Michael Kightly has revealed he is so determined to be in top condition for next season he will remain at Wolves for a summer rehabilitation programme.
Kightly pulled out of the England under-21s friendly against Wales last night with a knock to the same joint he had surgery on at the end of February.
But the new injury – caused when he went over on the joint two days before the Plymouth game – is nothing to do with the surgery he had on a bone spur on February 29.
“I was back at Wolves last night to see the physio and the club doctor and they are fairly happy,” said the winger.
“They told me to let the ankle settle down over the next three days and then start strengthening work next week and after that, it should be fine and I’m fairly confident it will be.
“But I will be back in because after being out for four and a half months, my left ankle isn’t as strong as my right one and I need to improve the strength in the left one.
“To be honest, that’s what caused me to go over on it before the Plymouth game – because it’s not as strong as the other one yet.
“Within a week to two weeks, I hope to get it back to normal.”
Kightly admits the decision not to play for his country and win a fourth England under-21 cap is unfortunate, but knows it was the correct one.
“I was disappointed because it was a chance to play for my country, but I just felt it was the right decision to pull out,” he said.
“I didn’t want to play 70 per cent fit and not do myself justice. I spoke to Stuart Pearce and the medical staff and we thought this was the best thing to do.
“If I could have had a complete week’s rest, it would have been absolutely fine. But it wasn’t to be.”
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Hmmmm - is it Kightly week at the E&S ??
We’ve had craddock week last week, and Breen week (before he got the boot) - we also had Freddy season before that.
Is someone trying to find a positive story in this somewhere ??
Best hope he stays then…
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Looks more likely that he will stay than at least two of your ‘Stars’. Happy days ahead mocking the drubbing of the Baggies in the Prem.
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is it duffers week at the poorthorns ? why are you so obsessed with wolves.. oh i get it, bigger club, bigger gates, etc…
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Kights is a star and it looks like he’s a stayer. Fair play to him.
On a different note could all wolves fans get behind Hull for the playoffs because:
A) They deserve it more
B) They have (almost) the same colour kit as Wolves
C) As an adopted Bristolian (born in Dudley) I cant bear seeing the Scum get into the premier league. The Gas are my second team.
Come on Hull
UP THE WOLVES :0)
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Happy, your posts are so boring. Every time you post on a Wolves story(which is every single one) its the same silly comments.
Arent you due a holiday or something.
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hey happy_bagie you keep posting mate, most of the time your post are spot on, or at least get a laugh! which is a bit better than some of my fellow wolves fans whose glass is definately “halve empty”!!
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Kightly to work through the summer… They missed the last bit off… touching the paint work up at the hawthorns… lol
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Anyone notice were playing Blackburn in a pre-season friendly!!!
Aren’t they one of the prem clubs who are looking at him?
Coincidence?
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Morgan get your money out in a big way and if by 6 games sack him or it will be the fans that do it for you
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Thats it Kightly keep fit for when Mowbray comes in for you.
Premiership football for you next season Kidda!!!
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Deeps - cheers mate. Even when we are in the prem I will still pop over from time to time just to nice.
But could the wolves fans please not post on our site after the season starts cos we will be with our new posh friends then.
Thank you.
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Lol @11 H_B
Hob Nobbing with the big boys….Anyone for a Prawn Sandwich???
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11. Happy_baggie
You won’t want anybody to see you with your new posh friends because of embarrassment!
Sorry, can’t see that WBA will be strong enough as a team or club to compete with the big boys!
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Happy…. thought you were a ‘man of the people’ mate ?!!! Like Deeps I think you bring some reasoned comment to these pages (most of the time !!). You won’t get half the banter from the Prawn Sandwich Brigades that you get from the Wolves fans - you know you’ll miss it !!
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Filton - I will get my fix when I pop over - but we don’t want to frighten the chelsea pensioners with all your lot booing do we.
And as for Man Utd - they don’t like that sort of thing in Surrey either.
I’m now one of the Windsor happy_baggies dont-cha-know !
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11….Happy you must be joking……we`ll be on there week in week out just to comment on the pastings you lot are gonna get….but your welcome to pop over to our side, it`ll be amusing listening to your comments trying to put us down,especially when we`ll be at the top of our league and you lot are trying to avoid the inevitable relagation……….
BOING BOING DOWN DOWN BOING BOING DOWN DOWN
Come on you Wolves
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he is a rubbish walking injury let him go
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16 - congratulations on the first “we`ll be at the top of our league” comment….
Have you ever watched Groundhog day - you should !!
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16 you are a nutter mate. With MM in charge the only way is down
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Thanks Kytes but isnt that normal procedure with an injury ?- E & S stop trying so hard
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raythewolf
“especially when we`ll be at the top of our league and you lot are trying to avoid the inevitable relagation……….”
LMAO, I heard this tripe last season, and the one before, ooo and the one before that…see where I’m going Ray
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4. im definitly backing hull in the playoffs - purely because of the comments made by an ex player of ours - mcindoe!!
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kightly is the best thing to come out of the McCarthy’s era. and we have got him another year
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I wonder if Mick will be working through the summer or on holiday in Eire or Sunderland. He’ll probably bring back a few bargains.
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Happy…. was that Windsor_happy_baggies or was it Windy_happy_baggies ?
Whatever, keep in touch but don’t get too hoighty-toity will you ?!!!
