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Wolves goalkeeper off to Hereford
Friday 7th November 2008, 11:56AM GMT.
Matt Murray is off to League One’s rock bottom club Hereford on loan – as Wolves boss Mick McCarthy stays firm in the battle of the goalkeepers.
Murray is set to finally get his chance of a month’s first team football under former Molineux boss Graham Turner, after Carl Ikeme’s minor back injury scuppered a similar move to MK Dons.
McCarthy said: “They’re in the FA Cup this weekend (against Dagenhan and Redbridge) but he’ll go in time for next weekend. I’ve talked to Graham Turner and we hope we can make that happen.
“He just needs some football and it will be good for him to get a month’s football, then we’ll see how he is.”
Murray will make his Hereford debut at home to Cheltenham next Saturday.
The news comes as McCarthy again felt forced to explain his exclusion of Wayne Hennessey at the expense of Ikeme for the visit of Burnley.
He said: “If anyone tells me Carl Ikeme shouldn’t be in the nets then I’m willing to stand up and have the argument with them, because he’s been outstanding apart from one mistake against Norwich.
“Other than that, he’s been outstanding. I want that pressure on my players. I understand Wayne’s disappointment, but right from early on, he’s been brilliant.”
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Stay fit Matt!
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STUPID MISTAKE keep him at wolves injury free rather than risk him getting injured at HEREFORD! FFS
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Good news for both Matt and Carl. Just because Hennessey is now first choice for Wales doesn’t mean he’s automatic for us. If you’ve got the shirt and play well you should keep it.
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You tell them Mick!
Wolves 2 Burnley 1
Robbie Blake 21mins
G.Alexander sent off for Burnley on 45mins
Karl Henry 62mins
Ebanks-Blake 80mins.
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I am with you all of the way Mick on this one. Just because you are first choice for Wales, you do not walk straight back in the side. I am far more confident from corners with Ikeme in goal.
As for Murray, Hereford are sure to have an upturn in fortune with one of the best keepers in the country between the sticks!
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Good Luck Matt–Stay fit- Good Luck–Crazey Dave
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I think Hennessey is a terrific keeper but the other two are also excellent. There is no way in the world that you can keep all three happy and therefore one of them needs to go. Ikeme would earn us very little money due to his lack of exposure to league football and Murray’s injury record would keep his transfer fee very low. If we get up this year then I think you have to sell Murray in the hop ethat this will keep Hennessey with us. If we fail then Hennessay needs to go as he can earn us many £millions – I really don’t think there is a huge gulf between nay of them and therefore the money could be a great boost for us. Even if we go up we will only be able to hold onto Wayne for a short while – who wouldn’t want champions league football?
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dont be so stupid! wayne is ten times the keeper ikeme is! yes i agree he has played well but you dont drop a talent like wayne! dont lose our premiership chance because you are bein stubborn against fans again (freddy incident) jsu ruddy play him and get us up!
VERY GOOD DECISION TO SEND MATTY TO HEREFORD! HE WILL GET PLENTY OF CHANCES TO IMPROVE THERE!
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2. Just not practical to keep a player of his age, ability and experience playing 45 minutes now and again in reserves.
Give him his chance and get him back – match fit – when we need him! Will also test his ability stay injury-free which I think we all worry about! IMO
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that wont do is ingland propspects any gud will it,aye boing boing donk
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if hes fit enough to go out on loan y ant he fit enough to play for us FFS
come on wolves tomorow 3 – 0 blakey,big chris, kites
wolves till i die
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What a signing for hereford!!!
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Fras – you’d get a good price on all that to come true!!
Come on the boys tomorrow.
Great signing for Hereford!
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Great news, he is our best keeper and we need him back and fit – and there is only testing out his fitness in games,,,, and then Matt & Wayne can fight it out for the No1 jersey….. its all good news,,,, MM is doing a great job creating competition for places
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SAY GOODBYE TO HENNESSEY…MAD MICK IS ALSO PLANNING TO SELL EBANKS….
WATCH THIS SPACE
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we mite see the burnley fans on the moterway as we guin to liverpool,aye boing boing donk
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Can’t you send Collins with him Mick??
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Matt Murray the best english keeper playing for hereford utd! hopefully stay injury free and back between our sticks! not fully confident in wayne or carl ikeme, both not good enough.
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(7) Cheshire you’ve hit the nail bang on the head for me!
Great move for Murray, great move for Wolves and great news that we can help our legendary old gaffer out along the way! Altogether now “GRAHAM TURNERS GOLD N BLACK ARMY”!!!!
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i see hees finding is level,wers wayne guin wrexham aye boing boing donk
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fightin for no1 jersey,do ya get it jersey,hereford bulls jersey,aye boing boing donk
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No4, do you have the lotto numbers to pls?
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Matt is a great keeper, but would you throw him straight back into the team with his injury record? Best to see how fit he really is with a loan move.
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Is it me or is this a case of making sure Ikeme is good enough so that we can sell Hennessey in January? Murray will be back in goal as soon as he is match fit (rightly so!) with Ikeme as backup and then we will have 5 million plus from Hennessey to strengthen elsewhere? It makes no sense to try and keep 3 good keepers.
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i d rather it was wayne and matt staying . but im pleased we are doing hereford a favour . graham turner will always have the respect of the fans like myself who never left . after attending all those chorely replays .. beeing at the lowest ever attendance . sack the bhattis meetings etc . he gave us a return to some pride. i hope we can help him at any oppertunity. good luck to matt
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Good maagement MM, to play the man in form who is Ikeme and not Hennesey. Good managers are never afraid to drop good players when they arent doing it. Wenger dropped lehmann in favour of Almunia last season. Ferguson drops tevez in favour of bergotov this season.
hennessey knew he would have stiff competition this season both at wolves and wales and has to fight for his place.
