Blues News Digest
It’s been a few days since the last one, so I thought I’d do one now.
Alex has voiced his enjoyment at being at Blues and apparently the talks regarding a new contract are going well. Birmingham.net
Again another story regarding Alex’s new contract, but also that it is very likely that we will have Joe Hart again next season. IC Birmingham.
According to IMScouting.com, we are after a striker called Itay Shechter. No, I haven’t heard of him either – but it seems like he has a pretty decent scoring record.
Jack Buckland has played for England U17s. Official Site.
The ticket details for our visit to Portsmouth in the 6th Round have been announced. Official Site.
According to the Daily Mail, Roman Pavlyuchenko has issued a “come and get me” plea.
We did a couple of articles today. One about Wayne Rooney and one about the Wolves fine.
The PL Issue Wolves a Suspended Fine
I see the Wolverhampton Wanderers have been hit with a suspended £25,000 fine for fielding a weakened side against Manchester United. Now while at the time I thought Mick McCarthy was mad to do that, Wolves had just had a good result against Spurs, and they just MIGHT have got something against United – the thing is what is going on here? So why would they fine Wolves? What are the rules?
The Premier League rules relating to this subject are:
E 20 In every League Match each participating Club shall field a full strength team.
B 13 In all matters and transactions relating to the League each Club shall behave towards each other Club and the League with the utmost good faith.
It seems cut and dried then, Wolves deserve their fine – let’s move on, however it isn’t that simple.
The top four have played weakened sides in a variety of games to protect themselves for the likes of the Champions League. Any fines dished out? No. Why? Well because of the talent that they have at the clubs. With the greatest respect to Wolves, or in fact virtually any other side in the Premier League outside of the top four or five – it would be obvious that they have fielded a reserve side. It would be less so for the other sides, and therefore they won’t ever get fined for this.
This isn’t a knock at the top four, it should be up to clubs if they want to play their reserves for whatever reason, I think they should be entitled to.
With hindsight, McCarthy should have left three or four of his first team in to make it look less obvious! 
Mind you, Wolves did beat Burnley the following game, and if those three points mean that they stay up – then a £25,000 suspended sentence will be worth it!
Kev
Blues Legend Joe Gallagher Speaks to Joys and Sorrows
Following our successful interview with Kenny Burns at the end of last year, here is our 2nd interview with a former Blues legend – this time Joe Gallagher. Along with Kenny, Joe was one of my heroes in the ’70s.
I was chatting with Joe for nearly an hour, and I found him to be a really friendly person who clearly is still fond of the club.
The article is a little long, but I didn’t feel there was a logical break so I have published it all in one go unlike Kenny’s interview.
I hope you enjoy it.
Kev
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I started the interview by asking Joe how he arrived at the Blues from Merseyside.
I played at school, and was lucky enough to play for the U11’s Liverpool Schoolboys and played in Penny Lane. I progressed through the aged teams, I was selected for the Liverpool Schoolboys U15’s and played in the England Trophy final, the schoolboys equivalent to the FA Cup. During the 1st leg against East London at South Liverpool’s ground, the Birmingham scout asked if I would like to sign for the Blues – and as a 14 year old I jumped at it. A few months later, Don Dormon sent a one way train ticket for me to get the train from Lime Street to New Street.
Don met me at the station in 1970. I had holes in my shoes, holes in the back of my trousers and he took me up to St Andrews. I was totally in awe at coming to a big football club like the Blues. I was on trial for a couple of weeks and then I was signed as an apprentice. You were an apprentice from 15, which was my school leaving age, for 2 years up to 17. If you are good enough and are wanted – you are signed as a professional at 17. Thankfully it went well for me, and Freddie Goodwin signed me on my 17th birthday.
Tell us about the youth side, were you in the same youth side as Kenny Burns, (Kenny spoke very fondly about the side)?
Yes I was. Ken and Trevor are about a year older than me. They were a fantastic side. Kenny, Trevor and many other really good players. We through most stages of the Youth Cup but knocked out at the quarter final stage at Highbury by Arsenal. But a great side, and many great memories.
The 1972 promotion year was the year I discovered the Blues, what was your memory of that year?
It was just before I broke into the first team. However I was at the ground and have great memories of us getting promoted. There were some great players too Trevor, Roger Hynd Dave Robinson.
