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Monday 12th November 2007, 11:28AM GMT.
Frustrated Mick McCarthy has called for a “culture change” among Wolves fans as he confronts the dreaded ‘Molineux factor’ head on.
Wolves notched a nervy win against Barnsley but McCarthy was concerned that a significant minority in the Molineux crowd briefly turned on the team as they tried to kill off the game.
He believes the frustrations of the fans spilled onto the pitch and nearly cost Wolves a much needed three points.
Now he is calling for Wolves fans to shed their image as difficult to please and replicate the support they showed the team last season.
“Is there a chance to change the whole culture of every single football club? I don’t think so,” he said.
“But I’m just asking for it here, because the players don’t half put a shift in, everybody should be proud of them and I know the fans appreciate it.”
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Frustrated Mick McCarthy has called for a “culture change” among Wolves fans as he confronts the dreaded ‘Molineux factor’ head on.
Wolves notched a nervy win against Barnsley but McCarthy was concerned that a significant minority in the Molineux crowd briefly turned on the team as they tried to kill off the game.
He believes the frustrations of the fans spilled onto the pitch and nearly cost Wolves a much needed three points.
Now he is calling for Wolves fans to shed their image as difficult to please and replicate the support they showed the team last season.
“Is there a chance to change the whole culture of every single football club? I don’t think so,” he said.
“But I’m just asking for it here, because the players don’t half put a shift in, everybody should be proud of them and I know the fans appreciate it.
“At the end of the game it could have gone pear shaped and a bit of noise in a positive manner could have helped us.
“We’re not going to play well all the time but sometimes we need that support and encouragement when the game is on rather than frustration.
“I don’t know how you change that mentality but if, when we got a corner, we’re raising the roof with ‘Hi Ho Wolverhampton’ it might be a lot easier than frustration.”
Vice captain Karl Henry felt Wolves should be praised for becoming more ruthless. He feels the Molineux men had to learn how to close out matches after last season. “Everyone could sense the frustration around the place. We should have been two, three or four nil up by the end but it wasn’t to be.
“It is difficult for us to cope with. We know our supporters are as passionate as any supporters in the country – they want us to score goals and attack but we have maybe been a bit too end-to-end at times.”
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The players are giving 100%, lets make sure ALL of us do aswell
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WELL SAID MICK! ALL THIS TALK OF”I PAY MY MONEY, SO I’LL HAVE A POP IF I WANT,” ETC, ETC, IS SELFISH AND DELUSIONAL. WE ARE ALL HUMAN.SIR LAWRENCE OLIVIER ADMITTED TO NEVER HAVING CONQUERED STAGE FRIGHT COMPLETELY. IF THE GREATEST ACTOR OF ALL TIME CAN FAULTER UNDER HUMAN SCRUTINY, IS IT SUPRISING OUR YOUNG LADS CAN BE FRAGILE. GET BEHIND THE TEAM AND KEEP THE DE-ENERGISING NEGATIVITY OUT OF THE MOL.
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I was at the match, sitting pitch side, with young children nearby, and too be honest the only negative aspect they picked up on was Big Mick and his childish response to the crowd!! Foul mouthed and agressive body language on numerous occassions, great example, best way to show the fans how to re-act? Not!
I think as manager of the club he should maybe lead by example, no point in crying about the fans if he can’t control his own emotions.
After all, he has all week with the team, the fans have only match days. Maybe more time spent managing your emotions Mick, after all there is enough happening on the pitch to keep your eyes on, or is that becoming too much of a challenge for you?
Team played well, did not look as if they would concede, Darren Ward spent most of the day stopping the opposition with his head, and using his head well when they needed to pass out of defense, was well supported by Craddock, Collins & Foley they look like a combination that will get stronger and stronger, stick with it, and do your job Mick, its the fans job to provide feedback on a saturday!
Sadly, it will not always be positive, but by staying positive yourself there is some hope, by re-acting you provide them with the response they want, rise above it and rise up the table and you may just find it disappears to a large degree, but it will always be there, just like dodgy offsides, questionable penalties and players in the treatment room.
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yet again Mick has got it `crack on`..we all want whats best for our team so the fans who can get edgey need to accept what Mick is trying to say and take on board his comments…it will help everybody if you do…UP THE WOLVES
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i agree that we should get behind the team but emotion and passion over flows and weve all shouted stuff on the terraces in frustration but i ask this, is it alright for mick mccarthy to come out and air his views in the e & S??? doesnt that effect the team / individual player in the same sort of way?
