Chris Iwelumo will become Wolves’ fourth summer signing when he joins from Charlton in a deal believed to around £400,000.
The much-travelled striker, who turns 30 on August 1, is at Compton to sign a two-year deal with a 12-month option.
Wolves beat off competition from Charlton’s near neighbours Crystal Palace to sign the former Stoke frontman. He follows Sam Vokes, Richard Stearman and David Jones into Molineux this summer.
The arrival of 6ft 4ins Iwelumo brings Wolves’ strikeforce up to four of those boss Mick McCarthy wants to keep alongside Vokes, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Andy Keogh.
The signing almost certainly ends the drawn-out pursuit of Peterborough’s Aaron Mclean, who Wolves feel is vastly overpriced at initial £3m.
“We’ve got Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Andy Keogh, Sam Vokes and now Chris Iwelumo and we’re trying to get rid of a couple, so we’ve got four strikers now which is what the manager wants,” said chief executive Jez Moxey.
Iwelumo was Charlton’s 10-goal top scorer in his only season at The Valley when he was also an ever-present, 14 of those appearances coming off the bench.
Charlton boss Alan Pardew admitted he couldn’t keep Iwelumo, who is the second Charlton striker to leave today following Marcus Bent’s departure to Cardiff.
“They are two big players who could have been very useful during the season, but financially, we couldn’t do it,” he said.
Scottish-born Iwelumo, who has also had low key spells in Denmark and Germany, is best known for his prolific partnership with Jamie Cureton at Colchester, where he scored 35 goals in 87 games.
They helped the Us to promotion from League One in 2005-06, and Iwelumo scored 18 League goals in the Championship the following season in another ever-present campaign.
After starting his career at St Mirren, where he played 13 games without scoring, he made his name at Stoke, where he bagged 15 goals in 40 starts.
With Freddy Eastwood completing his exit to Coventry over the weekend for an initial £1.2m, Wolves still have Jay Bothroyd and Stephen Elliott on the transfer list.
Meanwhile, Wolves have had no interest from Blackburn in Kevin Foley despite weekend reports, and are still awaiting offers for transfer-listed midfielder Seyi Olofinjana.
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this is a wind up, right?
When is the new centre back going to arrive???
He sounds very tall.
What a joke. an absoloute waste of 400,000. if we had 2 strikers on the books id be pleased, but the fact we have at least 5 BETTER strikers means this is pointless.
10 goals last season - PROLIFIC!!!!!!
WELL DONE Ex and Star……This is really interesting news
For my sanity….NO MORE STORIES ABOUT THE LATEST COVENTRY PLAYER PLEASE FE ‘PIP’ ‘Play in peace’
For 400k it’s not a bad signing imo. He’s been top scorer for 2 seasons running for his respective clubs. Fair enough, he only scored 10 last season, but i think he could be a good foil for SEB.
With the wingers we have his height could cause real problems with defences already tied up trying to keep SEB at bay.
Maybe not a starter, but he will definitely have his uses.
ANOTHER STRIKER!!!! Cmon MM, how about another top drawer defender and midfielder?
feel much better seeing 400k rather than 900k-1m as reported in the papers
useful striker at decent fee and hopefully doesnt close the door on other signings
least mick has signed a striker he will play this time round
WASTE OF TIME, WASTE OF MONEY..IF WE HAD TO SIGN ANOTHER STRIKER, SHOULD HAVE CARRIED ON WITH THE McCLEAN PURSUIT.
OH WELL, I KNOW WE’RE GOIN’ NOWHERE AGAIN THIS SEASON..I’M SURE MOST OF YOU LOT WILL SOON TOO!!
ERMM WREXHAM!!!!! OH DEAR..WELL IT WAS ONLY A FRIENDLY..LMAO WON’T BE ABLE TO USE THAT ONE Vs PLYMOUTH THO,
Seriously. What is going on?
Somebody other than Mick explain the reason of this signing. If anything it sounds like another Jay Bothroyd. He’s 29 years old.
So much for our young and hungry policy eh?
Did anybody else go to Wrexham on Saturday? This is not what we need at all. It was an awful performance. Full strength team too.
Good signing. Anyone who is criticising him obviously hasn’t seen him play. He’s an absolute handful and the perfect foil for the likes of SEB. I think in certain games, e.g. against the likes of Shittu at Watford, this fella could be the difference. And what is the risk at £400k?
I forgot to mention, that i left at half time. Along with about 40 others.
The cheap and cheerful programme continues however this time we can’t even call him “young and hungry.”
Maybe they can call him once of the experienced players they were looking for.
Southbank agree if it was gonna be anyone should of been Mclean Vokes can play target man
the ink isnt even dry on his contract yet and your slating him?? hes just anotha dimension for gods sake!!! the centre half will come in jus give him time i for one am happy with the signings we have made and 2more before the season starts will do very nicely!!!! up the wolves!!!
I heard 1mill.
Good signing really for 400k, but we need to offload Bothroyd and Elliot sharpish.
I think that’s a good signing (honestly I do).
He’s big, strong and would suit either long ball or wing play. He’s not very mobile, but a real handful in the box with his size and strength.
1 to try to help you get out of the division, but get rid if you do go up….plus 400k’s nothing really is it?!
can understand the height up front but our concern should be central defence and a rock hard solid midfielder , anyway his scottish ? not irish? theres a change ,going no where the mccarthy way.
