Wolves dressing room may have magical qualities as the side that took the pitch for the second half bore no resemblance to the one that had played the first. Dominant from the offsetand with teh crowd roaring them on Wolves reigned fire on the Preston goal forcing Carlo Nash into several good saves. Glenn Hoddle looking to capitalise had Leon Clarke warming up when the rekindled Seol's superb cross was volleyed home right footed at the near post by Vio Ganea, whose resultant jubilant celebration ended in The Stan Cullis Stand earning him a booking. Wolves could sense blood and moved in for the kill and the 3 points looked to be going only one way when Ganea and Mark Davies both went in for a challenge that earned Ganea his second yellow of the day, and dismissal. Still Wolves pushed on, substituting Colin Cameron and Seyi Olofinjana for Seol and Darren Anderton who by then had both run themselves into the ground. Preston opting to sit back against the 10 men of Wolves invited chance after chance with the final killer touch eluding every man in the danger zone. In the last few minutes Gabor Gyepes raced from box to box to supply Kenny Miller, who stumbled and Wolves last chance went begging.

It was a muted crowd that applauded Glenn Hoddles men off the pitch, perhaps appreciating the secong half turn around and the gutsy display by 10 men. If Wolves can maintain that kind of attitude they might just start to live up to pre season billing. But many more performances like their first half display will see them rapidly sink in a division where runs of poor form get punished instantly.