Source: Daily_Mail
Steve Bull: Wolves' Premier League fate will be decided in the next three matches
Wolves legend Steve Bull believes the next three games will define his old club's Premier League season - starting with this weekend's midlands derby at home to Birmingham City.[LNB]The Old Golds are currently second bottom of the table and could be as much as six points adrift of safety if results go against them ahead of their Sunday lunchtime Molineux clash.[LNB]But Bull, who netted over 300 goals for Wolves in 13 years there, cannot contemplate his former club becoming that detached.[LNB] Take that: Wolves legend Steve Bull celebrates a goal against Birmingham City[LNB]He insisted: 'I'm getting fed-up people saying how well Wolves are playing this season but getting no points, no luck and no rub of the green.[LNB]'Against Birmingham, a well-established Premier League side with a great manager in Alex McLeish, we have a great chance to give the fans something to cheer.[LNB]'It's time for us to grind out a scrappy 1-0 win here - let's play poorly and win for a change rather than play well and lose.'[LNB]Wolves went down 3-0 at Blackburn last weekend but Rovers keeper Paul Robinson was named man of the match and Bull added: 'He made so many world-class saves and if we had scored early on as we should have things would have been so different.[LNB]'However we now have as chance to kick-start the season. There's Birmingham this week, then West Brom away - another huge derby - followed by Wigan at home.[LNB]'We need to take something from all three of those games and seven points would definitely get us out of the bottom three.[LNB] Big thrill: Steve Bull presented match tickets to Wolves Barclays Ticket Office winners today[LNB]'That's where we need to be by the end of the year because where you are tends to define where you finish.'[LNB]Bull has fond memories as a player against the Blues, cracking the injury-time winner in a 3-2 classic between the sides in March 1996 after they had trailed 2-1 after 88 minutes.[LNB]'What a day that was,' said Bull.[LNB]'Birmingham manager Barry Fry has hated me since then - it was a packed ground and we looked certain to lose.[LNB]'I would have been happy with a point after such a late equaliser and could not believe it when I got a chance to win it - it meant everything to the fans that day and it will just as much to win again this weekend.'[LNB]One thing Bull is certain of though - he'd rather Wolves be in the Premier League struggling than winning in the Championship.[LNB]'We need to be playing teams like Arsenal and Manchester United week in, week out. The Premier League is the place to be - winning the division below is good but it's not great.[LNB]'This club belongs in the top flight and we need to go out and prove that in the next three matches.'[LNB][LNB]Steve Bull was presenting matchtickets to local Wolverhampton Barclays Ticket Office winners. The competitiongives fans the chance to win a pair of free Barclays Premier League ticketsevery 90 minutes throughout the 20010/11 season. Request a receipt fromany Barclays ATM to enter or visit www.barclaysticketoffice.com[LNB] McCarthy has board backing as Wolves manager plans January dealsBlackburn 3 Wolves 0: Big Sam's aces Robinson and Pedersen turn up trumpsSportsmail on Twitter: Follow regular updates from our team of writersWatch all the Premier League goals every week on our brilliant Yahoo video playerMatch Zone: Everything you need to know about Saturday's actionWOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS FC
