Monday, March 22, 2010
Mancienne tipped to win first cap
Monday 17th November 2008, 1:17PM GMT.
Wolves players have backed Michael Mancienne to be thrown straight in for his England debut against Germany in Berlin on Wednesday.
Mancienne’s shock call-up by Fabio Capello for the friendly is largely believed to be to give the 20-year-old a taste of the international set-up.
Now the players, who have watched the on-loan Chelsea defender at first hand since his arrival on loan at Molineux, believe he should be handed his chance now.
Carlos Edwards, who set up both goals in Wolves’ 2-1 win at Southampton on Saturday, led the call.
He said: “Fabio Capello should have a look at him because he’s England class. I rate him as one of the best young centre halves of his generation and I can see big things happening for him in the future.
“I can see him in a full England shirt and hopefully playing in Europe. I rate him very highly – he’s come here not just to prove a point but to get games under his belt and he’s proved he’s one for the future.”
Defensive partner Richard Stearman added Mancienne’s call-up had not surprised him.
He said: “He’s certainly worthy of it. Mike told me on Friday that he was on standby for the squad and I was delighted for him.
“I knew myself previously how good he was so it’s not that great a surprise to me. I don’t think there’s a limit to how good he can become.
“He came here looking for games and he’s proving how much of a good player he is. But it’s good for the rest of the under-21s to see if you’re playing well Mr Capello will give you a chance.
“Hopefully he gets the chance to play because it wouldn’t just be great for Mike, but for Wolves as well.”
Striker Chris Iwelumo, who is with the Scotland squad to play Argentina, thinks Mancienne will do just fine.
He said: “I think he can definitely play for England. He’s got a lot of quality and he’s going into a great squad.”
While Mancienne has won his first call-up as one of five centre-halves in a squad also featuring ex-Wolves man Joleon Lescott and Joe Hart.
Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney have pulled out due to injury, while John Terry and Steven Gerrard are doubts.
Terry said: “His form has been fantastic for Wolves. They’ve had three or four wins since he has been there and he has a bright future.”
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A new Bobby Moore in waiting, pity he is not ours permanantly!!!
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If Mancienne he starts on wed his price tag will up a couple of million for any buyer come January thats if Chelsea want to sell him on but I cant see that happening.
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Does this mean Wolves will be the only team ever to provide a full international whilst outside the top division – TWICE!
(Steve Bull and Mancienne).
….or do on loan players not count?
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Well if he does play his value will go up another 2million for sure!!!
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Yeah, because you all know exactly what is going to happen because you are all managers arnt you. No-one on here knows if he will stay.
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great times for wolves fans. even better because them lot down the road are looking poor and are doomed in 20th! average performance saturday and great victory. the albion pages are on here are great all moaning and groaning, how a year can change things in football! up the wolves!
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5, we’re not managers but use a bit of what you’ve got. Champions league or championship? Yes, we’re looking good to go up, but if you had the choice where would you go? Chelsea, £80k+ a week, England duty, champions league, European clubs at your feet or battling for survival in the Prem.
I’m as passionate about wolves as the next man, but common sense spells it out pretty clearly for me, minus my Champ Man expreince
:-)
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5 WS15Wolf – he won’t mate!!!
just read the the Sun news paper & theres a big piece about the lad where he says he’d love to get his chance at chelsea & the wolves are a good stepping stone for him get that chance in the prem!!!!
to me that just says he likes the set up here but doesn’t see his future here!!!!
still might as well make the most of him while he’s here!! although i don’t think… in fact i’m certain we won’t buy him i do think we can extend the loan!!!
also great win Sat!!!
where r all the boo boys??? i’m missin the good old lines like mad mick out & the wheels av come off!!!!
Up The Wolves!!!!!!!
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Good luck to the lad, surely though this will alert clubs already established in the Prem.
Or prompt Chelsea to definitely keep him :(
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it does mean that he will go back to Chelsea soon then….shame indeed
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i think it was a little bit over the top of us to even consider him comin to us permanently. especially now!! its nice to see that even john terry is taking note of him at wolves! obviously knows that ‘the preditor’ is on his case for his shirt at chelsea.
well done!
