We won’t slip up – Sylvan
Saturday 21st February 2009, 11:17AM GMT.
Striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake has vowed Wolves will be fearless during the season’s run-in and promised fans: “We won’t slip up.”
The 20-goal Championship top scorer believes Wolves are refreshed after their trip to La Manga – and ready to take the Championship by storm again with a return to their early-season form.
He said: “Everyone’s waiting and expecting us to slip up. That’s not the mindset we need. We need the mindset of keeping going until the wheels fall off – but the wheels aren’t going to fall off.
“We’re going to keep grinding away and we’re positive. It’s a fresh start – almost a fresh season for us. It’s the last 13 games and we want to go out there with fearlessness.
“We want to play the way we have been for much of the season and see where it takes us.”
Ebanks-Blake understands the anxiety that has gripped the Molineux masses after one win in nine games. But he has called on the fans to remain positive in the run-in to provide the right platform for the players to perform.
He said: “I think the key is a positive mindset and that’s not just the players, but the fans and everyone involved. Everyone gets anxious – everyone wants to get over that finishing line.
“Positive influences produce positive results. We’re not being negative and we want the fans to be the same and get behind us.
“We want to put on a show for them, we want to perform, play well, work hard for each other and be talking about positive results, week-in, week-out.”
Ebanks-Blake goes into the lunch-time’s duel with form team Cardiff with four goals in his last two games at Molineux, including his first hat-trick against Norwich.
But he has drawn two blanks on the road after missing the last-gasp spot kick and chance to salvage a point in the 2-1 defeat at Coventry.
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We’ll bottle it….don’t we always?!
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thats more like it e-banks,think positive,and then do the same on the pitch,come lads all we ask is give 100% and no matter whats happens at least you gave your all,all the best lads, now go out there and give them hell, now every wolves fan on here lets be positive no knockers please,up the wolves.
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Good positive stuff Sylvan make sure it rubs off on the rest of your team mates tomorrow.
What a brilliant article from Dave Jones. Loved the bit “The idiots on the message boards don’t have a clue what goes on inside the club. they sit up there in Mum’s and Dad’s attic, 40 years old and still at home telling you what you should be doing ”
The furore about Mark Davies totally proves that.
SouthBank Barmy Army, Torquay Man and you other cretins…I do believe he means YOU-HOO !!
Now climb back up in the attic and misspell some other mindless rant….and whatever else you do up there !
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Well said Sylvan, hope it comes to fruition! I am just waiting to see if this post is allowed by me as the last 5 I have been done have been “struck off” God knows why. Just one other point, I hope WM Police are going to bill Cardiff for the extra Policing?
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i remember dave jones saying the same thing and sir jack ..what was it oh akinbyi will score a hatrick . just cant keep there mouths shut can they.
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JUST DO IT….
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OK OK we’ve got the message. We all know the crowd will be great for 30 minutes after that it will be down to whether the players are producing. Getting the first goal will be vital tactically and for the atmosphere.
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WE ARE ALREADY SLIPPING UP SYLVAN.. IT’S THE DIRE, BORING FOOTBALL WE’VE HAD TO SUFFER OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS THAT BREEDS NEGATIVITY AMONGST THE FANS. YOUR STILL FAIRLY NEW HERE AND WHAT YOU SAY, IS MEANT IN GOOD FAITH..US FANS HOWEVER HAVE SEEN AND HEARD IT ALL BEFORE.
DO THE BUSINESS ON THE PITCH AND GET US PROMOTED.. THAT’S WHAT BREEDS POSITIVITY, TALKS CHEAP AND VERY OFTEN FALLS ON DEAF EARS. FOR THE PAST 3 MONTHS VARIOUS PLAYERS HAVE COME ON HERE WITH.
