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McCarthy wants Kightly talks
Friday 6th June 2008, 11:35AM BST.
Wolves manager Mick McCarthy has offered to sit down with Michael Kightly in a bid to resolve the issues troubling the winger.
In-demand Kightly did little to quell speculation over his future by claiming earlier this week that there are “a few things he is not happy about” at Molineux.
This is bound to have been noticed by rumoured suitors Blackburn, Everton, West Ham and Middlesbrough.
Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey will hold talks with the England under-21’s agent Robert Segal in a couple of weeks in a bid to resolve the issues.
When asked about Kightly’s comments, McCarthy indicated he wants keen to draw a line under the matter even quicker if possible.
He said: “If that is the case then as always we will sit down and talk to him about it. What we want is happy players. I want Kights to be a happy player because he is one of our best ones.
“Myself, Steve Morgan and Jez – we are on it. Like anybody else they come and talk to us. If we can help we can help, and if we can’t there’s not a great deal we can do about it. Happy players make for a better club.”
McCarthy reiterated the club has no intention of selling any of its stars, insisting the best way for them to play Premier League football is by winning promotion at Molineux.
He said: “There is nobody leaving anyway. Steve and Jez have already said that so you may as well hear it from me. Why would we want to sell anybody?”
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Well said Mick,
nice to here from you.
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Come on, MM, take the money and buy elsewhere!!!!!
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Noooooooooooo ! not the muppet. keep him away from kights.
player relations (amongst soooo many other things) are surely not micks forté
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kites wants out,greed as got the better of him,aye boing boing
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Once again, the E&S trying to make a story out of nowt – it’s almost becoming a self-perpetuating truth now. Reading very thinly between the lines, MM starts his sentence with the words ‘If that’s the case..’ which suggests to me that this is probably the first he has heard of the story. If there truly was something to be concerned about I think he’d be one of the first to know. I wish the E&S would stop publishing this sensationalist drivel – all it does is incite the cerebrally-challenged amongst the Wolves ranks to start spouting off garbage about how we should get rid of Kites immediately, no loyalty etc etc. For a supposedly impartial newspaper it seems to want to create dissention from very little when it comes to Wolves.. and folk accuse it of being the ‘Express & Dingle’? Pah!
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a friend of mine saw Mick at Oxley golf course on Wednesday afternoon in the bar. He asked him if Hennessey and Kights would definately be staying, and he said, i can’t make any promises mate.
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Would like to know what Kites means as “issues”.
We have issues we payed your wages got you back to fitness,so come on kites show some loyalty you havent even given us a whole season yet.There no doubt the lads ability he is one of our finest players,we can build our team around him.
Besides all that my youngest lad wants Kightly on the back of his new shirt so hurry up and tell us loyal fans that you are staying.
You can be sucessful with us Kites no doubt about it.
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Terry – just like Zoltan Gera you mean? Except Gera is actually leaving, whereas Kites is just wanting to iron out a little contractual matter. Why not look closer to home for problems with greedy players. Lots of love – Gary Cooper xox
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Yes, sit him down and just tell him how it is, and none of this Moxey Spin Doctor nonsense. MM earn your corn after all Kites owes us a season as he has been crock most of the season.
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Kites the fans love you. Hope everything gets sorted for you and hope that you stay with us.
Please do not go we can make it to the Premiership next season and I for one want you to be part of that team that do it.
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Still no job Terry!
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Take the money and run, one player does not make a team and if he thinks he can do better in the Prem then get rid off bit i have one question for Mr Kightly what did you acheive last season when other teams had you sussed from the first game against Watford? well i cannot remember to many dazzling displays.
So Wolves get as much and get rid.
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Well said Mick!
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Rumour and speculation.
No one has actually made an offer yet, there’s just a lot of the usual press garbage.
This is probably all coming from Kightly’s agent. It’s his job to try and increase the value of his player and earn a nice commission as a result.
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Rumour has it Mark Hughes after D Bentley therefore Blackburn after Kites?
More media spin and obvious at that!
MM wants a love in with Kites – Dont go Kites I promise I will attend some football coaching classes this summer – honestly mate!
