A real game of two halves as we improved immeasurably in the second half to gain a well deserved draw just as it looked like Wolves would sneak all three points.

The lineup started as 3-5-2, Ludo;Breaker and Warren (wb's);Rose (sweeper);Carlisle and Ready (central defence);Peacock, Langley and Connolly (midfield); Crouch and Pesch up front.

The usual negative lineup, with effectively five playing at the back, and after the usual bright start with some early attempts at keeping the ball on the deck, we pretty soon ran out of ideas after about 15 minutes or so.

We then reverted to the long ball rubbish, which patently was not working, particularly as the referee allowed the Wolves defence to manhandle Crouch as they wished without penalising them. Consequently, possession was given away on a more or less continual basis.

Unlike most sides though, it took quite a while for our severe limitations to dawn on this Wolves side, so Matthew Rose decided to give them a helping hand by getting caught in possession 20 yards in front of our own box and handing George Ndah an unopposed run in to score.

The chances of us equalising at that stage seemed remote to say the least as we were creating absolutely nothing and Wolves concentrated on time wasting.

Then the referee took a hand, and awarded us an unusual penalty as Langley went down in the box, off the ball. Confidence was not high in Peacock's ability to convert the spot kick, given his recent performances, and this seemed evident in the player himself from his body language as he approached the ball. Indeed, the keeper saved the kick which was hit far too close to him, but fortunately it rebounded straight to Peacock who stroked the ball home into the now unguarded net.

You had a feeling though, that Wolves would up the game to regain the lead, and this they did as far as such a poor side as they patently were could.Rose gave away a needless corner just before half time, and Crouch's protaganist headed home unmarked, ironic given all the fouls he had committed against Rodney, apparently unseen by the officials.

We wondered at half time how many minutes from the end of the match would the tactical genius that is our manager make the required substitutions to shift the emphasis from defence to attack. Five minutes? Ten? Or would he go for broke and give us a full quarter of an hour at 4-3-3? But wait, what was this? As the players ran out (after the round the pole game was won by a Rangers fan to the cheers of a home crowd now desperate to find anything remotely to celebrate) we detected that Koejoe was on in place of Ready. What, we thought, 4-3-3 this early, far too radical.

One must only assume that Ready was injured.Whatever the reason, suddenly we were at Wolves from the off. For once someone actually ran with ball at the opposition defence and they proved to be just as bad at defending against this as we are. Koejoe it was, as he ran from the centre circle right through and past the Wolves hapless defenders, and fired in a shot that hit the near post.

From then on, we pressurised Wolves for most of the half, with the occasional break away to defend, in fact just like we do whenever we switch to 4-3-3 at home (which makes it all the more strange why Gerry still insists on starting each game in defensive mode and handing the initiative to the oppostion - you would think that even someone as stubborn as he clearly is would have learnt by now).

We mixed up our play well, some long ball stuff to Crouch but also plenty on the ground through midfield and out to the willing, but painfully slow, Breaker wide on the right. Warren also showed an unseen ability to fire in a dangerous, difficult to defend, corner towards Crouch's head. We could quite easily have scored four goals in the second half as Langley's swerving free kick was headed off the line and Crouch could have had a hat trick on another day.

But as the minutes ticked inexorably by, it seemed as if luck was going to be against us. Then, with four minutes to go, another good passing move left Peacock with a shooting chance from twenty five yards.His first shot came back off a defender straight to him, and he swivelled and hit a superb volley into the top right corner, a breathtaking goal.

At this point Wolves were gone, and another ten minutes of play would have seen us score a winning goal, but it was not to be. Next game Gerry, please start with an attacking lineup from the off, you never know, we might actually get three points.