Tuesday, February 9, 2010
It will only get harder for Wolves
Wolves’ Sporting Star columnist John Lalley knows there is all to do to avoid the most unwanted of omens at Christmas.
It was surprising to hear our manager Mick McCarthy chuntering last week that he was fed up of hearing how Wolves needed to start picking up more points at Molineux. He stressed that where we gain the points was immaterial providing that by season’s end we have sufficient in the bank to ensure our survival.
Given the quality of the highly creditable performances in our last two away trips to Everton and Stoke, you can understand his train of thought. Just the same, a glance at our next four away matches makes you appreciate just why we all craved so desperately to secure promotion.
On the other hand, given our parlous position in the table, the list might just make your blood run cold. Stamford Bridge, Old Trafford and Anfield, three of the most intimidating venues in Europe with White Hart Lane chucked in by way of gentle relief!! In contrast, we host Blues, Bolton, Burnley and Manchester City at Molineux before the turn of the year.
Mick can grumble all he likes, but we simply must target winning at least three of those games on our own patch. The manager rightly pinpointed the fact that defeats to the likes of Arsenal will not define the shape of our season but in his acknowledgement that clashes with West Ham, Hull and Pompey certainly will, we are already facing a serious deficit.
The chilling statistic of just a solitary point gained from three home matches with our fellow strugglers already sits like a giant millstone around our neck.
With just the victory over Fulham in six home matches so far, we desperately need a Molineux win or three, otherwise facing those monumental challenges awaiting us on the road, the grizzly prospect of us occupying bottom spot come Christmas hangs over us like Scrooge’s ghost.
And we all know what is invariably in store come season’s end for any club propping up the rest at Yuletide.
Some fans accused the manager of poor tactics against Arsenal by attacking from the outset and leaving ourselves open to their frightening counter thrusts. Sure enough, the speed with which they flooded the midfield leaving us outnumbered and vulnerable took the breath away, but there was nothing for us to gain by setting ourselves up based on caution and negativity.
The Gunners would have picked us off eventually regardless of our tactics but, had we managed to score in that opening half hour, maybe it would have developed into a more competitive game.
Arsenal haven’t won a trophy for a year or two and many of their own supporters will remain critical until they do, but they always take top marks for artistic impression. They were a treat to watch, painful though it was to see Wolves on the receiving end.
I can’t stand seeing us lose to anyone but as the game meandered to its inevitable outcome, my mind drifted back to 2003 and the 5-1 League Cup dismantling at Highbury when a scratch Gunners team picked off our geriatric plodders with the same sublime style they displayed in patches last Saturday.
I’m glad I was there that night because of how good was the football on display and, as much as anything this season, I truly am looking forward to our first trip to the Emirates in April.
But the league table does not tell lies – we are in this position because we deserve to be. We are there because we have squandered some massive opportunities especially at Molineux, due to our hesitancy and lack of belief.
Of course, we are short of real quality, but so are a number of teams sharing the lower depths of this league with us. The last thing we need to do is happily attach ourselves to the mantle of plucky, little underdog battling against overwhelming odds to earn a crust.
Stuff that – if we take that attitude and reinforce any sense of inferiority, then we really are on skid row. We are facing a vital end to 2009, and one home win in six attempts simply must not extend to one win in ten after Blues and the three teams from the North West have visited Molineux.
If Mick doesn’t like mention of that unassailable fact, then that’s just too bloody bad.
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The problem is teams such as Blues can go to Anfield and get a point, and should of been all 3. Wolves can’t. We have no quality. We have Doyle and that’s about it.
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Great article, can’t really add anything to that. But MMM they need to add to the squad in Jan.
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Tis the season
To be jolly fol a lol ala la la la come on ye Wolves.
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If I remember there were similar articles written in our 95 campaign that got of to real bad start.
