There’s a reason that the term ‘a game of two halves’ has become cliche and last night was a painful example.
After an open, engaging, end-to-end first 45 in which Wolves impressively swung the game around, only one team bothered coming out for the second period.
As they were against Derby and against Leicester, Solbakken’s side were guilty of sitting back, surrendering possession and inviting the opposition forward.
And forward they came, gratefully gobbling up the initiative until the door was finally kicked down.
Despite the heroics of Ikeme and the string of superb last ditch blocks from Johnson, there was a morbid sense of inevitability sweeping around Molineux long before Mark Davies found the top bin.
Our manager’s preferred style when leading is evidently to absorb the opposition’s sting, stay compact and slow the tempo down at every opportunity.
But with his team giving the ball away with reckless abandon, this tactic could never work. Instead we found ourselves sitting deep, pulled apart, swallowing wave after wave of Bolton attack.
Our midfield vanished as the game went on, with Doumbia in particular anonymous. Without his usual sturdy presence, we lacked any sort of bite or forward momentum.
The back four, given very little protection defended manfully.
Johnson in particular I thought was a colossus. He can’t be blamed for the equaliser. Time and time again he was in the right place to bail team mates out, and on the one occasion he dropped a clearing header a yard short, nobody showed him the same courtesy.
Further forward, Sako embodied the game itself, marvelous in the first half but anonymous in the second. If we could actually pass the ball to him for the duration of the game for once, you sense we’d be winning more comfortably.
He was once again at the center of everything we did, wracking up two more assists with an inch perfect through ball and another fierce free kick that forced the goalkeeper to spill.
The other notable positive was the player on the end of Sako’s good work – Kevin Doyle.
To see the striker notch twice, both real striker’s finishes, was pleasing. Hopefully that will give him the confidence to go on and score regularly.
Ebanks-Blake by comparison struggled to even get involved in his hour or so on the pitch. That was disappointing.
Pennant showed some clever touches and a turn of pace, but I think the chants of ‘sign him up’ emanating from the South Bank were slightly premature. He still has something to prove.
In fact, I think Wolves as a team still have something to prove over 90 minutes in front of their own crowd.
Winning on Saturday would be a good start.
Morning mate. Not sure I agree with the following line:
“Our manager’s preferred style when leading is evidently to absorb the opposition’s sting, stay compact and slow the tempo down at every opportunity.”
I honestly don’t think this is his preferred style, more necessity being the mother of invention. This style simply isn’t sustainable but it’s all he has when the players on the field are lacking in quality and Stale hasn’t been allowed to strengthen with any degree of meaning (I’m sorry, season long loans for lads in poorly paid leagues don’t constitute meaningful spending)
Mark Davies, Jay Spearing (not to mention Eagles and Petrov) have SO much time on the ball, always made the right decision and always found a yard of space – despite us defending in numbers in front of them. These players, in Solbakken’s template, would work a treat.
They’d be comfortable keeping the ball and teams would go dizzy chasing it all game. A bit like us last night.
But we still have options and we are still well placed. Cassidy scored AGAIN last night, while the youth of McAlinden and Zeli continues to get rave reviews.
Then there is the window.
We have all seen with our own eyes how the game can bite you on the arse when you shun a home grown player.
“Stale hasn’t been allowed to strengthen with any degree of meaning”
Uhm – I dunno about this to be honest. Ignoring Pennant who was an emergency loan we have Doumbia on loan (sometimes impressive, sometimes otherwise) and Peszko on loan who was injured, then we have players like Boukari and Magrietter both of which have also had injuries holding them back. Sako has been impressive, Bjorn not so much through he really hasn’t had much gametime then there’s Nouble who is fourth-choice striker and seems pointless for now. THere’s no lack of ‘degree of meaning’ there – more to do with the stupid amount of injuries which means some new players we haven’t seen enough of to really judge. Also I believe that the board had little to do with Stale’s choices so if fans aren’t happy with what he’s brought in then I believe it’s him they should blame and not Moxey/Morgan
His focus seemed to be on the midfield but we’ve been unlucky with injuries there but with all that being said Ward seems to be the weak link for us, as well as backup for Foley…when the January window rolls about there’s where we need to focus on!
