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Wolves young guns are here to stay
Tuesday 24th June 2008, 3:00PM BST.
Jez Moxey insists Wolves’ ‘young and hungry’ recruitment strategy will remain in place this summer.
Wolves are edging ever closer to agreement with Derby midfielder David Jones and remain in the hunt for Hearts defender Christophe Berra.
Jones is 24 and Berra 23, the age bracket of the backbone of Wolves’ exciting young guns.
Michael Kightly, Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, Andy Keogh and George Elokobi are all 22, with Wayne Hennessey and David Edwards 21 and Kevin Foley 23.
After revealing today’s four-year contract extension for winger Kightly, Wolves chief executive Moxey added the policy of recruiting the best young talent available in their price range is here to stay.
He said: “We expect some new signings to do likewise in the very near future as we look to build a young, settled and exciting squad for the new season.
“Michael has been an outstanding player both on and off the field since he joined us from Grays Athletic.
“We are delighted he’s signed a new four-year contract, committing himself to Wolves for the long term.”
Kightly is delighted to have secured his long term future with Wolves.
“I wear the Wolves shirt with pride and will continue to do so.
“I can’t wait for the season to start. We’ve got a good, young squad and, with a couple of additions, I don’t see why we can’t have a successful season.
“The club is going in the right direction. Everyone concerned with it wants to be in the Premier League and I want to be there with them.”
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good but keogh ? sell him please
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interesting thoughts from Kightly, the way I saw it was he blackmailed us into a new contract
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“I wear the Wolves shirt with pride and will continue to do so” (off tape: as long as they pay me more money or else I’m off)
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keogh is better than tatter fred kid aye boing boing
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So the Academy young guns can pack their bags then ?
WWFC – im with you mate – wonder if hes got a clause like Oli ?
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How is this 4 year contract more of a commitment than the last one signed just a year ago?
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most people (including the bookies) know mccarthy is not going to get wolves up this season.so WHEN this happens & we lose all those young players & there is no paul ince to go & get what are you going to do moxey
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Lets just hope they all gel sooner rather than later.
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maybe Kights deserved the pay rise, he was probably one of the lowest paid players coming from Grays, he could have gone to the prem on the big bucks but he took a pay rise and stayed with WWFC im chuffed.
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keoghs a decent player who will improve.
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If rumour has it that he was one of our lower paid players (and clearly one of our best) then he rightly should have asked for more dosh. Can you blame him??? I’d rather have him with a bit more money than letting him go right now.
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I do agree with this policy however, keogh can go and we cud do with 2 experineced players, Graverson being one
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1. what you on about bet your one of the “freddy is a messiah” gang arent ya???
wonder how many goals keogh as setup last season especially for SEB, could sure it was oli’s job to set the chances up but nah you lot have to get on the back of one of the few players who gives 100% ok he may not always pull it off, but rather have him in the side than not!
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1 & 2 – Do us all a favour and support someone else. Jokers.
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why is everyone being so negative about kights?
hes an excellent player & was on less money than a lot of the other lads. this guys deserves extra as he plays his heart out every single time he pulls on a wolves shirt.
you’re all slatin him now but you’ll soon change your tunes when you’re singin his name on the terraces come august!!!!!
im glad your stayin kights! & im sure i speak for the majority of the wolves fans!!!!!
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I can’t quite beleive kites is being badmouthed on these pages – if the bloke sat next to me at work wasn’t as good as me and earned twice as much I wouldn’t be best pleased either! Kightly remains our best hope of getting out of this division so get off his back!!!!!!
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come on lets sign some NEW players…. post haste !
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Look at Uncle Jez’s photo, would you buy a second hand car from him?…..