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I think MM showed some real B**LS to have a go at the crowd, and I for one have even more respect for him now. I totally agree with him and a change in the fans approach to the run of play is needed. After all we were winning 1-0 and we some of the fans still moaned. I no people will say ‘I pay my money I’m allowed to have a go’, or words to that effect. But and the end of the day want is going to help the team more booing, moaning etc. or a good sing of ‘we are wolves’ or ‘hi – ho Wolverhampton’, if you were playing what would you prefer to hear? I Know what would lift me more.
Fair play MM
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I was at the match, sitting pitch side, with young children nearby, and too be honest the only negative aspect they picked up on was Big Mick and his childish response to the crowd!!
Foul mouthed and agressive body language on numerous occassions, great example from a role model, best way to show the fans how to re-act? Not!
I think as manager of the club he should maybe lead by example, no point in crying about the fans if he can’t control his own emotions.
After all, he has all week with the team, the fans have only match days. Maybe more time spent managing your emotions Mick, after all there is enough happening on the pitch to keep your eyes on, or is that becoming too much of a challenge for you?
Team played well, did not look as if they would concede, Darren Ward spent most of the day stopping the opposition with his head, and using his head well when they needed to pass out of defense, was well supported by Craddock, Collins & Foley they look like a combination that will get stronger and stronger, stick with it, midfield is missing a bit of pace on the counter attack, plus in seeing a quick pass.
Do your job Mick, its the fans job to provide feedback on a saturday,if you rise above it and rise up the table you will find that most of it will disappear, it will always be part of the game, just like dodgy free kicks, offsides and poor half time entertainment.
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Grow up its all part of the game, go and work on a building site for £250 – £350 P/W if you cant take the pressure, thats why you and the players are paid very good wages for.
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A lot of the fans react to what they believe to be poor team selection and dodgy subs [well documented in these columns] and during the game they see that maybe they are right in their critisisms, alot of their anger is then directed at the manager Not the players.They wonder if the manager is watching the same game as they are.I feel sorry for the players who he selects who are obviously not good enough,they sometimes get the stick when it should be the person responsible for putting them on the pitch.Sometimes it pays to listen Mick but somehow I dont think you will!
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i didnt hear booing?
i heard groans when we missed sitter after sitter
the only time we moaned was when they was inviting pressure
but i didnt hear any booing
i think its better contructing your voices behind the team, but sometimes the team need to know they playing crap i.e 2nd half other day, if we sing n back them, theyll just keep doing what they doing and lets face it we played top 16 side come end of season they would have least scored one past us
back the lads, dont boo, but understand sometimes they need a bloody rollocking
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We need to start putting teams away. If we had taken half the chances we had in the fist half we would have won at a canter and there would have been no negativity to comment on!
So Mick… You work on the teams inability to hit the net and the fans will be right behind you!
To be honest it was only the last 5 mins where there was any moaning anyway.
PS What about last season when we lost 6-0 at home to promotion rivals Southampton and the fans were still singing your name at the end Mick! Short memories me thinks!!!
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I am staggered that wolves fans on saturday were dissatisfied with 3 pts and the manner we got them, ok the side isnt firing on all cylinders but we are not far away for givin teams a right good tonking. The only thing I would say is too drop Ward and play Jarvis, also the midfiled still needs abit more creativity. Left back, still sommat to look at but I am happy with been where we are this stage of the season. Where is the support we had last season especially the 0-6 thumping by soton, the atmosphere was amazing, it seems fans have forgotten that!
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When will McCarthy stop prattling on about putting shifts in and start focusing on winning with a bit of quality. This is the route to bigger crowds and the support he seeks.
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ps im not going to cheer people names n back the team all game when people like steven ward miss sitter after sitter what am i supposed to do shout theres only one stephen ward? n when idiots like darren ward under hit backpasses in blinkin 90th min
thats why i dont cheer all game because these players need a flaming shoe kicked up their arses
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11 great point on saints game
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Yes I think the fans should grow up and suport the team, they spend more time with we hate albion chants than we love wolves, who cares about albion they are just another team we need to take points off. When the team is under pressure we need to back them like we did against Southampton last year then you would see them respond.
