With the bitter taste of Wednesday’s last-gasp defeat at Bolton still lodged in the back of our throats, Wolves entertain a rampant Man United side in a classic top versus bottom scrap.
This will be the third time Wolves have faced Sir Alex Ferguson’s men this season following two narrow last-minute heartbreakers at Old Trafford.
The league defeat back in November was particularly galling when you consider Steven Fletcher squandered an unbelievable chance to put us ahead and then inexplicably gave the ball away in the 94th minute leading to Park’s dramatic late winner.
That game perfectly encapsulated exactly why we find ourselves propping up the table. Missed chances and silly mistakes. Inconsistency.
And you can be sure that if we don’t remain focused for the duration of tomorrow’s encounter, we’ll again end up with diddly squat (I’m looking at you Ronald Zubar).
It’s probably best to steer clear of assessing United’s form, given that they haven’t lost a single league game all season. And if anything, they’ve stepped up their performance levels in recent weeks, culminating in a convincing win over an improved Villa side on Wednesday.
However, they’ve won only 3 of their 11 away games and having seen the problems Blackpool caused them last week, they’re far from invincible on their travels. It will also be interesting to see how the likes of Nani, Rooney and Berbatov cope with our disintegrating pitch. Maybe that could count in our favour?
I wonder whether Mick will be thinking about going 4-4-2 and pressing United high up the pitch in much the same way we did against Chelsea? Probably not. I reckon we’ll go for strength in numbers again and pack out the midfield. My guess at the starting XI is:
Hennessy
Zubar
Berra
Stearman
Elokobi
Hammill
Henry
Milijas
O’Hara
Jarvis
Doyle
That’s the eleven I’d pick too.
I think 4-5-1 is the way forward, but we need to get the ball down and play a bit more, which means bringing in players who can pick out passes. Milijas should never have been dropped in the first place and O’Hara showed enough glimpses of promise against Bolton to warrant a longer run-out. I’d be disappointed if neither started tomorrow.
Prediction League
Well done to Kowloon Wolf for being the only armchair pundit who correctly predicted a 1-0 defeat. He picks up the maximum 3 points.
10 others said we’d lose but none said 1-0, so they all pick up a point each.
I’ve got to forecast defeat tomorrow. I think we’ll put in another good performance, but again I fancy we’ll come up short. 3-1 United.
However, all of United’s big names featured against Villa on Wednesday so I’d wager Sir Alex will rest some of them. The strength of the team he puts out will have a bearing on how the game pans out.
If we can play to our full potential (e.g. Chelsea at home) and get a bit of luck, we could turn the table on it’s head. Here’s hoping.
If you’re part of the sold-out crowd tomorrow evening, have a great time and roar the lads on.
Up The Wolves.
We are at home. We have nothing to lose. Even a draw wont help us.
So why not throw caution to the wind and drop the negative numpties.
Is Foley not fully recovered? If he is, then drop that piss-poor zubar and Put Kevin in.
Then Jones in For Karl “back pass” Henry.
And off we go ! !
Its molineux we’re talking about so we cant lose this,we’ve got to win this game otherwise welcome the championsip
well put you Bastard.
I did like that one.
I’ve got to give to you. U were Bastard right!!
Where’s that Kenny Miller when we need him…..ah the memories.
Are we going to stop the Utd Juggernaut? More chance of me going to Egypt for a suntan.
Wolves 0 – Man Utd 3
I’m struggling to find a time since I’ve felt as deflated about my beloved team as I do now. I’ve only supported them since ’87 so I missed the really dark days.
Is there a helpline…..maybe that kind Moxey fella has an 090 number set up?
I’ve supported ’em since 1961 and i don’t remember being so pissed off either. There were times when we were far worse than we are now but we knew we were going to lose all the time and it didn’t really matter. But now every time you have some hope, they let you down again. I have no faith in MM now but according to Moxey he’s here for the duration come what may and that rankles.
If ever there was a clutching at straws blog, that was it.
We are shit, and we know it.
McDinosaur was like a deer caught in headlights after the loss on Wed, a broken, sad pathetic excuse of a manager.
We have no ambition from the top, which filters down to the players, who are now going through the motions of playing out the rest of the season, not even trying to impress for the summer transfer window.
Dead men walking, facing the inevitable drop into second division obscurity.
However, if we win, I’ll be as chuffed as all of us!!!!!!!!!!!
Prediction.
United to score a shed full, possibly double figures.
FOMD
2-2 (Doyle, Hammil)
I think the only positive still to think about is that we loyal fans will still be around when Morgan, Moxey and McCarthy are long gone.
It is the club we are blindly faithful to, the aura, the essence, the actual “feeling” that comes from decades of being part of a club.
