Jez Moxey is not on many Wolves fans’ Christmas card lists it would seem, writes Wolves blogger Nathan Lloyd.
But when he comes out and says that he is freezing the price of the early bird scheme, you would have thought the reaction would be a positive one.
But rather than be applauded for keeping the prices the same for the fourth year running, some fans took it as an opportunity to have a go at an easy target.
I’m not his spokesman, and I wouldn’t even say I was a fan, but Jez runs the club financially very well.
As someone wrote yesterday, he can’t seem to do right for doing wrong.
The quality of football isn’t down to him.
Can you imagine if the club had announced that season ticket prices were increasing in line with inflation? Some would probably want Mr Moxey hung, drawn and quartered!
Anyway, in my last blog I spoke a little about our humiliating television appearance at the hands of Watford.
I tried however to also discuss a little about Munich and was berated by a few fans for not sticking to the Gold ‘n’ Black topic.
The 50th anniversary of Munich puts football into perspective for me and I was trying to impart a little bit of this reflection to people who read my blog.
I think the majority got the point I was trying to make.
In all honesty, I didn’t bleat on too much about the Watford game because I get a little bit bored writing such negativity about the club, and surely people get fed up reading it?
It was extremely difficult to draw any positives from the game; Matt Jarvis played well first half and erm…. Henry worked hard.
So all I’m left with then is to discuss all our shortcomings, of which there are currently quite a few.
This weekend we welcome Stoke to Molineux.
Games against Stoke are never ones for purists, but with 16 games of the season to go; does the entertainment factor get chucked out in favour of 3 valuable points?
Be nice to see a few changes implemented from our woeful display against Watford.
George Elokobi to replace Gray at left back is a must.
Michael Gray sometimes looks like he is running on an imaginary treadmill; his legs are frantically moving but the earth below him isn’t.
His last couple of performances have cost us goals and I think it’s time for the new lad to come in.
I know it’s unlikely, but it would be nice if Stephen Elliott was replaced on the right. Personally I would switch Jarvis out there and use Daniel Jones or Bothroyd on the left.
But let’s not waste our breath. Stephen Elliott will be starting against Stoke and will probably be withdrawn 60 minutes into the game when MM realises he is about as ineffective as, well, Stephen Elliott.
The Watford game also highlighted that Foley could do with a rest. He has played the most games of any Wolves player this season.
Unfortunately, given Mick’s addiction to buying strikers, we are extremely light in the defender’s department, so it’s unlikely Foley will get a game off.
If Breen is fit enough, it would probably a good idea to drop another defensive liability in Darren Ward.
For the front two, SEB obviously gets to keep his place and after Freddy’s good hour against Norway in midweek for Wales, doesn’t he deserve another chance?
But alas, Mick will no doubt go with Keogh who fits into his work ethic but for me just hasn’t been effective enough with his possession.
If we beat Stoke, which will be tough, we will be right back in the mix for the remaining games.
I’m trying to muster every ounce of optimism in me and say that we can still get where we need to be come the business end of the season.
However, my sensible side knows that this Wolves side is not quite there yet and will probably need another season to mount a serious promotion challenge.
Moxey has already intimated that McCarthy does have time on his side and that if we don’t go up this season then he has another one to get it right.
I don’t know about you, but personally I don’t really want another season of the lacklustre and toothless football I’ve watched so far this term.
Good luck to the lads on Saturday.
Wolves fans, what do you think? Have your say below
56 Comments
Wolves fans could currently find fault in anything given our current state of mind.
I think its because the football is just so rubbish at the moment and that means that everything is negative,even freezing season ticket prices.
I think if we lose to Stoke then Mick has to go.
My fellow Nathan - I can say I pretty much agree with everything you say (and I don’t say that very often).
I think moxey runs the club very well, if I was picking at him the only thing he has done wrong was to give my seat away to albion fans and charge me £5 quid for the priviladge of moving seats. Apart from that he is a dam good business man and I feel the constant moaning at him is unjust!!!
I agree gray needs a rest, he tries hard, dare I say it “puts a shift in” but is not the player he was. Foley had an off game at watford but has been a constant 7/10 man all season in my eyes. Not sure about dropping ward though?
Elliot needs to be dropped, but I 100% agree, that is not going to happen.
Stoke are a big strong physical team, my worry is that edwards in the middle of the park might get bullied a little, I think Henry will be able to “mix it” if need be. Elikobi should come in so he can have a good old fashioned queensby rules with fuller! (i don’t think it is the right game for breen or craddock to come back though as it will be to demanding on them). Ward and Elikobi, you’d back them in a tussle against Tyson and Lewis, maybe……
I am forever an wolves optimist and think a convincing 2 zip win with Jarvis and Henry scoring a cracker will be the outcome!
Give him a break?
Are you having a laugh, is he having a laugh?
