Cautious Roy raises eyebrows

by Charles Atlas on May 16, 2012 in Uncategorized

“I know one or two people will raise their eyebrows at my decision but that is what I have decided and I must live by that.” So said Roy Hodgson at today’s press conference justifying his squad selection. Looking at the squad I can’t help but think that the core of the failed World Cup [...]

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Would you believe it? Not me guv….

by Charles Atlas on May 13, 2012 in Uncategorized

Re-reading my thoughts ahead of the 2011/12 season just finished has been a rather sobering exercise. Wolves to battle their way to 16th. Swansea, Norwich and QPR to go down.  United to retain the title.  Mmm…  Zero out of five doesn’t point to a successful career as a fortune teller. I was closest with United [...]

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Pitch invasion relieves torpor

by Charles Atlas on May 7, 2012 in Uncategorized

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 v Everton 0 Wouldn’t it have been lovely to have ended the season with a rousing performance involving some new blood – perhaps a couple or three players from the Academy to give them an outing in a game on which nothing rested but would show  whether they could perform in front [...]

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Premier League, adieu

by Charles Atlas on April 22, 2012 in Uncategorized

Wolves 0 v Manchester City 2 It was perhaps prophetic that this game should end with a dark rain cloud hovering over Molineux, from which there came a dousing of biblical proportions. Well almost. This was the ninth successive home defeat for Wolves putting the icing on a season which promised so much and delivered [...]

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Inept ref ruins game

by Charles Atlas on April 11, 2012 in Uncategorized

Wolves 0 v Arsenal 3 Prior to kick off  I’d been discussing with a couple of mates how it has become an accepted aspect of life in the Premier League that the top sides get all the decisions at the expense of those in the basement.  And if ever a game proved that point it [...]

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Bagdad “Bubba” grabs Masters

by Charles Atlas on April 9, 2012 in Uncategorized

The Middle East doesn’t possess a rich golfing pedigree but eventually all poor runs must come to an end and the person they must heartily thank is one Gerry Lester Watson (aka Bubba), born Bagdad, Florida in 1978. Check his Wikipedia page and it affects a double take http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubba_Watson because the photograph features a very different [...]

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Brendan who?

by Charles Atlas on April 3, 2012 in Uncategorized

Even now, after making time to watch Sunday’s Tottenham Hotspur v Swansea game, I still can’t remember his name. I keep thinking it’s Brendan Fraser only for my lads to raise their eyes and somewhat wearily inform me that he’s the actor who appeared in The Mummy. “You mean Brendan Rogers dad”.  That’s him, Brendan [...]

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Same old same old

by Charles Atlas on March 31, 2012 in Uncategorized

Wolves 2 v Bolton 3 As the number of minutes of decent football – whilst playing at home this season – creeps towards the two hour mark (it currently stands at 1 hour 50 minutes) “the right man’s” record stubbornly refuses to get beyond that of a dead cat bounce. 1 point from a possible 18 is [...]

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Gallows humour descends on Molineux

by Charles Atlas on March 18, 2012 in Uncategorized

Wolverhampton Wanderers 0  v  Manchester United 5 “A week” as they say “is a long time in football”. Last Saturday, following a dispiriting defeat at the hands of similarly lowly Blackburn, we saw the less savoury side of Wolves diehard support with an ugly post match demonstration.  Eight days later, and we experienced the polar [...]

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Trap door beckons

by Charles Atlas on March 10, 2012 in Uncategorized

Wolves 0 v Blackburn Rovers 2 Franksy’s phone in on BBC WM is crackling with a mixture of frustration, anger and resignation as a stream of Wolves’ fans dominate the airwaves.  The ever popular Jez Moxey is the public enemy number one. “He’s a great businessman but he wouldn’t recognise a slide rule pass if [...]

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