He will add experience up front.
The moaners are actually P***ing me off now…
Oh boy a real cat amongst the pigeons type striker. With the quality available to play off him this could be a masterstroke by M.M. It looks like we may be in for a return to the style of play enjoyed by the Wolves supporters of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s. 5 forwards with the ball staying on the ground. Or not as the case might be!
Up The Wolves
To those with concerns about this new future international (and potential buy for man Utd in two years time)
Did you have the same concerns about Kites when he first came?
Give the lad a chance but your views are very easy to understand. Mick is taking a real chance here. He is showing true leadership and absolute faith in his ability to spot a future ‘great’- or at least someone who will score regularly.
But think about it. If we play two wingers we need someone to head the ball down to SEB. We need someone to keep the ball when we are under pressure. Ten goals in that Charlton side is not a bad return and if Palace were interested then their manager does know his stuff.
I bet Mick has done well here.
The future is bright - the future is Black and Gold
Young and hungry?
Seriously though, I’ve always thought he’s a decent championship striker. Quite skilful for his size and an awkward customer especially at set pieces, offers a different threat to the strikers you already have. Give the bloke a chance SBBA and some others.
Why have we signed this journeyman ? Another step backwards before Thick Mick and his entourage get the sack before christmas. I am a totally disillusioned supporter refusing to jump on the enthusiastic bandwagon because i can only see a poor season ahead.Kyle was as good as this bloke and we all know what he was good for.I will wait for the time to be positive brigade to tell me to get behind the club and then i will post all of their letters around christmas when we are further behind as a club with more players nobody wants.We let a better option go to coventry,Freddy was the only one of our so called released players that anyone wanted to sign.Mick McCarthy will set us back years and no one can see it.
Having seen him play on a number of occassions he can be a good foil for SEB. Mick recreating a little and large strikeforce??
You just want to hope he hasnt bought him as a means of still playing long ball footy, with Kites and Jarvis out wide and arguably two of the best wingers in the Championship you would hope they are going to be used.
400k isnt much of a gamble even if he is a squad player.
In my opinion at £400k, this is a good signing. Work it out, he started 32 games for Charlton and scored 10. He was quality for Colchester.
A different sort of player and you will find that Keogh will be first choice alongside Ebanks-Blake!
???? over the new signing but i am more concerned about how non league Wrexham managed to beat our (Premiership hopefuls) 1-0 Mick quoted it was only a run about, but it was only a run about for them as well, DISTURBING!!!!!!!
I know being an Albion fan you have little respect for my comment but in my opinion he is a good striker. When we played Charlton last year he played very well in fact I was glad he went off injured. He will score goals
Bloody hell SouthBank! What team do you support!? Lets give the boy a chance!
McLean £3mil plus, 25, only ever played league 2 football. Iwelumo represents much better value!
What a waste of money.
Mick Out
young, hungry wolves… hilarious
Signing players like this does little more than demonstrate the clubs lack of desire for anything other than Championship status. Had the earlier ‘young & hungry / cheap & cheerful’ aquisitions been followed by a couple of quality, more experienced players, preferably in defence and midfield where the team remains dreadfully short, we might now be beginning to take a few short steps towards Jez’s vision. Instead, we are signing average players who will simply add their bit to the forthcoming average season. Very disappointed.
good signing, worth 400k, better than kyle, better than boothroyd,better than elliot so the squad is improving.Berra next.
Why not go for Shittu? Watford accepted £1.5mill from Rangers but the contract they offered was poor. He’s the best defender in this league in my opinion. From the games i saw of him.
decent signing, i think some people need to calm down its still the middle of july, there is 6 more weeks of the transfer window, and hopefully the deal for berre can be sorted by the end of the week seeing as they have there new manager.
Iwelumo willl be a decent sub player maybe similar to ndah, look how much ndah cost n hardly played but scored when he did. Look how good he was with cureton who was the goal scorer in that team, could work well with SEB.
i see this as a squad signing, at this sort of money could be ok, and if he scores us some goals then i will be happy, but wait to be convinced.
how many stikers is that now, including him am i right in that we have, seb, keogh, vokes, s ward(is he striker or a brilliant winger) and the deadwood of elliot and bothroyd that no body wants.
i hope we can get a couple of decent quality buys in for the defence and midfield and may have to spend money either in transfers or wages to get this.
in the scotish papers it said rangers were in for berra at 2million if thats the case we have no chance, chance to win leagues, cups, champions league football or the championship tough decsion. we should have gone paid the money and snapped him up before anyone else i feel we may have missed the boat.
lets get off to a flyer next season, lets be up there form the start. come on wolves.
He’s just what MM’s been looking for since he arrived. A big, tall, strong target man. MM had his greatest success playing with Niall Quinn as a target man. Quinn was never prolific but he made loads of goals. It’s the only way MM really knows to play up front.
As a squad player who can be called in from the bench he’s worthwhile. Only surprised we had to pay for him, he’s moved for free so many times!
Shouldnt all u moaners be on your way to the ricoh by now?
10 goals last season, thats mroe than most of our strikers, and with kites and jarvis whippin the balls im for him he could be just what we need.
whos going to start upfront blake n keogh not bad. this guy will be a squad player and they cost that sort of money so stop moaning.