The pompous pantomine villan is a liability at the club and although we are financially stable we are about as exciting as a boiled egg.
I’m sorry Nathan, but is sounds as if you and Moxey are very close, have you taken a bung?
just glad that Jez is at WWFC otherwise we could be in the same boat as Bournemouth.
Easter Wolfie. Are you a Loaded reader by any chance?
I for one am willing to give Mick this season and next to get us up to the promised land as the other route we have chosen has clearly not worked over the last twenty years or so.I would like to see a young team who have had time to blend together go up then stay up this time.I would however like to see a Paul Ince type player brought in to show leadership on the field which in my opinion is lacking at the moment.
MM’s biggest mistake was not buying a quick centre half - a problem not addressed since Lescott left the club.
For a man who made his name as a top centre back, I struggle to see how MM hasn’t found a solution for this, or at least noticed it.
You will see Shawcross and Leon Cort at the back for Stoke tomorrow, whereas we’ll have Ward and one from Edwards, Collins, Breen - all of whom are not good enough.
As MM declares that ‘we have to be more adventurous’, it will be interesting to note how many clean sheets we keep from now on.
As for resting Foley - a lightning quick and promising Mark Little, who played 27 games last term (i think), is currently being farmed out to Northampton, so forget that.
And forget MM playing Eastwood as well. If you don’t like him Mick, just get rid! With 16 games to go, there aren’t many managers who still haven’t got a clue what their best starting XI is. Worrying!
Nathan a decent blog. Whilst you seemed to change your mind about MM quickly I don’t actually think your a bandwagon jumper. Apart from maybe in the case of Elliot. How you can say he is as bad on the wing as ward is ridiculous and jepordises the credibility of any of your comments. It’s absolutely and clearly untrue. Some of my mates don’t rate Elliot, but they can see he’s done a decent job on the wing. As for Eastwood, I would maybe give him another go, but as for deserving it, that is nonsense. Apart from maybe Bothroyd I can’t think of a least deserving player. The only reason for giving him another chance is that I think he does posses some quality, but on a number of ocacasions has been an absolute disgrace to the shirt this season. If you are benched, rightly or wrongly (lets remember he claimed to be tired), you come back eager and look to put in %100, did he? Of course not. Obviously my opion differs to yours and that’s fair enough. I do thibnk you contradict yourself a little thnough, you say “will probably need another season to mount a serious promotion challenge” then yhou follow it with “but personally I don’t really want another season of the lacklustre and toothless football I’ve watched so far this term.” Why would you want to get rid of a manager who can apparentely mount a serious promotion challenge? You hint that it would be pre-season, so it’s not like your saying it’s in order to go up this season.
Moxey makes some gaffes when it comes to relations with the fans but overall he is an excellent CEO and ran the club well when we ran out of parachute money, look at Leeds and Leicester who came down with us.
I still believe MM will get it right and we need to remain patient. On the subject of who to pick in the defence it is difficult but I agree Elokobi should come in but it’s difficult for fans who have complained of a slow defence since pre season and now the window is shut we will have to make do with what we have left.
Hi Nath,
Mate you cant please all the people all of the time, just ask the wife!!
I must admit i keep expecting to hear you have jacked the blogging in, i would not blame you. It seems each week Wolves fans berate everybody including you (one of their own). I can appreciate things are not going aswell as expected, and by all means let your feelings known, but having a go at Nath each week is a bit wrong. At this point i think i should let all you Wolves fans that whinge about his blogs know, that Nath is 6ft6 eats wild boar for breakfast and makes hulk hogan look like a girl. Think on my friend before typing such drivel.
Seriously though, like myself he writes his blog due to a real passion and love for the club, it is unpaid, and some weeks when there has been no game and no news you have to dig deep.
This is my excuse for having to go on a pub crawl before every game to canvass opinion of fans, i get some great material, i just cannot blumming remember it the next day!!!
All the best Nath, chin up.
Let us not forget MM said at the beginning of the season he was looking for a top two place.
He is failing fast.
He should, if , he should go
true nathan,
we havent done a leeds, forest, wednesday, coventry, the list goes on.
we are very very financially stable, which is something to build on. if we had gone ‘hell for leather’ when we got relegated, we could be in big trouble now.
he got 1.5m for the camara one season loan to celtic and then saints and another decent amount when we sold him, and to be honest he hasnt done great in the prem, lol…
also, it was the police who moved the wolves fans to accomodate albion in the cup, not moxey, and was due to the 15% rule in the cup. but i don’t love him though!!
Good blog Nathan and written with both common sense and ‘ brand ‘ loyalty .
With regard to Jez , I find it hard to understand just why there appears to be so many of our fans who so intensely dislike him . Every manager we have had has identified transfer targets and Jez has then organised the finance to buy those players . he does not identify the targets personally and has always backed his managers with the finance that the club , or club owners , were prepared to allocate . No manager that I can recall during Jez’ time at the club has ever complained about the backing that they have had from him in the transfer market . Dave Jones was the only one who made any type of negative comment and that was aimed more at Sir Jack than Jez . I believe there fore that we should give him a little more credit than many appear to want to do .
