Burnley 1, Wolves 2: Bill Howell's big match verdict
‘‘WAS it a golfer who said that hard work makes you lucky?’’
Mick McCarthy wasn’t quite sure. Burnley hit the post and the crossbar....
“It’s a funny thing, the more I practice the luckier I get”. Actually Mick, it was Arnold Palmer.
Wolves hit the post twice at Bolton....
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” said the Roman philosopher Seneca.
Sam Vokes missed from six yards against Manchester United. Paul Scholes profited from a Jody Craddock slip.
“I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it,” so said Thomas Jefferson the 19th century US President.
Tyrone Mears heads into No Mans Land... Matt Jarvis clips the ball around Brian Jensen. 1-0.
“Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck,” according to Orson Welles.
Adlene Guedioura’s shot is going wide until it smacks against Clarke Carlisle. 2-0.
“Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident.”, said Mark Twain.
Jody Craddock scores when offside against Stoke and Bolton. Portsmouth’s Marc Wilson handles in the penalty area but it goes unseen. Kevin Doyle is brought down in the box by an errant Villa arm.
Lady Luck has smiled down on Wolves before this season, but not too much lately.
There is a premise that the bigger the club the bigger the dollop she dishes out, so it would be easy for little old Wolves to feel a little sorry for themselves.
Mick is right not to “bemoan” his luck. Wary that trips to Villa Park and the Boleyn Ground could tip them back in the smelly stuff McCarthy is appears well aware of the proverb that “Luck never gives; it only lends.”
There are still nine games to go. Burnley and Hull look like 60-a-day nicotine addicts wheezing their last breaths in the top flight. Pompey are already cold on the mortuary table.
