Newcastle

This is the sixth one all draw between these sides since Wolves were promoted so the score shouldn’t come as a surprise. But I’m certain we’ve not played that badly in any of those other games. Ruben’s rifle papered over a disappointing first half in which Newcastle carried the greater threat and Wolves were limited […]

I hope Wolves can get this deal over the line for Saša Kalajdzic or another forward with similar characteristics. Raul got on the scoresheet in midweek and remains our only viable opinion up front but his (understandable) loss of heading ability has contributed to our blunt attack. 9 of his 40 Premier League goals have […]

This was a game of two halves and neither were good. In the first, Wolves played in reverse gear, barely crossing halfway and inviting Newcastle forward. And when gold shirts finally did venture upfield in the second, they created little and were continually exposed on the counter. My feeling is the manager has to take […]

The gap to sixth is only two points, but it will still take a strong finish to make it into the European places. By my reckoning, something like 62 points is going to be the minimum requirement and that means four wins and a draw at least from the remaining seven games. The obvious route […]

A bit like my cocker spaniel Jake, it’s hard not to love these Wolves. Everything they do is with the best intentions, but you never feel you can relax when you’re watching for fear that they’ll do something unfathomably stupid. This was a spectacle that induced plenty of smiles, mingled with a similar amount of […]

Winning at Southampton felt like getting our head above the water. The question is – can we now start to swim? It was similar post-Watford of course, only for Brentford to drag us back below the surface. If we don’t want to be floating in and around the bottom three all season, we need to […]