WE KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO
WE’RE STILL COMMITED TO THE CAUSE
WE’RE GONNA FIGHT ALL THE WAY
CONFIDENCE AND MORALE IN THE SQUAD ARE STILL HIGH
HE PUT A GOOD SHIFT IN
BLAH BLAH BLAH.. YET THE PERFORMANCES DON’T IMPROVE, THE WEAK LINKS ARE STILL WEAK, AND THE OTHER TEAMS AROUND US ARE CATCHING UP SLOWLY.
SYLVAN.. YOUR CLASS AND THIS OBSERVATION IS NOT DIRECTED AT YOU. IT A GENERAL SUMMARY OF OUR CURRENT POSITION. BEAT CARDIFF TOMORROW AND MAYBE SOME OF THE PRESSURE WILL EASE..LOOSE AND IT’S GONNA GET A WHOLE LOT WORSE.
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BERTIE .. SouthBank Barmy Army, Torquay Man and you other cretins…I do believe he means YOU-HOO !!
WELL HE CERTAINLY DON’T MEAN YOU .. YOU INSIGNIFICANT FOOL. AND WHERE DID YOU CUT AND PASTE THAT COMMENT FROM DIVVY. COS YOU AIN’T INTELLIGENT ENOUGH TO HAVE WRITTEN YOURSELF.
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We need to ram Dave Jones’ comments back down his throat – he is a bottler and needed £10m to build a team of has-beens to get us promoted. £3m on Kenny Miller anyone? Shocking. He blew it big time in 2002 and the fans rightly never forgave him for.
He had the money in the Prem and what did we get?? Carl Cort, Silas, Oleg Luzny, Iverson, Craddock??? Wonderful signings Jones you muppet!!!
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Yet another pop at the fans.
Talk is cheap.
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SHUT UP AND STOP TALKING TO THE PRESS! Take a leaf out the promotion team of 2003, do your talking on the picth and not the press!
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staffs wolf – SHUT UPP!!! go and take your negativity down the albion of the brum.
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We have heard it all before Sylvan!
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Why get negative now!? I we look at like we are starting a 13 game season we are in a good position. Let’s get Molineux rocking tomorrow and cheer the team on. If we don’t make that’s the time to start getting negative. IT’S NOT OVER YET! No doubt it will go to the last game of the season.
COME ON YOU WOLVES!
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BOO BOYS STAY AWAY COME ON THE WOLVES I HAVE FAITH
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lisa said: Feb 21st, 2009 at 2:02 pm BOO BOYS STAY AWAY COME ON THE WOLVES I HAVE FAITH
THERE WE GO BOYS..JUST WHAT WE NEEDED TO BOOST CONFIDENCE AND GET OUR PROMOTION PUSH BACK ON TRACK. LOONEY LISA’S GOT FAITH WHOOOOOOO!!!
PITY IT’S THE GEORGE MICHAEL SINGLE SHE’S TALKIN’ ABOUT.
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The players dont pick the team so GET BEHIND EM on Sunday.If we do our job maybe they will do theirs.Lets hope for no more nonsense with the team selection.McCarthy PICK OUR BEST TEAM!!!!!
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It seems that people are lining up to have a pop at us, everyone seems to have an opinion, taking delight in the fact that we are ‘wobbling’, ‘stuttering’, ‘choking’ or any other derogatory term you can think of. I think that we need to now adopt a siege mentality over the last 13 games, and show everyone that we are united in our quest for a common goal. Part-time fans like Southbank Barmy Army need not apply, unless of course he wants to direct his agression towards cheering and supporting us rather than criticising at every opportunity. It is attitudes like his that threaten to derail our chances, and fans like him are the main reason why supporters of a lot of other teams dislike us. So join in or naff off!
We are united, we are Wolves!
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9)South bank Barmy Army. Take the caps lock off sweetie. Do you only shout at people who think your a cretin or do you give everybody that joy. I suppose it’s ‘cos your up there in your attic, doing things, and people can’t hear you.
……..Eh ?
Let’s hope Wolves will win despite your moronic balderdash !
