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Has there ever been a Wolves player like Freddy Eastwood?

One who has caused so much debate, so much discussion, and one whom still nine months after his arrival polarises opinion like nothing else at Molineux.

Freddy - or should that be "Freddy, Freddy, Freddy" - is back on the agenda this week, not just for his two goals for Wales but also in terms of his aborted loan move to Coventry.

Enough column inches to down a tropical rain forest will once again be spouted on the subject and why not - it's another interesting chapter in this long-running saga.

Mick McCarthy this morning insisted it was he who pulled the plug on the possible move, changing his mind after initially entertaining the prospect of letting Eastwood out.

In my opinion that has to be the right decision.

Eastwood may still not have convinced his manager of his overall capabilities but he remains a potential goalscoring threat and has certainly looked bright coming off the bench in recent games.

Who's to say - and given this story it's entirely possible - that it's not Eastwood who eventually pops up with the crucial goal which takes Wolves into the play-offs or even better?

And who's to say that perhaps Wolves don't pick up the odd injury or two over the coming weeks - heaven forbid Sylvan Ebanks-Blake picks up a knock because you would then wonder just where the goals are going to come from.

That brings me neatly on to Ebanks-Blake.

Because while Eastwood continues to maintain his lofty status as fans favourite - and he certainly possesses plenty of talent - Ebanks-Blake has thus far been unable to generate the same sort of frenzy among the Molineux faithful.

To me that is strange.

Here is a guy who has made an impressive impact since checking in at Molineux, scoring seven goals in 13 games to become Wolves' first 20-goal-a-season man since Kenny Miller.

All pace, power and unshakeable strength he rarely fails to make the keeper work whilst also showing his value to the team in holding the ball up effectively during the games he has been used as a lone frontman.

One of this region's most experienced reporters this week remarked Wolves haven't seen his like, in terms of sheer, hunger for goals, since a certain Stephen George Bull.

And you can see the point.

Always willing to take a shot and goal and with the power and accuracy to match, he has brought an added dimension to Wolves' play and also contributed to the resurgence of others like Andy Keogh.

There is of course a court case hanging over Ebanks-Blake following an incident outside a nightclub in Plymouth.

But it's clearly not affecting his football and as a personality he remains a fairly quiet and laid back character and interesting interviewee.

In today's Birmingham Mail he talks of his pride at being up there in the scoring charts alongside Albion's Kevin Phillips and happily shrugs off suggestions sparked by one or two photographs that he is carrying a bit of timber!!!

Ebanks-Blake a new Molineux hero? In many ways he has all the hallmarks but with Freddy still to the fore that fans' favourite status is still elusive.