Hang on a minute…you say the Nouble signing is pointless after saying there’s no lack of meaning?! That’s a whopping great contradiction right there.
Then you mention Margrietter without laughing / crying! Who is this bloke? Since when was he injured? Last time I heard he was on a ‘watching brief.’ A meaningful signing right there. Not.
All those names you mention reiterate my point. They simply don’t constitute a strengthening of Mick’s dog shit team with any degree of meaning.
It has, and always will, come down to wages. Add up the weekly wages of Spearing, Davies, Petrov and Eagles and add up those of Doumbia, Henry, Sako and Edwards / Pennant.
The clue to the answer can be found in the second half last night.
We are a mid-table outfit currently doing bloody well to be in the top 6. I said all along that’s all we should be aspiring towards and nothing has changed my mind on current evidence.
If Stale isn’t going to be backed with players of genuine repute / quality (eg: Jay Spearing, Jermaine Beckford to name but two) then he needs patience instead. He’ll get it from me, but judging by the people sat around me last night (amid a sea of empty plastic seats) he won’t be getting it off others for much longer.
They don’t give a toss about the manager being hamstrung in the transfer market BTW.
Both the Davies, Petrov , Eagles, Ngog, would probably have been sold in the close season if they had been owned for Wolves. Morgan’s commitment to our football squad is very suspect.
Once again, is this Stale’s choice or the board’s because no one really knows what Stale really wanted – if it is the board then Stale would have known what to expect when he applied for the job! Is he really being ‘held back’ as you suggest or does he agree with Moxey’s idea of stability? And as for Magrietter I’ve heard general reports here and there about something being wrong with him and Nouble’s the one useless player I would consider – I repeat, most other of Stale’s signings haven’t shown what they can do yet due to injury and personally I feel they all still have something to prove. Same goes for O’Hara if he ever becomes 100% fit. We’ll see where we are at the end of the season because I can’t predict at all where we will finish – you say mid-table aspiring to top 6, I just say top 6. You say lack of meaning, I believe otherwise – and imo I think you’re being somewhat biased towards the players Mick left behind. Before you say anything yes they were beyond awful last season but this season under Stale Henry as mentioned by most has been important for us, the centre-backs have by and large been impressive enough and Foley has been solid. Zubar, Ward, Stears, and to a lesser extent the strike force not good enough. Davis is one for the future.
It seems that ‘meaning’ is directly proportional to the amount of money a team’s spent which is where the two of us disagree on, and though it seems I’m in the minority with this view – well, what’s a blog without opposing views? 😉 I get to an extent what you’re saying but throwing money at something can be a gamble if it doesn’t come out right – just ask QPR! We’ve great value for Sako, and perhaps Doumbia as well. From what little I’ve seen of BOukari I’d say the same about him. Potentially good value for money (if we get Doumbia as a permanent signing) which is why I disagree with this ‘lack of meaning’ talk of yours. I will agree with you though that patience is key with Stale’s reigime and for those fans who aren’t patient – well, they’re just gonna have to deal with it aren’t they?
One more point though – Stale is still implementing his tactics into the team and it still hasn’t sunk into the players yet. They can’t adapt then I believe Stale will replace them – see what happens in the January transfer window. Before you snipe at me contradicting myself again in my view perhaps the players/team as a whole still haven’t gotten used to the idea…but will they? I’d lean towards yes but that’s just me…
[My longest post by far – how interesting :P]
Margreitter has had a persistent hip injury
I wouldn’t have either of Spearing or Beckford, if we were to be looking at building a team to compete in the Premier League.
January is certainly going to be interesting, there are obvious areas we need to strengthen in, and I think Stale will.
