da roleta： Wolves fans are a notoriously hard bunch to please and no one will know that better than Mick McCarthy. After being among the biggest summer spenders, the Molineux faithful were expecting to see their team improve from last year and perhaps even separate themselves from the strugglers. Instead, Wolves find themselves 19th, level on points with West Ham in 20th and above them only on goals scored.
da apostebet： Wolves’ bad form means that Mick McCarthy’s position is being questioned by fans and media alike with names like Ray Wilkins and Chris Hughton being mentioned as his potential replacement. But all is not lost for McCarthy, Wolves face Birmingham and West Brom in their next two games and nothing can lighten the mood around a struggling football team like a win over its nearest rivals. Should Wolves pick up at least five points from their next three games against Birmingham, West Brom and crucially Wigan then there could be some light at the end of the tunnel.
There is no question that these games are winnable for McCarthy’s men. Birmingham are hard to beat but are struggling for points, form goes out of the window when the Black Country comes around and Wigan at home is, to put it simply, a must win game. The prospect of coming through these matches winless is a thought Wolves fans dare not entertain and would surely signal the end of McCarthy’s reign.
Optimists would say that there is over half the season left to play and a good run of form, like Wolves found in March last season, would push them up the league. However last year the league was rather different and it was easier to pick three teams that were worse than Wolves, this year the league is tougher and the three promoted teams all seem to have taken quickly to their new division.
A derby win, as previously said, can lift the gloom from any club, but a defeat can be equally as devastating. Wolves have a terrible record in Midlands derbies recently and another loss in the next two weeks could prove to be too much. Wolves have recorded one win in their last nine games against the Baggies, one win in ten against Birmingham and the last time they toppled Villa was in 1980. History is not on Wolves’ side and McCarthy will be praying for some luck come Sunday.
The truth though is Wolves aren’t playing too badly. They had a host of chances at Ewood Park on Saturday and were dreadfully unlucky not to score. But from a different point of view Wolves proved what many already knew – they have the worst defence in the league. Conceding 30 goals in 16 games won’t keep you up and letting Blackburn score twice from set-pieces at the weekend if a sure fire way to self-destruct. It is true that Wolves have suffered a few injuries to their back four and the loss of Jody Craddock has hit them hard, but when a team’s defensive stability rest on the shoulders of a 35 year-old centre-half then things really are looking bad.
Sunday’s Midlands derby and the following weeks Black Country derby may well prove to be the most entertaining and most important in years. But should evens transpire against Wolves over the next few weeks Mick McCarthy could be losing more than just league points.
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