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I look around the papers and the internet at all the transfer rumours, speculation and probable moves and see lots of clubs saying this or that star is about to sign. Knowing it is best to keep ones cards close to ones chest - I really hope our lot at the golden palace are busy and not waiting until players have come back off holiday in a months time. The time to strike is now!
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Wolves need some good young players from lower leagues like we have done with jarvis and kightly : We need 3 defenders , 2 midfielders and 2 strikers !!
C.BERRA Hearts 24 1.5m
A.GERRARD Walsall 22 £750k - 1.0m
D.BECKWITH Hereford 24 FREE
K.COMMONS Not For 24 FREE
D.BELL Luton (On Loan Leicester) 24 £750k - 1.0m
A.MCLEAN Peterbrough 24 1.0m
F.CAMPBELL Man U 20 LOAN IN
AND MOXEY DONT BE TIGHT (LIKE THERE WAGES AND THE COST) JUST GET THESE PLAYERS IN AND WOLVES NEXT SEASON WOULD BE PREMIERSHIP !! COME ON MICK GET THESE IN !! UP THE WOLVES !!
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post4.brizzle……. don’t worry mate because most wolves fans will be behind hull to win as we want the chance to goad a certain mr mcindoe when they fail to win promotion….. mind you he will probably moved to a bigger and better team by then as he stated last time he moved…. acrington stanley!!! lol
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Come on chaps, lighten up a bit here. Kightly is injured and that reduces his transfer value. The fact that he is prepared to work over the close season to recover is such good news.
It means that Kightly still has a transfer value, although his insurance premiums are probably higher than average as he seems to have been crocked a few times.
Let’s cheer him on in his efforts, because as an under 21 international he should be worth a few millions, even with an injury reputation.
It will be interesting to see who McCarthy brings in to cover the wingers next season. It seemed strange last season to play for months without wingers as there was no cover for either of the two injured ones.
The strikers seconded into being wingers were not very successful, as the boos I heard from the southern perimeter of the stadium seemed to attest.
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I dream of two things. One is winning the Euro Lottery this Friday so I can buy WBA and put them into liquidation and the second is a season where we are promoted and they are relegated. Not holding my breath on the lottery but the second is mouth watering.
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Thanks to Kites for the commitment.
Lets get back to seeing him flying down the wing, and next season SEB on the end of some awsome play.
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17. Rubbish walking injury? Notice how we went from 3rd to about 10th in the time from December-February when he was out…
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Kightly is a great player, perhaps you guys should give McCarthy some credit for discovering the lad instead of slagging him and the Albion off.
Unfortunately, you know as well as I do, if a big club comes knocking, he’ll go. I’m not just saying that because I’m a baggies fan.
But don’t be to down-hearted if he does, the worst thing Wolves could do is hold on to a player that doesn’t want to be there. We let Koumas and Kamara go because they wanted out.
With Koumas, though there was no doubting his talent, was stinking the place out and had an apalling attitude. Never harmed us in the long run. Get yourselves in the prem and we’ll play the black country derbys where they should be played - IN THE PREM.
BOING BOING!!!!!
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Good stuff! Make sure your raring for the new season!
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See you around Xmas then?
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The world and his wife seems seems to be the new P.R. team at the Molineux. Mr Morgan, we would love to hear from you.
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33. McCarthy didn’t discover Kightly. It has been widely documented that it was Taff Evans and McCarthy hadn’t even seen him play.
But why let facts get in the way of a good argument eh!?
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37. ‘It has been widely documented’. You sound like a premiership footballer. Where are these documents? What sort of documents are you referring to? Gossip, newspaper articles, graffiti? Just because it is in a document doesn’t mean it is true.
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38. You sound like a complete numpty
The Mail on Sunday said it - as below from March 3rd 2007.
“At £25,000, bought blind by boss Mick McCarthy, this livewire trickster can score - six goals in 14 games - go by defenders down either flank and generally cause panic in Championship defences, three divisions up from where he had been dumped after failing to make the grade at Spurs and Southend.”
Sky Sports said it on March 27th 2008, quoting our current manager:
But it was McCarthy’s assistant Ian Evans who advised him to give the youngster his chance in the Championship.
McCarthy said, “I had never seen him play before, but ‘Taff’ had and that was good enough for me, although I did my homework on him and got to know a lot about him.”
The same story, quoting McCarthy, was in the Express and Star, Birmingham Mail and on the Wolves website. I could go on but I think you’re safely back in your box now
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38. Boris
It is all just a conspiracy!
Don’t know why you keep fighting though, it’s clear that McCarthy is staying for another season. The proof of the pudding as they say…
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Come on the Tigers!
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Steve Howard? This better be a bad joke…
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30 Carribean.
Stick with the Euro, you’ve more chance but you’ll need to win it twice to afford it. Have a look at the transfer page. Steve Howard, well he kept Leicester up didn’t he?
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MM said “I did my homework on him and got to know a lot about him.” Try supporting your team.
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Steve Howard was Derby’s leading scorer when they were promoted, via the play-offs. His only claim to fame at Leicester is that he scored a three against Sandwell Town at the Poorthorns!
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43 - it’s alreadh happened once in recent history so why can’t lightning strike twice ?
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44. Boris
You really are a plo**er, all you do is have a pop at someone and when your lack of knowledge is revealed start the old ’support your team’ clap-trap!
Still yet to read any sort of post about football from you or your mate down in London!
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