Wolves Vs Sheffield Wednesday – Match Preview

By: Toby | March 6th, 2009

So it’s off the Hillsborough stadium with a record of one win in one (sounds a bit better eh?) as Wolves look to get that old Promotion ship back on course. There are a lot easier places to go in search of a win, especially as Sheffield Wednesday have recently made Reading sweat for their three points, having to rely on Kevin Doyle to bail them out late on. Talking on relying on one player to bail us out, that’d be our 22 goal superman Ebanks Blake, who’ll be setting his sights on a Sheffield Wednesday team who’ve only conceded twelve goals at home this season, with only Reading and Doncaster maintaining a better defence at home, and we all knew how hard those games were.

We’ll be buoyed by the fact that we’ve scored thirty goals on our travels this season, more than any other team this season in the Championship and indeed, by the fact that we’ve finally broken that “one win in eleven” hoodoo. Sheffield Wednesday offer a challenge, but a challenge that if we play the way I know we can, we’ll be able to come away with a result which will further steady the promotion push. I think Wednesday’s gaffer Brian Law puts it best in this neat little soundbite.

“I spoke to Mick a few weeks ago and he says they have put themselves under pressure because they almost ran away with it. Some fans were calling for his head, how ludicrous is that? I fell off my chair laughing when he told me.

“I am sure that Mick will have them wound up for this game, we’ve not historically done well against Wolves of late so it would be nice to get one over them.”

Ludicrously negative Wolves fans? Scandalous.

With Birmingham taking on Southampton and Reading playing Plymouth away both of them are facing tough games too, if we’re being honest with ourselves it’s come to that point in the season where there are no easy games anymore, nearly every team has something to play for, there are thirty points still available and everyone wants a piece, whether that to stay up, push for the play offs, or secure promotion. Everyone’s got an agenda; it’s just down to who wants it enough.

Do Wolves want it enough? Well, after getting that elusive win in midweek I’d say that at the very least there are signs that we may well indeed want to get promoted. Kightly was running like a man possessed, Hennessey showed glimpses of his quality and single headedly (literally) winning us two extra points, Ebanks once again found the net, we kept a clean sheet. A clean sheet. Can we combine these elements again? Let’s hope so, because without a doubt all this team needs is confidence in themselves, and once that comes back it’s just a matter of keeping their heads and playing their own game. It’ll be interesting to see who comes in for the suspended Henry, but as always second guessing Mick McCarthy is a thankless task, so I’ll just wait for the team sheet like the rest of you. Predictions? It’ll be a low scoring affair, can’t see us keeping a clean sheet, it’s just not in our set up, so another 2-1 prediction from me, Ebanks brace? Why not.