So back to you, what a 17th birthday present!
I know, I look back now and think it was just fantastic. Signing for Birmingham, a big professional club, as an apprentice and then as a professional was a dream come true – something that any lad would love.
Joe Gallagher
You made your debut for the 1st team at 18, tell us a bit about that
Yes it was down at Arsenal. I think we lost the game 1-0. Liam Brady made his debut, who went onto to be one of the great Arsenal and Ireland players. It was a great memory and a great privilege that I made my debut in the same game.
Did you become a regular fairly quickly?
Yes, although Freddie was very protective of his younger players – as we saw with Trevor. He played him and then left him out. Trevor was so good, the manager wanted to play him – but left him out from time to protect him. I was in the team pretty regularly and was captain at 19.
In those early days, who did you look to of the experienced players, to learn from?
Roger Hynd was in the position that I would eventually take. He was a big older player – a thorough professional. Freddie always took the team to the St Johns Hotel in Solihull before the game, and I was always in the same room as Roger – the same with the away games. The reason was so I could learn from Roger of how to be a a professional. Not just football, but the way he behaved, what he ate, what he drank etc. To be honest it did have a big impact on me, and I did take on a lot of this as a professional.
I guess when you leave home at that age, you need help
Yes absolutely. Just before I came to Birmingham, I went on holiday with the school and I got really homesick. I ran away to go home with a mate, and the Police came and found us and took us back. A few months later when I came to St Andrews, my brothers wondered if I could cope. But I did take to it, but the input from Roger really helped that to be honest.
You played for the club over 300 times scored 20 or so goals. What was your best moment?
Unfortunately there wasn’t that many really great moments – other than playing for the club against players like Kevin Keegan and such like. My happiest, or best moment, was scoring the winning goal against Liverpool. We won 2-1 and Trevor got the first. My Mom and Dad had come to watch the game and were sat up in the main stand opposite the edge of the box.
Now all week in training, Trevor, Archie Styles, Ken, Howard Kendall and I – had been working on a free lick routine. Howard would get the ball on the right hand side of the box, Archie and Howard would send work the ball with eventually a cross coming over to the back post where I would be running into it. We’d practiced this ALL week and it WOULDN’T go right! Either Archie and Howard got mixed up, the ball would be played wrong or the cross would be off target.
Anyway, in the Liverpool game – we got a free kick in the same position. We signalled to each other that we would try the routine. So I moved up over the half way line and moved towards the back post. Archie and Howard set themselves up, the other lads moved into position in front and behind me ready to make their runs to free up space for me.
Archie jumped over the ball, I made my run and Howard floated an absolutely brilliant ball over and there was Phil Neal, Tommy Smith and Emlyn Hughes Phil Thompson and Ray Clemance in goal. I jumped and beat them all to it and headed it straight past Ray. He got a minute fingertip touch to it – but it went straight in the far corner.
As it hit the net, I carried on running and turned and saw my Mom and dad in the stand it’s all blue except for my parents who were wearing red! Now my great hero was Roger Hunt, his celebration was running and punching the air. I didn’t score that many, but when I did I would do the Roger Hunt celebration. That was probably my best moment. My parents did want Liverpool to win, but they were pleased I’d done well.
That night I took them home and I was headline news in the Liverpool Echo that a scouser had scored the winner against Liverpool. My parents friends were saying not to let me in! However in reality they were pleased I’d done well.
Were you part of the 3-2 victory at Anfield?
Yes I was. When we went 2-0 up, we looked at each other to say – what is going on, teams don’t go 2-0 up at Anfield! They did pull a couple of goals back but we dug in and won 3-2. (*Note – To put this victory into perspective, Liverpool only lost 11 games at Anfield in the whole of the 1970’s!)
What was your worse Blues moment, (but I think I can guess!)
Yep you said it, it was THAT semi-final. Everywhere I go they talk about it. A terrible terrible memory.
Two things strike me about that tie – your equaliser and that you just COULDN’T get the ball!
For their goal you mean? Yeah Mitchell got his foot up and sort of flicked it hit me on the chest, hit Dave on the chest, hit Mitchell on the chest and I jumped over Dave to try and get the ball. Despite my scrambled attempts I just couldn’t get to it. Who knows what might have happened if we had got to the final for me as a footballer and for Birmingham City FC.
