Mick McCarthy refused to be down after another Molineux disappointment in the derby story of the last two years.
The Wolves boss was adamant his side deserved a share of the spoils and was eager to keep the mood among his players and the supporters buoyant as they continue their challenge for a top six finish.
Two absolute crunch games in the same stadium are now fast approaching Wolves with Ipswich, right in the thick of the same battle, and Cardiff, still harbouring hopes of a challenge, are the visitors.And McCarthy was adamant that his team’s overall form level should leave them confident of retrieving the damage of a third defeat in the last four Molineux visits from the old enemy.
He said: “They took their chance and that proved to be the difference. It was a terrific football match with both sides going for it and I thought we both played very well. They’ve had good chances, we’ve had good chances and I’m immensely proud of how we played the game.
“I thought the players were terrific - they gave every last drop and yes, I thought we could have got something out of it, but we’ve not managed to pick the right pass at times. I know they’ve had other chances, but it could have been 4-4 as well as 1-0.
“I’m delighted with the way we played but no-one is interested in that when we have lost to West Brom. I know it hurts but we’ve lost to West Brom and we can’t do anything about it. But we can do something about Saturday’s game and that’s my job now.
“We can go into Saturday’s game buoyant and up-beat knowing everybody has given their all for the team and that we should have a belief about Saturday because of the way we are playing and the way we’ve played over recent weeks. We’ve been playing well and we’ve played well again in a good game.”But McCarthy admitted the pill was that much tougher for fans to swallow because of the fierce local rivalry and he aplogised to supporters who, he acknowledged, now had to suffer some “stick” off their neighbours.He added: “It doesn’t hurt me as much as it hurts the fans. It can’t do, can it? It can’t hurt me like it does that lad over there with his Wolves scarf on.
“But when Barnsley lost to Cardiff in the FA Cup semi-final, did it bother the Wolves fans? Of course not, they could not give a toss about it.”But I was gutted because I’m a Barnsley lad and a Barnsley fan.
“That’s the way it is. I’m hurting tonight, the players are hurting and I’m sorry for the fans and sorry that they have got to listen to some of their neighbours giving them stick now.
“The issue is that we have lost to West Bromwich Albion.”If we win the next four then the result won’t bother me because we will be in the play-offs, and if we get into the play-offs then no-one will care.
“We can go into Saturday quite buoyant because of the way we played. I am bullish because we have played well over the last few weeks. A top-six finish is definitely on the cards and I am not being down.”
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wat eva mick u have lost the plot u dont no wat u am on about just dont no wat happend to u, get out this club before u distroy it, u have to play eastwood now saturday cuz we need to go for it keogh is useless just play him from start lets see wat happens
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Did only one hear MM on radio WM last night. I am sorry Wolves fans but it was cringing. He really does talk some dross. Not being funny but how can he motivate a team talking like that. Its all well and good seeing the effort as a positive but surely he needs to realise that you need more quality. I know you might think this is a biased opinion but if you were to make it through the play offs I cant help thinking you would do a Derby. Whereas with our style of football (plus several additions) I really feel that (if promoted) we could compete with anyone outside the top four. I will get slated for that but thats my opinion.
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‘they’ve had good chances, we’ve had good chances’?!??!?!
where were those Mick?? I didn’t see any
We could still be playing now and you wouldn’t have scored
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we lost to the better team. And again it sums us up being wolves. we are no further down the line in the last 20 years i have followed them. nearly there. not quite good enough. time and time again. we might give stick to al*ion for going to wembley and messing it up, but maybe we take a leaf from their book- up/dwn from prem in last 5years, FAcup semi, wembley twice… pains me to say it, dont get me wrong. morgan needs to invest this summer whatever happens. we bang on about loyal plyers etc, but gone are the days of a ”bully” that will stay through thick and thin regardless of offers. the geras etc- GET THE TEAM PROMOTED.
but boing to them for now. WE WILL HAVE OUR DAY….just dont know when, (we have been damn patient enough)
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Yeh Mick it was really close.
We bossed the game , hit the woodwork twice , scored one , had loads of chances ( double what you had according to the stats today ) and you lot had 2 shots from outside the area.
Dream on son - you got mullered by the better team - GET OVER IT !
P.S Was Mr Sylvain Elikes Cakes playing ? Only I thought he was going to hammer our dodgy defence ? If I were you I would file a missing persons report.
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Albions midfield was the diffrence, MM as enough games to get wwfc in the play offs.
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I have been a fan of mick and have defended him many times but if he really thinks that then we really are screwed
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I agree we could have won but we were never going to with our midfield. The problem with playing wingers is that if you are doing so, you need bust centre midfielders otherwise huge gaps begin to appear. And this was the case last night. Greeneing exploited evry inch of that space.
Gibon…useless, Olinjana…lazy! Come on lads though, chin up!
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“We can go into Saturday’s game buoyant and up-beat…”
What? Nurse! the blinds!