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Get shot of him and anybody else who doesnt want to play for us. Get shot of them all.
Looking forward to the day I log onto this site and we have signed a central defender
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Well done Mick! Make sure you hang on to our better players, and Kites is one of these.
3 lee: Is this the same lee that said a few months back that threw a stance forward that he would never come on the E&S site, purchase Wolves merchandise or go to games whilst MM was in charge?
‘Cos your attitude is very similar!
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Like Mick said – if we are THAT good we should have been top 6
The time to ask for an improved contract is when you have finished top 2 – not after you have been injured all season and finished 7th in the 2nd Division.
Time to get a bit of a reality check methinks
Noka
The Middle Bit!!
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If this is true get rid………….Although we do not know what influence Mr Segal is having, Mr Kightly is in danger of running befotre he can walk. What has changed so dramatically in the last few weeks. It wasn’t 5 mins ago they were rolling him out as positive PR at the fans parliament!!!!!!
As always Mr Pretty boy enaging his fingers before his brain!
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Is Kightly like Gera and the other WBA absconders.
I dont think so. He will stay. Our ship is waterproof not like the sinking WBA boat with all tose rats on board
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Whilst there are desperate managers and greedy footballers in the game these stories will come and go. Loyalty shown by players is a rare occurrence and we will probably not see the likes of Steve Bull at Wolves again. If Kites stays we will benefit from a fantastic emerging talent, if he goes MM will replace him. Either way our team will be in the promotion shake up at the end of the season. Please Wolves supporters don’t turn on the Lad, we don’t know the details and in truth our heads would probably be turned if we were in the same situation.
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16 – Idiot. How do you know he’s not happy? So what if he wants to talk to Moxey about what he’s not happy about, isn’t that human? And as for you all jumpin on his back straight away, shows how fickle our fans are!
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Very annoying all this with regards Kites – He has issues. WHAT ISSUES, he signed a contract for 4 years and is being paid for it. If these are issues I’ll swap his for mine. Last season he was injured for a large part and he was paid, he had costly medical treatment no doubt and now there ARE ISSUES!
These footballers don’t seem to understand the word LOYALTY. If I sign a contract in my business for a period of time, there is no way I could go back and ask for more money, just because I’m being paid to do what I am employed to do.
Someone somewhere has got to explain this to these people.
STOP MOANING AND GET ON WITH IT!
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There’s probably more than an element of truth regarding all these Michael Kightly stories and my guess is that the lure of a chance to play in the Premiership with West Ham will sway his decision.
At WHU he would be closer to his family ties and for an ambitious player it can’t have escaped his notice that with a few good performances for West Ham all the London journalists will be writing him into the main England team as a replacement for David Beckham in the future. No one should underestimate the power of the London Hacks !!
Middlesbrough is a non-starter I feel…if Stuart Downing played for a London team he’d almost certainly be more of a regular in the England set-up then he is.
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I’ve heard he’s not happy with “shift” allowance!
Gera – He wants to play for a BIG club, play for a big club, he wants to play for big club…
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11.supper, i have a job im a goverment artist aye boing boing
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Kight’s, if i were you i’d go, more money and prem football, if we get there this guy ain’t going to keep us there just look at his track record!
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Well said 22.
Lets not come out saying he’s unloyal and jumping to conclusions that he wants to leave or wants a better contract. He might just be unhappy and wants a cuddle! It sounds daft but it’s stressing the point. None of us know what he’s unhappy about so lets not feed the drivel the E&S has started.
Up the wolves!!
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Let him go if he’s unhappy and sign that winger from Man U
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yawn yawn yawn. Its going to be a summer of this isn’t it :(
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“Last night I heard my player singing a song, oooh-oooh-eee… / Woke up this morning and my player was gone, oooh-oooh-eee… /”
Sorry. Just clearing a blockage.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, I wonder if Mad Mick and Moxey could get Mr. Morgan to invest £75 million + £200,000 per week in that young Cristiano Ronaldo fellow..?
We’d make double that back in global merchandising, global branding *AND* we might the odd few back-to-back matches…
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Not trying to stir things up – but why do you think the Kightly story made the press in the first place ??
