Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Mick: We’re at rock bottom
Mick McCarthy admits Wolves have “hit rock bottom” this season – but insists he will treat the run-in like a new 13-game season to get their promotion bid back on track.
The Wolves boss has spent the first half of the squad’s four-day break in Spain addressing the players’ mental approach to the final furlong of a promotion push that is rapidly losing momentum.
But, after some rest and relaxation, McCarthy is adamant his squad will return ready for a fresh assault on the Championship in the belief Saturday’s 1-0 defeat at Burnley was their lowest point.
“I’ve said to some of the guys that has to be our rock bottom,” said McCarthy, speaking from La Manga.
“We can’t perform worse than that so, if we are starting afresh, it’s a good time to do it.
“Our form hasn’t been good, especially last Saturday. I’ve watched the game again and we were poor.”
McCarthy says Wolves are ready to treat the next 13 games as a new season – starting with Sunday’s visit of in-form Cardiff as they bid to rebuild their lead at the top of the table which now stands at three points.
“It’s almost as if we’re starting again,” said the boss. “That was an observation some of the guys made when we were talking in the gym on Monday.
“We’ve had a bad spell so we can have a fresh start on Sunday against one of the form teams in the league.
“We were just having a chat and seeing how they feel and they were at pains to point that out, which I thought was interesting.”
Wolves have had a relaxing couple of days so far but will be training more intensely before returning home tomorrow.
“We’ll have a bit of down-time but we’ll be training hard,” added the boss.
“It’s nice to get away and have some relaxation.
“It (the current form) is certainly not because they don’t work hard. They always put a shift in.”
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Would perhaps have been more prudent to kept this statement within the club, rather than advertise it to the thirteen clubs we have still to play ?
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Mick “They always put a shift in” McCarthy
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PATHETIC MICK.
Even the Moulinex Mixers could beat the WOlves at the moment. The sooner we get Ince/Andrews back as Manager/Number 2 the better, and the club can start to realise its potential. Oh, and we should make a cheeky big to buy Seyi back from Stoke.
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Is it a case of the blind leading the blind?
Does MM, the coaching staff and the squad really believe that the opposing teams care if they believe that they are “starting afresh”?
Carry on with the same old kick and chase relying on Kites and Jarvis to beat a wide midfield player and a full back for most of every game – and all we’re going to get is the same average to poor performances
MM – You can only fool people for some of the time – Wake up and open your eyes – Better organised tactics – study the oppositions strengths and weaknesses every game – better leadership on and off the field – work on the oppositions weaknesses every game
A genuine 4-4-2 works better than your current 4-2-4 – Stop looking for excuses – the sooner you realise that your current tactics dont work – the better – Sort it and do it now!!!
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Mm you are living 20 years ago, times have changed, problem is you have not, and all the idiots who will be clapping you are just like you, they also love failure.
I will be putting a shift in shortly when i join up but that does not make me a Pro Footballer. We have no quality which is down to you.
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waiting for the fire extinguisher story
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He has lost the plot and his marbles
SACK HIM NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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To coin Harry Enfield’s Scouse catchphrase ‘calm down, calm down’.
I’m not sure why people are having a pop at MM for his “starting afresh comments”? It seems pretty accurate.
We’ve hit a very worrying dip over the last six weeks/two months but this break might be what the players need.
I’m not the biggest fan of MM but the tension the fans generate has got to generate to the players. Some of the actions of supporters (booing, ironic cheers when Hennessey comes for a cross, etc…) are borderline pathetic and I honestly can’t see the sense in it all.
Can’t argue – not good enough for the last six weeks but the quality was there at the start of the season in abundance. The encouraging thing this season, compared to 2002, is that our slip has come with 13 games remaining. We’ve still got time to more than put things right.
Basically – Let’s get behind them and leave the negativity to if things go wrong at the final reckoning.
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Love it. As ever the Wolves “Fans” show that they fully understand the concept of being a fan, and moan, knock, and dig at MM and the club. I am sure you would do this whoever is manager, wherever we are in the league and whatever our run has been like.