With regard to the team I also would like to see Jarvis on the right and Daniel Jones on the left ans this would give us more of an attacking option than we have shown this season . I would also like to see Freddy given an opportunity in the form of an extended run in the side . The enigma is Keogh who I rate extremely highly as a football player . He works hard to link up the play and bring others into the game . However , I think that we have to accept that he is not an out and out striker who is going to get you 20 goals , or more , per season . The centre of defence has been our achilles heel for much of the season and we have missed Craddock who played so well following his recall from exile with Stoke . The team as a whole has a young look to it and teamms that have lost of younger players usually struggle for consistency . Let’s just hope that the young players we have can mature into an eventual premiership side .
8.RealistWolves
I do think that these Wolves team needs another season to get to the Premiership, but I don’t think Mick should be the manager to do it.
I think you can pick fault in any argument but look at Elliott so far in a Wolves shirt, he has been completed ineffective. I think your mates are right!
Freddy was excellent in a Welsh shirt midweek and he is obviously a talent that Mick has struggled to get the best out of. I would give him a chance this weekend from the start, but thats unlikely to happen.
Nathan is right about Foley and Grey. Our esteemed leader decides to send little out on loan, just when we need him.
There will need to be lots of inept performances from Elliot before he gets dropped, I think he will be there until Kightly is back.
I do read what people say and I appreciate that I am always negative about McCarthy but just as I bang on about my views so do people who refuse to see what is going on in front of them!
How many fans truly believe that we will get promoted this season - not many. As that prospect disappears all of a sudden there is a three year plan and everything is on track! If MM stays for another season then I am sure a four year plan will surface.
You can’t keep buying lower league players and expect them to do a job, just as you can’t keep stock pilling strikers at the expense of everything else.
eventually the law of averages says he will get it right but where will his 3 year plan be when we have sold Kightly and Hennessey at the end of the season?
As for Jez Moxey:
His job is to keep us right where we are now, and as far as that goes he is doing a fantastic job.
As soon as we were promoted he acted decisively and made sure we would be right back to the safety zone of the championship.
It’s all happening right in front of us but we don’t want to see it!
How about giving us a break?
Nathan I think you have to accept that at Public Relations Jez Moxey is a disaster.
His recent comments about our promotion prospects are things he is best saying nothing about. He is not regarded as a football expert and his views on the football areas are really just better not heard.
The issue over the ticket allocations for the Albion game last year were handled very badly. And this year he has compounded that problem. The whole problem with the Albion game was, he said, caused by our need to give the away fans 15% of tickets for FA Cup games. And yet for the Wolves away games at Watford and Cardiff we have got less than 15%. So he abides by the rules for away fans at Molineux and then doesn’t do the same for Wolves fans when we travel away.
How good a job he does behind the scenes is something that us supporters are not qualified to talk about. But it seems to me that the majority of times he does things in the public eye he takes the wrong decision.
Also if we compare the club now with the club when he arrived, has anything progressed or got better? I think not, and at the moment you would have to say the same about McCarthy too.
7 Ben
Agree with you about the centre half position, our true Achilles’ heel. But Obi Wan’s chosen position is centre back and he is playing tomorrow. Will MM play him at left back though?
The guy on the Albion Blog said, “…The home games against Cardiff and Burnley witnessed us having to come from behind to get a result, and what was so pleasing was the reaction of the fans.”
“The atmosphere being generated at the Hawthorns this season has been electric and I feel the fans need to be congratulated on our collective efforts.”
“Yes of course it helps when you have a team that you feel can pull it back, even at 3-1 down with 15 minutes left, but the fans support is adding to the players confidence and belief.”
“Personally I prefer to sit in the Smethwick End, and have always felt it is the most vocal support we have, but in recent weeks all four stands are really getting behind the team and it is fantastic.”
“A number of the players and Tony Mowbray himself has commented on the performance of the fans recently, and although our gates have been a little disappointing considering our league position and style of football.”
“I almost feel that if they are not going to add anything to the atmosphere (ie the prawn sandwich brigade) I am happy for them to stay away.”
I am not blind, and I know we haven’t provided the quality of football we would love to see, but negativity is not working, so let’s try something different. We keep hearing the phrase of 12th man, but we don’t hear the 12th man very often at the Mol. I heard it last season against Southampton, and it was fabulous to be a part of cheering a team that had lost 6-0. Was it coincidental that the lads went on a great run afterwards that took us to the play-offs when we had anticiapated a dog-fight against relegation? The only time we really notice the crowd nowadays are the banal cries of “Freddy, Freddy…” or “Booooo…” Let’s try something new from this weekend forward, such as “Come on you Wolves,…” or “I was born under a Wanderers Scarf…” Let’s try and be that 12th man, and push the lads on in a positive way. If we do that, it may help. If you don’t like us getting the Daily Mail award for whinging, lets shove their words where the sun don’t shine, in the best way possible. Let’s be what they say we ain’t.
