Not so nice christmas after all?

Sorry for the lack of posts, I've been away for christmas in wales, with no internet at all. I was able to watch the Liverpool match though.

Despite them dominating for the first ten minutes, I thought we were really good in the first half. We didn't let them do anything at all, I can't remember any clear cut chances they had. We made some of our own and Doyle should have put us ahead at half time. I think the sending off is harsh, Lucas makes a right meal of and might have dived. Their goal was good, but was Gerrard leaning into Milijas? Had it been at the other end, I doubt it would have counted had Milijas scored it above Gerrard. After that it was over, but we did well to hold out.

Hahnemann - 7
Stearman - 7
Berra - 8
Craddock - 8
Ward - 7
Foley - 7
Henry- 7
Milijas - 8 (Mancienne, 7)
Jarvis - 9
Ebanks-Blake - 7 (Iwelumo, 5)
Doyle - 7 (Elokobi, 6)

Jarvis was brilliant, helped out at the back and our biggest threat attacking.

I could only listen to the City match, where our weakened side played really well, but lacked the creativity. Had Milijas and Jarvis been playing, we would have created a lot more. The goal is really lucky, nothing Hahnemann could do about it. Another unlcuky moment for us when the linesman fails to see Bellamy is offside. The freekick is cleverly done, it looks obvious Tevez will take it but Garrido curls it round the wall. The thitd is alright but we looked a bit tired and down.

Hahnemann - 7
Zubar - 7
Berra- 7
Craddock - 7
Elokobi - 7
Foley - 7
Henry - 8
Mancienne - 8
Surman - 7
Iwelumo - 7
Doyle - 7

Mancienne has excelled in centre midfield, a more defensive option for when we need to hold on to a lead.

Tranmere next, I hope Mick gives them all a nice rest so we can get all three points at West Ham.

Can we go to Anfield and get something?

With us being in a bit of form and Liverpool having their never ending problems, I think we can be optimistic about the boxing day match. Gerrard and Torres didn't produce on Saturday and looked half fit which may mean benitez will rest one of them or maybe both. They were rubbish against Portsmouth, had no creativity and their defence was shakey.

If Mick doesn't rest ten of our players, we can definitely give them a game!

Agree with me, or think I am dreaming? Comment!

An early christmas present!

Who would've thought a month ago that we'd be 12th (or 13th) by christmas. That victory was vital, for obvious reasons. We didn't want to be in the bottom three at xmas and we needed to prove Mick was right in resting his players.

I think the difference between the two sides was the forwards. Ours never stopped trying, jumping for every ball, feeding each other in while Burnley's was a bit lifeless. They didn't look up for it, which maybe why the have such a poor away record.

Milijas once again showed why he is so important. Some of his passes were top class and he is working for the team too. His partner, was immense. Karl Henry was always there to cover and hold up the ball for our team to get back in place. Jarvis had an alright game, as did Foley. They never really looked like scoring until the final few minutes, when it was too late. Berra and Craddock were solid and were involved in the goals. Ward and Stearman handled their wingers well. I saw alot of Eagles but Elliot was hiding throughout the game.

Hahnemann hardly had a thing to do all afternoon. He caught a few crosses but apart from that was probably bored.

Next we have Liverpool, who even Mick must think we have a chance against. They just lost to Portsmouth and were terrible. If he rests his players again, we will all be going mental!

Hahnemann - 7

Stearman - 7
Craddock - 7
Berra - 7
Ward - 7

Foley - 7
Milijas - 8
Henry - 8
Jarvis - 7

Doyle - 9
Ebanks-Blake - 8

Doyle gets MOTM. Made the first goal happen and got his fifth of the season. He is now only two behind our previous top goalscorer in the top flight - Henri Camara.

Another massive game!

This simply is a must win game. With another two matches to follow, we need to make sure we have some points already. If we win by two goals, we definitely go above Burnley. If Blackburn also lose by two (v Tottenham) then we go above them. we could actually be 13th by the end of tomorrow.

Burnley are yet to win away, and what a perfect game for them this must be. Portsmouth came to the Mol with no points from eight and got their win, and many others have brokenn their duck against Wolves. Owen Coyle's men play fantastic football, but it has only payed off at home. Only one point away, they put too much pressure on the games at Turf Moor so they need to sort it out away.

We must really attack them, their defence is the worst in the league. If we can have Milijas spraying balls everywhere and Jarvis running at his fullback we can really create some chances. Ebanks-Blake will look at this game and think he can get a goal or two here, same with Doyle.

Mick will make another nine changes, which won't be a shock at all. I hope he sticks with the same side as versus Spurs apart from the injured Edwards. I think Foley should be the man to come in. Hard working and very reliable, he will give us quite a good balance.

Team like this:

Hahnemann

Stearman
Craddock
Berra
Ward

Foley
Henry
Milijas
Jarvis

Ebanks-Blake
Doyle




We have won every match that we have scored in the first half. an early goal in the first ten minutes and we might see the Burnley team's heads drop. 2-0 to the Wolves, SEB and Doyle.