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i wish that the supporters who stayed away last season would continue to do so instead of getting on the backs of a good but inexperienced side . anyone that has played the game knows just how importantand self confidence is . if a few thousand people tell you you re rubbish … errr whats going to happen . this is wolves not brazil . WE HAD A GOOD SEASON WITHOUT THE MOANERS LAST YEAR . DO US A FAVOUR … STAY AWAY !!
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Mick can do my shift and il do his. He seems to like shifts.
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I for one have never booed at a game – it never helps BUT – come on Mick, do not make a rod for your own back by criticizing fans who are not stupid. Lets get things in perspective here – if it hadn’t been for the intervention of the lady linesperson, we would have been talking yet again about another game where we dominated but drew the game. We can’t keep doing that – yes, we should have beaten Watford – yes we should have beaten Bristol City, yes we should have beaten Sheffield United, yes we should have beaten Southampton and so on…..trouble is we didn’t! All for the same reasons – lack of clinical final ball or poor finishing, coupled with a tendency to give it away defensively towards the end of the game – and we nearly did it all over again on saturday! So come on Mick – understand the fans frustrations for what they are. The backing has been there since you started and is still there, but you risk losing the fans by these types of outburst. Dave Jones used to blame the fans regularly for the team’s shortcomings………….
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Cant agree that players are fragile – what are we dealing with here – pampered poodles?
Professional means exactly that – these lads/ men should be busting a gut to play a sport they get well paid to play
MM stated that he feels frustrated, the players are frustrated and the fans are frustrated – WELL Isnt the best answer to shut up the small minority of boo boys to simply go out there and show everyone what they are made of?
The problems on the field of play are with the players and tactics
We cant finish off teams and cant score more than one goal in most games – yet last season we created oodles of chances but could not put them away – So its now the fans fault? A few boo boys who should know better catch the attention of MM and theres the answer – the fans putting pressure on the players!!! For goodness sake – Old Chestnut MM
Tactics are far too predictable – we go out and huff and puff for twenty minutes or so and then maybe score 1 goal – Second half run out of steam and ideas as Kites has nothing left to give – What about the other 10 players in the same team MM?
If we are to use wingers why not use TWO of them – wide Right And Left – Give the opposition a torrid time and spray their box with crosses and passes from BOTH wings – making our strikers get in and scrap it out with their defence? No team likes it up em!!!
Try something different MM – Use your players better than you are – or get rid of them!!!
The thing that de energises/ demoralises players is the fact that they see all their running around like headless chickens count for nothing when the other team get the ball and equalise
Work rate is great if you can put the ball in the back of the net more times than the opposition can – Look at what Ipswich did to Bristol City – maybe MM should show the players a video of the game and they can learn something from it!!!
Dont agree with Boo Boys BUT a small minority shouldnt be used as an excuse by MM – Whos next Moxey with his tuppence worth about fans pressure?
Get a grip MM – Pressures on and you need to come up with fresh ideas and results to show it
We got 3 points Staurday Well done NEXT!!!
Dont use the fans as an excuse!!!
UP THE WOLVES!!!
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12 Agree the fans should support the team and the manager,Also the midfield definitely needs sorting out .We got the win thats all that matters
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At the end of the day, everyone is entitled to an opinion whether you pay and watch a game or listen to your club on the radio. If the fans want to express their views, whether it be positive or negative then they can, and if the negatives provail then it is obviously the overiding consensus from the crowd.
As fans we want the the best for our club, we want to see the premiership again, watching big teams at molineux and Wolves succeeding as they deserve too. But to keep hearing the same old story “Wolves dominated but couldnt finish the game off” is not a good shift, and the pride and passion of the wolves fans simply express their frustration.
Maybe we should all sit there with a cup of tea in our china mugs shouting ‘bravo’ every now again and keeps things civil!
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firstly – bothroyd
secondly – craddock
then it was eastwood – and now its the blinking fans .
i believe the frustration of the players spilled onto the terraces.
its a poor excuse to blame the fans whilst trying to cover your own back with playing certain favoured players in wrong positions
- as for the wolves fans having an image problem – isn,t that the kettle calling the pot black .
one things for sure – the fans will still be there in ten years time as they were there ten years ago.
at least we can say without any doubt that the wolves mean everything to us – we live and breath the old gold and black through thick and thin and through the highs and the lows and we will have our say .
and finally , no , we will not change cause afterall ” we are the greatest supporters the world as ever seen ” cause were wolverhampton wanderers .