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5.WS15 Wolf
Thats the idea of debate, you moron.
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One for Wolf Boy….
Mick has no plan B and should be sacked for persisting with Ward at left back. He has his favourites, he loves the Irish too much, he only buys players from Sunderland and he won’t give Freddy a chance to play.
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We will never have him permanently. Fact. Let’s just enjoy it whilst it lasts and hopefully he’ll stay with us for the season, and get us too the promised land. Which i’m sure, we will.
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I think a call up could actually extend his stay at Wolves.
An England call up would be the ultimate indicator that they’ve sent him to the best possible place for him to develop as a player. They may even send us some more young players as it obviously wouldn’t do them any harm.
But we all know they were never going to sell him unless we put a zero on our offer, & even then he would still be expecting Chelsea wages.
(So 3 million plus Collins should do it! Hey its a joke, calm down Collins-o-philes!)
Simon :)
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Comment 8.
I’ll oblige if you like, MAD MICK OUT!!!! SACK THE BOARD! MOXEY MUST GO!! BRING BACK COLLINS! BUY BACK EASTWOOD!! WHERES THE MONEY GONE!
LOL,,,
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5. get a grip of yourself pal, you are showing yourself up!
Mancienne will be a chelsea regular 1 day, they will not sell at all, that is obvious, he may well stay at wolves all season which is becoming increasingly likely, so lets reap the benefits of that for now because getting to the prem is number 1 priority and that is the be all and end all, nothing else. I am sure even the most blinkered, negative commenter on here will agree with that!! Lets enjoy this great period of football we are in at wolves, at least it is keeping the sandwell town and doom-gloom merchants away!!!!!
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well done to MM for getting this one..
are you watchin SANDWELL TOWN..LOL
KIWIWOLFFFFFFFFFF
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Top of the league – great young team, winning home and away, defence looks better, never looked poor up front this season.
I didn’t expect a win on Saturday, I thought a draw would be the best we could hope for – amazing stuff MM.
Where are all the moaners?
Sshhhhhh – it’s all gone quiet over there….
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….oh and forget Freddy Eastwood, has he done much at Coventry since leaving the club?
Mick showed the same strength he did with Roy Keane and for Ireland. NO PLAYER IS BIGGER THAN THE CLUB.
Without knowing the details, I suspect Freddy thinks he’s better than he is yet. I wouldn’t swap him for any of our current strikers.
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Cpt_wolves
You’ve made my day my friend!!!! as a wolves fan i need my daily dose of hate mentality towards the club!!! I’m as high as kite after your out burst lol!!!!
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MM is a very good player. Unfortunately, the team in general played CRAP on Saturday. We were extremly lucky to come away with the points. If we play as bad as that against Blackpool we will lose for sure! Too many of our players didn’t get out of bed never mind past 1st gear.
They gave their players far too much space, never closed them down and I really thought we had 10 not them..
Hopefully Mick got into them at the end of them match. Somebody needed to anyway.
COME ON THE WOLVES!
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The buzz is that MM will reconfirm his loan in Jan that will mean he must stay until the end of the season.
Great news for what we all hope will be a big push towards promotion.
One note of caution however whilst MM is playing, our other young players, who we will rely on next season hopefully in the Prem. Are sitting on the bench gaining no experience.
This is in no way a complaint from me just hope that the players in the queue behind him have patience.
I like most fans will watch and hope he gets his debut on Wednesday.
Up The Wolves
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Great prospect for the future.
If he can stay with ue to the end of the season and we are promoted…then maybe….just maybe…he might be convinced to stay permanently.
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i think we need to win the next two home games, blackpool and blues with a point at sheff utd in between those games, will see us in a very strong position, I am concerned about sheff utd game away, mick needs to get his tactics spot on
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A couple of games for the Wolves and he is in the England team. Says a lot for the availability of good english players in the Premier doesn’t it? The lads a gem and is going places but alas not with us, still, if he stays the season and we go up he has done us as much a favour as we are doing for him.+
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where r all the boo boys???
STILL HERE MATEY..BUT NOTHING TO BOO FORTUNATELY.
