Are they fit to wear the shirt? Never mind Karl Henry saying that Saturday’s performance was a shambles, most of our season has been shambolic up to now, writes Wolves blogger Nathan Lloyd.
Mick’s successful regeneration plan of last season has been decimated this campaign. Players being played out of position, Mick’s favourites playing instead of trying someone new, the slow defence, the misfiring strike force, Craddock at Stoke, the Freddy debacle, Rosa, Davies, Gleeson…. The case for the prosecution just gets stronger and stronger.
History shows us that managers of Wolves have a canny knack of bringing in a player that serves to be the final death nail in their Molineux career.
Assisting the end of Hoddle’s Wolves tenure was the signing of that missing piece of the jigsaw, Tomasz Frankowski, and Colin Lee enlisted the help a goalless hunchback in the form of Robert Taylor which helped towards his early exit.
Mick McCarthy hasn’t aided his downfall with the purchase of a million pound player, but instead on a loan signing journey man.
Why on earth would Kevin Kyle, with his 22 goals in an eight-year career, be shipped in as a solution to a frontline that is struggling for goals and confidence?
Why break up what looked like flourishing into a promising partnership in Keogh and SEB, just so Mick could try and replicate his little and large act (Quinn & Phillips) from his Sunderland days?
Saturday’s abject performance against Cardiff seemed to be just one miserable result too far for the travelling fans.
The cries of “You’re not fit to wear your shirt” was a real awakening to many of the Wolves players who had come back out for a post-match warm down (did they ever warm-up?)
But the fact is that there are so many players from this season that I would be more than happy never to see in the old gold ‘n’ black ever again.
In fact it would be quicker to list the handful of players who I would currently welcome back at Molineux for another go at a promotion tilt.
Mick might be a straight talking Yorkshire man, but he really needs a lesson in saying the right things after we don’t get the result we crave.
Stating that he is pleased with a point from our trip to Blackpool is bad enough but to then add that he doesn’t look at the league table until the end of April is just plain madness.
Well great Mick, we have one game left to play come May and if we are 15 points off the play-offs it could be tricky to catch up.
I really wanted McCarthy to do it this season and after the finish to last season the signs were there that he would.
I backed him in this blog, sometimes against my better judgment, simply to try and help keep fans positive for the coming months.
I remember a couple of back to back 1-0 victories at the end of November and the start of December. All the confidence and sharpness had appeared to have fallen out of our play from the previous campaign and I had that horrible feeling that something just wasn’t right.
We just haven’t got going since the turn of the year and our winless streak in February probably finds the team at its lowest ebb so far.
Of course I’ll be taking up my early bird. However bad it gets Wolves are in my blood and I couldn’t really seriously contemplating not going.
But there does seem to be a few serious season ticket holders out there adamant that enough is enough, and have vowed not to return for the next campaign in case it turns out to as bad as the current one.
And so to tonight’s game against the Championship bottom club, Scunthorpe.
I fear the booing, which I never condone, could start earlier than ever, even pre-match if either Elliott or Kyle are named amongst the starting 11.
If the worst should happen and we go a goal down as early as we have done in recent games, then the crowd could turn on both the team and the manager in a vitriolic manner we have yet to witness so far this season.
I wish the team all the best tonight, but I fear that Mick needs this win more than any other so far to prevent his rollercoaster Molineux career finally derailing for good.
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We will win tonight to paper over the cracks
Good luck to the boys tonight. We need a convincing win or it bye bye MM time i think. I won’t say anymore than that tho cos I always get shot down as i don’t boo which speaks wonders for the majority of you. UP THE WOLVES ! Good blog tho Nathan. Very true.
Well said Nathan; some of McCarthy’s comments after Cardiff do suggest that even he knows his time is coming to an end. And what is he talking about when he says there has been a vast improvement since last season when we looked like relegation candidates when he came. He would like us to think that. When did we ever look like relegation candidates last season? The only time we have looked like that is most of this season. I have said before and I will say again. The problems started when McIndoe was allowed to leave. What did he know that we didn’t?
Wouldnt it be crazy if the person that actually bought Robert Taylor (behind Colin Lee’s back & without his knowledge) was still at the Club.
Mr Morgan needs a very big axe … & needs to rebuild the entire club
Merely changing manager wont make us a big club again … hasnt so far wont again
Totally agree. Very well said. Its such a stark contrast to last season, which is the hard bit to swallow. There was guts, fight and determination. Yeah we wernt the best team in the league, but we made up for that in all the qualities i just mentioned. This season, its all evaporated. Where is that team? We are meant to be better, these young wolves should have grown with the experience. But its simply not happened. The eastwood senario is a strange one and there has to be more to it. To put the goal scoring machine Kyle in front of him in the pecking order is ludicrous. All managers have their favourites, but to play people out of position just to accomodate them is ridiculous. I fear the season is almost over for us already… but never say never… stranger things have happened… quite what, im not yet sure but we’ll see…
I always vote with my feet.
Nath,
Got to give it to you. As a self proclaimed “Happy Clapper” (I think thats what we are known as). I’ve buckled under the pressure….and it bloody hurts.
I hate the boo boys - I understand why they do it but I can’t help but support the manager when players play like they did on Saturday (yes I was there).
