Wolves defender George Elokobi insists the team will be stronger next season – after targeting a goal spree for Mick McCarthy’s side.
Elokobi only arrived in January, but played his part in the club’s doomed play-off push.
Ultimately, Wolves came up short as they finished a matter of one goal outside the top six,
But the Cameroon-born left-back is convinced the players will be better for the experience.
“We’ll come back stronger next season. I think exciting times are ahead,” said Elokobi.
“Hopefully next season we can score plenty of goals and having kept 18 clean sheets beat that record as well.
“We’ve got one of the youngest squads in the Championship but have got the players to do well and hopefully clinch promotion next season.
“That’s the goal we’ll all be working towards when we come back for pre-season.”
Elokobi believes mistakes at the end of the games against Ipswich and Southampton cost Wolves dear.
“I know we keep saying, ‘if, if’, but if you look back at things like conceding injury-time goals against Ipswich and Southampton, then it really cost us,” he said.
“That was a big learning curve for us and one we have to take on the chin.
“There wasn’t anything massively wrong here, just little things, and it eventually came down to goal difference.
“It was very disappointing after we finished our last game and the other results hadn’t gone the way we had wished.
“But that’s football and in another sense we know we shouldn’t have left it until the last minute and relying on other teams to do us a favour.”
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When are they going to gag some of these players… they spout the same rubbish all the time.
Mick and the board have repeatidly said they need to sort out the “molineux factor”, saying expectations are too high and the fans put too much pressure on the team.
Well if the players like Keogh and Elekobi would stop spouting this rubbish maybe it would ease the fans expectations?
George, you are not good enough unless you show a significant improvement in your ball distribution next season.
No 1,Why dont you stop spouting your rubbish on these pages, you are so stupid, the players are trying so hard to be possitive for next season. What no one needs is stupid comments like yours, so if you cant support the team, clear off you idiot.
1 and 2. You’d better get used to these type of articles. The E&S have to fill their back pages somehow!
notawolvesbooer, it’s a lost cause! Most of the people on these boards are nuggets.
No 2
Surely if the players didn’t have high expectations of themeselves that would be worse. The molineux factor will never go away as any season we finish lower than sixth is a failure. I don’t think we are a sleeping giant any more but we should consider ourselves better than Bristol. Hull, Stoke etc …. the team just have to prove it.
1,2 and 3. when are you goung to realise that the success you so desperately want next year isnt going to happen while you and your kind constantly slate the club, the players , the manager, the barstaff, tealady or any other unfortunate enough to breath air within 100 miles of you, you have to give 100% support to the wolves set up from top to bottom because no matter how much you whine, moan and bicker you are not going to change the regime at wolves so live with it, i have!! put up or shut up because it is now getting all very tiresome.
George Elokobi needs to sort out his ball distribution aspect but other than that, he is a solid left back with plenty of pace, and is strong in the air, and to find that out, all you have to look at is the plymouth match at the end of last season, fractured skull to the player of the year for plymouth.. get him up front mick!
NO 4-Calm down now!!-Everybody is entitled to a opinion.Nobody is right or wrong.However my opinion is-The players should do the positives on the pitch and win more games,when they do that they may better support.
05/06 played 46 scored 50
under mick mccarthy
06/07 played 46 scored 59
07/08 played 46 scored 53
now im not being funny but surely we should have learnt from out lessons long ago????
last season wasnt to bad purely due to the fact it was a new start but we have scored 162goals in 138 games which works out to be 1.17 goal per league game
our friendly neighbours who have only finished 11pts ahead of us in two combined season have scored
06/07 46 games 81goals
07/08 46 games 88goals
works out to 169goals in 2seasons! yes 7 more than us in 3 seasons
4. notawolvesbooer
Amazing that you actually believe these PR exercises and even more amazing you should tell other fans to clear off for having a say!
What does a government do when their backs are to the wall, they spin every ‘good news’ story they can find. Jez Moxey is just the same he is spinning for his life at the moment trying to deflect people from the truth and that is the team and management are not good enough!
Funny how it is always the better players or the young prospects that are wheeled out to the press. Never the likes of Stephen Ward, Keogh or Mark Davies!
notawolvesbooer you are so naive!
