Two weeks off: Good or Bad?

Battle of two of the three best teams in this division to wear a variant of orange in their kits. (Bristol City, Hull and Wolves (not mention Blackpool))

Time to find out the answer to that question and after two weeks off we have Bristol City at their home ground tomorrow.

They have won one of their last seven i believe, and we have one four of the last five away games. In addition to that we have our star winger Michael Kightly back in training and partaking in a special reserve game this coming Tuesday with a view to coming back next Saturday.

Squeaky bum time as they say and we better be ready.

Our run in begins tomorrow and with young defender Mark Little back in the fold with the aforementioned Kightly fighting for places and filling out the squad.

As long as Steven Elliot doesn't get anywhere near the squad anytime in the near future, then we have a good chance of not messing this up.

But.... we're Wolves, and even a short glance at our recent history would tell you that this is not the time to get too optimistic. Something that most Wolves fans, myself included have a hard time accepting.

With three games in a week and all three being extremely important lithmus tests showing the true character of the squad we have.

I don't believe in the large gap between the Premier League and the Championship that everyone cries about week in and week out. I believe in the Portsmouths and the Readings of this world, and I wholeheartedly believe that any team that goes up this year has a shot to truly stay around for a little while.

While there are some exceptions to this though. Ipswich, Plymouth and some other hoverers look like Derby part II, but you never know.

I for one would love to be $60 million USD richer, and try again or steadily improve our chances for the years to come with that boatload of money.

Maybe I just want to see us beat the likes of Manure again.

Time for hope or don't get your hopes up?

Three Cheers today for Bournemouth who took another step towards alieviating some of the problems that have plagued the club recently.

But...

Sad news for the North of Wales, as it looks like the Mighty Wrexham Football Club are going out of the league this year. Really sad as the history they have is amazing and they are really a proud club and it is a sad day in the Football League. Hope they come back ASAP.

So close, but who knows. That's the story for AFC Wimbledon this year as they are in 2nd place in the Isthmian League Premier Division (proudly celebrating their 101st year in existence) or level seven of the pyramid, one step away from the Conference South.

Now onto normal news.


Wolves

Well when I last checked in we were hovering around tenth and trying to figure out where the hell we were gonna finish in the table this year. No proven strikers, no Kightly, no tactical knowhow, but we had spirit and hope and we've made it up to seventh.

One point back of the playoffs, two games in hand and six games left in the season.

As of April 7th

Games
Played Points

Bristol City 42 70
Stoke City 42 69
Hull 41 68
Watford 41 68
Albishite 40 67
Crystal Palace 42 62
Wolves 40 61
Ipswich 41 60
Charlton 42 60
Plymouth 42 59

Remaining games:

Sat. Apr 12 Bristol City vs. Wolves (A)
Tues. Apr 15 Wolves vs. Albishite (H) (BLACK COUNTRY DERBY)
Sat. Apr 19 Wolves vs. Ipswich (H)
Tues. Apr 22 Wolves vs. Cardiff (H)
Sat. Apr 26 Coventry vs. Wolves (A)
Sun. May 4 Wolves vs. Plymouth (H)

So in the last six games we play (as of now at least) 1st, 4th, 8th and 10th as well as Cardif who is on one hell of a run and Coventry who are trying to avoid relegation. Coleman looks like he has Coventry going in the right direction whether or not they get relegated.

For Wolves supporters all around the globe this is the time when a choice needs to be made: Keep the hope that not only can we nick a playoff spot, but, maybe and that's a big maybe, we can go for the throat and try for one of the auto spots.

Or....

We can cock this up like every other time and lose the games against the contenders and draw the other two to finish in mid-table obscurity and start thinking about summer break and the thoughts of opening day next year in this god damned division again.

The game this weekend is going to be huge. If we can pull one off at Ashton Gate and Blackpool can help us out tomorrow night against the Shite than the table will look a hell of a lot different after this weekend especially with Palace beating Stoke earlier tonight.

I don't know what to think anymore. Pull a Derby and not only be happy playing the big four and the like but also coming back down with 30 million quid or Hope we pull a Reading and take the division by storm.

Sadly I don't really see the latter coming true, but I have hope..

And as they say, "Hope is the last thing to die"