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By the way South Bank Barmy Army grammatically it’s Doesn’t not don’t. Divvy ?
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COME ON WOLVES !!!!!!!!
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Bring back 1957.
I agree entirely, MM picks the players not the other way around so whoever is out there, let’s give them our all and lead them home, we have as much a responsibility as they do…..
Imagine if molineux was a cauldorn like galatasaray (don’t think it’s spelt like that), we would scare the life out of opposing fans and players.
What about the fans, players and even ground staff do the haka before kick off as well??
That should do it, they’ll be crying of to their mommies.
UTW
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I just hope we can win tomorrow as we desperately need three points and to shut up Bothroyd and Jones!
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Bertie,
Tis you who are the Moron methinks! It is because of Happy Clappers like yourself that this club languishes in mediocraty!!
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WELL SAID GREG DROOPER AND BERTIE BASSETT.
IT’S FANS LIKE ME WHO HAVE MADE WOLVERHAMPTON WANDERERS THE GREAT CLUB THEY ARE..AND THE ENVY OF ALL OTHER FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS. AND THE MIGHTY SOUTHBANK ONE OF THE MOST FEARED AND RESPECTED ENDS IN BRITISH FOOTBALL.
A PAT ON THE BACK FOR ME NOW PLEASE.
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Jack (13) “the albion of the brum” where would that be then you half wit?!
People are entitled to an opinion that is contrary to your own you know?
Since getting into the Championship and apart from our one solitary success you tell me when we haven’t bottled it when it has come to the crunch? Giving up a massive lead to the Baggies? Losing in the playoffs…is it three times? No end of half cocked efforts of cup runs? Losing to Reading (twice) this year?
I could get the history books out and find the last twentyish years littered with bottle outs! I’ll always give the lads 1000% support but as a Wolves fan I never let myself get carried away with premature thoughts of success because it seems almost every year at least two or three teams we bottle it just when it seems we have a real chance within our grasp!
We are the perenial nearly men of the Championship! So Jack….shut up yourself pal!
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Wolves wont beat Cardiff and the 11/4 is too tempting, I will be lumping on.
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Wolwan79, South Bank Barmy Army, Bob Wolf and Torquay Man are looking for other pen pals who sit in attics SHOUT garbage at each other. Apply on line
25)Mediocrity or Mediocraty ? Get one of those books that help you, they do them with pictures. It starts Dic…but then you’d know that.
Let’s hope the Bluenose and Reading results stay this way.
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reading down..blues down..we aent the only ones…keep the faith..
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What’s the matter with some of you, you must be steptoe’s in disguise as blues are losing and so are reading, get behind the Wolves and support them 200% otherwise clear off down the poorthorns and support the steptoe’s with the rest of the sandwell ten per centers.
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weve been top for nearly the season and still its noy good enough for some supporters come on get behind the wolves and have some faith, WOLVES TIL I DIE
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27- in the last 20 years if you arnt a man utd/ chelsea or arsenal you can count on 1 hand the teams that wouldnt be classed as bottlers, when the 3 teams get promoted from our division this year the rest will have bottled it, its football , if you win anything or get promoted its a bonus, you live for days like that but they dont come every year.
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Reading and the Blues crumble. This is our chance to get back on song. Go for it Wolves.
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Yet again a a player runs bleating to the express and star, I did find the headline amusing though given how many times he has slipped up on one on ones this season…if David Moyes is reading you can have him in the summer
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Quote Birmingham – who were hoping to close the gap on leaders Wolves – were well below-par, particularly in the first half when their passing was sloppy and lacked urgency. Unquote
Yes makes nice reading does it not??