Even if he has “issues” they could have been dealt with in-house without him or his people going to the media first. The club now has to answer these “issues” in public.
Is Kites just alerting the fans that things arn’t as they should be – or is this a call to other clubs ?
Surely a quiet word with Morgan / Moxey / Mick would have cleared things up – and then the club could have issued a “Kightly is staying” type story…
When this type of thing goes public, there is rarely a happy ending for the fans….
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IF KIGHTS WANTS TO GO LET HIM GO. OBVIOUSLY WE NEED HIM, TO STAY BUT I WOULD NOT SETTLE FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN 8 MILLION FOR THE BEST WINGER IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP
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HEY WOLF – 27
FOR COMMENTS LIKE THAT YOU SHOULD BE HUNG
GET BEHIND THE TEAM AND THE MANAGER OR GO AND SUPPORT THE BOGGIES -YOU CRETIN
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Well Said Mick. I feel as tho Kightly owes one more season at least as he was injured for most of last season.
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28,bertwilf, robbo only wanted to give him a cuddle aye boing boing
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I think he wants to include some get out clauses in his contract i.e. Wolves fail to win promotion – he goes, if a big 4 team bids for him – he can talk to them and also a release clause marker, he will want this to be £4mil, Jez should hold out for £7mil.
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Hey Terry….thought you’d be busy gettin yourself ready for all those babes tonight ?!!!!
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Happy is absolutely right! Kites would not have said what he said publicly if it wasn’t to alert other clubs to come in for him!
The diificult issue is whether this is about a desire to earn more and play in the Premiership or a lack of confidence in the set-up at Wolves….or maybe a bit of both!
As for the “If he doesn’t want to play, get rid” brigade, life definitely isn’t that simple!
As I said yesterday, you don’t manage by formula and “get rid” of any player who says he’s not happy. That way, all the quality goes and you keep the ones who all want to stay…who are probably not wanted anywhere else!
It’s a balance. With some, you have no choice and Kites may be in that category. With others, a bit of smart negotiation can keep them and there are many players who’ve been unhappy, been persuaded to stay and who flourish!
Mick’s comments just recite the formula and make us all worried whether he is savvy enough to persuade the cream to stay.
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5. Well said, this paper has caused alot of unrest with wolves fans. The press like to shoot down people as in general people like to read about other peoples failures to make them feel better.
This sort of journalism is not welcome, and only has a negative impact. Remember how our own press set up the national manager before the last world cup. Other countries must laugh at our great freedom of the press
I think the Express and Star need to look at how they represent Wolves and what impact their so called stories have. There appears to be a complete lack of self moderation
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The times that all three have said no-one is leaving, they would look pretty stupid if they did so I can’t see us losing any big names this summer. Nice bit of reasurance for next season which I am very optimistic about!
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my team 4 next season
murray
foley berra gerrard elokbi
buszaky edwards okoacha jarvis
ebanks blake lafferty
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34 keep your fleece on! just pay your money and shut your mouth
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34 KEEP YOUR FLEECE ON! JUST KEEP PAYING YOUR MONEY AND KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT
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If I wanted someone to stay the last thing I would do is put them in front of Thick Mick.
Lets get rid of him before all the players decide to leave
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20 where have you been the last few years?oh i forgot your boat sunk to bottom of the pond!Its obvious and certain Kitely will move on to bigger and better things.Do you really think he wants to languish in the championship in a mediocre team?Sailing into the PREM at a rate of knots THE MOWBRAY WAY
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Well done Mick, Kightly owes you one more season, he wouldnt be where he is now if Mick hadnt of give him the chance.
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How about letting him go for 6/7 million quid…
Play Keogh on the Right [like he did for Ireland last week (or left with Jarvis on the other side)] and playing SEB and…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………FREDRICK EASTWOOD up front- Give him another chance Mick please IM BEGGING YA… PLEEEEAAAASSSSEEEE!!!
