Heady days at Molineux as Wolves rack up a magnificent seven wins in a row
By Ian Peasley - not me!!
Trailing 2-1 with 12 minutes to go and looking defensively shaky in the swirling wind and rain, I wonder how many Wolves fans at Plymouth's Home Park on August 8 would've imagined their side would be sitting proudly at the summit of the Championship with a ginormous 22 points out of 24 just seven weeks later? Heady days indeed.
Super Mick's name is once again the chant of the terraces, Sir Jack's back to enjoy the renaissance and converted left-back Stephen Ward is, well, playing magnificently! As if the glorious, fast-flowing, expansive football wasn't enough on Saturday, the home faithful even had the luxury of some Michael McIndoe baiting to leave the ex-Wolves man in no doubt his parting words are as fresh in the fans' memory as on the day he uttered them.
The manner in which McIndoe - a fine player in his time at Molineux before Matt Jarvis was seen as the way forward - snatched his track top on the bench said it all about the way opponents are feeling playing Wolves these days. They're just not getting any joy! Bristol City's famed two-pronged wing attack was disabled by Wolves' organised defence, forcing the Robins into narrow punt down the middle tactics aimed at the ever-willing Dele Abebola.
So who is your man of the moment so far? Eight games in, and without wanting to get carried away, there are so many success stories in the Molineux camp at present. Pacy defensive kingpin Richard Stearman is growing in stature with every game, showing great ball skills and constant cajoling the troops. He's surely a captain in the making.
His growing assurance and skill in supporting other defenders really is allowing his comrades to flourish to the extent that two much-maligned players - Neill Collins and Stephen Ward - are enjoying the best spell of their Molineux careers. Ward is proving tidy in possession in his new role, a tight marker and seems to be getting to grips with knowing when to look for the intricate pass and knowing when to clear his lines which he does with conviction.
Not forgotting Kevin Foley who had his best game of the season on Saturday with some maurauding support play down the right flank. The midfield is also looking stronger with David Jones and the resurgent Karl Henry at its heart.
Jones has a powerful presence and his crisp forward passing is allowing Wolves to attack from the wings with more speed and impetus than last year. Sorry Seyi, but Wolves have £3million in the bank and haven't been weakened in the engine room. And Dave Edwards is one hell of a player to have on the bench if you need to freshen things up!
Kights is forever an enigmatic, irrepressible box of tricks while Matty Jarvis's impressive bursts of speed and good crossing are giving Wolves the ammunition for the big guns up front to pull the trigger and down the opposition with greater ease. Of course success breeds confidence and the potency of Iwelumo and Ebanks-Blake up front is beginning to rub off on Andy Keogh who has markedly improved over the last two games.
So, the league table makes startling reading. Five points within the promotion zone, ten points clear of the play-off places, and just eight games played! Surely our golden summer will come to an end soon and we'll be brought back to reality... this is Wolves after all! Will we do a Watford and blow up or can we emulate Reading and storm our way to the Premiership? Seven weeks gone, just 30 more to go to find the answer...!
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