By Scott Cooper
April 17 2006

WOLVES boss Glenn Hoddle bemoaned his side's bad luck as they went down 2-0 without a whimper at Deepdale. A goal either side of the break was enough for Preston North End to move 15 points ahead of Wolves.

The Wolves Chief Executive Jez Moxey really turned up the heat on boss Glenn Hoddle prior to the Watford game on Good Friday. The Wolves chief branded the season "a complete disaster" as it became clear that Wolves' minimum requirement of reaching the play offs would not be achieved.

The Wolves manager however refused to admit he was feeling under pressure but after another dismal display and defeat against Preston North End the Wolves boss must surely be looking over his shoulder.

We are in what Hoddle calls the "business end of the season". Hoddle has previously said that the season was like the Grand National in that its the end of the season where the race (season) is won and lost.

If the Wolves horse had got off to a slow start then the jockey as well and truly fallen off.

This was the sixth consecutive game in which Wolves had failed to win, a run which includes draws against Reading and Watford and poor defeats against the likes of Sheffield Wednesday, Coventry, Plymouth and today's opponents Preston.

Today at Deepdale Wolves were just not at the races in yet another performance which lacked any form of imagination, entertainment or flare. Infact Wolves managed a pathetic 3 shots at goal all game, with only two aimed on target.

Wolves Fans chanted "sideways and backwards" due to the manner in which their side were playing, however they could deem themselves a little unlucky to have found themselves one goal down, not for the way they had played, but for the wicked deflection Lewis Neals shot took off Joleon Lescott three minutes before half time.

If Wolves were unlucky to be 1-0 down at the break, then they were lucky to end the game only one goal worse off. It was a tepid effort from Hoddle's men in the sun with a Thomasz Frankowski header which was easily saved by Nash the only chance Wolves created in the second half.

Even if the Polish International who was described by Hoddle as a "Goal Machine" prior to his 15 game goalless run had scored, it would have been nothing less than a late consolation as Wolves were 2-0 down by this time.

A cross from the right was not dealt with by either Postma or Edwards and Brett Ormerod dived to head the ball home from six yards. It was to be the last action the former Saints Striker would have in the game as he was injured throwing himself towards the ball to score, an act which you would have to wonder if you'd ever see from any of the current bunch in old gold and black.

And so that was that. Another abysmal performance in another abysmal season. Still like Hoddle said when referring to Preston's opener "It was a cruel goal and that turned the game upside down, the way it went in sums our luck up. It was a key moment that went against us."

Bad luck eh? Don't you just love that old chestnut.