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He’s right he has to pick em up for saturday now. Come on wolves fans I know it’s like being stuck with a knife this morning but we have to put it behind us and push on. A win against ipswich coupled with palace not winning at watfor would put us either a point behind them or if they lose level with a game in hand. Yes we would need major investment should we go up but if we got there would anyone care? Yes albion are better equipped to deal with the prem but worry about our inadequesies after. Question bar albion is there anyone in that mix you wouldnt fancy us against? I would not be bothered about any of the others so come on heads up.
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WBA probably over 90 minutes did offer slightly more that Wolves, but that is to be expected with the money that has been spent on our team. Local derby’s are never nice to lose, but MM seemed to take the defeat in his usual manner, by whingehing saying “they took our chance and we didnt..not really a true reflection. Sometimes you just have to admit you were beaten by a better team and credit the opposition. Anyway good luck with the Play offs Wolves, but I believe MM aint the man goin forward for you guys.
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My brain hurts
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I was at the match-disappointed with the result.As much as it hurts,WBA dominated the game and deserved to win.We lack a jon greening type of player in midfield.
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3. Were you even at the game? Baggies fans were quiet for most of the first half because it looked odds on Wolves would score for most of the first 45 mins. Not sour grapes because on the balance of play you deserved the win. But mullered?
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MICK YOUR FULL OF C**p!!! Hate to say it but fair play to the Albion thought they deserved it,seem to have a bit more class all over and will prob go up now.Dont think we will and dont think we deserve to after the way we have played all year.Micks wasted a load of money and got us no where..GET MICK OUT NOW.
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Defence - Collins and Elokobi were pathetic. Not all their fault, they simply were up against better players. They are not good enough for this level.
Midfield - George was awful, Gibson worse. Well done Michael Gray, the best player Wolves had.
Strikers - Non existent.
Overall, its ok Mick saying they took their chance but come on, they should have taken 3,4 or maybe even 5 more great chances. How many clear cut chances did we have Mick?? How many saves did their keeper actually have to make??
You say you were proud of the performance, if this is as good as it gets then please leave so we can get Ince or Big Sam in.
On another note, thanks to the Police for the shambles for people leaving the Steve Bull upper……..
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Borrowed from elsewere……
“Fears are growing today for the missing Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Sylvain Ebanks Blake as he has been declared missing since 7.46 pm last night. Police officials had been studying CCTV footage and confirmed he was last seen in the pocket of Leon Barnett, the WBA defender.”
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ALBIONS DEFENCE MIDFIELD AND STRIKERS WERE THE DIFFRENCE AND GOAL KEEPER
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the time for slating the manager and team should come when the season is finished. not when we still have a great chance of play-offs. knowone benefits from slating so just hold it back, bite ya lip and give the team all you’ve got.
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Must have been watching a different game Mick!!Thank god he,s Wolves,s manager. Boing Boing
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I HOPE HE FEELS AS DOWN AS WE PAYING TO WATCH THIS LAST NIGHT,EASTWOOD SHOULD HAVE STARTED UP FRONT WITH E-BANKS AND COLLINS IS A USELESS DONKEY THANK GOD FOR GRAY AT LEAST HE SHOWED TRUE GRIT,WELL DONE BOGGIES SECOND HALF THE CLASS SHOWED PASSING BALL CONTROL FAIR PLAY ,but and it is a massive but,we need eastwood to start if we’ve got anychance of that last playoff place,so come on dopey mm start playing the big guns and not the pea shooters ,our season starts on sat lets get that last 6th place STILL UP THE WOLVES.
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Thing is mick you don’t get points for playing well, you get points for winning. And we plainly haven’t been playing well enough, the goal difference is another lost point at this stage.
Albion deserve to go up and i hope they do…coz if we get into the play offs I don’t wanna have them wipe the floor with us again, two years running.
Cardiff is a must win that’s all there is to it…too little too late.
Its not good enough…given the size of this club, changes are required at senior level to put it right.
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Yes it is a terrible dissappointment to lose such a vital match but a lot of good came out of it and I`m sure the next two games in particular will allow us to put things right.It did show what can be done with 100% concentration and effort combined with a little skill.Heads up last lets sort out the Tractor boys and then Jones`s lot.Up the Wolves.
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By the way,ignore super kev ,his other job is village idiot.
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I missed Muppets interview last night, can somebody give me a rough idea of what drivel he came out with?
In my opinion the midfield was the difference last night and Gibson shouldn’t have been on the pitch.
As for making the play offs, as much as I’d love it I know Cardiff will beat us as they are managed by our most successful manager of recent times (who I personally think we should have kept on)and Ipswich will be a draw. We also need to score a shed load of goals if it comes down to goal difference and we haven’t got that capability unless there is a constant supply of quality balls from midfield.
One last thing, down the years I’ve got used to the banter taking the mick and receiving as well but why is there so much venom from so many morons on both sides on this website. I admit I would sacrifice my gran to see us maul the steptoes 10-0 as the derby means that much to me but I’ve never understood how the hatred seems to grow year after year
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I heard mm post match interview on wm,i wondered if he watched the same game as me. I hate to say it but albion were streets ahead of wolves.i thought the occasion got to many wolves players,i.e gibson,foley,collins,elokobi,keogh.
