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Loved and lost

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All for freedom and for pleasure, nothing ever lasts forever.

Watching Ruben Neves was always too joyous to allow us to feel that it ever would.

Those were the days

That we knew we were watching a genius at work was to know we had to live in the moment for every second we saw him because we knew he wouldn’t be around for much longer.

It’s the way the water flows, yeah that’s the way the story goes.

But sweet lord, what water. When streams were ripe and swelled with rain, our wonderkid created the single most joyous footballing moment of my life – whilst simultaneously making me question the very meaning of it to begin with – with *that* volley against Derby. April come he will.

Not content with painting this dreamy work of art to trump all goals before, but he made 12 months of studying Descartes at university seem worthwhile and left me questioning whether it even happened in the first place. So pure was his strike that it transcended a ball hitting a net and got me thinking of the French philosopher and what we can perceive as reality and what is pure illusion. I’m still not sure what category it falls into having watched it back a thousand times.

‘I think therefore I play.’

As the ball arrowed through floodlit skies that evoked memories of Sir Billy, Stan and dad, a tiny bit of my heart broke, realising in that nanosecond that I’d reached absolute fulfilment. Now it is breaking again, not that you can die from a broken heart, I’ve been told. It will only feel that way when I see him in another shirt.

The goal of a lifetime

It was Ruben Neves’ intangible quality of making time stand still which I just can’t envisage feeling again. The strike against Manchester United – the pureness of which was even too much for the VAR dictators at Stockley Park to disallow – was so irresistible that it caressed the South Bank net and the hands of the stand’s famous old clock at the very same time.

Whether he was volleying one into the top corner or lobbing effortlessly into the same place against Watford, time slowed to allow us to appreciate the strike in the manner he had in mind when creating it.

When ‘Big Six’ fans ask me if he’s any good, I want to tell them that he took me to heaven for a split second once, just to let me know what it felt like.

‘He’d do well for you,’ I reflect with a smile.

I know I’ll never be able to get there again. Not now Ruben Neves isn’t on the park. Not so much a case of not wanting to fall in love again, but knowing that I never will.

What a wicked game he played.

Leicester City Vs Wolves Preview

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This isn’t the seismic relegation six pointer it might have been. Well, not for us anyway.

Leicester’s Premier League status hangs in the balance and they are desperate for a victory.

Renewed spirit

I can’t help feeling a little smug about that given the desperate state we were in when they trounced us 4-0 at Molineux earlier in the season and Jamie Vardy took such enormous delight in sticking in the knife.

If 34 points isn’t enough for Wolves, you’d hope we’d scramble a few more between now and the finish to make certain we avoid disaster, even if we come unstuck at the King Power.

But it would be nice to finish with a flourish and there’s an opportunity here to do just that.

Leicester

If they stay up they’ll feel justified in sacking Brendan Rodgers, but Dean Smith doesn’t scream survival.

He’s clearly a decent enough coach but he couldn’t save Norwich when he arrived there in a similar position. I imagine his availability combined with a lack of alternative interested parties may have played a role in the appointment.

Big win at Molineux earlier in the season

I’ve always thought they’d survive, purely because of the attacking talent they have at their disposal and the 41 goals they’ve scored is way more than most of the teams in the bottom half.

But they lack authority in defence and the loss of Kasper Schmeichel and an injury to Jonny Evans has cost them dear in this respect.

I still believe they’ll stay up based on their remaining fixtures but if they don’t get a win in the next two, it’s starting to look desperate.

Wolves

There’s only one team Lopetegui should put out and that’s the one that’s won the last two.

He could play Podence, Sarabia or Hwang down the left but I wouldn’t compromise the rhythm of the side just to wedge Ruben into the XI. Others will disagree.

If you take Lemina or Gomes out or move others around I worry that you’re sacrificing the qualities that have got us into this favourable position.

I just don’t know why you’d do that when we’ve spent the entire season trying to find consistency.

