It’s a decisive week in Wolverhampton Wanderers season. Friday night sees the Championship leaders visit second-placed Cardiff City before hosting playoff contenders Derby County at Molineux. Defeat in south Wales will see Neil Warnock’s side favourites to win the title, something which seemed heading inexorably toward the West Midlands. The Bluebirds, six points adrift, have … Read more
Sunderland boss Chris Coleman refuses to give up his quest for Championship survival. For the sixth time this season, the Black Cats were unable to string back-to-back wins together and combined with other results, their plight is desperate. Sheffield Wednesday left the Stadium of Light after two goals in seven second-half minutes completed the Owls … Read more
The only thing certain in the Championship promotion race is that the teams qualifying for the play-offs are going about it the hard way. Except for Fulham, who are making a decent fist of hanging onto Cardiff City’s coat-tails. Derby County were desperate to drop out of contention, only ending an eight-game winless run at … Read more
Chris Coleman savoured the 4 – 1 thrashing of promotion-chasing Derby County at Pride Park last Friday but knows they still have a lot of work to do if they are to pull off the greatest escape of all. The former Wales boss knows better than anyone that Sunderland hasn’t won back-to-back games previously this … Read more
The international break over, Wolves head to Middlesbrough for a match which neither side can afford to lose. History is against the men in old gold; they haven’t won on Teesside in 67 years, but Nuno Espirito Santo doesn’t care for records. They weren’t his Wolves teams which lost at Ayresome Park or the Riverside; … Read more
Ipswich Town boss Mick McCarthy announced he is to leave the club at the end of the season, bringing his six-year reign at Portman Road to an end. The former Republic of Ireland manager will not be renewing his contract with the Tractor Boys following a meeting with the club’s owner Marcus Evans on Wednesday … Read more
Leeds United boss Paul Heckingbottom is already looking ahead to the 2018/19 season and claims the Peacocks need to be ready to fight for promotion. After an outstanding start to the season, Leeds faded ultimately costing Thomas Christiansen lost his job. Leeds’ slide from the playoff places to mid-table obscurity continues with their form in … Read more
Neil Warnock will see Cardiff City promoted to the Premier League in one of the automatic places if his tactics are as devious as his money-making skills, reckons Paul Peschisolido. Warnock already has a record seven promotions to his name and is on course for his eighth as the Bluebirds chirp happily in second, seven … Read more