No. 4, spot on mate, what are the players expected to come out and say? ‘We’ve got no chance next season’
1 - get a life you tool
4. agreed, all he’s trying to do is cheer us up! do u want him to come out and say he can see a season of mid-table football where everyones going to take it easy and not make to much effort. give the lad a break
more drivel who’s turn is it next. Elokobi has got a long way to go before he’s the finished article and spkesman for the team. perhaps the E&S just make these up to wind up the supporters
what you should grow up and realise number 4 is that everyone is entitled to an opinion and just becuase they don’t disagree with your point of view that doesn’t make them an idiot
YEP FOR ONCE I AGREE, WE SHOULD BE BETTER NEXT SEASON. AND AS LONG AS MUPPET SIGNS SOME DECENT PLAYERS, AND PLAYS THEM IN THE RIGHT POSITIONS THEN WE HAVE A CHANCE. LET’S HOPE FOR A BETTER SEASON THIS TIME ROUND.
4#.. WHO THE HELL ARE YOU TO TELL PEOPLE TO CLEAR OFF..IF YOU CAN’T MAKE A VALID COMMENT..THEN NAFF AND BORE SOMEONE ELSE DUMMY.
No 11 SPOT ON! its not rocket science is it!
zzzzzzzzzzz heard it all before.Are they on some “pro muppet bonus scheme” or summat?Its as though they are all brainwashed by MM and Moxey.
4 & 6: your resort to mere abuse and trying to shut down free speech shows which side of the argument is the more reasoned. Appeals to fall in line behind the authorities of the club are always doomed to failure. Clearly MM is not going to go now, so we should give the project one more chance. But if we are not among the Championship leaders in November it would take a saint not to complain. How did a club like Pompey, which was languishing behind Wolves for so long , get established in the top bracket? Good leadership….
12. I think your being naive, what happens when theres no news, papers make it up. That is all that is happening here, the news that comes from the club is on the website, which you’ll notice is considerably less than what is offered here.
Nowing your general negativity I see it as typical that you would blame the club first though
That said, Elokobi is not too short of being a good player, he just lacks a bit of consistency in his distribution. He can look realy good at times
For the record I have been to watch Wolves more times than I can count and have never boo’d the team, mick any players or the tea lady (number 8!) I do still believe in MM and will support anyone in gold and black.
What drives me mad is mixed messages comming from Wolves, they say the fans are too demanding but when they set an expectation of success (as shown in this and many other articles, the chairmans address at the end of the season etc) then fail to deliver season after season fans get frustrated.
Up the Wolves, up MM and up Jez
21 Newbridge
Answer two questions
1. Why is not wanting a second rate manager in charge of Wolves deemed ‘negative’?
2. Do you really believe that Moxey is not spinning stories out of Molineux?
Perhaps you are more comfortable believing it is the nasty newspaper making stories up about you football club!
9) and 21) Totally agree with both of you, Elokobi is a very good player. His passing when in defence sometimes goes astray but he has whipped some good crosses in, gets stuck in and has pace.
Don’t listen to the whingers, sign a couple of centre halves, a centre forward and someone like Jones and we will be up there next season. We will have the likes of Murray, Lee Collins, Davies, Gleeson and Gobern challenging for places next season!
17. Your comment on no.4 makes no sense, think about it
Abdonwolf. Have you ever said anything positive about wolves?
It seems that you don’t have anything good to say about us. Every single post from you is negative.
25 Newbridge
Are you notawolvesbooers’ dad?
Or are you just the self appointed defender of the clappys?
26. wolvesfan
I post about what I want to talk about. If you perceive it to be negative then that is your opinion.
I could talk about many of the things that have happened to the club since 1973 when I first started going to games, but I don’t really see the point do you?
I won’t be happy until McCarthy and this regime is gone so what I suggest you do is don’t bother to read my posts then you can go along your merry way can’t you!
Yes,I agree the team will be stronger next year and will improve their game.The problem is,as always in this division there will be SIX different teams(3 UP,3 down) and its like a different league. QPR are spending loads and we will need to improve just to stand still.As Mr.Morgan is a big Liverpool fan I would like to suggest we buy the same quality of players they have.If it’s not good enough for them its not good enough for us.
28. Abdonwolf. I merely wanted to show everybody on here that you have a very unbalanced opinion. Thank you for obliging.
28. I bet you’re a real joy to sit next to at a match.
Whilst so called fans whine and moan the Wolves will never improve. The constant negativity just strips away confidence so lets get behind the team and the manager and make Molineux the fortress it should be.