Mm madethe rong substitutions,gibson should of been off at half time and replaced by potter.least he would of created something and helped oli out.
Just hope we can pick ourselves up for sat.
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Maybe MM realizes that Wolves would not be able to hold their own in the Prem without spending 50 million pounds? Not much money was spent this season despite all of the promises. Do you really want to get promoted and “do a Derby!!!”
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YOU MUPPETS GOT A GOOD HIDING
CAN I HAVE A PINT OF WHAT MM DRINKS
COS IT MAKES YOU SEE THINGS THAT ARE NOT THERE
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If I had my way you’d be down and out!!MUPPET!!
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What on earth do some of you lot expect?!! I don’t watch you every week but given where your club was 2 years ago, some of the abuse McCarthy has been getting this season (so soon after so many of you were seemingly behind him) is astonishing.
Honest opinion, I look at your team sheet, and there is nothing to fear on there. Kightly when fit and Hennessey aside, I don’t see a side that’s immeasurably better than the likes of Sheffield Wednesday. Some of you rightly point out that it’s not immeasurably worse than Stoke, but Stoke are a physical side with experienced players. The average age of your team is 21.
Perhaps I’m wrong and I don’t wish to sound patronising, but my honest opinion is that getting to the play-offs last year was the worst thing you could’ve done, expectation has been too high on a young team and a small squad.
You gave us a decent game last night, but we rightly won, not because I’m being biased, but because, as some of the more sensible posts from your fans have pointed out, we’ve built this side over the best part of about 8 years with the help of Premiership and parachute money (spent well) that you lot just haven’t had.
I’ve seen fickle before but you lot defy belief.
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12. !?! Were you looking the wrong way or something. EVERY report I’ve read since confirms we slaughtered you 1st half
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I’m sorry Mick, but 2 wins in 17 derby games has got me reaching for the prozak. Yes, the best team won, but it pains me that throughout the 90s we had a supposed ‘best team’ only to surrender to Albion teams packed with unforgetables like Jason van Blerk, Micky Evans, Darryl Burgess and co.
They didn’t seem to display the same inferiroity complex we did last night. Whilst I’m not looking for a Matt Carbon crippler, I’d have loved just one ‘reducer’ to set the tone. All I saw was handshakes and noble gestures like kicking the ball out to all ‘Super Kev’ a bit of treatment. The tone was all wrong, and I’m amazed Mick openly glorifies in his ability to remove the needle from these games, as quoted on TV recently. It wasn’t a Black Country derby that Sean Flynn would associate with. And therein lies the tale…Stoke know how to do it (3-1 at Brittania). Mick has had 7 attempts and its still the same love-in with our nemises. And it hurts!
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Hi all good game last night well for the Albion fans. Now the big one is out the way lets finnish the job Baggie Boyz. I hope & still think Wolves will go up if you win 3 of your last 4 you should be in the play-offs then i think you will go on to win the play-offs. Good luck
Boing Boing
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17 - class posting.
To all wolves fans - cheer up - you still have your attendances and the 50’s to look back on.
We just have this poxy promotion thing to look forward to - poor us !!
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Is there any wolves fan who rates keogh and if so why? A striker he is not, goalscorer he is not creator of lots of goals he is not, we need to threats upfront and start eastwood, we need to score goals, ebanks blake cant do it every game! The pressure will start to get to him soon! And for seyi, you are a 6 foot 4 giant who mcCarthy believes is the best player in the championship, what a joke, he is overated dross.
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“We’ve been playing well and we’ve played well again in a good game.”
…but still lost, yet again. :o(
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For god’s sake Morgan, get rid of this manager at the end of the season whatever division we are in. He was not good enough for Sunderland, not good enough for the Republic of Ireland and he sure as hell isn’t good enough for my team. Five dozen McCarthy’s isn’t worth one of Freddie Eastwoods legs. This will all end in tears, mark my words…….
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E&S Wolf (19)- Well said.. Some of our so called fans just mock and slate our players something rotten all the time!!!!
Heads up WOLVES
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Stu & raffo what planet are you on??? - ‘destroy our club’??? ‘play Eastwood from the start’?? - oh for crying out loud, grow up!
Wolves have made progress this year thanks to Mick - last nights performance (were you two actually there?) was full of energy, endeavor and guts. This from a side made up of non-leaguers and other people’s cast offs. Last night they were up against an equally well motivated side – WHO WERE IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE a short time ago – and our boy’s were very close to them. Take no notice of Tony Butler on Radio WM – he hasn’t got a clue either – albion were not in ‘a different class’ – just a bit better in a few positions and a bit luckier – all the loose balls in the box fell to albion players, on another day we could have had a goal or two.
And as for Freddy Eastwood, last night we had ‘Freddy the full back’, ‘Freddy the left sided midfielder’ etc etc. The bloke is constantly out of position, and is a liability. No wonder Mick won’t give him a start. Kevin Kyle always looks a better bet when he comes on.
The players are 100% behind Mick – you would have to be a complete Muppet not to realise that. So get off his back, stop moaning, and in time he will get us up – and keep us there.
