A golden day for Wolves

Nearly 4,000 Wolves fans made the trip up the M6 to watch our opening day of the season all the way up to Blackburn cars and buses were draped in gold and black. We decided to stop at the Golden something and after a few beers made our way down the Featherston(I think). But by the time we got there it was full and Wolves fans were in full voice and luckily we could still get a beer from the car park beer van! All Wolves fans were well behaved even though I dont know what they would have done if they weren't. A new Elokobi song for the season with the corous "I'm glad here came, I'm glad he came" I'm sure you will here it on Saturday.

 Wolves fans had well and truly taken over Blackburn and optimism was high as we made our way up the steps up to the top tier to quite a good view even if we were still a little bit far away.

 Wolves started on the back foot with Wayne Heynessey making a fantastic save and reminders of past visits to Ewood were evident. These were made worse by Formica who was played in by Jason Roberts after he muscled off Berra the shot was then cooly slotted it past the stranded keeper. But our heads didn't go down and we hit straight back after a good passing found Matt Jarvis who found Steven Fletcher who headed it straight in. From here Wolves brought the game to Blackburn with several openings before half time the best falling to Stephen Hunt who had a really great game and seemed back to what we saw at the end of last season. His chance was hit over but really should have found the back of the net but we'll forgive him after the work he put in. Blackburn really struggled to find any openings as Rodger Johnson took control and as the game went on Jason Roberts in particular looked to get very frustrated. 

After half time Wolves came out the blocks with a bang with Matt Jarvis driving at the Blackburn defense and got took down in the box. Kevin Doyle put down the ball and I had visions of him firing it into the top corner as he did so well last season. But this time he looked more nervous and didn't get enough on the ball and the penalty was easily saved. As the home fans were still celebrating Steven Ward shut them up again as the ball was headed back out for him to volley into the net with great accuracy.

From here Rodger Johnson and Berra controlled the game even though there were a few nervous moments but full credit to a great Wolves performance. Rodger Johnson looked like he had been in that back four for years and Stephen Hunt was "Here there and everywhere" which opened up space for Matt Jarvis to work his magic.