A little bit of respite this weekend in the shape of the FA cup, and it’s probably a very welcome distraction for the club and the beleaguered Mick McCarthy, writes Wolves blogger Nathan Lloyd.
It should also mean that Wolves can play a game without the weight of our league position dragging the team down.
And hopefully it could mean a start for Freddy, although I won’t hold my breath.
I don’t think that Freddy is the greatest striker this club has ever seen, but the kid obviously has natural talent and to give him a couple of minutes on the pitch as a sub here and there is an insult to his abilities.
He was obviously frustrated to play a decent hour for Wales and then see his first team chance blocked by Kevin Kyle’s inclusion.
And so who can blame him if he wants to leave the club and play football elsewhere?
The fans chant his name, even when he is simply warming up, because they know he has talent.
The Freddy debate has been raging on all season and many off you are probably a bit fed up with discussing it, so I’ll move on.
Most of us tore strips off Mick this week when he dared to suggest that this Wolves team can still go up, maybe even in a top two position.
Four wins, five draws and six losses (17 from a possible 45 points) from our last 15 games.
I don’t think we should give our manager the title of Mystic Mick just yet.
We couldn’t be more mid-table, being 14 points from the top and 13 from the bottom of the league.
So I can’t unfortunately share the once magic Mick’s optimism.
I haven’t seen anything in these last 15 games to suggest even a whiff of promotion fever could descend on this great city of ours.
A contributing factor in Mick’s downfall is that he appears to have abandoned too many principles from last season.
His obvious favouritism towards certain players and his reliance on players from his Sunderland days, culminating in the still baffling signing of Kevin Kyle, leaves many fans, me included, confused and angry.
Personally I would like to see him replaced before the end of the season to give Sam Allardyce, Billy Davies, Chris Coleman, Paul Ince, Darren Ferguson, Mixu Paatelainen, Keith Downing, Bully or whoever steps up to the challenge, time to assess the squad before looking around in the summer.
We deserve better than the disjointed tripe being served up at the moment.
Wolves fans have your say below
61 Comments
With all the porkies Mick keeps coming out with, tripe is the operative word.
Eastwood was a panic buy and clearly mccarthy’s second choice, maybe the fans should take some of the blame, everyone was worried when we missed out on billy sharpe and were urging the club to buy a striker, the did and mick didnt really want him!
Eastwood debate is a bit boring now, but would like to see him be given a chane but lets face it - its not gonna happen!
I think its time for a change to, dont think big sam would come to wolves but would like to see someone young and hungry that loves the club like ince to be given a crack of the whip.
Not sure we have one of the top two squads in the league but we should be up there and now that were closer to relegation than automatic promotion something has to give soon.
Many fans including us got caught up in the events that happened last season and the promise of the youngsters being used and the use of wingers that had a “buzz” around the ground again (AH - After Hoddle)
MM and his assistant Taff Evans quietly went about assembling a squad from almost nothing, whilst the clubs board sat back and in truth held their breath and crossed everything in the hope that the mass exodus had not pushed the club over the edge of capabillity and into the grip of relegation to the same depths of once great clubs Leeds and Nottingham Forest
MM and TE, with absolutely no expectations or money focussed on the job in hand - no-one really gave it a second thought as we were candidates for possible relegation - no thanks to the mass kull of players by order of SJH and courtesy of Moxey - which happened way too fast for the liking of any manager or fans alike
As we all know now - we overachieved to reach the play offs, and went beyond anyones expectations of mere survival
What happened next? an over abundance of funds and possibillities? Too many choices on the menu?
Instead of rebuilding the team with better quality defenders (following on from the simple start and rebuilding that we did last season), and pieces of the jigsaw that we really needed - we blatently ignored the obvious lack of pace at the back and from the very start of this season we have had to sit deep to plug holes in the defence - which naturally has allowed better teams the upper hand to attack us as often as they wish!
Playing players out of position etc etc has lead to us sitting outside of the play off berths
We seem to be able to cope against the lesser teams but not well against what we consider as “contender” teams?
Leaking 7 goals in 2 home games says it all, and against teams that hold the same hopes as we do - play off spot followed by victory at the New Wembley - If only!
As the saying goes - one swallow does not make a summer - as one good season does not make Mick, Merlin the Magician
UP THE WOLVES!
No 2. The fact that we are the lowest scorers in the division kind of confirms that we needed to buy a striker. As for your comment that “maybe the fans should take some of the blame” that’s right out of the MM book of excuses. Surely you can’t for a second believe that!
I live in Ipswich as i’m in the forces and i’m not sure why i keep coming onto this site to see what’s happening to my beloved club. 5 years i had a season ticket before i left to join the forces. I sure certainly don’t miss it that much at the moment. Get rid of mick and get someone young in. Ince maybe, not big Sam or Billy Davies and certainly not Bully, he was a god in front of goal but he’s not the sharpest tool in the box is he.