Away Defeat 5-2 Blackburn
Charlton Home 4-0
chelsea home 4-o
fighting perforamance at Man U which we lost 1-O against the run of play–and so on with Glory against United at Home and a creditable draw aginst Liverpool.
AND SO on.
Who really writes this stuff I really do not know but lets see how the headlines will pan out up to Christmas.
Bottom at Xmas you will be relegated-Trendy line
We can do it –By one of our young guns.
What you write is predictable and I have to wonder if some of this reteric is written by people who actualy attend the same game.
We are playing some good football yes, our passing game is acurate and our fitness looks good BUT–The defence is inexperienced and lacks depth and experience- Forwards who cannot score- Doyle is our only glimmer of light.
Ok we have had some exiting matches but you have to look at the tactics and say–What did we play against the Arsenal 2-4-4- Some say yes but what I saw was basically a man to man match which lets face it-Against the Arsenal–Come on.
We need to dig-in play a defensive game and get dirty well lets say rough.. No good playing pretty football looks good but frankly–We aint going nowhere at the moment..but I keep the Faith–And hope for an improvement in our position… CrazeY Dave.
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sorry but we have championship manager and players
we have no prem class players it looks very bleak to me he is still putting square pigs in round holes some may come up to standard give time but
do not think we have it now should have2/6 more points. had picket best team,just hope i am wrong
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Spot on.
The next three home games are massive. We have to get nine points.
If we don’t, i’d like new players and a new manager in Jan.
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Lets face it MM is not up to manager and the Coaching staff are very poor, for the big boys league.
MM record 4 wins in 50 games bloody hell anyone could get that if given the chance. Just look and see we are a very poor prem team again. Time to get rid of MM and coaches and Moxey they have failed as simple as that.
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The sorry fact is that we don’t even look like winning… The 3 draws in a row looked ok, but if we look at the facts, we SHOULD have actually won against Everton, so was it really 2 points dropped…
Those 2 points would take us out of the bottom 3 now… It’s going to be a tight season, but we have ONLY played Arsenal once, still got ALL THE TOP teams to play…
Wolvesmod has it correct, Blues get a point at a below par Liverpool… Would have been nice to play them now!!!
We have to keep the faith, I was proud to hear the proper Wolves fans singing till the end on Saturday, lets just hope we keep singing to the end of the season.
Stay strong.
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i could be wrong but does anyone else think the team is better than where we are in the league?
I also have to question why we are playing players out of position, not kightly, no jarvis, (ok he’s not been great but he is a winger) , a centre back with left foot at right back and a right footed centre back at left back? why oh why?
and ok we attached against arsenal but we had 4 centre mids in the team ……….. i just dont get it ………… I do think we would of lost to arsenal anyway whatever team we put out and yes two own goals is a nightmare, i hope zubar got a right rollicking for the fould and then scoring an own goal!
i do question team selection though………
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We knew it was going to be tough – and it is. I wouldn’t have missed it for anything though. There’s loads of games left, twists and turns everywhere, and we have to keep the faith.
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sorry but mccarthey cant pick his nose he plays players out of position he picks the wrong taticts hes bought championship players its time for a decent manager to take over otherwise we will back in the numpty league…
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face it we went up in a sub standard chmpionship and now we have been found out, we are basically a top 6 championship playing and failing against the big boys . saturday was an embarresment
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Mick is being found out at the moment.
Too many players out of position.
Over complicating it tactically.
Too much tinkering with the side.
I think last years side would beat this years side. Last year we were slick and penetrating, out-worked the opposition and were confident in what we were expected to do.
If Mick plays fullbacks at fullback, wingers on the wings and doesn’t ask holding midfielders to become makeshift playmakers, we should be alright!
Time to up your game Mick.
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Wolvesmod – may be it also has something to do with the fact that Arsenal are currently on fire, whilst Liverpool are in the direst of dire spells ?
Or is that too optimistic for you ???
