I sww there is no mention of how it came to be broken, does that mean we have to draw our own conclusions as to the reason??

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Greg…..that’s just about the most pathetic comment posted in ages

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Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the game is called Football & not played with the hand.
Players play with all sorts of various protection, so is MM going to use this as an excuse not to play Freddy in place of the cup-tied S.E.B?

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I can see it now…. Wolves are 1 down with 25 minutes to go. MM turns to Kightly and puts him on.

Kightly scores the equaliser but at the same time damages his weak ankle again – putting him out of the next 4 league games.

MM says it was worth it to get a draw in the cup – but says only rest can heal this type of injury.

Wolves lose replay 0-2 without Kightly and MM says he never heard ANY boos at all….

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6.

You regularly leave interesting comments, but you dissapoint me this time. Using any old excuse to have a cheap dig at MM. It clearly states he will check with the ref to see if he’s okay to play

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Although he’s not a South Banker (I am btw) he has done what you said, not blaming him for the break, but twisting the story to criticise.

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3… Rumour has it, his wallet fell on it causing the break!!! lol

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Nice to see you’re still around Happy !! Nice funny little scenario you set out there but you know…… it has a strange ring of truth about it !!! I hope it doesn’t happen – if Kites needs the rest then let him have it.

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I didn’t think a cast could disallow a player from being on the field! What do the rules state?

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Interesting. HB, may i ask how old you are. You have placed comments on the football pages all morning. I don’t want to be offensive and cause friction as like u say its all banter and sometimes you do post realistic honest comments. It just seems like either your unemployed or got half day in education. Enlighten me. I want to know what sort of buzz you get from posting on this site from like 10 in the morning til now.

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1. Greg, How pathetic are you….so us lot in the south bank are to blame for everything. Do you sit in the north bank by any chance?

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Maybe Craddock lost his balance in his new high heeled kinky boots and fell on him.

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It looks like we have bid Kommons at Forest…….
C’mon E&S print that instead of more Freddy rubbish………

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Malvern – true, but it DOES make me a ram..

(oh no, Derby County… aghhhh )

I wonder what sign MM is – I’m guess “Pick your own strawberries”

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Re 20 – I’m actually Steve Bull Upper mate. It looks like some of you took my joke a little bit too personally so I promise not to have any more fun at your expense again, particularly as you are so sensitive at this time ;)

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Well known for their sensitivity on the South Bank!

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mick wont play freddy when he is fit hardly play him when hes not.

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A Guy using the name “Spiritualwolf” wrote, “I know it’s a bit of a hot potatoe, but this idea about whether Freddy’s been given a chance has been really bugging me, so I’ve done a little analysis of ALL his performances and chances so far this season. Here they are:

Bradford (Carling Cup): 90 mins, 1 goal
Sheffield Wed: 88 mins, 1 goal
Blackpool: 90 mins, 2 goals
Morecambe (Carling Cup): 90 mins, 0 goals
Stoke: 85 mins, 0 goals
Sheff Utd: 2 mins, 0 goals (SUB – rested after his international exhaustion)
Hull: 90 mins, 0 goals (straight back in)
(missed next few games – after being dropped for being appalling, but we weren’t bad in his absense)
Leicester: 23 mins, 0 goals (SUB)
Coventry: 45 mins, 0 goals (SUB)
(dropped and missed Charlton after playing poorly – and we won)
Cardiff: 39 mins, 0 goals (SUB)
Ipswich: 45 mins, 0 goals (STARTED – we were appalling)
Bristol City: 6 mins, 0 goals (drawn)
Southampton: 90 mins, 0 goals (drawn)
Barnsley: 90 mins, 0 goals (won)
WBA: 29 mins, 0 goals (drawn!) (SUB – we played 4-5-1, dropped for excellent tactical reasons, and immediately restated for the next game)
Colchester: 90mins, 0 goals (won)
Preston: 85 mins, 0 goals (won)
Barnsley: 23 mins, 0 goals (lost – dropped after playing poorly)
Burnley: 30 mins, 0 goals (lost)
(unused sub against QPR)
Leicester: 45 mins, 0 goals (drawn)
Hull: 69 mins, 0 goals (lost) (STARTED, then dropped)
(missed Norwich – we played much better and drew)
Sheffield Utd: 13 mins, 0 goals (drawn)
Cambridge Utd: 45 mins, 0 goals (SUB)
Crystal Palace: 37 mins, 0 goals (SUB)
(missed Scunthorpe – which we won)

So:
0-15 minute cameos: 3 appearances, total 8 mins 0.6%
25-30 minute chances: 4 appearances, total 105 mins 7.9%
35-45 minute half games: 6 appearances, total 256 mins 19.3%
65+ minute whole games: 11 appearances, total 957 mins (i.e. 72.2%)

So, the cameos take up less than 1%, the ‘half-hour chasing the game’ less than 10% – and the full scale games more than 70% of his time.

He has only been dropped after very poor performances (both games against Hull, the Coventry game) and for the WBA game, where we shifted tactically to a 4-5-1, and after that game he was immediately reinstated in the starting line-up for the Colchester game.

So, who’s telling the truth? Please, people, don’t be blinded by what you THINK is going on, instead look at the facts. I know they’re annoying, but they’re the facts…. He hasn’t been used for little cameos much, he hasn’t been dropped ‘unfairly’ even once, and he’s been given a very good crack at it on many occassions.

I like Freddy, and I want him to succeed – but don’t think that he hasn’t because he hasn’t been given a good crack at it!”

Facts don’t lie, but I guess even this won’t phase the “Freddyhuggers.” (“Don’t confuse me with fact, I already know what I believe.”)

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If we are offered £2.5 million for Karl Henry, hadn’t we ought to take it?

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35- You need to learn to read mate. As I said, I just copied and pasted. Still you’re from Sandwell. You were probably out joyriding when you should have been learning to read.

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