Go West Young man...QPR V Wolves

With Winter finally making an appearance in the UK Wolves had an away trip to Loftus road ,home of Queens Park Rangers in West London.A game that if Wolves lost could well have seen the manager being sacked by the club's owners.So the pressure was on...

The day did'nt begin in great fashion with the pub we'd earmarked to meet in being boarded up.Proof,if proof were needed, that the Rugger Buggers of the Tory party care little for us solid and thirsty footballing working class chaps...Luckily there was a real Irish pub--as opposed to the plastic O'Neill's Oirish ones-- up the road that was happy to serve us.

I like Loftus Rd.In the argot of today it's "Old Skool" A tiny box of a stadium that holds about 18,000 who are so close to the action they can almost shake hands with the players.When they eventually move to a new purpose built stadium they will inevitably lose a big part of what makes this club almost unique in the all new germ free world of the Premiership...

After the much publicised bollocking the Wolves players got from owner Steve Morgan in the week the expectation were we'd come out of the blocks all guns blazing but it was the Hoops who started the brighter and it was no great shock when debutant Bobby Zamora cracked in the opener,unmarked from about 12 yards out.Long gone are the days when opposing fans sing "When you sit in row Z and the ball hits your head it's Zamora"He's now a fine forward.

The turning point came after half an hour when Cisse saw red.Johnson was late in his tackle and dumped Cisse on his arse.Just a normal everyday foul but Cisse took exception and grabbed Johnson by the throat,Luckily for us there was no reaction from the Wolves skipper,otherwise he may well have been off too.
 The rest of the first half petered out,but a change from our beleaguered manager,taking defender Stearman off and replacing him with forward Doyle,galvanized the away team and within a minute of the restart Doyle's cross evaded everyone in the box and came to Jarvis on the left,he skipped inside and curled a lovely shot into the bottom corner.Game on...

Suddenly the shackles had been lifted and Wolves began playing with speed and confidence,bombing forward at every opportunity,but we had to wait till the 70th minute to take the lead.O'Hara--returning after a double hernia op--slid the ball into the box for Doyle who turned his man and shot instantly into the bottom corner...Cue mayhem in the Wolves fans section...

Doyle celebrates his winner with Ward,O'Hara and Ebanks Blake...You beauty.

As nearly always happens when Wolves take a lead we then stopped doing what it was that had put us in a commanding position and tried to sit back and defend the lead.Luckily this time Rangers could'nt get past our defence.Especially the commanding Bassong making his debut.

Wayne Hennessey did have to make one outstanding,world class save from Taarabt---who is either mecurially gifted or a show pony depending on your view point---Henners is fast making himself favourite as Wolves player of the season and personally i would love to see him as first choice keeper in the GB Olympic team...

So a much needed win that takes us out of the relegation zone and gives everyone a boost for our next game,the Black Country Derby versus our hated rivals WBA...Another win would be just what the doctor ordered...

I thought the travelling Wolves fans were superb yesterday,backing the players all the way even when being out played and losing.Thankfully the team eventually repaid the fantastic support.

Finally the delightful QPR midfielder Joey Barton tweeted that had Cisse stayed on the pitch it would have been a Cricket score...He's probably correct judging by the way England have been batting lately...