Insanity: Man Utd 3 Wolves 0

I was in utter shock when the teams were announced. Three or four changes, maybe even five, but ten? It's what everyone is talking about now and taken away the positivity out of our two previous wins.

Despite the team we fielded, I thought we played alright. For half an hour, we had matched them. They started to look a bit fustrated and we had a chance of our own. But then a corner comes in and game over. It is dissapointing that we have conceded another two goals from corners. If we sort that out then we will have a chance but it is terrible.

I thought Maierhofer was excellent, he hardly lost the ball in the air. He also provided some good hold up play, and brought the wingers into the game a bit more. When Iwelumo replaced him I don't think we did aswell. Mancienne and Elokobi hardly made any mistakes. George looking a lot more solid, like we know he can be. Mancienne as usual was flawless and always wins it in the air and finds a player with the header. Hahnemann again made some good saves.

Surman and Friend impressed me. The look like quality players for the future. Castillo provided the know how and never misses an opportunity to tackle. Mr.Consistent Kevin Foley was the captain and looked comfortable, I reckon he will play right midfield next Sunday because Greg Halford didn't play very well.

The third goal was just brilliant. Not many defences in the world could have prevented it. The flick from Berbatov and the finish, all perfect.

I hope all this attention does not affect our players. Hey, it might even help!

Hahnemann - 7

Zubar - 6
Mancienne - 8
Elokobi - 8
Hill - 7

Halford - 5
Foley - 7
Castillo - 7
Friend - 7
Surman - 7

Maierhofer - 8

MOTM: Mancienne was top class but I think Maierhofer showed us why Mick paid 2 million for him. Keep it up Hof!

Wolves v United Preview

A early goal tomorrow night won't be enough. If we score after three minutes and try to hold on it won't work. The champions attack would just tear us apart. Yet, Aston Villa did it and we drew with them. We are no-where near as good as them, but anything can happen. Utd will look to take out their home loss on us. And how likely are they to lose to home game son the trot? Almost nil.

Some good news, Ryan Giggs is very doubtful. He has been one of their best players this season, next to Wayne Rooney. Rooney has had to fill in due to the absence of the best player in the world. People have been going on about how much weaker they are now. Rubbish. He signed Valencia, one of the best young wingers in the country and England's best finisher in Michael Owen.

We played them in the cup game earlier this season at Old Trafford. We cma away form that match very dissapointed to lose. When they went down to ten men it was upon us to take it to them. We had been the under dogs but it was now us who could go through. We didn't react very well to it. It was their reserves but it was also many of ours, and Milijas came on as a sub!

Foley is said to be filling in at right midfield. It could be Halford, who played their at the very start of the season. His long throws may give us something too. Doyle ended up there on saturday. Or maybe even Mancienne, who can play anywhere.

Team:

Hahnemann

Stearman
Craddock
Berra
Ward

Foley
Milijas
Henry
Jarvis

SEB
Doyle

Wolves v Tottenham: Amazing

I don't think anyone in the country thought we stood a chance at White Hart Lane. All the cocky Tottenham fans on forums saying how the only shock would be if we kept it below four. We have shown we can produce a shock win when we really need it.

Milijas is the creator for every goal we score. When was the last time he wasn't involved? I haven't seen it, but it sounds like Doyle gets the slightest of touches from Milijas freekick. To get such an early goal, is crazy! The next few weeks will be very fun, lots of my school friends support Spurs and some of my football team.

On the radio they said we defended vey well, we didn't let them have any time or let them create any clear cut chances. Berra and Craddock were blocking every shot that came their way. And when needed, the man between the sticks was there to cover them. Hahnemann has done well in these past two games.

Our strikers did well, they kept the ball late on. Ebanks-Blake held the defenders off and almost scored from an excellent effort. Doyle got his fourth, and continues to show us why we paid a record transfer fee for him.

Fortunately Edwards's injury is not serious. He looked in serious trouble but he came out from the dressing room with an ice pack on his ankle. He worked really hard, as did Matty Jarvis. He always looks a threat on the left, his pace too much for some full backs.

Hahnemann - 7

Stearman - 7
Berra - 8
Craddock - 8
Ward- 8

Edwards- 7
Henry- 7
Milijas - 8
Jarvis - 7

Doyle- 8
Ebanks-Blake- 7

MOTM: Berra, kept a first clean sheet in the premier league.

Wolves v Tottenham: Preview

Spirits will be higher, and maybe we can take some sort of momentum from the last game into this one. Tottenham haven't won for three games, and will want to take their fustration out on us, their last three home games have seen 13 games, 9 of them in that game against Wigan. Someone we must be wary of is Jermaine Defoe. Currently top scorer in the league, in the form of his life. He will look at this game as a chance to get a few more.

Tottenham are currently in 4th place, where they hope to be come the end of the season. Manager Harry Redknapp has worked a miracle, a year and a bit ago they had only a point from 9 games.

