2) It will be a travesty if Wolves go down Ask someone what the Premier League's greatest qualities are and they will probably talk about its pace, intensity, excitement and maybe the ramshackle defending. It is easy to be snobbish about the league - come on, we're all guilty of it - but when sides get it right, the result can be thrilling as Wolverhampton Wanderers' brilliant 3-3 draw with Tottenham Hotspur demonstrated. Few sides encapsulate the good side of the Premier League better than Wolves, who bafflingly are still 19th, two points from safety with only nine games left. That is despite beating Chelsea, winning at Liverpool and ending Manchester United's unbeaten run.
Tottenham might point to the chances they created when they were 3-2 up, especially when Jermain Defoe hit the post in the 83rd minute. Four minutes later Wolves were level but a point was the least they deserved after Mark Halsey failed to send off Alan Hutton for his foul on Nenad Milijas and later disallowed a perfectly good goal when he wrongly decided Richard Stearman had fouled Heurelho Gomes. Tottenham are one of the best attacking sides in Europe, let alone England, and Wolves matched them punch for punch, never once resorting to crude methods to intimidate their opponents. Perhaps because of the furore surrounding Karl Henry's meaty tackling earlier in the season, Wolves get a bad rap and their ability to get the ball down and play is underrated. Matt Jarvis, Nenad Milijas and Kevin Doyle are all terrific players and Mick McCarthy has achieved this on a shoestring budget; at £6.5m Doyle is their most expensive player, while the excellent Jarvis was signed from Gillingham on a free in 2007. The loan signing of the talented Jamie O'Hara, who was unavailable against Tottenham, is another sign of McCarthy's intentions. With apologies to the sides around them, the Premier League will be poorer if Wolves go down. 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. -- Q: If you could change one thing about Wolves history, what would it be? A That Peter Knowles was on the bog when the door was knocked.
