Man Utd 4 - Wolves 1

11 goal attempts with 8 on target against a rampant Man U Team ain't bad going really. Against lesser opposition that would be atleast a point.

...gaping holes in the defence, and a porous midfield as well;the reluctance to challenge for the ball outside the penalty area and no attempt to block incoming shots at goal....MU saw this and their forwards started having a go whenever the opportunity arose, taking WH by surprise. The most, or the one effective department, was the attack. The positive point is that MM has seen that only an attacking approach can pay and is worth all the toil and preparation - go for all three points whatever the opposition. So I cannot complain either as to the approach or to the commitment. But I also see that he can hardly do otherwise - with Fletch in the form he is in, and Doyle undropable, not to mention Jarvis. Against lesser opposition, results are possible, barring an encounter with a bad day at the office of the QPR kind.

Although I cannot write a report at the moment, my comment on another thread- gaping holes in the defence, a non-existent midfield but the makings of a partnership upfront between Jarvis and Fletcher- accurately sums up our performance. Crete's comment encapsulates it all as well.

Maybe it's time Mick is sacked. He has the look of resignation all over his face. Pretty pathetic given the amount of money these so called 'stars' are on.

So, another one for Fletch. How much is he worth? That will be for the bidders to decide. The next 'window' is almost upon us and for the first time in our PL experience, we are going to be tested as a club in a way that's new to us. He isn't the biggest earner at the club, if reports concerning the RJ and KD contracts are anything like accurate.He wouldn't appear to be in the inner circle of MM favourites, either.If his treattment last season and his continuing playing of second fiddle to Doyle this season come back to bite MM should he have to persuade Fletch to stay,then what?

I just thought i'd throw it out there,SB.In the absence of anything new to say about the match yesterday, as much as anything.I watched it online, the obvious positive being Jarvis enjoying the wide open space, that he is denied at the Mol, and doing the old slow em down and then out-sprint em from a standing start trick on the fullback.We know what he's gonna do, so does the fb but there isn't much a player can do (within the rules) if a player has that sought of short distance speed from standing.The bigger pitch suited Jarvis's game, whilst at the same time exposed our central midfield as a soft underbelly, offering little or no protection to our rickety defence.Edward's inability to control the ball cost us around their box as it had at Everton.When we are applying pressure and the ball comes back out of the oposition's box, moves are breaking down due to a lack of elimentary control, or the ability to pick a short pass.Milijas gives his critics ammunition with his half-hearted attitude to tracking back, although those around him that did offered little resistance.It was MU afterall, we weren't expecting anything much in terms of a result and we've those two home games to concentrate on. Still no need to panic, I don't think.Holding the position we have is within our own hands , for now. We really could do with the maximum 6pts to give us some kind of buffer against the Jan fixtures.

Yes, he did, dammit! I was rooting for a Sunderland equalizer for most of the game but O'Neill mistook my support for licence to get a winner. How ungrateful can a person be?

If it was as simply down to MM whether we lose players or not, I wouldn't have mentioned it.The players decide where they play, subject to offers. Any tapping up can be done secretly and if a player wants to go, that's eventually what ends up happening.How loved does he feel by his current employers? Who knows...

Take it easy with the comments then, Southbank. I notice you are restricting yourself to telegraphic ones. Only now have I come to know the nature of the operation you underwent ( must have missed some of your posts). I found out for myself that the recovery period is more of a trial than the op itself, first when I had an artificial cruciate (anterior) ligament inserted, left knee, after which I had to go for several weeks first on two then one one crutch. I still carry the two metal clips that held it in place. Another two 'implants' in my body were added in the form of stents inside arteries in the still functioning part of the heart when surgeons found out that my heart was too weak to undergo a bypass after a blockage had rendered the other third dead. I joke that I am totally good-hearted now, any ill feelings I had towards anyone were in the part that is now no more. Speedy recovery then....and keep on resisting the temptation to write a full-blown article.

Blimey Southbank that's a full on commitment that you are here and posting at all, get well soon bud.

Well, I've got a pain in the neck ... but I hope it will go away if the results don't improve.

I playeD fullback, all4divisions, and on the left......but no thank you, we have Wardy and the possibility of another lfb in January and I wouldn't want to cause his Irish heart to beat faster than it should by the prospect on still more competition... heart, well, Southbank, believe it or not, mine ticks least when I am watching WW; I employ this expedient, it did take me some time, of taking a defeat as a foregone conclusion, then anything better than that (about 14 times in a season, just below 37% of the time) it is rewarded with a thrill, just a thrill, no more than that, also because a defeat is sure to follow most of the time. Poor Man U, C, and Chelsea fans, they are obliged to expect 3 points every time! Really,cardiologists should be promoting this and advising people with a condition: protect your heart, support Wolverhampton.