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2 – what the hell is the matter with you, one of the best players we have had for ages has just pledged his future to us and you still find something to moan about, what is wrong with Kightly wanting to be paid the same as the rest of the players, I think its good of him to re-sign for the wolves when he has had offers from premier clubs offering 3 times his wage (that is on good authority as well, my brother goes out with Daniel Jones’ sister)
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wots wrong with keogh?he played whole of last seaon no probz,get offis back,its matt murray who needs to go! keogh sets a lot ofgoals up,yeah maybe he needs to start bein more sellfishandhave a shot more oftenWOLVES 4 EVA STANNA -BUSHBURY
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Your policy Mr Moxey is Wolves on the cheap,the only reason your interested in young players is because you can get them from Primark,,iff they were top prospects like the young fellow from Cardif would you still be interested…
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It’s very much to be desired that Wolves young guns are here to stay. But that is a newspaper headline.
What Jez Moxey actually said was that Wolves’ ‘young and hungry’ recruitment strategy will remain in place this summer. Recruitment is not the same as keeping players.
As a recruitment policy, I’m not 100% happy with ‘young and hungry.’ There’s something to be said for acquiring one or two mature and experienced hands as well. (Not that I’m saying we should sign Dwight Yorke–I said “mature”, not “superannuated”!:-))
You could interpret Moxey’s remarks as saying we will not be acquiring any mature players.
I believe we must spend what is necessary to get a couple of top-class defenders, whether they’re young or mature–however much it takes. If we can do that without selling any of our young guns, that’s perfect!
I certainly hope the E&S is right, and that Wolves young guns are here to stay.
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Yawn, this is tiresome.
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Lads all joking aside – i’m getting worried whats going on all this unrest whos next ?
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Why are people knocking Kightly for signing a new contract when I am sure he had the option of asking for a move and getting into a Premier League team.
I am sure he was on a low salary after us getting him from Grays (and after all the Moxey policy of young hungry players is all about getting players that are cheap). He has been brilliant for us and so if we are now paying him the going rate for the championship then surely he deserves that as he is one of the best players in the division.
Of course he will move on at the end of the year if we don’t go up, as will Hennessey and SEB, but I think we are lucky that these guys have stuck with us for another year when they could easily have made a mint by moving on.
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who are you to critised Kites !! get lost #2..
quite appropriate that your comment is Number 2 !!
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LOL LOL LOL NO WONDER OUR TEAM SUPPORT IS OFTEN LOW, READING SOME OF THIS GARBAGE MAKES ME LAUGH,WERZ UR HONOUR? LETS JUST C WHEN THE NEW SEASON STARTS,WOTEVA TEAM WE HAVE YOU SHOULD SUPPORT THEM ALL THE WAY,GET BEHIND THE TEAM! QUESTION/AFTER QUESTION ITS GETTIN A BIT FICKLE N BORIN…1ST HOME GAME SHOUT FOR UR TEAM 90 MINS THATS WOT THEY NEED …STANNA-BUSHBURY
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Keogh out ? Your having a laugh. That lad works his socks off. Yes he was poor sometimes last year but he was always trying. Also lets not forget, Trappatoni loves the kid. Says something when u have a manager like him sayin how good someone is ! SEB stated he likes working with Keogh too so i suppose cos it wasn’t Freddie some of you are not happy. But thats just my opinion. UP THE WOLVES !
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The fact of the matter is he’s signed on for another year. Surely he’s entitled to be on as much as the others.
On another note, what the hell is going on with the away strip. Huge disappointment. Looks more like a GK kit. Since when are Wolves colours black and lime green. The white gk kit should be the home strip and vice versa.
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Dont care how young and huugry, notice no talk of promotion, I think you lot will get the, We are building for the Future garbage, this time next year most your decent players will go, dont worry you will still have Jez Mad MM Connor and S Ward
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GET GRAVESON IN ..£1.5M .. SIMPLE !!
UP THE WOLVES !!
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Paul Ince was a ‘young and hungry’, manager, but Moxey said ‘no experience’, so how can it be right for players but not right for a manager?
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20) I agree with you about leaving Keogh alone but Matt Murray? He may be injury prone but he is our best keeper and in the top 3 in England!
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Back from the Costas–Same old garbage–Lets have some quality signing and sort this old shakey defence–All this about young guns is rubbish–Come on Jez get somebody signed to give us HOPE—-
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1 and 2 and 3 Are you real????
well said 16 fenwolf
21 pedro its not about price its about talent. if we get young hungry and talented players and they develop with us we can grow as a club
We have had so many ‘experienced players’ who let everyone down because they were more interested in pay day then playing a winning way.