IF THEY AINT HAPPY THEN LET ‘EM GO NO PROBLEM… Personally I think he needs another 12 months in this league…. Look at the albion and the players who jumped ship last year for them Koumas, McShane, Kamara… None of em have set the prem on fire!- The only one who looked like he was starting to look decent was Curtis ‘IM BIGGER THAN THE ALBION’ Davies at Villa
Anyway, If middlesborough are after kites, swap him for ADAM JOHNSON- left winger but remember that Jarvo can play on the right…
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44 – is that the same as 43 only louder ?
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bye bye kites , hope you got to a prem club so robbo can give you your yearly embarresment. I can imagine robbo having many prem wingers in his pocket but kites is a cert. Staying down and losing you only half decent player the mick way.
You and your pitifull football club
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Another thought
Wat about playing Foley on the right wing he likes to get forward and i think that he could do a job… Or how about the guy David Bell from Luton he is quality he took liverpool to pieces in the FA Cup last season
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44. Your a real charmer aint ya! Why do you feel the need to express your sour negativity, does it make you feel any better, do you think anyone wants to listen to your doom-mongering, good god man, the season hasn’t even started and your prophesizing the downfall of our club
Let me guess, you sit in the Steve Bull
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32. H_B you’ve got a good point. What Morgans got to do is show a bit of bottle. If this does turn out to be true and Kightley does want to get out (all speculation) Morgan needs to slap a huge asking price on his head and point out the fact that we own him for the next few years. If nobody is willing to pay the rate we want and he does a Camara then Morgan should do a Glazer and say I’ve sorted you a seat in the Billy Quiet, enjoy it because it’s where you’re going to be sitting for the next few years! Obviously these stories could all be complete crap and Kights might want some sort of non promotion clause or something along those lines but be quite happy to stay here other than that
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20. Dennis Nicholls…Get a reality check mate, eg McCindoe, Eastwood, Breen (Club Captain)
Tell you what, this looks like becoming a rebuilding process. The day we get rid off Kites, Hennessey and SEB and it looks like its going that way then we have to start rebuilding from scratch. That’s why we may as well do it with a new manager. Wholesale change at the top, get Ince before he goes elsewhere. He’s already applying for higher jobs than MKD…Blackburn and Leicester spring to mind. He wants to build up his managerial profile and our board are too pig ignorant to realise what is hapening with our best players. We’ve been stung before remember at magerial level with Hoddle, has the club not learnt from that fiasco. What’s stopping players doing the same?
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Newbridge, if you don’t like what what the E&S print so much why do you bother to comment on it? Good God man
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Colley gate – I would love to see a disruptive player stuck in the stands – but even the Glazers aint gonna be able to do it… even they can’t sit on a valuable asset, so if Kites (or any player) wants to go, he just has to “leak” it in the press, put pressure on the club and sit back and wait for the offers.
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I think the censors have been at it again !! I did post something earlier that seems to have floated off in to the ether somewhere. It was something along the lines of…There is a recent statement on the official Wolves site that says we are not selling any of our young stars. While we are looking to strengthen our team it would be counter productive to sell our stars. So can we please all stop this counter-productive speculation cr*p until something definite happens. We can then all throw our toys out of the pram together if needed !!
Loads of you keep saying that it’s just the E&S scaremongering but it’s funny how many of you keep taking the bait each time !!
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17) Oh Eddie you remembered, im touched. Now, I also like long walks in the park, eating out and movies…
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47. Get your own name
and kightly get out if you don`t want to play for us. Anyway if MM sits him down and gives him his vision for the future and the way the game should be played he`ll soon be packing his bags, the letters MM definitely doesn`t stand for Man management.
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The first meeting is MM with Moxey and Morgan.If he asked if all the players are for sale he will get a huge shock! This is business not football at Wolves.
Get them battery hens fattened up for sale!
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Is that why you Dingles call him Kites, the fact that he will float off to where ever to wind takes him.
Don’t worry MM will bring in that young starlet Dwight Yorke to replace him.
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Come on kights! stay here we love u! and i feel you will be a vital part of our promotion push!
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terrybagy you mean your a scrounger
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4..Yes Tes boy where your players move to a bigger club. Some club you are to the way you have treated Philips..TIGHT, TIGHT
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If there’s anyone on the planet that would publically turn on a player for being greedy its Mick McCarthy. But he is not doing that…in fact he’s going out of his way to say he wants to make Kites happy.