Does anyone agree we need a central defender and a midfielder and one of them to b a real captain, someone to get the best out of the team. whos that gonna be.
STOP SLATING THE TEAM YOU MORONS!!
WAS AT THE FRIENDLY SURROUNDED BY THE IDIOT CHAVS ALL AROUND IN THEIR STONE ISLAND GEAR. THEY REALLY DO MY HEAD IN!! EVEN MOUTHING WAYNE HENNESSY AS HE IS WELSH WHAT A BUNCH OF MUPPETS.
34. Rangers can offer better contracts than us at the moment - we wont break the wage structure, so i doubt we’d go for him.
Terrible signing.I fear the worst.I went to Wales Saturday and it was awful.The team plays without purpose or direction. GOD HELP US.
34 Wolvesmod,
I agree Shittu is arguably the best centre half in the division and only 27 and @ 1.2mill got to be worth a bid.
As regards Iwelumu as suprise choice but good a this level I would have preferred Clinton Morrison who is available on a free but lets give the bloke a chance some of you lot here are unfair and unreasonable slagging a player off before he’s kicked a ball in anger. I have one message for you lot STAY AWAY we dont need you.
I can see where the European golden boot will be going next year. Nice signing. If we can get another seven strikers in the squad we’ll definitely get promoted next year.
16, totally agree, could be a useful addition in “horses for courses” games where his type of play will be useful, options on game tactics are needed and this guy has given us another, i dont think 1 or 2 of these commenters have seen him play, i have on a number of occasions and believe me and for he is a handful.and for 400k, you cant argue with that.
Wolvesmod, if you left a pre-season friendly at half-time, your comments have immediately become invalid - you’re clearly not a fan. Disgraceful.
I can only assume Iwelumo is the replacement for Kevin Kyle, being that he is 6′4″ and a target man. Unfortunately this looks as if we are going to play a ‘pump it up front to Iwelumo’ type of game again and how many of us want to see that?
McCarthy, get yourself a ball-winner and an accurate midfield passer coupled with another strong, young defender and let’s kick Championship ass!
i wish you lot would stop moaning you aint even seen him play yet for god sake
For gods sake STOP THE MOANING
good singing you lot need to shut up if he wernt buying players you would be on his case and now he’s buying top class players your still on his case
WOLVES81..WHICH TEAM DO YOU SUPPORT!..COS IF IT’S WOLVES YOU SHOULD BE ANGERED BY A RUBBISH PERFORMANCE ON SATURDAY, AND NOW ANOTHER KYLE TYPE RUBBISH SIGNING UP FRONT TO BOOT.
SEEMS MUPPET MAY NOW BE APPROACHING DESPERATION TIME IN THE TRANSFER MARKET..OUR MAIN TARGETS HAVE FALLEN THROUGH..SO PICK UP WHAT HE SEES AS THE BEST OF WHAT’S LEFT.
Good signing at £400k - his experience and know-how up front will help the younger forwards out no end and he will add some attributes that we have lacked in our forward line. Looks like the moaners on here were expecting us to announce the signing of Didier Drogba or Dimitar Berbatov!!
Now all we need is an experienced, tough-tackling midfielder and another quality young CB (Berra or Shackell would do nicely thanks) and I believe we will have assembled a squad good enough to seriously challenge for promotion, with the right mix of age/know-howw and youthful ability and exuberance.
South bank barmy army why do you even bother supporting this team? When all you do everytime is moan and be negative about every single thing that happens. This is a good signing FACT! wether you like it or not because as some of the “non neg” people said if you actually see any videos of him he is a threat and a great striker of the ball. A perfect partnership for SEB. So either shut up and dont post or actually get some sense and positivity and support the team god damn it because its the likes of you that cause termoil between the fans.
southback go and support coventry and do us all a favor.COME ON WOLVES
28. See even Albion fans are praising the signing.
I wasn’t sure at first because I thought 1 million might be quite a lot to pay, but 400k is a right steal.
SOME OF YOU SO CALLED FANS ARE A DISCRASE.GOOD SIGNING,PROBALY GOING TO BE A SQUAD PLAYER.YOU LOT SHOULD DO WHAT MORGAN SAID AND SOD OFF!!!!!
QUITE SIMPLE GET BEHIND THE TEAM OR SOD OFF TO THE BESCOT OR THE HAWTHORNES
Reality is dawning.We are going nowhere.My young un went to Wrexham and said he is concerned and he is the optimist in the family.We are going backwards as a club.We spent all Jacks money on rubbish and got no further forward, i am thinking here we go again.Thick McCarthy has a tendency to sign people who played well against us ? anyone could play well against our defence !
Jez read this page and you will get a glimpse of your future.
Get a life you Moaners. Typical Wolves fans - the player has not kicked a ball for us yet but still get’s slated.
By the way Wrexham was a FRIENDLY…A training exercise.
I think hes a good signing. Adds another dimension which obviously he was trying to achieve with Kyle. He hasn’t even signed yet and we are slating him!
Its still a few weeks before the season starts friendlies are just a run out. Sat would have been the first time they played together. Friendlies are just a means to an end.
If you’re not happy go and support Coventry!
ANDY HUGHES..STONE ISLAND?? DON’T WEAR COUNCIL ESTATE CRAP SONNY..DOC MARTEN..AND BEN SHERMAN ONLY FOR US.
Not sure about this signing, but hey lets give him a chance!
