Wolverhampton Wanderers v Newcastle United: Former Black Cat aims to burst the Mags’ bubble
Newcastle United sensationally joined the Premier League’s 6-0 club last weekend with a vintage display against Aston Villa. Striker Andy Carroll grabbed a hat-trick as the Mags welcomed top flight football back to St James’ Park in style. However, former Sunderland manager Mick McCarthy will be hoping to bring the Toon Army back down to earth with a bang as he unleashes his Wolves on them.
The hosts have made an impressive start to the campaign, beating Stoke City at home and holding Everton at Goodison Park, and they will not be scared by Chris Hughton’s men. After all, Molineux has not been a hit with the visitors down the years. Newcastle’s record in the Black Country is truly shocking. They’ve managed just one win in the past 50 years at Molineux but they won’t get a better chance than this.
The Newcastle dressing room will be buoyant after last weekend’s demolition of Aston Villa and they will be looking to record back-to-back wins in the top flight since December 2008. Unfortunately the majority of the Panel see this as a draw.
Wolverhampton Wanderers v Newcastle United; Kick off 3pm 28 Aug 2010
Prediction Panel
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Arsenal |
Don McMahon |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Aston Villa |
Lynette Ranson |
1 |
V |
0 |
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Birmingham |
Steve Coulter |
1 |
V |
0 |
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Blackburn |
Terry Kennedy |
2 |
V |
1 |
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Blackpool |
Phil Trow |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Bolton |
Dave Blackburn |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Chelsea |
Joe Tyler |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Everton |
Chris Goodwin |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Fulham |
Russell Goldman |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Liverpool |
Mark Williams |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Man City |
Callum Rothwell |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Man Utd |
Peter Lee |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Newcastle |
Michael Stout |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Stoke City |
Philip Eccleston |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Sunderland |
Tony Ratton |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Tottenham |
Dave Nash |
1 |
V |
1 |
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West Brom |
Andy Wakeman |
2 |
V |
1 |
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West Ham |
Nigel Telfer |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Wigan |
Alan Moore |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Wolves |
Chris Cox |
2 |
V |
1 |
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OUR EXPERTS |
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Editor |
Antony Melvin |
2 |
V |
1 |
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Writer |
Colin Illingworth |
2 |
V |
1 |
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Writer |
Hugh Larkin |
2 |
V |
2 |
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Writer |
Paul Grech |
2 |
V |
1 |
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Pompey fan |
Dan Taylor |
1 |
V |
2 |
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Boro fan |
Sue Gardener |
1 |
V |
1 |
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Pompey fan |
Peter Rendle |
1 |
V |
1 |
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West Ham fan |
Matthew Beeby |
2 |
V |
2 |
Panel Verdict
The Panel believes the honours will be shared come the final whistle.
Home: 8; Away: 1; Draw: 19.
* Do we have it right, or do you know better? Please don't bother with derisory comments on the predictions after the match - unless you also pulled us up before it!