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I agree with the first comment. I was hoping that Bham would lose last night just so they wouldn’t start to break away from the relegation places. Would Wolves have got a point at Anfield – I doubt it – that is the difference.
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Mick needs to go back to basics as he is struggling to pick a team to compete at this level. Last year we were most effective with Big Chris and Ebanks up top and Jarvis and Kightly supplying the ammunition and playing in their correct position. Once he started to change it and mix players up there we had that long winless run.
Mick needs to do the simple things right;
- Work out his best team
- Play that team in every game in a settled formation and tactics
- No more square pegs in round holes
Assuming that Chelsea is a write-off the team for Birmingham should be;
Hennessey
Mancienne
Berra
Craddock
Stearman
Jarvis
Henry
Edwards
Kightly
Doyle
Hoff
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After all the guff about ‘learning our lessons from last time’ and AGAIN we have a team woefully under-strength to cope at this level.
Yes, we’ve made a better fist of it than last time BUT it’s still nowhere near good enough.
Scott Dann had a great game for Blues last night. A defender that we so deperately need and should’ve had if only the club was willing to pay Premiership wages. Maybe this is why nobody of any experience came in the summer. Tuncay, Hunt, Huth…
Championship players, management, ambition and wage structure = CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM.
Sold short AGAIN – not good enough.
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The result didn’t look good after the game but there were also alot of possitives. Personally I think we need to get foley back in the team as soon s possible and move zubar in at cb. Although i think hennessey is playing well atm, i think when Matt is fit to play he has got to go in goal. I’m not sure that edwards should be starting games. I wouldn’t mind seeing jarvis and kightly on the wings, we’ve got more chance of hitting teams on the break then. I also wouldn’t mind us going for Nicky shorey in january as we’re realy stuggling at LB. Keep the faith UTW
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I am beginning to wonder if we will ever be a premier side, we struggled last time and it looks like a struggle again, unless Mick brings in some experience at the back,and some one decent with premier experience to partner Doyle i can see more thrashings coming up and quick return to the Championship once more.
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January could be too late – if it was difficult to attract Prem quality, key players pre-season, it may prove to be even more difficult if we are (nearly) bottom of the league come Jan. More or less drastic measures are needed, if not for the Chelski match, then at least for the Blues match. Even if our defenders are a bit dodgy at times, the real challenge is in midfield and attack, because more goals are definitely needed to get more points. Doyle and Ebanks don’t seem to cut it playing together up front, and the Hoff hasn’t quite lived up to expectations either, Vokes out on loan, Iwelumo injured anyway. Maybe it’s worth a try to play Keogh alongside Doyle again, as this actually seemed to work quite well in some of the early matches. Also, the balance in midfield is a problem. We need some creativity and ability to shoot from mid/long distance, so Milijas should be given more chances IMO. Oh, and get Foley in as right back, and switch Zubar to left back (or eventually CH), to compete with Mancienne for that position.
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While I am not a MM fan (I never thought we would get promoted) we have to give him a chance. Forget the Arsenal result the next three home games will determine whether we stay in this division.You cannot criticise the players they are doing their best,the fact remains our wage billis one of the lowest in the division.As in our previous season in the premiership the manager has not been given sufficient funds to do the job.IMO the overall standard of teams is far higher than last time and the club has failed to recognise this.For that reason ,once again,the senior management have been lacking in coming to terms with the situation they faced once the club was promoted.Apart from Doyle and Hennessey we do not have any premiership players.
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What is frustrating is that they have not been prepared to go that bit extra in the transfer market.Despite all the scare stories it can make economic sense
to spend more in the transfer market,especially when the rewards for staying in the Prem are so great.If you buy quality you will have a better chance of getting your money back if you do get relegated.It is a question of ambition or lack of it really.
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We should buy Chris Brunt in the Jan window ,Millias looks slow and cost us on saturday.
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Moxley and Morgan will cost us our premiership status with football on the cheap,you have to have quality players and be prepared to pay the going rate.