I’m sure if we had made it, we would have beat West Ham
I think a lot of people thought that. I know I would have loved to have played in an FA Cup final, especially with the Blues.
Another down point for you, was your car accident
Yes is 1977. Myself and my wife at the time had been from Tamworth to the Northfield area for a social event. Actually we were judges in a beauty contest! Anyway we were on the way back, I was sober as I didn’t drink as a young player. We were crossing the Coventry Road at the airport end it was like a country lane then. I was going round the bend to the left and the car coming the other way had cut the corner and hit me on the front right side where my right leg was. I don’t know any of the history of the other driver, it’s all a blur – and actually I’m not too keen to talk about that.
However, I’m glad you’ve mentioned it Kevin – because breaking my leg was a really big part of my life. I was on the verge of getting into the England side. I’d had a letter from Don Revie and Les Cocker saying keep your chin up you’re still in our thoughts.
You’d played for the B Side hadn’t you?
Yes I did, at St Andrews against Australia which we won 1-0. I was pleased I’d won one cap at least.
I was at your comeback match against Bristol City, I remember the Kop chanting “Joe is Back”
Yeah we won that match and I scored. I scored in the railway end from a corner and I scored at the near post. I had been out 6 months and a week, but I’d only had one game prior to that match. We had a very small squad so I was needed back in the side as soon as possible despite me being not fully match fit!
Thankfully we won and I scored a goal!
Joe Joe Gallagher!
Who was your favourite manager to play for?
Well Freddie was my first manager and I will always be grateful to him for giving me my chance to play. Actually just to digress slightly, in my first couple of years of being a pro – I had lots of knee troubles and was in and out of the side. Anyway Freddie gave me a £5, (wow!), rise. I went to see Freddie and said I don’t want this I’m just grateful you’re giving me the opportunity to get over my cartilage trouble. In truth the club could have got rid of me because I was injured a lot.
He said you need this, we appreciate what you’re going through, keep going – it’s a little gesture for you to keep your head up. I doubt you’d get many players going back to the manager saying I don’t want this rise!
What about your time playing for Willie Bell?
Fred left just after we lost the semi-final and Willie took over. He was very good to be fair. Willie always played me and appeared to like me.
I remember Willie playing for Leeds United against Liverpool in the FA Cup Final in 1965, so I was in awe of him to be honest. He was very fair and liked me playing, and played me for the club.
Things started to go down hill and you left to go to Wolves. I gather that wasn’t the happiest of times.
Well I was really sold to Wolves, I didn’t want to go. I still had a couple of years of my contract left and I didn’t want to go to Wolverhampton.
What happens in those situations, are you just told – you’re going?
Well in my case, that was was true. At the time Birmingham had just sold just sold Keith Bertchin and were desperate for a striker. They had Pat Van Den Howe, who was a young lad at the time, who could take my position so the deal was a swop deal for me to go to Wolves and John Richards to come to the Blues. Jim came to me to say that there was a meeting with John Barnwell, myself and John Richards.
So the following night we went to the Holiday Inn and I sat with John Barnwell and Jim sat with John the other side of the bar. John Barnwell said to me, I don’t care how their deal goes, I want you at Wolves. I said ok fine. We spoke about wages and sorted the deal out. The meeting finished and we all went our separate ways.
Anyway this was a wednesday and John said to me I would like you at the Molyneux in the morning at 9.00 to sign. I arrived at the ground in the morning, (this was the thursday before the season started), and I went into John Barnwells office and I saw that Jim Smith was down the corridor talking to John Richards.
Again I don’t know what was happening, but I went into the office and John Barnwell gave me the pen to sign. I took the pen, and then gave it back to him and asked if I could go and have a word with Jim first. He said yes that’s fine. I went to Jim and said to him, Boss I don’t want to come here, I want to stay at Birmingham. He said to me Jim we need the money. You have got to come. So I realised he didn’t want me, so went back to Barnwell’s office and signed for Wolves. Not many people have known that story.
I found out later, that John Richards deal fell apart. It was something to do with a due testimonial.
On the Saturday I was captain for Wolves, we played Liverpool and won 1-0. But I underline that I didn’t want to go to Wolves, I wanted to stay with the Blues.
You were sacked from Wolves weren’t you over a PR event, but it wasn’t a misunderstanding?