Let's hope ex-Wolves hero Robbie Keane stays where he has been in the last few weeks- the subs bench. Redknapp obviously favours Defoe and Crouch as his first team partnership and this could force Keane to look elsewhere for first team foootball. Maybe the Molineux? He has scored 4 goals in 2 games against us. each time he didn't celebrate, and we clapped him.

Another man facing his old club will be Tom Huddlestone. He had a brief spell on loan from Tottenham with us, and showed us how good he will become. There was a rumour we offered £6 million but they wanted 8 so we gave up. I hope that isn't true. He is really settling in at Spurs, the centre midfield partnership with Palacios has a great balance.

Mick will start with the same as against Bolton. The only change I can possibly see is Ronald Zubar coming in for Richard Stearman, who has performed well. With 4 goals in his last 5 games, Jody Craddock will be a threat at set pieces. If we can possibly hold out Tottenham for a bit, Milijas may be able to provide a magic moment to give us a chance.

Team will start like this:

Hahnemann

Stearman
Berra
Craddock
Ward

Edwards
Henry
Milijas
Jarvis

SEB
Doyle

Prediction: 2-1 to Spurs, with us pressing towards the end.

Wolves 2 Bolton 1

Last week, after 3 minutes at the Molineux it was very much doom and gloom. 3 minutes gone there yesterday, and Wolves fans were going crazy. Yes, he is offside but we deserve a little bit of luck. Megson couldn't anything about the second goal, Milijas scoring his first goal for us. I think most knew he could do that, there are so many amazing goals by him on youtube. In the first half, we were all over them. We started to play like we knew we could, Jarvis creating problems as usual, and Edwards filling in for Kightly (who is out for two months). With Henry and Milijas you can have a good balance.

For most of the game, we defended alright but it was annoying to concede from another corner. We do need to get this sorted. It was a scrappy goal, and there could have been a few more of them. Hahnemann made a good save and The Hof saved us at the end. Klasnic had a lot of chances, but their best player was Lee. He was the one creating chances.

Stephen Ward has continued from where he left off at Man City. I knew when he came back he would play well too. He's so consistent, and remember we signed him as a forward! He was probably the Man of the Match alongside Nenad.

Did you know Christophe Berra has now set up 4 goals. Milijas has been involved in 5 of the last 6 and Craddock scored 4 out of the last 5. This was a much improved performance, let's hope we have turned a corner and we carry on improving at White Hart Lane.

Hahnemann - 7

Stearman - 7
Berra - 7
Craddock - 7
Ward - 9

Edwards - 7
Henry - 7
Milijas - 9
Jarvis - 7

Doyle - 8
SEB - 7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlAHVu1syA4

Wolves v Bolton: Time for the boys to produce.

Portsmouth play Burnley at lunch time today, at home. This could be Portsmouth's chance to over take us and if they win, they do. Burnley need to sort their away record out and this could be where to start, hopefully not at the Molineux.

Back to the mol, Bolton are the visitors. Only just above us, we could go to 18th if we win. After this game, we have faced everyone we should be beating at home. We have got one point from those games when really, we should have at least eight more. We need to prove that we won't be going down without a fight in this game, because last sunday's performance was dreadful. I hope Mick has been working on the midfield blocking shots on the edge, being first to the ball, and annoying the other teams players.

Kevin Davies will not be playing, he is the type of player who scores against us in these games, but who doesn't score against us? Johan Elmander and Ivan Klasnic haven't been scoring that much this season, and they will feel this is their chance to add more to their woeful tally.

Without Kightly, I think Dave Edwards will be the man to come in at right wing. He has been one of our better players this season, at the wing or in midfield. Henry and Milijas could start in the centre, but it wouldn't suprise me if Castillo was played for the battle in midfield. Nobody deserves to start more than Jarvis, who could be the one who starts right wing, Milijas at left midfield.

Ebanks-Blake should start, rightly, because he deserves his chance in the Premier League. If he get's a chance in this game, I'm backing him to score. Bolton are best at freekicks and corners, where they score their most goals. Another thing Mick needs to teach them is how to defend a corner. We look shakey at corners and this needs to be sorted, it's just not good enough.

The team could be like this:

Hahnemann

Mancienne
Craddock
Berra
Ward

Edwards
Henry
Castillo
Jarvis

SEB
Doyle

I think we should start with this though:

Hennessey

Foley
Mancienne
Berra
Ward

Edwards
Henry
Milijas
Jarvis

SEB
Doyle

I reckon a 2-1 win, won't be surprised if we concede. SEB and Doyle. Come on Wolves!!

Is it over for Murray?

Matthew Murray has had another set back, he's out for several months. He has been desperately unlucky with injuries, each time coming back and getting injured not long after.

I think he has only had one full season in the last five, which he almost got us up on his own but it was injury before the play-offs (v west brom) that cost us. The question is, should he just give up?

I do believe had it not been for injuries he would be England's number 1, a lot of Wolves fans would probably agree. He just can't seem to last long enough without getting hurt. Being only 28 though, could means atleast ten more years if he can finally get fit and stay clear of injury.

Think he can/should try to carry on, or just think he should give up?

Comment.