Up the wolves
No4 agree its the only thing that you idiots can cheer
lots of good points on here. Really, no, there are. Like the one made about howlong the age of the squad. Like the one made about goals being needed. Liek the one about not relying on other teams. gpwm George. the responses are mainly drivel
“I won’t be happy until McCarthy and this regime is gone”
That is pretty pathetic is’nt it ?
That sounds like a little kid who throws a tantrum and sulks because (insert name) is going to the party and they are not friends this week……………….
This “regime” is not that bad compared to previous regimes.
The fact is weather you like McCarthy or not he is here to stay until Morgan says other wise, so there is no need to sulk.
I am sick of the “quick fix” policy of the past and hope we give the man a chance.
With likes of Taylor, Turner & Jones hounded out prematurely it’s a bout time we give our current Manager time to fail or suceed.
1,they proberly bin listening to the fans,boing boing gone up the MOWBURY WAY
Whats all this, Andy Keogh must be away on holiday, if another player is making a comment in the media ! More poor PR from the club.
In the championship we stay - the McCarthy way
im with the goat. Fast turn around of managers only works if you have £60-70m to splash out on new squads, and a squad you can afford to offload at a loss. Which we dont. But that wont stop the head hunters starting in October that we need a new manager.
28. The Goat - I couldn’t agree more.
Unfortunately, certain posters on this board translate not wanting to chop and change manager every two years as being a “happy clapper”
Abdon - Nice to see you’re still making friends on here, whats it like being aso popular ?!?
On a different subject , why oh why can’t the kit suppliers get the socks to match the shirt colours ??? Still , it’s nice to see a return to the Seventies colour scheme - let’s hope it brings them luck !! Onward and Upward !!
Don’t wake me I know they are at it again–See “Bully’s” letting in the kids for free next year–Any chance MM you and your players can give us free rest from this drivle–Signing of back to the Beach.
33) You will crying in your beer this time next year.
Class or lack of class will tell next season with your team of old has beens!
yea we’re rubbish,collins ward kyle breen they would’nt pass a exam if they had the answers in front of them useless.
ABDON..KEEP IT UP MATE, I FOR ONE LIKE YOUR POSTS AND BELIEVE WE’RE VERY MUCH OF THE SAME OPINION ON MOST THINGS CONCERNING WOLVES.
JUST IGNORE MUPPETS MORON MINORITY LIKE..NEWBRIDGE..NIGEWOLF AND A FEW OTHERS, THERE NOT GENUINE FANS..THEY JUST COME ON HERE TO WIND UP THE REGULARS. SAD REALLY BUT HEY! EACH TO THEIR OWN.
33 who the hell are you callin an idiot. crawl back into ya cave you neanderthal.
What a bunch of ignorant morons!
Haven’t you realised that Wolves sign these players for a number of reasons, one of them being that they have not been judged to be good enough to sign for and play for moneybags Premiership clubs! Who exactly is MM supposed to be signing, for what fee and for what wages?
Stick with it Morgan, Mick and the players!
And Yes, I too am fed up of not being successful for donkeys years.
We need 2 centre halves,one midfilder and give the kids a chance,we all need to get behind the team, come on you Wolves we can do it.
be posotive lads if you are a true wolves fan you will get behind the team not drag tem down again, BE PATIENT!
36, Terry, get to bed mate, you got to sign on tomorrow. Good of the job club to let you use the PC tho
32. sheppy
While you happy clappers keep condoning the rubbish we are being served, then we will get nowhere. Those of us with our own opinions have a right to speak out, and it is from change that we will move forward, not from this current hopeless situation.
Next season we have to face QPR with the richest board in the history of football, Chelsea look like peasants compared with the wealth of those owners, along with 3 demoted clubs whop are light years ahead of us, and armed with oodles of parachute money. Then there are the 5 who made the playoffs ahead of us. That is 9 teams who have proven themselves to be much better than the happy-clappies favourites!
There is no way that our current, unprofessional approach will move us forward at all. We will be lucky to stay in the top half next season, unless a miracle happens!
All the above get a life do any of yo lot work due to posting times.Up the Wolves ill be there next season cheering on the lads where will yo lot be at home moaning.
up the wolves
give the wolves a chance and they will soon be rubbing our noses in it im sure what goes around comes around on that i stake my life you mark my words even if i am a nugget lol .
28.Its a wonder anybody bothers to read your post,or any other thats so negative.We need a positive outlook from top to bottom at Wolves.If we can sign the right players to go with the ones we already have,then i belive we could have a very good 2008/9 season.I also agree with 31
Awful Player !
