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Toshack: Stay in team Wayne
Wednesday 4th June 2008, 11:30AM BST.
Wolves’ hopes of fending off mounting interest in keeper Wayne Hennessey have received a helping hand today from his international manager John Toshack.
The Wales boss cautioned the 21-year-old goalkeeping sensation against a move which would deny him regular first team football.
The Hennessey camp is fully aware that none of the clubs on his trail, led by Villa and Everton but now including North London heavyweights Arsenal and Spurs according to some, can guarantee him the No 1 spot.
Toshack, delighted with the progress he has seen from the Wolves star in his first year of international football, has now publicly endorsed that view.
He said: “Where he is next season, I don’t know, it is not for us to say. It has been an interesting 12 months, we have played 13 matches in that time and only lost three. That includes matches against Holland and Germany.
“We have had some terrific goalkeeping in that run, and again Hennessey was outstanding against Holland. We have had a lot of youngsters who have moved up divisions in their careers recently and as long as they are playing, it is all right by us.
“But some end up sitting on the bench. That is not much good for us then.”
Toshack earned Molineux manager Mick McCarthy’s displeasure earlier this season, when he took a swipe at the decision to limit striker Freddy Eastwood’s first team appearances.
But these comments will be much more warmly welcomed by Wolves as they continue the fight to add to – and not subtract from – the roster of promising young players around which they hope to forge a Premiership side.
They were backed up by Hennessey’s team-mate Kevin Foley, who is hoping he returns for pre-season training to see the 6ft 4in keeper still there.
He said: “Wayne has been fantastic. I am not surprised there are a lot of clubs looking at him but it would be good to hold on to him. He wants to play at the top and we will have to see what happens.
“It would be good to stay here playing well, rather than sit on the bench somewhere else. Matt Murray is brilliant as well and hopefully he will be back fighting for a place next season.”
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Lescott has been one of the few to make the move at an early age and get established. Look at Robbie Keane when he left. Jumped around from club to club and even now never really a Spurs ‘regular’.
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Err…this is an interview from a couple of days ago, and at no point does Toshack say he should stay at Wolves.
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Heed the comments of Mr Toshack, Wayne, the Golden Palace is the future..
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kiely s better boing boing
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AGEN WE MADE YU HENO SO SHOW UR LOYALTY TO US EVERYONE WANTS TO PLAY TOP FLIGHT FOOTBALL US FANS HAVE WANTED IT FOR YEARS TO SO HELP IN GETTIN US THERE INSTEAD OF SEEIN THE MONEY SIGNS,SHOW SOME LOYALTY FOR GOD SAKE,WATS WRONG WITH U PLAYERS THESE DAYS
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Charlie Mulgrew is going to Southend once the Fat Controller gets back from the Indian…sorry, India.
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Perhaps Stuart Pearce should say the same to Michael Kightly!!!
I here West Ham want both Kightly and SEB and are offering a huge cash amount plus players.
I said at the end of last season that we will find it difficult to hold onto Wayne, Kites and SEB as a result of McCarthy’s failure
Building a young hungry squad is for the likes of Crewe Alexander not Wolverhampton Wanderers, because if they prove themselves within 12 – 18 months which these 3 have the vultures from Prem will be in like a shot – and they are. With this policy we will always be building a young hungry squad, a Premier League Nursery club is what we will become. And Moxey is happy as long as the club are financially sound because this is his job, not football but business.
How long does Morgan need to have a look at things? What was he doing prior to buying Wolves? Surely he must have taken a look before he bought. If so then why did he sanction McCarthy’s purchase of D Ward, Elliott and all the other crap he bought (bar SEB) last close season. And then still decides to keep this failure
This may sound negative but it is fact
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4) All 3 of our goalies are better than kiely, Terry.
Hennessey is a quality goalkeeper but he will not be guaranteed a shirt when England’s number 1 is back. The reason is Murray governs his 6 yard box and beyond. His weakest point is the kicking. What a great position to be in though… the best goalkeeping talent of any club and that includes Chelsea!
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4 wba: I guess that’s why you booed him all season and we have two of the best keepers in the division!
How EXACTLY do you work that one out?
Anyway, I still have a feeling he is on his way!
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7.
I think you need to look up the difference between the terms ‘fact’ and ‘opinion’ in the dictionary!
As for those 3 players improving themselves last year, well SEB and Hennessey yes, but Kites? No way. If anything, his value went down last year seeing as the guy hardly played!!
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reference wba (4)
You should ‘av gone to Specsavers!!!!!
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8m is alot for a championship keeper (esp. when we have a better one in reserve)
Take the money. For 8m we can build a title winning team
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4. Dean Kiely is about twice your age too!
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7. If you haven’t got anything good to say, why not make up a load of nonsense and post that. Oh looks like you have, honestly the lengths some doomsayers will go to, things aren’t that glum are they?
