Wolves blogger Nathan Lloyd talks about a family day out and hopes the Premier League wolves can be kept from the door in January.

This season I have been quite vociferous to my family at just how well this current crop of Wolves youngsters has been playing.

So when I took five family members Molineux to see this talented Wolves team play Barnsley to celebrate my mother’s birthday, the law of the sod dictated that Wolves wouldn’t be brilliant at all!

Thanks to everyone who wished my mother well for her birthday, I know it was greatly appreciated.  Oh and thanks to’ Fozzie’ at the Wolves for organizing the tannoy and programme stuff.

I know it has been said in many quarters, but although we had quite a few average performers against Barnsley, I think Kevin Foley’s contribution must go down as one of the best from any player all season.

I hope we can keep the January window predators away, because if any of the Premier League scouts were there to watch their more probable targets (SEB, Kightly, Hennessey), they might be going back with a few unwanted notes on a surprise Irish right-back.

I know Foley has come out and said that he loves the club and wants to stay for life, but Thierry Henry said the same thing about his wife and Arsenal. Two months later he was divorced and playing for Barcelona.

Surely no player would be foolish enough to leave Wolves next month?

If I was lucky enough to be born with footballing talent and I was at a club like Wolves, top of the table, playing great football, scoring loads, looking like going on and getting? Oops, I nearly said it then.

Then what would motivate me to move to a club in the Premier League?  If you are someone like Henri Camara, then it would no doubt come down to money.

I can’t believe that he moved to Wigan out of ambition to further his footballing career, I mean come on, Wigan?

Unless the likes of Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Michael Kightly and Wanye Hennessey were moving to a Premier League club such as the supposed big four or even Villa and Spurs, then what’s the point?

What happens if they do join a big club with a big squad?  Does that player then just become part of a large squad and then have to battle his way to play all over again?

I suppose I am slightly biased.  I can’t see why anybody would want to leave this great club.  Does Henri Camara regret leaving when he did?  I very much doubt it. I’m sure his bank balance is in a much healthier because of it.

Come January, there has been speculation from all sorts of media that our best players are targets for Premier League clubs.  I think I’d worry if they weren’t targets.  Mick and the team must be doing something right.

I’ll talk about the transfer window in more detail in my next blog, the last this year.  But the Scott Sinclair loan from Chelsea would be a welcome one, although it seems to be Wolves and every other league team currently chasing him.

Surely as a player you would get sick of being loaned out and at some point you will think, either I’m good enough to play for Chelsea or I need to try elsewhere?

This would be Scott’s fifth loan move in three years since joining Chelsea, where he has made just five appearances.

Perhaps you could say the same thing about Michael Mancienne, who is actually a year older that Sinclair.  My advice to Mancienne would be to demand a transfer to Wolves now. What a Christmas present that would be to the Wolves faithful!

Anyway, back briefly to the Barnsley game.  Foley apart, most Wolves players had fairly average games on Saturday.  Unfortunately Keogh went from a man of the match performance against Derby, so I am told, to another anonymous performance against the Tykes.

No one should get on his back, but he needs to be consistent if he ever wants another decent run in the side . Surely he can hear 20,000 of us screaming, “shoot?”

I think manager Mick McCarthy will bring Chris Iwelumo against Doncaster after his recuperating break to lead the line with SEB, who has been nominated for the PFA Fans’ player of the month for December.

So get along to the PFA website (givemefootball.com) and show your support.

The Wolves Hall of Fame always had a seat booked our greatest ever manager, Stan Cullis.  Jackery Jones’ inclusion, I can’t really argue for or against.

I originally went for Billy Annis, obviously only from what I read from reports from the time.  But it is fascinating and quite right that we now have the Hall of Fame and I’ll be a keen observer as to who gets inducted in years to come.

This weekend, away to Donny has that horrible banana skin type feel to it.  Top versus bottom isn’t a guarantee of a win anymore in any league, but surely we should be going to South Yorkshire and getting all three points?

Their key defender, Matt Mills, was sent off in the last game against Palace and will now be banned for this fixture, so that should make it a tad easier to pick up all three points.

Matt Jarvis is chomping to get back in the side and his inclusion would give us the balance we need in midfield.  I’m going for a tight 2-0 win with both goals from SEB.

The great thing by the time we kick off at 3pm, Reading and Birmingham will have hopefully already fought out a goalless bore draw.

Hope you and your families have a wonderful Christmas and I’ll see you all on Boxing Day for the home game against Sheffield United.