Mick is unfortunately a ‘straight talker’ without the slightest tact or diplomacy…so we all know if Kites IS being greedy or disloyal, Mick would be ranting about it like he has done about Freddy… & then they’d both be in the reserves before you know it.
So i’m guessing Mick & Moxey agree with Kites & that Kite’s issues are actually reasonable & need quickly resolving…which I think they will be.
Unlike all those here accussing him of being greedy, I haven’t actually read Kightly’s contract or been able to compare it to any other players’ contracts..so i’m not going to jump to any conclusions I might regret.
Simon :)
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if kights wants to go, what would be the point in making him stay at the club? i mean yer i want him to stay and feel he should after all we have done for him.but if he is unhappy, woldnt it be worth taking the money and scouting rouind for a decent replacement?
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TerrydoingaDerbyBaggie-whats all this “aye” business?
Do you want to be a pirate or have you been watching AliG dvds at the job club?
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38,filton,i dont have to try to hard mate,i shall have a drink for you, aye boing boing
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67,joewilf, everytime they offer me a job at the job club i say AYE boing boing aye
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MAd MM will let MK go, then goand spend all the money on ex Mackems.
In Mad MM we Trust
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The difference is that Gera has served his full contract and walks away owing the Baggies nowt! Kightly, if any of this is actually to be believed, has provided Wolves with precious little service before deciding he’s better than the rest and having it Offski!!
I hope for your sakes it’s not true and wish you well for next season.
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58 lee:
lmao, So what are you doing on here then? I believe Mick is still at the helm!
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Terry…. you do that mate and enjoy it !! I’ll raise a glass here to you and the others around 7pm when your knees up starts.
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Help me….. my posts keep disappearing !! Terry you have one for me and enjoy it mate aye !! I’ll raise a glass myself here to you and the rest of your merry gang at 7pm when your knees up starts !! Happy, Bomber you make sure now that Terry doesn’t get too carried away with all those babes tonite !!
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I don’t buy this business of players owing this club or any club favours whatever the reason. If a bigger club who can afford to double players salaries over what we can afford comes in for them, i bet most players would jump ship. The only exception would be somebody like Matt Murray and the only reason we’ve hung on to him is because of his injury record. If Kightly wants more money and it could upset the dressing room if we give him what he wants, let him go. No player is bigger than any club, not even Ronaldo! Fact is, we don’t know what Kightlys reasons are as of yet, it may be something else other than his salary.
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DONT SELL HIM, LET HIM ROT IN THE RESERVES, IF HE WANTS TO LEAVE!!!!!!!
WITHOUT US HE WOULD BE NOTHING. NOT LIKE HE WAS ABOUT MUCH LAST YEAR, HE OWES US!
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i would want to leave if i was playing under muppet mick, Kites you are a cracking players and i have relised that playing for wolves you will never get to the premier so why not leave and better yourself
Up the wolves, moxey & morgan get mick out and he may stay, bring in joe ledley, mclean and two centre halfs and we will be on the way up
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Tez (4) I have to agree with you! It just sums up the modern game for me! He has been given a great chance by the Wolves who showed a great deal of faith in a non league footballer who had been released by Southend and this is how he repays the club. Acting like a jumped up little primadonna! Well if he wants to stay great, if he wants out then good riddance for my money, you don’t need disrupting influences like that in the club!
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Have you read Kites’ columns in the pink? He is always banging on about the crowd slagging Mick and the rest of the execs. Maybe the ‘issues’ he wants to talk about are whether there is going to be so much negativity from the boo boy d***heads next season. Well done all you boo boys, you have driven our best player to the brink of leaving. Hope you are proud of yourselves.
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Oh, Terry whatever my name is today baggie. I hope your neighbours are watching. As you are a self confessed dole bludger who brags about going out on the beer for a promotion party wearing the latest club merchandise, which it is obvious you would not be able to afford on the rock and roll, your dole bludging days are numbered.
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to all the baggies on here.
one thing is guaranteed he wont be going to the mighty fulham like all your players.