We’re still top. A shaky top, but we are top. We have some good players, and some struggling to make the grade. So just get behind the lads.
On Sunday Cardiff will come to Wolves with two aims – score a quick goal and turn the fans against the players and/or Mick; or stop the play long enough to turn the fans against the players and/or Mick. And as ever some of our fans will oblige.
Stop whinging, moaning and panicking and support the lads. This is still our best season since 1989!!!!
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Good luck for the next 13 games. I and the real fans are right behind you and I hope we will have the end of season we are all craving for.
All those people who are not willing to get behind the team and moan on and on…….stay away over the next 13 games. I was at Burnley……….we played badly but I will support them till the end of the season then we can see where we are but negativity will for sure not help the good chance we still have. Some people on here don’t travel away from home, and some who moan don’t even go to the home games……………. Just do us a favour and stay away. And as for some of you muppets in the Jack Harris stand, do you really think cheering when Keogh gets subsituted actually helps??? Some of you deserve the disappointment of staying down cause even when we were top and on a good run you still moaned.
Support them or dont bother turning up.
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I am no happy clapper by the way, at this stage, negativity is just thick!
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Well, if that’s all that’s left in Mick’s armory, then we are done for!
Mick can inspire players, especially impressionable youngsters to play well. With a bit of luck that can last for a season. However, sooner or later the bubble bursts, but Mick will take his £1M a year salary as long as he can.
I have heard it said that Mick is a one season manager, and his history confirms that.
The only question is should he go now, and leave us a chance of promotion or do we wait until the end of the season and reconcile ourselves to another season in the Championship with a new manager?
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“It (the current form) is certainly not because they don’t work hard. They always put a shift in.”
How many points have we got in the last nine games after putting a shift in Mick?
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We have this squad now until the end of the season, barring any loan moves, so lets bloody well get behind them and the manager and stick together, otherwise it will implode. The time for moaning is over, positivity on the terraces breeds positivity on the pitch.
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we have been telling you this for weeks Mick but all we get is stop moaning to us..lol
At least its still in our hands..
FROM FANS TO PLAYERS ALL STAND UP AND BE COUNTED CAUSE WE CAN STILL DO IT..
Kiwiwolffffffffffff.
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It’s unbelievable that some so-called Wolves fans, who are probably unemployed or in a really boring job (with plenty of time on their hands), can’t wait for the E&S to publish a story so they can have a pop at MM.
It’s amazing that we’ve been top of the league nearly all season, and quite a few of our players have been linked with Premiership clubs, but some uneducated Wolves fans still have a go at them and say they are not quality?!
It’s easy to support your team when they’re winning, the real fans are the ones who keep supporting them during the bad times as well!
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maybe some of these thoughts should be kept within. cardiff are going to love having a go in our faces at this. so it’s shift time that wins, stay with fav’s and say they are young and need more experience. i love being here again
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Lead by example. If your a boo boy what do you think your insightful pitch side comments acheive.
What do you do if you are playing in a game and your team is playing badley run round telling each one of them their crap…or encourage to get them to up their game..choice is your’s. Personally I think that the team and manager is not going to change before the end of the season so get the best out them by giving your best?
Wolves whatever who ever forever
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Weather out there looks lovely…?!
Anyway, nevermind…Come on me babbies…!
13 games to go, lets get behind them and shout, sing, kick, spit and scrap our way into the Premier.
If you can’t be arsed, stay at home.
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Darlowolf – hear hear. Spot on.
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Less chat more action. The results went for us last night with play off challengers slipping up.
We can do this with the right team selection and some confidence back.
Let’s start with a win on Sunday, as Blues may slip up at Coventry.
NO MORE NEGATIVITY FROM THE STANDS. THESE ARE A YOUNG BUNCH OF PLAYERS THAT HAVE SO FAR OVERACHIEVED BUT IT IS STILL IN OUR GRASP WITH EVERYONE BEHIND THEM.
