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I’ll be the first to admit it, my headline sounds ridiculous.

How is it that a player with only 11 Wolves appearances to his name can be regarded as our Player of the Season?

Well, it’s getting to that time when - even though the team has performed so poorly over the last eight months - the club insists on singling out a particular player for praise.

In a season that has lacked memorable moments for the right reasons, Jordan Graham is one of the very few positives.

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At the time when Graham came into this Wolves side the playing squad lacked a sparkle, pace and fearlessness that the winger brought in abundance.

Statistics from both the player and team support this. The winger averaged an assist every 115 minutes - helping him to an impressive eight in 11 appearances.

His introduction to the side also coincided with an upturn of form and arguably our best performances of the season.

He was heavily involved in Wolves’ purple patch over Christmas and New Year, helping to win 12 points from a possible 12.

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Ironically, before Tuesday’s win at MK Dons, the club sat the same amount of points from the relegation zone.

This highlights the importance of that period, and the contribution of Graham previous to his luckless ligament injury.

We also mustn’t forget that for the first four months of the season we were frantically searching for our Bakary Sako replacement. Many tried to make that left wing berth their own, many failed.

But the former Aston Villa man stepped into Sako’s shoes seamlessly, finally allowing us a pacy outlet on the left with not only a swagger, but an end product too.

Let’s not get too carried away though, the very fact that there can be an argument made for Graham’s inclusion in a Player of the Season debate is testament to how below par the team has been this campaign.

But in a season where there has been a combination of upheaval, bafflement and bad luck, Graham has shown more than anyone that - when fit - he is ready to get Wolves challenging again.