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i really thought we had changed last seaosn!! i was really looking forward to going to the wolves every game this season! we did chant his name but only the south bank!! get out of the mould of we are under achievers and STOP SAYING we been let down so many times! we are not the wolves team of the 90′s this a YOUNG BRITISH wolves team(something we have wanted for years)! who are desperate to do well for us! we ahve quality through out but they have not gelled yet!! and we are still 6th! we would of took taht at teh start of last season surely! appreciate what MM has done! this team is our present and future lets get behind the team!!
we aren’t playing well btu still picking up points lost 1 in 10! these teams win the league!!
SUPER SUPER MICK SUPER SUPER MICK SUPER SUPER MICK SUPER MICK MCCARTHY!
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Totally agree with Wolves 81
Wolves fans d’ont want to moan but when you are hanging on with 5 mins left when the game should have been killed off what do you expect ? Its alright for McCarthy to moan and groan at the team but people show anxiety in different ways and I think McCarthy’s been waiting to have a pop. Just concentrate on the team and not having to invent a punt ready for the press release.
Well done Wolves anyway and us fans will be hear to the end. Can you say that about managers ??
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Without the supporters what is the club??
People have a right to put over their opinions, whether that be good or bad.
What do people want….to cheer the lads on when there passing goes astray and is wasteful (cheering bravo as another post put it)…or to give ‘em an almightly rollicking so that they pull their socks up.
I for one did not hear any boos on saturday, just frustrated fans sighing and shouting in anger at a woeful final 10 minutes….
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said it before muppet mick, you sort the problem of putting the ball into the net finish the opposition off and the so called booing (all 5 mins of it) will not materialise. otherwise keep the excuses in doors and dont air it with the e&s,
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Using the fans reaction is a poor excuse, when Mick himself is getting frustrated with his players during a game, the players invite the crowds reaction by playing to defensively, we are paying all these peoples wages and they should deliver a performance.
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It was 3 points. it wasn’t entertaining and we (the fans) got nervous – probably stems from seeing too many games lost or drawn when we should have won easily over the years.
Once the game was over, most people were saying, “Oh well, its another three points” but its difficult to let the players know that at 5.00pm.
Unfortunately football is an emotional game, and occasionally we let these emotions go.
If we stuff a one-nil win every week until May, then we’ll all be chuffed to bits, but don’t expect fans to sing and cheer when they are watching a centre forward try to keep the ball in the corner.
And to all the people moaning about the moaners – I didn’t hear you singing and cheering much during the last 15 minutes on Saturday. The best way to drown out the moaners is to make yoursef heard more.
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Mick will need to get out and speak to the fans to explain – cant beat the personal touch, arrange a few meets. This is a young team and will only grow in confidence and strength by showing support in the RIGHT WAY, not by moaning all the time. To get up the table we do need to get the finishing aspect right though and it will come in time, but not by crap supporters moaning. There does need to be a culture change, but this will only happen if two way communication takes place between the management and fans.
WE WILL GET THERE. MM IS DOING A GOOD JOB!!!!! :-)
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the reason for the anguish of the crowd in the dying minutes of the game saturday was the time wasting tactics that nearly got an equalising goal scored against us. to have a corner and then play the ball all the way back to our centre half who short passed it back to the goalkeeper who hit the ball against an attacker for the ball to loop skywards towards our goal, that was why we were anxious. do not blame the fans for the players supidity. we played well for the first 45mins and then ouch!!! shot ourselves in the foot and i;m sorry mm as the manager has to shoulder the responsibility for the players he picks and the way they play its always the mol faithful that get the blame. no more excuses do properly what you get paid to do!!!!!
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Was it just me, or were people who were there saturday just begging for someone to shoot!
I was having a go, ill admit it! my only arguement though was the fact players would look to run the ball in or walk it in rather than try and shoot! players seemed to be just passing the blame and not taking things upon themselves to get us ahead!
I think MM was wrong for 1 reason, the family enclosure is just that, and venting his anger at those is wrong, im sure most of the noise was from the North and south bank, go over there MM and see the reaction you’d get!
Stop all this moaning MM and concentrate on the training pitch how we can score more goals!!
up the wolves
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spot on comment 16- roy
i was meant to say but forgot all i heard all game is we hate albion chants, i heard pro wolves songs about 4times anti wba about 20times
i know we got them next game, but worry about that if we were say 3-0 goals up not 1-0 and leave it to the wba game
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Bham ‘fans’ are masters of attacking innocent fans from rival clubs, especially Villa. They seem to be proud of it too, even their so-called real fans.
