MC: You really think a carling cup match against an under-strength blues side is reason to think we're going to get promoted ahead of them. That's scraping the barrel.
It was the FA Cup and it was more or less the same side that they had played in the previous few league games. The match reports are on the Birmingham website and they list the players. Since your statement is so sparsely furnished with facts, yes I do still think we will get promoted ahead of them. "Scraping the barrel" is making up that it was a different competition and an under strength side because you can't bear to be shown to be wrong. Your original question: Have you seen anything in the last month/2 months to suggest we are on our way to improving our current predicament? I stand by my Birmingham example. If you want more evidence I attach a match report from our 3-1 win over Watford, only *18 days ago*. Here is a link if you want to read some other views from people that went to the match http://www.molineuxmix.co.uk/vb/showthread.php?t=35795&highlight=watford *Fantastic, good solid performance and three points in the bag and Reading only get a draw!! * Hennessey - *7* - Made some fine saves especially in the first half to keep us ahead before half time. Thought their goal was a bit soft but looked off-side? Foley - *8* - Another consistant performance by Foley, back to his dominant self assurance on the ball Stearman - *9* - Excellant combatative performance by Stears, won countless headers put in strong tackles and teamed up well with Craddock considering this was their first game together for almost the whole season Craddock - *7* - Solid display from Jody, whose name was sung out many times. Solid in the tackle, solid in the air and calm on the ball. Has a calming effect on Henessey too as he talks to and helps the defence. Ward - *7* - Good game from Wardy always up for the challenge, never gives in and plays his heart out for the shirt. Linked up well with Reid too. Kightly - *7* - Looked to be more up for this game than those of late. Good cross for our second goal and always looked lively. Did not take his man on as much as I would have liked but played his part Henry - *7* - Solid performance in the middle of the park winning balls and generally breaking up play Jones - *7* - Much better performance from Jones. Another who seemed more up for it than of late. Good performance tackling passing and general effort Reid - *7 - *Again he played well, that is twice I have seen him in our colours and twice he has played well. Always full of running and a constant pain for their defence to deal with Keogh - *6 -* Tireless running by Keogh and a great break, so pleased he got a goal and a good one at that. He does get bumped off the ball a bit too easily and seemed to pull out of a few challenges early on. SEB - *9* - *MOTM* - Fantastic performance by SEB. He never stopped working from the moment we started until he was subbed late in the game. Held the ball up well, the ball seemed to stick to him no matter how hard it was hit at him.* * 2009/2/17 Marcus Chantry <marcus.chan...@macquarie.com> > You're having a laugh! You really think a carling cup match against an > under-strength blues side is reason to think we're going to get promoted > ahead of them. That's scraping the barrel. > > ------------------------------ > *From*: nswolves@googlegroups.com > *To*: nswolves@googlegroups.com > *Sent*: Tue Feb 17 21:00:38 2009 > *Subject*: [NSWolves] Re: Where are you Steve? [sec=unclassified] > Have you seen anything in the last month/2 months to suggest we are on our > way to improving our current predicament? > > *Yes, we hammered our promotion rivals Birmingham in the cup in their own > back yard. That was about a month ago. If they are our only competition > for second spot then I'm not too worried.* > > > 2009/2/17 Marcus Chantry <marcus.chan...@macquarie.com> > >> "This brings me back to my original point. When Wolves are playing >> well, you expect their form to turn bad. When Wolves are playing bad you >> expect their form to stay bad." >> >> When we *were* playing well I don't recall saying anything to suggest >> that I expected our form to suddenly turn bad. I do remember saying however >> that there were numerous games leading up to our current poor form where we >> played badly but still managed to get points. Since that point we have done >> stuff all to show that we have the ability to improve our chances of >> promotion (SEB's hattrick aside). If we were showing glimpses of brilliance >> or we were continually loosing because of bad luck/ bad decisions then I >> would expect our luck to change and our form to improve. But all of the >> reports, the highlights, the internet commentary all make it abundantly >> clear that we do not even look like reversing our poor form. >> >> Have you seen anything in the last month/2 months to suggest we are on >> our way to improving our current predicament? If not, how can anyone >> reasonably expect our current form to do anything other than stay bad? >> >> The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not >> the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this >> email in any way and should destroy any copies. Macquarie does not guarantee >> the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions >> expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of >> Macquarie. >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Pig's pudding - it's a mon's dinner aer kid -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