But what now? Mick has done what he can and I have to say, last season was a fluke.
Boo boys - you are right - Happy Clappers - sorry guys - as Gus Puyet sais “Enough is enough”.
I’d rather have Jeremy Kyle and his lie detector test up front….
even i wont argue with this blog,time to put up or shut up or shove off.Boothroyd needs to get a sweat on for a change.
how many fans want him to stay, and if you do why? look at the big picture, what has he done nothing, did well with very little last season but we didnt do anything. look at the situation with freddie, jody to stoke, playing favourites, players out of position, kyle whats that all about sorry another favourite, hes dropped all the youngsters that “put in more than a shift last season”, but remember its never his fault. The only good thing thats happened to the team is the arrival of freddie who he wont play, ebanks blake still has to proove himself, the youngsters who his dropped for his mates and kites, who muppet mick never saw play prior to his arrival. McCarthy your a joke. I shouldnt say this but i hope scunthorpe get something out of tonight cause i personally want you out.
4.roynreeanie….. My sentiments exactly. The club is rotten to its core and it has been for 15 years. The last manager to come in and start to rebuild was Graham Taylor.He wanted a complete structure but the board at the time wanted instant success. We need to get rid of Moxey, McCarthy. Conner and everyone attached to the coaching staff for the 1st team. We need to bring in a new director of football and a new 1st team manager some one who is in touch with the modern game. 2 years ago we let Paul Ince leave but he would have taken the club to a new level had he been given the time and resources to do so . Why let a man leave who has played and captained Man Utd , Liverpool Inter Milan, Middlesboro,England. His knowledge of the game and his pure pressence in the dressing room would have commended respect.We do not have a club captain with the guts of what he had. The club at the moment has no leader. We have several good young players but it is like a ship without a skipper slowly going off course. This once great club is slowly being ripped away from the fans by Moxey. We all know if we return to the Premeir league one day and we stabilise in there the ground would need to be expanded in some way or at leats fill in the corners. Act now Mr Morgan but i really believe you will do it in May when this season is over and we finish about 10th and you can justify the sacking ..
good blog nathan, i think you express exactly what we fans are thinking…
we are all wolves through and through and want to see the team doing well… and it annoys the hell out of us when we can clearly see whats wrong and MM doesn’t fixes it! i.e defence etc and what happened to all our young guns who we could get behind?
but i think, regardless of the results that nothing will change till the end of the season…. then i think we shall see Mr Morgan ruthless streak…i hope….
Nathan, I was like you a few months ago, lets give Mick a bit longer. Mainly through injuries and the forthcoming transfer window approaching, I thought a couple of good buys in key areas whould turn things around, but dispite the arrival of SEB, the performances have not improved, the defence is a joke (charlie nicholas - sky sports) and I can’t see us getting any better.
I say get MM & his ex sunderland / Irland players OUT OF THE TEAM NOW, give someone new a few months to assess the playing and backgound staff ready to launch into the transfer market as soon as the season ends, get the players minds back on the job, not the money / good life and lets go for promotion next year.
Good blog yet again Nathan and good to hear of your intention to remain loyal to the team in the form of another season ticket for next year . Unfortunately , after more than 50 years of solid support , I will probably not be joining you . The football this season has left me in despair on many an occasion and I am dumbfounded by many of the teams put out by our manager . Last season Mark little played more than 30 games , this season he has had less than 30 minutes . Gleeson was lauded during his time at Stockport and is the capatin of the Irish Under 21’s . He scores regularly for them including 2 against Germany . His rewuad , nowhere near the first team at Molineux . Daniel Jones , a natural left side player was sent to Northampton and allowed to become cup tied despite our losing McIndoe before a ball was kicked this season . He is brought back with the manager saying we will need him and what does he get ? , an immediate sub appearance and then nothing . The saga with regard to Freddy can go on and on but following his match winning performance against Blackpool at the beginning of the season , the manager interviewed on the radio said ‘ I take no credit for Freddy , we knew he was a good player and that was why we brought him to the club ‘ . Some fans have , rightly , pointed out that in his substitute appearances he has failed to score but , in mitigation , I would say that if you are not playing reserve games and are only being used as a sub it is difficult to be totally match fit . I believe that he is a natural goalscorer and , having obviously seen the way he played before we signed him , we should have built our team around his strengths. His game has been destroyed this season and I fear he will move elsewhere and perhaps come back to haunt us . A sad and bad season I’m afraid and , for me sadly , perhaps a season too far under the present management .
how bad and desperate have things become when fans actually hope their own team looses to bring about change.
Morgan, take an interest or go away!!!!!
I think the fact you the Wolves fans are now discussing Mick every single week means his days are well and truly numbered. Anything other than a win tonight may see a change in the hotseat. Great point made by Nath regarding each previous Manager signing a useless player which then becomes a beating stick for the fans to use, and lets face it, you cannot get one much bigger than Mr Kyle!!
I would just point out one slight error in the blog, surley SEB did not play due to being cup tied????
Agreed, Boothyrod, Elliot and Kyle (why oh why!) should never play for waolves again! We all knew we needed a Defender and a Striker at start of season! Eastwood has not been given a chance ( he doesnt even get reserve games). Moreover, we have bags of youth potential. Huges has scored a few why not give him a chance, Gleeson loosk useful little and jones have pace!
