Mixed fortunes for all the lads returning from international duty this week.
Far too much focus and far too many column inches have been dedicated to that Scottish miss and that Welsh own goal.
Iwelumo missed a goal, big deal.
Anyway, he was wearing the colours of Scotland and not the only strip that really matters, apart from England that is.
The only thing that bothered me was that I had Scotland to win 1-0 with an Iwelumo goal and I would have netted a few hundred quid!
Vokes had a ball rifled at him from close range which bounced off him and in and that meant the England U21’s got through, so happy days!
I’m sure the big man will bounce back and Vokes will be just fine. Anyway, I’m starting to fall into the negativity trap by going on about it, so I’ll shut up.
Back to the positives. Hennessey was brilliant in his two Welsh matches and was only beaten by an absolute exocet from Trochowski in the German game.
Edwards must also be in Mick’s thoughts for Saturday, after his first international goal scored against Liechtenstein and another great display against Germany.
Isn’t it odd what the international break throws up? I thought I might be lamenting about injuries we could have picked up.
Instead, I’m sure that those players that have suffered misfortunes during the international break will have the full support of the Molineux crowd to revitalize them on Saturday.
Good to see Jody Craddock and Matt Hill on their way back to recovery. Our defence has been very good in the main this season but it’s always nice to have competition for places.
So to Saturday and the return of the one that got away or the lazy one, or the ‘”he was useless anyway”, or the dribbling wizard. I’ll let you take your pick.
As I wrote in my last blog, Freddy really did split the opinion of many a Wolves fan during his season at the club. I and many others could see that he has genuine talent and was always bemused as to why he never made it into the starting XI, game after game.
I could also see just how disruptive and unsettling his presence began to be at the club. It was usually poor old Andy Keogh who would be on the end of a Freddy chant, if he dared miss a shot or misdirect a pass.
I know if I was running my socks off to win a game for my club and I heard those chants begin from what sounded like more than a minority of the crowd, I would begin to feel disheartened and my confidence would probably drain away.
Freddy simply didn’t fit in at the club and it was one of the most overused topics of discussion last season.
I know Mick won’t admit it, but he must be chuffed that in Iwelumo and SEB he has got not only 2 fantastic strikers but also a partnership to challenge any in this division to argue in the face of the Freddy departure.
It will be interesting to see what reaction from the crowd Eastwood gets on Saturday. Personally I think he deserves a polite round of applause and that’s it.
Hopefully he will have a stinker and you will be able to no doubt hear some wise people around you murmur that he was never any good – and that they told you so.
I don’t like all the talk of Wolves fans putting a bet on him to score against us. I’m not putting hard earned cash on an ex-player scoring against my club.
I have the pleasure of working in Coventry, so as you can imagine I am surrounded by Sky Blues fans who feel that under Coleman the club is definitely moving in the right direction.
Shame then that it will be Wolves who will be back on track after we thump Coventry 3-1 on Saturday.
Lets not let the Freddy thing over shadow what should be a cracking West Midlands derby.
Have a good weekend.
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