You may think that my glasses are rose-tinted. I can promise you that they are not. They are Gold and Black though, and I want totally what is best for our team. In my opinion, that is consistency, and sticking with our current manager and his youth policy. It may not be pretty in the short-term, but will produce success in the medium and long-term. You can disagree with that. We live in a free country. Let’s get behind our team though, and give it our total support. Let’s make teams that come to the Mol sit up, and think, “Blimey, they are up for this. We could be in for it here.” Teams at the moment come here knowing that if they can frustrate for long enough, the fans will turn on the Wolves, and Mick McCarthy. They couldn’t do that last season. Who knows, positivity may prove successful.
Sorry Nathan For the first time in a long time I totally disagree with you.The man is totally incompetent.My reasons are as follows:
1.He obviously knows nothing about football.Witness his attempts to persuade Hoddle to reconsider his decision after he resigned.
2.During Sir Jacks reign he obviously ran the club.It is obvious the club were totally unprepared off and on the pitch during our one season in the premiership.
3.To award himself a bonus over the Camara deal highlights a major problem at the club.If his salary package increases as a result of players being sold what incentive is there for us to hold on to our better players.
4.During his tenure attendances are down, the standard of players is worse and our record compared to The Albion and Blues is poor.
5.The morale of the fans is getting worse and the future does not look bright.Over the years we have had some decent managers who have all failed this club.The one constant in all their reigns is Mr Moxey.Need I say more?
Steve Bull Stand (comment 13) i think you’d find the club is in a better shape since Moxey took over, the club is now self reliant and can survive on its own 2 feet now (with or without morgan) which before he came it wasnt…we totally relied on sir jack!
Also you dont see him taking money out of the coffers like a certain CEO before him!
I dont like the man as much as anyone, but he dont do a bad job and its not very often we dont get a player we want (or the manager wants i mean!).
Good blog Nathan, I have also been critical in the past of some of your blogs and not always agreed but then it is a discussion board but I like yourself have found little to get excited over.
people say above though how he (Nathan) is hypacritical, cant see it myself, he says MOXEY will give MM another year but NATHAN cant bare another season of what we have..(realist wolf!!) I suggest you re-read the blog to what it actually says!! I agree, we all know MM will be here next season no matter what happens whether we like it or not!
wolves 2-1 win sat with Blake getting both goals.
Breretonwolf
Instead of banging on about booing and negativity all the time why don’t you try and answer some questions. This 12th man stuff is nonsense!
If we don’t go up this season where we will be selling off the family silver again, just how many seasons do we have to put up with it?
Why does it bother you what the Daily Mail says? You should be happy about it because it gives you some much needed ammunition to fire.
At some point you have to get over the boo boys because you can’t change that about football fans. They did it at nearly all the England games last year, perhaps the Daily Mail will give ‘England Fans’ an award, although I doubt that because they would risk alienating too many of their London readership of little In-ger-land-ers!
All I can suggest is get to the next game and cheer and shout as loud as you can, but just remember who is driving the train and realize that while he is driving we will be taking the circle line!
14-Nathan
Would just like to say by the way, I agree with you on Moxey.
As for Elliot, my point was that despite some of my mates not rating him, they can still see he’s been doing a good job on the wing.
On Elliot you say “Elliott so far in a Wolves shirt, he has been completed ineffective”, a comment apt for FE I would say. Elliot has done more for the team than FE. I agree FE may be more talented, but it is himself to blame for not playing, he needs to show this ability, we can all carp on about his early games, but it was also him who played against Hull and many more and not only failed to show his talent but also the consolation of any effort and then wonders why he isn’t getting in.
The team you asy will be ready to mount a promotion challenge next season is one MM has put together, so surely that is praise?
As for you blogs, I think you do a good job and I think you should see the debate they inspire as a compliment. I don’t really debate with some idiots on here as they don’t warrant a response. But like many I respect your points and that’s why I engage in debate with you. As though your opinions may be different you do own a good knowledge of the game and generally write interesting articles which I would like to see continue. Football is all about opionions and I think you should see the passion and debate on your blogs as a good thing.
After Moxey’s 12 years as CEO, and after interviewing and selecting 5 (6?) separate managers its about time that everybody realizes where our failure is emulating from. It is right at the top, the CEO has to take the blame.
In a public company the CEO takes the can for failure.
You heard it her first, at the end of the season Mr Morgan will sack most of the current management and support failures and start afresh. Because that is what he would do in business.
Why is a football club any different?