The current strategy is paying off. We have to be patient.
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I’m not sure why Jez wants hungry players, I thought he ate all the pies
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More Moxey spin, same every year. With practise he seems to be getting better at it. What about the local lads getting a chance, what about some first team games for these lads, give them some hope for once. Come on Wolves !
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Come on !! Kights has signed a new deal. If you were one of the best workers at your workplace but knew loads were on higher wages than you – would you be happy ? NO – of course you wouldnt. He is getting the best deal for himself with the club he WANTS to play for. Lets have more positive comments on here !!
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Great news! this may draw more young hungry players to wolves on with the revolution upward and onward wolves forever.
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I give Moxey his due he is a good talker,but unfortunately I dont believe a word he says.Its alright having a “young and hungry” policy if the players are good enough.Albion got promoted using quality,experienced players and unfortunately I just cant see us getting those sort of players in sufficient quantity at Molineux.
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great to see we’re keeping to the young and hungry policy.WHAT ABOUT A YOUNG AND HUNGRY MANAGER(LIKE BLACKBURN HAVE)AND A YOUNG AND HUNGRY CHIEF EXECUTIVE?
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thank god this matter is out the way, give him another season & if we dont go up then nobody can moan if he wants to leave for the premier. i dont normally say this but well done moxey for sorting this out.
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can we get abit of experience in the team please?
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Well done Michael Kightly – at last someone showing some allegiance and committment.
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‘good but keogh ? sell him please’
You clearly no nothing about football if thats your opinion!
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Will all the anti Mick pro freddy crew please go and support sandwell.
You are dragging this club further and further down the mire just so you can get your own way and get Freddy in and Mick out.
Well news flash. Mick is staying and freddy is going. DEAL WITH IT and stop banging on about it week in week out. You will not get your end result so what is the point.
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Kightly is one of the best players in years and the the groaners are on his back. If all you can do is get on their backs don’t turn up next year, Molineux will be a better place without you. Support the team for god sake!
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“Young and hungry” is Moxey spin talk for “cheap and cheerful”. Forget the Premiership, no real ambition to get there!
This club is going nowhere while this joke runs the show.
Now I know that he personally owns the catering rights, I’ll never eat another pie at the Mol!
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The club is owned by Mr Morgan. He owns it outright. It is a company that was established to make a profit.
There is nothing immoral in making money from sports, it’s just like any other commodity.
In the USA the supporters don’t expect the owners to make a loss from the club. But we have a century of local wealthy patrons keeping the local club going.
In Wolves we had many generous patrons, the Ireland family were probably the most successful, giving Wolves some of its best years. The Haywards were not as succesful, but they lived in the Caribbean, and had to trust the CEO to manage the situation locally.
Mr Moxey has done a remarkable job at keeping the club going, producing profits from a Championship team that please the owners, and somehow keeping the fans coming back for more.
Mr Morgan is obviously pleased with the dividends his £10 investment are bringing him.
Young and hungry can be thought of as a euphemism for “cheap”, but it is all that Wolves supporters can expect from their profitable Championship team.
Just get used to the fact that Wolves is not a Premiership club any longer, and the present leadership have no intention of going down that financially risky route. To do so would destroy the current profitable business plan.
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At least all that rubbish spin about buying new talent from European has been forotten. They must think we are idiots.
McCarthy has great connections in the lower regions of the football leagues. He has the capability to keep identifying and snapping up cheap bargain basement players. He has no European experience and no connections in Europe.
So, it looks like more “young and hungry”, and no chance of “experienced and talented”. Looks like another disappointing year ahead of us, yet again.
After 20+ years of failure (except for the Dave Jones years) you’d think I was used to it, but it still leaves me with a heavy heart.
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35. E11 Wolf
“The current strategy is paying off. We have to be patient.”