We still need a quality centre back and preferably another midfielder, although I hear Mark Davies had a decent “run out”
This would be a decent signing if we were Doncaster and had just been promoted. Why at 30 didn’t we enter the market for Kevin Philips a PROVEN 20 goal a season man, shows lack of ambition i’m affraid. To all the people who are going to start winging i’m moaning look at the squads around us and the buy’s weve made in the last 12 months QUANTITY not QUALITY only established proven player purchased was SEB the rest are just maybe’s. I’ve said it before i didn’t think we needed lots of signings probably 3 established proven performers.
I love this phrase, “squad player”! What a joke!
Any player signed should be good enough to be competing for the first team….not someone “who can do a job.”
We’re not Man Utd for goodness sake. We’re an average Championship side looking to make the next step up. We can’t afford the luxury of someone who can be brought off the bench in the hope that he can score a goal from nothing!
He doesn’t fit any of Mick’s profiles and he’s been “released” by a club that also massively under-achieved last season.
And for those of you who think £400k is a bargain compared with £3m for Maclean, that’s not the point! How does it compare with Wes Hoolihan at £250k?!
We can trade comparable prices all day. The critical questions are does he fit the profiles of “young and hungry” or “slightly older with 2/3 seasons at this level under his belt?” No. Does he bring experience in an area of the pitch where we need it? No. Is he good enough to operate at Premiership level? No
This looks knee jerk and inconsistent to me and if you look at the stats, I think you’ll find that the 10 goals came in a hot streak early in the season.
Last scored on 1st March. Great.
For God’s sake how many second division strikers do we need????
someone who will be good in both boxes… knows where the goal is and can hold a ball up… he’s nothing like bothroyd!
a good signing in my opinion. You need experience as well as youth.
Lost at Wrexham (660+ made the trip) a disgrace, sell a forward for 1 million, buy a 30 year old striker! what’s next in our march to the premiership?
Time for some home truths. I know you guys don’t want to hear them and will go into denial over them but I’m going to tell you anyway.
Good teams do not lose to teams they should not lose to. It matters not one jot if it is pre-season, first league match, half way through the season or at the back end.
All teams are at the same stage of fitness and preparation at any given moment in pre- season and the result of these games comes down to the ability of the players.
Good teams and players find a way to not lose to inferior opposition.
Wolves lost to a non league team.
FOR GOD SAKE im sick of reading comments of such negative veiws, we all support the same team and must unite together to be the 12 man.
MM is simply the best MGR we have had in years, he WILL deliver but as fans will we ????????
Come on boys this is our season, lets all unite and overtake the sandwell boys next season and be bring the glory days back…
IN MICK McCARTHY WE BELIEVE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
More spin from Moxey - he has ‘good desire and attitude’ as he can’t be ‘young and hungry’.
Another cheap signing, not going to improve us as a team, no better than Kyle.
Any chance of a player from outside the British Isles McCarthy? Or will Moxey not pay the air fare for scouts to leave the country?
If we are not in the top 3 or 4 by the turn of the year McCarthy must go and Jez with him.
It looks like he is being bought in as an option on the bench, similar to the way England use Peter Crouch. 400k seems about right for a player like that, so I wouldn’t be too concerned about this signing.
The worrying thing remains the lack of midfield and defensive signings.
Let’s just boo the whole team every game - starting with the next freindly. Then see if we finish bottom of the league come May? Sounds good to me. Then we can blame the manager and Jez Moxey and say the team weren’t good enough. I’ll even give you the words: It’s BOOOO, BOOOOO, BOOOOOO. OK, we’ll all set for the new season then??
I love you lot…
Southbank barmy army - you’re a prize plank.
Why don’t we start chucking money around til we bankrupt the club? Maybe then you’ll be happy.
Why bother going to games if that’s your attitude pre-season? We don’t need idiots like you.
It’s quite obvious that these moaners are in fact supporters of a different club.Not even the most embittered wolves fan could be so negative.
I just hope he doesnt read this article and fans comments, his confidence would be destroyed already. Also future targets might just have a quick look on the net for info on the club, could you imagine the reaction if they came on here!!
Time will tell if this lad works out, but Wolves fans who are slating him already just amazes me.
launz wolves.. I SUPPORT ‘EM COS I LOVE ‘EM..AND SHELL OUT MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MONEY PER SEASON FOLLOWING THEM HOME AND AWAY.
WHY DO YOU?..IN FACT .. WHO ARE YOU ANYWAY..ANOTHER ARMCHAIR, HAPPY CLAPPING SUPER FAN LIKE NEWBRIDGE I SUPPOSE..LMAO
An excellent signing at 400k-proven in this division whereas Mclean would have been an expensive gamble and Morrison has too much attitude for my liking!
Jamie Cureton scored a hatful playing alongside him at Colchester, and I anticipate the same will happen for SEB and co this season.
I agree that we should push to sign Shittu if we fail to get Berra.
Joke…..surely this is a joke?