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Well said 10 and 14 !
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Team for Blues and all home games..
Hennessey
Mancienne
Berra
Craddock
Stearman
Jarvis
Milijas
Castillo
Kightly
Doyle
Blake
Play milijas just behind the front two, and Castillo as the holding player.
I say week in week out Henry is not good enough and neither is Edwards. If they were so bloody good, we would be mid table, but they aren’t, they are at best, championship players.
Milijas is the captain of a world cup qualifying team. Come on get real, this guy is class but he’s an attacking midfielder not a holding player. Castillo knocks spots of Henry in every department.
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An excellent article. This guy talks real sense.
The facts are clear: we are on target to go down, there is no team in the League that looks less capable of staying up than ourselves, we have one genuinely Premiership class player and our manager’s record suggests that he is the weakest in the Premiership.
Against that, it is easy to be clever about the buys in hindsight. I did think Moxey was overly complacent when he said he was happy with the business done but lots of us were optimistic that the players brought in would make a squad capable of staying up.
Where to now?
1) Milijas needs to play whatever his other weaknesses because he looks the only player capable of creating scoring chances in the Premiership.
2)He needs to decide who his best defenders are and stick with them for eg six games so that they can play with a bit of confidence and understanding.
3) We have to hope his potential Premiership stars start delivering! Perhaps because they’ve been injured, they’re not up to speed but Kightly and SEB are being picked/ are playing only on reputation.
4) Put defenders on the line at corners
5) Start 4 5 1 even at home. Survival starts with clean sheets and we keep conceding first.
6) Buy established Premiership quality in January. Stoke survived last season because of hard work, great organisation and the acquisition of Beattie and Etherington in January.
7) Be humble enough to bring in a Terry Venables or Peter Reid for support. Managers who have been there and done it!It doesn’t have to be destabilising or an admission of defeat.
We can stay up but Plan A has failed. Let’s hope there’s a Plan B!
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What are you lot expecting from basically a championship team. Where once we were a big fish in a small pond, we are now a small fish in a very large pond thats going to get eaten alive most weeks. It’s no use hoping we are going to sign quality premiership players in January when we had 3 months before the start of the season and managed to sign only 3rd rate players not good enough for this league (exception possibly Doyle maybe?). Not taking points off our closest rivals is the thing that is going to hurt us the most, and unfortuneatly we are going to be in a lot of trouble by the time we get round to xmas. So much for Mr Moxey’s promise that we will not do an Albion, but unfortuneatly we have and I don’t think our squad is a strong as their’s is now. sorry but that’s how I see it.
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26. Spot on with that team.
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1) Blues should have had all 3 points??? They only had 22% possession. Ok Liverpool had a dodgy penalty but Wolves have only had one piece of good fortune out of 6 pivotal decisions.
We must see of Blues and Bolton and can do. We will not get anything at Chelsea.
This is not all doom and gloom as the following sides are all in the mix with ourselves – Pompey, West ham, Hull, Blues, Blackburn, Bolton, Wigan and Burnley!
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JAKE ANTHONY RICHARDS 4 WOLVES MANAGER!!!!!!
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In 2003/2004 after 12 games Wolves had amassed 10 points (exactly the same start as this campaign). We eventually obtained 33 points, which was not good enough. The cold facts are that after the Chelsea game we will have 25 games left to play and will need to win 8 and draw 4 of those games. Thus we will need to win every 3rd game we play after Chelsea in order to stay up. Not wanting to be negative but this is already beginning to look like a tall order, given that we have only won 2 of 12 (or a 1 win in 6 ratio). Hopefully things will turn around, but we need at least 7 points from the next 3 home games plus the odd point away, just to keep in touch. Oh well, roll on Chelsea for the 8 am train to Euston and a few beers down the Kings Road before the match…think i’ll need them! Wolves FC forever !!
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well wrritten article, agree with most of the points by 27.