Is all the spending with a degree of meaning stuff another way to have a go at moxey/morgan? Just wondered.
Dunno, Hamlet. Admittedly on the basis of only seeing three games this season on dodgy web-feeds, I’d have to say that I am unimpressed with Doumbia (flits in and out too much, possibly lacks fitness) and Peszko (lightweight Kajagoogoo lookalike). Maigritter and Boukari I’ve not seen at all, but they haven’t earned the right to a shirt, it seems. Sako is very very good, sometimes brilliant, but not for the full 90 minutes :-|. None of them looks especially prepared for the rough and tumble of the Championship. If this is Stale’s idea of strengthening, we’d better thank our lucky stars that he’s not a structural engineer.
It’s a different kind of frustration to the MM era, but it’s frustrating all the same.
To me, something feels a bit surprising and even discomforting if Roger Johnson is standing out as our best player. But he is.
Excellent blog here, especially with Solbakken’s preferred style of defence – but from what I can work out Bolton were all over us before he brought on Stearman for Doyle…should he have left Doyle on? I really don’t know… it’s painful to let in a late equaliser like that especially with Doyle’s brace but a point is better than nothing and we move on to Saturday!
Does seem that the problems for Wolves seems to be the midfield rather than defence now, especially considering just how much we rely on Karl Henry!
I have said this for a while now Hamlet, midfield is the engine room in every team. Concede this area of the pitch and you will always struggle and once your midfield has been swamped in the match it becomes harder to redress the balance within the team as a whole. An inadequate midfield is unable to support attackers and worse still it leaves the defenders susceptible to through balls and players running straight at the back 4. You will find that when our midfield tires and loses it’s shape this is what happens.
I don’t quite know what the solution is other than ensuring that midfielders are fit, strong, have a bit bite in their tackles and when they’re booked or sent off for over exuberance then the club has a replacement ready to go. This we do not have.
The other alternative is you have better quality in midfield and the need for over aggressive behaviour in this area becomes redundant.
As ever UTW and support Ståle’s vision for HIS team.
I think considering the players we’ve lost the fact we’ve lost 3 wingers and we havenb’t really strengthened defence we’ve batted well above our average!
If Margreitter ever gets a game and hits the heights of Sako etc then we may do better but everyone remember Bolton WERE a very good underacheiving side till Saturday when they seem to have taken a turn for the better.
We didn’t sit back in my opinion I just think we were outplayed and were lucky to hangon….
anyway here’s hoping foir a few more Stale wonder signings in January and if we;re syill in contention who knows….
UTW keep the faith…….
we always knew an ex player would score ahainst us …..Davies is an excellent palyer and one who i wish was still in a Wolves shirt!
Great Blog as Always!!!
We missed Captain Karl again. As much as he’s a marmite player I doubt the Bolton lads would have been quite as comfortable on the ball if Karl was snapping at there heals. Also for all of the criticism he gets for not being able to go forward, his sideways and backwards passes do keep possession something that was in short supply for us in the second half.
Still based on our second half performance that was a point gained rather than two points lost. I agree with Thomas that our transfer policy is yet again biting us, so much for a £20 million war chest.
Henry played. Wolves didn’t win. The notion that we get better results when he plays is a myth. We were statistically a lot worse in each of the last 2 seasons when Henry played.
So it’s Henry’s fault whenever we don’t win, right?
How were we statistically worse in the last two years when we barely won a game irrespective?! It’s not a myth this season mate. I don’t recall him playing when WBA thumped us 5- at home either. Or the two defeats in the play offs against them?
Feel free to dig out the stats!
Sorry re-read my message realized my comment didn’t make sense. Meant that Karl wasn’t at his best. We need him and Doumbia to play at there best to stand a chance of keeping a clean sheet. Our defense simply isn’t good enough to cope without Henry or Doumbia breaking play up in front of them.