Southbank barmy army………..One day I might come on this website and see a positive comment by you. You are cosntantly bemoaning the team, the manager and the backroom staff. Get a soddin’ life mate or go elsewhere and preach. I personally stay away from here as 75% of you are always complaining about something.
i agree the so called wolves fans need to stop moaning because you aint gonna see mick sacked unless we have a dire first half of the season, i myself am not a fan of mick due to poor decisions he made last year but i am a wolves fan and will forever back my team no matter who is in charge… our players want to hear support not moaning.
as for this signing not bad for 400,000 6ft 4 gives us an aerial threat/target man if seb and keogh don’t work in a match keogh will be off and either vokes or iwelumo on
cmon wolves do us proud this year
Im not sure if many people on here actually understand how difficult bringing in new players can be. for example people are calling for one of these types of players and also a so and so for in the middle. Out of all these players i wonder how many of these players are actually around, and out of them how many are available, and then that number is reduced by whether it for an acceptable price and then it all depends on whether the player wants to leave, come to us or how much his wages are. I think to many people have had a go on football manager and think it all happens over night and is easy. Reality is the best players will go to the prem not us, we wont pay over the top in wages or fee’s and clubs are very reluctant to trade with us as we’re their main rivals. As far as the article goes give the guy a chance and stop expecting the next pele to be signed at 19 from league 2 for £5,000
I have to agree, I think every team needs a player like Iwelumo… it’s not as if he’s talentless. Also, I wish people wouldn’t try and berate MM by saying Sam Vokes ‘could’ play this role - but I bet most of you haven’t seen him play… He’s 18 for gods sake and you only have to look at the likes of Neill Collins (etc) in this division - SV is a real prospect that can actually play (like Viduka somewhat) - do we REALLY want to pump the balls up to a ‘boy’ in real terms and get lumps kicked out of him already? I don’t think Vokes will play an awful lot this season and if he does it’s because he starts finding the net quite quickly.. I do feel his talent and potential deserve a degree of potection, and this is what the Iwelumo signing gives us. Having certainly watched a fair few games last season - I always thought Iwelumo was a real handful and i’m glad he’ll be playing for us rather than against us - especially for only 400k. Keep the faith!
Whats next, the return of Adam Proudlock & Leon Clark?? Not great business this one I’m afraid, he’s just another Bothroyd. People say 400k ain’t bad business but Wolves usually have to release their players on free transfers to get rid of them. Judging by the words of Alan Pardew, Iwelumo is going to be on a big wage with us “They are two big players who could have been very useful during the season, but financially, we couldn’t do it”.
SouthBank MouthyArmy - Why are you on these pages, your messiah departed over the weekend, thought we’d finally got rid of the utter rubbish that you post. Why not complain that your life didn’t turn out how you wanted it to on Coventry’s website.
Oh and Dm’s and Ben Sherman, you must be stuck in the 70’s kid.
I’m happy with this signing we need a bit of experience, he’s better than alot of people give him credit. Why do alot of wolves fans moan for the sake of moaning. McClean would be a mistake to similar to what we already have. LETS GET BEHIND THE BOYS THIS YEAR (WERE STARTING TO MOAN MORE THAN THE VILLA & BLUES FANS) UP THE WOLVES!!!!!!!!!
Good signin’ for a decent fee considerin’ I read y’day it was 1mil. I thought last summer we should have got him from Colchester.
I know Vokes is a target man but can’t put all the pressure on him at his tendur age. im pleased with this signin’ tbh
IMO he’l score more then Keogh. Obviously MM is lookin’ at him for the short term. WBA signed Phillips when he was what 33 and I remeber WBA fans owere askin’ ‘why have we signed him’ and look at the affect he had now I know CI won’t socre as many goals as KP but he’l chip in with some vital ones. He defiantly is nothing like Jay Bothroyd as a striker so some people obviously ain’t saw much of him.
Can’t really moan about his age Jody Craddock is the only player who is over 30 atm we have at the club. one minute we have no experienced players then we bring one in and your all slautering him and he has been a Wolves player for what… 2 hours
Something else for you to moan about Number 10 you and your sort really P-ss me off
very happy with this signing
great aeriel ability, but no a donkey.
for 400,000, charlton’s top scorer last season is not bad
Molly Knew Mick.
Houlihan is a winger! I’d also like to point out that we are playing in the championship this season, we therefore need players who can succeed at that level. The two-year deal and £400k price-tag suggests that we’ve signed a player than can do a job in the short-term as opposed to the normal “young and hungry” policy. I would also dispute your claim that he won’t bring “experience in an area of the pitch where we need it” - ofcourse he will. Of the strikers that are likely to play this season, I believe the oldest is SEB at the age of 22.
For gods sake give the bloke a chance, not even kicked a ball for us yet and some idiots are slating him. Hes always looked a good player when i’ve seen him, well worth the 400K, l can see him linking up with SEB permantly. Come on you true WOLVES fans just ignor them no-brainers SBBA and wolveswolves, they are not true fans full of negitifity and stupidity, just totally ignor there posts and eventually they might go away. UP THE WOLVES.
Nice to see some experience brought in! tall as well! 400k is money well spend imo and proven in this division unlike McLean!
I went to the Wrexham, Wrexham look like a quality team for conference imo…Wolves didn’t really do much to excite me tbh but it’s earlier still..
SBBA, doc martens and ben sherman?, bet your house is full of T K Max bags.
awesome signing! my only concern is that we now have so many strikers, atleast one of them bound to become another freddy when they get left out the side!
Stop bloody complaining & get behind the team.
Much better than Bothroyd and at 400K good business.
However, eventhough he played for the s**t would have preferred Phillips if we were looking at ‘experience’ upfront.
