Why the Net has the advantage in the ‘Undies world’
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Emotional rollercoaster: blogger
Tuesday 15th April 2008, 9:35AM BST.
I’m expectant, apprehensive, nervous, worried and excited. I will have a constant rotation of different emotions as I think about nothing else today except the mouthwatering clash tonight, writes Wolves blogger Nathan Lloyd.
We were unlucky not to take all three points from a fading Bristol City team at the weekend. City hardly had a sniff, yet we created some great chances and had a stonewall spot-kick claim turned down at the end. Taking a point hasn’t harmed our chances too much, although we could have done without an Ipswich victory in the East Anglian derby, which adds just a tad more pressure to tonight’s game.
Although recently voted the best derby game in the UK, TV cameras will tonight be at Oakwell and not Molineux, covering the glamorous all Yorkshire affair between Hull and Barnsley. I always feel that the cameras are just an unwanted distraction and I’m glad that this game will be only be seen by a full house of paying punters.
In a season of pretty mediocre football, all of a sudden this Wolves team has sparked into life and it’s the perfect time to play the Albion.
Hopefully the rapid Edwards will return in midfield tonight to partner Olofinjana and quash the big threat that the Baggies pose with Greening, Gera, Koren and Brunt or Morrison.
Albion have been extremely dodgy at the back recently, conceding goals early in games and they are obviously vulnerable to a set-piece or 2.
And as with Kightly in previous games, I’m sure Albion will see SEB as our main threat. Their bang on with that evaluation, but hopefully with their defence focused on Ebanks, Keogh or Jarvis will have a little more room to do some damage.
I want to see my Wolves team hungry for that ball, first to the tackle, strong and imposing right across the pitch. There isn’t any room for passengers.
The crowd also needs to play its part tonight. It’s been well documented all season about how this young side has been affected by the nervous Molineux crowd.
Hopefully the moaners will keep their traps shut and instead stay positive and help this team to victory.
I’m keeping my piece deliberately short today, I would rather hear from the fans and where you think the game will be won or lost? Where are our main strengths and weaknesses? How many are we going to win by?
Enjoy the game tonight, roar the lads on and hopefully together we can keep our Premiership dream alive.
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He wears gold and black
People say that he’s fat
Play SEB not Kyle
He’ll run the baggies wild
If he score tonight
Our Playoff hopes will ignite
Tonight sir Ebanks-Blake
For the fans sake
Don’t leave the goals to late…
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Wolves to win 4-0. SEB with a hat-trick.
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great post!!! as fans lets get right behind the boys tonight and make it a night to remember they need us aswell lets not moan or groan if a stray pass goes, lets make sum noise get molineux rocking and roar the boys home to victory!!!! Come On You Wolves!!!
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Again, I think we are all getting carried away. The Boggies are a much stronger side than Wolves and have more of a threat from all over the pitch.
We are all dreaming if we think we can get to Cardiff and win the play-offs.
Albion will win 3 or 4 nil tonight and Mick will be replaced by Ince, finally.
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I watched a bit of the Albion game the other night on TV and they were playing some very good, quick, attacking football.
I hope the Wolves can raise their game, like we have done on big occassions in the past, and get these three points we need to keep our promotion greams alive.
I just hope Albion don’t play the same calibre of football as they did the other day otherwise it’s going to be a very tough game!
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Spot on with the article Nathan I think that this a great chance for the fans to provide a killer atmosphere tonight.
I also agree that Albion will be that focused on SEB that the workhorse that is Andrew Keogh will sneak a winning goal in the final minutes…
In two years Champions league here we come, forget Real Madrid Ronaldo Wolverhampton is the place to be…
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This might sound a bit chicken oriental, but I’d play Kyle alongside SEB tonight. Albion have struggled badly with the aerial threat and I think Kyle would cause them all sorts of problems.
Or we could play Bothroyd? Oh no wait, Mick has given him away to someone else battling it out for promotion.
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Can’t see anything beyond an Albion win, as much as it pains me to say it. Albion are a far better team, and I think this positive blip in form is masking what has otherwise been a dire season for Wolves, and is merely papering over the cracks.