There will always be stories about our better players being wanted by other teams, thats football.
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If we had any sense then we would send Matt Murray out on loan until January to regain his fitness.
We could then sit down and seriously look as to the position of having two class goalkeepers at our club. This would allow Wayne Hennessy to further develop and to be effectively in the “shop-window” for the first half of the season. At this point if a major club came in offering silly money then perhaps we could consider their offer and sell Wayne. The resulting windfall could mean that further funds were available to boost our Premiership target if required. We would also then have a fit Matt Murray.
To allow Wayne to leave before Matt Murray’s fitness has been proven is just plain bonkers.
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dudzie. The last thing this club needs is a chairman messing around with team selection and identification of players to purchase.
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If Craig Gordan is worth 9 million, what is this guy worth? At 20 his value is not going to go down. Keep him, keep kites, keep seb.
1)Hennesey
2)Foley
3)Gray
4)Davis
5)Berra
6)Craddock
7)Kightley
8)Henry
9)SEB
10)Vokes
11)Jarvis
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please stay, please stay
you feeder clubs are a joke, just do you job get players ready for the big boys league and let them go.
Know your place wolves!
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A team in the Championship can’t have both Wayne and Matt at the club. One either needs to be loaned out or sold for a good price.
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15 Weston Wolf. Spot on with your comments – it would be a win win situation – but can Murray keep his fitness for a full season???
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3,the golden palace thats a chinese tekaway by us boing boing aye pwawn cwakers
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18
I know your place…..back in the Championship by April.
School finished early today ??
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16 Baggie yes they need to be told what the job is for CCC clubs you have to feed players into the Prem, for prem clubs like us. Keep up the good work, you can then watch on sky and see some of your Ex players in the Premier league.
That is the only way they will get there.
In Mad MM and your real owner Jez we trust.
Never mind I dont think any of us Prem clubs will take your Star S Ward from you.
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looks like another one of your academy kids on his bike, have any med it yet boing boing aye up the MOWBURY WAY
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I WONDER WHAT TEAM HE WILL BE PLAYING IN BOING BOING AYE
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it says on teletxt premier side west brom have made a bid for blackburns santa cruz and championship side wolves have made a bid for laplands santa clause boing boing aye
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so our chief executive is away on holiday??? during the height of the transfer frenzy….
that makes sense jez!!!
please no more premier loan kids in midfield, (hammill) if we want to put kids into midfield we have daviesd and gleeson , we need proven players who can run a game
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Terry- Santa Cruz??? ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha aaaaaaaaaaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!
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Baggies fans, you are quite amusing. the same old nonsense pours from you all the time. it must be difficult living in our shadow but hey, that’s life, get over it. I give you three seasons in the prem, autum, winter and spring. Up the wolves!
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BIG NEWS! heard from 2 different people that kites is going to ask for the captaincy as he feels he takes on alot of responsibility and craddock apparently is only going to be a bit part player. 2 blokes from work were talking to karl henry in greece and said not to worry about him going, he wants to show stuart pearce he can take responisibility as he wants to lead england under 21s at a tournament next year. How wrong could we have got this?
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terry your opinion means nothing you dont even go to games. your always on here!
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18) why is anybody who speaks the truth oviously a kid, and why do you think anyone at school would have an invalid opinion.
facts are facts lads you are a feeder club, as soon as one of your players shows any promise..keane ,lescott,miller,naylor,camera you sell them to bigger clubs…coventry,everton ect.
Now to me that has all the signs of a feeder club.
No progession yourself as a club but giving the big boys some players.
You are like an arrogent Crewe Alexandra and the sooner you lot accept this the happoer you will be.
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31,maybe not but you keep reading them,and now we are in the prem i shall go to the games,so there, boing boing aye
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29,kivens,i know mate im still trying to come to terms with it, boing boing aye up the MOWBURY WAY
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32)what about Curtis Davis, Kamara, Mcshane, Koumas,Kuzack and Hughesless who did he go to coventry? Hypocrite only difference is was keane lescott and naylor came through our youth set up and we didint have to pay a fee!
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Wolves??? ow yes I remember you lot. Didn’t you used to be our rivals??
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Kamara, McShane, Koumas etc etc
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Sold to big clubs like Fulham, Sunderland and Wigan ?????
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HE really does need to stay in the team with all those superb up n coming welsh keepers boing boing aye soon be at the party
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28 dan, glad you liked it made it up myself this morning i was lieing awake all nght thinking bout it,boing boing aye merry christmas
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22) You are right Weston. Terry and Baggy1 must have a free period. Now get and do your homework.
We have Premiership clubs looking at our good, quality youngsters unlike the neighbours that have a lot of old has beens. No transfer activity again. You will be like Derby if you don’t watch out… down by Christmas!
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Not to forget gera, phillips and albrechtson who are all so keen to resign for their beloved club.