Can’t agree with the earlier poster that SEB has been the only good signing…..Kightly, Keogh, Jarvis, Elokobi, even Gray has proven his worth.
Totally agree with 90% of posters that we need an ‘Ince’ in midfield and another at the back to make this closed season look better for 08/09.
So get behind the team and lets see what happens. At the end of the day MM aint going to listen to the likes of us!!
PS - DM’s & Ben Sherman………..oh dear, oh dear….now that really does explain a lot!!
No, Seriously, People left at Half Time. It was THAT bad. I know it was only a friendly but surely if you was a pro you’d try and impress the gaffer, no?
And i have no idea who that Cypriot kid in midfield was. He was a waste of space.
The only player who played well, so i got told, was Mark Davies. (He came on 2nd half) Spearman looked solid to be fair.
Keogh bottled a 50/50. And that was about it.
Everyone’s entitled to there say, and if people want to leave a friendly at half time to go back to the pub which was next door then i think getting angry over that is a bit OTT, don’t you think?
Some of you are muppets, This guy had a great season a couple of years ago, no-one had a good season really at Charlton last year………………. You havnt seen what role he is to play, nor seen him kick a ball in a Wolves shirt, how can you say he isnt good enough??
Some of you on here are level headed but others………..Eastwood fit in at Southend but not our team, it can happen both ways. Stop moaning or go support someone else. Constructive criticism is different from moaning.
Oh well at least we`ve filled Eastwoods place on the bench.
All the people on here that say they are sick of people moaning on here well tough we pay our money for season tickets and cup games so we are allowed to say what we think its our individual opinions and will be posted!
Opinions are like a/holes everybody`s got one, so get used to it.
Southbank you forgot lacoste as well ha ha
goldwolfinFL said: Jul 14th, 2008 at 1:20 pm Southbank barmy army………..One day I might come on this website and see a positive comment by you.
YOU MIGHT BUT I WOULDN’T HOLD YOUR BREATH..LMAO.
HEY NEWBRIDGE..GOOD WEEKEND FELLA. GREAT GAME AGAINST WREXHAM MATE..BOYS PLAYED BRILL, WE’RE GOIN’ UP THE SUPER MICK WAY!!! PREMIER HERE WE COME..THE GLORY DAYS ARE BACK..
SEE..NOW YOU CAN SEE JUST HOW STUPID YOU AND YOUR HAPPY CLAPPER ARMY SOUND.
STUCK IN THE 70’s..LMAO..DIDN’T REALISE QUALITY CLOTHING ENDED IN 1980 MATE. YOU STILL WEARING THE CORDUROYS AND ANORAK..OR DO YOU BORROW THOSE FROM YOUR BROTHER TOO!! LMAO
Give him a chance!
Hes been here 10 mins and most fans are already on his back!!!!
Let the moaners stay home this season - you’re all an absolute disgrace.
right, why are there so many moaners on here? never in my life have i seen so many wolves fans who are apprantly ‘disillusioned’. With the money we have, 400,000 isnt much to spend. this can only benefit us, as he is experienced, and can play a major part next season. hes ideal for sylvan aswell. BUT OFCOURSE, ‘MAD MICK’ HAS ANNOYED YOU ALL AGAIN’. get a grip will you and back the manager
Give the bloke a chance !!!!!
He is something different to what we have got currently (even with so many strikers) and every time i have seen him play he is always a handfull - and with SEB i think they will do the business.
400k - good value if you compare that to McLean
i.e. he scored loads in a lower league as has Mclean.
Sure he didnt set the world alight last season but just under 1 in 3 isnt bad.
If we get any more strikers, Arthur Scargill will probably pay us a visit….
79; Agree, these moaners are not representative of Wolves supporters but most real fans refuse to read such drivel on a daily basis and so the page is dominated by clueless idiots. A few try to reason but are shouted down by the ageing skinhead and his cronies.
NIGE..T K MAX, I WISH MATE..OUR HOUSE IS FULL OF NETTO BAGS..WELL THEY ARE WOLVES COLOURS.
LMAO ROTFL.. THERE’S ONLY ONE NETTO..PMSL
This is a shrewd piece of business. We have no aerial ability upfront, remember coventry away long balls upto keogh and ebanks blake and i cant remember 1 flick on. even when we got kyle he won nothing in the air, the last 2 seasons he has scored 28 goals with 2 poor sides and when jarvis and kites get the crosses in he is somebody at long last who will be able to win headers! Stop moaning already, just stay away from the mol if you don’t like it because this season I am getting behind every player (even collins!)i will try single handedly to get the atmosphere back to the mol like the season before last when we beat the baggies! forever a wolf, laughingwolf.
if i remember right,
he scored against the albion for charlton!
love him already.
Dont know much about this bloke. Charlton are gutted so that says a lot.
56 jonathan suggest you get back to school and do some spelling exercises mate.
would definitely have preferred Clinton Morrison
Tnis Blog again generates ngative and insulting remarks-there is still time to sign a couple of defenders-This Blog again is bringing out some very un called for insults- He is a much travelled player and not that young-perhaps he will fit in with our mean and hungry look-Lets get of MM’s back and hope the season will bring good things-Any comment on the team display at Wrexham might help us to make some positive and constructive view–Lets wait and see how they all perform before we make rash judgements–Crazey Dave
i see from offcial site we have taken ian harte on trial aswell wudnt b a bad signing at all on a free!!!
