Wolves far from ugly

NIALL QUINN accused Mick McCarthy of winning ugly, well, kind of.

But in truth, this was anything but. A handsome victory would, in just about any other Premier League season, have secured safety as Wolves hit 40 points, two more than they needed to stay up this time last year. “I’ve just seen Niall,” McCarthy said in the wake of a first Wolves three-pointer in these parts since 1993. “I think the quote was, ‘if any one ugly bastard was going to beat us, then I’m glad it was you’.”

Having failed to orchestrate a top flight victory at the Stadium of Light in 19 attempts while in charge at Sunderland, for the former Republic of Ireland manager that winning feeling was long overdue. After his side secured back-to-back victories for the first time this season, the only downside was that even with such a healthy tally, they will go into the final game with their destiny still unresolved.