Blown it: Wolves 1 West Ham 1

It all seemed to be going perfectly. One nil up early, dominating and playing well. But we couldn't find another. Had we got a second, I'm sure they would have folded.

Once again, we've been unlucky and it's swung the game around. From various reports I hear that it's never a penalty, and then we had an appeal turned down!

You have to look at the team, we needed a goal but we offered nothing and created nothing. I like Edwards, and the booing is not helping but he's not someone you look to for a bit of magic. Where was Milijas? In limited appearances last season he saved us with moments of magic or a decent set piece.

Why give Ebanks-Blake four minutes? He earned his place in the team, and was dropped while in good form. You could tell we missed Henry, which is terribe because we won't even have Mancienne in the next match to hold it together. It looks like it will have to be Kevin Foley.

It's all looking very bad, and with these four fixtures coming up we could be adrift with no wins in eleven. Somewhere, somehow we need to get some unexpected points.

Prediction League: Win a signed Wolves ball!

Sorry for missing the week before last, huge computer problems going on.

Well done to Wolves1992 (again), with 40 points. Can anyone catch him?

Fixtures:

Arsenal v Birmingham
Bolton v Stoke
Fulham v Tottenham
Man Utd v West Brom
Newcastle v Wigan
Wolves v West Ham
Aston Villa v Chelsea
Everton v Liverpool
Blackpool v Man City
Blackburn v Sunderland

Good luck!

Murphy is the brainless one

Does Danny Murphy honestly think his comments will help?

This will do him no good in anyway. Against the teams mentioned, they will be fired up and he will be a target. Let's hope the FA ask him to explain his comments. It's stupid.

Have any managers complained? Chris Hughton didn't, Mark Hughes didn't, David Moyes didn't. Tackles are part of football and if he can't handle that he should quit.

What's weirder is that he's not exactly a clean player. When we went to Fulham, the two worst tackles of the game were by his side and one of them by him!

As good as player as he is, he has certainly gone down in my estimation. He'll get a great reputation at the Molineux, not forgetting the Britannia and Ewood Park.

Wigan 2 Wolves 0

The international break can't come any sooner. We need to regroup, maybe makes some changes and put together a strong performance against West Ham.

Karl Henry has really let us down. He's been a vital player for us in the premier league, but that's a terrible tackle. A first glance at it and it seems harsh, but each time you watch it it gets worse.

It's an awful result, which leaves us looking deep in the brown stuff but we can't panic. It's way to early for that. There are plenty of points to play for and it wouldn't surprise me if we got a couple of shock results. After the break, there are many faces you expect to have a chance of breaking into the side. Hunt , Mouyokolo, Zubar and Van Damme will be fit by then and I'd expect a couple of them to be in the side that faces the Hammers.

We weren't left with much of a chance after the sending off. There were some good performances in the team. Foley, Craddock, Berra, Mancienne and Doyle were excellent. Jarvis was never in the game, he had to much work to do. Ward was disappointing again, I thought it was very unfair on Elokobi that he didn't start. Edwards, for all his work, isn't creative enough. We were crying out for someone to make something, all Edwards could do was pass it straight back to the person he had received the ball from.

Hahnemann - 7

Foley - 8
Craddock - 8

Berra - 7
Ward - 5

Jarvis -7
Edwards - 6
Mancienne - 8
Henry -5
Fletcher - 6

Doyle - 7

We have to sort ourselves out before the game at the Molineux, otherwise we are going to be in a huge mess.

Wigan v Wolves Preview

It's no six pointer (too early for that) but this game could prove crucial over the next month. We need to win this won or at least get a draw as we have a tough run of fixtures to come after this and the West Ham game.

Last season, at points in the season, when we really down we managed to pull ourselves together and get a result when it mattered. Both times after losing to Birmingham we looked deep in trouble, but we dug deep and beat Spurs both times. The game at West Ham, which basically kept us up was another when we produced. You could even say this fixture last season, when Andy Keogh headed in our first goal of the campaign was another.

And like last season, our good performances will turn into points. We could easily have seven more points than we do right now, but our concentration has let us down. If we keep playing the way we have been, we will start picking up points.

I would expect two changes from the defeat against Villa. George Elokobi in for Stephen Ward. George was excellent when he came in, possibly the best I've seen him play. The other change being Jelle Van Damme in for Dave Edwards. Despite his homesickness he's been an important player for us this season and has always played well.

My team:

Hahnemann

Foley
Craddock
Berra
Elokobi

Jarvis
Henry
Jones
Van Damme

Doyle
Fletcher

Lawro thinks Wigan will sneak a win, I disagree. 2-0 Wolves.