Even the E&S have joined in with speculating on ex-players that will take over the job after MM.
Paul Ince has proven he can do it. Please Mr Morgan, get him *NOW* before somebody else signs him up.
6 Ski:
Bully, he was a god in front of goal but he’s not the sharpest tool in the box is he.
On WHAT exactly do you base your evidence?
HERE HERE NATHAN
MCARTHY IS JUST TAKING THE MICKEY OUT OF THE CLUB,FREDDY AND FANS ALIKE AND THE SOONER HE’S GONE THE SOONER THIS CLUB WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.I WONDER IF MICK STILL THINKS ITS ONLY A MINORITY WHO WANT HIM OUT NOW ????
GO MICK YOUR NOT WANTED !!!!!!
BIG SAM,ALEX RAE & BULLY DREAM TEAM IN ASAP
Well put B&T I have to agree and I certainly can’t help but believe that if we had of finished out of the play offs last season it would have helped us this as the expectation would have been more realistic. Can I just add that we have never even tried to replace Lescott and our defence is shocking and that’s in a division that’s really poor on quality, could you imagine us in the Prem? Murdered springs to mind. We have wasted millions on forwards that are hit and miss. 3 million would have been wiser spent on a couple of defenders. You watch we’ll win the CUP…haha
No 6.
Thank you for trying to stop the calls for Bully as manager.
No 8.
The fact that the bloke talks about needing a kick up the backside to get into management but has yet to give himself said kick is incredible. Based on the success rate of managers at our club, his chances are already not great. Can you honestly say you are comfortable with calling for his head? And it can happen just look at Robson at Albi*n.
Not sure who I want really, but my patience has run out with Mick. Possibly Big Sam, if the fans can get behind the dull but successful football.
The momentum seems to be gaining pace now. The club will not be able to hold off the feeling that McCarthy has had his day for much longer.
The amount of feeble excuses that have been trotted out will not hold water because the results speak for themselves.
The FA cup is quite important for the club now and a victory tomorrow could bring in a lucrative 6th round tie with one of the big boys. The cash would be very useful for a new manager looking in the shop window.
I like the idea of ‘big Sam’ coming but I am starting to favour someone young and hungry more. With the options of doing that and also with someone that has played for the club, it could be a very exciting new direction!
I think that it is time for Mr. Morgan to stand up and show his metal now. The very idea of giving McCarthy another year would not only be a disaster on the field of play but also financially, as fans will undoubtedly start voting with their feet!
Come on Morgan, sort this out!
It’s always exciting to talk about possible new managers, like Ince etc, but who ever manages Wolves why does it always end in tears ???
This is what needs to be addressed.
Comment 4 Bridgett & Tony
Could not have put it better myself.
Good one
UP THE WOLVES
8 - based on the fact he can hardly speak English, his opinions seem to be way of the mark a lot of the time, and he has also been out the game for some time too.
I would also say we need someone with experience in the lower leagues.
Bully is not the answer.
6 - I totally agree but id give Ince a go. Seems a good up and coming manager who now has the experience we need. A fighter.
13 - Good point, maybe its not just the manager. Its easy to blame the players, the manager etc. but something has not been right at Wolves for a heck of a long time. Even before our brief stay in the Premier, 20 odd years………..
Nathan i want to congratulate you, I can see up to yet you have not been slated for voicing YOUR OPINION!!! (1st time for a while)
Anyway I did notice however that in your shortlist of possible managers to be 1 name must of slipped your mind……Bryan Robson (he’s now available and possibly looking forward to playing 1 of your 7 or so strikers up front on his own).
I know it was just a slip-up Nath!!!!
I believe that the overall profile of Wolves has to be raised.
Moxey is a good negotiating accountant, but nothing more.
MM is a good man who saved Wolves last year from what i believe to be relegation possibility.
However, i have to agree that if Wolves want to be in the premiership year in year out, we have to go for Top class managenment of the club as well as team management.
Steve Morgan will decide this for us as he pulls all the strings.
I hope the Liverpool connection will rub off on our beloved club and drive us to a top level not just mediocrity.
JARVIS IS OUT…
THE ODDS AREN’T IN OUR FAVOUR BUT IF WE SHOULD WIN, AT LEAST A GOOD CUP RUN WILL LIGHTEN UP OUR SEASON.
13. wolf-man
Good point, lots of people seem to take the opinion that it is usually the fans that hound out the manager. It is not as simple as that.
Look at Dave Jones, The fans still sing his name when he comes to the ground and if you were to talk about giving time to a manager then there is the man! The way he was treated By Jack Hayward was appalling!
While I am on the subject of the Hayward family, it was Jonathan Hayward that prematurely got rid of Graham Taylor. I am not saying that they, as a family, didn’t do lots of good things for the club but it also needs to be acknowledged that they made some huge blunders too!
