Duo set to miss Argyle clash
Friday 27th February 2009, 11:45AM GMT.
Matt Jarvis is a major doubt for Wolves while Nigel Quashie has been ruled out of the clash with Plymouth.
Winger Jarvis has an infected blister in his foot from Sunday’s 2-2 draw against Cardiff, while midfielder Quashie is definitely out with a chest infection.
Stephen Ward, who limped off towards the end of the game, has recovered from the slight groin strain he sustained, while one of his would-be replacements Matt Hill has recovered from a slight knock on the knee, picked up in the reserves’ 4-3 win at Derby on Tuesday.
Boss Mick McCarthy said: “Matt has a blister which had a reaction and he has got an infection so he is certainly a doubt.
“Nigel had no chance. He is poorly. It developed since Sunday and the doctor was checking him out in the physio’s room at the game.”
Kyel Reid, who replaced Jarvis against the Bluebirds, is expected to replace Jarvis if the 22-year-old isn’t fit.
McCarthy confirmed Dave Edwards will retain his place in central midfield after his man-of-the-match display against Cardiff.
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Jarvis would be missed – as for Quashie well nuff said
Hope Kites gets his mind back on the job in hand and has a great last 12 games and as for SEB not celebrating when he scores against Plymouth – dont worry, we promise to do it for you!
UP THE WOLVES!
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i think quashie’s injury is a blessing in disguise!
Just hope jarvis is fit for tuesday, but im confident ried can come in and do the job.
Team for saturday should be:
Hennessy
Foley
Stearman
Berra
Friend
Kightly (c)
Jones
Edwards
Ried
Keogh
Ebanks-blake
Higgs
Craddock
Henry
Iwelumo
Vokes
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A pity about Jarvis if he cant play but at least we have Reid to come in.
My team tomorrow;
Hennessy
Foley
Ward
Berra
Stearman
Jones
Kightly
Edwards
Ebanks-blake
Keogh
Reid
Higgs
Craddock
Henry
Vokes
Iwelumo
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how can you make kighlty captain??? captain should be berra hes the most vocal and he has played in european games and international games. Iwelumo 2 come in 2mora i fancy him 2 start scoring again!!!!
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Cov_wolf if we play that team we’ll get beaten on Saturday. Stearman has been awful recently, cost us at least five goals since Christmas, and Craddock played really well last Sunday. And where’s Ward?? Friend isn’t ready for a match as big as this. Plus who’s going to win the ball in midfield?! Good job you’re not a manager. Here’s the team that’ll win us the game:
Hennessey; Foley, Craddock, Berra, Ward; Kightly, Henry, Jones, Reid; Keogh, Ebanks-Blake.
Henry hasn’t played well recently but at least he’s a ball winner. If Jones is fit, just give the ball to him.
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2- Cov wolves, What has Ward done to be dropped???? Nothing, he has played well for most the season!
Friend when he played against Swansea was Awful at left back and had to be moved!
Craddock was a rock at the back on sunday he will play!
I do agree Henry needs to be dropped or maybe play him, hope he gets 4 more bookings and gets a 2 match suspension!
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2 teams & Craddock dropped from both !!!!!
what have some players got to do to make some of the fans believe – He played well against Cardiff
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Why the hell would you play keogh? why would you make kightly captain? and why would you drop craddock?
Clueless!
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Hennessy
Foley
Ward
Berra
Craddock
Henry
Kightly
Edwards
Ebanks-blake
Vokes
Reid
The only team for 3 points
Higgs
Stearman
Henry
Keogh
Iwelumo
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JQ, friend has been playing great for the reserves and deserves a call up. and i doubt u attend away games but, the following games in a row have bene wards fault…
Coventry, leon mckenzie skinned 2nd goal
Burnley, wade elliot conceded cross 1st goal
Cardiff, paul parry conceded cross
as for kightly bein captain, when he was given the armband earlier on, he played with his heart on his sleave and was brilliant. berra for captain, yes he has played in europe and internationals, but he has been at the club 5 mins, and reiterated he was rlieved of his captaincy from hearts when he moved to here, so no not really.
craddock had a good game at cardiff, and gives you the expereince, so it is a tough call between him and stearman
thank god you arent our defensive coach lol, we would be conceding more ehan now
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JQ Wolf 5.
where is Edwards in your team as McCarthy has said that Edwards will retain his place?