Time for a change tommorrow and if Kevin Kyle is up front I dont care abotu being a Boo boy I will BOO!
Nathan, another superb blog. I am going to say that tonight and before anybody’s knocks me “I will be there in the south bank” if wolves lose against Scunny I think he will walk. Wolves would be 7pts behind Ipswich, and playing catch up. Too be honest the way the team is playing we will struggle to win another 5 games between now and the end of the season. Wolves need a massive internal clear out. From Moxey who has been a PR disaster right down the to the coaching staff. We are no futher forward in footballing terms since the mid 90’s. Our dismal record of 1 appearance in the premiership is poor considering teams like charlton, middlesboro, fulham, pompey, newcastle, bolton, derby, birmingham city, wigan, sunderland, watford, have all gained promotion to the top flight whilst we after millions of pounds been spent have languished in the championship. Steve Morgan needs to be hand on more I think. I alot has been said about SJH tenure ship and for love and money he has been brilliant for wolves, his inept foolish son wasted money with Mcghee and taylor which gave us the golden tit outburst. But Morgan needs to look at the history and make sure it doesn’t repeat itself. Lets face it we dont want another 19 years out of the top flight do we.
Mental Micky as much as we over achieved last season, he has been found out. His interviews of late are bizarre, defeatish and has the sounds of someone who wishes the season to be over now “DOESNT LOOK AT THE TABLE UNTIL APRIL” Wolves will not be in the promotions shake up by middle of march! A beaten man. If he has any ounce of credability then he should walk. The decisions he has made in the summer, selling McIndoe to Bristol City as well as the loaning of craddock to stoke started his downfall. Internally, Evans left, so did Kunle which makes you wonder if they too were fed up with Mental Mickys bizarre training methods. I am not there at compton so I am merely speculating but it does make you wonder… The freddie debate rumbles on, MM love for elliott, ward and the sunderland rejects is the final nail in the coffin. This is MM team and on paper it doesnt look not that bad, but if he played them in the correct positions then perhaps results will improve. I think in my opinion he needs to be sacked, there is no confidence in that team and the buck stops with the manager.
MENTAL MICKY OUT!
I have been accused many time on here of being anti wolves for my calling of Micks head for a long time now.
The reality is he’s just not up for the job.
We will tonight and that’ll keep him in the job for a bit longer but lets not get carried away, as soon as we play someone in the top half of the table we will see how poor we still are.
I repeat the fact we have won 2 games against teams in the top half of the table.
It could get worse!!
We have to rearrange the 9th March fixture to the last match of the season because them down the road have to play in the FA Cup
They win the champoship
They win the FA Cup
They play us in the last game and send us down
We replace MM with little Sam
I have decided to take up shopping on Saturday afternoons. It just has to be better than wasting time and money at Molineux watching a 1st Division team loose against football giants like Hull.
What a pathetic season, with no realistic hope of anything better happening. Not worth the hassle of ignoring Mrs Wolf wanting me to go shopping.
Let’s see what happens tonight, that could well be the death knell of this dysfunction management of the club.
Nath, you have hit the nail on the head once again my friend.
With all the waffle we get on the Expr&St website, its nice to know that one fan has a grip on reality!
I’ll be sitting in the South Bank tonight and I’ll be voicing my disproval along with all the other fans.
Enough is enough, we need a change of leadership.
Thanks for what you did last season Mick, but somewhere along the line, you lost the plot.
15, Wbabomber
Thanks for popping across to the dark side to comment.
I was well aware that SEB was cup-tied for the Cardiff game, but Kyle has been brought in on loan and then got straight into the starting line up after one sub appearance.
Even without SEB we could have played Freddy and Keogh up front.
And yes, I do feel that Kyle will turn into a stick which the fans use to beat McCarthy with, but we have so much more ammunition at our fingertips.
Tonight will be interesting, but for all the wrong reasons.
Super, i don’t think he will walk my friend. I think he will have to be pushed. He is very stubborn is Mr Mac. Tonight will be pivotal to his future. Lets see what happens. UP THE WOLVES !!
Our club needs soring out root and branch.
Have you noticed the lack of gloating albion posts these days ?
Even our more aggresive posters are leaving you alone - and i think thats quite worrying for you. As someone who has enjoyed some pleasant and some heated banter on here, even I find it hard to come on and mock whats happening at the wolves.
Its weird that we are still getting loads of posts from moronic wolves fans who STILL think we are rubbish - I think the green eyed monster has some new victims !!
At the end of the day I want ALL midlands clubs doing well - (just as long as Albion are best) - and its sad to see the turmoil at wolves these days.
Is it time for the waved shoes tonight ala Sheffield Utd & Robbo ??
Does anyone know if this blog is printed in the paper? I want to my friends a copy as it will be the last one with Mick in charge.
Those were the days my friend….
Agree that the club needs a big clear out from top to bottom, Moxey included.
First time I’ve read these blogs, very good. Didn’t think that the paper could be so honest and forthwrite? Martain Swain take note my freind.
Put Eastwood on from the off tonight,give the kid a full ninety minutes and see what he can do.
tonight is not relevant, they are bottom, if we win so what, if we lose we’ll have the usual excuses.