Look at the last two managers, show me a fan that wanted Hoddle as manager and the headline in the E&S says it all when they describe Ince as the ‘fans’ choice!
Perhaps the club should take a bit if notice about what fans want for once then these duff management choices might not occur with such regularity!
I hear Steve McLaren has now said he wants to either manage a team abroad - or a CHAMPIONSHIP side !!!
Get those brollies ready !!!!
Also, the cup is only a respite IF you win. I think MM will still get slated for his team selection (whatever team he selects) and if he loses, he will get slated as much as if it were a league game.
Unfortunately, if you win - you don’t get any league points and so it doesn’t really help him.
Looks like a lose/lose situation for him whatever happens - but he has built this situation for himself !
At least Kevin Kyle isn’t cup-tied… lets see if he can add to those 22 goals he has scored in his 8 year career!
you seem to be struggling to sell your tickets boing boing
rich5wolves:
based on the fact he can hardly speak English……
The fact that Bully refuses to drop his Black Country accent & talk out of his backside like some TV Pundits should not reflect on his ability to do anything he wants to, manage a football team included.
Or as the man himself might’ve said in his lairy days “Yowm luckin fowa a punch in the gob, yo bin”!
23 terrywalsallbaggie:
Struggling to sell tickets because of fans refusal to bow to Cardiff’s demands.
In other words,I don’t fancy coming from Kent to Wolvo to catch a charrabanc to Cardiff & the same for the return trip!
And it’s not just me, it’s Wolves fans countrywide!
Now get your sat nav out for your trip to the Ricoh!
2 - If eastwood was a panic buy what was kyle!? It is disgrace that as fans we have to pay hard earn’t money to watch this donkey every week, and we will while MM is there!!!!
Great Blog, at last someone at the E&S speaks some sense!
TonyWBA (17)
The day is young yet Tony for some mild mannered abuse!
I think we’ll leave Robson in the pub where he most happy.
At least he might have played strikers with talent and not those who are Irish/played for Sunderland!
Cheers Tony.
Nathan,
Perhaps MM is going to sign the Irish foreward O’Nions - thinks he will fit in with the rest of the tripe being served up!! Boom! Boom!
21. Happy_baggie
Don’t suppose you could take Walsallbaggie home now could you?
He has obviously been eating too many sweeties with ‘E’ numbers, I sympathize but his over activity is becoming a little tedious!
23. Thats very rich coming from a Tesco bag!
you rarely sell over 20k at home unless it’s kids for a quid.
And the only reason we haven’t sold out our allocation is because Cardiff police are being idiots about it, making everyone take organised transport to Ninian Park.
So stop with the one line comments you idiot. Just compare your club to ours, A team that was at one point top and couldn’t even sell out their ground against a an underachieving team that got 25,000 against Stoke. Maybe it’s cos we’ve gone soft I dunno, but Wolves generally travel well THANK YOU!
I agree that Mick has abandoned too many principles. Last year, Potter was the best thing since sliced bread. More recently, Stephen Ward has had a ‘Meteoric Rise since joining from Bohemians’, Keogh and Elliot were his best pairing, I could go on. But the Kyle situation baffles me even more. If he was signed as an impact player, why is he starting?? Why did he start when SEB & Keogh were putting together a run of solid performances?
And look, the three games Kyle has played in, we have failed to win!!!
Ironic? No way. Point proven!
I see Barry Holmes (the pysio)has left the club inside sources say it’s because he refused to play up front.
Its almost like Mick likes winding the Fans up his stubborness at refusing to give Freddy a sporting chance really is getting to Fans.He is good enough to play for his country but only good enough to play the last couple of minutes for Wolves.He is a proven goalscorer at this level enough said
He had no North East or Irish roots, so it was time to go.
25-31 whats wrong with organised travel its only 14 quid on the coach me thinks your using it as an excuse would you like me to drive you there boing boing
36. terrywalsallbaggie
You might as well drive people somewhere useful, it’s usually only ‘up the wall’
If your bored why not go and flick through those Albion history books so you can brush up on all the league titles and trophies (20th century) you’ve won, and all those heady nights in Europe!
That should shave about five minutes off the day!
Here is a few numbers to give you a start:
1,4,0
Now off you go lad!
Abdon - PLEASE don’t join the “how many trophies did you win in the 50’s” brigade.
I usually enjoy your postings, but only because you don’t normally follow the sheep that just live in the past on here.
By all means have a pop at us - but lets keep it relevent - otherwise its just another boring dingle rant.
Look Happy!
I asked you to find something useful for him to do earlier and you didn’t bother. So don’t come moaning to me!
I also didn’t mention anything about Wolves or the 50’s!