Can we not train as 10 aside with Miljas floating similar to gianvani at hull. Becos He cant defend, but is our best creative player.We dont look like scoring when he’s not on the pitch.
Also MM needs to look closely at Hennesey. He was at fault for the first goal. We have conceded some many goals from corners and free kicks, some from the keeper not coming out to take the cross, or punch clear.
One advantage of having MM and (Mclesh at B’ham) is that hes been through this before with Sunderland. That experience must make you stronger and wiser. When you look at Curbishley,and Steve Bruce who both managed relegated clubs and came back, they did much better 2nd time around.
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The more i see of Henry the more i think he is wasted as a holding midfielder. He seems to have far more time on the ball than anyone else and his pace in a defensive mode has been impressive. Surely those qualities would be better deployed where they can do damage.
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34.. The more I see of Henry, the more I think hes not just wasted, but actually, a complete waste of space.
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34 The more I see of Henry, the more I wish I’d taken football more seriously as a kid
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Good article. Despite the good movement in the opening 20 minutes or so against Arsenal, I fail to see how this was a positive line up and, with the exception of SEB’s half-chance, couldn’t see us scoring. Like someone else has said, I think that last year’s side was better by far and, call me naive if you like, but I really do believe that we should play to our strengths – with Jarvis and Kightly both flying down the wings – than overly concern ourselves primarily with combatting the strengths of other teams.
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16. Bobwolf
For once i have to agree with bobwolf. But so far this season Kightly has been awful and Jarvis limited. We need to widen pitch and give us back our wingers.
Fair enough it reduces area for opposition, but why limit 2 of your best assets and providers of balls in the box.
You soon get found out playing Route one football and we can’t even do that (Doyle v Everton exempt)
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I still believe we can stay up. I wish they would start having a go at goal from outside the box instead of always trying to walk it in. If you watch other premiership sides if the goal is in sight does not matter whether they are striker oror not shoot. Have a go and the surprise elelement will get past the goalkeeper. We have alalso got stop passing the ball without looking up and see who you are passing it to. When the players do this we are a threat. Too many balls are ending up on the oppositions feet and then we have to fight to get it back. You cannot dispute the lads work rate, and attitude and the will to want to do well but ball,foot, look, pass comes to mind but what do I know I am only a woman.
MM will keep us up there in him I have faith.
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Never mind S Ward will be back, thats been our problem another crap player to join the ranks.
MM just could not pick his nose.
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Muppet Mick has to go before jan to give us any chance of survival this season!.
Muppet Mick out and take Connor,Keogh and Henry with you on the way.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I’ve watched most of the games now on Sky in New Zealand, and it seems we’ve worked out how to stop teams playing to their full potential against us (credit here must go to the midfield four), but our biggest problem seems to be building attacking play, sitting in the oppositions half, controlling the pace of the game, using the wings, close touch passing, constant movement (here the midfield is the biggest problem I think). We’ve been guilty of silly goals and some really bad luck, but to me the problem lies with the front six. Apart from Dave Edwards I’m not seeing anywhere near the same attacking mobility as you see with the top teams. We just don’t look like we can break anyone down.
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Doe’s anyone know if you widen the pitch during the season ? Because in my opinion weve shot ourselves in the foot by narrowing it so much. We are most creative when stretching teams with our wingers at pace!
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Four things we lack:
1) Quality
2) Experience
3)Good manager
4) Ambition
This will be our downfall, when we had so much to build on last season, all that has been lost due to the ineptitude of the 3 wise monkeys, McCarthy, Morgan & Moxley. These mistakes will be plain to see by Christmas.
I hope I am wrong!! C’mon Wolves!!
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26 The right line up. Make the changes McCarthy, cause it aint working!!
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there are only a coule of things we need at the club , some supporters with guts, and the ability not to start crying like little girls when the going gets tough, utw chelsea 1 wwfc 2
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It is painfully obvious that what WWFC lack is Premiership EXPERIENCE. That includes the manager.