I agree with the Goat (35) the quick fix policy is crazy. But its not fans that have employed that tactic.
I agree with abdonwolf (23) Moxey is spinning for his life.
The ‘Molineux factor’ created by Moxey to divert attention away from his repeated misjudgement of pationate fans.
The Jury is still out for Elekobi, we shall see next season and in my opinion a lot of individual effort has been clouded by poor team perfomances.
YOU KNOW WHAT I CANT STAND THIS !!! EVERY DAY I COME ON HEAR AND READ SOME OF THE “FANS” COMMENTS AND IT MAKES ME DEPRESSED- WHETHER WE HAVE THE WORST TEAM IN THE WORLD OR THE BEST - U SUPPORT THEM…..YES READ THAT WORD AGAIN - SUPPORT THEM…..NO POINT MOANING ABOUT THE MANAGER OR A PLAYER - IF YOU DONT LIKE IT - DONT TURN UP - OTHERWISE SHUT UP AND GET BEHIND THE BOYS - NO MATTER WHAT !!!!!
57 SOL, I agree mate even tho your team are rubbish you must still keep supporting them,i mean its easy being albion fan aint it withh all the success we have,boing boing gone up the MOWBURY WAY
To all ‘happy clappers’, you know who you are!
I have an opinion about the team I support and I will post my thoughts on here.
You ‘clappers’ on the other hand seem to have an opinion on one thing only and that is making personal attacks on people who disagree with you. I refer you all back to post No.4 and I rest my case.
Londonwolf, I am still waiting to read anything at all from you that is actually about the team or club. This board is about opinions and expressing them it is not about making friends.
One last point:
You can use capitals all you like and as many grammatical symbols as you can fit onto a line but it doesn’t make your point any clearer, then again have any of you got a point to make?
57# YOU KNOW WHAT I CANT STAND THIS !!! EVERY DAY I COME ON HEAR AND READ SOME OF THE “FANS” COMMENTS AND IT MAKES ME DEPRESSED.
SO DON’T COME ON HERE THEN!!!!!
59. Why is it all so black and white for you. People either agree with you or they are a happy clapper. You always real off the old ‘I am waiting to hear anything related to football…’ to posters who consistently post good footballing points throughout the season. Could you please also try and control you temper, resorting to name calling always shows that you have lost the argument.
I agree with 61. I find it insulting to be referred to as a happy clapper just because I want to say something about my club. Don’t smother the debate for people who just want to voice their opinion. I have supported and criticised Mick where appropriate this season. Don’t label me a happy clapper when I choose to support.
49,Brilliant!
Its amazing how some of the contributors can use their right to free speech then criticise players when they do!
The E & S is space filling whilst there’s no action.
59 & 60 - you are EXACTLY the reason why we have the “mol factor” !!!
44, sbba says myself and newbridge are not real fans, mmmmmmmmm, 2o-odd years with a season ticket, home and away in the dark div 3 and 4 days, still home EVERY match, league, fa cup, carling cup- bloody teacup if l can, so sbba , you really should gather your evidence first before spouting mate, something you never do judging from your neanderthil comments, assuming you understand words that long.
59 & 60 - you are the reason why we have the “mol factor ” !!
lets just get behind the lads this year with any luck will get there
61 - well said, whilst Abdon is entitled to his opinion, he tends to present it with misguided aggression, and has an amazing case of amnesia when it comes to real, contructive points that people have made on this oand other threads.
63.wilf, it was brilliant worn it,he must be really clever to think that up, i aint heard that before,boing boing sign on the TERRY WAY
57. SOLIHULLWOLVES:
Spot On!
49,littlejoe,bin to sign on mate,boing boing going up the GIRO WAY
sorry but it aye me its kent wolf what wont go to work,im a grafter
Here is a constructive footballing point for all the Happy Clappers out there - You know who you are!
Sack Mick McCarthy and get a good manager who can sign good players and stop messing about with second raters!
Even the fans are getting used to second rate football, not many left that remember when we really were a good team I guess?
As far as aggressive goes try posts:
4, 35, 57 ‘clappers one and all!
Solihull: As my ego would love to claim the credit for influencing what goes on on the pitch, I am afraid that it is all down to the management and players, but if you enjoy falling for the spin then good luck to you!