As for it being a myth that we play better with Karl in the team, our best performances are when he is on song doing the dirty work to allow other players to go forward and do the damage. For better or worse he is an integral part of the way we play football and it seems even more so under Stale. If we could find a replacement that does the shift that he does as well as offering an attacking outlet then I’d be all for dropping Karl but apart from the brief stint we managed with Frimpong we haven’t managed it yet.
In 2010/11 Henry missed 9 league games and we won 4 of them (we won 7 of the 29 he played in). Last season he missed 7 league games and we won 2 of them (we won 3 of the 31 he played in). I think the Edwards and Doumbia are a better combintion at this level. I’m also looking forward to seeing O’Hara back to full fitness so that we can see how he works alongside Doumbia. Don’t get me wrong, I can also see Henry is one of the best options we have in that position at the moment. It’s just that I see that as a bad thing, not a good thing.
I’d loved to be proved wrong, but I’ve seen nothing from Edwards in our recent Premiership years to suggest that he’s improved since struggling to get a game behind Henry & Jones in our Championship-winning side.
Model pro, nice lad, good pair of lungs, will pop up with the odd goal, all granted. But mid-Championship standard at the very best. We need better.
That is just not right, Henry adds ballast & responsibility to this side. He is one of our quality players & I would prefer him over Doumbia any day. It is Henry who always looks for the ball from throw ins, very rarely do any other of the team show & look for the ball like he does. Nor do they cover like he does.
It is more a comment on the poor qualiity of stand in that we have that Wolves are so poor without him. Just a few examples winning 1-0 v Palace, Henry off two goals to Palace, 1-3 at Cardiff, Henry not playing, 1-2 Huddersfield, 0-6 Chelsea again the same common denominator. I would rather we had a quality player better than him, or at least adequate cover for him. We have’nt so having a local player who puts his whole heart & soul into the game is one of the few bright spots in the aftermath of last season’s debacle.
A further point is that the Margreitter, Jonsson, Mouyokolo, signings are unbelieveable! What the hell were we doing when we bought these?
Good points well made. He’s keeping Jonsson out of the side. I should be grateful.
Good blog again Thomas.
Sounds a bit disappointing but other results around the play off positions mostly went for us so we haven’t really lost any ground against the rest of the field.
I didn’t see the match but I do worry that the players might not be as fit as they should be.
I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that Ståle doesn’t want to play a pressing game and have his players chasing around the pitch, he wants to cut off the opposition’s passing options and force mistakes that way.
Therefore the training is less physical and more with the ball.
This is fine as long as we can retain the ball once we win it. If we can’t then we end up running round like headless chickens or just defending deeper and deeper.
Either way any lack of fitness is going to show towards the end of the game.
Also, Ben’s point about Cassidy scoring again hasn’t gone unnoticed in theDOOGooder household.
The wife was particularly vocal about it this morning.
I can’t repeat what she said but I got the impression she’d like to see him back at the Mol.
Anyway, I’m counting down to Saturday when I’ll cut a dash sat in the Steve Bull stand wearing my ‘Wolves Premiership 2003-2004’ t-shirt with a rattle in one hand and the wife in the other.
COMEONMEBABBIES!!!!!
Staale said the players were, “tired”. With only 12 games gone and another 35+ to go that worries me. The Championship is a physical league and players need to be fit. Whatever the preferred tactic, be it pressing or funneling back and cutting out passing options, fitness is vital so you can keep going until the final whistle.
Sadly the legacy of MM is hanging around the club like a millstone, which only a change of tactics is not enough to mend.
We`ve sold our prized assets (in financial terms) and replaced with some unproven johhny foreigners of whom Sako is pretty good but the tall midfielder, can`t head a ball – he missed a free header 5 yards out from a corner on Sat as well.
MM`s legacy – the stand out midfielder on the pitch was Mark Davis, only a complete idiot would have moved him on, sadly he was playing for the opposition last night.
MM`s legacy – the best players gone, we are still left the lacking in pace, lacking in quality, full backs in particular, remnants of MM`s squad.