Have a look at the run in ladies and gents Readings’ doesn’t seem that bad but it is a horrendous one for the Blue Noses. The pressure is with them not us. If we can get a result in the 6 pointer tomorrow then it’s game over and welcome to the promised land…..let’s just hope we do a little investment this time round
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SOUTH BANK ARMY, Do you think that writing all of your comments in capitals makes them more important. Well you aren’t fooling anyone but yourself. If all Wolves fans were like you we may as well give up now. Do us all a favour get down to the Baggies with your poison. Although I suspect you already do. You certainly can’t be a Wolves fan.
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26. Southbank BA.
That’s either quite brilliant satire, or monumental delusion. Either way, thanks for making me laugh.
I see the Blues, Reading and Preston all lost, and Sheff U and Burnley drew. Looks like noone wants to go up.
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Southbank Barmy Army – it’s ‘supporters’ like you who have helped keep this club in a perpetual state of mediocrity for so many years. If you are able to shake off your ‘I am bigger than this club’ attitude then we can all move forward together – you know this yourself, so put aside all your bravado and posturing and get behind the lads and the manager tomorrow like the rest of us.
Oh, and by the way, I liked your play on words with my surname, but don’t you think it’s a little bit juvenile? Name-calling? Best left in the playground. Now that you are in your 40s you should be well beyond that sort of thing – why not spend your time more productively by doing things like supporting your football club or perhaps redecorating your attic (put in some velux windows or something, let a little light into your life ;) )…
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Greg Cooper said: Feb 21st, 2009 at 2:40 pm
It seems that people are lining up to have a pop at us, everyone seems to have an opinion, taking delight in the fact that we are ‘wobbling’, ’stuttering’, ‘choking’ or any other derogatory term you can think of. I think that we need to now adopt a siege mentality over the last 13 games.
Best thing I have seen written on this page in about two months. I have been trying to encourage the same but E & S chooses not to print more than half.
Maybe they think is more entertaining to let the idiots keep having a dig at the team, players, and now. mainly, each other.
Sorry, but I don’t believe 90 per cent of Wolves fans are in such a negative frame of mind. I don’t think this message board reflects the support of the masses, which gives me confidence we will unite on Sunday and bring the house down getting behind our team.
If the team is going to throw away the best chance they have had in god knows how long, lets not be part of it.
I would rather look back at the end of the season, knowing whatever happens, that I supported the team through the good and the bad.
If it goes pear shaped the manager will be out.
I still can’t believe people are calling for his head at this point in the season. The only manager I know who has been sacked for being successful is Capello, and as things stand, however precarious, we remain top.
Now go back to the top of this post, read it again and let it sink in.
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why should i shut up your the one being negative. what happens if we get up, your tone owuld have changed, “sniff” “snifff” “sniff” thts the smell of hypocrisy. well if we do go up and get beaten quite alot are you still going ot be negative, because tht not what we need.
and mouthbank barmy army are we being sarcastic in you last post or are you just a big headed tit.
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All that proves is that there isn’t a decent team in this division!! We are top by default!!
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28- dont blame you mate- I always back against the wolves- that way I never lose ,whether we win or lose!
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Southbank . . try to find the caps lock key on your pc. Typing in capitals is just shouting and not good Internet practice.
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25 and 26, it’s not the “happy clappers” that have cost Wolves over the years. (By the way 26, self praise is no praise.) It is the folks like you who boo our players, and get them to the point where they dare not try the unusual. They realise very early in their Wolves careers that there are folks down there who will vilify them if they try something different that doesn’t work out.
Players play better with confidence. Don’t believe me? Why do you think Keogh snatches at chances and misses? He gets booed if he tries and fails. Why does Collins make occasional bloopers? He gets vilified by you lot, and so his mind is half on fear of failure, and half on what he needs to do. Conversely, why did Eastwood stroll around as though he owned Molineux? He knew you idiots would still sing, “Freddy, Freddy…” no mater if he tried or not. You lot used to say he would score 20+ goals per season, given the starts. How many has he scored this season? Is he still starting? He came on after 89 minutes today. Maybe Mick was right about him after all, and you lot were wrong. You sang at Mick last season, “You don’t know what you’re doing…” He has us top of the league,…. without Freddy. Amazingly enough, you still feel he is a muppet. TOP OF THE LEAGUE shows me that he does know what he is doing. Your innane cries let me know YOU don’t.