The team will be:
Hennessey
Foley
Craddock
Berra
Ward
Kightly
Henry(c)
Edwards
Jarvis/Reid
Ebanks-Blake
Keogh
Higgs
Stearman
Jones
Vokes
Iwelumo
aye boing boing HAAAAAARROLLD, you dirty old man etc etc
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NO.6, wards last 3 games
Coventry, leon mckenzie skinned 2nd goal
Burnley, wade elliot conceded cross 1st goal
Cardiff, paul parry conceded cross
that is why, and at swansea, friend was left wing, not left back, and yes i went to it u plank
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Number 5 got it totally right. I think that is our best possible team atm and I’m sure MM will play that starting XI.
As an answer to 7. Keogh was one of Wolves best players against Cardiff. Everybody who nows something about football could see that. So get off his back!
Wolves has a good chance to start a run of wins tomorrow. Let’s grab it with both hands!
UP THE WOLVES!!!
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well said 5.)JQ wolf. Play that team and 3 points saturday is guaranteed. I don’t care wot people say about keogh, when he plays we score goals, so he’s gotta be in the team. Simple as that. Berra for captain i reckon. Get behind the boys saturday, this is big game and the best thing we can do is cheer the wolves players when we have the ball and boo the plymouth players when they have it. Come on now, back the boys make some noise!!!!!
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Ludlow Wolf, Henrys going to be a busy man tomorrow, Hes playing and on the bench !! Ha
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ha ha ha ha its funny
we have got so many opinions , no wonder why MM has no chance of pleasing the fans. I dont know the answer, but you pick the players you feel will deal with the strengths of Plymouth,,,, crosses and heading is what they do. Good luck to Mick, and the boys, whoever is picked all the wolves fans can do is get behind the team, and make some noise, not get impatient….. cmon Wolves !!!
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My Team,
In think this would work well for us as they are quite strong down their left flank,
Hennessey
Foley
Craddock
Berra
Stearman
Kightly
Jones
Edwards (c)
Friend
Ebanks-Blake
Vokes
Higgs
Ward
Henry
Keogh
Reid
Come on you Wolves!!! PREDICTION 2-1 WIN
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Hennessey
Foley
Berra
Craddock
Ward
Henry
Edwards
Kightly
Reid
SEB
Vokes
Jones to come on for Henry – if we not creating enough.
Iwelumo to come on – if we need more firepower.
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2 , 3 AND 11 ! You are brave putting Keogh in your teams on here….. You’ll be paraded through the streets and then hung! I will be the fourth as I would have him in aswell!
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Five us in trouble now with 17 !
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It’s Jones we need not Edwards. Jones brings a better balence to the team !
We also need a target man up front !
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We all now know that because McCarthy has confirmed that Edwards will play, then Jones won’t. There is no way he will drop Henry. I don’t want to get on an individual players back but Henry has been poor for numerous games now, yet Mick persists with him. I’m not saying he’s a bad player but he’s not performing and consequently should be rested/dropped. The last time we won a game was the last time Dave Jones played. His reward was to be dropped and not even on the bench. Allegedly he was injured but there was no mention of this at the time. I suspect Jones isn’t one of McCarthy’s ‘yes’ men and has now found himself frozen out, irrespective of his (or Henry’s) performances.
Of course this is only my opinion and I could be completely wrong – time will tell but I do think his exclusion is to the detriment of the team.
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Keeper is a given,,
Back 4 will include Foley, Ward, Berra – with? Craddock i reckon
Henry will be in (with who? Jones )
wingers will be Reid n Kites
Up front its SEB and ????
So its not up for debate
But i think if we play well, Keogh or Vokes will be enuff to destroy Plymuff
CMON WOLVES
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Have to say if we lost ward and jarvis at least now we have half decent cover.
Reid certainly hasnt put a foot wrong.
and Friend is growing all the time when i have seen him for the reserves (even go as far to say he has sometimes looked better LW than LB).
When they have played together they worked well.
If ward is dropped it might well be to avoid aggravating that injury and also the final yellow before suspension hanging over his head.
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Murray
Irwin
Lescott
Mancienne
Naylor
Ince (c)
Rae
Cameron
Bull
Mutch
Miller
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Anyone ever seen Jones win the ball in a tackle or in the air?????????
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Team I would like to see (if Jarvis doesn’t make it, if he does him instead of Reid, then Reid on bench instead of Iwelumo):
Hennessey
Foley
Berra
Craddock (C)
Ward
Jones
Edwards
Kightly
Reid
SEB
Vokes
Subs
Higgs
Stearman
Henry
Keogh
Iwelumo
But I don’t think Mick thinks Edwards & Jones can play together and will put in Henry instead of Jones.
Prediction: In our current form, any sort of win will do!
PS With Ikeme (Unknown back problem could be out for weeks), Murray (out until next season) and only untested at this level Higgs available. I seriously think we should try and get someone like Ben Foster on loan to put pressure on Hennessey, who has been less than convincing recently!