UP THE WOLVES!
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no dont sack him get behing him and keogh and all the other players and i still think we will go up.
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Pure Reading and Birmingham fans making comments on here, it sure is a game of chess. Genuine Wolves fans only.
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Question is can the players continue to put a good shift in for those 13 games?
And is Jez enjoying a pie and a pint by the pool?
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This is where an Incey or Irwin would have come in, using their experience to lift the Dressing room.
But as per usual the promise of those type of players which MM mentioned earlier in the season, never came to anything.
Pity because we would have been almost ther now
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I would just like to say lets stop getting on there backs and get behind them for the last 13 games.then if things do go wrong mm cant say it was down to the fans.. lets just sing our boys all the way to the prem
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For goodness sake….
Stop the bitching at the club and manager/players.
Yes we all pay hard earned money to watch, but during the time they need us, we should be backing them to the hilt not destroying them….
What i have seen is players scared to do things that were natural to them in the first 2 months of the season incase the ‘loyal’ fans get on there backs..
Judge the team and management at the end of season..
If were promoted 1st,2nd or play-offs.= JOB DONE..
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I’m travelling all the way from Malta to watch the Wolves v Cardiff City lunch-time match at lunch at Molineux on Sunday.
Let’s hope and augur that this match will prove the turning point of Wolves’ recent misfortunes.
Up the Wolves!!
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24. Wolfinblack
Your spot on, and do you remember the rubbish about how they scouting Europe to bring us some exciting new signings?
And look what we got for Xmas!
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Lets treat it like the first 13 games of the season!
I mean teams will be level on points now to us. Forget that start a fresh and if we get a good run we will be top come what may!
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The unfortunate thing Mick is that a lot of the fans are now at rock bottom as well. Who is to blame?
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I can’t believe the negative comments posted on here by so called wolves fans!
I really don’t see the problem with squad taking this training camp to re-charge the batteries what is everyone’s problem? by the looks of it the players have smiles on theer faces and seem to be enjoying and that can only be a good thing with these 13 crucial games to play.
If the players come back full charged, confident and raring to go i’m sure we will see the difference on sunday.
Once again Bob you have proved that you don’t have a clue I wouldn’t think that Jez is there on holiday when its the team who have gone for training. Oh I do go to all the games and we have been pretty complaicent recently but bad patches have to come to an end at some point so instead of moaning like an old woman howabout you post positive comments on here and get behind the team on sunday or is that not in your nature?
Cmon you wolves and lets get back on track
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4 of the next 6 at home The season kick starts here.Win the Home games nick points away and the promised land is here.Flying over tomorrow for the Cardiff game,hopefully 3 points and back on track.Come on lads dont let your heads drop.
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My sister’s got passion, she also works shifts shes been to Italy & Spain can she have 2 games Mick. thankyou Briddie.
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When the going gets tough the tough get going. Let’s look at our supporters. Some just whinge. MM came in when we were rock bottom. He does not bottle. Some of us fans do bottle. Stop whinging. Start supporting. Reading these messages makes me want to cry. For pitied sake get a grip. Pull together through thick and thin. We can beat anyone in this league. Anyone can beat us. The difference will be the fans
Pull together on Sunday. It only takes a minute to score. No matter how bleak things look. We can win from 3-0 down if we fans support and cheer the team on.
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13 game season ! i agree
look at it this way wolves FANS season starts NOW !
And were starting top !
Lets pick up or wounded confidence and carry it over the finnish line !!!!!
OUT OF DARKNESS COMETH PROMOTION !
Starting with 2-1 beating cardiff !!!
GET BEHIND THEM NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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### POSSITIVE NEWS ###
Cardiffs goal keeper out for the clash !
see not hard to say something possitive rather kick em while there down is it boo boys ? lol
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we are their only hope
COME ON YOU WOLVES FANS!!!!
