Better to be lucky than good. In Julen Lopetegui’s debut in the Premier League, it appears we might have a manager who is both. The Spaniard’s pedigree was beyond question before we finally landed him in November, the evidence of which could be seen in a late change in formation that stymied Everton in the […]
Wolves 1 Nottingham Forest 0
As one out-of-work manager succinctly put it back in the day: “Our performance today would not have been the best looking bird but at least we got her in the taxi.” Beggars can’t be choosers in other words, even if this was revolting to look at for large parts against a side we really should […]
Wolves 0 Man City 3
Since April 3, Wolves have scored four Premier League goals at Molineux, compared to Manchester City’s eight. In other words, as soon as Jack Grealish bundled in the opener before we’d finished contemplating Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, the game was done and dusted. Thoughts now turn to King Charles III’s tenure, and how many weeks […]
Uncle Clive From Houston
He’s Clive from Houston to most of you, he’s Uncle Clive to me and to my dad, he’s simply known as his best mate. As a kid, most times you’re forced to make pleasantries with your parents’ friends is greeted with reticence, reservation and actual resentment. (After all, they’d only ever wheel you out to […]
Sand castle
Not so much a case of being on the beach since April, but more a reminder that our castle was made of sand. It would melt into the sea, eventually. Our team (plus one or two other capable replacements) was a cavalry that stormed some of the Premier League’s most feared fortresses in recent times, […]
Wolves 0 Crystal Palace 2
Thoughts of Crystal Palace at home invariably bring on the cold sweats if you’re a football fan of my vintage. If it wasn’t Chris Armstrong wedging one in the stanchion, it’d be Bruce Dyer taking the pegs out the North Bank net. If Iain Dowie wasn’t bicycle-kicking my FA Cup dreams into obliteration, then Darren […]