posted Oct 5, 2008

"You will most definitely have a different game to contend with at Molineux. We are second for a reason. I don't want to take anything away from Swansea but you are needlessly over looking quite a lot of things about the Wolves team.".............don't think my comments overlooked anything, and I'm sure that when both teams meet at the end of the month, both with full strength, and you with the home advantage, it will be a great game!.........By the way we like beating Prem teams, ask Hull!....

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posted Oct 5, 2008

Hey DragonPhill... the comments weren't aimed at you, but yeah, you're right, it will be a different game! Apologies if you thought they were.

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posted Oct 5, 2008

Excellent article as always John.

Lets not forget that back in 2006/7, when we won six games in a row, it took another five more games before we managed to register another win. Whenever a side gets on a good run like we had been on, you have to accept the fact that it will come to an end. Surely we couldnt have foresaw the circumstances in regards to the injuries we have had, but i do believe we can come back from this even stronger.

We havent become a bad side overnight. Im sure at the moment if you were to remove Owusu-Abeyie, McFadden, Phillips and O'Connor from the Birmingham side they would struggle. We have an excellent young side and a good manager, so lets keep backing them.

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posted Oct 5, 2008

All teams are going to have injury crisis' to contend with over the season. Ours has been particulary severe, hopefully the international break will ease it somewhat and we can kick on again with the same attacking vigour that has got us all dreaming that this might be the year.

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posted Oct 6, 2008

Good luck to the lads this season - The championship is no walk over and whilst we've had a great start we have to manage through the inevitable changes, it's football! (North & South banks will have to bite there lip through these early troubled times) To adapt with the 4 guns out we should simply shut up shop with 11 behind the ball if need be, play for the draw, keep the fans in a semi positive (as in not defeated mind set)and with a few points in the bag wait for the 4 guns to return. It may not be pretty but points matter so draws will do until the firing squad are back in town! Look back at the last few years and positive consistency is the key to the big time - Being too greedy this early on may result in no silver lining and the loss of some potential Wolves heros to the prem. Stay focused fans.

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posted Oct 6, 2008

I think the last week or so has been a reality check, and a harsh one at that. However, as you point out, it does not mean we have an average side. I believe Mick McCarthy has assemble a fine side and the last two games are just part of the learning curve. We all know that Reading are a fine side but I suspect what told last Tuesday was a little more savvy having played in the Premiereship. Conceeding a soft goal and then losing key personal certainly didn't help.

I don't disagree with the resting of Wayne Hennessey but I think McCarthy would have been better to have come out earlier than he did and state clearly that he was simply resting him. Has the extended discussions about Premiereship transfers distracted him ...?

McCarthy is obviously closer to the players than we are but I would have liked to see Vokes start alongside Keogh in the tried and trusted 4-4-2. Experiemnt with other systems when we're two or three up or in cup games.

As I stated in one of your earlier blogs, if we're leading comfortably, why not give substitutes like Jason Shackell and George Friend extended periods in games so they can cement understandings with the rest of the team.

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posted Oct 8, 2008

I think that we shouldn't let this one of fluke defeat get in our way of promotion dreams. in (at the most i would hope) 3 months time we will have our full attacking team back and if the championship is as tight as last year then we could definatly fight for an automatic promotion spot.
P.S. i write this on my teachers laptop and i arrived in class today to see the BBC sport article on the game projected onto the board. he won't let me hear the end of it because as i'm sure you'ved guessed by now he's a swansea fan.

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posted Oct 8, 2008

so the inevitable has happened. this is why football is more than a mere ball sport. all of our lynch pins injured in one fell swoop. if,s, maybes, there will be lots of them this season. "if me auntie had balls, she,d be my uncle" a great quote, from a great manager, Brian Clough. sums it up nicely. like other teams, we can only deal in reality. play who you got, and take it from there. 2 deafets in 10, we would of all jumped on that. now for the next 10. just watch, support and take it all in. 36 to go.

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posted Oct 10, 2008

Hi John

No team at any level can cope with losing half of there starting 11. International break has come at the right time.

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