No it wasn’t a misunderstanding that I was supposed to be in the photo. It was my fault that I didn’t do the photo.
What happened was that I arrived at the training ground, but the lads weren’t getting ready for training they were sat in the changing room. I asked them what the matter was. They said that they had been told to do a photo but they weren’t going to do it. We’re not getting anything for it. So I said what do you want for it?
At the time I wasn’t in the first team – so it didn’t really involve me. Anyway I said has anyone been in to see the manager? They said yes. Anyway I was sat on my seat. The manager came in. John Richards, Andy Gray etc said no we’re not going to do it.
Anyway Derek Dougan came in and said they had to do it as the club needed the money. Then he went round each of the lads and gave each of the players personal abuse that they had to do it. He verbally assassinated them. Anyway he missed me completely. It’s because I didn’t owe him anything. When he finished 20 or so players he said right I’m going to leave you to it.
After he left the players continued to sit there. I was looking round and because they had been hammered by the Chairman, one got ready. I said hang on the ball is in his court, lets wait and see what happens and one of them said no we’ll do it. Anyway in my stubbornness, I sat there. They went out and did the picture and came back. They then changed from the “old Gold” and put their training kit on. I did the same and we went and trained.
The following day I came in for training and all put our kit on. Anyway Jim Barron popped his head around the door and said the secretary wants to talk to me. So I went to the office and he said here you are Joe this is for you. He gave me an envelope. The letter said your contract has been terminated due to breach of contract. He told me I was sacked.
Basically I believe that I had 2 years left of my contract and I was in the reserves, and I believe that Derek Dougan used the opportunity to save the club some money. Anyway I went straight to the manager and I said they’ve sacked me. Did you know I was supposed to go on the photo, and he said no I didn’t know.
So you believe that this was from Derek Dougan?
Oh yes 100%. Because I was on 500 quid a week in the reserves and 2 years to go, he saw it as an opportunity to save money simple as that.
So after Wolves it was West Ham?
John Lyle rang me a couple of weeks later, and I was given a month to month rolling contract. Then Burnley manager John Bond called him asking after me. I said well I’d rather stay here if it’s all the same to you. John Lyle said well you are 28 so you should ask what he could give you. Anyway I asked for a 4 year contract and he gave me one. I was there for the full 4 years.
West Ham were a great club and would like to have been there when I was younger, however I will always be grateful to Birmingham for the 11 years I had there. The coaches, the manager, the supporters were second to none.
What are your thoughts on where we are going under Alex and the new board?
Well Michael Dunford is a really nice bloke. It all looks good to be honest. Hopefully they can do wonderful things for Birmingham City.
In regard to the team, things are going fantastically. Not just because of the run or that the club is playing better or where the club is in the league – although that is great – it’s the fact the new people have breathed fresh air into the club. The previous board did well in the 1st 10 years, but it went stale in the last 5 years.
What do you do now Joe?
I work at Land Rover full time, been there 15 years. I also work for the Press Association working with statistics mainly covering the Blues.
Well thank you very much for taking the time to talk to Joys and Sorrows Joe.
My pleasure Kevin, my pleasure.
Joe Hart, Venger and Wolves – where will it all end?
This was left as a comment by a chap called Nick – he wrote it before today’s game but I thought it deserved to be posted as an article. Enjoy and thanks Nick.
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I lead with Joe Hart, only because he is on loan to us and it’s the loan system I want to have a moan about.
Loaning players out to different leagues, or indeed abroad, to get experience, seems fine to me but I’m not so convinced about same league loans, to say the least.
My main concern is that the clubs with the most dosh, not only stand the best chance of winning anyway but can also manipulate other teams by their influence over their loaned players.
For a start, Joe Hart, will not be allowed to play against Man. City – fair play some may say but can they also stipulate that he can’t play against other teams. Remember Robbie Savage, when we sold him to Blackburn, yes actually sold him, we did not allow him to play against us.
Which brings me onto Wenger and Jack Wilshere. Wenger’s happy to loan him out and Wilshere wanst to stay in the premiership and good for him. Burnley look favourites but Wenger wants assurances that he will play in all games – well at least that was he has said.