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It’s almost as if someone is cursing us to feel depressed. Last season missed out on the play offs by one goal and this season top for the majority of the season to ‘maybe’ lose out.
Hmmm Nigel Quashie a West Ham they had a bad run of form, Nigel Quashie off to Birmingham they had a bad run of form. Nigel Quashie to wolves alas bad run of form.
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Totally agree with No 8……Everyone stop moaning and start supporting !!
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Are all the ones who keep knocking the club and demanding that McCarthy is sacked too thick to understand the league table. Performances have dipped recently but we are still bloody top and the only way we are going to get promoted is if we all back the team. If you dont want to do this, then stay away from Molineux, real fans do not want you there.
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Lets hope the start of this 13 game new season is as good as the start of the 46 game season and we will get promoted and see some exciting football again.
Fingers crossed!
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There is one AMAZING thing has come out of today though. A photographer has snapped Andy Keogh having a shot (see the piccies page). Get that rare picture on ebay my friend it will be worth a fortune!!!
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Funny thing about this season is, typical wolves will now go on an unbeaten 13 game streak to the end of the season. Its bound to happen…
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If people spent as much energy on making positive comments towards the team as they did negative ones to Mick, there might not be an air of ‘fickle attitude’ about the blogs. A difference in opinion is expected but these opinions are just that.. They won’t change a thing on the pitch. Mick is not going to be sacked anytime SOON, accept that and don’t waste time making idiotic comments for somebody to do so.
Instead of picking out certain players and attacking them pick out the team and manager as one whole, because they are all in the same boat and all in the same poor form.
Take each ‘match’ as it comes, when we were on a winning streak before last november the sun was shining out of MM’s backside, now we’ve hit a standstill and it’s ’sack mick’.. Sack Mick to have another manager that will take another 2/3 seasons to get us promoted.. Because that’s better isn’t it? Some people seem to think it’s 11 Mick Mccarthys on the pitch so he’s to blame for every single fault, nevermind the ELEVEN football players that are paid to play football, and are in poor form right now. We could all stand united with 100% support for manager and team,or we could all toss our tickets away and stop bothering.. it won’t change the vital fact that for us to be pulled out of this hole we’re rapidly digging, it is the team and MM that needs to pull theirselves together, as a whole, not as certain individuals. We have proved earlier on this season we CAN do it, we deserved to get the top spot, after the way we have played since November, we don’t deserve to still have that top position right now, but we do, and we’re very lucky, but judging by the fact that Reading/Blues haven’t overtaken us just yet.. That goes to show that at this point in the season it’s how football is, scrambling for points, dipping in form, for lots of teams, not just us.
The Reading that beat us earlier on in the season compared to the Reading that was wasting time to hold onto an own goal lead over us, were two very different teams. As were the Wolves that absolutely battered Preston, then got absolutely battered BY Preston.
We have the squad, we have the strength, and the spirit to get automatic promotion, we have proved this. A good start to getting that back is Sundays match, Cardiff are very much in form, and the result after 90 minutes could well be the positive, or negative difference, to the remaining 12 games. So we’ll see.
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Yes!! Definately, totaly agree with everyone
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No way am I a happy clapper nor have I ever liked MCCarthy. However these are the most important 13 games of our recent history (plays offs aside)> For once lets all sing from the same Hymnsheet, lets make Molineux rock, sing our hearts out home and away and support the lads. Positive vibes will produce positive results on the pitch. CMON WOLVES
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Hallelujah!! at last we have some positive words from Wolves fans!! i am sick and tired of so called “fans” moaning about the team and in particular Mick, just because there has been a slight blip in our season, they don’t deserve this treatment! get behind the lads and show them our support, starting Sunday! Come on you WOLVES!!!
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No 3. Why should Wolves make a cheeky bid to buy Seyi back. He wanted Premier League football and he is having it as a spectatur. And this in a Stoke side that showed from the beginning that it was going to struggle with the big boy.
Many here are demanding Wolves sack MM. When is this that a team on top of the league gets rid of the manager who was responsible to get the team there.
