Mick’s sick of saying it and we are all sick of hearing it; yet another good performance but absolutely diddly-squat to show for it.
Why is it, that season after season, Wolves seem to be able to raise their game when they play the better teams of the league, be it in the Championship or now in the Premiership.
And yet, when we play a team towards the bottom of the table we always seem to come unstuck?
Up to this game at the Reebok, Mick’s much coveted 4-5-1 had been a solid but unrewarding formation, with only one league win in 2010 to show for it.
But on Saturday it was a mess; we were neither defensively solid nor overly creative in midfield.
Karl Henry was often culpable for dwelling on the ball and being far too negative with his distribution and in defence, Berra looked sluggish and Zubar was lucky to not giveaway a penalty.
As in many recent games, Doyle again tried to it all on his own, but as with Rooney for United, if Kevin isn’t on top form then we don’t really have a game winner anywhere else on the pitch.
Yes, we were unlucky with a couple of shots that hit the woodwork, but Notlob dominated the 2nd half and the margin of defeat could have been greater.
As it is, it’s more points lost to another team scrapping for survival.
I think we need to see if someone can get hold of Wes Brown’s boots before next Saturday’s visit of United.
If one of us can sand down his studs, then maybe he will slip again as he did in 2004 and Doyle can poke home the winner!
It really is squeaky bum time.
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