Saturday, 12 December 2009

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.

Friday, 11 December 2009

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.

Sunday, 6 December 2009

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

Saturday, 5 December 2009

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!!

Thursday, 3 December 2009

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.