All the footprints you've ever left and fear expecting ahead (Wolves)

1. 1. Either of two carnivorous mammals of the family Canidae, especially the gray wolf of northern regions, that typically live and hunt in hierarchical packs and prey on livestock and game animals.
   2. The fur of such an animal.
   3. Any of various similar or related mammals, such as the hyena.
2. The destructive larva of any of various moths, beetles, or flies.
3. One that is regarded as predatory, rapacious, and fierce.
4. Slang. A man given to paying unwanted sexual attention to women.
5. Music.
   1. A harshness in some tones of a bowed stringed instrument produced by defective vibration.
   2. Dissonance in perfect fifths on a keyboard instrument tuned to a system of unequal temperament.

Being the definition of "wolves" you get if you follow the "definition" link from the google results page for "Wolves." I only mention this because of the results that come up. The first few are to do with that which interests us - Wolverhampton Wanderers, then there's rugby, - Warrington Wolves, then a film, "In The Company of Wolves," and only then the actual animal

Just found that interesting (the image results are all the animal).
Seeing as I'm already struggling for something to write about (is it obvious?) and I've got at least 2 more previews involving Wolves to write this season, I figured I may as well have a blast from the past - Roy Keane's argument with Mick McCarthy at the 2002 World Cup. Here's a timeline from the BBC:

In a lengthy interview with the Irish Times, Keane openly criticises the Republic's World Cup preparations. Soon after, he announces his intention to quit international football after the World Cup.
McCarthy holds clear-the-air talks with Keane and the rest of the squad but that meeting quickly descends into a "slanging match".
McCarthy calls a press conference to announce Keane has been sent home. "I cannot and will not tolerate being spoken to with that level of abuse being thrown at me so I sent him home."

And here's what Roy Keane said to him, according to Naill Quinn

“Mick, you're a liar...you're a f*cking w*nker. I didn't rate you as a player, I don't rate you as a manager, and I don't rate you as a person. You're a f*cking w*nker and you can stick your World Cup up your arse. The only reason I have any dealings with you is that somehow you are the manager of my country! You can stick it up your bollocks.”

Brilliant.
And seeing as Gary Neville is getting a bit of stick after his celebration on Sunday, here's a Roy Keane quote on him:

Maybe Gary deserves to be chased up a tunnel every now and then - there would be a queue for him, probably. But you have to draw a line eventually. (On Gary Neville's tunnel confrontation with Patrick Vieira.)

I may as well continue with the Roy Keane quotes, this one's good, summing up his attitude and the attitude all Man United players should have:

People look back on my career and think the injuries and leaving the Ireland team at the World Cup were the disappointments. None of that stuff comes into it. The biggest disappointments were the games we lost in Europe."Years when we just got sucked into the bull, 'the final is in Glasgow this season, the manager's home city,' as if that entitled us to a break. 'The final's in Old Trafford this season, made for us.' People got sucked into that."Even that night in Barcelona, it was a great night in the history of the club, and it will be hard to beat it, but you knew some people had reached their height. It's human nature. I was frustrated by this. I wanted to get back there again, because as much as I thought we were a good team, until you get to a second or third final, you don't confirm it. It disappoints me that I didn't win the World Cup. People say 'but Roy, you played for Ireland, you were never going to win the World Cup'. I never saw it like that

Which, to bring us back to the Carling Cup, shows that, yes, there are priorities, Europe is more important than the Carling Cup, just as the World Cup is more important than an international friendly. So there's really no need to tell us every year, and every round of every year's Carling Cup, that it's bottom priority. Of course it is. That doesn't mean that you don't go out there to win games of football, it's just the way it is. Some matches are bigger than others, but entertainment, pleasure, can be had from even the lowest priority game.
Some match facts, Wolves haven't won or scored at Old Trafford since 1980, and "Wolves have only progressed beyond this round once in the last 12 years, despite not having faced a Premier League side since losing 5-1 at Arsenal six years ago."
Prediction - nice run out for the young players, 2-0 to us, no dramas.