Don’t tell me Real Madrid did it with Capello. But Real’s no 1 priority is winning the Champions League not the Spanish Liga between four or five elite teams.
Now let’s move on to next Sunday against Cardiff who were beaten by Arsenal’s reserves in the FA Cup last Monday. So we know what their potential is and not by boosting that they are going to catch Wolves with their games in hand. We’ll see how many points they will be getting from them.
On Saturday Blues are away to Coventry and Reading at home to Bristol City. Is everybody sure they are going to win them?
So roll on Sunday and hopefully things will turn Wolves way after a dismal run.
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I know games in hand dont guarentee the points, but we could now be 4th, Yes Cradiff can also overtake us. We have been in relegation form since December and have only now just awoken to the concept of having a plan ‘B’. We actually had one last year for many away games. Michael Grey, played wide but supported centre mid field and has experience.- where is he now !!!
We could have made some signings in January that could have helped us turn this around, with the exception of Berra that opportunity has been squandered.
I hope we go up, really do. MM is too stuborn and too one dimensionable. The only thing he seems to be is anachronistic ! Prove me wrong !
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Perhaps he should watch a few more games on the telly or from the stands and he might understand where a lot of ‘moaners and negative comments’ come from??????
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Kevin Foley insists Wolves’ clash against Cardiff this weekend is not a “must-win” game
IF THIS IS THE ATITUDE MM INSTILLS THEN HE’S NO MOTIVATOR
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StuWolf – good to see that you’ve not been ‘complaicent’. Problem is that is not a word and you are a muppet.
Why don’t you reveal your real name Stephen Ward, or are you going to start asking for a recall for your brother Neill under your alias??
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can we all stop moanin about every little thing!
we are still top, they are doing the best they can do – if you had that much pressure on you all im sure ppl woukdnt handle it.
get off their backs an SUPPORT our lads!!!!
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Mick must know his job is on the line if Wolves do not get promoted. To throw away auto promotion from this spot would surely get him the boot.
The fact we blew it before back in 2001 only adds pressure.
I agree with his strategy to treat the 13 remaining games as a new season. Thats simply mind games and lets hope that it works.
Cardiff is a must-win if only to calm the nerves for the following 12 games.
We can do it. Lets stick together.
Charlie
ATLANTA WOLVES
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Indonesia wolf number 35…. do you honestly think fans cheering will make a difference when the players dont give a damn about the result.All this crap about the fans make the difference etc,the PLAYERS make the difference and if fans are so important why were the majority of games we won earlier this season AWAY from home.
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McCarthy will be judged on this season from what happens now, listening to his interviews since the weekend he seems to have lost the ‘chip’ off his shoulder, lets hope so, its a real poor quality for someone in the public eye.
And, if the last 13 games of the season ain’t like the 1st 13, Job Centre for McCarthy.
Come boys get your manager off the hook & give the Valley Rats a good hiding at the weekend & get the promotion party restarted!!!!
Keep the faith
Wolves forever
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lisa wolf, fans dont moan about “every little thing ” as you so eloquently put it but moan when they see a limited manager enroute to playoff failure from the best promotion chance we have had in years.Please return to the kitchen where you may know a little more about things such as cooking etc,mines egg and chips please
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The reason why Mad Mick we are rock bottom is your insistance of chopping and changing a winning side. Cast your mind back to the blackpool match, stearman right back, foley midfield…. YOU DUMMY TRY KEEPING A WINNING SIDE TOGETHER AND STOP TINKERING WE AINT CHELSEA YOU KNOW!
Wolves will get promoted but it will be down to lady luck shining on us and not because of free flowing attacking football which we are lacking over the last 3 months!
Premiership clubs would look at us as easy meat. Wolves will have to spend MASSIVE amounts of money to compete!
