BomDia! and happy Friday to you. Capping another full week of Blog Squad adventures is Nick with his Portuguese Wolves, who are in with a sniff of European football with just five games of the season remaining, so how will it all unravel? Over to Nick…
Here’s how things stand. After last season’s 4th place finish, I was quietly confident going into this campaign, but it’s been a bit of a topsy-turvy season, and we’ve never really properly got going, so if we do manage to sneak a European place, I’ll be over the bloody moon.
Bom Dia! and welcome once again to more Friday frolics with Nick and his squad of Portuguese Wolves, who after making a great start to their second season in the Premiership, have been going through a blip lately. Can they sort it out this week?…
Despite sliding from 4th to 9th last week, we’re only 6 points off 2nd spot, so it’s not actually as bad as it sounds. Let’s see how many places we can climb with just 16 games remaining…
We start by getting knocked out of the FA Cup at the hands of Sheffield United, as José Veiga has a debut to forget in our goal. There’s no shame in conceding a Tom Youngs strike, but I’ve no idea who the other bloke is…
Old Trafford has been a surprisingly happy hunting ground for us so far, but despite being 10th, United are in no mood to be messed around, and lead after 5 minutes, but we battle back and leave with a well-earned point.
Oddly, we have a 3-week break with no game before facing league leaders and midlands rivals, Aston Villa. We look to be heading for another good point, only to come unstuck at the end and leave with Niel points…
The recent slump hasn’t gone unnoticed by the board, and after being in the Premiership for just under two seasons now, apparently 8th place is no longer good enough for them…
But just as all is starting to look lost, things finally take a turn for the better in front of a record 36,997 spectators against 4th-placed Leicester, thanks to Pauleta, who gives us a 1-0 lead to sit on for the remaining 87 minutes…
We follow the narrow win over the foxes with another against rock-bottom Spurs, where the usually invincible Ian Walker has a rare off-day and is surprisingly easy to score against, as Capucho and Pauleta do the damage.
European football returns after a 3-month break, and we make it three wins in as many games with a solid away performance on Tyneside to put one foot (or paw, seeing that we’re Wolves) in the UEFA Cup semi finals…
A visit from Wednesday is all about the fours… Pauleta scores for the fourth game running to set us on the way to a fourth win in a row, but despite a red card, the visitors equalise four minutes from the final whistle. Four f*ck sake!
The points are shared again in a rescheduled midweek catch up game at Elland Road, which extends our recent unbeaten run to 5 games, but I’d rather the two extra points. This Cassin bloke is really starting to p*ss me off…
A dismal stalemate at Stamford Bridge with 17th-placed Chelsea follows, thanks mainly to Mickael Landreau again, but it’s not all doom and gloom as the point lifts us to 6th place…
My keeper’s fine form is finally rewarded with a call up to the national side, well done Miggy.
And carrying on the four theme, Newcastle take the lead in the fourth minute, but we grab a late equaliser to make it four draws in a row and progress to the last four of the UEFA Cup…
Our reward for despatching The Toon is a quarter of a million and a semi with Real Madrid. Oh joy…
Liverpool end our unbeaten run in a match that’s all done and dusted inside 7 minutes. It probably should have been a heavier defeat, but our keeper is man of the match and most of the defenders have 8/10, which says it all…
The arrival of Veiga means that I now have four keepers, so I say a permanent Ciao to Cao.
And Hugo Porfirio, who has quite frankly been useless, has the choice between Southend, Carlisle and Chesterfield, and opts for the latter…
There are no deadline day incomings, but I decide to let Manarte leave as we’ve got a lot of strikers, with Alexandre doing well out on loan and staking his claim for next season…
We’ve enjoyed playing Newcastle lately, and in our third meeting with them in a month, Pinto marks his return from injury with a goal, and his midfield partner in crime joins him on the score sheet to take us up to 5th in the table…
I was frustrated after all those draws, so this is a nice surprise…
To the UEFA Cup semis then, and our trip to the Bernabéu goes about as badly as it can, the only silver lining being two away goals, which may or may not come in handy depending on how many we let them score in the second leg.