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I’m sorry I have to respond to E&SWolf. I am a Wolves supporter through and through but our season is over, it was over when we only drew at Bristol. I don’t think this team has the consistency or ability to win 3 out of the last 4 games and that is what it will take for us to get into the playoffs. It’s also okay to slate the manager because he doesn’t read these comments or the press reports, his words not mine, perhaps he would be a better manager if he did. I hope that MM is released to graze at the funny farm where he obviously belongs. What Wolves need is a leader on the pitch, a Paul Ince, an Emlyn Hughes or a Mike Bailey the present team don’t have one and when the going gets tough they crumble.
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“McCarthy refusing to be down” - that will be next season !!
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we lost to the best team in the division, no shame in that. We were outplayed at times, however if we play like that in our remaining matches we will still make the playoffs. Good luck to the baggies in the prem next season, hope to see you there.
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Boy am I tired of the Muppet and his stupid comments. MM you have no idea! its simple…yesterday it was in our hands, I disagreed based on the games left and the teams to play. Didn’t matter if we did win or not.
I guess at last MM has loooked at the league table! wow what a shock he thought we were in the top two!
MM comments of “should have split the points”, “we played our best”… who cares MM I checked twice WE LOST THE GAME!”
Getting into the top six wasn’t the initial plot was it? It became that after losing to Morecombe, next comment? “we need to finish in the top half of the league”! What a Muppet..anyone want to start a pool to buy him a ticket to Korea?
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There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.
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31 batfink. Have you not read the sun,i quote Wolves seemed to be sleeping for the first 20 mins.The baggies were sharp,the home side sluggish. Hardly call that slaughtering Did Ebanks-Blake play
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17…..classic!!!!!!!!!
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Why do you the Express & Star keep putting the comments at first instance from the people who a clearly not FANS and all appear to be either insulting or purile–But still never mind that appears to be the way you play it.
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Well said 38 a dingle who speaks the truth, we won 0-1 hit the bar twice playing super football. I agree if you play like you did in the first half you will have a good chance of making the playoffs, good luck i hope you make it then we can carry on ow er rivalry in the premiership
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I was there last night, and it hurts to say this but sandwell town gave us a lesson in football. What game where u watching Mick, we were awful. We new they were vulnerable at set pieces so what did we do take out swinging corners………………… just about sums us up!!
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Both teams were rubbish !!
None of you deserve to play in English football!!
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is it just me or does Neil Collins look like he is playing in rollerblades!!there are better footballers than him on a sunday morning.Eastwood not starting again is a joke and kyle,s supposed 1 and only strength is heading I didnt see one header from him last night find a Gold and Black shirt macarthy out!!!
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45 Banky,
You are a muppet supporting a little team in a little town !!
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29.jezsedgly, SHUT UP and yae i was there its was perfetic its fickle fans like u that will keep this team goin no were cuz if u think this as been a good season u need help mate, we cant pass the ball and most of all cant even get a shot on target not just last night but all season we average about 2 shots a game but if u want to carry on watchin this rubbish down here carry on it a my money im wasting, and this team will carry on goin this way as long as people like u carry on the way u am goin WE MATCHED EM YEH RITE MATE GET A LIFE FICKLE FAN SADO
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Men against boy’s second half. No lack of commitment or disire just quality. I have said many times we are desperate for some quality signings something we just haven’t had and if Mick thinks what he said after the match he must have been wearing those rose tinted specs i keep trying to get. He needs to be honest in his evaluation not stupid.
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1 - raffo - You are a credit to your School and your English Teacher…… NOT
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FIRST 45 WE WERE BETTER TEAM, WE DIDNT SCORE. 2ND HALF YOU WERE BETTER YOU SCORED. THATS IT REALLY, OH AND YOU HAVE RUBBISH SUPPORT!
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Why is everyone saying Thick Mick, Mick Out and so on when we lost one game to the top of the table team. If we had Kightly we could of won. Before the game some the better supporters were coming out and supporting the manager. We have lost one game and suddenly he is the worst manager in the world again. Should of got a draw last night anyway.COME ON WOLVES!!!!!!!!!!!
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We taught you long ball tactic mid-table moaners, a footballing lesson. Now watch us go up IN STYLE WITH SUPER TONY MOWBRAY, Where are you now dingles? where are you? let’s be avin you???
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Wolves fans, let’s put our efforts into making Molineux a fortress for the rest of season and give the lads 100% support… NOW! I can’t believe some of the pathetic comments being posted both here and on other articles! Albion are a better team than us, they have better players than us and they play better football than us. Live with it and move on!
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The more you lot whinge the more the Albion fans will gloat. We still have a chance, judge our manager at the end of the season. Wolves will either compete succesfully in the Championship next season or struggle in the Premieship. Get over it and get behind the team, if you can’t take it keep away.
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39 you have confirmed that idiots do live in Sedgley.
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I think Mick has got a clue what he is doing else he wouldnt of been manager of Rep.Ireland sunderland and wolves. I think all the people that say mick out after one loss dont know what they are doing.