SACK HIM REGARDLESS
The club seem to be saying that they are going to stick by their man no matter what happens on the pitch.
All very creditable I’m sure, and I agree with that in principle too. However the thing that is most irritating about this is that both the club and some of our supporters wheel this line out as gospel, almost saying that everything will be ok just so long as we stick with the manager.
What if the appointment was wrong in the first place and just who picks the managers? That is the problem, if we had good managers to start with then we wouldn’t be in the position we are now.
McCarthy has broken the spirit of the fans, he has turned them against each other and the club are not helping with some of the trite comments about the way fans react to the team.
One week they say it is terrible and the fans shouldn’t boo, then the next they are agreeing with them and think they have a point. They can’t have it both ways!
In the last twenty years I think we have had no more than 3 decent managers. The amount of money wasted, the fact that we have to put up with Mr. Smug (Moxey) telling us that the club are going in the right direction. The fact that when we appeared at last to be going somewhere under Dave Jones they pulled the rug from under his feet. It all is starting to turn into a seismic catastrophe that has been going on for more years than we care to admit.
With the sale of the club to Steve Morgan, lots of fans are thinking that this is an opportunity to make wholesale changes and flush away our underachieving past.
I hope this is the case, please Mr Morgan. Believe what you see in front of you and act now!
I hope we loose tonight so that the muppet will get the sack, why is kyle playing that is all I here, but does anyone know the answer. I saw Kyle pruning Micks privit is that the answer……
I can’t understand how McCarthy has managed to throw away the hard work of last year. He had a talented bunch of youngsters who played attacking football and could have used this year for them to learn more about each other as a team. Instead it appears that he never really had any confidence in them and was forced into using them due to the lack of funds.
This year he has stuck with his favourites and performances have hit rock bottom compared to last year.
There is obviously a problem with Freddy Eastwood, but I can’t help but think that he just isn’t good enough.
My way forward would be to pull all the stops out get Paul Ince. He can handle the players and doesn’t have the baggage of relying on ex Sunderland players. There is now no doubt that he is a talented football manager given his achievements since being overlooked by Wolves.
A very fair Blog.
It could be me as, thankfully, I have not had to witness this dis-functional team in person this year. It appears that Mad Mick is deliberately seeking his own demise with these ludicrous team selections and pre-post comments. Pay off springs to mind.
Does Mr Morgan exist, can he speak or is he a figment of my imagination.
Why oh why do we go through so many managers at this club???
my support for MM is dwindling… very slowly, but it’s going.
Jez Moxey is not part of the equation, I don’t see how you can even bring him into it.
I dont see what sacking mick will do… It hasn’t worked in the past and it wont work this time.
I do think that morgan believes there’s no point in hiring and firing on a whim. May as well give mick until the end of the season. You wont get anyone better at this point in the season.. Mclaren maybe??! sam wont come to wolves.. he earns too much. not many about is there.
I was Mick, i’d get my cab booked nice and early for tonight, cos i cant’t see him still being around after. Like someone said, no matter how big a win we can get tonight, it will never hid all those cracks through our entire season. one striker after another we’ve come through those revolving doors and its that defender Mick brought was a bit of an after thought. If the guy was sooo stuborn and stuck in his ways, and even put his hand up when he’s made a wopping blupper, i think we all have more time for Mick and wouldn’t been in this bad situation
Its time for a change. Mick out, local boy Sam Allerdyce in.
let’s give MM until the end of the current season at least,Then judge him on his achievements. Some Wolves fans seem to think sacking MM will answer all the clubs problems.It Won’t!
Great blog nathan. I can’t believe I’m saying this but I’m deliberating on whether to go tonight to freeze my nuts off watching dross or sit at home with the radio on. The season tickets on the dining table and I’m sure it’s trying to commit suicide by jumping off. If we win tonight it will only cover the cracks but MM and his cronies will be saying it is the turning point and now we will kick on - till the next game (it’s amazing how many turning points we’ve had). I think we may have to accept that muppet is here till the end of the season though
i dont think i have ever seen a manager with less idea than mm he has no tactical ideas if work does not work there is no plan b.his loyalty to certain individals is baffling.the signing of kyle when we were desperately sort of a right sided player says everything,the clocks ticking mick lets hope for not much longer,mr morgan must see sense soon and get rid of mm
30. abdonwolf
Not a bad message mate, I’m impressed.
Just to pick up on your boo/ don’t boo equation. I think that up to now we have said that it is perhaps been a little unfair to boo the team.
But now? Its a sorry mess and they need to feel how we feel.
Boooooooooooo
Very good blog. The Albion cannot gloat as I think the stats say that you have only won 2 league games in 2008!
I think the season is more or less over for us, unless there is a massive change in form. Something similar to what Chelsea have done.
I am in total agreeance about getting rid of a lot of dross from the squad. These are the players that I would keep:-
Murray, Hennessy, Ikeme, Little, Foley, Lee Collins, Rob Edwards, Jody Craddock, Elkolbi, Jones, Kightly, Jarvis, Davies, Gleeson, Edwards, Ebanks-Blake, Eastwood, Keogh, Gobern
I never want the team to lose but it can be a blessing in disguise! With Palace and Colchester away next I can see a possibility of Mick be out the door by the latter or soon after!
