Man City

En route to Manchester, conversation turned to our first Wolves games. Most of my company’s gold and black odyssey started in the heady days of Derek Dougan, Kenny Hibbitt et al.  My own? A dreary home defeat to Coventry City in 2004. From whichever generation you hail, we’ve all had our fair share of highs […]

Losing 3-0 in this fixture last season wasn’t a bad achievement. Conceding early and playing well over an hour with 10 men at the Etihad is the football recipe for a bloodbath. The only disappointment was that Wolves were never in the game. If I’m honest, I think we’re out of this one before it’s […]

If you view everything that came after the sending off as a training exercise, this wasn’t a bad night’s work. City were in control well before Boly lunged in so to only concede twice more in seventy odd minutes of painfully one sided football has to be considered a decent result. Whatever your view on […]

If Wolves are at their best when the opposition attack, this might be the easiest game of the season. I suspect that particular hypothesis only extends so far though. But we can certainly travel to the Etihad with hope given what the lads have achieved this season and the number they did on Spurs still […]

Wolves upset the odds in this fixture in those plucky underdog years under Mick McCarthy. City weren’t quite as good back then of course. Then again, neither were we. This might be the fifth Premier League season Wolves have contested but it’s the first in which you can truly say they’ve arrived – a fact […]

The most interesting thing about this game probably won’t be the result, but how Wolves approach the challenge. In the League Cup tie at the Etihad last season, they defended the width of their penalty area, rode their luck then probably should have won with the string of clear chances squandered on the break, mainly […]