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This is the West Brom site isn’t it
What do I care what MM has to say now
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35- He has scored 9 goals this season. He is our top scorer this season, apart from SEB who has scored half of his goals at Plymouth, he can set up gaols and never stops running.
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wonder what the boggies will be saying next season
‘gettin relegated the mowbray way, in style of course…oh yes’
Thats IF they get promoted.
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Give Mick another year, buy a few more good players especially defenders and we will definetly be in the top two next season if we dont go up this year.
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remember the dross he came out with when at Sunderland. they kept loosing and i kept hearing the same old…played well, proud of the lads, but ……where was the reality check . and for all those bloody articles on we can get into top two. we’ve never won 5 games on the trot….what a wake up call
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Happy Baggie…will you still pay us your little visits next season when you’re up & we’re not?
Simon
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u lot sud listen 2 ur selves god knows how u fink we am gonna do well and get 2 the play offs wen all u do is slang off our players COME ON WOLVES !!!!!!
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If the boggies put as much effort in cheering their team on as they do on these pages, we might, just might, of heard them last night.SSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Mad Mick was obviously at a different game than I was, because we were never in and and never looked even close to testing Kiely. Yes the shite could have scored four comfortably! Oh and Mick why dont you ask your defence why Gera was left unmarked at the penalty spot? He cant even spot mistakes when they are made so how the hell is he gonna correct em? Get rid of him now so a we can get a decent manager in!!!
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Raffo - do you know what the word ‘fickle’ means?? - you saddo!! - I’m not fickle - I have always thought Mick was a was a good bloke, and I always stick up for the Wolves - when they put in 100% like they did last night.
Buy yourself a dictionary.
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Well said Worcester_Wolves (59)
How refreshing to find an opposition fan talking good sense. It’s still there for you to get into the play-offs, just go for it.
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66 - most people said that last summer……….and whats happened..
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We nearly matched the Albion. Is that good enough for this club? Fact is we remain a team trying to claw on to a play off place and we remain the 2nd best team in the black country. How much progress have we really made in the last 12 months? How much time will McCarthy be allowed to take the club forward? I suspect in a years time we will either be in the same position, or things will go well enough over the next month for us to win the play offs and then we will be trying to avoid breaking Derby’s record for lowest points in the Premier League.
Last night was not just painful because of who we lost to, it was painful cause we showed that we deserve to be where we are, 8th in the league.
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This guy just bemuses me by his comments. He never admits his errors, never admits he’s wrong, never apologies to fans after calling us names, never gambles by taking off his “stars”, the list goes on. If you look at the game yesterday with a football head on, Albion weren’t brilliant, Wolves were poor. Nobody for Wolves bossed the midfield. Oh and Mick… check out the number of chances we had… 2…. not good enough.
McCarthy Out in May.
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Get over it mate, you’d give your brain (if you had one) to go up this year, and then come straight back down. You would absolutely love to have experienced the same as Albion have in the last 5 years. If we go up, we will have to invest in more players to stay there, it’s not rocket science. But I’d rather be going to Old Trafford, Anfield and the Emirates, even though we’ll probably lose, than playing in the Championship, wouldn’t you?
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Again some of you fans lose it. So some questions for you so that you think a little more before you start bellyaching again and again and again!
Who sets the budget for buying and paying the players and the coaches? Mick or Morgan?
Who has the most influence over the quality of our employees? Mick or Morgan?
Do WBA have more money to spend than us?
Why have they got better players?
Why can’t Wolves get better players or why do they go to Wigan reserves?!!!!!!!!
We have a squad that was built from scratch a year and a half ago. Give Mick a break please.
Oh and good luck West Brom!
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WIGAN BAGGIE MAYBE MM IS TAKING A LEAF OUT OF MOANING MOWBRAYS BOOK HE NEVER GIVES CREDIT TO OTHER TEAMS WHO OUT PLAY YOU
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When I saw the Wolves team I knew the Albion would win because we did not have a mid-field. Gibson is a disgrace and should be sent back to United and Oli has got no bottle. Whilst Grey runs around the pitch, he does not contribute anything positive to the game. Keogh thinks he’s a king-pin but fails to feed off EB because he’s not a goal scorer.
MM bite the bullet and play Eastwood from the start so that we have a predator that will score goals. It is no good bringing a man on with 15 minutes to go whenn we are a lost cause.
MM, you and your training staff are responsible for the poor showing of the Wolves this Season and despite the fact that you think we are playing well, you must watch different games to what I watch every week - but there again, I havce to pay for the privilege.
Congratulations Albion you are without doubt the best team in the League and we did not have an answer to the skill and commitment of your players.
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after goin to the game last night, its obvious that albion are lightyears ahead of us in class, i just wish mick would admit it and accept it! wedidnt create anywhere near enough chances, and albion could have had far more, until mick realises that we wernt good enough last night, then we’re in trouble.
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70,plenty of noise at the 59th minute & the end of the game,only the sound of boo`s from your lot.
same we won`t be playing you for a while.boing boing
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PremiershipWolves, you are as bad as MM! the reason MM left Sunderland and Ireland was that he was useless and got his ass fired!