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yes west brom are a bigger club.
yes they have a far better team.
but they are rubbish at set peices i think we will win 4-0
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I don’t believe in the crowd are the 12th man business, although I do believe the crowd can give the players a major boost if they needed it for this game (maybe the same thing it’s just the 12th man nonsense which i don’t agree with).
I think albion will be vulnerable from set pieces, i just don’t understand why Keily doesn’t have anyone on the posts for corners and certain set pieces. This can only benefit wolves with our aerial threat, hence i think Collins will get a goal or two, he may have a hand in an albion goal as well unfortunately, although I don’t think it will make a great deal of difference as wolves will win 3-1 (fingers crossed, SEB and Phillips getting the others).
Molineux will be rocking tonight and I can’t wait, role on 4 o’clock so I can get home and get down the pub! (certain ones are open!!)
Massive game for both teams but I have been really disappointed with SKY’s coverage or lack of for this match. It had about a 20 second interview with Tony M, no-one from wolves and then went to Hull and Barnsley, scandalous!!!
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4# Emma’s Wanderers
I’m sure history shows that the stronger side doesn’t always win, Barnsley are a great example of this. I’m sure you will be listening to the radio whilst you do the ironing tonight.
Paul Ince has bags of potential everyone can see but he next season will be the test for him, see how he does then we can talk about him…
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Great blog Mr Lloyd. Thing is though, the football has been awful all season and I’m not sure it will be anything different tonight.
I think we’ll see another 0-0 tonight and then we will need to win all our remaining games to get to Wembley (not Cardiff as Emma stupidly posted).
COME ON ME BABBIES.
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I am like you nervous excited apprehensive.
I cannot predict the score but my heart hopes that Wolves come away with a win and there is no reason why they can’t if sheer guts and determination in the last few matches is anything to go by and that it is a good game of football.
COME ON THE WOLVES YOU CAN DO IT.
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2-1 To Wolves Ebanks-Blake to get the winner in the South Bank goal late on while the Molineux goes mental!
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Can’t make the game tonight and I can’t believe it isn’t on the box.
Oh what an atmosphere, as Russ Abbott once belted out. Molineux should be noisier than ever tonight.
I think if we can keep their midfield quiet and get about them early on we stand a chance. Apart from Robinson at the back, they are a bit of a weedy side and I would like to see Olofinjana get stuck in and hit them hard.
Come on lads, lets keep the faith.
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Nice blog nathan
C’mon the Wolves!!!
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Spot on as always and a great comment about the moaning boo-boys, tell em to give their tickets to people who will get behind the team if they are coming to moan, if i wanted to hear whinging all night i would have stopped in with the missus instead of going to the game!! anyway lets enjoy the night and hope both sets of fans have a good-natured night and get home safely.
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I think tonight the battle will be won in midfield. If our lads can keep greening and gera quiet, then with our attacking players on form I think we may just sneak a win.
Fingers crossed tonight lads…lets all hope for an excellent game.
The southbank will be a hostile place tonight….lets raise the roof.
Can’t wait!!! Lovin It!!
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Touching cloth best describes my mood today! Your blog sums it up perfectly. Lets hope the expansive and risk taking Albion turn up tonight because they will play in to our hands! WE are the 12th man lets make the difference!
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Can’t see it being a particular adventurous game tonight as neither team can afford to lose.
A loss tonight would put immense pressure on Saturday’s must-win game against Ipswich which if we lost both home matches against WBA and Ipswich would effectively finish our season. The Baggies will still fancy an automatic finish considering Bristol City have 2 forthcoming difficult matches at Stoke and Sheffield United. And more importantly they will be desperate not to chance their arms with another Wembley visit. We must not also forget that they will lose sky’s parachute payments at the end of the season if they are not promoted, along with possibly a fair chunk of their team.
Mick McCarthy cannot afford to lose this match and has been known to be unadventurous when required !!
