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Dare we start to dream?

A View From The South Bank November 3, 2009 @ 4:45 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Arsenal have won nine and drawn two of their last 11 games in all competitions.
Arsenal have scored 32 goals in their 10 Premier League games this season.
Arsenal beat north London rivals Spurs 3-0 at the weekend - and manager Arsene Wenger claimed: "We should have scored more.

Ready for a thriller with the Villa

A View From The South Bank October 22, 2009 @ 5:32 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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We've waited more than five and a half years. So another 37 hours is just about manageable.
But the sense of anticipation surrounding the return of Aston Villa to Molineux encapsulates exactly why we all want to follow a Premier League club.
Liverpool at Anfield, Man Utd home and away, and Villa at Molineux - the four games that make my season, make me thrilled to be a Wolves fan in the Premier League.

McCarthy needs a case for the defence

A View From The South Bank October 6, 2009 @ 4:06 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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When Wolves emerge from the international break, the familiar strains of the Z Cars theme will fill the air at Goodison Park.
How apt - because the current points haul is criminal.
What a fantastic opportunity blown. Eight games, a meagre seven points. Simply not enough.
Now Wolves have their backs to the wall as they contemplate five fixtures against Everton, Aston Villa, Stoke, Arsenal and Chelsea.

We're winning friends - now for some points

A View From The South Bank September 29, 2009 @ 4:24 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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There will be no escape from the Pompey chimes on Saturday when Portsmouth visit Molineux.
But it's inherent on Wolves to keep the alarm bells out of earshot.
I'm increasingly proud of our team, remaining positive about our season, but I will confess to being a tiny bit perplexed.

Standing shoulder to shoulder with Berra

A View From The South Bank September 22, 2009 @ 2:23 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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I've just looked at the Premier League table
And if a sense of order is starting to prevail after half a dozen games, I'm struggling to find much to scare me.
What a great feeling built around the really excellent performance on Sunday against Fulham.
A man's performance, to a man, epitomised by the quite fantastic Christophe Berra, left me sitting in the South Bank, getting re-acquainted with my massively under-used yellow seat, with a contented smile - and a warm appreciation of what Wolves have done since that stunning day in May that none of us will forget.

Ronald muscles in as Wolves raise the bar

A View From The South Bank July 10, 2009 @ 12:10 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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One game down, one victory secured, one bad injury - and we're still no clearer knowing which team Mick McCarthy will send out on Saturday August 15.
I think there are five certainties for McCarthy's line-up against West Ham - Kevin Foley, George Elokobi, Michael Kightly, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Kevin Doyle.

Kevin Doyle - a right Royal signing!

A View From The South Bank June 30, 2009 @ 7:21 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Kevin Doyle and Mick McCarthy have been talking to Midlands Today's Ian Winter after the £6.5m transfer from Reading to Molineux was completed. tinyurl.com/doyleyoutube
The full BBC online story is here: tinyurl.com/kevindoyle

Anfield awakens Mardenborough memories

A View From The South Bank June 21, 2009 @ 11:43 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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If you were only allowed to attend one Wolves game next season in the Premier League, what would it be?
For me, it's the Boxing Day trip to Anfield, provoking magical memories of my trip to Liverpool in January 1984.
No-one gave us a chance, even though Liverpool were without the injured Kenny Dalglish, as the team anchored to the foot of the table arrived on Merseyside.

Dann the man sparks transfer excitement

A View From The South Bank June 11, 2009 @ 4:01 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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On the day Cristiano Ronaldo decided to run off to Spain rather than face George Elokobi, serious signs are emerging than Wolves are ready to make their first forays into the summer transfer market.
And if by this time next week Wolves' Premier League ranks have been swelled by Scott Dann, Marcus Hahnemann and Nenad Milijas, I'll be a happy Wolves fan.

Relegated Wheater ticks all the right boxes

A View From The South Bank May 25, 2009 @ 2:20 PM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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A weekend newspaper headline suggested Mick McCarthy was going to pick over the bones of North East football as he builds a team that will hopefully be competitive at Premier League level.
Well this evening, while I listen to a fascinating Radio 5 Live debate involving Chris Waddle, Mark Lawrenson, Mike Ingham and North East expert Ian Dennis, that thought fills me with absolute dread.

Were Campbell's ears burning?

A View From The South Bank May 11, 2009 @ 11:00 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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After all the exciting transfer rumours following our title-winning promotion to the Premier League, finally a fact.
Mick McCarthy has confirmed he's been talking to Sir Alex Ferguson.
But where does that leave us? In reality, precisely no further forward in trying to second guess the transfer activity of McCarthy, Morgan and Moxey.

Fabulous Foley deserves fans' plaudits

A View From The South Bank May 1, 2009 @ 11:19 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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So much has changed at Molineux since Wolves won their last Premier League game, exactly five years ago today.
But one thing remains exactly the same from the team that beat Wayne Rooney's Everton 2-1 to the team that will line-up to receive the Championship trophy on Sunday.
The 2003/4 team had a fantastic right back, and the 2008/9 team has a fantastic right back.

From Berra to Wheater - we salute you

A View From The South Bank April 20, 2009 @ 10:32 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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Mick McCarthy used 59 players in his quest to deliver Premier League football.
Some played bit parts, and others were simply magnificent as Wolves finally returned to the top flight against QPR - a Quality Promotion Result www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A50111...
And my top 10? Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Michael Kightly, Karl Henry, Kevin Foley, Jody Craddock, Andy Keogh, Wayne Hennessey, Stephen Ward, Neill Collins and Gary Breen.

Eternal thanks to Mick and his squad of 59

A View From The South Bank April 20, 2009 @ 10:28 AM EST Blog Details : Related Items
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On July 21, 2006, Mick McCarthy walked into Molineux and urged us not to expect miracles.
The MM initials on his jersey did not stand for Merlin the Magician, he famously remarked.
Well 1,003 days later, and with varying degrees of help from 59 footballers www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A50112... McCarthy has got us back into the only league worth playing in.