Which Miracle?

[Deleted member 4453]

So after last night it got me thinking not only of last week's result but also that Miracle at Ashton Gate.

Which game from the 3 do you think was the most dramatic?

torn between Bristol City and last night myself...

Think Cardiff may be the winner just on the basis of the second penalty and feeling almost all hope being sucked out of me after the ecstacy of the minute before.

I do remember losing it at the end of the Bristol City game though.

Tough one...

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

‪You could take all the drugs in the world they would never give you a high like at the end of that game of football last night ‬

Bristol City comes a close second

But last night is a game many people will remember for the penalty misses and a sublime free kick. As I said defiantly last night for me.

Boro was just nerve jangling

 

[BigBadWolf]

Never thought I’d experience a night close to the drama that unfolded at Ashton Gate in December.

But last night topped it!

 

[Locks Heath Wolf]

I voted Brizzle but all superb, three like this in one season is the miracle!!!!

 

[SingYourHeartsOut]

Tricky, I was at City and Boro but not there last night so that probably makes me biased. City felt like the biggest one to me though as we were still at the stage of believing but not knowing.

 

[ShropshireLad]

Bristol = exocets
Boro = Rourke's Drift
Cardiff = trench warfare

We stuffed it up 'em!

 

[wolvesaywe]

Bristol to me was the defining game of our season and Bennett's last second header its defining moment. Unbelievable result in the circumstances. Equally unforgettable end to Cardiff.

It kept the momentum into the new year and allowed us room for manoeuvre for the bad patch that finally came our way.

 

[WOMWOL]

I voted Cardiff purely because of the rebounds from the sucking pit of despair experienced when both bloody penalties were awarded.

 

[reanswolf]

Incredible to have 3 similar winning fixtures in one season.

I was saying to my lad this morning that you usually get one like that every 3-4 years.

All 3 were extremely incredible but I think we were most up against it v Boro as we only had 9 men left, but yesterday probably just pips the other two simply because of last nights pure drama, and because I was having a **** in the Woodman Pub toilets counting down the injury time seconds at Bristol City when Ryan headed it in -

Seriously, all 3 were incredible results given the circumstances, but yesterday probably damaged my health on the health-ometer most of the 3, with Boro not far behind. With hindsight, we were most comfortable at Bristol City.

 

[Jamwolf]

Cardiff for me.
The return fixture will be interesting !

 

[Guzeppi]

Nah! Easy to chose. The one I screamed the most. Bristol City.
Middlesbrough and Cardiff were us defending for our lives at the end. Bristol was us slipping them the big one at the end. Just sweeter.

 

[Darvo]

Maybe because it's fresher in the mind but I had to plump for Cardiff. Still cant get over what happened last night ... just incredible

Even the Missus and me daughters got enthralled by it (and they have very little interest in football/Wolves at all). Just as I had finished explaining to them that no team misses two penalties on the trot ... up steps J Toilett who does exactly that .

Those final 5 minutes were the footballing equivalent of the rollercoaster from hell (down - up, down again and one massive high to finish on). Will never forget last night!

 

[Tarcisio Mifsud]

Yesterday's was something special. Very rarely a team do not score at least once from 2 penalties awarded to it.

 

[sedgwolf1980]

As truly unbelievable as last night was, I don’t think you can’t beat the feeling of Bennett’s last minute winner versus Bristol. One of my favourite Wolves moments of all time.

Last night was just surreal. Marvellously surreal.

 

[Chardee MacDennis]

Bristol for me, for two reasons.

I echo the thoughts above, about how it defined the rest of the season. This was at (more or less) the half way point of the season. Events could have played out very differently for the last 3 months. I think that if boro and/or Cardiff had ended as draws, the ultimate outcome of promotion would still have been achieved.

Secondly, last minute winners trump any amount of clinging on, no matter how attritional, dramatic or miraculous!

 

[Jez]

Bristol for me, for two reasons.

I echo the thoughts above, about how it defined the rest of the season. This was at (more or less) the half way point of the season. Events could have played out very differently for the last 3 months. I think that if boro and/or Cardiff had ended as draws, the ultimate outcome of promotion would still have been achieved.

Secondly, last minute winners trump any amount of clinging on, no matter how attritional, dramatic or miraculous!

Not quite sure on your last comment
I certainly celebrated just as much if not more over the penalty save and miss.
That last 2 minutes was a huge rollercoaster all on its own.

 

[arctic rime]

The Taffs

 

[SavageWolf]

So after last night it got me thinking not only of last week's result but also that Miracle at Ashton Gate.

Which game from the 3 do you think was the most dramatic?

torn between Bristol City and last night myself...

Think Cardiff may be the winner just on the basis of the second penalty and feeling almost all hope being sucked out of me after the ecstacy of the minute before.

I do remember losing it at the end of the Bristol City game though.

Tough one...