Predictions

Well done to CHEESEBURGER OF DEATH, DancesWithWolves, Sharmwolf, slider and Franski who all got a maximum last time out by correctly forecasting the 2-0 scoreline against Brentford.

Rich is now six points clear at the top of the overall table at the end of Gameweek 30.

As always, if you’d like to join in with the Prediction League this season, it’s simple – just leave your prediction in the comment section below using the boxes provided. Then repeat for every preview article throughout the season, making sure you always use the same email address to make your prediction. Your email is what ties you to your overall score.

You can read my prediction for the game in the comment section below.

Up The Wolves!

Wolves 2 Leeds Utd 4

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Just wake me up in May and tell me how it ended.

I don’t think I can take much more.

The ball just wouldn’t go in despite considerable first half pressure

The soft defending, the constant inability to turn possession into goals and refereeing decisions that boggle the mind.

Wolves have nobody but themselves to blame for the loss, taken apart after a slow start to both halves and some of the weakest defending I’ve ever seen from Jonny.

He then started and ended the comeback with a superb goal and a wild tackle, underlining the point that a player who used to be one of our most consistent performers is now the polar opposite.

You can put Podence in the same file. Capable of brilliance, but so rage-inducing in his limp incompetence for the majority of the time he can no longer be tolerated. When you need players to stand up and be counted, he spends half the time falling over with his hands on his face. He was seismically bad today.

It might have all been different had Semedo been awarded a penalty in the first half for what looked like a clear foul from where I was sitting.

Having not got that decision Wolves stepped it up and actually played some forward passes and got balls into dangerous areas, albeit with shots ending everywhere but the goal.

That made the second-half collapse that followed somewhat surprising, but proved that when Craig Dawson isn’t on the pitch this group really suffer.

Make a Ladbrokes $250 bonus bet if you think Wolves are going to stay up.

That there was even a chance to salvage a point from there is to their credit but after Jonny’s dismissal the momentum was lost and the farcical decision not to award a foul on Traore for their fourth goal followed by Matheus Nunes getting a red card without stepping foot on the pitch just set the seal on a miserable afternoon.

With two weeks to lick our wounds I really hope Julen Lopetegui is able to communicate the many unacceptable aspects of this performance and find some solutions.

He’s ringing the changes every week around a core group of about five or six players, which says to me he has little to no faith in many of the others. That’s a worry.

We can hope for more luck with the decisions but must look closer to home for the reasons we’ve lost the last two.

Fulham 1 Wolves 1

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I guess there’s two ways of looking at this one.

Plenty to celebrate in the first half

On one hand, we dominated one of the league’s most in-form sides for 45 minutes and played some of the best football we’ve managed under Lopetegui to date.

On the other, we once again failed to put the game to bed and ended up feeling grateful for a point.

That’s essentially the conundrum of this Wolves side. Capable of giving most teams in the league a game, but unable to beat many of them.

Unfortunately, it’s going to take more than one mid-season trolly dash to remedy that ailment and, consequently, we’re likely to endure a tense end to the season.

But I for one am feeling confident about Wolves’ trajectory.

As said, we played some really nice stuff in the first half, with the midfield trio of Neves, Nunes, and the imposing Lemina dominating proceedings.

The latter is already winning the hearts and minds of Wolves’ fans and has added the steel that we’ve been lacking in the middle of the pitch for some time. It no longer feels like we’re just at a Spin Casino hoping we can old out.

I also thought Jimenez offered a good focal point, a case which was underlined by his pivotal role in Sarabia’s opening goal. A few more deft moments from our new Spaniard will do nicely between now and the end of the season.

Less impressive was Cunha, who continues to look far removed from his hefty price tag. That being said, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that his injury isn’t a serious one.

As frustrating was our timid response to Fulham’s equaliser, with the home side in the ascendancy for much of the second half. That penchant for acquiescence is likely to cost us more points before the season is done.

Still, the damage could have been far worse and both Sa and our defence deserve credit for ensuring a point remained intact.