I don’t think I will have much patience today. But sorry, if you had been to Blackpool and Cardiff you would feel the same!
Good blog - sums up everything perfectly!
A very good blog Nathan. The fact he plays Kyle(with that atrocious scoring record) ahead of SEB & Keogh is shocking as much as it is disappointing. Keogh looked like a lost sheep on Saturday, and the reason…he ain’t a winger for God sakes. Instead we play ugly hoof-ball up to Kyle. How Entertaining!
Come on Mick, give that SEB-Keogh partnership another go…you may pay for it if you dont. I too fear the fans will turn earlier tonight than ever. I hope I’m wrong!
wolves will win tonight and eastwood will start & score, that will then keep mm in a job & eastwood in the team, wolves will push on and make the play offs.
“wake up you silly sod your dreaming”
Post 42-brummie rob wolves:
Could not agree more. Those are the players I would have picked too. Get rid of the rest. Deadwood!
42 - err…. yes we have won 2 league games - but we we have won 5 games in total since january scoring 21 goals in those games. We are 4 points off top with a game in hand - wanna swap places ?
Since Jan 1st we have lost 3 games - wanna count your stats ??
Oh - and a FA Cup semi final place looks a good possibility…. shall I go on ?
Even if we didn’t win another game all season we would still finish higher than you.
I didn’t come here gloat - but muppetts like you just make me wanna laugh at ya !
We will start with Kyle up front, he’s a very poor player, but Mick will keep faith with him. If Eastwood starts with Blake, I’ll eat my hat.
Good luck tonight, because if we go one goal down in the first 10 minutes all hell will break lose and if we win, are we papering over the cracks?! Remember its the bottom of the table Scunthorpe.
Does Steve Morgan exist………?? Why hasn’t he said anything at all this season……….?????
Good post Nathan, could you clear something up for me….. is it true that when Morgan took over, part of the deal was that MM and Moxey had to be kept on till the end of the season!! If this is correct then surely no matter how much we call for MM and Moxey`s head they are not going to roll till the end of the season….. earliest. this would explain the lack of anything coming from Morgan. Even if this is true then surely the backroom staff should be GONE. The standard of coaching is abysmal, for instance… do you ever think we are gonna score at a free kick or corner? Do the opposition look like they are gonna score at every corner or free kick? Does it look like when we get a good signing (Foley) he ends up nothing special after he has been trained by us for a few months!! When someone gets loaned out they are great (Gleeson, Jones, Little) till they get back and are subjected to our training. This is not just this season it has happened for too many. Where do we go from here…. total clearout which a lot of people have been asking for for years, but as per normal the cheap option is taken and just get rid of the manager. I would personally go for Ince with his own staff. Like Keegan at Newcastle, he will get the respect of the fans for a lot longer than most and bring up to date and fresh way of managing
35. mr smug
How can you not see that Moxey is part of the equation? Who appoints managers, who writes messages in the match day program and puts rebukes to the fans into the E&S? If he is just the finance man then why does he sound off about everything? Remember his very public criticism of Glen Hoddle, everything at the club seems to be within his remit, so he can stand up and take the flack now!
Why do you say that sacking the manager doesn’t work. Sometimes it does work, We sacked Colin Lee and brought in Dave Jones. Your argument doesn’t hold for that one does it!
Then you say “who are we going to bring in?” You then try to clarify your point by naming the worst manager you can think of in order to make a point!
The point about hiring and firing works both ways, to use the Ferguson analogy that is so popular amongst the anti firing brigade, where would Manchester United be now if they had stuck with Ron Atkinson?
What ever your viewpoint on this matter it would all be made redundant if the right appointment was made in the first place!
One thing is for sure, if the fans vote with their feet on this matter the club will very quickly respond by giving McCarthy the bullet, their highly principled stance will turn to dust when it stars to hurt in the wallet!
It’s a sorry fact, that for too long now, Wolves fans have had to endure the rubbish that the team dish up week in, week out.
Part of the problem is that we were spoilt in the past.
The Cullis team of the 50’s started it.
Relegation followed in 1965 & another 2 Seasons in Div 2
League Cup win in 74
Relegation in 76
Promotion in 77
League Cup win in 80
Then came the Bhatti era….
Its not just last season Wolves have failed to build on their relative success, it’s been going on for ages!
However, I think we have reached the end of the road viz a vie McCarthy,Moxey & Connor.
Steve Morgan is no one’s fool.
He didn’t make his millions by fluke.
Even he must realise that changes have to be made to bring Wolves back to their “former” glory.
The alleged £30 million he was to use for team building would’ve been recouped in one promotion to the Premiership.
McCarthy is not up to the job of spending wisely.
Moxey has control of the purse strings & he must be accountable for the bad investments.
Connor has a coach is a poor excuse.
Changes HAVE to be made, the sooner the better.
Last Saturdays performance would’ve had Billy Wright turning in his grave
I have two season tickets for the upper steve bull stand, which i’ve had for twenty five years. However, I can,t stand much more of MM strange team selections and weird after match comments. I have tried to defend the manager up to now but no more.