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stick 2gether lets win on sunday and turn things around,WE ARE WOLVES
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I have just seen a leaked document of Mick McCarthy’s team talk for Sunday, if you can get beyond the high level analysis, I think the average footfalls we are can make sense of it:
“good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift good shift”
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34. Sod the football. Tell us more about your sister
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Ime going to get behind the lads on Saturday,even iff he makes a place for his Mate Keogh,Doesnt matter iff we get beat by Cardiff and drop out of the top two,,I am not going to be a muppet,,I want to be a good fan like you boys,even iff we end up with nothing,and I am gutted,I will keep my mouth shut and get behind Mick and the boys.But iff we do get beat by Cardiff,that will be it for me,I will be an armchair fan,they wont be getting anymore of my dosh,but I will still get behind them,I will just leave the paying to you true fans who unlike me never complain..I wish I could be as good as you lot.
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im sure he is winding us up now with this “put a shift in” he knows we hate it so he says it in every interview now.
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I’m certain that the morale of the team is like the supporters – and that all points to is “disater”. Both the supporters and Mick must take the Blame. I read all your negagtive comments and watch all the Home Games – but i cannot for the life of me understand why when we were top of the league – there were so much spiteful negative comments coming from the stands. So if we do not go up – all of you who have squandered the chances to encourange our team on – believe me you have destroyed them by being so Negative.
It’s not over yet so get behind them whilst we can !!!
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If Foley thinks Sunday is not must win then clearly thaere lies part of the problem?
1/9 shows the players don’t have enough about them and the tactically inept MM will never recover this situation.
Boot him out along with Keogh, Collins and Ward NOW!
Paul Ince to come in.
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56 (savagewolf)
To argue that the fans don’t make a difference is just ridiculous. If that were true, then there’d be no such thing as ‘home advantage’ – and we might just as well sit there in silence. Or do you think we should just boo occasionally ?
Go check your stats. At no point this season had we won more league games away than at home.
Do us all a favour – stay at home on Sunday, and boo at the radio.
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rich5wolves said: Feb 18th, 2009 at 12:07 pm I am no happy clapper by the way, at this stage, negativity is just thick!
YOU SOUND LIKE THE THICKEST HAPPY CLAPPER ON HERE.
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I don’t think the manager should come out in the press and say we’ve hit rock bottom but whether you like McCarthy or not is irrevelent, 13 games to go and crowd has to be 100 percent behind the team in every one of those games and we can say we did our bit even if we don’t achieve promotion.
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These SHIFTS must be the NIGHT shifts cause it certainly ain’t during the afternoons or evenings thats for sure.
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52 wolf spot on mate,foley saying it’s not a must win,what the hell as mm done to our lads it’s the molineux not wacko,and if he’s rock bottom he should come and sit with us in the stands,and as for the early birds prices they won’t be able to sell them on e-bay at this rate.
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Fair play Mick!!!! Positive Mental Attitude! Glad someone’s got some!!!!
Whilst we are TOP of the league, with 13 games to go, i think we haven’t been playing well. And getting in the players heads that Cardiff is a fresh start is a damn good idea!!! With the pressure blatantly getting too much for our young lads… It’s obvious to me they are trying too hard. They want it as much as you, me, all of us.. And due to that want… They are trying too hard and screwing things up… I hope, no scarp that, i pray! they get their heads together, coz I BELIEVE we have the ability to get automatic promotion, the lads just need some self belief and to stop being scared off screwing it up because unless they break that mentality then that’s what they will do!
UP THE WOLVES!
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IM ABSOLUTLY DISCUSTED WITH THESE SO CALLED WOLVES FANS WHO MOAN AND MOAN AND GROAN AT THE SLITEST UPSET. THROUGH THICK AND THIN WE SHOULD ALWAYS SUPPORT THE TEAM AND GET BEHIND THE PLAYERS. NO WONDER THE TEAM LACK CONFIDENCE WITH YOU LOT HAVIN A GO. SHUT YOR WHINING AND SUPPORT THE TEAM COME SUNDAY!!! HAVE WE FORGOTTEN WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE!!!! ALL IS NOT LOST!!!! WHY THE HELL WOULD WE SACK OUR MANAGER….. MMMM YEAH THATS INTELIGENCE. MORONS!!!!