What a load of old horse manure! Nothing has paid off! We have failed yet again. Six of last season’s regulars are transfer listed and nobody wants them! How low can we sink?
It just gets cheaper failure each year, and “young and hungry” is the latest spin. Nothing is any better than it was 10 years ago, it’s all Moxey spin. It’s just smoke and mirrors and taking advantage of the supporters enthusiasm.
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Cant win can they..wel…sell him or others like him..the board get slated…we get players to sign extended contracts…the board & player gets slated…hmmmmm, I cant think why we dont attract decent players to this club…wonder if they or their agents ever look at websites or blogs to see whats happening at a club as far as fans are concerned…???????????????????????????????
Great news bout Kitas as far as I’m concerned..sorry George is off, but signing that contract gives us the power in the transfers…& as for selling Keogh….will the last person to leave the room please turn the lights off, seems as thought the world has gone madddddddddddddddddd..
The futures bright..the futures ORANGE…n Black…
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Pleased to hear about the new contract, Kites would have understandably got annoyed being a first team player seeing others in the squad doing very little for alot more money!!
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Kites – do what is rite for you mate.
Best un at the club by a street on poor wages,no wonder he’s tried rocking the boat.
Know let’s see Moxey go n get this young blood wearing that gold shirt.
That 14/1 for the Championship looks good value.COME ON YOU WOLVES!!!!!
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Keogh will only get better – don’t hound him out you muppets!
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The Tesco’s must be laughing at us, although some of them don’t have a clue, they’re right about one thing. Some wolves fans on here don’t half whinge about nothing. SM, JM and MM will not listen to any of these negative comments. So whats the point?
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Mcarthy will be sacked before Xmas!!,,,,you can take that to the Bank cus he has never been any good and never will be!
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baggies should sign Hennessey we need a goalkeeeper no dought he likes to play football.
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35 E11 “the current strategy is paying off” – “we have to be patient”
Did you actually watch the majority of games last season? Were they a) Exciting or b) Dire and not worth the admission money – for most games?
It just amazes us how many of you fall for this “spin” season after season
WHEN exactly is this “gonna” pay off? Next season, the season after that – Can you or Moxey or MM give us all a clue as to when we are “gonna” – “turn the corner”???
Or when it again fails are we gonna get the usual “well they put in a shift” and ” I couldnt ask anymore of the lads”
Nearly winning the lottery doesnt actually give you the top prize, it means exactly that – You did not win!
Expectations – Its the fans fault – Yet more garbage based on Moxey and MM “washing their hands of any blame” EVERY club in this country has expectations even in the lower leagues – does that mean that those fans are bad because they expect better???
Without at least 2 better centre halfs who have a reasonable amount of pace, a creative midfield player and a left sided winger – we can only expect much of the same next season
BUT most importantly of all – Wolves desperately need better tactics and strategies beyond the rubbish we saw last season (which was not just down to the players) as in most cases/ games MM and his coaching crew were beyond clueless and watching games (with the exception of one or two matches) had most of us cringing or yawning!
For whatever reasons Morgan has chosen to stick with Mick M – But unless there are MAJOR changes next season MM will revert back to type and we can all look forward to extra portions of tripe on the pitch and dour tripe in his after match summaries!
We desperately pray that MM gets inspiration from the God of Football and discovers “tactics” or hires a better football coach than TC
All you Moxey morons (to borrow Nippy’s expression) and Mick Morons believe that next season it will happen – Come on then if you really believe that – TEll us all – WHY and HOW?
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Would the people knocking Kitesaccept it if blokes who didn’t do as good a job as them at work were getting more money? I think not.
Football is a short career and players deserve to get the going rate for their services. We’ve overpaid some tripe in the past, but Kites is worth whatever he is being paid.
I still think Mick is a bit of a muppet, but he is right, there are plenty on here too.
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Some of the comments on here really bewilder me.
Yes we are fans … yes we care … but unless you are in your dream job are you not going to try for a better deal.
Kights came from non-league and was probably one of the lowest paid players at the club. He got a new agent and new deal … good on him.
