Can Wolves claw themselves away from mediocrity?

Two wins from two has seen Wolves make their best start ever to a premier league season, with striker’s Doyle and Fletcher catching the eye, the wolves faithful can surely expect a season which offers more than a bottom half slog. Over the years the words indifferent, inept have all marred the clubs performances, with the weakened side sent to Old Trafford being the perfect example. But signing’s like centre half Johnson and creative thinker O’Hara have proven to be shrew business, so can Mick McCarthy’s side take their giant killing mentality to clubs in and around themselves?

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Premiership Review S - W

Having attracted much praise during their relatively brief stay in the Championship for their free-flowing style of football under the tutelage of three different young managers, Swansea City finally achieved their top flight dream last season via the play-off lottery.

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Passionate Premier League Fans

Watching an English premier league match, involving one of these big teams in a public viewing centre in Nigeria is always very interesting and challenging. There are always large turnouts of people at these venues occupying every available space, sweating profusely for lack of sufficient ventilation.

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(Another) 2011/2012 Championship Preview (with predictions and odds)

Clichés become clichés for a very good reason; the fact that they have a solid grounding in reality and truth. Usually anyway. Thus, the cliché that the Championship (no marketing here) is the most hotly contested and difficult league to predict has an element of truth to it. However, certain patterns can be deduced.

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Was Johnson Right to Join the Wolfpack

Roger Johnson, 28, has had two fantastic seasons in the Premier League under Alex McLeish’s tenure. The English defender formed a steady partnership with Scott Dann – who has also been linked with a move away from St. Andrews.

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Team selection: Now we’re thinking clearly

Yes, you heard it right. In a rare moment of clear-thought at Premier League HQ, the men in suits have finally allowed common sense to prevail, by relaxing the rules on team selection. As of the coming season, Premier League managers will be free to select their matchday squads from their registered squad of 25 players, plus under-21 ‘home-grown’ players, without restriction as to which combination of players the manager selects.

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From man love with Harry Redknapp to the condemnation of Michel Platini

But as sun sets on the Tangerines time in the Premier League, I find myself shying away from the sunnier side of things and examining all the things that need looking at ‘in the best league in the world.’

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End Of Season Reports For Clubs

And just like that we’re done with another Premier League season. It seems only yesterday that Manchester United were dropping points at Everton, Spurs were thrashing Inter Milan and Sunderland were dreaming of Europe. Since a very hasty super-injunction has legally prevented any levels of actually insight or analysis in RPO we’ll just make do with a teacher’s review of each club:

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What Survival Sunday means financially

Survival Sunday ™; five teams battling to avoid two relegation places. Ninety minutes that will decide where who from Blackburn, Wolves, Birmingham, Blackpool and Wigan will be joining West Ham in the Championship next season. Cue crying fans, broken heaps of players, managers putting a brave face on things and owners frantically phoning up the accountants.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Blackburn Rovers

Five teams can still be relegated on Survival Sunday and this game features two of them in the only all relegation battle.

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Relegation or Championship?

Sir Alex Ferguson is expected to rest Edwin van der Sar in goal, with either Tomasz Kuszczak or Anders Lindegaard taking his place, meanwhile Patrice Evra and John O'Shea are battling to be fit to play.

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Premier League Preview

Wolves duo Adlene Guedioura and Michael Mancienne are available after returning from injury but Stephen Hunt is now out for a month having injured himself in the reserves during the week.

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The World of Football Mourns Together

Different clubs, competitions, banter between fans, commitment to one team.

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Dean Richards

As a Southampton fan, I’ve been lucky enough to witness many great defenders pull on the famous red and white striped jersey over the last two decades, and Dean Richards was one of the finest.

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Spending Money Doesn’t Always Pay-Off

Nearly a month has passed since the transfer window closed, where clubs were looking to make signings that would change the course of their season.

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