Wolves opinions designed to create debate rather than splinters
A world class goalkeeper and a world class striker, the ultimate difference between success and failure. And I think Mick has every right to be frustrated at some calamitous defending that gifted Chelsea their two goals. All game the Wolves players did well to track the Chelsea player’s movement and look to have strangled the …
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I’ve never been as happy to hear KC & The Sunshine’s ‘Give it up’ as I was on Saturday after Ebanks-Blake deft header ensured Premiership football next season. It was another game woefully short on entertainment, something I think the majority of the crowd probably expected, this was all about grabbing a result by hook …
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I must admit I was struggling for things to talk about in this week’s blog. I thought about discussing the weather and how I decided to walk the 3 miles to work because I couldn’t get my car up the hill. And the ridiculous early postponement at West Ham because a small Italian weather girl …
I was ready to move on, I really was. But then Jacqui Oatley from BBC Sport sent me a tweet regarding an e-mail correspondence a Wolves fan had received from the Premier League when he questioned them on their decision to give the club a suspended fine last week. I won't give you their response …
It may feel a bit grim supporting a team from the Black Country or the West Midlands right now. We have Villa, Blues, Albion and my beloved Wolves propping up the rest of the Premiership and Walsall languishing at the bottom of league. But unless you’re from WS1, you won’t have to cast your mind …
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Over the last couple of weeks I have brought to you what I considered my Ultimate Wolves XI, writes Wolves blogger Nathan Lloyd. And now with tongue firmly planted in cheek, here is my Worst Ever Wolves XI. The eleven I have chosen haven't all been picked simply because they were awful players. Some are …
It’s time to dust down those Senegalese flags and head for the bitter sweet final Premiership game of the season on Sunday. Bitter - because it’s the last bit of action we’ll see at Molineux till August and sweet - because we get to applaud our conquering team, manager and boardroom for a job well …
There were many who doubted it could be done: - Danny Baker, Piers Morgan, Adrian Durham and our own JIWAL amongst them. So, pah! And well done to Mick and everybody else at Wolves for achieving Premiership survival and proving these sceptics wrong. Was I one of these doubters? Well at the beginning of this …
A few of you took umbrage with last week’s blog when I wrote a piece about next season and another crack at Premiership football. Apologies if I was a little premature (ahem) – but I never thought our survival was ever in doubt. I must admit though to being mightily relieved to see Villa put …
I’m amazed that this isn’t live on TV? I stupidly asked that question to a few people around me in the Steve Bull stand before the Stoke game kicked off at midday last Sunday. And thank everything that is sacred in this world that this abomination of a so-called football game didn’t make it on …
Heaven is at Molineux and that’s where we come from. And after yesterday’s fantastic news, it looks like Wolves will be staying on the same spot long after we are all worm food. And so begins yet another chapter in our illustrious history as we wait with baited breath to see the plans for a …
Without doubt this has been my favourite week of our tumultuous season so far. I’ve even enjoyed the numerous conversations with non-Wolves fans that usually go something like, “Yow’m safe” with the obvious reply from me that, “not yet we ay”. Remember when we all counted our chickens in March 2002? Eight years ago we …
Is planet Premiership the be all and end all? I fell into that particular trap last week when I wrote the Albion blog (no amount of showers will ever wash away the shame). Whereas my blogging brethren Jarrod so eloquently mused over Wolves latest pursuit of Premiership mediocrity, my lack of Championship knowledge, meant a …
When I popped over to Vienna last November, I dropped in to watch Stefan Maierhofer’s former club - Rapid Vienna on the training ground. Whilst there I had a chat with a young player, Christian Thonhofer, who was good friends with Stefan and he asked me how I thought he was setting in at Wolves. …
Tactically, Mick got it spot on against Liverpool the other night. The five spread across midfield ensured that Wolves strangled the Reds' creativity and meant that they posed virtually no threat to Hahnemann’s goal. I think Mick got a bit carried away after the game though when he stated that there has never been a …
Love it or hate it, from a fan’s perspective, the January transfer window often gives us the quixotic hope that a faltering season can be turned around with the magic wave of a Chairman’s cheque book. Stoke’s survival last season was aided massively by the acquisition in the winter transfer window of James Beattie, a …
Happy New Year and welcome to the Tennies, Tenners or the Tens. And whatever its called lets hope we see more than the two seasons of top flight football that Wolves managed in the Noughties. Whilst we are on the Noughties, can I thank everybody who voted for their favourite Wolves player of the last …
Is it ok if Steve rings you at 5pm? That was in an email from Tim, from the PR company of our shirt sponsors, Sportingbet.com. Because the other half of Steve’s name happened to be Bull, in my opinion our greatest player in the last 30 years, I decided that yes, it would be fine …
Can we play you every week! From the Kevin Phillips misery of Sunday to the ecstasy of completing an unexpected league double against ‘arry’s Spurs on Wednesday night. The highs and lows of being a Wolves fan encapsulated in a rollercoaster week. After our fine win against Spurs, the clouds have been temporarily lifted over …
Mick McCarthy cut a rather forlorn figure on the touchline at Selhurst Park on Tuesday night, as he tried to digest one of the worst Wolves performances in living memory. He looked like a bewildered and beaten man. After the comprehensive thumping dished out by Palace, he reportedly locked his players away for an hour …
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