Mick names his 25 man squad

Wolves have been the first side to name their 25 man squad before the 5pm deadline.

Marcus Hahnemann

Kites- Not ready

Wayne Hennessey

Carl Ikeme

Kevin Foley

Ronald Zubar

Richard Stearman

Jody Craddock

Christophe Berra

Steven Mouyokolo

George Elokobi

Stephen Ward

Jelle Van Damme

Karl Henry

David Jones

Michael Mancienne (on loan from Chelsea)

Dave Edwards

Greg Halford

Nenad Milijaš

Adlene Guedioura

Matt Jarvis

Stephen Hunt

Kevin Doyle

Steven Fletcher

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

Marcus Bent (on loan from Birmingham)

As you can see, there's no space for Michael Kightly. This might be a blessing in disguise for him and us, it gives him more time to get fit and prepared for life back in the Premier League. 

I would consider loaning him out to a Midlands Championship side. I'm sure someone like Forest would jump at the chance to have him for a while. 

What do you think? Anywhere you think we should have had more players, or less? Comment!

Wolves 1 Newcastle 1: Two points dropped?

We wouldn't have deserved to win, but it don't half feel like we've dropped two points.

Get in

For the third game running, we were slow out of the starting blocks. The first half hour was all them, but like Everton they failed to finish their chances. Then when we get one chance bang, it's in.

That was a brilliant goal by Sylvan, and let's all hope the moaners shut up now because that's two in two and he's playing well. He should keep his place in two weeks time against Fulham.

It was a real battle. The tackles were flying in everywhere, starting with Karl Henry. He made two or three crunching tackles, trying to make his mark. Next to him, David Jones seemed subdued, and we were getting a bit overrun.

When switched to the left, Matty Jarvis caused Perch all sorts of problems. He should have had a penalty, but the referee let it go and then decided to give them a goal kick even though he thought Perch got the ball! He's in the England provisional squad, and with the rest dropping out with "injuries" he could get a call up. How amazing would that be?

One of the best players on the pitch for me was Stephen Ward. Like Sylvan, he is continuing to prove the doubters wrong. One or two times he gave Routledge a bit too much space but he made some good tackles and it was a great bit of defending when he cleared it off the line as the Newcastle player went to head it in.

Five points from three games is quite a good return. We have a difficult month ahead but we didn't lose to any of those sides last season.

Hahnemann - 6

Foley - 7
Craddock - 7
Berra - 6
Ward - 8

Jarvis - 7
Henry - 8
Jones - 6
Van Damme - 8

Ebanks-Blake - 7
Doyle - 6

Subs: Zubar - 6, Guedioura - 6, Fletcher - 6

We have a two week break to get ourselves ready for the away trip to Fulham, but in the middle of that let's hope we can see Jarvis in an England shirt.

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Here are this weekends fixtures.

Blackburn v Arsenal
Blackpool v Fulham
Chelsea v Stoke
Tottenham v Wigan
Wolves v Newcastle

Man Utd v West Ham

Bolton v Birmingham

Liverpool v West Brom

Sunderland v Man City

Aston Villa v Everton

My predictions:

Blackburn 1-2 Arsenal
Blackpool 1-1 Fulham
Chelsea 3-0 Stoke
Tottenham 4-1 Wigan
Wolves1-1 Newcastle

Man Utd 2-0 West Ham

Bolton 1-0 Birmingham

Liverpool 2-1 West Brom

Sunderland 1-2 Man City

Aston Villa 0-0 Everton

What a shame

After hearing that Carl Ikeme had gone on loan, the thought of Matthew Murray in our 25 man squad seemed a real possibility. Five minutes later, I see the terrible, terrible news on the Wolves website that he has retired.

Murray with my brother

He is one of the unluckiest footballers ever, and who knows what could have happened with his career. To me, he would have no doubt been the No.1 at the World Cup for England on the back of a full season in the Premier League. He could have even been the No.1 at the 2006 World Cup.

It's terrible, because he obviously loves the club as much as the club loves him. He wouldn't have left us to join a bigger club because he would have wanted to repay the club.

Only this month was he telling fans, I need a few reserve games before I am fit. It sounded like he might even have a chance of making the 25.

He should have a job for life at Wolves, hopefully he'll eventually become the goalkeeping coach.

Thank you and good luck Matt.

To move on from the bad news, we have some good news. I was delighted when I heard yesterday that we had signed Michael Mancienne on a season long loan. He will add a lot to our squad, as he can play in a lot of positions.

Fighting spirit: Everton 1 Wolves 1

It wasn't always pretty, but that is a very good point.

After being battered for forty five minutes, Mick did well to steady the ship and bring us back into it. We pushed further forward and in the end got the goal we deserved for being more adventurous.

Stephen Ward continues to make himself undroppable. Again, he played in both the left positions and in both he looked comfortable. The tackle at one nil on Beckford all on his own was phenomenal, Bobby who?

Kevin Doyle came back into the side, partnering Ebanks-Blake and he was of course his usual self. Selfless work chasing the ball and on the ball he made things happen. His cross for the goal was superb. His partner wasn't to bad either. Sylvan got a fully deserved goal, he worked his socks off and held the ball up. Who will Mick play next week, Fletcher was excellent last week but neither of the two who played yesterday deserve to be dropped.

The person who swung the game in our favour was without doubt Adlene Guedioura. He added a much needed bite into the midfield, his two tackles leading up to the goal were perfect and that was typical of him.

Hahnemann - 7

Foley - 7

Craddock - 7
Berra - 7
Elokobi - 6

Jarvis - 8
Henry - 7
Jones - 7
Ward - 7

Doyle - 7
Ebanks-Blake - 8


Subs: Guedioura - 8, Halford - 6, Stearman - 6

I know Newcastle have just hammered Villa, but I think we are more than a match for them. Seven points from three games, how incredible would that be?