Wolves finally 'getting in tune'

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12-02-2025

Sunday was a good day. Enough Wolves fans set their alarm clocks early to fill their designated end of Ewood Park - a significant show of faith for a game that was clearly not the club's most urgent priority, and they could have stayed at home and watched for free.
A strong Wolves selection rewarded that support with a vigorous performance. Although they were a little fortunate not to fall behind to a goal ruled to be offside, it felt for the most part as if Wolves were in charge of the game, and they made light of the difficult conditions to win handily.
The team looked like it was enjoying the cup, not enduring it.
Matheus Cunha in particular seemed fired up. It was his first game since he signed a new contract, declaring his willingness to stay - for now at least. There were even times in the first half where you wondered if he was too determined to prove his commitment, trying to beat Blackburn all by himself.
If there was one Wolves player who could have done that, it was him, but his goal was a stylishly finished team effort. Much better, anyway, to have too much Cunha than - as some Wolves fans had felt before the transfer window deadline - not enough. The star of Wolves' show is back on song.
Most of all, for the second week running, it felt like there was a plan and everyone was following it. Perhaps this reflects a couple of uninterrupted weeks on the training ground. Time to drill in the basics which a manager might normally want to cover in pre-season, but evidently the instructions are being heard.
Wolves' transfer window activity, though mostly done late, now shows evidence of a strategy too.
Emmanuel Agbadou seems much more settled in the centre of the back three than out on the left, and will surely stay put there. Vitor Pereira said he wanted new players with a physical presence and, like Agbadou, Marshall Munetsi was certainly that when introduced in the second half, shuttling from box to box.
At last, Wolves are getting in tune and, for the first time in maybe a year, it feels like they are composing, not busking.
The next few weeks are still going to be difficult, but now you can make out the beat they are marching to.
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