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Wolves blog: Getting Berra and Berra
Friday 13th March 2009, 9:15AM GMT.
Wolves blogger Nathan Lloyd gives top marks to Christophe Berra, welcomes the Maltese supporters club and winces at a move for Marlon Harewood as Charlton come to town.
Christophe Berra, a footballer who’s surname must seem like a gift from the Gods for Sports editors across the country. If I hear one more fan say about him, “He’s getting Berra and Berra.”
It isn’t that I’ve had a sudden humour bypass, it’s more to do with the end of the season being so tense and I think many of us can sometimes forget why we support our beloved Wolves in the first place.
Manager Mick McCarthy has assembled a young, high-energy exhilarating team that has surely surpassed many of our expectations and who have got us within touching distance of a second stab at top-flight football.
Yes, fans are bound to get nervy and anxious as we get closer and closer to the end of the season. But there are many fans who I can only think have descended from planet JIWAL, who are saying that if Mick gets us promotion then he should be giving a golden handshake and be freed of his managerial duties.
Utter lunacy! We all have our flaws and I’m sure, even through Mick’s sometime belligerent and stubborn demeanor, he would be the first to admit that he doesn’t always get it right.
On Tuesday night, there were probably 20,000 of us who thought that we would have made better managerial decisions during the game against Ipswich.
I am, like many of us, a fantastic Championship manager in waiting. Against Ipswich, I would have left Kyel Reid on for the second half when introducing Michael Kightly to give us better pace and width on both flanks.
I would also have taken off Stephen Ward for Keogh rather than Matt Hill, and done so a little earlier than the final 10 minutes.
I probably see the game a little differently to Mick. He came out after the game and said that he was happy to hold on to a point towards the end of the game, rather than go gung-ho for all three points.
So perhaps one of Mick’s major flaws is that he does have this selective bunch of players who he plays when evidence suggests he shouldn’t. Although I think Stephen Ward has had a fantastic season at left-back, he didn’t really offer much of an attacking threat against Ipswich.
Unfortunately Mick’s blind faith in the likes of Andy Keogh and Neill Collins, who are both incredibly hard working players but perhaps have limited ability, has occasionally turned them both into scapegoats and left fans questioning Mick’s strategic decision making.
For large parts of last season, we suffered badly without the presence of Matt Jarvis and Michael Kightly. On Tuesday night it was a similar story, as most of our play in the first half was very narrow through the midfield, leaving strikers Sylvan Ebanks-Blake and Chris Iwelumo starved of service.
The introduction of Kightly in the second half was an improvement, but he didn’t really hug the touchline and get many crosses into the box.
The two outstanding performances on Tuesday night came from player of the season elect, Ebanks-Blake, who fed on scraps all night from David Jones and David Edwards but who still almost won us the game single-handed.
For me though, top banana on the night was Christophe Berra who carried on from his outstanding show against Sheffield Wednesday.
He may not be the quickest of defenders, but he reads the game fantastically and you wouldn’t have wanted to be on the end of one of those crunching tackles!
He found his feet against Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich but before then I could hear a lot of fans saying that he was no better than Collins and what a waste of money.
Give the guy a chance! This is just a typical example of the impatient attitude of some of the more stupid Wolves fans who demand instant success.
So whether you see the Ipswich game as a point gained or two points lost, we are still in pole position to finish top of the pile, especially with Reading and Blues seemingly unable to do anything else but match our results.
Seven points out of nine for us, so you would hope that the top versus bottom clash this weekend gives us three more valuable points.
With the defensive conundrum now seemingly solved, hopefully we can attack Charlton from the start and gain our first home win in a month.
The Addicks now seem absolute certainties for relegation, so this will either mean that they relax and play like they have nothing to lose or perhaps coast the game, hopefully not concerned whether they win or lose!
I’m meeting up with Alfred Camilleri before the game. Alfred is the President of the Maltese Wolves Supporters Club and he and around a dozen other Wolves fans have flown over from Malta for the Ipswich and Charlton games.
