Alex Neil, A Proper Away End & The Hills Have Eyes | A Week Of Wolves
Thirteen points clear of third now after our draw away at Preston. It was a weird sort of game again. We showed glimpses of brilliance at times, Cavaleiro especially. The Preston manager, Alex Neil has done magnificently well in the meantime to piss of the Wolves faithful after saying that Wolves players go down too easily blah, blah, blah. He failed to mention that his side have accumulated the most yellow cards in the division so far this season, wonder why that is, eh Alex? Wind yer neck in.
Both of John Welshâs bookings were yellow cards no matter which way you look at it; they were late and didnât win the ball, thus meaning itâs a yellow card. Welsh apologised on Twitter after the game saying he lets his teammates down or something to that effect. At least he knows he was in the wrong.
Do our players go down too easily at times? Possibly. Do they do it more than anybody else? Absolutely not? Our players, notably Jota, get seven shades of shit kicked out of them on a regular basis and the officials do nothing about it. Our players never con the officials, at least as far as Iâve seen this season, all they do is go down if thereâs contact and with the way the officials tend to ignore the treatment of our players, I canât blame them.
Keep It Down, Helder
The game itself against Preston was one that we should have won. Costa had a good chance in the first half, well the only chance of note anyway, he was played through and then he blazed over when if he had kept it on target it wouldâve made Rudd work in the Preston goal. Browne gave the Lilywhites the lead not too long after the interval as he rose highest from a well-delivered corner from the left; Iâve watched back a few times and Iâm still undecided who to blame so Iâm just going to put it down to a well-worked set piece. Thatâll do.
Welsh got sent off minutes later as he pulled Cavaleiro back without him even being over the halfway line. It was a stupid tackle and one of those that the commentators would say âheâs took one for the teamâ, the only issue with that is that Welsh had already done the same thing in the first half. Rightly sent off. Thatâs right, you heard Neil.
After the red card, it was all Wolves. We controlled the play, pass, pass, pass, pass. You get the picture. The goal was amazing, if it was in the Premier League or Champions League it would be lauded for weeks and months, but because itâs âjust Wolvesâ it will have barely got a second glance.
Cheers, Helder
Cavaleiro span away from three players, Iâm not entirely sure how, Costa received the ball on his left and finished with his right after a somewhat lucky bounce after riding a tackle. The away end behind the goal went bang. Not one of those shitty ones where the fans just stand and clap. There were limbs all over the place.
Unfortunately, after that, we couldnât get a second and it wasnât down to lack of trying. Afobe came on, Bonatini came on. We were throwing the kitchen sink at them, annoyingly, Rudd didnât really have a save to make, with the exception of one of Nevesâ long drives. He only scores belters, that lad. 1-1 it was and that coupled with the good news from Craven Cottage that Villa had finally been found out, it was a good day all round because Preston had only lost once in a blue moon so a point is acceptable. Letâs hope there is similar glee from Craven Cottage this weekend, alsoâŚ
One of the things I love about the Football League is that the games come thick and fast, Saturday, Tuesday, Saturday and so on. This week we have Norwich on Wednesday, due to them playing last Sunday and Fulham on Saturday. 17:30 and under the lights. It was one of our best performances when we played Fulham at home earlier in the season; their footballing style suits us down to the ground and as it stands so far this season, no team has managed to out football us. Nobody will either, we are mint.
It’s Normal To Be Irrational If You’re From Norwich
Weâll beat Norwich, no drama at all. They have a weird hatred for us that Iâve never understood and theyâre one of the teams that I donât particularly care for. I remember a group of them in Wolves a few years ago singing âwe only hate Wolves and Ipswichâ or something along them lines and I was scratching my head trying to figure it out. Then again, if youâre brought up in Norwich, you can understand them being irrational, some of the characters down there seem to be more suited to the âHills have Eyesâ than England. Never mind.
Iâm going to go over some old ground here; we need to bring back reserve football, you know the proper stuff? We got dicked by Villa last night in the Under 23s, 6-1. I mean conceding six goals at any level isnât good, but, when itâs to them Villa twats, itâs unacceptable.
We canât even use the âweak squad approachâ because our starting eleven was on par to most of the Championship starting XIâs, let alone any U23s. Scott Sellarsâ performance has to be looked at as our U23s havenât been that good as of late and it annoys me that we donât play the same formation as the first team. Whatâs the point in that? How can a centre half who plays in a two step up to play in a back three? It makes no sense. Change is afoot, one would imagine.
World Domination Will Be Ours
Our womenâs side lost as well over the weekend to Coventry United, whoever they are so itâs not been a good few days really, with the exception of the menâs senior side. I would like to see us dominate womenâs football and I do think that we will chuck some money at it once weâre established in the Premier League. Weâll win the lot, world domination is en route for us. Yes, itâs tongue in cheek, calm down. Well, it is slightly.
All things considered, if I was a betting man and luckily I am, Iâd be backing us to beat Norwich and Fulham in a double at the tasty price of 4.26/1. Lump on.
Until the next time.