We have to test those Wolves legs to the max!

By CandH blogger Allen Cummings

None of us know for sure if the dreaded ‘coronavirus’ – oh how I have come to detest that word – will have a significant influence or not on the remainder of the season. That’s the great unknown.

But what we do know is the clock continues to tick, there are now nine games to go, and Sunday we are scheduled to welcome Wolverhampton Wanderers to the London Stadium.

It’s a game that could prove vital in our battle to avoid relegation, and one David Moyes and his squad will be going all out to win.

The team have strung together a run of three encouraging performances in our last three games. But it’s points but not performances that count most at the moment.

The general opinion was we deserved at least one point at Anfield, and probably all three points at the Emirates last Saturday. But the fact is we have just three points to show for our efforts from our last home game against Southampton – and we need more to follow.

Wolves, under the guidance of their manager Nuno Espirito Santo, have carried on the good work from their first season back in the Premier League by enjoying another impressive season.

They currently sit in sixth place in the league, as well as having reached the last 16 stage of the Europa Cup but it’s been a very long season for the team in old gold, having started for them way back in July last year.

Sunday’s game will be their 49^th competitive encounter so far this season. Just maybe they are beginning to show the first signs of understandable fatigue. A disappointing 0-0 home draw last weekend against relegation threatened Brighton dented their hopes of  possible qualification for next season’s Champions League.

A draw which brought criticism from some fans who called the performance lacklustre and devoid of energy, and claiming it put an end to the club’s hope of finishing in fourth place in the league.

If the Wolves players are feeling the pressure of a long season – and let’s hope they are – we have to seize on the opportunity that presents us. We must play the game at a high tempo – test the Wolves’ legs to the full – and press home every opportunity tiredness might present us.

The midlanders also face the prospect of a trip to Greece to face Olympiacos before they visit London, not ideal preparation for them having experienced a deal of uncertainty still surrounding the game.

Could it be the fates that have conspired against us enough times this season, are finally showing signs of working for us for a change?

When all is said and done – ‘our fate’ is in ‘our hands’. If we show the appetite, application and desire we have done over the past few weeks the three vital points on offer on Sunday can be ours.