The abuse Agbonlahor received during the game was shocking – fortunately he had the last laugh with the goal-line clearance and the winner.
Come-on FA – dock them points and lets be done with them and the continuous stream of excuses they offer in these circumstances.
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fair play criticising the fans for moaning if we were in the PREMIER but we are in the championship aka the old 2nd division and its a poor league.we should be running away with it.
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Too right, but aren’t all the moaners the ones who sit at home listening to it on the radio?
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Reality check for the boo boys. 5th in the league!!! To be fair i wasn’t there at the weekend but from what i’ve read we peppered their goal a fair bit in the first half! Yes we were shit in the second half but (and i know its a cliché) but anyone can beat anyone in this league, so is it any surprise the Barnsley had a go in the second half??
All this molinuex factor stuff makes me laugh. This comes up again and again regardless of players, owners and mangers, so clearly its the fans that create this situation. The way i see it if we as the fans have that much power then surly we could use that to our advantage and support and cheer the team on. Surly that would then turn the molinuex factor from a negative one in to a positive one!!
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I could spark the debate of ‘we pay our money so we can moan’ but I wont. Mick is right, this young team will thrive on support!
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MICK.. WOLVES FANS LOVE TO MOAN..I’VE BEEN TO MATCHES WHERE WE HAVE BEEN TOP OF THE LEAGUE AND WINNING 1-0 AT HALF TIME AND THE FANS HAVE HAD A GOOD OLD BOO AS THE PLAYERS HAVE WALKED OFF THE PITCH!
We have to accept we are a young team and are still learning. Also it doesn’t matter how much you are paid, if you are gettin booed you are less likely to play well.
We are making ourselves a laughing stock…I know a fair few baggies fans that just know us as a bunch of wingers!
So lets stop shooting ourselves in the foot and get behind the team come rain or shine!
up the wolves!
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Me thinks he doth protest to much
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I must disagree with MM on this one. IMO the fans were totally behind the team on Saturday but inevitably the nervous finale crept in with our continual wastefulness in front of goal. MMs body language and bottle throwing wouldn’t exactly inspire the players with any confidence although it’s his passion that has so endeared him to the fans. I believe it is only a matter of before everything clicks and somebody gets a good hiding at Molineux.
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i was persoally pleased with Saturday, i thought we played some good stuff and created plenty, we won, did everyone forget that? i would take one nil win every game, there will always be 10 minutes where the opposition have a go at 1-0 down no matter who you play, and i sat in the south bank and did hear some boos at full time!
just a thought on midfield, is the reason henry and oli are so deep and not creating much due to the fact they realise the defence is prone to mistakes so they try to cover for them?
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17 london wolf, i have sat in same seat in south bank this year as last, and im sorry the same people still sit round by me as last year so i dont think its the old ones coming back!
think MM needs to look at how he acts on the sidelines and wonder why we get wound up, hes only been here a year, we have had years of watching wolves teams take us through the mill with performances on saturday!!
as i read earlier, good managers come and go, MM is good, but he wont be here forever, the fans will! All we wanted saturday was to keep the pressure on, take a shot and actually try to kill the game off, this didnt happen!
I agree with MM we have a great young team who fight for the cause, but as i said, if he gets annoyed and balls and shouts……then im afraid so are we!!
as for the comments on songs, why not at the next home game, you stand up and start a song, seems to be the same crowd in the south bank doing this week in, week out, how about you start one and show how its done!!??
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This is the most optimistic i’ve felt about Wolves in tears. Good young and improving team. Manager who wont accept less than 100%. owner with money to spend. Yes, we do lack quality, and that is why our approach play is not being reflected in more dominant wins. I was just as frustrated listening on the net in NY, to what appeared to be negative play in the last quarter. This type of display is inevitable as it is not possible to dominate for 90 mins. Confidence is important. If it was an infinate resource strikers would take all their chances and no one would ever have a bad game.That’s why some people in Wolvo support Liverpool, Man U, and Chelsea.
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Have i missed something here?
3 Points, a win, and all hell breaks loose.
I could understand it if things where going wrong, but as far as i can see the Wolves are grinding out results.
Not a great advert for the club when the manager comes out and has a go about the fans.
I like MM, but i think someone at the club should put him on a PR course. He needs to understand the ramifications of his public outbursts.