London Wolf:
You have now become too tedious to bother with. I have tried asking you questions to no avail so until I actually see anything from you that isn’t just a smart a**e comment designed to ridicule others then you will remain on my ‘black list’ reserved for numptys and tub thumpers and shall not be responded too!
Abdon :
Points I have raised again and again and again (not always directly in reference to you, but forgotten by you none the less) :
1) Fans booing players in general, and at times after one mistake are part the problem.
2) Fans cheering for substitutions after a mistake (keogh / freddy) are part of the problem.
3) The general “We are Wolves and have a divine right to promotion” attitude is part of the problem.
4) The fact that (in my opinion) Dave Jones and Graham Taylor were sacked far too early because of fan pressure of the like that you are spouting now is part of the problem.
5) Re the above, changing a manager every two years costs a fortune, provides no consistency, and I don’t want to end up like Leicester, Nottignham Forest or Leeds, and I think your ideas on how we should progress could easily send us down that path.
6) That, despite having a mega rich owner, chucking all the cash in the world at it didn’t exactly work at any point over the last 15 years, did it, so why would it now - I like the buying strategy the club has at the moment.
7) Conpsiracy theories like “promotion not being part of the plan” without any back up what so ever is laughable.
I don’t expect you to agree with any of the above, and thats fine – but the reason you end up in ding dongs with so many people, Sir, is that you’re generally the first one throwing rocks, and you live in a glass house.
75. London Wolf
I avidly read abdons posts on here because he usually is spot on with most of his comments!
I can say now that I have not seen a post from him on any of those topics, but if your slinging mud the who cares where it lands!
Abdonwolf. You seem to have a lot of rage built up inside. Let it go. Breath in, breath out, calm down. Get a hobby or something.
LONDON WOLF FOR MANAGER !!! LOL
75. London Wolf
I will respond to this post as at least you have taken the time to respond:
Points 1.2. and 3.
I have never made reference to these points as I don’t have any particular axe to grind.
4. I agree that Taylor and Jones went and should have stayed, don’t agree that it was fan pressure that made Jones go but agree it was for Taylor.
5. Is not correct wolves don’t sack managers every 2 years. Was it the fans that sent Leeds and Forest or inept management?
6. Partly true but we didn’t see his backside for dust when we did actually make it! Dave Jones was our best manager in 20 odd years IMHO and his treatment by not backing him then sacking him was unforgivable!
7. If you refer back to the ‘conspiracy’ thread you will realise that I was making reference to a post by ‘accountant wolf’ but it has been amusing to keep winding you up about it none the less!
So there you go, some I agree with some I don’t and some that have nothing to do with me.
Bye for now!
77. BJ
No rage in me and it would be even more interesting to learn if you have any opinions about ‘Wolves Matters’ or are you just ‘Tonto’ to London Wolfs ‘Loan Ranger’?
78. Solihul
If you want to stay mid-table championship then ‘London Wolf is your man!
However if you want automatic and the trophy then go with Abdon!
Abdon & South Bank - Your views are constructive, but can’t you see that we need to change the philosophy and pull together? The success this achieved in MM’s 1st season was attributed to this very reason. We will fail time and time again until fans realise we are our own worst enemy.
82#.. GOOD POINT MATE, APPRECIATE IT.
NIGE..MY ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND BIG WORDS IS VERY GOOD, PROVEN BY THE FACT, I KNEW WHAT YOU MEANT DESPITE YOU SPELLING IT INCORRECTLY.
NEWBRIDGE..YOU SHARE A SEASON TICKET, AND ONLY GO WHEN THE HOLDER IS UNABLE TO ATTEND…CORRECT?.
82.
Couldn’t agree more, a change of philosophy would indeed be very welcome.
What I would like to see is more quality, less mediocrity, much more ambition and far less spin!
That would do for starters!
80. I don’t bother anymore. Too many losers like you on here.
85. BJ(Tonto)
I think you’ll find that I’m a winner!
86. You carry on thinking that mate. Maybe you can resort to childish name calling. Oh, you already have.
61,WILFAN, WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT YOU NUTTER, BOING BOING
84 - totally agree with the comment. The spin doesn’t suit us. The players should let there football do the talking. Let’s agree we will bite our tongues until then end of September (09!!) ! We can all stand together and sing “We are Wolves”, “Sandwell Town are going down” etc, back the team and see where that get’s us. McCarthy can meet us half way by signing some quality and getting the team to play attractive football. Start postive…
If lessons had been really learned then we would be looking for another manager and CEO right now!