Ultimately, we’d have taken a point before kick-off and hopefully that will give us something to build on ahead of a tricky midweek trip to Anfield.

Wolves 1 Leeds United 0

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In a game already lacking quality it was even more difficult than usual to see where the always elusive Wolves goal was coming from in those final moments.

Sky high – a brilliant moment

Neves, Guedes and Traore were withdrawn and the team looked too disjointed to conjure anything meaningful.

Credit to Collins for stepping forward, winning possession in their half and setting Podence away. It was a lovely reverse pass to find Boubacar and a sweet finish to send us through.

Let’s not forget Traore also assisted Guedes for his goal against Brighton at the weekend. He probably wasn’t brought in for attacking returns but they’re welcome all the same. He’s been a positive in a season that’s so far given us few.

It might have been nothing more than a 10 minute cameo but I also liked the look of Dexter Lembikisa. He’s only just turned 19 but like Bueno seems to have the physical attributes and the intensity to play at first team level.

That’s another youth product Steve Davis has blooded on a night when Hodge and Ronan were both handed starts and performed admirably in the midfield. The latter unlucky not to find the net himself in the second half with the keeper producing a fine save.

It was far from smooth sailing though and as Leeds fans have been at great pains to point out, they deployed an entirely second string side and could easily have snatched the tie themselves with momentum constantly shifting from one end to the other.

Sarkic made some important early saves in a panic stations five minutes and surviving that storm allowed Wolves to work their way into the game.

Considering it was a first choice back four we looked more vulnerable than we perhaps should have done but restricted Leeds to little after that initial onslaught.

Wolves didn’t produce much themselves prior to the goal but Guedes again looked sharp and Hwang did well enough in a thankless lone forward role that doesn’t suit his game.

It wasn’t a performance to give us belief we can take the game to the league leaders on Saturday but the result in isolation will be a handy boost to morale.

In the current climate that will do for me.

Exploring the History of Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club

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Football’s most illustrious league in the United Kingdom has been won three times by Wolverhampton Wanderers FC: in 1954, 1958, and 1959.

Besides the FA Cup and Football League Cup, they’ve also won the League Cup four times each. It was in 1972 when they made it to the UEFA Cup final. As of April 2022, Wolves FC are 8th in the league, the team behind them are Leicester City who are 9 points behind Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wolves FC form is starting to pick up once again and if you would like to support Wolves FC in their reminding fixtures of the 2021/2022 season, you can do so on various online sport bookies, it is best to take advantage of bonuses that Ladbrokes provide to get the most thrill and enjoyment. However, you may be asking yourself what is the Ladbrokes bonus?.  From the gaming platforms, you also have the option to play a wide range of casino games like poker, blackjack and have the possible chance to win money.

When the Football League was formed in 1888, the club was one of its founding members. This is not to be confused with the Wanderers FC, which already existed at the time. In the same season, the team made it to the FA Cup final, where they lost to Preston North End in the final. Four years later, Wolverhampton would make it to the finals of the same event and win it for the first time in their history.

When Harry Barcroft, the headmaster of St. Luke’s school in Blakenhall, handed a football to a group of kids who had had an extraordinary year of schooling in 1877, Wolves were officially established as a football team for schoolboys. The co-founders of the squad, John Baynton and Jack Brodie, were the ones who pushed for the football to be shown to the fans.

Their name was changed to Wolverhampton Wanderers two years later, when they merged with the local cricket and football team, The Blakenhall Wanderers, to become the Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club. They began their activities in the Old Windmill Field in the Goldthorn Hill neighborhood, then two years later relocated to the adjacent John Harper’s Field. In the summer of 1881, the club relocated to another field, this one situated just off Dudley Road, and across from the Fighting Cocks. Because the only structure providing spectators with protection was a shed, it was difficult to call it a true stadium. While in residence, Wolverhampton Wanderers played some of their most renowned matches in the Molineux Grounds, a pleasure park akin to London’s Crystal Palace, and the Aston Lower Grounds in adjacent Birmingham, among other venues.

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