Please Mr Morgan take charge and get rid of MM now! if you don’t the early bird will not work, and the new manager won’t have time to evaluate the players before the summer.
As for 35mrsmug you put forward steve mclaren as a possibility, I can only assume that you are a west brom fan or just deranged.
Only Big Sam ticks all the boxes and although he would be expensive
I believe that giving him a watertight five year contract and plenty of funds for the summer would bring stability and success
to Wolves
Putting Eastwood on tonight and judging him on 90 mins would not be fair. I’ve said it often enough all strikers go thro lean patches and he has by no stretch of the imagination been able to get a decent run in the side because McCarthy doesn’t want him, because he doesn’t run around like a headless chicken putting in the proverbial shift, whatever that means.
I think nathan you raise some valid points in your blog, but those who say “that something in club hasn’t been right, for at least 15 years” are very much on the right lines and I do wish i could tell them what it is but unfortunately I can’t because we as supporters are not privvy to what is going on inside the club. Winning tonight is important for the supporters but I’m not sure it will bring any respite for McCarthy as you all say they are bottom and we don’t seem to do well against clubs at the foot of the table do we?
My only other thought is that M&M’s melt and disintegrate in the heat don’t they??
Beware the ides of march my friends,beware the ides of March.
Up the Wolves
Nathan Great blog, i also have been critical of your blogs in the past but i think every wolves fan is united now in saying enough is enough!
1 slight problem to what you said though up there, Phillips and Quinn never played under McCarthy at Sunderland. Quinn had retired at that point and Phillips was playing somewhere else. He had Kyle and Elliot (and look what that got him!!!!!)
I agree I do think Kyle will be the bum signing, but what annoys me is why did he state that Kyle was going to be an impact player then start him for the last 3 games. I feel for Freddie at times, but this really took the biscuit this weekend dropping him not only for the inept Kyle but Lazy and big mouthed Bothroyd too.
I love Bothroyd in full flow, you can really see he has quality then, but i can count on 1 hand how many times we have seen this!
I do honestly think not only will MM’s down fall be the Kyle signing (and results and performances) but his dealings in the transfer market. Anyone can see the defence was weak, yet no signings or not even acknowledging it was weak came during January.
Saturday he stated the 4-3-3 formation may of worked if the team hadnt gone 2-0 down so early…..maybe this crazy selection in the first place resulted in us being 2-0 down!!
I like how MM is upfront, but I also hate how he will not look at his own failings and his own mistakes! I fear MM will be remembered for the simple statement “i didnt do it” when he eventually leaves the club (or gets the push!)
Heres hoping for a win tonite, im flying over ready so come on, lets get behind the team 1 last time, but anything but a win tonite and im afraid its GOT TO BE bye bye MM!!
No4 and No10 your’e both right.The Club has been rotten for years now and the loyal fans get fed a load of bull.They never come out and tell u the truth eg Freddy.Everyone knows something is wrong in this case but the Club won’t tell us what,we are left to speculate between ourselves as with McIndoe and countless others.
“”BLAMING THE PLAYER’S,ABOUT BEING YOUNG & STILL GAINING EXPERIENCE IS A LOAD OF C**p”"
THE BLAME FIRMLY LIES WITH THE MANAGER,ALL THE BULLS**T,THE PLAYER’S & MANAGMENT ARE GIVING THE PRESS,DOESN’T WASH,THE PLAYER’S ARE TOO SCARED TO LAY THE BLAME WITH THE MANAGER BECAUSE THEY WILL REEK MICK’S WRATH & END UP STUCK IN THE RESERVES TO ROT!!!,LOOK AT DENES ROSA,HAD A FANTASTIC START UNTIL CHANGE OF MANAGER’S. EVERY MANAGER WANTS TO PUT THEIR MARK ON TAKING OVER A SQUAD AND BUILDING ON IT !!.
HOW MANY MANAGER’S GIVE ANY PAYER’S THE CHANCE TO PROVE THERE WORTH ?, BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES ON IMPROVING THE SQUAD !!.
ALL WOLVES FAN’S HAD BETTER PREPARE OURSELVES FOR THE REALITY OF GETTING NO WHERE NEAR THE PLAY-OFF’S THIS SEASON,BECAUSE THE LIGHT OF REACHING THE PLAY OFF’S HAS BECOME LIKE A PIN HEAD IN THE DISTANCE !!.
Ketn Wolf,
Only last Saturdays performance??
i think eastwood will start tonight due to the fact i think mick will do all he can to get the fans back on his side and will also drop kyle.
This will be his last roll of the dice to try and win the wolves fans back over. How did freddy play on sat anyone when he came on????
we have the players we know that and to have all those strikers on the pitch on saturday and not scoring can only be blamed on the management the players are not being managed!!!!!
Good Blog. Lets ignore the waffle and back the boys tonight, and then continue to back them until the end of season.
55. Dublin Wolves
Apologies, you had a point. It was nearly 1am when I finished the blog and I must admit my research strengths had ebbed away. Your right, Quinny and Phillips were a Reidy combination. McCarthy would have spotted how good they were and quickly brought in a substandard player to ruin the party!
Where can I get a Nathan Lloyd signed picture?
