Well after Norwich’s expected home win against Wimbledon last night, Wolves have a 5-point cushion on their two main rivals for the last play-off position, Norwich and Ipswich.
It seems that the Easter Monday tie at Carrow Road is now going to be the crunch tie in deciding the fate of the two most likely candidates, given the remaining fixtures.
It also seems, to me, that Wolves will need to avoid defeat there at all costs.
Considering it was Norwich that ended our play-off aspirations last season, will add extra spice to the game that is to be screened live on Sky at 5.35.
Norwich are the only team of the three, to have four home games left. This will see them climb above local-rivals Ipswich, but hopefully not overhaul the men in gold and black.
I think that with Forest having a game in hand that is likely to open a minimum four-point gap between us and most likely Reading, it seems it the other three are out of reach, barring disaster.
Perhaps keeping Norwich in 7th will give us a little bit of revenge for last season’s taunting at Molineux after the 1-0 second leg win wasn’t enough.
However, getting to the play-offs is only part of the task, we all know about our appalling record in them. But Ipswich failed in four successive seasons before the break through, so this year might be different!
Here are the three teams last seven fixtures with my prediction of the results:
Wolves Rotherham - 3
Grimsby Wolves - 3
Notts Forest Wolves - 1
Wolves Millwall - 3
Norwich Wolves - 1
Sheff Utd Wolves - 0
Wolves Leicester - 3
= 14 Points – Total 77 points
Gillingham Ipswich - 1
Ipswich Notts Forest - 3
Coventry Ipswich - 3
Ipswich Portsmouth - 0
Rotherham Ipswich - 1
Ipswich Wimbledon - 3
Derby Ipswich - 3
= 14 Points – Total 72 points
Norwich Bradford 3
Derby Norwich 3
Norwich Burnley 3
Walsall Norwich 3
Norwich Wolves 1
Leicester Norwich 0
Norwich Preston 3
= 16 Points – Total 74 points
Come on the Wolves!
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