The fact that MM has to be excused for one loss is admirable, I thought that loss was a while ago, remember Morecombe!
Nice to have to stick up for MM based upon your not thought out handle!
Try “championshipforeverwolves”
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Just read the post #66… geez where does this statement come from? I can only imagine this poster is from the management, the only place reality hasn’t sunk in…getting ready for the buy 2009 season tickets! will be there next season..total rubbish!
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When I saw the Wolves team announced last night I knew that we would not beat the Albion because on paper our mid field was non-existant and this proved to be the case once we started playing.
Gibson is one of the worst mid field players we have and you loan out Gleason and others. Oli is lazy and does not put his foot in where it hurts. Grey, whilst full of endeavour does not construct any positive moves for the forwards. Keogh, playing alonmgside EB is a joke as he is nor a goal scorer so EB has to forrage alone.
MM, you must play Eastwood alongside EB from the start and then we will score goals because he is a predator and a goal scorer, but you are stubborn and will not play him because you would be proven wrong.
Congratulations Albion you are the best team in the League and we did not have an answer to the commitment and skill of your team.
MM you are responsible for the poor showing of the Wolves this Season. Despite you trying to be upbeat about our poor performance, which is undestandable, you have continually picked players who are not good enough and left better players out of the team.
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I see on this thread there are more reasonable Wolves fans than on others. I know it is a big deal to admit that we were the better side…and to be honest you do yourselves proud for saying that. We are te best footballing side in the league…that is not bragging, it is a fact.We also happen to be the worst in the league at defending set pieces…so…its not all good!
I actually thought that mick mcarthy was a great appointment.I think he is a very good manager and did well last season.Thing is his comments today are concerning and I can see why Wolves fans are a little worried. Problem is, do you get rid of Mccarthy and then will things get better, or worse?Look at what happened to Bolton. I will be honest I dont pay much attention to the Wolves anymore so I cant say if you guys are moaning or being objective but from the comments of the fans on here who appear to be reasonable, football loving individuals, I think that you guys are justified in being concerned.
In all honesty I would love the wolves to get promoted.I think it is tough enough in the prem these days and in the league as a whole for the teams to survive I would rather the wolves do well than Sheff utd!Not too well mind…we dont want to lose to you lot!
Good luck for the playoffs.I think you just have to back the manager in the run in and if he doesnt deliver then bye bye mick. Being negative will not help you now. You are not out of the mix yet.
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58 I think you need to change your name judging by your posts it does not suit you, guy maybe but wise??
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Oh and just for the benefit of a couple of posters on here.We bought almost a whole new team this summer.I did not think that we would be top this season…just in the playoffs.I think it illustrates what a great manager we have.
We are not missing the players that “deserted a sinking ship” last season.All of which have gone on to struggle in the prem. The wolves have the players to do it.
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Warren (30) - Spot on mate. The problem is that we have an element of idiots who are up there amongst the worst fans in the country. I was as gutted as anyone last night - however like you say we are a young team and are building for the future. We have scouted some quality talent from the lower leagues, have a great youth set-up and could add even more quality when we expand the scouting to a European network. A bit more time to gel and develop together and good things will happen. Personally, think Mick should be honest, however when you get a bunch of thick idiots barracking your teams every mistake, he probably thinks that he could do with instilling some confidence.
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Midfield was the diffrence.Albion should have won this league by know with the players they have,but they have not,why?.
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Some of these post match comments scare me.
Yes we lost and whatever excuses anybody makes, it was to a better team. But if ever we need to show support for our team it’s now. If you can’t give everybody at the club, players, manager and owner, 100%, then please stay away on Saturday.
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McCarthy has succeeded in taking the team backwards this season despite spending millions in the transfer market. Lack of quality signings, along with the unbelievable treatment of Freddy Eastwood show the manager has no future with the club.
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Mick they took one of their chances and hit the woodwork three times. They were by far the better side, we never really threatened.
The Manager has to remain positive while there is still a chance of making the play offs, but it’s looking unlikely now that we will make it.
We really have to go for it so hopefully Kites might make some kind of impact and you will play Freddie who even if he didn’t score, used the ball intelligently.
Jarvis, SEB, Freddy and Kites up front as one last gamble.
Have some guts and actually give us a chance of winning the last four games rather than finishing the season as also rans.
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#88, totally agree, that’s the ticket to the Premiership, wanna tell Moxey and Morgan that? Yes you have a great manager, wanna swap him for ours and we can toss in SEB?
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Mick You’re a joke how can gibson get chosen over d.edwards .. and keogh .. HE IS A JOKE , HE DOSENT MAKE ANYTHING, LOSSES THE BALL , TO LIGHTWEIGHT , GETS NOCKED OF THE BALL EASY,CARNT CREATE NOTHING ETC, RUNS LIKE A HEADLESS CHICKEN ALL DAY!!… WERE AS YOU HAVE FREDDY .. STRONG,CREATES CHANCES , MAKES HIS OWN CHANCES , BRINGS PLAYERS INTO PLAY, AND NEVER LOSSES THE BALL !! MICK IT IS ABOUT TIME YOU GIVE THIS GUY A CHANCE !! TO MANY FAVOURITES AGAIN !! MICK OUT .. BIG SAM OR PAUL INCE IN !! WE WILL NEVER GET IN THE PLAY-OFFS !!