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TERRYGUINTOLIVERPOOL- Is your moped capable of travelling such a distance ?
Maybe you can get a tow from the WBA team Transit minibus.
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2 and 11
Ridiculous posts.
Why risk getting his mental and physical sharpness back by sticking him in at the deepend. A loan move is the ideal way to get him back to his best.
Good move Mr McCarthy.
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So Terry’s at Liverpool tomorrow? I’ll keep my eye out for a Worzel Gummidge lookalike in the Tesco end! Wolves goalie? Ikeme has got the shirt so he plays. Wayne may be off in January according to popular rumour. But let’s get Matt back and fit as soon as possible. Wolves 3 Burnley 1.
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25, shudent your name be champioship wolf,aye boing donk
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17,there laffin at you agen with your silly comments,aye boing boing donk
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25,well it got me too arsenal, man u, newcastle shud get me too liverpool,aye boing oing donk
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19) Going to see Torres, Keane and Gerrard show you up and remain the worst team that has got promoted. On the way back wave at the Golden Palace – top of the league and top scorers!
8) Absolute rubbish. Hennessey is a liability off his line. Stay on the bench!
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Nice to see Turner getting some payback for all he has done for us in the past. Would be fantastic to see Murray back fully fit but I’ve got a nasty feeling that we’ve seen the last full season out of him. Hennessey won’t reach his peak for five years yet and by that time only the top two or three clubs could afford him.
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24Tel
When Spurs win and you lot loose tomorrow. You will be holding up the greed league all by yourselves!
YoYo’s
Up The Wolves
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Wots happened to terry the boggie fan ?
Shhhhhhhhh…. all gone quiet at the Poorthorns
One Keith Andrews , there’s only one Keith Andrews LOL !!
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24 – lol – they could probably do with one of our 3 quality keepers as Carson has done his back in picking the ball out the net 11 times in the last four games…….. collecting one point along the way!! Not only going down but I reckon they’re going to be bottom too!! lol
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Hennessey is next out, as MM core handle him being a big name. watch this space.
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break a leg matt, or 2 legs
and maybe 8 fingers and 2 thumbs. . . . . .
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Class keepers do not need games to be match sharp.
Match sharpness for a class keeper is between the ears and is always there. Only match fitness is an issue and for a keeper, can be aquired in the gym and on the training ground.
If Murray is match fit he is fit to play for us tomorrow.
The only reason to send him out on loan is to give him the chance to break down. We need to know where we stand with the goalkeepers by January.
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Ikeme has let in 13 goals in 7games.If he has been brilliant,like Mick says, what does that say for the rest of the defenders.We are doing great,top of the league and full of goals,BUT we have got to get real about the failures in defence. If not it could well cost us promotion.Think back has to how Lescott,Butler, Irwin and Murray defended in that play off final.
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36 Dingle Daz.
Terry’s got at least 7 posts on
here,you have to look for the
clues.
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15. Well Liz, you seem well informed. No chance of SEB going anywhere other than the Premiership with Wolves and then he’ll stay . However, if we don’t get promoted, it may make sense to sell him, he is good enough for the Premiership. After some of his recent comments, has he not said that he will happily sign for the rest of his career? Anyway, to the keepers position, MM will always be a fitness liability however well he plays when he is fit, just see how many games he has played since he signed Pro forms. Ikeme has the shirt on merit, maybe Mick sees something in Ikeme that neither Matt or Wayne possess, the ability to come out of his 6 yard box and collect the ball. All three of them still need to learn how to kick out of their hands though! Good win tomorrow please.
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BAGGIESSSSSSSSSSSSSS you stupid little cretin
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WE,LLNEVERWALKALONE = prat
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WE,LLNEVERWALKALONE your an idiot like all your fellow inbred supporters and will get smacked all over the park by Keane and co!!!
2-1 wolves tomorow
UP THE WOLVES
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46 – spot on!!
Keith Andrews one week and Robbie the next – Wolves old boys are haunting them mate and I reckon Olofinjana will do them again after they’ve been battered by Chelsea next week…. lol!
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42. No you have to look for the clueless, jealous and insane ones.Easy really.10 16.20 21 30 31 32 39 and of course 42.
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Make one mistake and you get dropped = Hennessey.
Make one mistake and walk the ball in yo your own net and you keep your place….how is tht fair…
Murray will get injured out at Hereford because he is too injury prone. Hennessey should be playing, and fans should get off his back, you were all quick enough to worship him last year and give him player of the season…if i was WH, i would want to leave in Jan. Lets hope he doesnt read the fans comments on here….
Get behind the lads rather then jump on his back.
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As a Wolves Seasom ticket holder living in Hereford i will be down at Edgar street to see matt in actionNt being able to afford to travel away as regular as some…. Great move and its helping out Graham who i Know quite well.
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hereford already have a good keeper who has kept the scores low this season so he may not even get a game there randolph is playing out of his skin for them
out of darkness cometh light !!!
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Nice to see WBA lose AGAIN!
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will everyone shut up about whether its fair! who cares???? i don’t we are top of the league, playing well (well we did yesterday) and kept a clean sheet! keano did us proud on saturday! im laffin! and terry please get a job so you can do something constructive with your day
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