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MM needs to realise the fans do get behind the team.We turn up every week to support them.
Perhaps if mm got his team selections right and had actually bought a striker who could score goals then we may kill teams off a bit earlier and hence the crowd being more positive with their support.
MM get’s paid a lot of money to do his job.Which should be to put out a team that play’s good football and has player’s who can score goals.Not just run round like headless chickens.
So MM if you had actually bought a decent striker in the summer and play our best player’s week in week out then you might find we play better and win more comfortably and then you will see wolves fans singing their hearts out. It’s the same at every club MM.Team plays well then the crowd respond positvely. Team play’s poor and struggle to beat lesser teams on regular occasions then you will get a negative reponse.
Don’t blame the crowd, give us something positive to shout and sing about.
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Cheeky b******.
Players putting a shift in is not good enough MM, these players are paid big bucks to do their jobs (which comes out of supporters pockets) and that means scoring goals if you’re a striker! not running round like a headless chicken.
If we turned up for work put a shift in and didn’t do what we were paid for we’d be sacked. Try living in the real world
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Wolves fans have always been the best in the country but there is an ever present small minority who will moan no matter how well we play. I wish they would stay away. But who took the decision to take the last two corners short and keep the ball there? This is not what we pay £20+ to see
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we8wba.. you said a few times “i didn’t hear booing” then you say,
“back the lads, dont boo, but understand sometimes they need a bloody rollocking”
So you didn’t hear it buy you’re telling the fans not to… mmm
I think you heard it really… you muppet.
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It might be the fact that you win 1 0 instead of 2 or 3.A win is a win but look at Derby this season.They had the same 1 0 mentality similar to when we had Megson in charge if you cant score in this division youi got no chance should you get promoted.MM is playing the same way as when Sunderland got promoted, may get you out the division but no chance of survival and your fans can see this.
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I think it’s a bad sign when a manager reacts in such a way to his own supporters!
I was at the match on saturday and Barnsley were a very poor team and we didn’t finish them off.
Plainly and simply,I think MM lost it altogether,maybe HE’S NOT UP FOR THE FIGHT?
The real problem with MM is that he only likes his own opinion and Wolves fans won’t stand for that,especially as we have a very intelligent set of supporters.
As a matter of fact I think MM wants to bring Potter back into the team and we want to know what’s wrong with Jarvis and what plans has he got for Mark Davies??
MM has got quite a few things
wrong.Also MM’s philosophy about hard work and football? well hard work without quality will win you absolutely NOTHING!!!
We will support you MM but if we disagree and you are to stubborn to change things then we will let you know.
WOLVES FOREVER !!!!!!!!!
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Maybe we can have a moaner enclosure with double glazed windows to drown there drivel out or give them a a compulsory lolli pop to suck on or even a dummy.
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I have to say that the support and atmosphere coming from the mol over the internet sounds very good.the South Bank in particular try to keep it going all game.
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It is funny how some fans are having a go at the 2,000-3,000 extra fans that have turned up this season, i thought that MM was having a go at the regulars in the BW stand not the South Bank. Also wasn’t MM to me looked more frustrated with his players than the fans.
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I have a better idea, why don’t the fans stay and Mick departs.
We will all be here after he’s long gone.
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Think it’s a bit rich Mick having ago at the fans, he was on there backs all game, fans were only replicating what his body language was portraying, I for one always support the team and never boo, but the frustration came from the fact that although everyone was working there socks off in the second half, once Bothroyd and Kightly departed we just ran out of ideas, wasn’t helped by Mick’s negative substitutions, why oh why when fit is Stephen Ward always selected, oh sorry I remember he puts in a good shift, pity he can’t put in a half decent cross. Not my usual policy to question the bosses selections but some of them are waring a bit thin.
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i didnt hear booing saturday, im telling fans not to boo though
i.e hull game there were boo’s and in leicester game away i heard them
but not saturday
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i put a 48hr shift in this week to be able to afford to go to the match – so i think we can safely say mm – we all put our shifts in and we all would like a little appreciation – but thats life .
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People
Not a swipe, just an observation.
If a foriegner, with no knowledge of the English game, read these pages
he could be forgiven for thinking
Wolves were struggling at the wrong end of the table.
Yet againt despite victory,
negative undertones undermine the fact that you are doing well.
It pains me to say this, because i quite like Mick,
but i`m afraid he is the architect of much of the negativity.