SBA - You sound very thick - fans like you EMBARRASS us Wolves fans. Save your money & stay away if all you want to do is whinge & whine.
I guess time will tell on this one.
We really need to get the defence sorted Collins & Ekobi are not worthy of the championship.
Has anybody else heard that Ian Harte is training with us?
Cue the anti Irish/ex Sunderland brigade.
re: 115
i’v just been on the club website, and Ian Harte is indeed training with us, tho god knows why, we already have gray, elokobi and jones who can play at left back, we don’t need another 30 something playing there. But as you state, ex Sunderland and Irish.
two things - 1 good 1 bad!
Firstly the bad - a defeat against Wrexham - be it a runaround or not is a disgrace - Liverpool went to Tranmere for a runaround but still beat them because they have class (something that appears to be in short supply at Molineux at the moment)
Secondly, the good - I think this is a good signing for us my only concern is we couldn’t think of a song for SEB so we got no chance with Iwelumo!!!
72. CHW- couldn’t agree more, It’s great to see that the majority of you have already wrote the team off for next season. I understand where some of you are coming from, and agree MM played some very questionable tactics last year to say the least.
But come on, get behind the team for god’s sake, I’m sure if you were booed all day when you went to work you would struggle to perform to your best. Everybody responds well to encouragement, think about it! The reason I did not enjoy most of the games I attended last season was not down to the poor on-field performances but the lack of in-stand support, it’s no wonder we struggle at home.
If we do have a repeat of last season lets make sure it has nothing to do with the discouragement and pessimism shown by some of you so called fans.
We are supposed to be Wolves SUPPORTERS!
Good signing. Offers that different option, without spending to much on a spuad striker, leaving money to spend in other areas. He won’t start games often, but could be really usefull, if behind or in front, in the later stages of games. Really is what we need, we now have lots of options without spending ridiculous money.
I think the reason why these pages are full of moaners and whingers is because of the football that was served up by Mick McCarthy’s was awful. Fans aint stupid, the style of play under mick is going to be long ball in space, for wingers to bust their lungs to get to, rather than play it to feet, so you can see kites and jarvis have a go at beating defenders, rather than hopeful punts up top for a lanky striker to get a flick on….
MM OUT! But I know it aint going to happen.
Awww… the boo-boys are just feeling sorry for themselves as he’s replacing their beloved Freddy… Good signing, in my opinion.
to all you moaners..one word..get real its only a game..its not life itself afta all..den again u cant have much of a life..on here moaning..every day all day..try sumthing dif..support the team or sit in front of ur pc moaning..god for once i agree with mm..NUGGETS..
some of you on here are losers, give the guy a chance to play a few games will ya before slating him, get a life
Does anybody know what the overall cost of signing Phillips would have been, compared to Iwelumo, over the next 2 seasons? Phillips rated Molineux as one of his favourite grounds.
I back Mick on his decisions, because he knows what will happen if he gets it wrong, especially if Phillips and Eastwood bang em’in.
copy and paste because thats exactly what i also think
i agree the so called wolves fans need to stop moaning because you aint gonna see mick sacked unless we have a dire first half of the season, i myself am not a fan of mick due to poor decisions he made last year but i am a wolves fan and will forever back my team no matter who is in charge… our players want to hear support not moaning.
as for this signing not bad for 400,000 6ft 4 gives us an aerial threat/target man if seb and keogh don’t work in a match keogh will be off and either vokes or iwelumo on
cmon wolves do us proud this year
107. laughingwulf. Great to see that you remember the highlight of your last few seasons, managing a 1 - 0 against a baggies side whose record against you that season was played 5 won 4 lost 1. lollollollollollollollollol.
YOUNG and hungry!!
124. Phillips didn’t rate molinuex as one of his favourite grounds because of its architectural merits, he likes playing against wolves there because he usually had a good game, playing FOR wolves there is a different thing (i.e. one missed shot and the boos/ex-Albion jibes would be ringing out). He likes to wind you lot up and he’ll be at it again when the blues are in town.
whats going on dingles civil war breaking out and not a ball being kicked YET….
Let’s see: Wolves sign a tall centre forward who has played for a number of clubs over the course of his career. He’s not particularly expensive and is good in the air but perhaps a little “one-footed”. His goals record is good but not spectacular up to now and some question whether we need him. Sound familiar? I am actually describing when we signed the Doog, who turned out to be one of the all-time legends at Molineux and who was idolised by supporters of my generation. So come on all you negative supporters who are knocking Chris Iwulemo before he’s even kicked a ball for us - give him a chance to prove himself and be a success here. I am not suggesting he will become the new Doog, but would be thrilled if he does, BUT he’s now a Wolves player and he therefore has my support 100%. Welcome to Molineux, Chris!!
Worst signing since Sami AL Jaber!
128) Far better than your tinpot ground. Been in the main stand many times and the executive boxes are something else!
75) I totally agree. This player is a useful signing and yet people are slagging him off. Keep away from the ground you doom and gloomers and leave it to the proper, loyal supporters.
I was there at Bolton for Chorley, when we had the likes of Zelem, Eli and Herbert - they were awful. Things have moved on!