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Please can someone tell the M&Ms (Mick and his Merry Men)that there is no law to say you have to wait ’til 60 minutes are on the clock before you make a substitution. If it ain’t working – Change it, before it’s too late! That Mourinho guy has made all three subs within twenty minutes before. Of course someone may have got injured afterwards, but his theory was that the players he took off were playing crap anyway, so he would be better off with ten in such an event anyway – Fair Point. I think the rest got the messasge that they had 25 minutes left to do something before facing Jose in the changing rooms! Thinking outside the box? – We don’t think outside the packet!!
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murray
irwin
lescott
curle
mcnamara
kightly
ince (c)
rae
froggatt
bull
ebank-blake
foley
stowell
cameron
keane
emblen
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Henry -” The Crab” bench tomorrow–then on Sunday
he can turn out for “True Briton “{more his level}
DOOG IS KING
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10, cov_wolf. Yes I attend away games, I was at Coventry and it was a combination of bad defending from Berra, Ward and Hennessey. As for the Cardiff goal, that was ridiculously unlucky. Absolutely no way is Friend ready for this promotion run-in. Even the likes of Kightly and Hennessey are starting to look nervous, let alone a 21-year-old from Exeter. As bad as Henry has been, you need a tackling midfield player in any team, and with Quashie injured he has to play. Personally I don’t think Edwards does enough going forward to deserve a place at the moment – Jones is the best passer in the squad and can release Reid and Kightly.
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Cov Wolf LEARN TO SPELL GO BACK TO SCHOOL!!!if you had to write the names on the team sheet, no one would know who was playing.
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I have never read such drivel as all this team picking!!!
Who do you lot think you are? I suggest you stick to playing with your subuteo where you can have 100% control over team selection
Come on Wanderers!!!!
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Hennessey
Foley
Berra
Craddock
HILL
Jones (If fit, if not) Henry
Edwards
Kightly
Reid
SEB
Keogh
I think even tho’ Ward hasnt done anything wrong so to speak i think teams have ‘sussed him out’ amd realise that to be honest he’s quite asy to run past if you press a tricky winger on him.
I like the guy but think that Hill has got tome come in.
For all those saying “Friend for Left Back” have you not noted that MM has been playing him as a left winger in the closed door friendlies???????
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Considering we have a game on tuesday, I would rest craddock ready for tuesday night. Iwelumo wont play tomo as he has 4 yellow cards but expect him to start on tues as the cut off is then gone. my team would be:
Hennessey
Foley
Berra (c) by the far the most vocal
Stearman
Ward (dont rate him at left back but cant knock how he has done)
Kites
Edwards
Jones
Reid
Ebanks blake
Keogh (play iwelumo tuesday, give vokes half hour tomorrow)
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Simple enough, put the West Ham boy in on the left and another wasp in Dave Edward’s shorts. Job done!
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Hennessey
Foley
Craddock
Berra
Ward
Kightly
Reid
Edwards
Jones
Iwelumo
Ebanks Blake
Wolves 3-1 Plymouth
Sheff united 3-2 Birmingham
Reading 2-1 Notts Forrest
Southampton 2-0 Cardiff
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#16 northern wolfie
You forgot diving, lots and lots of diving.
Up The Wolves
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Question: How many from the squad selctions you have posted would get in the top 10 teams of the Prem ?
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Henry a ball winner,your having a laugh,has problems finding his own.Berra for Cap’t,Jarvis won’t be missed,especially his shooting and Stearman should be dropped or play in his favoured position of left back.
UP THE WOLVES
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ELLO me ansums ope ee daunt mind ee cumin on yer syt, but weem bringin sum pasties up fer Mr E Blake, wondered if ee wunnus bring few mor fer yu hungree wolves,weem all see ee at match tomawra ope ya av a gud day. ps, daunt worree yume be in th playoff me ansums
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Murray
Irwin
Thompson
Lescott
Wright
Jarvis
Ince
Cook
Froggatt
Keane
Bull
SEB
Williams
Doog
Pollet
Downing
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I THINK WE SHOULD PLAY:
HENNESSEY
FOLEY-CRADDOCK(C)-BERRA-WARD(OR HILL)
STEARMAN
KIGHTLY-HENRY(EDWARDS)-REID
SEB-VOKES
THIS WAY WE HAVE A MORE DEFENSIVE GAME AND WE CAN ATTACK USING WIDTH WITH VOKES UP FRONT WITH SEB THEN BRING ON KEAOGH IN THE LATTER STAGES AND PLAY IWELUMO NEXT GAME. COME ON WOLVES
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No.26 – Yes I have seen Jones put a tackle in on many occasions. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that he’s the answer to all our problems be he is better than anything else we have in that position. He can take free kicks and is a decent passer of the ball so can utilise our 2 wingers to better effect. It’s no coincidence that when he has been in the side we have won more games and scored more goals.