Alfred, if you are reading, I’ll be at the hotel for 12pm. Let’s hope Alfred can return to Malta having seen a much more entertaining game than midweek.
Finally, I have just read that we have been linked with Marlon Harewood. Surely this is some kind of Friday 13th joke?
Have a bostin’ weekend.
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good blog, 3 points this weekend is an absolute must!
Not getting carried away with promotion just yet, still haunted by the last time we blew it! But I am quietly confident!
Also very pleased i stuck a tenner on Ebanks Blake to be top scorer at the start of the season 15 – 1 get in!
Come on wolves
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Hi Nath
Good blog, glad to see you, like the team are back on track!!!
I saw the game like you on Tuesday & would of had Ward off at half time, thought he was poor.
I also think it was a point gained, they turned up with 5 in the middle & we found it tough, after the previous 2 tough games we had already had in the week.
I think Charlton will try & do the same tomorrow, but if Jarvis & Kites are fit & we keep defending properly we will have too much for them & I can only see a comfortable win.
Onwards & Upwards
Keep the faith
Wolves forever
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2 points to make;
1) Sack Mick
2) Sell Ward, Keogh and Collins
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Whats wrong with Marlon Harwood? Happily take him on loan until the end of the season, see how he gets on, Vokesy is quality but not quite ready. my team tomo:
Hennessey
Foley
Berra
Craddock
Stearman
Kites
Jones
Quashie
Jarvis
Ebanks b
Iwelumo
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Marlon Harewood, surely berra than Keogh?
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Nathan you seem to have the same blinkers as Mick..By reading your blogs its obvious you know and love your football,but I must dissagree with your points on Keogh,to say he is incredibly hard working is a mistake,he does nothing,he fools you and a lot of others,hes like the idle guy in the factory,allways looks busy when the boss is watching,,be honest what a change since he was dropped and Big Chriss brought back.
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2 points to make;
1) Bob Wolf is a plank
2) Bob Wolf is a plank.
I know, it’s the same point made twice, but it cannot be over-emphasised enough :)
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Nathan,
Whilst I agree with much of your blog, I cannot agree with your comments on Reid. He does have pace but is far to easily muscled off the ball and on Tuesday cost us much in the first half with his total inability to put the ball in the box with the many opportunities he had to cross un-molested. I got the impression he was trying to hard to please, resulting in him trying to be too clever and thus missing the more realistic if simple pass.
With respect to Ward he as done well at LB during the time the team was doing well, going forward scoring lots of goals. He has not been so good in tight matches when matched against a natural winger. In these matches gets forward at the wrong time and he really cannot tackle correctly.
Best wishes for Saturday keep the faith.
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When you say “the more stupid Wolves fans” does that mean we are all stupid, some more than others? Hate to admit it but I think you are right! Fifty years a Wolves fan, stupid but would not be anything else!
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Planet JIWAL, LOL!! i bet mick drops dave jones for henry tommorrow!
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Thanks Nathan, good stuff.
I didn’t blame Lescott for leaving and nor will I Kightly and SEB etc if we don’t make it this year, but I really hope we do so I can be there for the Bolton game – there are two people there that have let us down big time and we should let them know. I have NEVER booed anyone at a match before, but the day is coming!!
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Marlon Harewood LOL.
Possibly the biggest donkey out there.
Must win game on Sat. If we can’t beat the worst team in the league at home, then we don’t deserve to go up.
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i agree with 7! (twice)
berra looks the money, gives us a great platform with which to attack on saturday, good blog nathan.
i’d go with hill at left back and the fast boys on the wings. wardy has had a good season has probably been the best to adapt to being played in the wrong position so fair play to him.
gotta be a win on saturday, but lets give the team a chance to settle – once that nervous murmour starts, the away side just feeds off it.