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if only it was us fans that could make the difference between promotion and failure(maybe about 5%)unfortunately its not its 95% down to the players and manager and at this moment in time theyre failing miserably,conceding ridiculous goals after 5 minutes in most matches or within minutes of the restart,when we do score we then go on to gift the opposition goals within minutes,this is not the fault of the fans but just pure lack of concentration by the team and this needs to change from now if we’re gonna have any chance of automatic promotion.lets hope they do make a fresh start after their 4 day break,come back revitalised, also lets see some of our star players show for these last 13 games none of us like moaning we’re all wolves together and noone likes to see us lose so lets all get behind the team and the manager as we have to trust mm to select the right team now to get us enough wins for promotion,if not then we’ll see what happens at the end of the season as thats a decision for s.morgan and jez.(no sense in sacking the manager now when we’re top of the league we’re not r.madrid) BUT WE ARE THE MIGHTY WOLVES!NOW GIVE US SOMETHIN TO CHEER BY BEATIN THE TAFFS SUNDAY
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stick together.. put a shift in… work hard… go on holiday… it’s better that we’re not top.
drivvle
comment number 10 – Who cares if cheering keoghs substitution helps or not. We have come to the point where we believe it helps that keogh isnt on the pitch as he either passes backwards or gets in the way of the play anyway. a lightweight obstacle for our team to play around. so who cares about his confidence, 10 grand a week should be enough confidence for anyone. are you mick in disguise, cos you are so far back in the closet, you’ve just hit narnia!
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when i say that i think the recent performances have been nothing short of shambolic lets make it quite clear that 1. i have every right to do so and 2. i shouldn’t be mugged by an army of misguided McCarthyites who clearly fail to see that buying second rate players and then being stupid enough to play these people *cough* Quashie and even out of position *cough* Keogh, is a recipie for failure which rests solely on his shoulders…but its alright even if we stay in the championship the ticket prices will still go up!!!
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76 Agreed – & as for “home advantage” Dont you MM apologists realise that regardless of wherever we are playing home or away – If we sit as far back as we do in most games and make Jarvis and Kites attack on either flank – faced by the oppositions wide midfield man and fullback (kick and rush) How many times are they going to get past BOTH players?
If we keep the ball and use our full backs and wide men to attack (not just hoof the ball up to them in hope) and we use our centre midfield and forwards as other options (if the wing play breaks down) we will stand a far better chance – But will it happen?
If a boxer fighys with his guard down regularly in every fight (home or away) What are the chances he will lose regularly?
Will any amount of shouting and cheering change that? Do you really believe the Rocky films are real?
We desperately NEED to have shots on goal and defend properly NOT sit back most games and wait to be hit regularly – better tactics, discipline and organisation is key! Better leadership would also be a massive help!
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launzwolves
Calm down. Your caps locks rant makes you sound like a bigger fool then you already are.
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Up until the end of November we were going great, BUT, THEN THE TINKERING STARTED, I said then that would be disasterous. Will the man never learn to leave well alone?
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all this stupid talk lets get behind the lads, we are every home game with the attendance 20/21 0000
Its then up to the players and that idiot manager to do the business, have they taken a pay cut for bad performance. My mate might lose his job next month, can you happy clappers come round and save his job. You idiots need to see what your looking at.
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I see the saints game is on tv,remember when we played off the park and lost 6-0 i,ll never forget that.
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As others have said, we all need to pull together these last few games and give 100% backing to the boys. Let’s not give our opposition ANY extra helping hand during the game: save that for OUR CLUB.
Now I’ve said that, I’ll also add that everyone on here has a right to express themselves. If some of you lot don’t like some of the comments you read, then ignore them (it’s what I do and I disagree with much I read).