I accept that he doesn’t tackle as much as Henry but how many times lately has Henry won the ball then proceeded to give it away immediately?
I’m not sure how the Edwards / Jones combination would pan out – it could mean that we have fewer attacks to break up because we’ll have more of the ball……but either way could it be any worse than Quashie / Henry?
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Shame about Ward being fit he’s useless.
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RUN RABBIT RUN RABBIT RUN RUN RUN says MICK McCARTHY
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Regardless of the team if your there go out and support them they (We)really need at this stage of the season. Wolves up! Sparrowheads down!
COMB
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1 Segars
2 Cort
3 Gilkes
5 Collins (C)
6 Sedgley
7 Neijstroy
8 Slater
11 Corica
4 Rankine
9 Blobby Taylor
10 Emblem
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Same old story with Quashie, plays when he feels like it no wonder blues and tesco’s were wettin them sleves when we got him…
as for jarvis, i bet he plays apart in the game.
S.E.B for captian !!
The guy want to play for wolves in the premier not just jump ships to get there the easy way
CAPTIAN MATERIAL !!!
Berra another shout.
Henry…. poor 1st div player at best
Jones & Edwards to start as i think we’ll turn plymouth over and wont need a henry.
4-0 To wolves seb with hattrick !!!!
***NA NA N NA NA NA NA NA NA NA!***
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Henry should never be made capt. His performances are so mice like. Considering we had Paul Ince as capt before, no nonsence midfielder who bellows orders and backs it up with his style of play. Henry does not show to be a leader. He likes to be led. The natural capt would be Berra.
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Some interesting teams on here but in most cases there are two major weak links as these players are not firing…. Hennessey and Henry!
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Mad MM Dream team would be
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward
Ward Ward
Subs
Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward Ward
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when the hell did Craddock become a good player,not in the same class as Stearman,typical of most Wolves fans,,,clueless
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Team selection:
1) P Bradshaw
2) K Foley
3) D Parkin
4) S Daley
5) F Munro
6) J Lescott
7) K Hibbitt
8) W Carr
9) S Bull
10) A Gray
11) D Wagstaffe
12) D Dougan
13) M Murray
14) M Kightley
15) R Keane
16) S Froggatt
17) A Sunderland
18) P Daniel
Manager: S Cullis Ast Manager: J Barnwell
Ball Boy: M McCarthey ;-0
NB* Couldnt fit SEB on the list – maybe I’ll loan him out to Northampton so he van get a game? Sound familiar?
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my team for saturday is, hennessey,friend,craddock,berra,foley,henry.d.jones,reid,kites,seb and i think its time for iwelumu to get another go as he scored 2 in the friendly in the week and hopefully he can get back to form. we need kites and reid to give him some quality service though.2-1 wolves win
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I was playing Championship Manager the other day too.
I was in my third year as manager of Doncaster Rovers having been fired from my first job at Fulham. My Fulham team were only relegated on the last day of the season, on goal difference, so I thought I deserved a chance at shuffling the pack and taking them straight back up, but the fans had seen enough and the board buckled under their pressure.
I won the First Division title in my first season at Doncaster, then went up in the play offs. We were losing one nil to Manchester United on the last day of the season with a Champions League spot up for grabs. With ten minutes left I throw Pavel Nedved on and we stun em’ with two goals in injury time. Europe here we come.
Any way, back to the Wolves, my team for Saturday would be……………………………………….
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34.vespa wolf.yes we have noticed that micks been playing friend on the left wing as he also played him there at brum (he played well too)but he is a left back and to me seems to have all the attributes to be a good left back good strength,pace(which ward doesn’t have)and is a big lad and will also win his fair share of headers and yes i know he has already played there and didn’t do very well but we have to give him a chance and not just judge him on one dodgy performance,think mick might play him though on the left wing after all though instead of reid.did you not notice that mick plays a centre forward at left back usually?
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This is the crunch period,and whatever team is selected all the fans must be behind the team 100%,no booing when things dont go our way ,how on earth is that going to spur the players on? lets give ALL the guys our full support and Cheer them on every remaining game start till finish .Come on you Wolves.
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we 2 them 0
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Kightly, Foley Wayne and SEB are all guaranteed prem status next year regardless…
anyone else think this has something to do with their dip in performance ?
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