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WE WANT MICK OUT,
AND WE WANT FREDDY TO START !!
WE WANT MICK OUT,
AND WE WANT FREDDY TO START !!
HATE THE WAY YOU HAVE TREATED HIM MICK !!
FREDDY FREDDY FREDDY !!
BIG SAM OR PAUL INCE IN !!
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19 The season is allready over MM and the rest of them out now.
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Where are all those who chanted “super super Mick……”
We played well last season, but after watching this lot again a few teams, it’s all hype. Eastwod:turkey, Ebanks-Blake: turkey, Keogh:turkey - we may have loyal support but you just look at how many managers that we have had who were good enough to lead clubs through to the quarter finals of the world cup (2) led countries (3). Don’t just blame Mick, the whole club is a shambles, which in recent years has promised of glories to come.
We were very luck to get to where we did last year, lucky again this year and watch out, we might just be where Leicester are next year.
Well done Baggies, now where is my carrier bag
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When he was at Both Ireland and Sunderland McCarthy used to come out with rubbish like this article.
In the end this serial failure was kicked out of both jobs. Took years to put the damage right. It always ends in tears for him. It will end with tears here as well!
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39 you are an idiot and people like you give true supporters a bad name.
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Personally I think we gave your sttrike force too much respect, failed to play our game and allowed SEB to be isolated.
Could have and should have done better with the chances near the end.
Good luck to the Albion
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The favourites for the final playoff place are now Crystal Palace.
I believe they will win 2 of their last 3 games to achieve a total of 71 points.
Therefore(because of our inferior goal difference)we need 72 points which equates to 3 wins & a draw from our last 4 games.
A big ask. Remember “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”.
Keep the Faith.
Out of Darkness.
I agree with JezSedgley be positive.
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No Playoffs kiss your job goodbye McCarthy and anyone else who defends this useless muppet.
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Beware 39 is really McCarthy trust me I KNOW
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TICK TOCK MCCARTHY YOUR DAY OF JUDGEMENT IS NEAR
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Some people just want to MOAN. We can still make it. Let’s go up and start getting some dosh and building the team. We may come down and go back up, but Blues and the Baggies are slowly building better squads by keeping in the money. We have some good young players who can get better. GET BEHIND THE BOYS.. WE ARE WOLVES….
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Simon 68 - I couldn’t let you go a whole season without a happy comment, so yes I will pop back from time to time…. but please don’t visit us as we are trying to look posh in the greed league.
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More seem to knock Mick than not, but really,how could he possibly react in any other way than this. A critical stage of the season, a fair and honest assesment of last nights game. Let all us supporters stay on the same side and keep going, fingers crossed, support our heart out for the team, we always do.
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Send Gibson back to MUFC ASAP and sack Collins - give a REAL footballer like Eastwood a game and we might stand a chance .
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52.
Errr sorry SUPERLEEDS werent u playing walsall at the bescot the other night.. o sorry or was that cheltenham town at whaddon road.. shut up m8 and realise that leeds r nuthink and to be honest never really have been.. how many times u won the prem.. how many FA cups u got.. yer thought so… Hav fun playing MK DONS next year..kissesx
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Well said 90 - absolutely spot on. It’s scarey indeed. Speaking of which…
92 - if you had half a brain you’d be dangerous. I’d rather listen to MM than your mindless ramblings any day. Keogh is a good player - not an out and out centre forward but a good creative foil. So get off his back and go and look up he word ’support’ in a dictionary. It’s under ‘S’ by the way.
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Just like to put my bit in for Freddy,,MM gave him about 15 minits last night and he never put a foot wrong,he is class,,iff he is let go in the summer there will be no shortage of takers.Stop dreaming lads we have no chance of premiership football,,look at Sunderland, Keene has spent 30 million and hes asking for 50 million can anyone honestly see us getting a fraction of that kind of money,,we would be lucky to get five million..No lets get behind the lads and keep buying the tickets,West Brom,Ipswich,and Cardiff will cost me 180 quid,and thers twenty odd thousand like me.Iff the Albion can run their ship with smaller crowds,what are we doing wrong,and dont tell me its premiership money,remember we were in the premiership but we never had no money,any money we had we had to sell players,,,final thought,,honestly who is going to score goals against Ipswich and Cardiff, our lot havnt a clue infront of goal…
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“When the going gets tough, the tough get going”.
According to my wife, “when the going gets tough, the tough go shopping!”
Need to shop in the right stores for NEW PLAYERS and a NEW MANAGER…
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MM record against the bagies P7 W1 D1 L5, says it all Mick, the door is that way, close it behind you when you leave. You don’t have to take all the crap and jibes, i hope you slept well m8 loads of us didn’t.
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Why does MM never reply to our comments beacuase he is arrogant please Mr M get rid of I renewed my ST on thestrenth that he will not be there.
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wiseguy.