I do not expect a classic and feel a 1-1 score draw may not be the end of the world for either team
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wat can i say GOD HELP US TO NITE PLZ, just hope we show passion and pride to nite and give them a rite go if we am on our game we can sneak a win, if not can see albion winnig comfortably wud take a draw only if we will win all of the rest of our games. COME ON LADS TO NITE DO US PRAD
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emmas, we wouldn’t play the play off final at cardiff..it’s at the new wembley. GET A GIP WOMAN!!
2-1 WOLVES..HARD FOUGHT AND PLENTY OF PASSION.
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4 Emma – you are obviously a massive fan of both wolves and football, you are clearly up to date and know where the playoffs will be this season.
Your knowledge of managers and how you want rid of Mick is exceptional!
I also noticed you put a crease down the front of my jeans when you ironed them, you also burnt the soup and forgot to duster the flat screen!!! Can you please put a little bit more effort in getting the basic woman chores right and leave the football to the real fans!
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Praying for a Wolves win by a comfortable margin. But I think with the Luck we’ve been suffering and the luck Baggies get, coupled with the fact referee’s come to Wolves and seem to get jealous of the set up…. I think Baggies will nick it cruely!
But heart says 3-0 wolves head says 2-1 baggies
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No they are not a bigger club in any way shape or form. Historically we have had consistantly bigger crowds and a better record of honours, enough said!!!!
They do have a better team than us at the moment though.
I would normally be happy with a draw, but we really need to pile on the pressure on Palace, et al.
Come on you Wolves!!!!!
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Oh and Jayb wolves? Who says that West Brom are a bigger club? A far better team?
We have the better history and the bigger stadium. Yes they may have parachute money to invest in the team, but they aint that much better. I think if you wrote both teams down on paper, you would probably pick an XI which would have 7 from Wolves and only 4 from Albion.
I know Jarrod tried this once and got shot down…
1. Hennessey – Wolves
2. Hoefkens – WBA
3. Elokobi- Wolves
4. Robinson- WBA
5. Craddock – Wolves
6. Olofinjana – Wolves
7. Kightly – Wolves
8. Greening- WBA
9. SEB – Wolves
10. Phillips- WBA
11. Jarvis – Wolves
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9. Are you terry in disguise? Joker.
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just take a look at the championship table in the morning,,,enough said…….GOING UP THE MOWBRAY WAY,,,IN STYLE OF COURSE,,,OH YES
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cant make the game 2night ,will have 2 cheer the boys on from afar via wolves would.COME ON WOLVES 2-1 WIN.
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jayb west brom a bigger club??? have a day off mate!!!!
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5. The albion were dire the other night and have admitted as much. Their defence was awful.
9. Do you support West Brom? If you had been watching Wolves play recently you would know that Wolves are more than a match for them. Albion are just as inconsistent as the rest of the league.
I actually believe Kyle could have an important part to play tonight given Albion’s inability to defend set pieces.
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In the words of 4# Emma Cardiff playoff final 2007/08 here we come……
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I wish everyone would stop the doom and gloom and get behind the lads. We can do it, we can win.
POSITIVITY PEOPLE!!!!
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“I always feel that the cameras are just an unwanted distraction and I’m glad that this game will be only be seen by a full house of paying punters.”
Well, maybe you are Nate, but for me and a bunch of other fans who cant make it to the game, it’s a b**** shame that the Barnsley game is the only game broadcast.
Other than that, I agree with you. Come on Wolves!
Not sure it will do my nerves, listening to the game on the radio, instead of watching the action on tv.
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Nathan, your first paragraph sums up how I’ve been feeling for a week!!
Great blog, can’t wait for tonight come on you Wolves.
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Quality Blog Nathan! EBanks Blake is our mainthreat. But i believe our Key players will be Craddock and Collins… As u said Tescos have been dodgy at the back recently expecially from set pieces! Craddock and Collins are great attackers of the ball! Also believe that Kyle will a decent palyer to have on the bench! Albrecthsen wont facy playing against him!!Think Tescos will score tonight tho!! Going to be a great game!!!
