Wolves away was highlighted as a pivotal game weeks ago and, despite some hiccups along the way, it is still the case.

Previously we would have thought a point from Molineux was a good result but surely now, it is the proverbial must-win game.

A week ago, after the tepid draw against Cardiff, this seemed as likely as a victory at Old Trafford.

But after the obliteration of the Canaries on Sunday and Wolves' midweek defeat to their old enemy, everything seems possible again.

Although we had been undefeated in five games at Portman Road, the performances reeked of a team slipping towards the wilderness of mid-table, rather than racing towards the top six.

Where was the players' urgency? Where was their passion? Well, we got our answer Sunday.

Not only was it a performance that oozed the desire and commitment we have been pleading for but also the slick sumptuous football that had been missing since the West Brom win on New Year's Day.

At the centre of it was Pablo Counago.

Our favourite matador showed what we had been missing during his three-match suspension, pulling the strings and giving us the invaluable link between midfield and attack.

The surprise return of Jon Walters, even if he was only half-fit, reminded us of why he is the hot favourite to scoop the player of the year award. He was the oil which greased Town's wheels before Christmas and without him we had ground to a standstill.

The stylish victory gave us the shot of confidence we desperately needed but we know a pack of Wolves, in enemy territory, will be harder to tame than a dishevelled Canary with the backing of a pumped up Portman Road.

Despite the hyperbole we've been spinning about Town this week we only beat Norwich 2-1. From 20 shots on goal we only scored twice, one of which was an own goal, giving a profligate goal ratio of a one goal per ten shots.

With Mick McCarthy unlikely to use Glenn Roeder's kamikaze tactics, we're more likely to get five to ten shots on goal. The same recklessness as Sunday, will not get a result.

This time last week if someone had told me that our season will still be alive going to Molineux then I would have taken it.

If come 5pm tomorrow our play-off push is over, at least we can go back to goading the Canaries again.