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Wolves’ priorities this season are all right to Jamie O’Hara
Wednesday 14th December 2011, 3:30PM GMT.
Jamie O’Hara today insisted Wolves are getting their priorities right this season.
Wolves have beaten Blackburn, Fulham, Wigan and Sunderland and drawn against Swansea – all teams expected to be around them in the Premier League table.
Famously, Mick McCarthy’s men beat big guns Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool last term.
But Wigan, Blackburn and Bolton did the double over them and relegated West Ham and Blackpool took four and three points respectively off the men in gold and black.
It also took until the last month of the campaign, before Wolves redressed the balance swith wins against mid-table finishers West Brom and Sunderland.
Saturday’s 4-1 defeat at Manchester United was Wolves’ sixth successive away reverse but that sequence includes trips to Liverpool, Manchester City, Everton and Chelsea.
However, O’Hara isn’t unduly concerned as they are damaging their rivals by picking up points against them instead.
He explained: “I said to the boys after Saturday’s game that we beat teams such as Man United and Liverpool last season but did not win the games we probably needed to.
“This season it seems to be the other way around – we seem to be beating the teams around us, but not getting the right results against the big clubs.
“I’ll take that all day long because if we beat the teams around us, that’s what we need to do to stay in this league and they are the six-pointers.”
The midfielder also revealed that, like six-goal top scorer Steven Fletcher, he is developing a telepathy with in-form winger Matt Jarvis.
O’Hara said: “It’s been superb for me because I know where he is – sometimes I don’t even need to look. He’s been great one-on-one in the last two games.
“He’s an outlet for me which is great because I love playing that ball – I can just turn and hit it. It’s nice to see him back to his best.”
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