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27
Your comment is a little unfair. Even Jez is entitled to a holiday !!
When realistically would you allow him one ??
Mick is obviously on holiday as no strange comments for several days now
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We wont need a youth system we have you for that. We can loan you players who can’t get in our team and you can train the kids and when they get ambition we take them off you and give them top flight football
everyones a winner
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we have replaced sold players with other good players,and achieved promotion, you lot have sold players and replaced them with the likes of S Ward, you are and always will be a feeder club live with it. Never going in the Prem the Mad MM way.
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Flash a little bit of Cash at your owner Jez, and he cant help but take it, you are a selling club.
We do need clubs like you to get the Kids and give them a few games then they can step up to the prem and start there real Career going.
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41,rob, your rung agen, derby wornt down at christmas,aye boing boing
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we used to be your rivals just like fulham, stoke and wigan will be yours next season
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Terry and your cronies.
I enjoy the fact all the Wolves fans know the venue of your “party”.
Hope all the tickets haven’t been bought I might come myself.
blowing up balloons (hot air) the TARRY WAY.
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Well Terry I always find you amusing like a sort of cyberspace clown. Also what’s with all the aye??? Are you an Ali G type??
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Interesting that a Wolves story captured the attenion of so many Brummies, sorry baggies.
Without doubt Wayne Hennessey is highly rated, but his international manager doesn’t want him sitting on the bench for a ‘big’ Premier League Club.
This has nothing to do with a B71 Club.
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WBA cannot afford the council tax on the ground never mind trying to buy players.
Even Gera does not want to stay.
What a god fooresaken hole you watch football in .
Terrybaggie…
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Erm….why would Cruz want to go the Albion from Blackburn? Those Tesco bags are really getting carried away! COMING DOWN THE MOWBRAY WAY!!! Next they reckon Wayne Rooney and Ronaldo will be coming….dreamers. You can’t even keep Gera!
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21. how many more times are you going to use that one
!!!!pathetic!!!
18.any players you have that are any good want to leave.
our players want to stay.
who’s the feeder club.
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1) – Good point, but Robbie Keane is now the spurs vice-captain, so a regular!
Hope wayne stays.
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Firstly 1. Keano (legend) not a regular, ask Defoe about that then. Secondly if the Gunners and co. are sniffing Moxey must be wetting himself at the bonus he’s likely to get for once again selling one of our best prospects and improving the clubs bottom line. Jez top tip, negotiate a half decent sell on clause this time, theres a good chap and perhaps we can have a bit of a spruce up in the Steve Bull stand that includes some Plasma screens (not a 17 inch portable) to watch the game whilst queing for ages for coffee thats overpriced and more often than not out of stock. SB season ticket holders unite we are the poor relations, mainly because were overcharged for the 20+ year facilities. Or is it just me thats racked off?
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boosk
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“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Albert Einstein
The insanity at Wolves continues, expecting that McCarthy and Moxey will succeed next season, after having failed for two seasons.
McCarthy only has one tactic, and when it fails he just flounders.
When, oh when, will this club return to a state of sanity?
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Terry the thicko, you was probably lying awake thinking of witty postings in your tesco jimmy jams with your laptop next to you for company. Nearly as sad as Happy, well, maybe not quite……….
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I would want Hennessey to stay both for his benefit and wolves, but every player has their price.
Just wolves have to make sure Matt is 100% and his contract water-tight if a bid of £7/8m comes in, and we sign some cover as from what i have seen of Ikeme he has the raw talent but lacks confidence at time.
Imagine what could be done with that amount ??
And i dont mean 3 forwards MM !!!
If we had a bid of the same for Murray last season in hindsight who wouldnt have taken it.
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39 looner,fulham sunderland wigan,all in the prem ll bigger than you aye boing boing
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54 mick,the golden palace thats a chinese tekaway by us boing boing aye pwawn cwackers n fwied wice
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Terry aka Ronald McDonald. Derby were not officially down at Christmas, but everyone knew they were – even the manager. You will be going the same way if you are relying on Moore and Bednar for goals.
Boing boing back down….!
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54 mick, i went in the golden palace for a meal last nite i said wow mate this chickens rubbery he haaaaaaaaaa fanks vewy much sir aye boing boing
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53 rob, it was one of my jokes,never mind aye boing boing
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49 pooper sorry mate no tickets left theyve all bin sold just like our season tickets i can put you on the waiting list in the highly unlikley event sumbody drops out boing boing aye
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63,rob,in other words i was rite come on admitt it
aye boing boing im so clever
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I had a meal at the golden palace – it must have been the wolves special – I managed to to keep it down.
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53,rob, i love the joke mate, (tesco bags gettin carried away) aye boing boing
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I couldn’t resist speaking with the Queen last week in London so I mentioned The Hawthones to her, she said ‘wear the fox hat’
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70.lololololololololololololololo thats brilliant,got any more your so funny,aye boing boing
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