We are not going to get 11 steve bulls who are focussed on loyalty. Kights has done what is right for him and everyone else involved no doubt he could have got a bigger pay packet in the premier but he is sticking with wolves and trying to get back to the premiership with us around NOW GET BEHIND HIM!!!!
Its 4 years not 4 months!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And maybe if some of you could compare kightlys paypacket with the likes of Bentley and some of the championship journeymen you would realise
Maybe that is what has put Seyi-Georges nose out of joint i.e. Kights SEB and Hennessey (arguably our 3 best players) maybe getting more but that what you get when you are consistent seyi-george.
As far as Keogh goes im not his greatest fan, but you cant deny his workrate and effort (even though it is headless-chicken at times). Some of his touches and playmaking is top notch and i think he will improve, although i am no expert but if trappatoni sees something in him thats good enough for me. I would prefer him to set up 20 and score ten than just score 10.
Come on you wolves for 2008-2009 we can do it.
We have a great young squad (not all kids) you can do it with a couple of older heads
(yes thats you mr gravesen!!!!!! and as yet unknown defender)
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Don’t normally bother to read these comments, but had to reply to them.
Do these people really support the wolves? Moan, Moan, Moan, Moan, Moan.
The opposing fans make more complementry remarks.
Get off the manager’s and the team’s back and support em!
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June 3th – “My agent is going to have a meeting with Jez in a couple of weeks. There are a few things we are not happy about. Hopefully, after that meeting, they can be sorted”
June 24th – “I wear the Wolves shirt with pride and will continue to do so”
What difference money makes.
I am glad Kights is staying, but honestly, did he deserve a new contract?
He didnt offer much last season being injured most of the time.
Just shows the influence of agents these days.
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i think the young players wolves have bought in are a great asset to the club and fans, however it still hurts me that the fanse were blamed for wolves lack of success, i e the expectations,Plus how have the fans been listened to regarding the away kit,its a travesty, how can that be described as a wolves strip is beyond me.
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64. I’ve glad you’ve noticed! I think its a disgrace!Since when do we play in black and green!
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he could have gone to the premiership …full stop.
but he didn’t !!!!!
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59; Last season our defence conceded fewer goals than the eventual winners of the division. Last season our strikers scored fewer goals than the bottom club. MM is looking at strikers and has not yet turned his attention to the defence. Can’t think why, can you? (Please don’t start the Freddy thing.) I agree that few home games at the Mol were enjoyable but I have two comments; 1) We were in transition, judge MM this season. 2) Some of the so called supporters at home (you?) were a disgrace.
Your ignorance of football and your habit of ignoring truth and reality do not give you the right to call loyal supporters silly, banal names. Grow up or go away!
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if we cant afford carsleys wages people, how can we match gravesens wage demands? jez nd mick r doin a good job, nd a tryin 2 secure the best deals. GOIN ON TOUR WITH THE WOLVES!!
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How can some people say that Murray is our best keeper, Hennessey won all acolades last year, and on a number of occassions kept us in it.
i can see peoples thinking though,lets keep the inury prone keeper and sell Hennessey….so what happens when murray is injured again?
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67. The Magician
Yet another happy-clapper who thinks he owns the E&S discussion board and can command other fans who have opposing views to go away.
Sounds a bit like Mugabe to me!
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61. JJ – The Original
Don’t try to judge any of Mick’s strikers against *NORMAL* standards. In a McCarthy team the attackers are expected to put in a shift and defend as well.
This hopeless lack of intelligent tactics means that George, an attacking mid-fielder spent the whole season as a defending mid-fielder. He wants away, and Paul Ince rates him high enough to want to buy him! Who is the idiot here?
We could go around the team and see how hopeless Mick’s lack of tactical knowledge has made every player less effective. That is what the knowledgeable fans have complained about all last season.
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Why does Moxey need our players to be hungry all the time? Does he not want them to eat so he can have more chips from the Molineux canteen? Please let our players eat. No wonder we can’t get promoted. The poor players don’t have the energy.
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70; Got no problem with opposing views, just idiots who feel that they need to call people with opposing views silly names.
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