He is crying wolf (no pun intended)
too often,
it`s almost looking for the reasons
before the event,
the Eastwood saga, the my players are tired from travelling nonsense,
and now urging fans to change,
what tripe.
From what i understand Wolves should have been long gone in the first half,
then it got a bit tense late in the game, with a few audible groans at misplaced passess,
that is a natural reaction and it shows you CARE,
what does he want 25,000 clones who clap weather it`s good bad or indiferent?
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I agree with 58 entirely.
Anybody think MM is cosidering the Leicester job and just looking for a way out.
Don’t forget it’s the same supporters who went when Southampton beat us 6-0 and gave our team and MM an ovation!!!!
An Impatient lot aren’t we?-I don’t think!
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I’m staying in the terrace bar all game on my next visit. Should be better body language in there.
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MM gets what he deserves. It would be Kudo’s for a great team moving towards the premiership. We aren’t doing that at all.
Reason? we have a poorly run team with barely championship level players. What does he expect? The fans pay a lot of money and to a great extent we watch rubbish most weekends.
I think he has lost the plot. He doesn’t appear to know who to play, when to play them or which position they should be in. It always appears to be an unsettled side with players trying to play with each other but have no idea how to.
He is the point man. For sure we can continue with what we have but surely destined for another season planted in this division. Ipswich are the team destined to beat us into the top six I feel.The rest of the teams in the top six will be there at season end. Even if we scrape into the playoffs we just don’t have the team to pull this off. The Davy Jones team of a few years ago did have the talent, strength and ability to do it.
My fear is that even if Morgan opens up his check book in January MM will get more players to warm the bench and an even bigger selection problem.
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I’m 50-50 on this one. There are a lot of so say fans (glory hunters)who need to be booted out but on the other hand sometimes passion overcomes you and you do vent your anger. What people need to remember as well is the fact that a lot of our players are young and could be affected by the boo’s. Do we really want to destroy the confidence of a lot of our younger players who’ve never had the burden of expectation like they have now? Bit of advice Mick, don’t p**s off the fans because that’s a quick way to destroy your credentials and the teams
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cant mm she we need a big man up front and play jarvis not ward please
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Compromise – Do your bit. Get behind the team right up to the final whistle, then if they have not done their bit, LET ‘EM AV IT WITH BOTH BARRELS!!!!
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58-60 i applaud you, i work all week out in long hours to pay for trips such as plymouth away to see us piss about with the ball etc…
does anyone know why it takes us 30passes through midfield defence etc..to reach opposition area
whilst opposition does it in 5passes max vs us
we are winning ugly but the football we playing is simply boring, saying that i prefer win ugly than draw in entertaining game
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Not really sensible swearing at fans who show a little displeasure at the performance.Perhaps the club should offer a refund for poor play and we can all smile like MM.Another rubbish squad but clearly its the fans fault or is it.
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Our results over the last 7 games have been good; (4 wins:2 draws:1 loss.) yielding 14 points out of a possible 21. We are in a good position to push for promotion. The points are more important than the performance. The fans need to get behind the team and lift them by raising the roof. Mick has a good record of building teams and achieving promotion. I think we are at an important stage in developing a Premiership team; the players need their confidence boosting by the fans. If they are wary of making mistakes and getting booed by the fans they will be inhibited on the pitch. They need to know the fans are behind them at all times.
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The Molineux Factor is what exactly? We like to see our side win? guilty.See our side go up? guilty.See them give 100%? guilty.See our players play at international level? guilty. (Whisper this) Win a trophy? guilty.Defend the good name of the club whtever? guilty………need I go on. It’s called being a loyal supporter where I come from.
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This whole thing has been completely blown out of proportion. The fans were moaning and groaning because they’ve seen it all before at Mol. It was a funny game and the fans just wanted Wolves to keep the ball and maybe try and find the killer goal. Instead it was like the team shut down. I think Mick got the wrong end of the stick from the fans and his tactics to kill the game off were nearly costly. The smallest minority were booing, but most were just a bit frustrated and hoping the game would finish soon. The fans obviously weren’t trying to affect the players negatively, just get them to perk up. We haven’t got the players to hang on to a 1-nil lead and thats where Mick got it wrong. We should have kept pressing and kept the ball up in their third. Sitting back and letting Barnsley come at us was what we did and they could have punished us.
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If you don’t like the quality that is being played then don’t buy a ticket, simple as.