We’ve never managed to shake off our ability to throw in pathetic performances against the bottom teams. Scoring two against 15th-placed Barnsley would have been great if we didn’t give them a 3-0 head start. The Little Tykes…
We wrap this week up at Craven Cottage, where we take the lead somewhat against the run of play, and the hosts are deservedly level in no time. Try as we may, we just can’t find a winner, and it’s two more points dropped…
So here’s the table after all of that, and after a winning a few and climbing up to 5th, some poor results have seen us drop back down to 9th, where we started this week. We’re only two points outside the European places with four games left though, so all is not lost yet…
A quick look at the squad before we go, and after a few sales, we’re down to my preferred size of 26, with most of the youngsters out on loan getting valuable experience…
So that’s it for another week. Join me again next week for the final 5 league games against Bolton, Birmingham, Arsenal, Coventry and Sheffield United, as well as that second leg with Real Madrid. It’s also a World Cup summer, so we’ll be following Portugal’s progress in Japan to pass some time in the close season. See you then. Adeus!
Bom Dia!And happy new year to you! Nick and his Portuguese Wolves are back from the festive break to give you your Friday fix of Champ once again. They were in a great position when we stopped for Christmas, but will that continue this week? Here’s Nick…
After just under a third of the season, we sit in fourth place, equal on everything with Liverpool but with a better goal difference, so not too shabby so far. Let’s get cracking…
Bom Dia! It’s Friday again, and that can only mean that Nick is back to resume his Portuguese adventure with Wolves, who have just finished 4th in their first season in the Premiership. Will European football help attract any big names to Molineux over the summer?…
I’ll start with an apology… some of you may have noticed that last week, I said I was taking a break from this adventure to bring you something special this week. Unfortunately, that something special isn’t quite ready yet, but good things come to those who wait…
So back to Molineux we go, and we start with an outgoing as Soares heads to Spain. He only played 3 games this season, but was a bit of a stopgap anyway…
Bom Dia! and welcome to the finale of Nick’s first season in the Premiership with his entirely-Portuguese Wolves squad. They’re in a great position, but have some tough games coming up. Can they hold it together until the end? Here’s Nick…
Whatever happens over the next 15 games, I’m proud of the boys. I’d have bitten your hand off if you’d offered me relegation survival, but we now find ourselves in contention for European football, so let’s see what we can do.
Bom Dia! and welcome along to another Friday of fun and games with Nick and his Portuguese Wolves, who have made a good start to life in the Premiership so far, including a win at Old Trafford. Can they keep up the good work? Here’s Nick with the latest from the Estadio Molineux…
After taking three attempts to get into this division, my aim before a ball was kicked was to merely stay up, so you can imagine my pure delight at sitting 8th in the table after 12 games. Let us see what this week has in store…
Bom Dia! and welcome along to season four, where Nick and his men have finally made it to the Premiership at the third attempt! They’ll need to step it up a gear to survive though, so what can Nick do with his squad to make it capable of staying up?
I’m straight to work after losing the FA Cup final, releasing Carlos (one of my keepers), and Eduardo’s contract was almost up, but at least I manage to get something for him…
Bom Dia! and welcome to the finale of season three with Nick and his Portuguese imports (plus Steve Bull). They’re in the automatic promotion spots with eleven games left, and still going strong in the FA Cup, so how will it all unravel? here’s Nick..
Here’s the situation. As much as I’d like to finish top, City show no signs of losing (unlike in real life at the minute), so it looks like it’ll be a fight for second with The Brum, although we should probably keep one eye on Coventry…
Bom Dia! and welcome back for another week with Nick and his Portu-Wolves, who after a mini blip at the start of the season are now flying high at the halfway point. Can they keep it up for a run of games that will make or break their season?…
Here’s how the table’s looking. The important thing is the 6-point gap to 3rd place because I couldn’t give a sh*t whether we finish 1st or 2nd really, I just want to get out of this god-forsaken division once and for all! Let’s go…
Bom Dia! and welcome to another Friday in the midlands with Nick and his band of merry Portuguese men. They’ve started season three well, but are without a win in their last three games, so can they get back to winning ways this week? Over to Nick…
We’re currently third behind City and Forest. The goals conceded column is looking about par for the course, but we’ve not scored as many as usual, which is a slight concern. Let’s get cracking to see if we can sort it out…
