With Butler recovering from injury Wolves started with the same line-up that started against Ipswich. This means that Jones stuck with his 'lop-sided' formation, the formation which had earlier in the season made us look like a laughing stock (Trevor Francis - 'tactical genius' - need I say more?). But with different players it looks a better proposition. Irwin seems better able to cope with being left exposed and Kennedy is able to exploit any attacking opportunites. As always the difference between success and failure is very small.

And so this match would prove. Preston looked the brighter side in the first half, and - but for some poor finishing - they could have taken a lead in to the dressing room at half time. After only four minutes Preston striker George Koumantarakis headed just wide from a right wing cross. Then Murray saved well from a low 25-yard shot by Eddie Lewis.

Koumantarakis then teed up Paul Mckenna (isn't he a magician?) whose shot only found the side-netting. Then Jackson headed just over the bar from a corner. But Preston weren't having it all their own way. Early in the half neat play between Rae and Kennedy provided a shooting opportunity for Ince, but his his long range shot flew well wide.

Wolves best attack of the first half came when Ndah took a ball from Miller and skipped past Lucketti, but his cross-shot eluded Cameron and went just outside the post.

Towards the end of the half Cameron had to be replaced as he felt the effects of the 'robust approach' taken by Preston. Craig Brown must have watched us play Portsmouth at Molineux, because the foul count was a little one-sided in the first half (Wolves were awarded 15 free kicks to Preston's 6). Just before the half time whistle Miller had a shot on goal from inside the area which was blocked. The resulting two corners came to nothing.

Half Time Preston 0 Wolves 0

The second half showed the difference on-form strikers can make to a team. Earlier in the season the loss of Blake to injury (and to a lesser extent Sturridge) had started to make even the most optomistic of Wolves fans think twice about a promotion challenge this season. Now - with the emergence of the Ndah/Miller partnership and flashes of brilliance from Proudlock - it appears that Blake and Sturridge will have problems winning back their places.

Preston's George (Koumantarakis) had squandered a chance early in the first half, but our George ('oh Lord, George Ndah') showed him how its done earlier in the second.

Ince won the ball back on the edge of our area and passed to Ndah deep in the Wolves half. Ndah went on a run, followed by a number of Preston players who couldn't quite catch him. Over the half way line and still no Preston player had challenged for the ball so Ndah kept on going. The defenders backed off until he was on the edge of the Preston box and, just when it looked like they had decided to tackle him, Ndah shot in between a couple of defenders and into the back of the net. Preston 0 Wolves 1 a superb goal to rival Naylor's goal from the previous match. But this was of a different order, Ndah ran from one penalty area to the other, turning a Preston attack into a Wolves goal in the blink of an eye. An excellent goal, of the type that is becoming an Ndah 'trademark' (as Dave Jones said later).

Five minutes later Butler's blushes were saved by Murray, who saved when the centre back nearly scored an own goal when cutting out a cross from Cresswell.

With ten minutes to go, Proudlock replaced Rae (and played as a right winger) and within a couple of minutes he helped to seal the three points. Irwin found Proudlock with a fine ball and the young striker took the ball down the right wing and crossed low and hard into the box. Miller got onto the end of it and shot left-footed into the back of the net. Preston 0 Wolves 2

Cresswell nearly got a consolation for Preston when he hit the post in injury time, but it wasn't to be their day. With everyone around us in the league winning (with the exception of Sheff Utd) a win was neccessary to stay in the top six and keep up the momentum. Well done George and Kenny. Apparently Miller equalled the post-war record for scoring in consecutive matches in this match by scoring in the last seven matches. Craig Brown's successor as Scotland manager was in the stands and couldn't have failed to be impressed, so maybe Miller will get to add to his tally of caps. I bet George wishes he was Scottish, because he'd walk into the team.