Wolves - report

There was a grim sense of inevitability about Steve Morgan's Molineux coronation, writes Mark Douglas.

The new owner was unveiled in a pre-match party that had Wolves fans dreaming of the dawning of a glorious new era - but just 90 minutes later the unbridled optimism had dissolved into numbing disappointment as Mick McCarthy's new-look Wolves served up the mother of all anti-climaxes to usher in the new era.

As the hard-bitten Molineux manager will no doubt testify, football has a habit of pulling the rug from under your feet as soon as you start to show signs of hubris - and so it proved on an evening when Wolves' pre-season favourites tag was worn like a millstone around their collective necks.

Barring the flowing move that preceded Seyi Olofinjana's opening goal the Molineux men never threatened to hit their attacking stride and - even more worryingly - they ended up felled by the same defensive Achilles heel that proved their undoing on so many occasions at the end of last season.

Read the full report in the Express & Star.