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Unsurprisingly it was an unchanged Wolves team that set out and they took the game to West Ham and clocked up a succession of early corners which West Ham found difficult to defend. Wolves were the better team in the first half of the first half but the Hammers had the upper hand in the nxt 20 minutes. There were a couple of brilliant challenges by Stearman that came to Wolves rescue before a mistake by Elokobi let in Sears but Hennessey saved. When Sears then beat Hennessey, Stearman was in the right place to clear off the line.
Wolves also opened the 2nd half brightly and Green thwarted them on three occasions. He pushed away a Milijas shot then produced a brilliant save from a Berra header before also denying Ward. From their first meaningful attack of the half West Ham were to take the lead. A Stanislas centre picked out Cole who completely missed the ball but it hit Zubar who was coming in behind Cole and rebounded into the net for an own goal. Hennessey then tipped an Upson header on to the bar and caught the rebound.
Fletcher and Edwards replaced Hunt and Elokobi with 15 minutes left with Ward moving to left back. And we knew it wasn’t to be Wolves day when Ebanks Blake sent a header crashing against the bar from a cross by the excellent Foley. And three minutes later it was game over when Sears turned in Ben Haim’s cross.
Hennessey – had a good game making some good saves and looking confident with crosses. Looks like making the position his own now.
Zubar – had a decent game. Probably unlucky with the own goal.
Stearman – excellent game with some really tough tackles and was unjustly booked for one that didn’t even look like a foul.
Berra – also played well and starting to form a good partnership with Stearman.
Elokobi – the Hammers got in behind him for the crucial first goal and he presented Sears with a good chance first half
Jarvis – Wolves struggled to get him into the game and he is not as big an influence as he was earlier in the season
Foley – really warming to the central midfield role and the captaincy. I made him Wolves best player.
Milijas – again won his share of tackles and looked the most likely to create something
Hunt – much better now, finding his true form
SEB – unlucky not to score when he hit the bar and always a threat to the Hammers
Ward – worked hard but one shot apart, didn’t unduly trouble the home defence
So Wolves are back at the bottom of the table but thanks to the Liverpool win remain well in touch with the pack. Some difficult games coming up, starting with Chelsea at Molineux on Wednesday, and its going to be a battle right through until May. But today was not a repeat of the Wigan game, today Wolves were a match for the Hammers and can count themselves unlucky to get nothing from the game.
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