Gary O Neil believes one victory is all it will take to provide lift-off for Wolves season, as the Premier League s bottom side prepare to visit Brentford on Saturday.
Wolves have taken just one point from their first six matches of the season, having last failed to win any of their first seven games of a top-flight campaign when they finished bottom in 2003-04.
They fell to a 2-1 defeat to leaders Liverpool at Molineux last week and have also faced Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle United and Aston Villa in a daunting start to 2024-25.
O Neil believes their performances have warranted better results and insists his team retain the backing of supporters, saying: The lads always show that they re not a group that can t bounce back.
When we lost to Arsenal, we …
Just when you thought that Euro 2008 was going to be an excellent but predictable tournament a game comes along that throws the whole thing wide open.
Up until day six, Germany, Portugal, Holland and Spain were beginning to look invincible. The game against Croatia looked like a relatively tough one for the pre-tournament favourites Germany, but was surely not a game that they could lose.
As an England fan I was totally behind Croatia because if they could do well it would make me feel better about our abysmal failure to beat them in our unsuccessful qualification campaign. The somewhat tepid performance they had produced in beating Austria the other day didn’t look too good for them. Germany, on the other hand, had looked pretty impressive in their win…
Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi s storied rivalry provided another chapter as Real Madrid and Barcelona battled again for LaLiga supremacy in 2016-17.
For the first time since 2012, it was Ronaldo s Madrid that lifted the league title as the Portuguese scored in a 2-0 win at Malaga to leave Zinedine Zidane with a LaLiga winners medal after his first full season as head coach, while Los Blancos also have a Champions League final on the horizon.
But it was Messi that came out on top individually as he took home the coveted Pichichi award for finishing as the league s top scorer the fourth time he has done so compared to Ronaldo s three, although the Argentina star made five more league appearances.
Using Opta stats, we take a look at how Messi and Ronaldo com…
Mexico have won the Gold Cup for the fifth time following a very convincing 5-0 win over the United States in the final. All goals were scored in the second half.
The first half at East Rutherford s Giants Stadium wasn t quite as eventful but the second half more than made up for it, as the Mexicans completely stunned their arch rivals.
The opening goal came in the 56th minute when Heaps pulled down Giovanni dos Santos in de penalty area, for captain Gerardo Torrado to score from the penalty spot.
Six minutes later, Dos Santos himself made it 2-0. Sabah first had an effort saved by keeper Perkins but the Ipswich youngster then netted on the rebound.
Another five minutes had been played when Carlos Vela chipped Perkins after receiving a pass from Dos Sant…
With the pandemic kicking the piss out of NFL depth charts right now, survivor pool players aren’t alone in their struggle entering Week 16.
The very teams they’re selecting are just trying to avoid COVID and make it to gameday with key players available. Add to that chaos, the Arizona Cardinals going down to the Lions in Week 15, and it’s a Christmas miracle that anyone has made it this far.
And speaking of the holiday, some survivor pools are forcing poolies to treat the Thursday and two Saturday tilts as a separate slate. Yikes.
Here are our Week 16 survivor picks – savvy and safe – as well as a team to avoid. Good luck and be safe out there.
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We’re in for a treat Sunday night when AFC West rivals Kansas City Chiefs meet the Los Angeles Chargers.
This contest has the highest total on the board, and the prop markets are abuzz with many highly-skilled offensive players featured in this contest. Will Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes make an impact, or could Chargers running back Austin Ekeler steal the show?
Don’t miss our NFL prop picks for the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers. Be sure to also check out Jason Logan’s full Sunday Night Football betting picks and predictions.
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The Dallas Cowboys put their five-game winning streak on the line Sunday at Highmark Stadium vs. a Buffalo Bills team that sits a slight 2-point NFL odds favorite and is coming off a pair of solid-showing road games vs. the Philadelphia Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs.
The Cowboys’ offense has been blessed with some comfortable passing conditions this year, but even with decent Buffalo weather, this will be the worst spot for them of the season. With the hype a little too loud, is Week 15 the time to fade Dak and the Cowboys?
I break down the Week 15 NFL odds and offer my free NFL picks for Cowboys vs. Bills on December 17.
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NFL bettors will want to treat the Buffalo Bills like a carton of milk one day after its expiration date: It’s probably still good but give it a cautionary sniff before consuming.
The Bills once again came up short of their Super Bowl dreams in 2023, getting bounced by the Kansas City Chiefs for the third time in the past four postseasons. And while Kansas City and other AFC contenders like Baltimore and Cincinnati stand strong in 2024, my NFL picks are not bullish on the Bills.
There are notable departures on both sides of the ball, including a new-look offense and a revamped receiving corps. The defense is also down bodies and may not have the same bite that changed games last season. But Josh Allen is still at quarterback and that keeps the Bill…
Eight days after getting their club back, it was the statement the Toon Army did not want to see. A post on Newcastle United’s website on Friday afternoon announced a landmark event: Steve Bruce’s 1,000th game in football management.
Bruce, the Newcastle manager and symbol for so many supporters of the worst lows of the Mike Ashley era, was to stay in his job for at least one more match, Sunday’s Premier League face‑off with Spurs. This was not what fans had been hoping for. Indeed, it was not what they had been led to expect.
In the second paragraph of the club statement, there were words from Amanda Staveley, the PCP Capital Partners financier who now holds a 10% stake in the club, a seat on the board and …
Shortly before 8pm last Tuesday, a remarkable act of transfiguration took place at Kenilworth Road. At that precise moment, Luton’s cramped and crumbling old stadium, with a capacity barely above 10,000, became a raging, roaring, hot-headed monster. The noise barely stopped for the next 90 minutes, at which point Luton’s players had seen off Sunderland and were heading to a playoff final at Wembley – and the jokes and sneers about their old ground had resurfaced again on social media.
Does Kenilworth Road deserve to grace the Premier League? If Luton can get past Coventry on Saturday, the only answer is a punchy and unqualified yes. Sure it is no looker. Unlike Craven Cottage, also built in 1905, it will never attract the love of the b…