Six of the best

By Ivybridge Wolf
April 26 2025

A quick quiz. What do Manchester City October 1970 and Leicester City April 2025 have in common? Answer – both of their next games were against Wolves who were on a five top flight match winning streak. On October 24th 1970, a Gould brace and another from McCalliog gave Wolves a 3-0 home win to make it six in front of 32,654. What will happen today versus already relegated Leicester City? Let’s hope the Old Gold show the kind of form and resilience we’ve enjoyed so much to get the right result today in front of the Molineux crowd. As a great sage once said, “First the points, then the pints”, he’ll keep the team grounded and focused, though it’s certainly been fun of late! For those who can remember or those who can’t, our squad of 1970-71 is honoured in the photograph today, some terrific players there!  

Concerning team selected, after a very good performance from Dan Bentley at Old Trafford last Sunday, Jose Sa is fit again and set to make his return. Additionally, both Bellegarde and Hwang are fit and could well be involved. The first eleven have been reasonably settled, the principle changes last week due to injury, so what will Vitor do today? Will Bellegarde get back in automatically (is he fit enough for a start?)? Will Sarabia get the nod from a boss who clearly rates him and is currently the man of the moment after his screamer of a free kick? Finally has Cunha done enough to keep his place? I’m going for the latter, Cunha just three goals behind Jimenez’s 17 five years ago! The final change last weekend was with Santi Bueno will he keep his place or will it go back to The Doc? They’ve all been paying well.

There have been some cracking matches versus Leicester and I’ve had the good fortune to be at both of the 4-3 Wolves’ wins, however this seasons 3-0 win at their place pre-Christmas was as vital as any more recently, being five points behind the East Midlanders. Since then, the difference in fortunes is stark, Wolves getting 29 points and Leicester just four. Surprisingly, to me at least, Wolves haven’t done the double over The Foxes since ’58-59, though their challenge today is, on paper, pretty stiff having won only three of their last 19 away matches, they’ve lost 16 out of the last 18 and bar a good performance versus Brighton, have not scored in nine of the last ten. Finally they have only kept one clean sheet in a win versus Bournemouth last October.

Can the stats play our on the Molineux pitch this afternoon. Every point has to be earnt.

I was due to go today but events have conspired, so will be hoping to follow the match and maybe a bit of racing from Sandown, and hope to update the thread as things develop on the pitch, please feel free to add your comments and thoughts on the match from your own perspective.

All the best, good luck to Vitor and the lads to keep this run going, then we are all allowed to have a drink!

UTW

Needed the add the photo below. A moment worthy of winning any game

Match Thread: Wolves v Leicester City KO 3pm 26.04.2025

Discussion started by Wolves , 26/04/2025 12:56

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26/04/2025 12:56

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chicagowolf
26/04/2025 13:14

This was going to be a “big” six-pointer, and now it has that kind of end-of-season blah about it. But you can bet Sarabia, Bellegarde and Doc will want to play. As, maybe, Cuhna might. Hope he signs for ManU in his quest for “bigger things” and then has to sit watching Spurs grab that final Champions League spot, while Shi is counting his cash and wondering how little of it he can get away without spending.

Meantime it should be fun watching a match where we’re not desperate for points

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Lupy
26/04/2025 13:59

Doesn't look like Cunha has been included in the squad.

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 14:25

Has he been injured Lupy, he was named in the team just before 2pm ……



Subs: Bueno, Hwang, R Gomes, Sarabia, Forbs, Bellegarde, Guedes, Djiga, Bentley.

Vardy and Conor Coady start for The Foxes





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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 14:44

Cunha starts and Doc gets the nod today, pleased to see him back, he’s had an excellent run of form under Pereira.

COMB!!

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 14:51

4 minutes gone, nice noise from the stands , nothing much on the pitch yet!

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 14:53

First shot of the match from Cuhna, well well wide!

Plenty of early Wolves possession

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 14:56

Leicester keeper with a stray pass to Andre who is wide attempting to lob the keeper from 40 plus yards

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 15:03

Toti shoulder barges after his poor error, gives away a free kick and gets a yellow card.
Incredibly harsh yellow

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 15:05

From that and then a long throw, first corner to Leicester,
Decent header from Coady but the save was comfortable.
That throw in was a foul throw

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 15:08

Keeper smashes his clearance against Larsen and unfortunately there wasn’t the pace on that rebound to get into the goal.