Sure, we have had a bad run. Sure, it’s upseting. Sure, we should be worried. We will start winning again though, and we will go on a winning run again. We still have the players that took us on those runs earlier in the season. Keogh and Collins were part of those runs, but don’t let that stop you lot needing to have a go at someone. You can have a go at me all you like. I have been around long enough to be thick skinned. I also have a life. Have your opinions, and disagree with mine all you like. That’s what makes football such a great game. Don’t get down on the players and manager though. That is self defeating.
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26 South Bank Barmy Army
If you are going to post comments , at least make them constructive & intelligble , and take your caps lock off if you do ! .
All true fans , try to stay positive & lets stay behind the team , lets get back on track & seal promotion and go up pride .
WOLVES FOREVER .
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come on then wolves! show us you haven’t lost your bottle. lets shut big mouth bothroyd and dj up and send the taffs home with their tails in between their legs, pointless
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Wwll lets see shall we!!!!
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Being supporters of Wolves, it is good to be able to have a banter and having opinions from both ends.
The main aim of our support is not to lower the morale of the team but to be able to provide a platform where different thoughts are given and to provide a positive response and push from the team, irregardless of the opinions.The team should be take the opinions in good faith and response positively to the loyal supporters who I think care for the team or they won’t be bother making a comment.
If we called ourselves fans then the end product of our cause and support is to see Wolves gained pormotion and continued to progress for the greater glory of the club and for the faithful support of the fans.
Up the Wolves.
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I’d rather read an article like that from SEB, than the one from Kightly. At least SEB is being positive and talking about his Wolves future, whereas Kightly has already given up the ghost and is talking about his future options if we don’t go up. good on you SEB. Kightly, you’re a disgrace.Up the Wolves.
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Do your talking on the pitch team. We have had a massive boost with both the Blues & Reading going down. Now is the time to capitalize on the results going our way. When the fate is in our own hands we usually trip up, surely our fortune has to change for the better. We were robbed of a full 3 points against Bristol City when Adebola performed the “biggest unseen push in the back foul” on NC & with Sylvan missing the last minute pen against Coventry, we are not going to get every break going but I think we are possibly due 13???
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CAN I HEAR THE ‘FAT LADY SINGING’?
NO QUESTION…NO SUCKER GOALS WITHIN THE FIRST 10 MINUTES, NO CATCH UP FOOTBALL, GO FOR EVERYTHING ….AND WIN
I HAVE ALL FAITH IN MY TEAM 2-0 WILL BE FINE
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Bertie (9) before telling others to be grammatically correct the word ‘your’ as you put it is actually 2 words – you are – which if abbreviated = you’re NOT your – got it!
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just get behind the team its only right
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south bank barmy army fans like you who have made the club thats the funniest thing i have heard and please i am not a looney and i do not like george michael i agree that they have been below par for awhile and i have myself moaned about it but only once what i hate is the constant moaning and negativity from the same people all the time what good does it do if you were told at the start of the season wolves would be top of the league with 13 games to go what would you of said then
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3-0 today and we are back on track. Come on me Babbies!!!
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South bank
you don’t go to games you post during games Muppet
give it up you’re pathetic with your constant boring wumming i suggest you get a life.
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Ihavenoideamick, southbank barmy army, wolwan79 and any other cretinous eejits who come on here moaning and whinging. Go and support WBA! As Dave Jones said, it was muppets like you that got on the players backs and booed them back into the dressing room and ruined everything people had worked damn hard for. You’re clueless, your pathetic back biting and constant moaning, whinging and booing is why the players don’t perform. How would you like myself and the positive people on here to come round to your place of work and insult you and boo you and then slag you off on the internet. If our players and MM were school children, then you’d be viewed as nothing more than internet bullies. Do everyone a favour and shut your whinging. We’re only gonna get somewhere by supporting the team – FACT. We ARE still TOP of the league = FACT! Get a grip on reality. And if I’m a happy clapper, so be it. I’d rather be a happy clapper than a knuckle dragger like you.