MM`s legacy – wolves get bullied every week, no-one with any balls or character to get stuck in, good old Mick would never sign anyone with a mind of their own in case they questionned his autocratic management style, oh he signed a full back but when he told MM that Ward was shite, he got moved on.
MM`s legacy – watching Wolves get overun every second half at home is not too much fun I`m afraid, unless we get 4 or 5 new players with pace, mobility and physical presence in the January window, you can write this season off. Getting promoted as we are now would be a joke and disaster, no point in sitting on £30m in the bank, back the manager with some money. How many scouts have we got, have they been told to find the players we need to fill those ever growing empty seats and stands at Molyneux.
Excellent report, Thomas.
Good job Johnson and Berra are performing well this season else we might have found ourselves much further down the table. I think they deserve credit for performing so professionally seeing as Berra wants out and Johnners was public enemy no. 1 last season.
Solbakken will eventually realise that at Molineux sitting back with a lead is a bad option but will work better away from home, the Mol crowd has never been comfortable with this approach.
UTW
Johnson and Berra only appear to play well if Henry and Doumbia play as defenders too. When Henry is missing they let goals in galore.
Margreitter and Batth is the right pairing for the future of wolves.
As an aside, I’d like to see both of them stay in their own half for our corners. Johnson has had 18 months trying to score for us and hasn’t succeeded yet. I’d rather he was back waiting to defend since it takes him 1/2 hour to get back.
Watching the live blog on the sanitised, the second half seemed like we were playing against Barcelona or someone. Completely and utterly outplayed by a team that lost 4 or their previous 5 away games. Sounded like every time we got the ball we gave it straight back.
For a team with our facilities, finances and support, that is just not good enough.
I listened to the commentary, and could hear the crowd singing ” Mark Davies, you’re a wanker, you’re a wanker” and wondered why they were picking on my best mate, who was sitting in the Billy Quiet.
Then the penny dropped!
Didnt see the match, but judging by Andy Thompson’s running commentary of “keep the ball, stop giving it away” it was pretty obvious we were crap second half, and comments such as Ward backing off, and absolutely no mention of Fatty Blake, sums up what I’ve been saying for ages.
Henry and Doumbia were both dreadful and were completely outplayed.
The oft used excuse for us in midfield is being outnumbered but Bolton went 4-4-2 2nd half, matching us up and the fact was Davies and Spearing completely over-ran them.
They offered no protection to the defense and didn’t contribute anything on the ball.
Obviously we won’t meet midfields like that too often but it’s not the first time our midfield has been gazumped in a 2nd half this season. In fact it’s happened more often than not at home.
Another poor performance on Saturday and the crowd will turn ugly.
We’ve seen it all this season, CI showing good form in goal, J and B performing much better together at the back. F and W settling down and trying to get involved going forward but looking vulnerable under attack. D and S have popped a few goals in and there are several fringe players who have performed well when needed……….
So why are we not happy ??? Any ideas ???
My interpretation is that midfield are unfit and have not gelled into a strong unit able to repel attacks and at the same time support the forwards. I know we’ve had injuries but that is only to be expected and we haven’t even hit the winter bad weather yet. Where are the replacements of proven ability who can fit the bill when asked ???
We have seen it already 3 or 4 times so far, when the midfield tire there’s no forward movement, and we lose our momentum and penetration. A huge unprotected area between back 4 and midfield appears which is exploited by half decent teams as we’ve seen this season. I am not trying to tell Ståle his job but simply sitting back and attempting to soak up wave after wave of attacking is not the solution. It may work away from home but it doesn’t fit what we expect to see at home.
As ever UTW !!!!
We are doing as well as to be expected with what is basically Micks squad. We need to spend some of that fortune made this year on some quality players. Why did we not get Spearing? Why did we get Pennant, everyone else wants to get rid of him?Open the check book you tight fisted ba*****s
I think a few people are hitting the panic button early here. Yes the last couple of games have been disappointing performances but we got a point last night and very nearly stole all three.
