West Ham spoiled the party last year
After trumpeting our summer signings, welcoming our wider pitch and assessing the dangers of Stoke City, we’ve all come to the same conclusion haven’t we?
Wolves to win, possibly Fletcher to score, and 27,000 happy fans to skip home and freeze Ceefax on page 324!
Georgie Thompson will shine like an angel on SSN. She’ll bite her bottom lip for a one exhilarating micro-second and smile directly at you, before urging you to stay tuned for a hilarious Mick McCarthy anecdote after the break.
Jim White will hold our remotes – and erections – in place, chortling: “This is a good one folks, so stay with us here on Sky.
Big Mick will duly oblige in front of a sandy coloured breeze block wall, his dark mischievous eyes betraying his best efforts at dourness. He’s bloody cock-a-hoop in his crisp suit and Wolves tie, and he’s not kidding us. Go on Mick, give us a smile you tinker!
Rob Dorset or someone-or-other tells him we’re top of the league on goal difference. Wrong move Rob. Mick blows his top and tells the idiot to stop being so incomprehensibly stupid.
He ‘ain’t as green as he is cabbage looking, and he ‘ain’t shoving a coathanger in his gob for christ’s sakes, and he ain’t answering anymore stupid questions.
We cry with love and admiration for the big man and reach for a beer!
And then, at 8pm, you spontaneously combust as Sarah Jane-Mee presents Football First and tells you to press your red button. I’m a-comin’ Sarah!
Boy Saturday night is going to be a good one.
Or is it? I don’t want to be a harbinger of doom, but in the last 10 opening fixtures, we haven’t won one of them.
Mick has never won one as a Wolves manager, and I was 20 years-old when we last triumphed in our season opener – a 1-0 win at Man City thanks to Robbie Keane.
Here is the list:
1999/00: Man City (a) WON 1-0
2000/01: Sheff Wed (h) DREW 1-1
2001/02: Portsmouth (h) DREW 2-2
2002/03: Bradford (a) DREW 0-0
2003/04: Blackburn (a) LOST 5-1
2004/05: Stoke City (a) LOST 2-1
2005/06: Southampton (a) DREW 0-0
2006/07: Plymouth (a) DREW 1-1
2007/08: Watford (h) LOST 2-1
2008/09 Plymouth (a) DREW 2-2
2009/10: West Ham (h) LOST 2-1
Admittedly, history counts for very little, but I thought the same about a docile German octopus, who seemed to predict every single result at the World Cup!
So without wishing to sound like a miserable git, let’s not get our hopes up too much and brace ourselves for the worst. That way, we won’t be too disappointed. Naturally, let’s not outwardly display such thoughts or feelings at the Molineux and instead shout ourselves hoarse.
This way, we can prepare to avoid Ceefax like the plague, tell Georgie Thompson to piss right off, and write letters of complaint to MOTD when they put us on first.
Well I always thought we lost on opening day – turns out we’ve managed a few draws!
anyway I just beat Stoke on the opening day of my new FIFA season 3 – 0 so thats my prediction!
Good man! Do you remember that owls draw BTW? I’d probably take a draw as long as we’re not conceding in injury time. Oh for a win though…
I wasn’t at the Owls game so I’ve got no memories of it!
in seriousness I’d take a draw but a win would be a great start to the season
I remember it, it was on tv. Their keeper got sent off after 10 seconds and didn’t Ketsbaia score a free kick?
I don’t think we should be taking a draw. Or maybe i’m being too optimistic
How about 1969,Wolves 3 Stoke 1. Peter Knowles imperious,and 3 goals passed Gordon Banks. I am going on memory and not checked it out.And it was a sunny day.
Can’t see Stoke scoring especially away from home, unless we gift them something. Screams on 0-0 but I’ll be brave and say 1 – 0 Wolves with a goal from errrrrrmmmm Craddock
Law of averages should dictate we win on Saturday, but, as this is Wolves I have learnt that said law doesn’t work for us
The first six games of the season, in last season’s fixtures we won 3 and drew 3 for a +3 GD. I’m in a funk about the Stoke game–it looks so important. If we lose, we’re one point down on last season with those good results to emulate in the next five games. If we win, we are already two points up. Hell, guys, I feel this is a BIGGY!
It’s funny – I remember when I was younger always feeling like we tended to win first game of the season.
And in the nineties it turns out that’s true
http://www.wolves.stats.btinternet.co.uk/seasons/1990s/1990_91.html
Perhaps our luck turns by the decade
Nippy Lobo – Not sure Im understanding your comment there mate.
Last seasons first 6 fixtures were:
West Ham – L
Wigan – W
Man City – L
Hull – D
Blackburn – L
Fulham – W
= 7 points from 6 games
He didn’t mean the first six games, he meant the corresponding games against our first six opponents of this season, but then Newcastle threw a wrench in his works, so I’m not sure I know what he thinks he understands my meaning.
Get it?
Nor does anyone else, but bollocks to that, we are going to win 4 – 0 as I predicated earlier this week.
Jeez.
FOWB
Ahh gotcha now Nippy thanks to Clive!
I’m feeling very good about the Stoke game, so good that I think we will win 4-0!
Fletcher and Ebanks-Blake to grab a goal apiece and I don’t care who scores the other 2.
History is just that, history and no bearing on the present, so Wolves to win in a canter!
Wolfhound…I’ll have a couple of pints of whatever you are having
Nah… regardless of when its played, these two sides are gonna draw… 1-1 2-2 or (shudder) a 0-0 but almost certainly a draw
Get well soon Kevin !!
Felt more confident about the game until they signed Kenwyne Jones!
I would love us to beat Stoke as they play crap football.
I’ll go 0.0 or 1.0, but I bet it wont be pretty!
I’m picking SEB to get one Saturday.
Then he’ll only have to score one more to match his total for last season!
He’s gonna score the winner in this one and Doyle won’t be able to get back in the side!
He’s lost weight, finally, so maybe there is some rumor to the truth he’s been boinking on the side………….
FOWB
You are kidding aren’t you Louie?
Seriously, I don’t think it’s that unlikely he will score. He got injured against Bilbao but wouldn’t come off and he worked very hard. Him and Fletcher worked quite well, as they set each other up for chances and a goal.
But keeping out Doyle, did you really think I was serious?
Yeah Louie, it wasn’t SEB scoring, that’s mildly feasable, i thought you wanted Doyle out of the team
Doyle is the best player I’ve ever seen at Wolves, I don’t think there’s anyway I could possibly ever want him out of the team.
What an absolutely brilliant blog post.
Thinking. It’s always the same thing. To think is to go insane.