The next two away games for Wolves are at Old Trafford with a Carling Cup tie on Tuesday evening followed by the League game a week on Saturday. Maybe the players will be allowed to leave some of their belongings in the away dressing room to save carting them back and forth. But then I am sure both clubs will make a few changes so there won’t be many of the same players in action from the start in both games. United in fact only played on Sunday at Stoke so with only a two day break they will certainly be resting most of their star men in the Cup game. The reserve team for United is probably not as strong as we have been accustomed to over the years, but they will doubtless be able to field a team that would still occupy a good position in the Championship and maybe even the Premier League.
Wolves will have a number of players on the fringe of the first team who will surely be over the moon to get the chance to play in a competitive game at the Theatre of Dreams. And it makes sense for Wolves to be resting the majority of the first team squad ahead of the 2nd of the 4 league games against top opposition when Man City some to Molineux on Saturday.
I could see a team tomorrow something like;
Hennessey
Van Damme, Baath, Mouyokolo, Elokobi
Mujangi Bia, Mancienne, Davis, Hunt
Ebanks Blake, Fletcher
I would certainly like to see the young centre backs of Baath and Mouyokolo tested against good opposition cause I think both of them are potentially first team regulars of the future, Hunt would probably benefit from more game time as long as he doesn’t have too many aches and pains after a long lay off, and it would be good to see the youngster recalled from Walsall, David Davis, get a game. Fletcher and SEB will need some match time and the chance to prove they are ready if McCarthy feels he wants to return to a 4-4-2 line up anytime soon.
There are actually some good chances in the next couple of weeks for these fringe players to get some meaningful action because it is not only the first team that have a difficult run. The reserves are at home on the 1st and 8th November against Chelsea and Man Utd.
With regard to the first team there is no doubt that Milijas took his opportunity well on Saturday and it will be interesting to see how McCarthy sets up the team for the home game on Saturday. He might go for 4-4-2 at home with Fletcher or SEB partnering Doyle, but it is more likely that it will be 4-5-1 with Hunt and Jarvis occupying the wide positions from the start for the first time. Complicated choice for the central midfield though with Saturday’s trio of Edwards, Milijas and Jones competing with the return of both Henry and Mancienne. It would be a surprise if McCarthy didn’t select his captain Henry, and I can see Milijas and Jones keeping their places. I liked Milijas in the role ahead of the defence so he might play Henry a little further forward to get amongst the City midfield. If he did that then Mancienne might end up competing with Ward for the left back slot, although I do think the Irishman is unreasonably singled out for criticism by some Wolves fans.
I guess it’s why we wanted to be in this division to be playing all the big clubs, but we could probably have done without playing them all together especially considering the league position Wolves find themselves in. But although finding some kind of result during this difficult spell has to be the aim, the main thing is to emerge from the last of this run of games against Arsenal on 10th November with spirits and confidence still intact. And if perfomances remain at the standard set at Stamford Bridge on Saturday then we should achieve that objective.
But first things first and a result at Old Trafford would put Wolves in the Quarter Finals of the Carling Cup and a genuine chance of some Wembley glory. What would be more important, winning a cup or staying up? Financially the Premier League survival is by far the bigger prize, but the chance to win a trophy doesn’t come around too often and when you get two rounds from Wembley it all starts to feel a lot more important. And any success at Old Trafford would do wonders for everyone connected to the club no matter what the competition.
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