Were in 5th five points behind the leaders in what looks like from the early form to be a very close season. Were top of the recently relegated teams which based on last season’s form is a minor miracle.
Despite what for all intents and purposes is a terrible defence (poor left back, no pace and two centre halfs who can’t turn for toffee) we have a decent defensive record.
We’ve picked up some decent results against teams that will be in around the playoffs come the end of the year (Leicester, Blackburn and Bolton).
Our reserve, reserve keeper is looking excellent another one from the wolves goalkeeping academy!
Our midfield has at times looked very promising; particularly Sako, again something that many wouldn’t have predicted considering our two best midfield players were sold in the summer.
Our strikers are scoring and are getting plenty of chances.
All in all if you said we would be in this position after 12 games, I’d have been fairly happy at the beginning of the season. Things are only going to get better as the players get more familiar with the system and Stale is able to bring in a few more new recruits.
I wish Cmbwlf wd stp wrtng n sngl lttrs n cptls n spll wrds cmplte.Mks it hrd 2 rd prply.
FOwb
Having read many, if not all of your contributions on this excellent blog, I am convinced that you underestimate yourself Clive, with your acerbic wit , direct language and subtle sense of humour you are well known and admired by all fellow bloggers. If anyone is able to decode my tricky little ditty then that man is you.
As ever UTW !!!!
P.S How come WB are worthy of mention and not AV or B or SC or even W ???
But like most Wolves fans, my brain is not always in gear, and I like to partake of my morning coffee reading the overnight blog contributions without having to think too much.
As regards the other West Midlands teams, they have my pity, not my enmity!!
Quote from Jermaine Pennant
“Sometimes it can be three games a week in the Championship and, when I asked Kites [Michael Kightly], he told me that the training’s short and sharp and there’s a lot of football, which is good”.
Training is short & sharp -does this explain why the players are tired and lack stamina to last for 90 minutes?
Yes!
And that is one of the points I have been trying to make over the last few blogs.
MM’s team ‘Put a shift in’ and were still running around so they could get the ball and hoof it straight back to the opposition after 90 odd minutes.
Ståle’s approach is more cerebral, very commendable, but in the Championship you’ve got to be FIT or you will get shafted!
A LUCKY POINT
Lucky for Wolves that is, after a second half performance in which they were overwhelmed. The mood of the Molineux was nervous, the equaliser was inevitable and a series of poor first touches, incomplete passes and unforced errors all contributing to a depressing 45 minutes.
The extra capacity provided by the new Stan Cullis has created swathes of empty seats in both the SB and BW leaving four main clusters of fans each somewhat isolated from each other; the consequence is a hushed Molineux with chants limited to individual stands and thus the ‘Fortress Molineux’ effect is certainly missing. Last evening’s performance is unlikely to get the fair weather fans flocking back to Waterloo Road though I guess it will have been a useful experience for our new first team coach to fully appreciate the extent of his new challenge; lets hope he can get them playing for 90 minutes instead of just 45.
UTW
Good point about the new stand LL.
A Molineux two thirds full could have been one packed to the rafters watching a much better team, if the £16m had been spent on players’ transfers and wages instead. Quite possibly still in the Premiership.
It’s not even as if we needed a bigger ground. That should have come after we had established ourselves as a solid premiership team unlikely to go down, with some fans struggling to get a seat.
Moxey loves telling everybody that we are a well run football club. We are not. We are a well run business . Their should only be one real aim of a football club and that is to produce the best team it can, considering it’s size, support and financial stability. In this respect we are perennial under achievers.
I’ll give you one example of a club who are well run, who achieve their potential and more, under a sensible and sustainable business plan. Or i would if i could spit the words out!
Morgan said he wanted to bring the stands closer to make the ground more intimidating for the away team and give our team more home advantage. Building the stand instead of strengthening an ultimately relegated team has produced the opposite effect, as you point out. Another example of a well run club.