I must admit though that I love reading about the 50’s and I would have loved to have been there to see it for myself. For all those fans that missed it I doubt that we will ever get the chance to see anything like that again in my lifetime. Unless some Russian trillionaire buys the club, then it won’t be the same anyway because it will be just another set of European mercenaries wearing gold shirts!
Now, if you don’t mind go and stir it up by yourself somewhere else!
HB:
Keeping things relevant.
The last big trophy to come anywhere near the Black Country was won by our friends & neighbours in Claret & Blue!
Abdon - Ooooh… CALM DOWN CALM DOWN…
say what you like about our Terry - but having read all the anti wolves stuff coming from you own fans i think he is the least of your problems - there are even wolves fans happy when your own players are injured !! At least terry never sinks that low, so let him play - he aint hurting anyone.
I made my point about living in the past as it seems to be the preferred setting for most wolves fans these days. Every time we went top or won a game there would be some dingle asking how many european cups we won in the previous century - its just boring.
So please don’t take offence - as i say, i usually enjoy reading your posts - just don’t dragged down to the lowest common denominator.
40 - and…?? I would rather be potless for the next 50 years than be a Villa fan.
Freddy is the best striker at the wolves so why insist on playing kyle when youve got more naturally talented football players..like freddy!! And why does mick instead on keep playing his old ex sunderlnad players !! HIS FAVOURITES !! if you remberber mick those were the players that brought you down !! im sick of it !! Get big sam in and do it soon !!
41 HB: I would rather be potless for the next 50 years than be a Villa fan.
I’d rather eat worms than be a Villa fan!
42 Big Wolf:
Freddy could’nt score in a brothel.
41. Happy
Sorry, but ever since you said about the 50’s I can’t stop posting about them.
I know it is very childish but it has just wound ‘baggie’ up a treat on another thread.
I must be having a 50’s day!
Sorry again - normal service will be resumed as soon as possible!
nice to know the tesco fans..care sbout us..all together now..all you need is love love love…….
mcarthys lost the plot get sean o driscoll in now if you want to see proper football.
My view on the Mick/Freddy affair.
Do think Freddy was popular with Mick early doors.Then,Freddy goes away with Wales,gets raving reviews from John Toshack scores goals.
What happens then,Mick resents the stardom of his player & since then Freddy’s really struggled in his brief appearances.
Mick seems to be found wanting when he has gifted,talented,entertaining individuals in his team.
Look at how many stars he had at Sunderland…..erm none.
Look at Mick’s World Cup dealings with Keano…..public joke.
Run thru a barn door & you’ll do fine for Mick.
Just hope Freddy get’s a bagful of goals against Mick’s next club cos he aint gonna be round us for much longer.
PLEASE ACT MR.MORGAN- DITCH HIM.
Thanks for your good work Mick but time to go.
I’ve just chucked my early bird in the bin.
Take note Mr Moxey my family have had five seats in Billy Wright stand since 1993. We have had at least two seats somewhere at Molineux since 1949.We are now about to break this long tradition along with many more people who can no longer support the present inane and inept manager. Games have become just predictable pantomines.
your only 4 points away from a play off position if you win your game in hand. You would only need a half decent run in this league to do that. So I dont understand the comments being posted on this thread. Surely MM deserves a full season after what he managed last seson.
I cant help thinking much of this discontent is due to the fact your nearest rivals are playing a brand of football unseen at the custard bowl.
all together now “its just like watching Brazil, its just like watching ……..”
we can all sit here moaning about mike i do agree hes not the man for wolves now the teams playing so bad but we as fans need to try and help them get a boost and the only way is to get behind them on tuesday night give them the support like we did when we was 6.0 down v southampton
lets do it for the name of wolves
fc
still proud wolves loyal
Well said 51 !!
the cardiff games was bead even willenhall town would have gave them a better game then wolves
but the players need a boost and tuseday night is the time we can get behind them and show them its our club no matter what we show them, the pride in the fans for the club they might show some pride in the old gold and black
wolves loyal
I think MM is one game away from picking up Jobseekers allowance! Lose tomorrow against Scunthorpe and I reckon come the end of the week he will be out! Fed up with it all now! Haven’t felt this bad since the bad old days of the Bhatti brothers!
yes well said 51
I have two corporate season tickets in the Steve Bull and have been a season ticket holders since the seventies, I’ve just received the application for the early bird (personally signed by Jez) and will not be renewing unless there is a change in the management. I feel that we haven’t received value for our money or seen any entertaining football.
Im not renewing my season ticket either,the club is being run like a circus
freddy freddy!!
freddy deserves a go, last season was exiciting but this season has been rubbish fed up of all the excuses why doesnt freddy play from the beggining
I think the players are trying the best but Mick Mccarthy is picking the wrong players for the jobs. The way Freddy Eastwood in kept in reserves is not very good. I believe Mick Mccarthy should be fired and they should try and see if Paul Ince would be manager for Wolves.