There is only one player in the squad with Premieship experience and that is Doyle. Even his is limited. Mr McCarthy has even less than Doyle and his lack of nous is so painfully obvious, not only by his playing style/method but also his player purchases. Each week he states we did well for 30mins. A game lasts 90+ minutes Mr McCarthy. I am afraid I cannot name one player in the existing squad that any other Premiership team would purchase. Can anyone think of one?
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A very good article, and fair I think.
The problem I see with Wolves right now is that despite all our strikers, none of them really look like scoring. And to win you need to score goals. You need a striker that can make a goal out of nothing and we don’t have that person right now. Ebanks Blake is half asleep most of the time, sluggishly dragging himself along the pitch looking sorry for himself like the world owes him something. He needs to up his work rate. Same for Kightly … he needs to stop talking big and start putting on the magic we know he can. Both these players have been just shadows of what they were last year.
I sort of agree with wolvesmod: to me it’s not about why can Blues hold Reds, but it is more that I have no doubt that if Wolves played Reds instead of Pool yesterday, same time, same circumstances, we would have lost!
We are not taking our chances to win and we are playing too openly and too naively. I’m sorry, but everyone is going on about how well we played against Arsenal for the first 30 mins … I disagree. The way we played for the first 30 mins was exactly why we got hammered.
We cannot keep playing naive open football like we did in the championship, and get Craddock caught 2 on 1 on the counter by 2 of Arsenal’s best! It’s ridiculous.
Don’t tell me Burnley and Blues are that much better than Wolves. I think the main difference is that they have players who can score and we don’t. And when you have players that can score you don’t have to play all-out everyone up to attach kind of football. You can play more solidly because you know your strikers will take their chances when they get them.
Contrary to most, though, I do think we have one thing over Blues and Burnley … a young and talented team upon which we can build a rosy future. But before the future comes the present, and at present they need to do much, much better to survive.
They need to learn much quicker, work much harder, defend better, focus and score more goals. Easier said than done? Well, Burnley don’t seem to think so. They’re doing it!
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Truth about Wolves,,, just not good enougth,,poor team selections,poor tactics,WELL MICK MCARTHY SHOULD RESIGN!! He simply is not good enougth to manage in the Premiership,, couldnt keep Sunderland up in the Premieship,didnt have any money to buy the players he wanted,,had money at the wolves thou!!As for the owner,how much did the club cost him to buy? Well he made a nice profit didnt he,,JUST BUSINESS I SUPPOSE!! Why is it when you watch Wolves you now they have to score twice to at least get some sort of result,,Mick might have been a good defender back in the day but his teams wht he puts out dont defend very good. If Mr Morgan got any ambition,, and tht means spending some of tht £60 million,,get a proper FOOTBALLING MANAGEMENT IN,,,, my choice would be KEVIN KEEGAN AND DENIS IRWIN TO WORK ALONG SIDE HIM,,
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true wolves little boys cry as well but i know what you mean. Having been to all the home matches and I have only missed two away matches Man C and Man U, I will never understand why fans don’t come back after half time. If they were true fans they would stick with them through thick and thin and any fan that left at half time at Stoke bet your kicking youself now. Remember its a game of two halves.
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I hate to say it as I like Mick and he deserves his shot at keeping us up – but the best signing we could make in the new year would be Alan Curbishley IMO.
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26,
You put forward a flawed argument re- Milijas in the fact that coz he plays for a team that qualified for the world cup he will be good enough in the Prem.
Okowronko played for Nigeria who got to the world cup quater finals & he was usless in the prem.
Now I aint saying Milijas is usless, just he just isn’t fit enough at the moment to impact a game over 90 mins & the last 2 weekends have been a great example of that.
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Becoming disillusioned with the manipulation of football, finding myself drifting away from the game.