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jayb wolves WBA a bigger club you havin a laugh!!
1.look at attendances this year (avg) same div them having much better season this year
2.oh I nearly forgot Bristol City programme sat quote “wolves are the 8th most successful club in the country” read it and weep baggies
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Another big derby day has arrived with both Wolves and Albion having plenty to play for although the latter sure of at least a play-off place, Wolves minds are not at rest about it.
It`s true Albion have had the better of this derby since last season but now Wolves are due to come out on top. They are playing well while Albion don`t look all that solid in defence. So Sylvan and co have a realistic chance to topple our rivals in one of the most anticipated matches between the sides in recent times. It`s a pity it will not be on the box!
One thing I would not like to happen is for the two teams to meet in the play-offs semis like last season when they had Phillips as their match-winner. Hope he stays on the bench tonight as I regard him in the Gerd Muller mould when a ball just hits him has a good chance of finishing in the net.
So come on Wolves let`s win this big match and make all Gold and Black supporters all over the world go to sleep with a big smile on their faces.
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26 –
gk hennessey
rb hoefkens
lb robinson
cb barnett
cb craddock
rw kightly
lw morrison
cm olafinjana
cm greening
fw phillips
fw ebanksblake
as to the blog
i thought bristol c were denied a pen as well when ball clearly struck wolves hand from a corner!
midfield is were we lost it in the middle, seyi was lazy on several occasions and why oh why didnt he just hit that one chance instead dwelling on the ball! gibson might as well been up in the stands amount of times the ball passed him by!
are we worst team at freekicks?? didnt see one good delievery to be honest! especially early on! and has anything good ever come out these quick free kicks we HAVE to take? i mean only one i can think of is goal vs norwich last season but even then mcindoe was 4yards offside but somehow didnt get flagged
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nice one nathan our biggest strength tonight will be a sold out stadium roaring the boys on
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look at it though lads we don’t have a single player who could get into albions team, except maybe hennesey. we have to accept it albion have been a better side than us for the last 8 years, they even had a better squad when we were in the premiership
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Albion are a very good team and tonight’s match can go either way. If Wolves play to their potential then they can win and I pray they will. If Wolves lose it is still not the end of our hopes for the play-offs, but I dread the thought of the vitriol which will be spilt or spit onto these pages. So tonight, be prepared for walking on air or deep, dark depression, Wolves and Albion fans and may the best team win or draw if it’s the Baggies. My heart is beating fast. Out of darknesscomethh floodlights.
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A heart and head situation tonight.
Good to see the lads in Old Gold now showing a bit of determination and passion in recent games……but I still feel all a little too late for tonight and the play-offs.
We have the basis of a good squad for next year. As most of us said last year…a couple of quick strong centre backs please, oh, and a leader for the centre of mid-field.
We have enough amongst the rest to do well next season. 2 premiership keepers and one or two others that could make premiership levels.
Looking foward to the summer Mr Morgan, don’t disappoint!
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34.Copenhagen Wolf
Thats a good point about the TV cameras. Personally I hate the distraction they bring to a game at Molineux and we rarely perform well. On the other hand I feel for people like yourself who can’t get to the game and would dearly love to be able to watch it.
It is quite baffling that SKY have chosen to broadcast the game they have.
Hopefully the radio can do it justice!
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Will be won or lost in the centre of our defence.
Keep it tight lads, cos we will surely score.
Come on YOU WOLVES
Rob
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like ive said before despite what we all think of MM, we must support the team for the rest of the season. and whatever happens at end of season happens.
we can make the difference tonight, so lets make the difference, lets get the place rocking like we did when we played palace in the play-off 2nd leg about 7-8 years ago now. the place was jumping that night!!
or even like against southampton last season, where even when things were,well not going to say very well lol but we stood by them.
the game only ends at the final whistle, so lets play/support to the final whistle.
YOU MESS WITH WOLVES
YOU MESS WITH US!!!!!!!!!
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Who are these so called Wolves fans coming on this site saying that Albion are better than us all over the pitch…? The stats say otherwise – goals conceded, better goalkeeper?
