Wolves secured their place in the next round of the Carling Cup by scoring the winner in the last minute of extra time against Southend at Molineux on Tuesday night. A winnning goal at 22:15 didn’t leave much time for a celebratory drink and it was more that a drink was needed to relieve the trauma than toast the performance. It was the fifth consecutive year that Wolves have struggled against lower division opposition at this stage of the competition and the 10,000 Wolves fans that turn up might ask the club to pay them to turn up to a comparable fixture next season.
Only Elokobi of the team that started the game against Everton on Saturday were to start against Southend as the starting line up was;
Hennessey,
Zubar, Baath, Stearman, Elokobi
Halford, Guedioura, Milijas, Edwards,
Winnall, Hemmings
There was not much to reflect on in the opening 27 minutes before Wolves took the lead. Winnall was tripped on the left side of the area and Milijas struck the resultant penalty home with aplomb. It was a lead that could have been short lived. The Southend centre back headed wide from a free header from 5 yards and then when he was left unmarked again a few minutes later he did find the net but was ruled offside.
It was the hour mark before Wolves produced a move of any great quality and this resulted in the two young strikers combining with Hemmings cross volleyed inches wide by Winnall. Then a solo run by Zubar ended with his shot from the edge of the box smothered by the keeper. But it was clear the job wasn’t done when Southend clipped the top of the bar with a long range effort. Things were livened up for a while when Doyle and Ebanks Blake replaced the two young strikers midway through the second half. But Southend were gradually hinting at an equaliser and it came with ten minutes left when a cross from their right wing was met with a diving header from Easton.
Within two minutes Ebanks Blake had the ball in the Southend net but was ruled offside when he turned in Zubar’s cross and that was the final worthwhile action as the game drifted into extra time. Foley replaced Edwards at the start of the extra period and Wolves looked to have won it when Ebanks Blake again had the ball in the net. A Miljas effort was deflected against the post and Ebanks Blake was ruled offside when he turned in the rebound, surely an incorrect decision.
Southend had a chance to win it late on but it was ultimately a feeble shot that went straight to Hennessey. And as the final whistle beckoned and the 10,000 Wolves fans were losing the will to live as a penalty shoot out looked inevitable, the winner finally came. Zubar, who had been by far Wolves best player on the night, played a one two on the right of the box before drilling the ball across the face of the goal and in a crowded area it was Stearman who prodded the ball home.
There were plenty of negatives on the night for Wolves when you look at individual performances with Stearman, Elokobi, Halford, Guedioura, Milijas and Edwards doing little to promote their case for a first team opportunity. Of the youngsters Baath got stronger as the game wore on and was winning everything in the air while Winnall showed more promise than Hemmings up front. Zubar was excellent as an attacking right back and was far and away the best player on the field.
So we now wait for the draw for the next round on Saturday lunch time before Saturday’s Premier League game with Newcastle will hopefully bury the memory of this Carling Cup occasion.
It was confirmed that Andy Keogh’s absence from the line up was due to him being lined up to join Cardiff City on a season long loan.
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