Blog: Albion behind Wolves woes?

Are Wolves really doing that badly or are they only doing so badly in comparison to their Black Country neighbours? writes Albion blogger Jarrod Hill.

While the recent run of form has been poor, they still find themselves just outside the play offs with still 18 league games to go.

Many teams in this division have seen dips in form, in particular Cardiff.

The club have stuck by their man and have seen an improvement in form.

Last season witnessed a new emerging young and hungry Wolves team full of enthusiasm and with a new chairman promising transfer funds the expectation went through the roof.

This may well be the root of the problem as a section of the Molineux faithful are now calling for his head.

Last season he was hailed a hero for getting his team into the play offs but has quickly gone from hero to zero.

Had Wolves been in the same position last season at this stage of the campaign, would the fans have been calling for the manager's head?

This has all coincided with the Baggies marching onwards and upwards to the top of the table playing the type of entertaining football every fan craves.

Looking in from the outside I cannot help but wonder if this has had a contribution to the way in which Wolves fans are now displaying their collective displeasure at their team and manager.

I am not suggesting this is the sole reason but I cannot help thinking it cannot be helping the situation.

We all look at things relatively and there are fans within every club who will always compare their status to that of their local rivals.

I realise many Wolves fans will give me a verbal bashing for even daring to suggest this could be the case, and many Albion fans will ask why I have even been bothered to comment on the situation.

But I am interested in all things football related and in particular the goings on at our nearest and dearest.

I am one of those fans who realise it would be a boring world without local rivals, and thus I take an active interest in all our clubs.

So are things really that bad, or is it the raised expectation, or is it in part due to the present success down the road, or is it a combination of all these factors?

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