Newcastle

With Saturday ruined by news of Willy Boly’s ankle, Sunday was also veering precariously close to Misery Street. Trust Nuno to come up with an idea nobody else had thought of to fill the considerable void created by the big man’s absence, deploying Matt Doherty on the right side of a back three. It didn’t […]

The best teams – more often than not – find a way to win. Whether it’s through quality, resilience or outrageous good fortune, coming out on top becomes second nature. Wolves are rediscovering the habit having delivered the goods without being at their best so many times last season, including this very fixture. We didn’t […]

Timing is everything. Just ask your average Wolves fan, who now has to leave the house a good 20mins earlier than the Sagbo Years, when the A449 was a road to nowhere and the turnstiles clicked slower than the arthritic knees of a poor old soul. When an overpriced half-time cuppa was the only salvation […]

While the lads are sunning it up in Marbella, I’ve been taking a moment to really soak in their achievements back in blustery old Blighty. If you haven’t already, do take pause to consider how flipping marvellous our club is doing right now. Yes, it would be lovely to kick in the door to the […]

First things first, the referee got it right. Wolves were denied a ‘clear goalscoring opportunity’ by DeAndre Yedlin and the defender rightly walked. Newcastle might feel aggrieved by that accidental – albeit nasty – elbow from Boly but it’s questionable whether you’d call that reckless and you certainly can’t call it deliberate. Judgment calls aside […]

What a difference a win makes. From irrational fears about an immediate return to obscurity, we now find ourselves just four points behind Everton in 6th. Any victory would have done but to beat a Chelsea side who’ve only tasted defeat once all season having gone a goal down made it feel infinitely more significant. […]