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love the song baggiebirder(46) but you left out the next well known lines…n sailing out quicker, its the boggies way………
Do these boggie supporters ever get travel sick with all the upin n downin. Boggie supporters..We might be known as the Dingles or Yamyams but it sounds better than youre new names…the YoYo’s…………
Bring on the new season, can feel some decent signings in the air n cant say the statements from Jez n Mick aren’t true…keep youre word guys…..
The futures bright..the futures ORANGE…N Black…….
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34. SouthBankBill
Once again we have a happy-clapper telling life-long Wolves fans what they can and can’t do on this board, which doesn’t belong to them anyway! Moron!
I, and the majority of fans I know, disagree totally with what is happening at Wolves, and all believe that it will end in tears again, and we will have wasted yet another season.
In the meantime, Leicester City are signing Paul Ince as their manager! He was ours, he is a world-class winner and he could have been managing us! What second-rate losers this club has become! It will all end in tears next season, because serial losers don’t become winners, regardless of how many happy-clappers cheer them on.
Like Accountant Wolf keeps telling us, all we are fit to be is a nursery club for the big clubs, Wolves only qualify for that description when journalists are trying to inflate our ego’s.
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Lots of huff and puff again gererated by the E&S the fact that we have that little bit “There are thing at the molinuex he is not happy about” gives the story a little and only a little credibility–If Kites does not want to be hear then let him go-I agree use the money for him wisely–It look like the chair he sits him down on will beed a lot of super-glue to make him stay–Glad you are getting involved MM but don’t waste valuable time ,If he does no want to be here–Sell him..
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You have to worry about this. Agents now rule the game and have clearly got in his ear and explained what he could achieve elsewhere. His injury last season probably emphasises the need to make hay whilst the sun is shining. My issue is that the culture set up a few years ago to get in young an dhunry players and not pay them over the odds might be destroyed by paying someone like Kightly what he wants. This would upset the balance. Wolves should have expected this. One of those players who achieved and stood out was always going to think the grass is greener. What Wolves should have done was put in place a wage structure to get players to achieve so that they can work up to that premiership wage whilst at Wolves if they met certain targets. Rather than pay a player a set amount for the years of their contract, there should be a salary range which goes up or down if they perform or do not perform. Players wanting the money would then break their backs to achieve and then maintain to get to that top salary. Those that did not perform would not receive the high salary. I don’t think anyone would begrudge paying high salaries for superb performances. The issue with this however is setting those clearly defined goals and targets.
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Stourbridge Wolf–I agree to a large extent–But what happened to our youngster last season-How many actualy made 1st team appearences–He has gone back on the younger player who plays for his shirt & may not have the experience yes–but how are they going to learn if he does not include them in the squad-He MM must realise that the players he has brought in are not good enough–I single out Elliot –MM rates him now please tell me when and were Elliot made it happen for us—But lets hope that the coming month will bring us some new blood to give us some hope of making it—No footy on the box can we have some useful discussion on this Blogg please— Crazy Dave–
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His agent’s name is’nt Willie Mckay by any chance is it?
This smacks of the Henry Camara saga all over again
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Not only is it agents that are having a word with Kites, this situation happens when a lot when players are mixing with prem players on international duty. Truth is he aint good enough yet to hold down a regular first team place at any prem club other than the promoted teams. He is not a Bentley replacement (who you may remember wanted to sign for us, but we had Anderton). Difficult to tell how good he could be, two more years with us playing regularly and he could really develop. On the other hand 3 seasons as a squad player on prem wages sets him up for life and means that he doesn’t have to do a Mark Clyde and go back to landscape gardening. Tough decision, but I wish I had to make it.
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83 McCarthys Last Stand
You are a baggies fan I can smell you a mile away
so please keep off our board matey boy
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2 and 3, shut up! MM is a victim of his own success, just back off him, the season before last, we were tipped to be mid-low table and we finished in the playoffs. but this season we just missed out on them. so we should be up next season. SUPER! SUPER MICK! SUPERR! SUPER MICK! SUPER! SUPER MICK! SUPER MICK MCCARTHY!