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Mick, why play a Striker/makeshift winger in Ward on the wing when there is a tailor made winger on the bench in Jarvis??
Why take Bothroyd off and change the flow of a game??
Answer these questions before you moan at the people in the crowd that these decisions seem obvious to.
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maybe he thought i will have a go at the fans to take away some of the flak for a inept second half performance.from his team. he seens to prefer a team of headless chickens who will run around for ninety minutes with no quality and no bottle in front of goal. ie. ward and keogh.
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MM selected the players he wanted in the summer, got them well some of them dithering took care of the rest. Moxey promised us a treat. Some signings!!! Some treat!!! So what does January bring, I hope Morgan reads these pages because what MM targets is simply not good enough to get us outta this division. Saturdays performance allbeit a narrow win signifies this. We’re just not lethal enough. How many times have we said we should have 4 up at half time if not more yet we are at 0-0 or 1 up or 1 down. Not good enough, the whole squad needs to be re-vamped leaving just the core of the best players and bring in quality to supplement
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PS – I have never ever booed my team
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There are some narrow minded posts on this.
If you don’t like the quality you are watching, don’t bother coming.
Intelligent that.
The extra 3 or 4000 that are turning up to matches this season are contributing on average £100,000 to the clubs finances. Most of them will be former season ticket holders who were destroyed by the Hoddle era and are coming back because they thought that Wolves had turned the corner and hoped it would continue, and still hope it will continue.
Yes we are playing ugly football and yes we are in a good position but it was not just the newcomers who were moaning at the weekend but you could see the whole crowd getting frustrating by negative football and the inability to score goals or even shoot at goal.
i dont like to say anything about Tesco’s but they have their two main strikers out and still manage to score 4.
We all love the Wolves and we all want the best but the club.
C’mon you Wolves, keep the faith
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QUALITY ?????
show me where it is
im fed up with performances like that
teams like barnsley should be beaten by more
yes its 3 points but lets be honest it could of ended up a draw in the 2nd half
if theres not an improvement then you know who are going to be laughing at us in 2 weeks
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COV 0 ALBION 4
Did you see the game? THE POINTS ARE THERE FOR THE TAKING ON THE 25th Play JARVIS, and give ROSA a run out the goals will come, KEEP THE FAITH!!
‘C’MON ME BABBIES’
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If gates plummet, who’s fault will it be? NOT THE FANS!! Think about what you are saying Mick
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78 – Cov 0 Albion 4 – yeah the points are there for the taking aint they… and we will.
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all this rubbish about mm
being the best manager for years
now hes turning on the fans
who dont forget pay the wages
so why aint we allowed to express how we feel ????
if the team are not performing to the standards they should be then fans can have a go
so shut up mm and do your job and then the fans will do theirs.
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What a liberty MM Wolves fans have been sensational this season .They only followed your lead on Sat. Dont you remember continually harrasing lineswoman all match and continually shouting and gesturing at team and in final minute running on pitch having a near heart attack at Ward and Hennesy.Be very careful Mick when Wolves fans turn then youll kniow what negativity really means ask Taylor and hoddle we got them out.
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I think the majority of you are missing the point. Responses like, “Everyone is entitled to their opinion” are invalid as Mick isn’t complaining about people’s opinions, he’s just pointing out that there is a time to express them. Fans showing frustration when we’re trying to see a game out is counter-productive – the players get anxious and panic when really they need to be concentrating 100% and perhaps looking to counter-attack. At ninety minutes do what you like.
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… and will everyone please stop mentioning what shift you put in. The players ARE working hard on the pitch, so again it was a valid point from MM – don’t we all want a team who put in effort? If you’ve worked hard all week then fair played to you but let’s not forget, you do get paid for it. You can work as hard as you want and pay for a ticket for the game but football is football, just because you “put a shift in” it doesn’t mean that you can expect to see a victory – the opposing fans work hard too! The players get paid what the market allows and our manager is always talking about player’s workrate in interviews so you can clearly see that he is intent on the players working as hard as they can for their inflated wages.
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The points are there for both teams to take, lets hope we have a classic game and may the best team win, WE WON’T KNOW WHO THAT WILL BE UNTIL AFTER THE GAME.
LETS HAVE A GUD UN, JUST LIKE DAYS OF OLD!!
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IF WOLVES GET NOTHING IN 2 WEEKS TIME
THEN THE FANS WILL TURN ON MM
HE BETTER LOOK OUT
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