Tbh I don't recall a team holding out for so long with 90 minutes with 9 men (anyone else know a team that's done that?)
But I've never seen 2 penalties given in the last 2 minutes then both of them missed.
3 never seens there and just highlights the character of the team to come through those 2 games with 6 points. I hope the teams achievements this season and in recent weeks has made some of our fans that still doubt a lot of the time believe in the team more. Our belief in the management, the club and the team along with our positive energy will help push the club to heights most of us have never seen.

 

[tonto]

Compere those 3 games alone with the boredom of the past few years, night and day.

 

[WolvesAreBoringOnCeefax]

Last night. Bristol we won by playing well. Middlesbrough we won by playing well. Cardiff we won based on pure luck for the second pen. That was the miracle.

 

[Chardee MacDennis]

Not quite sure on your last comment
I certainly celebrated just as much if not more over the penalty save and miss.
That last 2 minutes was a huge rollercoaster all on its own.

I actually don't think I did. I think I just sagged in relief and disbelief. Maybe that's why I'm picking the goal.

Still, it's a pretty enjoyable debate to be having!

 

[manc_wolf]

Most dramatic end, was Cardiff. We’d already won, and Cardiff lost it, with 2 great chances to get a draw.

At Bristol, we won it having being down to 10 men for an hour. But, we won it.

But, last night was the most dramatic end, that’s for sure. For me.

 

[Pessimistic Wolf]

In terms of sheer improbability, it has to be Cardiff.

 

[Lawndog]

Tbh I don't recall a team holding out for so long with 90 minutes with 9 men (anyone else know a team that's done that?)
But I've never seen 2 penalties given in the last 2 minutes then both of them missed.
3 never seens there and just highlights the character of the team to come through those 2 games with 6 points. I hope the teams achievements this season and in recent weeks has made some of our fans that still doubt a lot of the time believe in the team more. Our belief in the management, the club and the team along with our positive energy will help push the club to heights most of us have never seen.

Saw us play Sunderland in Dec 1991 - incredibly, they had 2 sent off within the 1st 10 minutes!

It took us until the 80th minute to finally score, a wondrous goal at that (Paul Cook)!

 

[cannockwolves]

I voted Bristol as it was a proper last minute winner senario. Cardiff would have been if there was not a 2nd penalty. As much as it was dramatic we got lucky with the miss.

 

[Wolvesfcneil]

The good thing about wins like that is it brings everyone together there is a great bond between us the players the staff and Nuno im sure everyone else feels it because i do (i voted Cardiff)

 

[SavageWolf]

The good thing about wins like that is it brings everyone together there is a great bond between us the players the staff and Nuno im sure everyone else feels it because i do (i voted Cardiff)

I feel it!
We've had an amazing season, one that has changed our thought process as a Wolves fan. We have endured some poor football, some highs and a lot of lows over the past 30 years.
Recently we have seen a team like Leicester City win the Premier League, Huddersfield Town get promoted to the Premier League and Wolves go from the Premier to League 1 in a double relegation. Many years of trying to get rid of the Pie-Thief and us having nothing but dislike and at times hatred towards the board.
Well now it's our turn to have some happiness and be entertained, it's our time to shine, we are going to the Premier League and we'll be there to stay, we are going to the Premier League, we are financially backed by our owners and doing things Nuno's way.
What a time to be a Wolves fan

 

[Frank Lincoln]

Bristol City for me. A man down and then a goal down, but we won it with the last kick of the match. Though my goodness last night ran it very, very close.

 

[Deleted member 4099]

Cardiff is a once in a lifetime experience!

 

[Henry Palfrey]

Was at Bristol and I can honestly say that even at 1 nil down with 10 men I was convinced we'd get something.
Last night was just insane. Once in a lifetime. Still can't really believe it.

 

[Oh When the Wolves]

I wasn’t at Bristol or boro but was at Cardiff.

The frustration at conceding the first penalty, to the scenes of saving it. Can’t even remember when we did save a penalty ! Hennessy saved one against albion didn’t he ?

Then when the second penalty was given all the joy just evaporated instantly and everyone was so ****ed off.

For us then to win, it was unbelievable .

Even though I think we were close enough to the line before the match, that finish just topped of the season for me.

 

[MKB]

1. Cardiff
2. Bristol
3. Middlesbrough

Also, honourable mentions to Barnsley and Bristol at home.

 

[Rauss]

Cardiff for sure, just when you think you’ve seen everything in football.. NEVER have I seen that plotline before, a last min penalty in injury time to the opposition to level things. Say following Wolves we see that once a season maybe for/against. But for that to happen twice.. in injury time in the space of 3 mins, and for Cardiff to miss both pen’s is just a ridiculous scenario. They say you have an average 71-75% chance of scoring a pen. So that’s let’s say 25% odds per penalty miss..

 

[Perton Wolf]

Bristol City was great but Cardiff has to win because of the time in the season and the league table going into the game.