7th in the table with a game in hand, mid table i think you should start calling yourself thickguy.
you arent promoted yet.
you lot are going to look so silly when you lose in the playoffs again.
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wolves am nothing, yow season will be all over on saturday evening. was just about to say you’ll lose all your star players in the summer, but you doe ave any
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Mick has to be positive and up beat its his job!
The inquest must be held at the end of the season
But tuesday’s game shows the difference in quality and balance between our two sqauds .
Kites and jarvis haven’t played together all season, jones and little loaned out when they should have been in our squad!We have stagnated this season
UP THE WOLVES
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The numbers changed! My comments (111) now look ridiculous. I was applauding (what is now) 91 and berating those of (what is now) 95/6.
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if we can keep matt murray, kites, elokobi, dave edwards, seb, keogh, eastwood, jarvis, olofinajana, mickey grey, craddock (who was superb the other night) bothroyd (who needs a firework up his arse). If we sell hennessey 6million, get 2 quick centre halfs, a ball winning midfielder and play karl henry at right back (we missed him the other night). and out gibson(send him back hes done nothing impressive or even above average since hes been here) foley(good first 3 games but is not good enough) collins (like his attitude but defintely not good enough) s ward (same applies) r edwards (sick of his injuries and is average anyway) apparently we have a done deal for collins from westham and joe ledley regardless of division for next season.
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120. laughingwolf
Agree with your line of thought but…
Will Craddock play enough games to be useful?
Eastwood, Keogh and Bothroyd need to move on, they just don’t cut it, if they did we would have seen it by now!
Haven’t seen enough of Edwards yet and I think you will see an improvement in Foley when Kightly finally returns. I agree about Henry though, his best position is right back but McCarthy will never play him there!
Olofinjana should be sold too for the right price, he’s good but drifts in and out too much.
The dead wood for me is:
Collins
Breen
Edwards R.
Ward x 2
Potter
Gibson
Eastwood
Bothroyd
Keogh
Craddock
Oh and McCarthy!
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39. Jezsedgely
I didn’t realise that Moxey lived in Sedgley, perhaps he’s in hiding?
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I have to say that the majority of Wolves fans have been gracious in defeat, which is hard to do when you are hurting.
From a Wolves point of view I don’t think MM is your man. I remember when WBA beat Sunderland in 2004 to go up, we had one chance in the entire match and scored. We tactically out thought him that day, we did the same to him on Tuesday.
Though he is a genuine bloke he is tactically naive (have I spelt that right?!). He didn’t exploit our weakness on set pieces like stoke did when they beat us 3-1.
The black country derby should be played in the premiership. It’s not over for wolves yet, get behind your manager as now is not the time to be calling for MM’s head. Win your matches now, get in the play offs and let’s have the black country derby in premiership!!
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#123 nope you did spell Naive wrong its actually spelled “Muppet”..bad news about Derby? they would kick our ass any day of the week…
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I am concerned that some of my fellow baggies fans seem to think we are already in the prem. We have 3 very tough games still to play and while we can win them, this is Albion and we all know they like to make things hard for themselves
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take me home
wanderers road,
to the place,
where i belong
to the molineux,
to see the wanderers
take me home
the wanderers road.
come on the wolves
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Is the idiot still not looking at the table ?
4 wins and we are in the play offs he says, are Palace not already 3 points ahead with 3 to play and a 9 goal advantage in the goal difference column ?
Seems that figures are not his strongest suit, leaving the subs until the final minutes instead of 30 from the end on Tuesday night, another fine mess he got us into.
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123. WBAFC
The Wolves have been so second rate from the start of the season, that it was obvious that we were not going to make it up this season. However, for the Derby game we had to get some adrenelin going, so we blagged it up a bit.
SEB is better than he looked last Tuesday, but the Throstles (how respectful can you get to the Tescos?) have been the better team all season, and I just hope that you get up there automatically, it would be well deserved.
But were going up next season to help get you demoted!
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McCarthy talks a load of male cow excrement! He just makes it up as he goes along and there’s enough dimwits around to agree with his Irish blarney.
His track record is extinguished! Failure everywhere he goes, and years to put the damage right.
This is the moron who organized an Irish training session, but forget to organize any footballs for them to train with! One of the reasons why Roy Keane walked away in disgust. It has taken him over a year to put right the damage McCarthy did to Sunderland. The same applies to Ireland!
Time we did a sanity check and do the same thing. I’ve had enough bulls*it!
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In 40 years of supporting Wolves, we have to say on Tuesday night we lost to the better team and good luck for automatic promotion. However, I was disgusted by the happy_baggie “get down on your knees” posting of tuesday night. Shocking.
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Promotion with this side?We’d probably emulate Derby.If we are going to do it,do it properly and enough of this ‘hit and hope ‘attitude.
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52 Josh Baggie
Get a life fella, LEEDS are by far a bigger club than the tesco bag idiots !!
How many fans follow your muppets ??
Mmm thought so !!
Now Boing along now back to school……..
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Mick, OK.. I give in.. I refuse to be down about Tuesday night…as long as you resign
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