Bigger club? What!
From the Bristol City programme. Wolves are the 8th most successful club in the country.
Enough said!
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Great Post Nath
I cannot think anything besides the game today.Its that bad i have had half a day off so i can get ready sing my heart out tonight and support the lads.
I feel that the has been some postive posts regards to this fixture.
To all Wolves fans
We are the 12th Man tonight lets forget everything thats happened and hammer these tescos out of site.
BARMY ARMY
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1. Hennessey – Wolves
2. Hoefkens – WBA
3. Elokobi- Wolves
4. Robinson- WBA
5. Craddock – Wolves
6. Olofinjana – Wolves
7. Kightly – Wolves
8. Greening- WBA
9. SEB – Wolves
10. Phillips- WBA
11. Jarvis – Wolves
TAXI FOR Quixotic Wolf.
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Why are people so obsessed about Paul Ince. Do you honestly think he gives two hoots about the club. Whether MM stays at Wolves or not. Paul Ince will go to whoever waves the biggest cheque.
He did a great job when he was at Wolves because he was a professional end of, same as Dennis Irwin, Gary breen etc.
Ince has a huge ego to massage,do you really think Wolves would be the vehicle to do that! People seem to forget what he said when he didn’t get the Wolves job before – absolute disgrace.
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Wolves 8 WBA 0… may as well join in with all these other jokers !
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Come on Jiwal… have some confidence in the lads! Even you must think we have a chance tonight?
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Well said Jiwal. People are only fooling themselves if they think that Wolves stand a chance tonight. Jiwal, I’ll see you in the Steve Bull lower wearing the stripes!
Boing Boing.
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Well Well Well, the moment of truth has arrived. i am not nervous at all and actually think that we will win and win quite comfortably, i think we have to much class for Wolves….. However that will only happen if both teams play top their maximum ability.. thats when class will shine through!
i anticipate an early onslaught from Wolves and i actually expect us to cope with it and think that the half time score will be 0-0.
The 2nd half is when i think that Albion will stamp their authority on the game and eventually run out 2-0 winners, i also think that our subs bench will play a massive part in victory tonight with Phillips coming on and netting around the hour mark!!!
ENDING THE DINGLES FAINT PLAY OFF HOPES….. THE MOWBRAY WAY!!!!
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51 JIWAL are you the one who writes to ALOB fanzine?
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If Wolves win tonight I’ll eat my hat.
No chance.
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49. eddi
And why don’t you point out which players you would replace? Not very constructive was it son?
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It’s going to be a tough match for sure but the boggies aren’t much better than us, the league table tells us that.
We really don’t have anything to lose tonight, for 6 months this season we were terrible with people resigned to mid table. A bit of form and we have a unlikely chance of a play off spot.
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Great blog Nath, couldn’t agree more. Fingers crossed for tonight.
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26,39,49. sorry lads, you wouldn’t get 7 players in our reserve team!
Gera , Brunt, Kim, Bednar, koren,Clement. Miller, Robinson all seem to have slipped your attention . Have a closer look tonight!
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Gutted that I can’t get there tonight (My lad will be there carrying the colours though).
Apart from that all I want to say is I hope everyone that is there really gets the Molly rocking tonight and Wolves run out worthy winners (though I would take unworthy winners as well !!).
As a last thought…. please everyone let’s have no nonsense so that everyone gets home safe and sound.
COME ON YOU WOLVES !!!!
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Same old moaning, negative Jiwal. I’ve read your tripe in ALOB, depressing stuff. Why do you bother going to games? Why bother ‘supporting’ Wolves, if thats what you think you do?
Won’t don’t you and the other boo-boys stay away from Molineux tonight? Some of us want to get behind Mick and the lads.
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I predict either Wolves or WBA will win. If I am wrong it will be a draw. Mark my words.
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another great blog Nathan – I’ve got my ticket for the game tonight and am expectiong a Wolves win: 3-1.