Can clubs stipulate who plays for other teams? Maybe Wenger would want to rest Wilshire if, for example, he was playing Wolves two days before Man U. Maybe the likes of Chelsea and MU should loan all their reserve players out to other premiership clubs and really create a stir!
And what about Merlin the Magician, alias Mick Mcarthy? Playing your second team against the top clubs is the beginning of the end for me – and in nay case, what are the rules?
The danger is that we have mini leagues where the top teams put out their reserves aginast the bottom and the bottom teams put out their reserves against the top teams.
The whole league gets devalued like the league cup and soon, the FA cup. It will be interesting to see our line up against Forest and I for one would not complain if we had more than a few changes but I draw the line at the premiership.
I also don’t like the idea of feeder clubs as it’s demeaning to fans.
Anyway, looking on the brifgt side, what a fantastic season so far and all the best for 2010. Credit to Johnson and Dann in particular but Ferguson ensures we play the ball and if Jerome sould ever improve his first/second/third touch, you never know!
Nick
PS Hull had 27 points at this stage last year!
VIEW FROM THE SOUTH – WOLVES vs BIRMINGHAM CITY
Filed under: Blues News, Match reports, Matches, Reports By Bazza
As usual, Bazza has given his take on our game.
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As it happens, my receptionists at work are both football mad; a trait so rare in women at least to the degree that Linda and Juley are. Linda also happens to be the mother of one Matthew Jarvis, the young Wolves winger whom we were looking at before we purchased Neil Danns from Colchester. The eventual choice was an error on our part I suggest but I digress. In exchange for doing the driving I managed to procure a ticket to the game as Linda’s guest and Juley thought it would be fun to come too so having got up at 06.30 on Sunday (there’s dedication for you!)
I picked up the girls in Guildford at eight and we headed north. It was good to have such delightful company for the journey as it was a bit further than usual to Dingle Dell. We picked up another passenger in the form of Matt Jarvis’ fiancée before proceeding to the ground where for once I had the use of a designated parking space in one of the Wolves official car parks. Now Linda told me that the bloke in the car park spoke so fast and with such a local accent that she couldn’t understand a word he said and usually just nodded sagely when she met him. The reason why she couldn’t make out what he was saying was that he spoke pure ‘yam yam’ and I explained that not many people could make head nor tail of what they were on about, sometimes not even themselves, but I would nevertheless do my best to translate.
The said car park steward greeted us warmly and basically told me that ‘Wolves don’ belung in this lygue ‘cos they ai gud in-uff!’ He went on to say ‘Blues’ll beet ‘em tod dyy yam mark moy wurds; wat yam think?’ I tried to be polite by not totally agreeing with him and suggested that I expected Wolves to fly at Blues in the first 20 – 25 minutes and it depended on whether they could get ahead but I thought the most likely result was a draw. Inwardly, I was feeling reasonably confident and I felt that we would score at some stage and provided we weathered the inevitable opening storm we had a good chance of winning. One thing I was sure of; if we scored first, Wolves would be in trouble.
There was a van outside the Stan Cullis stand (there was a fine player [Wolves], good manager [Blues] and a thoroughly honest and decent man) selling hot pork roast sandwiches, and the early start coupled with the chilly day, meant I was ready for one and so were my three companions.
We made our way into the player’s lounge where a welcome hot cup of coffee was available and we watched some of the build up to the afternoon’s football on SKY. Naturally, our game was by far the least important of the games on as far as the media were concerned and the talk was all about the Merseyside clubs and Chelsea and Arsenal. No worries, I’d rather watch a game live anyway. Our seats were just behind and up from the dug outs and we were treated to the pre-match entertainment in the form of some large chested bird with a passable but over-amplified voice belting out ‘Those were the days my friend’ ending with the line ‘we are the Wolves, oh yes we are the Wolves, lah dah dah dah da da, lah dah dah dah da da, lah dah dah etc etc etc. It was worth a smile if nothing else. Steve Bull was also encouraging the crowd to hold up coloured cards as the teams came out which were meant to be the Wolves logo at each end of the ground but because of the gaps it didn’t quite work. One of the logos only had one eye and another no ears so it made for more mirth one way and another.