Moxey suprised me by holding down ticket prices. It was mostly down to Morgan, however, and this is a good sign for the future. The long term plan to make Wolves a major franchise is the aim, and building the fan base is crucial. Even without Morgan’s 30 million injection, 20 thousand plus crowds put us in a healthy position to attain our goals. Mick has to develop some consistency on the pitch now.
Has anybody other than me noticed what a dirty dump Molineux has been allowed to become. Most of the public ares are a disgrace. This must lie on the shoulders of Moxey his poor housekeeping. GET THE PLACE CLEANED UP MOXEY
No 4. Exactly like Bournemouth?! In terms of revenues generated - er I don’t think so. In terms of fan base/attendances, er I don’t think so. How can you compare us to Bournemouth??
Of course - in the time Moxey has been CEO, how many clubs that have spent less than us made the prem and established themselves? Of course a number of managers have to take the bulk of the blame - that’s why they are ex-managers. As has been commented on many occasions, he is more than happy being a bigger fish in the smaller pond than vice versa when/if we’re in the Prem.
And when will people stop proclaiming him as a financial genius for the Camara deal? Look at that lot down the road - from their premiership time, they made whacking profits on the other Kamara, Koumas, they are getting more for Davies than we got for Lescott ffs, even McShane went for a bundle. Need I mention, Iverssen, Okoronkwo, Cort, Luzhny, Gudjonsson, Kachloul - these were our signings, albeit some on loan, and bearing in mind we paid Iverssen’s loyalty bonus he was due at Spurs (even though officially it was a free).
Had it not been for SJH’s money and now Morgan’s, we could well be in the same state as Forest, Sheff Wed etc. Leeds is not a good analogy since their probs began when they reached the later stages of the Champions League and used this as their benchmark - when they clearly overachieved.
This was when Jez was adamant that he and Dave Jones could not have worked harder in their efforts to bring in new players.
I agree about Gray, although I do still think he is a great player with a superb attitude. But at the end of the day, mistakes will always outshine those glamour performances, and Gray is a victim to this. As for Foley, perhaps fatigue is starting to kick in; he certainly looks more shaky now than he did at the start of the season. However, I would disagree about Keogh. You state that MM will pick him, yet seem to not think he should be played youself… for the reason that he ‘hasn’t been effective enough with his possession.’ But, three goals in three games in a Wolves shirt and a first half performance against Sheff Wed that suggested we are starting to see last seasons Andy Keogh once again.
Overall though mate, a good blog!
Promotion was our target this season, in the words of Mad Mick himself. At the moment we look to have little chance of achieving our target.
So the choices are as follows
1) Sack Mick now and give someone else a chance of getting us up
2) Wait till the end of the season and then sack him
3) Give him another year with the same target has this year.
I actually believe we have bought pretty well over the last 18 months and our squad and team are amongst the best in the division so why aren’t we playing like it? is it the players, the way we play?
Either way it has to come down to the mad man and unless he can change this there’s no point giving him another season. (I see little signs of things changing yet!)
In response to 20 Robert Perry
1.That was one of Moxey’s highlights in my opinion!!!!!
2.This is because sir jack pulled the plug on any funds we may have had. He did well under difficult circumstances.
3.OK camara was a good player for wolves, but his attitude stank, he refused to play for wolves ever again after they got relegated so JM did a magnifcent job of getting rid of the £$%^ and especially for making a profit on him!
4.Attendances are better then albions and blues. I’m sure you wouldn’t be going to the wolves if we were paying blues prices (if you go to the matches at all?), early birds have been constant for 4/5 years now!
5.Moxey has bought in these so called decent managers and backed them to the hilt. It is not his fault success hasn’t come with it.
So Robert Perry, i have come to the conclusion that you are a plank!!!
Post 27.
My comments re Bournemouth was the fact that they are in Administration and we are not,Jez is very good at the job he is employed to do and that is to ensure that WWFC are Financially sound.
His genius/skill regarding the Camara transfer was how much money he made for the club as a result of the loan deals he engineered plus the final sale price.
Sorry I have to say this, but what is Abdonwolf all about?
You don’t make sense MATE.
I have never read one positive comment on Wolves from you.
Other than bleating on about MaCarthy and Moxey being a waste of space, your contribution on here is predictable, repetitive and just utter naff anti wolves nonsense.
Get back in your hole Tesco.
Nathan I simply do not understand
anything you have said.
1 Are you honestly saying the fact he wanted Hoddle to stay is a point in his favour?
2The fact attendances are better than Blues and Albion is irrelevant.Its like saying Newcastles attendances are better than Chelsea’s and therefore they must be a better run club.
£.Whether Camara’s attitude stank or not is irrelevant.It is the policy of awarding Bonuses to Moxey for selling players which I find worrying and which you have not addressed.
Finally as for being a plank I have supported the club for over 40 years am a season ticket holder and am very concerned about the club’s future.A little more respect would not be amiss my boy.