No amount of bad players, bad management and bad finances can change that.
Those of us who have been supporters for over 50 years remember winning the cup in ’60, relegation in ’65, the euphoria of promotion 2 years later, the fabulous team we had in the early ’70’s, the Bhattis, Bully, and much more.
Faces come and go, but the club remains, and an exclusive club it is.
Yes, we moan about the current shower of shit, but none of us have deserted, gone to watch and support someone else, nor will we, the old gold and black runs through our veins, proudly, and we will come good again.
We must all keep the faith………….even though we are already doomed this season.
This “management” team will soon be gone, and we long sufferers will have some one else to gripe about!!
Come On You Wolves.
Nice one Clive!
You’ve either been drinking or are completely sober! Not sure which one, but nice comments anyway!
I was perfectly sober, even I don’t get wasted before me bacon and eggs in the morning!!
Thank you for your kind words.
FOMM
Wolves 0.3 Man Utd – mistakes by Stearman/Ward/Zubar (newly added to the list of clowns), we were “unlucky” blah, blah, blah – groundhog day all over again!
I may have got the Bolton score right, but my “… and Mick will be sacked by midnight” preddo fell way short of the mark …
Anyway: Wolves 0-1 Man U. We’ll fall to an own goal. Probably.
Well be within a goal of utds tally, in either direction, I’m going for the draw though, 1 each, doyler to get ours.
Keane in the press today saying he didn’t return to Wolves as the club never even contacted Spurs about him.
Dont worry Robbie we always knew it was a lack of ambition on behalf of the club and not you! we had more important signings of some kid from Scotland and a £500k bargain from a championship team to worry about. Mick would have played you out of position anyway (or Ward or Edwards in front of you). Nice to see you didn’t kiss the badge after the West Ham goal (unlike your first for Cov!)
I know Keane scored mid week, but is he what we need? Surely the fact our record signing is a striker and doesn’t play is a sign that we don’t need strikers and the money would be better invested in either a left back, right back, right side centre half or left side centre half.
I tell you who we dont need, and that mccarthy…
Very true Danny – centre half and left back were defo the priority – and we signed a winger and a forward for under £700k! No ambition. I think signing Keane would have given the whole club a lift (and add to this the fact that Doyle hasn’t exactly been banging in the goals either).
As for Fletcher… IMO our record signing striker doesn’t play week in, week out as he has not shown enough to justify his place on the team sheet!
Ignore the O’Hara signing, that’s what everyone keeps doing.
Yes danny but how many goals have we scored,Goals win games.
I’d have keane tomorrow as most fans would.
SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT.
Totally agree. We’ve now seen Blues strenghen with Curtis Davies and David Bentley, us miss out on Keane to see him join our relegation rivals.
Yes we’ve made a decent signing in O’Hara and Hammill’s looking good, but we failed to strenghen the defence and Keane would have rejuvenated goals. Also, he’s a sure fire bet to score goals – as he already has for West Ham – which is more than i can say for our current front line
That was rejuvuvenated the whole place, give the fans something to cheer about
Before we pull down the shutters on the Andy Gray sideshow, I felt I had to pass this on.
One nameless anorak has been researching Gray’s playing career, and especially the circumstances of his move from Aston Villa to Wolves for £1,469,000 on September 8, 1979.
After signing his contract, Gray reportedly announced: ‘I want to finish my career at Molineux.’
And, can you believe it, just 32 years later your dream came true…
Lovely!!
Made me chuckle despite the ice storm closing down the 4th largest city in the US.
Pathetic, bit of ice and there’s wrecks all over, airport closed, and everyone panicking about “rolling electrical blackouts”
Wish we had 2 feet of snow like Chicago, then most of the illegals would fuck off back south of the border, and get shot by the drug cartels!!!
Happy Days in Houston
Brilliant Stourbridge, being a Wolves fan can be fun after all!
Clive – to be fair we only have to get an inch of snow here and the whole country grinds to a halt!
We have 4 feet of snow here in Alberta and everybody gets to work on time including the teachers!
3-0 Manure – no way we will beat them, we could maybe scramble a draw if we play a uber defensive formation, but even that’s unlikely with a defence featuring Zubar and Elokobi / Ward.
Man Utd 2 – 0 Wolves.
Man Utd are unbeaten all season and I don’t see us as the team to stop their run, especially in our current form.
1-0 Wolves. Zubar to make amends with a 30 yard wonder goal
Now that is funny!
1-3 United win.
Proof that Moxey was talking utter bollocks last year about the ‘attempt’ to sign Robbie Keane. He was there for the taking, but we ignored him. Disgraceful. We’re sure to go down because of Mick’s transfer policy
As for tomorrow’s game, i think we’ll lose 2-0
I think we will do well, not convinced we will win though. Saying that we always seem to pull off a quality result after a shit one!! Wolves 2-1 Utd.
