Wolves opinions designed to create debate rather than splinters
It was never going to pretty, but this Sunday snoozer of a game brought a whole new meaning to the term ‘ugly’. At the heart of the Wolves defence, the artist still known as Jody Craddock showed us we should all be grateful he came back from that ridiculous Stoke hiatus in 2007. With two …
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Out of darkness cometh fight! This was a galvanized Wolves team that not only stifled the majority of Spurs creativity but also passed it patiently especially in the first half, looking for an opportunity to strike. As badly as Spurs played, Wolves proved the pessimists wrong, including me, and put in one of their …
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Unless Wolves suddenly decide that they are going to pay wages and transfer fees on a par with the rest of the Premiership, then Saturday’s game was a little glimpse into the kind of football that will be returning to Molineux next season. Mick even said that any team in the Championship would have been …
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Man Utd looked toothless without Rooney, just how Wolves would look without Doyle - and on Saturday we just didn’t take advantage. It comes as no surprise that we are the least accurate in front of goal in the entire Premiership, given our woeful 21 league goals this season and Vokes underlined that fact with …
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I think the majority of Wolves fans would have taken a point before kick off, but there was a real sense as the game wore on that misfiring Liverpool were there for the taking. Mick finally saw sense and removed Ebanks Blake from the firing line and switched to a 4-5-1 formation. Whether this formation …
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Guts, heart, passion, energy and determination; that probably sums up Wolves performance in this game and perhaps sums-up their whole season. Everton arrived as the in-form team of the Premiership and played some beautifully flowing and incisive football. But they faced an equally good side in Wolves and although the game never really lived up …
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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. …
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