No Jarvis, No Doyle. Four youngsters on the bench. Birmingham fans must have thought the game was over before it started. But no, this young (average age 25) and hungry squad fought hard and outclassed a usually resilient Birmingham team
There were many others top drawer displays. All of our defenders were solid, Dave Edwards put in a stirring performance down the right and Nenad Milijas was full of creativity but the standout performance came from Stephen Ward. A player so regularly criticised and never given any chance of being a Premier League football yet works so hard to please them was brilliant next to Sylvan. Winning balls in the air, linking midfield and attack, he did it all yesterday. It is so pleasing when you know that there is nothing they can say but accept that he put in a tremendous display.
It's been obvious for a while that Stephen Hunt is desperate to find form. His touch has been off and his passing sloppy until the last couple of weeks. Two goals in his last three games is sure to kick start his Wolves career.
We could have, and should have had so many more. Only Ben Foster and some wasted chances prevented it being a huge score which would have been fully deserved. We came out and attacked them straight from the start, which caught them out and never allowed them to settle. If we play like this next week, against a more open West Brom side we have a real chance of getting some precious away points.
Hennessey - 7Zubar - 7
Stearman - 7
Berra - 8
Elokobi - 7
Edwards - 8
Foley - 7
Milijas - 7
Hunt - 8
Ward - 9
Ebanks-Blake - 9
It leaves us all so positive, we've closed the gap on Wigan and Fulham and have opened a small one on West Ham.
What a team! SEB Edwards and Ward were tremendous in the first half particularly. Zubar looked a top class player too, especially going forward but it was the shockingly irrepressible confidence that was most impressive. How this team just pick themselves up and keep going despite all the kicks in the teeth over recent months is a testament to Mick and his coaching staff. Well done boys! Same again next week please!
ReplyDeletedoes anyone else think that if Berra had gone for it with his foot instead of his head we'd have had a much needed second goal? Still, the way he got up and carried on (knowing we had no experienced defenders on the bench) was very impressive too
ReplyDeleteGood performance, good result, but I don't think we'll beat west brom next week.
ReplyDeleteThey have a much better team and will pass it around us, keep possession and we'll hardly get a touch of the ball.
I'd like ward to play like that again but I don't think that will happen as it was probably a one off and
Mick will probably change the team and we will not put in a good as performance as that one.
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