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wolves realist would you like salt & pepper with that. c-mon you wolves
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I think tonight will be a closely fought contest which could go either way. I fear the ref could play a big part in tonights game as ref haven’t been kind to Wolves lately. Lets hope we have a good honest ref who turns down any stonewall penalty appeals for Albion and gives us a dodgy 1 in the 90th minute to win the game.
While we still have a chance of getting in the playoffs lets get behind the TEAM & MANAGER and leave the bitching till the end of the season.
COME ON WOLVES
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kyle and seb up front tonight i really can see kyle ripping open then defence by winning everything in the air.He would win the ball in the air knocking it down to seb to provide chances.
Then if albion decide to push up and have a high line, we will swicth to the pace of jarvis to open them up from the wing.
up the wolves !!
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“Although recently voted the best derby game in the UK, TV cameras will tonight be at Oakwell and not Molineux, covering the glamorous all Yorkshire affair between Hull and Barnsley. I always feel that the cameras are just an unwanted distraction and I’m glad that this game will be only be seen by a full house of paying punters.”
bit hard for some of us Nathan who have to find a internet radio link at 4.30 in the morning!!!
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Really concerned but really up for it. Hopefully the boys will be too. We need to be hard at them for a whole 90+ mins like we were last year. No defensive snoozing please Jody/ Neil.
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68.Aussiewolver
G’day. Already said that was a bit thoughtless of me for those of you that can’t make the game.
I just hate the distraction of the cameras.
Apologies.
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Nate – I’ve listened to Wolves games on the radio for almost 20 years, and have heard some thrilling matches including the famous penalty shootout against Sheff Wed in the FA cup back in 1994-1995, so I am pretty used to the nerves that comes with listening to it through the radio.
Fortunately these days I am able to listen to every game through Wolves World as well as watching highlighs, which does make it easier to support the team overseas, compared to a rare game at BBC Five live back in the 90´es, so I guess I will be allright.
But I do get your point and man I wish I could be at the beatiful Golden palace tonight..
Make it noisy mates!!
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Hi Da, er Jiwal, you took my score guess, well nearly. I predict an all out monster battle the likes Sparta v Xerxes could never have fathomed. It will be Gladiators and Gladiator rolled into one. Epic. Legendary. Forever.
and boring cos like mentioned earlier both teams have too much to play for to make an adventure out of his one. Wolves will play a 1980 cup final formation of 6-2-1-1 and win one nil after a long hoof ball from Hibbert to Grey. Cheers from a rather cool Queensland tonight.
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I had a dream,,E-Banks saved that Charlton goal untill 25 past nine tonight..this is what being a football supporter is all about,,is there anything better..
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Unfortunately I can’t be at the game tonight which is gutting but the way my heart is racing I could do with hiding in a cave till tomorrow. My heart says 2-1 Wolves but the head says 2-1 Steptoes with McCarthy opting to stifle the game rather than going at them all guns blazing. Come on me babbies bring some sunshine into my life…to all you lucky sods going there tonight sing your hearts out and NO booing, we dont want to give the steptoes any ammo
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emma you make a mockery of us women wolves fans never post on here again.
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Cardiff!? Emma? We do have a chance to reach Wembley, only a one in four chance perhaps but it will have to do.
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Rollercoaster? surely the wrong word. We haven’t had any great ups this season. Lots of great downs, ask the guys about Morecombe! Wolves have been mid league all season give or take a couple places.
Even beating the Baggies won’t help really. Look at the table, I do even though half the team don’t, two victories (the games in hand) will put us above Crystal Palace but that is just barely in the playoffs. Getting all three points will only gain one place and still out of the playoffs.
The last few games are going to be tough. The game tonight will be enjoyable as it is afterall a traditional rivalry. Certainly not pivotal for the baggies but if we win will allow us fans a thought of what “may have been” with a good manager and management team. Something be sorely lack.
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Wolves are where they deserve to be an average team in an average division. Albion to win tonight and go back to the top of the table
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Yeah, i agree, simple logic dictates if a rollercoaster is all downhill, it can never return to its starting point.
mick, take a hike.
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All too predictable!
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