Andy hughes. I am not a fan of Eastwood, but he did well when he came on. The team as a whole were dreadful. We can say that we were forced to make wholesale changes to the line-up, but we still should have been able to put in a much better showing than we did. I did not boo, but was more than unhappy with that performance. It was by far and away the worst I have seen this season. (Well, maybe with the exception of Hull home and away.)
It will take a turnaround on the proportions of Mafeking to turn this season around, but as I have said previously on here, I remain an optimist.
I would start Eastwood and Ebanks-Blake up front tonight, and give Eastwood a few games. He will either show he is good enough, or is not. It’s a win-win situation. If he is good enough, we win games. If he’s not good enough, it may put the debate to bed once and for all. The fact that SEB will attack the box, with Eastwood and Edwards arriving late may cause headaches for defences. I would play Keogh on the right wing.
I still believe that if we have a good run from now to the end of the season some on here would still call for McCarthy’s head. As for “fans” who hope our beloved Wolves lose tonight, SHAME ON YOU. I could never want us to lose, no matter what. I don’t rate Eastwood overall, but if he is playing with a Wolves shirt on his back, I want him to score hat-tricks every game, and will cheer myself hoarse for him and the other ten players. Call me a happy clapper if you want, but I care first and foremost about the team. Personalities are always secondary to that, as they should be to all Wolves fans.
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happy baggie..we all know your intentions are good..but dont come on here and be shocked.when you get a reaction..afta all you follow our local rivals.and calling our fans names,is out of order.if u cant stand the heat.get out of our kitchen.mind you its nice to know you care bout us.cheers tesco man..
i have been one of these fans who has stuck by mick right up until last week.yes of course its frustrating and has been 4 months but still i stuck by.one thing has 2 be mentioned and even me being a mm fan the way freddy was treated against blackpool was a discrace 0-0 and he comes on 2 mins b4 the end the day after he announced he may have 2 leave [micks way of sayin im the boss], now i was sceptical as 2 y kyle was brought in but my dad told me it was a system mm played in the world cup 4 the last 10 mins putting quinn on which was efective but being honest kyle is usless.this system of putting bothroyd{who has great potential only hes 2 arrogant and big headed] on the left wing and keogh on the right is just ridiculos henry is a far better right back than centre mid and does not help out the back four he is very sloppy with passes,foley is lacking form.jarvis and kites have 2 b risked regardless of injury.seyi is under par, seb should not b played til after his court case.our defence prob is simple for years we had jo lescott who was quick alongside butler very strong partnership.breen is passed it yes he is a good defender but my god hes slow he cant handle quick over the top balls alongside jody who is equally as slow but is a great reader of the game and imo is our best defender but these lads cannot handle pace.collins is a joke.gray is not a defender.keogh should b dropped he is getting a touch of the bothroyds at the mo.d.edwards needs 2 take the finger out.2 b honest i think its not all mick the players have all come out and z mick is the best manager in the division.which i feel is true but playing ppl out of position is why that plank hoddle was sacked.i think mick should pick a different 11 or make alot of changes.jones and jarvis on the wings is a must thers no point in playing the winger system when we dont have wingers on the pitch.hope it gets sorted i feel we will hammer scunny as the players will be up 4 it after the warm down in cardiff [your not fit to wear the shirt etc]but it cud still end up the same old wolves and if that does happin then i feel we need a new man in asap.the players need TO TAKE THE FINGER OUT and stop whinging.one more thing breen coming out and saying the fans are right and so on and so forth, shut up ur 60% of the problem mate.hennesy has kept us out of relagation territory and player of the year is done and dusted already.tonight get behind the boys from start 2 finish then if its a shambels voice ur opinion.wanderers til we die
I see Geoff Horsfield is playing tonight…. I wonder who will score the first goal?
i have sympathy for the season ticket holders but the rest of you have a choice, dont turn up. i made a commitment to myself not to waste time and money on a group of non-performing so called pro footballers until i heard on beacon that it was worth turning up again. i listen to the match as and when i can and have yet to be convinced the players and staff are totally focused on promotion from this god awful division into the promised land. although i am wolves till i die i enjoy watching the beautiful game as it should be played and not as our current crop of under achievers think it should be played. i am not promoting the idea that mick should be sacked because i agree its wrong to keep changing managers but he is obviously not doing the job he is paid to do so steve should be asking him why not. but so long as enough cash comes in each week nothing will happen, in my opinion, so stay away and put pressure on the club to get things sorted. money really does talk.
How much as I do understand the fans that dont want renew their season tickets I can help but saying that I do envy your possibility to actually HAVE a season ticket.
Imagine your were stuck in Copenhagen, far far away from your beloved golden palace. I get to go a few times a season and cherish those moments, but other than that have to do with radio and television broadcast.
Oh how I miss walking down Waterloo road dressed in a Wolves shirt and cheering the boys on.
ps: My neighbourg sometimes wish that I would make the journey overseas more often……
Amazingly you can get 8-1 on Horsfield to nab the first goal and Kyle is favourite at 9-2!
How about Jody at 40-1?
