View from the Opposition – Wolves
A bit about you:
Name: Lady Wulfruna
Current home town: Leicester (36 years)
Birthplace: Wolverhampton (Codsall – the posh bit!)
How long have you supported your team? 50+ years
Overview of your club:
Favourite thing about your home ground: Hearing ‘The Liquidator’ being sung…very loudly
Favourite match played by your team & why: Wolves 4 Leicester 3 (2003-4) – fantastic comeback from being 0-3 down and meant I could hold my head up high on return to work on Monday. Winning the 2002-3 Play Off final was also sweet as it meant not only we’d be promoted (to play teams like Leicester) but watching it at home I was able to play my own copy of ‘The Liquidator’ continuously and very loud to my next door neighbour (a Leicester season ticket holder)….who proceeded to take me to the pub and buy me beer….all in all a very good day!
Favourite player of all time who played for your club: 'The Tipton Skin’ i.e. Steve Bull, closely followed by Wolves (and Leicester) legend Derek ‘The Doog’ Dougan and John Richards…all were great goal scorers. I also had the added bonus of delivering theirs (and Mike Bailey’s) newspapers as a young lad in my home village.
About our forthcoming match against you:
Your favourite current player in your squad and why? Ruben Neves – oozes class and as we’ve seen he’s deadly from outside the box
Player in your squad we should most fear and why? As above + Adama Traore…I think he will relish having the Portuguese play makers to give him space
Player in our squad you most fear and why? Jamie Vardy – he’s similar to Bull – no nonsense with an innate desire to score no matter what’s in front of him and as shown last week Leicester need him badly and a partner to take some of his markers. James Maddison looks like he could go a long way…and coming from someone who was former cart horse centre half, Harry Maguire is sheer class…City will have to fight hard to keep him
Up and coming prospect in your squad? Any of the unknown Portuguese!
How do you think you’ll do against us? These are the games Wolves will target especially early in the season and whilst the weather is good so I think we could sneak a narrow win. They’ll need to up their game though from last week However a draw would suit us – whatever so long as it’s an entertaining game.
General Questions:
What did you think to the summer transfer activity both in and out of your club? Bostin’…which is Wulfrunian for brilliant….the owners mean business. Haven’t seen much of Dendonker but he reads well. I was gutted Barry Douglas went as the 2 x wing backs were instrumental in Wolves’ play last season
Where do you think you’ll finish this season? Top 10 is expected with serious ambition thereafter
Who do you think will win the league? Sadly…Manchester City….but I wouldn’t mind Liverpool as they’re playing some really entertaining football…and I like their manager’s passion…bit like Nuno!
Which three teams do you think will get relegated from the Premiership? Cardiff, Huddersfield and Brighton
Any other comments? Thanks Matt for letting me do this. Let’s hope for a really entertaining match…like in days of old in the (annual/routine) clash of the Steve’s (Bull and Walsh). Enjoy folks