Well this was another massive fixture not only because of our position in the league but also for Dave Jones with his previous ties at Southampton – it was a ‘must win’ match for sure.

There had been a ‘call to arms’ by both the Manager and Jez Moxey during the run-up, for the fans to really get behind the team for the remaining few matches. No problem there though and the response was plain to see – another full house; another great atmosphere.

There was only one change from last week’s starting X1 when we played Chelsea and that was Irwin for Clyde, who was still injured.

The game started at a fast pace with misplaced passes and no-nonsense tackles from both sides. However, it was the visitors who threatened with Phillips seemingly the main danger and it was almost a quarter of an hour before Wolves made a serious attempt on goal. Camara picked up a loose clearance just outside Southampton’s penalty area and let fly with a 20 yard volley that just went wide of the goalkeeper’s right hand post. Naturally this lifted the crowd and Wolves won their first corner following pressure from Kennedy.

Southampton cleared and soon after had two corners in quick succession at the other end.

The game was scrappy, rain was falling and then the Wolves went a goal down. It was after around 25 minutes when an error from Craddock was seized upon by Beattie and the England striker made no mistake from 10 yards out.

Wolves tried to raise their game and with almost inevitability Alex Rae was heavily involved. Miller had an excellent chance to level the score but from just a few yards, his header sailed over the bar: oh! the agony.

The second half started with Carl Cort replacing Ganea up front for the Wolves. Almost immediately Camara was booked for a foul on Dodd, the Southampton captain, who sadly had to be stretchered off. There was still no flow or pattern to the Wolves game. It was following yet another free kick, this time to Southampton, that Wolves went two down on the hour. Fernandez took it from the left wing and Lundekvam simply prodded it home from close range.

It seemed that the Wolves just couldn’t get going but just when all seemed lost, Camara scored a goal from ‘out of the blue’. All of a sudden the Molineux was alive again; twenty minutes to go and we were back in the game.

Both Camara and Kennedy came close with excellent attempts on goal and Dave Jones brought on Cameron with five minutes to go, as a final throw of the dice.

However, it was not to be and with the Wolves players desperately seeking an equaliser, they were caught twice on the break during the last couple of minutes or so, on both occasions by Phillips.

This means of course that in the last two minutes of their last three games, Wolves have now had five goals scored against them.

To win five games out of the last seven obviously seems a very daunting task, but if they could just eliminate the individual defensive errors which always seem to lead to a goal, the Wolves can still make it.