Anyway, as I said, let’s all do OUR PART to increase the chances of success. Meanwhile, Mick McCarthy can do HIS PART by applying some rational football management skills, for a change.
Cardiff, I feel, is MAKE OR BREAK TIME, so my message to Merlin and the team is:
It’s time to cut out the waffle about knowing what you’ve got to do. We’ve heard it for weeks. Instead go out there and actually DO IT.
The fans may be temperamental at times, but when our boys perform, nobody gets better backing. Remind them of that, Mick.
And yourself.
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77 (Usual Suspects). Here’s an alternative diagnosis for you:
McCarthy basically started the season playing 4-2-4, with a couple of out-and-out wingers. We’d concede more often than not, but scored loads.
You say ‘if we sit back as far as we do’ – whereas actually McCarthy plays a high defensive line to avoid gaps in an under-populated central midfield. That worked fine, especially when we had Mancienne, who was lightning fast with great anticipation, but the opposition have worked out that a chip over the top exposes the likes of Collins, Shackell and even Stearman.
They’ve also worked out that we run out of ideas if they pack the defence and double-team our wingers.
So yes, we’ve been found out tactically, and McCarthy needs to find Plan B.
But here’s the problem. A pre-requisite for breaking down a massed defence – and grinding out the wins we need – is patience; whereas we have a young, impatient team and an anxious, impatient crowd. That’s the other thing the opposition have learnt. If they soak it up long enough, our crowd will might turn on our players and they’ll lose their composure.
McCarthy has to play his part – no doubt. But so do we. Patience, good humour and support.
Of course, if you’ve paid your money you have every right to abuse the players, the managers and the owner. But although calm, constructive criticism might help – if they listen – abuse will not. And they don’t deserve it either. Morgan & Moxey aren’t the Bhattis – and McCarthy has improved the team, whether you like him or not.
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What makes me laugh is that you say you are the best fans in the country.
You are obviously deluded and fortunatly you will get exactly what you deserve.
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Grey wolf, you are the ultimate happy clapping fool that settles for mediocrity and shifts the inadequacies of our team onto paying fans who get behind the team EVERY home game.If you think screaming and clapping like a drunken monkey everytime a player such as keogh holds the ball up with his talentless,skeletal frame or misses yet another chance is beneficial ..good luck to you …,you cant polish a turd …silly muppet.
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85, just because we fans support the team (something that seems beyond your self) doesn’t make us muppets, it’s people like you that have held this club back for nie on 40 years? as for the Ince fans- well what a fantasic job he did at Blackburn, MM and his blind crew have taken us to the top of the league-when was the last time we were there.
As Swain’y said, if last summer someone would have said we would be top of the league and three points in front by the second week in Feb-you would have sent for the men in white jackets, support the lads, if it is beyond you-STAY AWAY. and before any one asks yes I am a season ticket holder (for the last 38 years)and those that know me- supported the lads for 56 of my nearly 60 years, but that doesn’t make me any better than anybody else- because All true Wolves fans are the best.
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Keep playing the same old tune john wolf you fool.If you are happy to settle for mediocrity then let your carer take you to the game and clap your hands for you when we lose to the likes of Burnley.Did you go to turd moor?Of course you didnt so keep typing behind your pc and as for supporting the lads for 56 of your nearly 60 years…you were on the terraces at 3 were you giving us your informed wisdom?No player should be booed during the game but we have gone from favourites for the top 2 ,to also rans making the playoff lottery due to gutless ,pathetic diaplays like we witnessed at Burnley and other places.Most fans who know anything about football could see this coming as we have been scraping wins since november when we havent deserved them such as at doncaster etc but keep playing the we are top tunes johnny boy.We all know we wont be there much longer..
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Some Good Comments.
Daniel Heathcote==IDIOTO
I am sure that MM did noit say these things-Cardiff we will be there-Make a noise–Stop the Negativity lets get up
Crazey Dave
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maltawolf how much does it cost for you to get over to UK & back again. I’m looking into the poss of moving to Malta in the future and just curious
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