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It must be true i read it in the paper. Blah blah blah. Lets just all stop speculating enjoy the summer and look forward to the start of the season with players who want to be there. And i for one thinks kites will be.
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Billywolf-have you been drinking-If so have one for me mate
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Rumoured to be wanted and in demand ?
More spin and he is not for sale ?
Cannot believe a word of this article, its fabricated to try to get more interest in an average player playing for an average club in an average league. What does Mick McCarthy think he is talking about that Kightly should stay with Wolves to get Premiership football. Best bet is to move on if possible to a club like Birmingham, or QPR where money is available to get promoted ? Wolves did spend, but bought average players and are now suffering for it. I can’t blame executives wanting to off load players before allowing Mick to splash more cash, but it’s allowing him to continue baffles me ? Every player is up for sale at the right price and I think managers/executives say they are not just to get some interest. That is the same with agents spouting about how many clubs are ringing, when alot of the times there are few. It is just hype and spin.
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So what’s new.Wolves’ continual inability to get into the premiership.How do you expect good players to stay?
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89. SouthBankBill
A new poster who is trying to make out he has been posting here regularly and knows the score.
We have seen happy-clappers come and go, and you won’t be here long with the rubbish you are posting!
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If he wanted to go to everton for european football id understand but…any of the others we are a bigger club than and if he wants to play infront of half empty stadiums then let him go 6/7 mil if he goes borough were just say adam johnson and 2mil? also let hennessey go 8 mil to arsenal? matt murray and kasper schmeichel? i dont think wayne or kites are irreplaceable and if there turning into big time charlies let them go ON OUR TERMS! ADAM JOHNSON ON RIGHT JARVIS ON LEFT OR KEOGH CAN PLAY WIDE ALSO
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Comment 83 Bang on the money!!!
Moxey could NOT handle Ince or ANY manager that knows his stuff – as he would be constantly blabbing on about wage scales and budgets!
Yes, Spending for spendings sake is NOT good BUT likewise having NO ambition is also just as bad!!!
If you were a young up and coming player would you sign for Mediocre Mick and Middle of the Road Moxey??? As the saying goes “Misery (Mick) needs company (Moxey) The NOT so dynamic duo!!!
EG: A quality actor gets paid better money to be a box office attraction for any film – the up and coming actors/ actresses dont get paid as much – There is a dividing line between better quality and lesser quantity!
Therefore, signing a better quality older experienced player on better wages should be a “calculated” risk – No transfer fee but better wages for say 1 season – WHY NOT?
The risk is that if he fails in that 1 season we lose out? BUT if he gells the youngsters along side maybe 3 other similar players and we gain automatic promotion – great!
Trouble is, Moxey will always use the excuse of budgets etc EVEN when it makes sense to have a few of the needed “older heads” in the team than say spend up to £4m on the likes of LAFF – a – MINUTE from Burnley!
The real reason in our view is the serious lack of man management from Moxey and MM –
As they could NOT handle the youngsters like Keogh etc blabbing on about “how good they are gonna be next season” 20 goals etc etc, and how upset they would be if someone with more talent was earning more than they are!
This Club has a very good history with proud fans who actually give a monkeys IF we could not care less, no-one would know what we think
Its just a shame the club wont meet our ambitions – not even half way!!!
Mick has his 3rd season; Lets all pray that he learns about tactics and team work FAST!
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89. SouthBankBill
“McCarthys Last Stand” has been posting here for a long time, and his predictions about how last season would end all came true. He predicted it before Christmas.
I’ve never heard of you, and you are a new poster. All you can do is spout insults and rubbish. Please desist from being a trouble maker.
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people need to be realistic, loyalty in football is a thing of the past.most players now worship the god money. most contracts seem to be written on toilet paper so they are easy to flush away. if kightly’s advisors want him to move it will probably happen. i hope it doesn’t because to me he’s not proved his credentials at chapionship level never mind higher. it’s scarey to think he’s achieved an u2i place with such a small c.v.
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90. BillWolf
Stop trying to make 2 seasons ago out as a success. It was a FAILURE! We failed to get promoted AGAIN!
When you happy-clappers get it into your heads that the Championship is FAILURE, then we may get some ambition back in this under-performing club.
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