33 Robert - apologies for calling you a blank, just sometimes get frustrated!
I have only been a season ticket holder for the past 15 years, I am only 26 so that’s not bad going! I too want the best for the club, and i suppose its good that we don’t all come on here and agree with each other but……
1.That fact that Hoddle didn’t stay is a point in Moxey’s favour! No-one wanted him to stay.
2. Are attendance down, i’m not to sure they are. Saturday is going to be a sell out. Most of this seasons poor attendances has been a large part to away support being so poor, not so much the home fans!
3. Camara wanted out of the club, end of. Moxey did the best anyone could have possible done with that situation and i simply will not budge on that subject. So yes i think he did deserve a bonus! He sold the player because he had to, not necessarily wanted to. He could have stayed and rotted in the reserves (maybe should have done) but we would have been losing money hand over fist.
Good to see we’re all as happy as usual.
You lot can’t even stop going on at each other let alone stop going on at the team.
No wonder we’re in this mess.
Anyway for what its worth, Moxey has done a good job in my opinion, the job he is paid to do.
He is not responsible for performances on the pitch.
We have had all kinds of managers over the years, whether picked by Moxey or not and they have all failed.
Maybe its time to Mick a chance to finish what he’s started, something we as a club never seem to do.
If we dont succeed with the squad we have now, sorry but you can’t blame Fatso.
I totally agree with SteveBullStand! What Moxey does BEHIND the scenes has obviously put the club on an even footing BUT where Moxey falls down is trying and pathetically failing to be a PR man! His gaffs are infamous and prove without any doubt that his football knowledge could be put on the back of a postage stamp!
As to Breretonwolfs comments re the 12th man - I agree, the booing does not help but put an inferior product on display and what should fans do? Just sit mesmorised or make their feelings known? We are talking about professional footballers here, men not juveniles who probably had worse shouted at them at school, so they should be big enough and brave enough to show everyone what they can do and that the booboys are wrong! Unfortunately those same players at times decide to “hide” and not show what they can do and McCarthy is not blameless in this respect for he should have brought in a leader who knows how to gee up the troups when it is called for, sadly we do not appear to have anyone to do that job at the club! As for Dublin Wolves comment that McCarthy “will be here next season no matter what happens whether we like it or not!” - I would not like to bet on that! If public opinion goes against a manager, the club has to act as Newcastle did with Allardyce.
Talking managers, there has been more than a token response against McCarthy these past months, not because he is a bad manager but because he does not listen or see what is plainly obvious to nearly everyone else!
No one person is so clever they cannot take advice from others but does McCarthy? Ask yourself this question - would you have played the same teams throughout that torrid spell before the middle of January? - If the answer is yes, then plainly you are more than happy to watch whatever is put in front of you without complaining! My sympathies go to you and your family!
33 Robert Perry - Just one thing to add to your point on the Camara saga:
Most players agents tout their respective players around and Camara although relatively unproven had shown some promise with his pace and some shows of skill in his time at the Mol and his agent the not so great Willie McKai (sp?)is well known for getting deals for his players
So no surprise that Camara was involved with Saints, Celtic etc etc
Somehow we cannot see JM doing the same as the players agents - more a case of Willie M finding the deals and JM running back and forth (via his mobile - as we also dont believe that running and JM are words that shall we say “go together?”) to SJH until SJH says Yes to a proposed deal
You only have to look at the pathetic attempts at sponsorship ala “Chaucer” - who’s MD is a Wolves fan and can be found at most home games in his exec box - that must have been such hard work walking all that distance to negotiate a deal with Chaucer that appears to have more benefits for Chaucer than Wolves - this is enough for anyone with any sense to realise that JM is ” maximum personal return with minimum effort”
At best “Mr Early Bird” - but as someone else said - look at the state of the grounds public facillities - the club shop merchandising (inferior products)
etc etc etc
A novice that jumped ship from Stoke (ask Stoke City fans about how much they love JM) and installed as CEO by SJH to be the “bullet proof vest”
Its no wonder he gets paid the large salary - If he was stunt man - we think they call it “danger money”
Hi Nathan.I think we will have to beg to differ.I know we both have the club’s interests at heart.Rob
32 Sandwell massive??
If you don’t like it don’t read it!
If you don’t understand something that I say then just ask!
I Don’t just criticize for the sake of it. I don’t see many positives at the moment all I see is a badly balanced set of average players sitting in mid-table. Tell me I’m wrong don’t just bark at me!
For the record I will tell you what I think are the positives for this season so far:
1. Foley is a good buy
2. Hennessey
3. Edwards and Blake (far too early yet)
4. Jarvis is good
There is that better?
Oh and if you are going to pull me up for a spelling mistake again then make sure you get it right!
32 Sandwell massive??
If you think I am an Albion fan then you really are very stupid.
