Wolves v Hull - five talking points
Wolves were indebted to an Allan McGregor blunder as they drew 1-1 with Hull City.
The game continued their unbeaten run, which including pre-season games stretches back to April.
And on another day they could easily have won. Wolves correspondent Tim Spiers picks out five talking points.
Wolves played their best football of recent weeks
Kenny Jackett's new midfield, utilised throughout pre-season and now for three competitive games, has been hit-and-miss so far.
It remains a work in progress but Wolves played their best football of recent weeks here.
Each of the midfield quartet made an impact and they were well supported by Dominic Iorfa, who outshone Scott Golbourne in the attacking stakes, with the left-back the more impressive defender.
Conor Coady continued his remarkably impressive start to life at Wolves with another man of the match display, James Henry was incessantly positive and often the catalyst to get Wolves moving, Kevin McDonald did the simple things well and David Edwards was, well David Edwards, in yet another performance of intelligent movement and relentless defending from the front.
Combined, they exerted control, moved the ball well in Hull's half and created more than enough chances to win the game.
Sheyi Ojo, Rajiv van La Parra and Jed Wallace will add width when required - and width is what is missing from this system, with Benik Afobe and Nouha Dicko too often dragged wide.
But there were plenty of promising signs against a Hull side likely to challenge for promotion.
Jackett shows his ruthless side again
Karl Henry, Wayne Hennessey, Roger Johnson, Michael Jacobs, Jamie O'Hara, Sam Ricketts, Stephen Ward and Leigh Griffiths are just a selection of players to have been on the wrong end of Jackett's ruthless streak.
Jackett admitted it was a tough call to make. Ikeme has been a constant in the team, along with Richard Stearman, Danny Batth and McDonald, during Jackett's reign.
And there is a case for him having been the most consistent performer since Jackett took over in summer 2013.
Ikeme has made a couple of clangers in recent weeks, including of course for the Blackburn goal last weekend, but to drop him for that is certainly harsh.
Jackett, it seems, merely believes that Emiliano Martinez is the better goalkeeper.
The young Argentinian is being touted by some as being Arsenal's number one glove-man in the long run, so he may have a point.
And after a shaky debut against Newport Martinez didn't put a foot wrong against Hull, making one very important save from Chuba Akpom in the first half.
With promotion at stake there is no room for sentiment and the team is far more important than any individual.
And with Martinez likely to return to the Emirates at the end of the season, if Ikeme's first-team exile continues in the coming months it suggests he is being judged as not good enough to be Wolves' custodian in the long run.
As Jackett said, a tough call.
Earlier substitutions needed
This game was no different. Adam le Fondre was ignored until injury time, while Van La Parra was ignored altogether.
Sheyi Ojo got 15 minutes, but by this time Wolves were, to put it simply, knackered, and on the back foot for the closing stages with Ojo unable to make much of an impact.
It was a safety-first approach - and against such strong opposition this was understandable.
But with Wolves possessing their strongest squad since they were last in the Premier League, Jackett must make better use of the quality attacking players at his disposal.
Le Fondre in particular will be itching for more game time and a player with a goalscoring record as prolific as his clearly has so much to offer.
When Wallace is fully fit Jackett will have a plethora of options and how he uses them, both in squad rotation and with effective substitutions, could define whether this season ends in promotion.
Hause shows signs of improvement
Understandably, when faced with a £12m-rated striker, he struggled at times.
But he also looked far from assured when up against Newport striker Scott Boden - a player released by Halifax in the summer, in a nervy Capital One Cup performance last Tuesday.
With Arsenal starlet Akpom and Croatian international Nikica Jelavic lining up for Hull, Hause could have been a weak link in defence.
Far from it. The 20-year-old was positionally sound, looked confident in possession and made some important clearances.
His one negative was conceding the penalty - it may have been a soft decision but Hause wasn't in control of the situation and was naive to lay his arm on Davies.
But otherwise Hause displayed the kind of qualities that could make him a top centre half for years to come.
More performances like this and Batth will find it hard to reclaim his place.
Coady's impact since joining from Huddersfield this summer has been deeply impressive.
Here he delivered yet another man of the match performance, combining rousing challenges with searching passes and a couple of decent long-range efforts.
He is fast becoming the heartbeat of this Wolves team and continues to show maturity beyond his 22 years.
He and McDonald, with their composed and unruffled natures, are forming a dynamic midfield partnership.
It must be said that both faded in the final minutes, but before then they were dominant against Huddlestone and Isaac Hayden.
