Wolves 0 Blackburn Rovers 0 - Report and pictures

Paul Lambert's team produced their first shot on target in the 94th minute in a dreadful game of football.

Blackburn, fighting to stay up, twice went close in the first half and Andy Lonergan pulled off a good save from former Wolves man Elliott Bennett in the second.

But that was about it on an afternoon to forget.

Analysis

Well that's 96 minutes none of us will ever get back.

Just imagine what you could have done with that time, Wolves fans, writes Wolves correspondent Tim Spiers.

You could have watched most of critically acclaimed Academy Award-winning film The Usual Suspects, maybe. Or listened to classic debut album Is This It? by The Strokes - three times over.

But no, a shade over 20,000 paid good money to watch a pathetic excuse of a football match instead.

Apparently the American security services have already commissioned a DVD of the first half to make prisoners repeatedly watch it as a new form of excruciating torture.

Look the word 'dull' up in the dictionary and you'll see a picture from this match.

Yes, really, it was that bad. Wolves didn't produce a single shot on target until the 94th minute. They were placid and completely devoid of ideas and inspiration.

It was similar to the snorefests that Kenny Jackett's team served up a year ago.

Lambert said on Friday he wanted to entertain Wolves' long-suffering fans in the final weeks of the season. He was clearly joking.

The passing was side-to-side, Blackburn's defending was resolute and Wolves didn't have a clue how to break them down. Everyone had an off day, especially Ben Marshall and Ivan Cavaleiro, Wolves' chief creators in recent weeks.

It's been an achievement to stay up, given where Wolves were at the beginning of March. But the summer cannot come quickly enough.

Lambert named the same team that had won 1-0 at Leeds on Monday. He stuck with the same formation too, with George Saville on the left of a 4-4-1-1 and Andreas Weimann floating in behind Nouha Dicko.

Wolves had played exceptionally well at Elland Road. But with the same players five days later, the opposite was true.

The first half was one of the most drab, dire, dull, lifeless and soulless seen at Molineux in recent years.

Blackburn had a couple of early chances, with Craig Conway flashing a shot wide and Darragh Lenihan sending a header inches past the post. But from minute 21 to minute 45, absolutely nothing of note happened.

Wolves mustered two measly attempts all half, both from Saiss and both miles off target. The aforementioned Blackburn chances were their only two attempts too.

Passes went misplaced, movement was non-existent and the tempo as brisk as a cluster of snails in treacle.

Wolves weren't just on the beach, they'd built a sandcastle and been stung by a jellyfish.

It was depressingly reminiscent of the 0-0 between these sides at Molineux last season, in Wolves' run of four goalless home stalemates. Lambert was Blackburn manager that day and called it one of the worst matches ever seen. Well, this was running it close.

Even Lambert caught the bug, slicing the ball when trying to pass it back to a Blackburn player.

The half time whistle came as a relief to us all...but the start of the second half barely saw an improvement.

Jon Dadi Bodvarsson entered the fray in place of Dicko, and then Lenihan was booked for diving as he tried to win a penalty.

Ivan Cavaleiro, who had replaced the injured Matt Doherty after 21 minutes, partnered the Icelandic international up top with Weimann on the left and Ben Marshall (being booed by the away fans) on the right.

It was an attacking XI, in theory, but Wolves were desperately struggling to break Blackburn down and it was truly horrendous to watch.

Morgan Gibbs-white was introduced in place of the disappointing Marshall, who had his worst game for weeks, and the youngster injected some much-needed positivity into Wolves' play.

A good break from midfield ended with Cavaleiro trying to tee him up with a return pass, but a last-ditch tackle denied the teenager a free shot from close range.

Rovers sporadically threatened at the other end, with former Wolves youngster Elliott Bennett sending a free kick to the near post that Lonergan did well to save.

But at the other end nothing was happening. With 80 minutes gone Wolves had still yet to register a shot on target. Bodvarsson should have when put in an excellent position by Weimann, but took a touch and was tackle, although Wolves claimed it was a penalty.

Cavaleiro finally produced Wolves' shot on target in the 94th minute, but the keeper saved easily and that was full time.

Now let's never speak of this again.

Key moments

16 - Lenihan gets up highest to head a Blackburn free kick inches past Lonergan's right hand post.

Teams

Wolves (4-4-1-1): Lonergan; Coady, Williamson, Stearman, Doherty (Cavaleiro, 21); Marshall (Gibbs-White, 67), Edwards (c), Saiss, Saville; Weimann, Dicko (Bodvarsson, 45). Subs: Burgoyne, Hause, Evans, Mason.

Blackburn (3-5-2): Raya; Lenihan, Williams, Mulgrew; Nyambe, Guthrie, Lowe (c) Conway (Graham, 63), Williams; Bennett (Emnes, 85), Gallagher (Joao, 77). Subs: Steele, Hoban, Feeney, Akpan.

Attendance: 20,249 (1,258)

Referee: David Coote

Position in the table

15th (55 points from 43 matches)