I have had enough of your puerile comments now. I will not respond to you any more.
Grow up!
Nathan is right jez Moxey does not deserve the stick he gets, as many of you have commented he run’s the club well and again as some of you have awknoledged the fact we haven’t gone the way of leeds, Notts Forest, leicester, Derby and Coventry is testament to the way he has run the club, personally i am delighted about the “early bird” its a good deal and better than most clubs season ticket prices.
As for MM he is our manager and we should give him our full support, I know I will tomorrow and so should everyone else, Stoke will fancy it tomorrow and if we go quiet after ten minutes that will help them even further.
One last point, the club is in a good financial position, nearly 23,000 of us turn up every home game and the season is not over, its about time the whingers and the moaners realised that.
There are lots of clubs who would love to be in our position.
31. So we have Moxey to thank that we’re not in administration; nothing to do with the momney from SJH or Morgan or season ticket money etc. It’s all down to Moxey. Life must be great in such a simple world.
And one decent negotiation is being used to highlight how great he is whereas you’ll ignore all of the other examples I made, where he was sh1te quite frankly, so you can get your point across. Who do we blame for all of the other deals where we’ve lost more than 5 times the profit we made from the rat? Or do we ignore them in “simple world”?
The bottom line is that he is in his comfort zone in the Championship, where Wolves are one of the bigger clubs (in terms of attendances, finances etc). He is a tadpole (albeit a pie eating one!) in the Prem, cocked up with virtually all of the transfers (I also forgot the Silas masterpiece in my earlier comments) where he has publicly admitted he should have started earlier in negotiations rather than go on holiday (since we were already 2 weeks behind the other promoted teams) yet still got a 300K bonus for Wolves’ promotion.
The bloke is indeed a genius - for getting so much money out of Wolves for a tenure of mediocrity whilst still getting people to praise him for one well negotiated deal with a rat. IMHO anyway
Thankyou for your 3.5 well worked out positive comments, I hope it didnt hurt to much.
See you at the game tomorrow?
I mean Wolves v Stoke, just in case you were wandering who Albion were playing.
This blog has opened my eyes & my attitude towards Moxey is shifting slightly.
On the subject of the “Twelth Man”,
I recall that almost amusing record by Joe Dolce “Shaddup You Face” being sung en masse by the Wolves travelling army at a FA Cup tie at Ayrsome Park, Middlesborough & “Sing when your fishing” to the Grismby fans a few years later.
QUALITY!
Mr Moxey may well be an astute businessman and manages the finances well, but that is only one part of the equation. In all businesses you have to manage the finances but you also have to deliver a good product or service to survive.
The last few years during his reign have not really delivered the goods and whilst he is not responsible for managing the team, he is (or should be) accountable for the clubs overall performance.
On that basis I don’t think he has achieved anything. He has made or contributed to some strange managerial comings and goings. He has also presided over the fiasco of the club winning the promotion all so desperately wanted and then failing to back the Manager who got us there.
For that latter reason alone, I think he will never win any popularity stakes.
I know there are some people out there who would like to hear “Liquidator” before the match.
Here’s a once in a lifetime offer, give me the announcer/DJ job.
I’ll do it for NOTHING!
Yes he should be given a break, in his contract with the sack
Hope the line up on Saturday is Hennessey, Foley, Edwards R, Breen, Elokobi, Keogh, Henry, Edwards D, Jarvis, Eastwood, SEB. subs Boothroyd, Stack, Ward, Elliot and Gray. Kyle can serve the pies
Nathan you are correct when you say that Moxey can not be blaimed for the players performance but he is responsible for appointing the manager and making policies regarding transfers and wages (along with the owner and other directors). The fan’s frustration is total, we have a new owner who has to pump money into the club (thanks to SJH). Moxey is part of any failure and would need to go if we fail to go up. He is already trying to prepare us for failure - read his statements - not acceptible in my mind.
In terms of team selection and what everyone else wants to see this blog really hits the nail on the head. I’m very pro-Keogh but not that mad on Freddy but even I can see a change is required there. As for Elliott - I think Nathan’s disbelief and scepticism is shared by us all - yep, 60 mins and he will be off no doubt. Freddy will get 15 mins, look good, but wont quite do enough to start the next game, a very familiar story. If MM cant see that Jones needs to start on the left and Jarvis on the right then he needs to be replaced now. Having said that, for a while he saw Potter, Henry and S Ward as a better than a then FIT Matt Jarvis in a wide position. McCarthy out and the end of the season.
Nathan. I have said it many times before and I will say it again.
Look at Stoke City since he left. Look at the Wolves since he came.
Doesn’t today also tell you something. Look at his choice of managers as a starter for 10.