Couldn’t agree more mate. And if you can’t bring yourself to name the ‘well run’ club, I will.
It’s W…. W…. We…. W…..
Oh! Bugger it! Nor can I!
Love that one Doog.
To play devils advocate (never has it been so true than with Moxey) that other club built a new stand not long after being promoted the first time and spent the best part of 10 years being a Yo Yo club before becoming more established over the last couple of years.
If we regain our prem spot in the next two years then relegation will have been just a bump in the process of becoming established, if it takes 4 or 5 (or longer) to recover then the gamble didn’t pay off and we wasted the last 3 years.
Yes, but did that other lot have a perfectly good, pretty new stand as part of an adequately sized stadium already or was their stadium in desperate need of a modernisation?
After we stayed up, the decision makers became complacent and expected us to kick on and establish ourselves as a successful premiership club which would attract bigger crowds and fill the planned new stadium.
Boy! were they wrong.
I think that the majority of the ordinary fans knew that we would always struggle without a large influx of quality players.
I seem to remember some years ago something similar happening.
A big shiny new stand was built which nearly bankrupted the club and started the slide to the old fourth division.
I’m pretty optimistic by nature but I hope it’s not a case of history repeating.
Yeah i remember sitting in that stand with my binoculars watching us and Birmingham play out one of the most godawful games i’ve ever seen.
This was to be our final year in the top division as we commenced the descent almost to extinction you refer to. In fact both teams were relegated that year if memory serves.
Our centre forward that day was a certain Andy Gray. Good as he was, his purchase was another example of Wolves management ineptitude in my opinion. Malcolm Allison had been mad enough to offer us a record amount of £1.5 for Steve Daley, a pretty average player in all truth. At that time a good manager could have bought a new team with that sort of money but instead we spent the lot and a bit more on one man.
And the rest as they say is history.
Playing 4 in midfield against 5 is why we are tired and keep getting over run. We are ok in 1st half but get tired in 2nd half. Also stale football philosophy of hanging onto a lead and playing keep ball will not work with these players. They were bought by mad mick because they put a shift in, not for their footballing ability. Although i prefer stales way, and can see what he is trying to do, he needs to be careful as they wolves fans will not give him much time. Mainly cus we are really pissed off with the board and clubs finances. I fear he may take the brunt of our anger if results get worse. Bolton will be there or there abouts at the end of the season. Hopefully we will as well
I agree with this write up 100 % Thomas.
Great first half by us, then we went to bed for the rest of the night.
It only a matter of time before they got a goal and too be honest were unlucky not to beat us in the end.
Why can’t we play for 90 minutes.
When at home we should be looking to kill the game and score again. I can understand sitting on a lead away from home.
Nice to see Doyle get a couple at last, but its been a long time coming and we need more from him.
Whenever we play the ball to Him or Blake they always seem to have their backs to goal.
If we can get it in front of them to run on too I suspect we would get more from them, as in Doyle’s first goal..
I expect us to beat Charlton on Saturday.
I can’t ever remember a ” fortress Molineux ” when we could kill a game off, play for 90 mins and still be looking for more and I’ve been going since ’62. I can recall a number of occasions when we strung together a few hard earned wins on the bounce at home, but more often than not MU or L would bring us back to earth with a crash, bang, wallop !!!
This honour nearly fell to BW on Tues but make no mistake they will be there or there abouts at the end of the season. They are good side with some quality players.
Not convinced about Pennant by the way.
Not seen that premier league class yet.
Compared with Kite’s… think I prefer the latter…
So did Tony Pulis it seems! That being said Pennant should at worst be great for the Championship so…. 🙂
At least 3 players if not 4 needed….but we all know what’s going to happen.
Henners will be sold once fit and playing. Greaseball doesn’t miss a trick.
Promotion? not this year unless there’s a miracle in CEO’s office.
One more point most CEO’s are not paid the ludicrous amount that he gets.
Surely Bob the quiet Builder should make a cost reduction there?