Wolves 1 - 1 West Ham United

So apparently this was a must-win game to us fans, to the manager and the players I do not know.

David Jones for Karl Henry was our only change but after two minutes Jody Craddock went off injured down the tunnel and on came the fragile Richard Stearman. Apart from one save, Rob Green is one of the worst keepers I have seen down here for a long time and it was his mistake that led to the opening goal. He parried a cross from Stephen Ward straight into the path of Matty Jarvis who volleyed first time into the back of the net after ten minutes. We were on top throughout the first half but didn't convert the possession into chances and were made to pay for it in the second half.

Eight minutes in, Victor Obinna was took down by Kevin Foley and the useless Mark Clattenburg gave the Hammers a penalty (couldn't see whether it was or not from my view) that Mark Noble put away with ease. From then on for the last 40 minutes or so of the game West Ham were on top and really should have won with the chances created. We didn't have a clue what to do apart from give Jarvis the ball but we can't solely rely on him throughout the season. Kevin Doyle seems a completely different player to last season, he never gets in any scoring positions and gives the ball away too easily. I'm also afraid to say that me and a lot of the crowd think Mick McCarthy is starting to lose the plot. A 4-5-1 formation at one to the bottom teams is stupid and to take Steven Fletcher off with half an hour to go and replace him with a supposed left-back Van Damme (who doesn't even want to play for us) and play him on the right-wing is a joke. Sylvan Ebanks-Blake finally came on in the 88th minute but never had a chance to do anything. The match finished 1-1 and the fans vented their frustrations at the end with a chorus of boos.

Wolves, this is just not good enough and with our next four league fixtures of Chelsea (a), Manchester City (h), Manchester United (a) and Arsenal (h), we are in serious deep shit and are gonna be stuck down there for a good while. Is it time for a change?

Colin 'Geesus' Hodgkiss

LINE-UPS

WOLVES (4-4-2): Hahnemann; Foley, Craddock (Stearman 3), Berra, Ward; Edwards (Ebanks-Blake 88), Mancienne, Jones, Jarvis; Doyle, Fletcher (van Damme 66)

WEST HAM (4-4-2): Green; Jacobsen, da Costa, Ben Haim, Gabbidon; Dyer, Parker, Noble; Boa Morte; Obinna, Piquionne

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