SAY WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE..FOLLOWED BY BOO MUPPET OUT..DON’T SOUND RIGHT DOES IT?
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If we get Mancienne for the year and he stays injury free I think we can have no complaints and with him in the team and the ret of the current squad we ARE as good as reading – easily.
I personally feel they were the better team by a mile, no arguments, but there were many reasons. We are the best in this league with Mancienne in the squad.
If we got into the Prem and he came for another year I think we would be luckier than West Brom not to average 3 goals conceded per game this year.
But lets not act stupid and assume promotion is ours or Mancienne will stay.
Bottom line; UP THE WOLVES! COME ONNNNN!!!
One more thing: Mick out, bring in Ince!!!! JOKE
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Yes, we’ve got zero chance of keeping him now. I hope MM has contingency plans in place as before we signed him we were raining in goals from the opposition. Also some winger cover in Jan. would be very welcome.
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This boy is class !
If he plays I doubt we will keep him after December.
What are the options if he does – Collins? We will be lucky to make the play offs !
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Just occasionally you see a player ( at any level ), and think this guy could truly be world class, when everything about him rings true , this I think is Mancienne
I can’t see us signing him, just hope we get him for the whole season on loan.
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I LIKE HIM … HE LOOKS LIKE PREDITOR!!
C’MON ME WOLVES
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22. i was at the game, and we wasnt crap?
Id say we were decent, did enough and were good enough to beat the saints. Yes we can play better and mick and the players will know that, but “crap” we definately wasnt!.
The back four and Ikeme were solid, mancienne and stears had good games.
Jones and iwelumo both scored and played well and so did carlos edwards.
Kites, henry and ebanks-blake were average.
Lets not get too arrogant and lets give southampton some credit, they played well and gave 100% when they were reduced to ten men.
A fair report i think?
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just visited herefords website and their report from the cheltenham match. describing matt murray’s performance as OUTSTANDING, A MASTERCLASS IN GOALKEEPING.mmmm a clean sheet aswell. keep it up matt, potentially the best keeper in the country and you will join mancienne in the england squad. onwards and upwards me babies
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We have no hope of signing MM, so we should stop dreaming and just enjoy whilst he is here.Hope that Terry and his Chelski colleagues stay fit, so, at best, we can extend his loan.Thing is, if we do go up, this is a fine example of what we need to survive. Donk or Mancienne,,,,hmmmm….let me think…
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16 I think i will follow as well. MAD MICK OUT!!! ITS ALL YOUR FAULT WERE TOP AND DOING REALLY WELL SHOULD NEVER HAD GOT RID OF EASTWOOD!!
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To have a loan player having regular 1st team football while the regular centre-halfs are at the sideline due to injury or others does not speak well for the team. It’s all well now.
But when the loan period ends, what then? At a critical period of the league championship, is not the time to find the right combination.
If the loan players do sign permanent deal or extend their loan till end of the season, it’s fine.
But a permanent solution is needed here to resolve any deficiency. Consistency must be maintained for march to the Premiership.
Up the Wolves!!!
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33. The most common sense posting in this debate.
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people on here still having ago about mick,i cant believe it!!these must be the ones that dont watch the team at all and come on here for the fun of it!and people wanting eastwood back?hes gone and forgotton!!get a grip people and get behind the team,were top of the league!
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39, Are you really that blonde or has your razor sharp sense of irony got the better of me?
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Mancienne is indeed a first class player – no doubt. Played at Wolves for a couple of weeks then England first team selection – come on!! He has been an England International at u16/17/19/21 captaining the team most of the times. He is at Wolves for match practice/fitness and then he will be gone. Enjoy his talents whilst you have him
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41.good shout,neva seen the lad but had good reports off my mates,but lets not forget,hes only defending against championship strikers,against premier strikers who knows,maybe he will cut the mustard,maybe not.Good luck to the lad but put it this way.THERES MORE CHANCE OF FINDING LORD LUCAN RIDING SHERGAR THAN HIM SIGNING FOR WOLVES
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how bout…
After watching last nights game, we get Podolski in the January and Upson after West Ham go down…!!
COME ON YOU WOLVES !
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