Season Review

Now that the dust has settled on a very eventful season is the perfect time to look back on the ifs and maybes that provided the dramatic ending.
The season started so well with an opening an win against Stoke in the sun with a 2-1 win with one of the goals of the season by David Jones. August  finished with two draws away from home which gave us a solid start. September didn't start to brightly with a last minute defeat at Fulham they then did the same trick again against Tottenham losing from infront with Tottenham scoring three goals in 15 minutes. The side hit another low when Villa scored a last minute winner at Molineux.
   By October we had been labeled a "dirty" side by the press and Danny Murphy this wasn't helped by a poor tackle by Karl Henry resulting in a red card and Wolves defeated 2-0. After this all time low a point against West Ham proved we would have some battling to do to keep our place in the league and serious improvements needed to be made. Two straight losses to Chelsea and Man United in the last minute showed some improvements the last game against Man City showed that there was some quality in our squad with an outstanding win 1-0.
 November was equally as disappointing with three straight losses including a poor display away at Blackpool but the month was redeemed with a hard thought 3-2 come back against Sunderland to give Molineux belief again. Luckily other sides were just as bad around us and we were only three points from safety.
 December provided some hope around Molineux with two wins in four and a dramatic win at Anfield providing one of the nails in Hodgsons coffin. But the month was mixed with a defeat against struggling Wigan on boxing day left Wolves so at the end of the month Wolves hadn't moved positions but were only a point from safety.
 January proved a very long month after a mixed start with a defeat against West Ham but another dazzling display against Chelsea saw us win 1-0 an Molineux bouncing again. But the month ended with two losses and a defeat in the fa cup to eventual finalist Stoke.
 February was a much better month for Wolves as their giant killing continued with a win against Man United this was followed by a loss away at Arsenal and a draw against West Brom conceding late on was slightly disappointing. The month ended will with a fantastic win against Blackpool putting them in their place with a 4-0 win at Molineux.The win gave Wolves a much needed boost of being out of the bottom three and all the top four teams played twice and we were playing with real belief
March was a short month with only two games but the belief continued with a home draw against Tottenham and Defoe with two great goals and one disallowed needlessly for us. A win at Aston Villa seemed to be a leap towards safety after a 1-0 win.
 But April was very disappointing and a big step backwards with three heavy defeats and a draw it seemed this point that relegation was inevitable and our injury list growing.
 The final month was one of incredible moments and midland derbies. The first match away Birmingham was a must win although many considered us down already the draw gained mixed feelings and there was still massive work to be done. Then came our biggest game of the season West Brom a black country derby wwhich didn't fail to deliver with a 3-1 win and Steven Fletcher hailed the hero of the day. An away trip to Sunderland backed up the win with only the third away win of the season and safety was a reality once again. Te last game against Blackburn although we got beat 3-2 it was anoth just to keep us up at the expense of Birmingham, West Ham and Blackpool.
But some serious changes have to be made over the summer as we threw so many points away and were very fortunate to stay up.