To my earlier post, I meant the Central Defence he did not strengthen!! (acknowledging he actually strengthened the left back position!)
i don’t care if we win 6-0!! i still want that muppet sacked! i wouldn’t want him sacked if we were jus crap but we’ve got the young players to choose from, millions at our disposal and the fans r telling him what to do. . .yet he ignores ALLLLLLL those things and that’s what’s making everyone hate him!
it’s got to the stage where i hope we lose 2nyt!
and mick can shove his early bird where the moon don’t shine
DANISH WOLF YOU ARE LIVING IN A HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSON FANTASY LAND.THE BUZZ HAS GONE AT THE MOMENT.THE FANS NEED A STATEMENT OF DIRECTION FROM THE HIERARCHY.WE DON’T WANT EARLY-BIRD INCENTICES(BRIBES)WE WANT A DECENT TEAM TO GET BEHIND.MOXEY IS TRYING TO TAKE PRESSURE OFF HIMSELF BY SAYING WERE FIGHTING BETWEEN OURSELVES.WE’LL STILL BE HERE LONG AFTER HE’S GONE.
The comments above say it all. There is discord not harmony in this club and the supporters (the bods who pay the wages, remember!) have the right to express their opinions.
Mr Morgan, put your pants on the outside of your trousers and do your job, now, before its too late. Is it a bird?, is it a plane?…. etc etc
74. I totally understand where you are coming from. You do need to make a statement and one such would be NOT to renew a season ticket. You wanted to say that I still envy those of you who can buy a ticket.
Has Merlin lost his Magic or wasn’t it there in the first place. Reality says it wasn’t there in the first place. I think he should be given until the end of the season now as I reckon it’s too late to bring in a new manager - we wont go up now that’s for sure.
53 was probably right, Sam A would tick all the boxes given the right support, probably bring Sammy Lee along as well.
In the mean time we must support the team. If we don’t their confidence will sink even lower than it already is and we know what that means.
So we must get behind them if they are to have any chance. The wingers need to put their feelings behind them tonight and support them. Lets hope Freddie gets a start. He wants to do well, but doesn’t get the chance.
77. Bournemouth Wolf
Please don’t tell me that you are setting off for a game that isn’t happening?
Remember, you heard it here first!
At Wolves we have a great tradition of rewarding our heroes with a statue, or a stand named after them.
Any suggestions for a tribute to Mick McCarthy?
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One of the toilet blocks I think!
OUT OF DARKNESS COMETH LIGHT - PAUL INCE!
‘He put a shift in’ should be his tribute, printed on all the U-Bends of all the toilets
ince for manager??? what’s that all about!!
if an ex player ever gets the job there’s only one person you could ask.
STEVE BULL
bully loves the wolves with a passion and desire no one else could match. as a player he’s a legend and still serves the club loyally today.
all i hear is replace muppet mick with a has been who had a brief spell with us, no mention of the greatest centre forward to ever wear the gold & black. who turned down the chance of premiership football to stay at his beloved wolves. jesus to put ince before bully is even worse than putting kyle before eastwood.
look back through wolves recent history, and tell me what the fcuk ince ever did that puts bully in the shade. NOTHING!!!!! thats what.
don’t worry steve some of still remember the loyalty you pledged to wolves, and many still crave to see you with the title you so rightly deserve.
STEVE BULL, MANAGER, WWFC.
In 30 years of steady decline, that first goal at Watford was the worse goal ive ever seen conceded from a Wolves team. Jez Moxey appeals for calm, what planet is he on ? and Kent Wolf re your previous posting, I was there in 1980 aswell, a great day out and one to remember, I dont need the internet to know my Wolves history thanks, open your eyes, its 30 years of steady decline, history doesnt lie and that applies to you to laurie driver.
no centre backs good enough,cannot score enough goals to get a result,cannot respond to an early goal because of lack of heart,now,we cant get the game on because of a problem with our underground heating,come on tell us whats going on,you lot in charge cannot be proud of this,surely your going to make the bhattis look reasonable now
wolves boo-boy:
” 30 years of steady decline”
I’ve pointed out to you in the past,30 years ago Wolves won promotion as Champions by winning 1-0 @ Bolton last match of the season.
28 Years ago, they beat the then European champions Nottingham Forest to win the League cup.
The decline started when Harry Marshall pulled his money out!
We are calling for our fans to get behind the team as I know they can do and will do.
“We’ve got to start producing some decent performances to get them off their seats and every effort will be made to ensure that happens.
“If we all stick together great things can happen.”
moxeys comments.mick isnt going anywhere this season.lets just get behind them.hes here for the long hawl
Why do Moxey and the remaining McCarthy supporters keep referring to us being in a bad run. We are in a bad season.
Even when the league table looked good in November the football we were playing was so boring and a fall down the table was always a possibility.
We have struggled to score goals for 18 months now so this is not a short term problem. and we only defend well if we play two defensive midfield players and then lose all creativity.
We have signed Kyle who has scored 17 goals in the last 8 years and now Bothroyd feels the need to explain why he has found goals hard to come by this season. Bothroyd has found goals hard to come by throughout his career. And when Andy Keogh finally got 4 goals in 5 games last month then he was swiftly moved to the wing.
So we have a young team - are they going to develop into good players when they are losing most weeks and their confidence is sapping visibly.
Te loyalty the club are showing to McCarthy is creditable in some respects but when the club are heading backwards in the way they have done this season is it really in the clubs best interests to stick with him. How bad does it have to get, and for how long?