Finally the game kicked off and I awaited the Wolves onslaught as previously described. However, it was Blues who took control of the early exchanges and Wolves had barely made a tackle or a foray forward when Chucho chased a ball to prevent it going out for a goal kick, gave it back to Seb Larsson who found Lee Bowyer standing in splendid isolation on the edge of the area with not a Gold shirt anywhere near him. He had time to take a touch, look up and chip the most exquisite lob over Hahnemann’s head into the far corner. It was a beautiful strike and one to grace any football match.
Three minutes gone and we were 1 – 0 up. The Blues fans were opposite where I was sitting and assembled along the full side of the pitch in the lower tier of the stand. They went wild as they should, having witnessed such a fabulous goal. I on the other hand had to remain restrained out of politeness to my hosts and out of fear of getting my head kicked in! Linda had the look of total despair and Juley the face of someone concerned that I was about to break cover.
Wolves would come roaring back surely? Not a bit of it; Blues took complete control of midfield and Wolves were out of ideas within a quarter of an hour. Their game plan seemed all over the place and Mick McCarthy swapped his full backs about to relieve the hapless Mancienne from the torment of James McFadden who was running circles round him.
Halford, whom I understand is the long throw specialist in the Wolves set up, was ceremoniously substituted by Kightly after only 30 minutes so dysfunctional were the hosts’ midfield. Halford used a towel to dry the ball before hurling it 40 yards into our box on a couple of occasions and Liam Ridgewell requested the same courtesy when we had a throw in only to take a short one; nice touch I thought especially as it annoyed the home crowd. Mancienne was to follow Halford to the subs bench after half time so inept was his performance to be replaced by Ward.
Blues bossed the first period so comprehensively that the only negative was that the lead was not 2 – 0 or 3 – 0. Jerome shot straight at Hahnemann having worked a good opening to find himself well placed 15 yards out, the keeper made an excellent save from Bowyer’s shot that deflected off Matt Jarvis’ back and Jarvis should have had a penalty awarded against him when he made a risky lunge for the ball but tripped Scott Dann instead. It did look from my angle that he had taken the ball but from the other side it is clear that it was the blue foot that plays the ball and the gold foot that plays the man. Wolves got away with that one and in a way it would have been awful for Linda if her son’s deflection and a penalty award had been responsible for a 3 – 0 lead.
The second half was a bit more competitive with Wolves having a bit more of the ball without really threatening. Keith Fahey came on late for Chucho when Alex McCleish had decided to settle for the 1 – 0 score line. Once again I was baffled as to why he only used the one sub when if you are going to shut up shop there was Carsley and Vignal available. However, the strategy worked although there were a couple of scary moments near the end when Matt Jarvis connected with a half volley that was brilliantly saved by Paul Hart (his only save of the match) when the keeper failed to punch cleanly.
I told young Matt after the game that I hadn’t driven all this way to watch him being a hero; he laughed and took the comment with good grace. Doyle connected with an overhead kick that would surely have scored had Scott Dann not put his head in the way from point blank range. This epitomised the courage and fortitude shown by him and his central defence partner Roger Johnson who were both excellent again. Bowyer never stopped working and put in another man of the match performance. Barry Ferguson was imperious throughout and James McFadden, different class. Stephen Carr turned in another great performance and kept the dangerous Jarvis quiet by man marking him. Ridgewell was hardly tested on the other flank.
The only exciting moment of note in the second half was a swift breakaway from a Wolves corner that Jerome started running half the length of the pitch before giving the ball to McFadden who still had Ridgewell completely free on his right. He rightly felt there was no need to use him and committed to the shot instead. The slightest of deflections by the desperately retreating Ward was enough to take the ball agonisingly wide of the far post with Hahnemann beaten. This missed opportunity made the four minutes of time added on nervous and besides the Doyle chance a free header by Berra was sent over the bar and with that chance Wolves’ hopes were finally extinguished.
In truth they deserved nothing from this game, so superior were Birmingham on this occasion. This was a good performance which should have resulted in a far more comprehensive victory. As for Wolves, they face a long hard winter; most of their squad are simply not good enough and apart from Doyle, Jarvis, Stearman, Iwelumo and Kightly when fit they have very little quality of Premiership standard. The gulf between the sides was plain for all to see and that is worrying because Blues themselves have a long way to go before they are a top half side. Wolves will at the very least have to show a great deal more commitment than this performance if they are to survive. Their next match against Bolton at home could well define their season. As for Blues; same again at Wigan please!
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