 2011

Football can be very unfair, referees doubly so. Mike Halsey and his assistants got two massive decisions wrong in Newcastle’s favour. Halsey was the only one in the entire stadium who thought Taylor’s foul on O’Hara a yard inside the box deserved a free kick not a penalty. To pretend the foul could have been [...]

What a day!

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011

So, in the end it did come down to the magic 40 points, but Wolves found themselves yoyo-ing either side of the survival line numerous times on an action-packed afternoon.  Alternately thrilling and devastating, it was a nail-biting rollercoaster, and ultimately when the music stopped, Wolves found themselves still playing with the big boys. It’s [...]

Birmingham 1-1 Wolves: Don’t kick Santa in the teeth next time he comes calling

Sunday, May 1st, 2011

It’s been too long: too long since I last blogged, and too long since Wolves put in a convincing performance.  Newcastle seemed at the time like it would be an aberration, but it has proved to be the start of some serious relegation standard play.  Our away form has always been poor, and home form [...]

Wolves v Blackpool Preview: Jarvis in positive mood shocker, lineup predictions and more

Saturday, February 26th, 2011

Wolves come into this game fresh from the disappointment of completely arsing it up against bitter foes W*** B***. In truth, a point was a decent result, but the manner of losing all three points, with ANOTHER last gasp goal for the opposition, still rankles today. Luckily, however, the team should be slightly quicker to [...]

Wolves 2-1 Man U: How strange must it be to never see your team lose in 30 games

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

It’s been a funny old season, demonstrated in microcosm in the last week. Lose in shambolic matter to Bolton Wanderers..march on to a fine victory over Manchester United. I couldn’t manage to find any sympathy for the disappointed Manyoo fans, especially after a shameful attempt by Scholes to score with the most blatant handball since [...]

Wolves 0 – 1 Stoke: Neither Snood nor Sparkle in Sight

Sunday, January 30th, 2011

This was an old-fashioned, snotting, English game of football, whose roots could have been traced back to well before the advent of the English Premier League. It was a game that would not have disgraced the English fourth division. While it may be true that this defeat leaves us free to concentrate on higher things [...]

Wolves v Liverpool: when could we last say this fixture is a hard one to call?

Friday, January 21st, 2011

I’ve just written a preview for a Liverpool blog and am far too lazy to write two previews for just one match, so I’m reproducing it here for your reading pleasure.  Apologies for the more-than-usually-patronising tone (and if you’re a Wolves fan, for stating the bleeding obvious), but it was intended for a Merseyside audience… [...]