Thanks to Dunny from the Merseyside Juror blog for his thoughts on the game (see my return blog here): I like the look of the side Mick McCarthy has constructed at Molineux. Wolves are having a go at teams and I’ve got a lot of respect for that. You seem to have a knack of [...]
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Wolfie’s ponderings on being a Wolves supporter, and other similar matters
Wolves vs Liverpool: The view from Anfield
Friday, January 21st, 2011Robbie Keane back on the market (and should stay there)
Monday, January 17th, 2011So Birmingham have officially declared themselves out of the running to sign Robbie Keane as he does not ‘offer the best financial package’ (reportedly, say the Mirror, wanting an increase on his £65,000 a week package). I talked about Keane back in September (Robbie Keane: Still a Wolves Legend?) and expressed the hope that last [...]
Man City 4-3 Wolves: Deserving all of the plaudits and none of the points
Sunday, January 16th, 2011I’m a firm believer that you get the results you deserve. Today we have exactly that – lots of plaudits and no points. Wolves played an excellent game and, have they capitalised more on (say it softly) first half domination at the City of Manchester Stadium, could have come away with more. When Milijas scrambled [...]
Hooray for Blackpool!
Saturday, January 15th, 2011I wrote and drew some pictures yesterday about the exceptional closeness of the League this season compared to a trend of increasing uncompetitiveness in the League (Will it be harder to stay up this year?). I will get on to Blackpool, but stick with me for a minute. I concluded that although this year looks [...]
Will it be harder to stay up this year? (stat attack)
Friday, January 14th, 2011I’ve heard it said many times this year that Wolves only stayed up last year because the rest of the field were so weak. Just over half the way in, it’s worth assessing how this season compares to previous. Pompey’s financial implosion guaranteed then the bottom spot, leaving only two relegation spots realistically available, but [...]
Liverpool vs Wolves: Injury news (they’re lots of them) and predictions
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010For Wolves, Liverpool have regularly been a team against which it ‘might have been’. We need more than that now. Sunday’s performance against Wigan was a significant low in a pretty dismal season and morale is scraping along the floor. It’s up to Mick to get the team to pick themselves up and keep fighting. [...]
Wolves 1-2 Wigan: It’s not very good at the moment, but we’re sticking with it
Monday, December 27th, 2010I’ll hazard a guess that if you’re reading this, you won’t need me to point out that Wolves played badly yesterday, and were a familiar defensive shambles for both goals. Luck happened to go against up with a blind referee who missed two clear cut penalty shouts but when you regularly hand your opponents a [...]
Wolves vs Wigan Athletic Preview: A Crucial Christmas Clash
Saturday, December 25th, 2010This fixture last year was one of the most miserable I’ve had the displeasure to witness. An abject performance was crowned by a completely unnecessary penalty and sending off for Stearman. This season’s reverse fixture showed little improvement, with another red card, this time for Henry’s much talked about – and rightly criticised foul – [...]
We all love Mick. Or if we don’t we mainly think there’s nobody better. It seems.
Thursday, December 16th, 2010So, I asked you all a few questions the day before yesterday. The aim was to satisfy my cusiosity as to how optimistic we all are and whether actually being a supporter at the games makes any difference. Since so many of you lovely people responded, I thought it was only fair to summarise some [...]
Wolves 1 – 0 Birmingham: Everyone happy now?
Tuesday, December 14th, 2010I’m way too late with this blog and celebrity engagements (ok, lunch) prevented me making this Sunday kick off, so I won’t try and analyse the play or pretend I know more than I do. I will say this, however: YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I know we’re still 19th, but how much better does it feel to be [...]