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 15:15

27 gone and the first shot on target from Cunha who was unbalanced as the ball came to him following a nice Wolves move.

Plenty of nice passing and approach play from Wolves but the only player to trouble their keeper so far is ….. their keeper

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 15:17

And with that a RAN effort blocked maybe on the line by Paes.

Plenty of Wolves pressure in the last 2 minutes. Knocking on the door?

Needs the killer touch

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 15:20

1-0
Cunha!!

Fabulous interplay from Cunha and RAN, but ends up with a lovely cross on the deck to Cunha who guides it in!!!

Deserved on balance, it had been building to it to be entirely honest

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 15:24

Terrific Lacey cross from Cunha this time on the right, Larsen moved so well to get on it but just wide. Nice play

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 15:33

Long stoppage for Decordova Reid who is injured and substituted. 45 up, 5 extra to play





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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 15:35

Their keeper comes out too quickly, Coady heads back and almost clears him!!! But didn’t!

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 15:38

Good run from Toti to RAN who is fouled in Sarabia territory! Cunha smashes it into the wall.

HT 1-0 versus a poor Leicester side. But it’s only 1-0!

Half way there to the home side who deserve to be in the lead

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 16:10

You win some and lose some in life. I missed the Strand Larsen goal, 2-0 comfortable but I got the first and third in the big race at Sandown.

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Billericay Wolf1
26/04/2025 16:12

2-0 Strand Larsen. 6 goals in 6 games.

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 16:20

Penalty to Leicester, Sa fells Vardy who actually moved his leg into Sa to make sure. Typical Vardy

Superb save from Sa. Brilliant.

Wolves 2-0 Leicester City ….. still

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 16:26

Sarabia and Rodrigo G for RAN and Larsen, our 6 goals in 6 games centre forward!
77 gone

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 16:28

Good ball from Cunha to Rodrigo who drags his shot wide

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 16:31

Great Sarabia free kick knocking into the advancing Agbadou who squares it but Rodrigo’s effort is blocked

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Billericay Wolf1
26/04/2025 16:34

3-0 R Gomez

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 16:35

83 gone and Bellegarde replaces Andre and Santi B replaces the Doc

Two players come off who Like so many Wolves player have played so well.

Now

A great pass from Sarabia puts in Cuhna who runs and squares it to Rodrigo who scores superbly with his right boot !! Lovely stuff

Wolves 3-0 Leicester

It’s six on The trot folks





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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 16:39

Guedes for Cunha
Also Forbes on …. A sixth change due to a Leicester concussion substitute

Sarabia, great chance blocked,
Corner, scramble and cleared

5 minutes added

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 16:42

An 65 yard Agbadou effort on goal , not that far away 😂😂😂

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Ivybridge Wolf
26/04/2025 16:45

A late effort from Guedes after good football from Rodrigo just wide!!!!

But that is it.

Wolverhampton Wanderers 3-0 Leicester City

A comprehensive win, a deserved win, a sixth win.

Well done to all the players and Vitor

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Lupy
26/04/2025 16:45

And guess who forgot to place his prediction--- and the easiest of the season.
Doh!!!

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chicagowolf
26/04/2025 17:03

Never thought I could feel sorry for Vardy but when he missed the pen …..
Had to laugh though. Great result.
No Doyle even amongst the subs; looks like a goner. Baggies?

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Andy Pandy
26/04/2025 17:20

I don't feel sorry for Vardy. The cheating git made contact with Sa, not the other way round. Thankfully justice was done, great save. We were a bit sluggish at times in the first half but a good goal scored. I know I'm on my own with this, but we are going to miss Cunha when he's gone. We managed well without him for four matches but what does that tell us, it was FOUR matches. I'm glad we weren't without him for the whole season. A goal and two assists from him today, not that I rate the assists statistic that highly. As for never changing a winning team b0ll0cks, Vitor changed it twice in the last two matches and we still won.

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Billericay Wolf1
26/04/2025 17:21

What a difference from the beginning of the year when we were scrambling for every point. Now we're looking up not down. Relegation? Huh!!

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Ivybridge Wolf
28/04/2025 16:33

Quote:

Lupy
And guess who forgot to place his prediction--- and the easiest of the season.
Doh!!!

Disaster ….. if it makes you feel any better …… I’ve updated the league table! A couple to predict for the forthcoming Man City match!

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