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The muppets who still thin k that we will survive in the Premiership need to take a reality check.
We are heading down just like the boggies last season. No more than we deserve with the side and the management we have. OK in the Championship, but no hope in with the big boys.
Get a reality check and get used to being bottom of the Premiership, because that is where we will be in a few weeks time.
The only question now is how long Thick Mick can hang on to his job, before Mr Morgan moves to protect his investment.
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If Mr Morgan has any bottle and ambition for the club, he will give Mr Muppet until Christmas. Chelsea aside, any less than 6 points from the three games after Chelsea and he should be on his bike. Hopefully the new manager will kick ass, get rid of the useless coaching staff and we may have a chance of staying up. Not hopeful though.
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can’t help feeling that mick’s been guilty of foresaking the very strengths that took us up. existing players were always likely to have individual shortcomings exposed at this level, why make things worse by continually changing line ups/formations? and how many of the players brought in are really any better than those we already had at our disposal? yes, three wins must be the minimum requirement before the turn of the new year; and i don’t think it unreasonable to set this as the criteria on which the manager’s own performance/position should be judged
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This is a hard one – are we playing the best players we have week in week out?
There are lots of things that go on behind the scene that we can’t see, injuries, confidence, personal issues, management issues, contract issues etc.
But if we are not putting the best available 11 on the field every week from the squad of player we have available, I want to know why.
Are the current team up for the challenge, after watching most games (on the box) I would have to say no, simple – you have to score goals to win games and we don’t look like doing it. When we get to the last third of the pitch there are no creative ideas on what should happen next, the players have no idea.
Now I don’t blame the players as I am sure that they are doing the best with what abilities that they have, don’t get me wrong they are giving 101% and you can never ask more than that. It is the quality of player that the club has is the issue, the management and manager are responsible for this, NOT the players.
From their point of view this is a business and what do businesses do – try to make profits. Show me a business that makes losses and I can show you what happens to them in the end – time will catch up with them one way or the other.
Maybe we should have signed better players, but players will only come to the club if they want to, you can’t force them to come. I’m sure players were approached and turned the offer down.
Your can’t blame MM for all of the problems, you can only work with what you have, and do the best you can. You can’t say he sits on the sideline disinterested in what is happening on the pitch.
It is simple the squad we currently have isn’t good enough, we just don’t look like scoring, or even being a danger to score.
When the transfer window opens – if you were a player, would you be willing to sign with Wolves ???
I hope that I am proved wrong, and we stay up, but with my hand on my heart I don’t think it is going to happen – so come on MM and the management team surprise me – Please.
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Mad Mick says he left Big George in the firing long for too long. Well Mick we could have told you that when he was at fault for the everton goal “ball watching”, at fault at villa “ball watching” Stoke “out paced and paniced” So basically Mick you Buggest we could have gleaned an additional 4 points by your stubborness of not droppping a player who is low on confidende and form. Same manager same mistakes! I am a Wolves fan through and through but I am not a Mick fan, he made me eat my words I do hope for Wolves sake he makes me eat humble pie again. We GOT to win against Bolton, Blues, Burnley nothing less will mean bottom at christmas and relegation. I just dont think I can cope going to Doncaster again!!!
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Read the above article and totally agree. 17. u r spot on mate. I admire the comments of fans saying support the team n management come what may, but we have to be realistic and wake up n smell the coffee!!!!! as 49. stated its business isn’t it Mr Morgan & Moxey?!!!! Transfer rumours state wolves are looking at yet again bargin basement players! are they preparing for the drop? Bet you doyle will be out of molinuex quicker than a rat out of an aqueduct when we drop! like i said before we need a complete overhaul at the sacred ground n there is only one way to do it folks and that is by fan power!!!!!! we want to see a successful team at molinuex and a management n board that dont try to pull the wool over our eyes with spin!!!!!!!!
Kepp the faith folks!
Up the wolves.
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