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Bertie said:”Do you only shout at people who think your a cretin or do you give everybody that joy. I suppose it’s ‘cos your up there in your attic”.
Bertie also said: “By the way South Bank Barmy Army grammatically it’s Doesn’t not don’t”.
If you are going to criticise other people’s grammar you need to learn the difference between “you’re” and “your”. You only got one out of three right.
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All this BS about the fans having an effect on what they do (very small minority) is utter tosh!
When I go out and do my job; I dont carry any baggage from my personal life/ outside influences – I just get on with my job!
Are these players so spineless and weak minded that they take notice of internet board comments, small sections of the crowd and the local rag/ media?
Or is it a convenience that they have these issues to blame rather than examining themselves and their own lack of effort/ talent? (yes SEB has scored most of the goals)
SEB like many other of the team seem to have too much time on their hands to make regular contributions in the E & S/ Or is it a case of the club allowing them to do so?
We dont want these regular similar/ same comments – what we want is action on the field of play – chances put in the back of the net – the team defending properly etc etc
NB Message to the team/ manager and staff – get your respective acts together and show us – stop talking about it and start doing it!
What are you all – Men or Mice?
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yup keep up the in fighting lads… atleast it keeps our minds off the results.
i suppose we should be pleased with the improvement but to be honest we didnt deserve to win.
Reading and Co are making it easy for us, pity we cant seem to shore it up ourselves…
COME ON YOU KIGHTLEYS, FOLEYS, JARVIS’S AND EB’S stand up and be counted
COME ON YOU WOLVES
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wolverhampton wanderers promoted 2009
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Comment 58 – Dave Jones also said that it is the same at Cardiff and most clubs – as he talks to other managers – so Wolves are not “exclusive” to the “message board” phenomena
Looking back at the Dave Jones Manager end of his reign at the Mol – every home game I never witnessed much/ if any verbally aimed at DJ or the players – even in the Prem from the stands or the various message boards?
This leads me to wonder if this was the “spin” that DJ was told just before he was given the boot? Something along these lines from Mr Moxey:
Moxey: Dave look mate, the peasants are revolting (shows him one or two comments from a Wolves message board – printed copy) & these comments are just a couple from many others! (Throws in a good measure of overacting for effect)
DJ: Really, I thought I got on ok with the fans?
Moxey: Well thats not what we have heard (Looks at DJ with very concerned expression)
DJ: Well I never – What can we do to change their minds?
Moxey: Sorry, Dave, Look mate, I dont want to eh – rain on your parade but; I’ve had a word with our owners and we’ve come to the conclusion that the fans are very important
DJ: Oh I see; So what are you saying Jez?
Moxey: If it were up to me personally Dave, I would put you first of course; But, I have no choice in the matter and we’re letting you go
Sorry Dave, Can you clear out your desk; and close the door on your way out
DJ: (Is speechless and bemused by the whole thing – walks off heading for his office)
NB* IF the manager, staff and players are as spineless to listen to a small minority on message boards, a small minority at games with ironic cheers and some booing – What does that say about these people?
Are they MEN or MICE?
Using the fans as a reason for poor performance and results is the oldest excuse in the book and very easy to do – Personally, If the players were busy doing the business – Would they care about isolated comments?
My advice to you my friend is dont be so gullable – MOST Wolves fans (the large majority that is) do the right thing by the club and have done so for years!
PS* Is your command of the English language limited to abusive words only?
UP THE WOLVES!
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The Usual Suspects said: Feb 23rd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Muhoowhahaha! tres amusant mate!:-)
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