It might be the high of three wins out of three. Or perhaps it’s the warm feeling that you get from outpassing and outclassing a team that accused you of dirty tactics last season. Whatever it is, it has got me thinking about the Wolves squad and just how flippin’ brilliant it is.
I know a lot of fans wanted us to bring in a couple more players this summer. Some still say we need to strengthen in certain positions, notably at left-back. But watching a team made up mainly of second stringers put a plucky Northampton side to the sword on Tuesday night, it made me realise that Mick now has a really strong squad at his disposal.
Look at the teams below – it shows that we have at least two players for each position, none of which I would be scared to play in a Premier League game.
FIRST CHOICE and SECOND CHOICE
Hennessey - De Vries
Foley - Zubar
Johnson - Stearman
Berra - Craddock
Elokobi - Ward
Jarvis - Hammill
Henry - Guedioura
O’Hara - Milijas
Hunt - Kightley
Doyle - Ebanks-Blake
Fletcher - Vokes
Now I’m not saying that the second string above is good enough to win many games in the Premier League. I reckon it could take on anyone in the Championship though. With the right manager, it might even win it. What it shows is that if we lose two or three first choice players to injury, there are replacements who can do the job.
It’s early days of course but so far I really can’t be anything other than positive about the season. If you’re unhappy about something at Wolves right now then you need to look at your own life and wonder what is wrong with it.
Just remember how we were out-thought by Fulham last season, how Danny Murphy accused us of being a dirty side and how we struggled for weeks to disprove that assertion. At the weekend we played his precious Fulham side off the pitch. It was as simple as that.
And it’s so re-assuring that Jarvis looks like he’s back to his pre-England form and both Fletcher and Doyle have got amongst the goals in the league.
All is well.
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Posted by johnwolf on 08/24/2011
You would think that there were not many Wolves fans who are anything but estatic - I am, but there are some that are not and even a couple calling for Mick's head, I know! how moronic is that, but it goes to show that we still have some village idiots amongst us.
Last season if we had not given silly points away we could have been top 6 or at worst top ten + the players missing at the start, this season we have those missing players back and with a little bit of luck on the injury front there is no reason why we can't be top 10/6 this season, some may laugh - We will see!
We are Wolves....Onwards and Upwards.
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Posted by Charlie on 08/24/2011
We still need a centre-half. Stearman, Berra and Craddock are not good enough. Injury to Johnson and we are back in a relegation dogfight.
Lets hope the great start continues at Villa Park on Saturday, thats the first real test of the season.
Charlie
ATLANTA WOLVES
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Posted by Josh on 08/24/2011
This year's gonna be something special, I think. Scalp the best and beat the rest! Up the Wolves!
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Posted by winky the wolf on 08/25/2011
As a long suffering Wolves tragic, All is good, the big guns from last year Hunt, Fletcher, Keightly & O'Hara are now fit.
The Defence has been bolstered by Johnson. Another CB would be nice, Hammill is coming on nicely. I see Jamie Bullard may be available if fit he could just give us the X factor.
Al my mates here in Australia are really happy for me that for Wolves this may be the stat of something good.
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Posted by RoversFan on 08/25/2011
As a fan of another club that Fulham like to insult, watching Wolves play them off the park was an immense pleasure! Best of luck this season!
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Posted by Mark on 08/25/2011
While there is undoubtedly room for optimism, I suspect Fulham at home and Blackburn will be two of the easier fixtures this year. They are certainly not Chelsea and Man U (I'm not a WBA fan btw). It is important to take points away from those teams because they are likely relegation rivals but tougher test remain. Good luck with the rest of the year.
Posted by Matt on 08/25/2011
Im certainly happy with the state of the team. I would argue that I am scared to play a small number of those Second tier players, notably Zubar and Stearman, and that I would switch Guedioura with Henry and Ward with Elokobi, but overall I agree. All have premier league experience and watching them actually take control of a game for the first time in 3 years was an absolute treat. Up to wolves!
Posted by Robert on 08/25/2011
Not quite sure how Elokobi got placed into the "First Choice" slot. He certainly hasn't been the "First Choice" selection for Mick in the first two matches.
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