If we pulled off aquality result after every shit one Rob, we’d be half way up the table!
Only 9 points off mid table…… I admit I struggle to see us getting those points anytime soon though!! Stranger things have happened than us beating united tonight. We always seem to do well against teams on a roll, like we always get beat at home by the teams that haven’t won in months! Fingers crossed.
Anything more to say Martin??
I was only saying we must have had more shit results than good ones or we wouldn’t be bottom of the league, that’s how you get points innit? But pedantry aside, i agree mate that we have pulled off hugely unexpected wonderful results several times now, the best of the lot being last night which you superbly predicted. Did you notice i copied your prediction though?
Ha I did notice mate, like I said team on a roll, gut wrenching result the game before, it was all set up. And at 6/1 it earned me a very tidy sum!!!! If only I had had the conviction and belief to have gone 2-1 I would be even happier!!!!
6/1, nice one mate. Nearly as good as when i got 14/1 on them winning the championship a couple of years ago!
Well its the top versus the team, thats where MM has got us to. Even the most optimistic Wolves fan must be dreading the next two saturdays. We can only hope a crap pitch, very windy conditions, and lots of rain evens things up a bit.
We have no alternative to try and win, and employ a 5 man midfield, and hope we get lucky. For me the heirarchy at the club have accepted our fate and are praying for a few lucky breaks. Can`t see that, I fear a 2-0 loss, and a load of spin about how close we came.
I`m full of a cold and working Sunday, so I`m not using my season ticket, first premiership match I`ve chosen to miss in two seasons, well its on Sky, and I can see my lad play in the afternoon. Thats me sticking two fingers up to the three Ms this weekend.
My head says we will lose 4-0.
My heart says we will win 1-0.
Surely it’s about time that we ended another teams run/losing streak/not won away for 10 games/not scored away for 6 games/etc…etc…. But it’s about time we did it in favour of Wolves and end Utd’s unbeaten record!
Upset of the season! Silly prediction I know – 1-0 to the Wolves!!!
Well you never know its about time we beat united been close the last
couple of times .
Don’t forget nobody gave us a chance against chelski.
! I WISH !
I think we’re going to do them! 2-1, bully hattrick
All things must end.
It’s a football match; possibly a cup final for Wolves; 31 days since we beat champions Chelsea. All to play for, anything might happen.
I’m backing our lads. They will certainly give it their best shot, and who knows…
I reckon Ferguson will field a side to make sure Utd get a comfortable win – and then get fined £25,000 for playing a weakened team. Seriously, i don’t think he’ll start with his best eleven and will bring one or two off the bench if he needs to. There’s always a chance if that happens. What the heck, 2-1 the Wolves.
Karl is in the 40 man england provisional. Blimey.
Prediction?
Wolves 0 Manure 5
Judging by the fact we’re losing already, just 3 minutes in – I think you might be right with the 5-0 prediction!
At this moment in time, I stand corrected!!
I’m going with a 2-0 Wolves for no other reason than I would love to beat man u! 🙂 seriously I think we’ll probably lose but fortune favours the brave!
Fuck me, what a result!!!!!
HahahahahahHahHahahahahahaHahahahahahHahHahahahahahaHahahahahahHahHahahahahahaHahahahahahHahHahahahahaha
I’ve finally gone mad.
Wow – how did I get my hahaha that long?
WHAT A CRACKING WIN,REALLY DESERVED IT WE WAS GREAT NO ONE
CAN DENIGH IT ,IT WAS’NT THAT UNITED DID’NT PLAY WELL WE PLAYED BETTER AND FOR A CHANGE GOT OUR JUST REWARDS.
BRING ON THE GUNNERS,WHO KNOWS.
All things must end; and so it came to pass that Wolves deservedly defeated Champions elect Manchester Utd.
Privileged to be there. Thank you Wolves. Thank you Mick.
Passion and commitment CAN see us through!
Midnight and just got home after the long trek down the M5! Well worth it at last! 4 hours on the motorway has never felt so good!
Great performance and a great atmosphere!
“you only live around the corner”
“we support our local team”
“your just a fat dirty shagger”
“who the fuck are Man United”
Love it!
The Jekyll and Hyde rollercoaster continues. Well played the lads! Players who have gone AWOL in the last few weeks (Doyle, Jarvis, Zubar) suddenly found form and once again we have another big scalp!
Unbelievable….I suppose we will lose at home to Blackpool and win at Arsenal?
Bobby Carlton, David Beckham, Eric Cantona, George Best, half of London. Your boys took one hell of a beating!!
Any body know what this top on e-bay is?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wolves-/110648474782?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item19c329bc9e