Give who a chance,Jez Moxey you must be joking this man in the past has sought every chance to have a go at Wolves fans in every season for one thing or another when Dave Jones was in Charge he moaned because Wolves fans were moaning about not spending money for the premiership to get new players saying basically Wolves had no cash to spend,When wolves fans were having a go at Glen Hoddle when really perhaps we should have been having a go at the man who was supposed to be managing the cash,Hoddle may or maynot have been any good but got very little support from Jez moxey yet when Wolves fans began to see Hoddle floundering Jez Moxey berated Wolves fans for voicing their opinion about Hoddle,the trouble with Wolves many Wolves fans would say is Jez Moxey, in all the many years we have had men of finance within the Wolves Board we have never had a man who has been so disliked by most of the fans, this is fact not fiction,it maybe that Sir Jack has had a deep respect for jez Moxey but it is unlikley that the fans certainly the majority of fans will ever have any respect for this man who has in the past taken every chance in the Wolves programme at times to berate the Fans,Stand by Moxey NO No No
Comment 52 Dennis Higgins - Ah the great Jez Moxey - who knows how to tug at the strings if the “loyal fans” by hiding behind the supporters that believe that he is working extremely hard behind the scenes and wheeling and dealing with players and other clubs to bring in profitable deals every season!
Isnt it great to be naive? Next thing we will have fans on here saying that Jez Moxey has supported the Wolves all of his life!
Moxey plays the game every season of playing the fans card - On the one hand we have fans that think that just cheering the team on will suddenly change our fortunes on the field of play; and then we have fans who have had enough of the BS that creates one set of Wolves fans to turn against the other set of Wolves fans and hey presto - we have indifference in the camp and the spotlight is no longer on the club, Moxey or the Manager
You only have to look at this booing rubbish - this type of behaviour is available at most football grounds (Man Ure Vs Man City yesterday for example/ England Vs Switzerland etc etc etc)
Its funny how the media will not be focussing on this for long/ if at all (Cant have bad press pointed at the big boys now can we?)
Whereas, the attention from the Daily Mail must have been like a God send for MM, the players and Moxey - to spin a smoke screen away from the lack of activity and investment from the club pre season - who should have brought in defenders with some pace - so that we can play 4-4-2 with wingers and a defence that can withstand attacks from teams who could have been put to the sword, if we were capable of defending against better opposition
SJH needed a “bullte proof vest” from the fans and he found it in Moxey - a man who learnt his trade as CEO whilst being employed by SJH.
And ever since the “bullet proof vest” has been running his profitable business - just think of how much this guy actually makes each year and exactly what success does he corporately or otherwise bring to the club in return???
We really wonder what terms Steve Morgan has had to put up with in his take-over of the club that included keeping Moxey employed and for how long - perhaps we will never know?
Why would prices rise when we play the same football every year and still end up missing out on promotion?
Forget J.Moxley, whilst he may hold the purse strings, he does not pick the players M.M wants, or pick the team or coach the team.All of this is in M.M’s hands. 90% of a successful side is due to a sound defence who not only have to defend well, they must have the ability to passs the ball. The defence is a shambles I bet W.Hennessy gets stage fright when he reads the team sheet.
M.M can bluster all he likes but if this team goes up, just think of what Arsenal will do to to the defence?
The problem is that the club do not have a centre half. If you are waiting for Breen and Craddock, forget it. I do not dispute their commitment, their enthusiasm or their loyalty, it is their age and injuriy records.
Why keep buying forwards when it is the defence that requires a make over.Only Foley would keep his place. The coaching staff need to get most of the players practicing how to pass a ball however it comes to them. On throw ins, throw sharply to the feet of the receiver. not throw it bounce three or four times. Pass the ball when the intending receiver wants it,not when the player who is passing decides to play it. There are one or to in the squad who know how to play football, it is the other half dozen or so!
Can any sane person tell me why M.M has bought K. Kyle?
What a load of drivle… i have never read so much rubbish in my life. Nathan Loyd, you obviously have no idea about what you are writing….
How can you say Gray being replaced is a must?! I dont see how anyone can critisise Gray at the moment… he’s been running his arse off and been one of our better and consistent players. And how has he cost us goals in the last few games? please enlighten me as i cant see anyway that is true myself…
Elliot has actually done ok in the few games he has played on the right, better than he has been doing up front…
Keogh has now scored about 4 goals is as many games so if goals are a problem, why would you drop him? Eastwood has done nothing so why call for him to have a game. All he does is hold on to the ball to try and get a shot from the edge of the area himself even if theres a good pass on and then 9 times out of 10 looses it.
And darren ward has been our best defender this season, maybe apart from craddock… hes been solid consistant and shows abit of authority at the back… cant see why he was dropped for that short stint at the start of the season, be he was, and rightly so, re-instated.
I hope everyone can see just how pathetic this blogger is because this just shows how clueless some people are.
I hope you are never allowed to write on here again for all our sakes. My younger sister would have more suitable comments to make… not that anyone could be further away from the crap in this blog