128, Phillips alledgedly loves the seating arrangement, roof design and situation of the car parks at the Mol. Zulu, don’t pretend it will be any different for blues if Phillips turns out to be past it. Thats why managers are paid to make the decisions, just as WBA will be pig sick if they flop and Phillips leads blue to promotion.
128, Phillips alledgedly loves the seating arrangement, roof design and situation of the car parks at the Mol. Zulu, don’t pretend it will be any different for blues if Phillips turns out to be past it. Thats why managers are paid to make the decisions, just as WBA will be pig sick if they flop and Phillips leads blues to promotion.
Some of the fans on here are an embarrasment and a joke. He’s a good player and proven at this level unlike Mclean. Why is he written off before he’s kicked a ball? Is it any wonder players don’t perform at Molineux because of all the knobheads verbally assaulting them if they misplace a pass or miss a chance? Some of the fans are unbelieveable on here,Southbank army if you are that fed up, stay away!
Surely Thomas ‘the missing piece of the jigsaw’ Frankowski was worse than Sami Al Jaber??
Just spoken with a Bournemouth fan who claims that Vokes will take the Championship by storm- as he is supposedly the next Shearer? Just wait and see!
How’s MM gonna keep so many strikers happy? Can any of them play centre half?
Any1 but him he is a donkey
atleast he is cheap
Great signing if only some knew anything about football, Quality in the air proved that against us takes defenders with him pulls them all over the park and gives others a chance to nip in behind him. God there’s some right thick arm chair fans.
You lot are pathetic. Its no wonder we are where we are. Buy a dictionary and look up the word ’support’.
it was the usual against Wrexham, no ideas no tactics, they just turned up to get through the match. Ive said Im worried about this season and this seems be so, with poor planning and poor signings. Mick you need to look at the team and dont repeat last season. Very loyal fans wont be so forgiving next time.
Nice to see all the moaners are back from there holidays just in time.
Iwelumo - 10 Goals last season. Lord Eastwood - 4………end of now pi$$ off to the ricoh and watch him instead of thinking real life football is football manager!
south bank you really are a moron. Its idiots like you who bring the team down and boo at players. Just like the ones that keogh had shout at him. take ur negative comments elsewhere.
137. Bridget & Tony. Yes, Vokes is the next shearer, sheep shearer that is, look you!.
What a waste of 400 grand!
..and we are apparently set to buy yet another striker…
we appear to be a headless chicken running around picking up anything thats going
come on mad mick, get someone in at the back
oh dear,could possibly be the worst signing of the season,terrible reputiation when he was at stoke,why?have we got him?
what a crock and not sold many season tickets oh awful ripping off the fans the moxey way
i think its a great signing. height strength and when you think about it he can come back and defend corners as he is suposebly a great header of the ball. Good singing MM
Baggie fans reckon Iwelumo’s past it. Same age as Greening, Robinson and Clement. 4 years younger than their leading scorer of last year. As per normal commenting on things they know nothing about.
Coulda had Kevin Philips on a free -an ageing stiker with awesome Championship pedigre instead $400k on an ageing striker with no pedigree - Long Ball Mick will for sure improve the standard of football at the Molineux - NOT. This is sad and I am sure most Wolves fans with any knowledge of the game will agree.
150. Wacko. Phillips is a completely different type of striker to Iwelumo, Phillips uses guile as he his an intelligent player & also is in excellent physical condition (except for possibly his knee!). He has scored goals wherever he has played. Iwelumo is an in your face hard physical player, when the legs have gone that’s it. He may however suit your tactics of lump it up field & hope for a knock on for Sylphan Ebanks Blake.
150. We only come on here cause it’s hilarious! Seriously out of all the comments how many are positive? I don’t think he’s past it he’s a few years left in him…. HE JUST AIN’T ANY GOOD!! lol lol.
Why would we care about some muppet 400k signing who played in every game but only managed 10 goals? Are we supposed to be filled with fear you’ll over take us as the best current team in the black country? I think not!
We’re buying quality, young footballers, you’re buying very average CHAMPIONSHIP players, not footballers..
Keep slagging each other off, your manager, your players even new players whilst we just laugh at you on every story on here..
McCarthy tells us we have the best team in the Division. So what was Wrexham all about? Premiership Glory? Forget it. Any takers for McCarthy still being here at Christmas?
On that basis 154 I guess Premiership Glory is on it’s way thanks to Hereford!
The games that matter start 9th August!
148) west brom fan talkin about attendance an season tickets!!! werent u lot top of the league an still havin lower attendances than us or was i dreamin it??? :S
great signin mick. couldnt believe it when i saw it on teletext. well done mick. iwelumo has a really good goal scorin record, and is a gr8 target man, will do wonders with SEB. my startin 11:
hennessy
elokobi
stearman
shackell/?
foley
jarvis
david jones
davies
kightly
SEB
iwelumo
subs: d. edwards, murray, keogh, vokes, gobern/DJ
all i can see here is 400k…what a waste of money. For starters doesn’t your new owner sh!t 400k??
as for the iwelumo he’s pretty decent and will score you goals. However comments asking for a top draw defender are a bit way off the mark….wolves are an average championship club now, something which you need to understand. Top draw defenders will go to premiership clubs andclubs like watford, derby ,blues and QPR (only becuase of the money)
wake up and smell the coffee, your not promotion hopefuls. And if you don’t go up this season your going to be an average club for a very long time