2-0
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ah dear old greg,
glad to see you actually understand the game of football, seen as you have no useful comments.
maybe if you had a brain you could over-emphasise it in one line?
I would never have marlon in the team, maybe loan for the rest of the season, but he never really established himself as a top scorer in the prem so whats the point in signing him if we are to try and stay up next season?
drop (put a shift in) keough
sell calimity collins
sack muppet mick!
for all you saying this is lunacy, look at chelsea and hiddink!
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Ward on the wing + henry back. draw is the best we can hope for.
Micks love of bad players is annoying, but other than that hes done a fantastic job and 90% of his signings have been spot on.
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Hey
Have you read the shortist book on earth????
Title – ‘How to make friends & influence people’
Author – Bob Wolf
Forward – Wolfy In Disguise
Its a classic…………………
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I will leave at half time if Ward and Henry are back in the starting 11.
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If harewood is the type of player MM is going to bring to the club for premier football, then it will be sunderland all over again, go up get smashed to bits, MM sacked back to square 1 the championship lose the good young players we have got. Nightmare…
Harewood, quashie….who’s next Carsley, de la cruz, hemaroid samual, windass, robbie blake, Liam, lawrence come on be inventive look around outside the fodder mick.
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Alfred the Great, long live.
Harewood. M=another in the Iwel-who-me mould-numbered nose bag and shirt on order.
It would appear that all top three club supporters have reasons to grumble about their managers. More especially, it is a commentary on the quality of the Division-in which we can variously make our minds up.
4-1 in our favour tomorrow.
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Hi grace,
nice to see ure still with us,
I take it uve seen the film:
‘how to lose friends and alienate people’
staring newcomer grace,
based on real life story of grace,
Best film of 2008
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3. Bob Wolf
You are either a baggies fan with nothing better to do as your team have forgotten how to play football, or if you are a wolves fan (which I doubt it) you are an absolute moron – either way take yourself off and post some comments of on another site.
Right, now to the matter in hand – Wolves have 8 games left and are 3 points clear at the top of the championship. Whatever your view on tactics / players / Mick McCarthy / Jez Moxey / Transfers this season, I think as Wolves Fans we wouldn’t swap the current position we are in for anything. O.K. we have had a bad run, but so have Brum and Reading, a Championship Title has never been there for the taking like it has this season. Whatever your views on Wolves in the Premiership / whether we would stay up / whether Mick could manage us etc etc etc lets just concentrate on this season first !!! This is said a lot of times, but now really is the time to unite and ‘sing your hearts out for the lads’. It saddens me to see Wolves fans slating each other on here, booing the team because certain fans are impatient, or constantly on certain players backs. We have 8 games to win this league, and then we’ll take it from there. Lets have Molineux a cauldren of Wolves fans singing on Saturday for Charlton, because getting behind the team is what is going to get us promoted this year. Try giving even Keogh a cheer or two and see how he responds to it. Having talked to a couple of the wolves boys, they have said how having a crowd behind them gives them so much more confidence on the pitch.
We are Wolves !
p.s. nice blog nathan
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Nice one 7
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good blog nathan. The next few weeks are definatly squeaky bum time for us lot.Now that we seem to have stopped leaking goals at the back i feel a lot more confidant that come May we’ll get the promotion that we’ve been so long waiting for;hopefully as champions.
COME ON YOU WOLVES
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No 17 Wolvesmod.
Just listen to the radio before kick off for the teams so you dont have to waste money on Petrol getting to the ground you plank.
I agree Ward was not the best and never is on the wing, but to be fare his contribution as left back must be recognised as positive. I along with many around me in the South Bank agree his best position is there and he has stood out as a vastly improved player this term.
Not good enough if we get promotion but then neither are the vast majority of the squad.
Up the Wolves 3 points needed tomorrow and no Banana skins please. MM leave Henry on the bench please not good enough.
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Hey Villa fan here, Harewood is not as bad as you lot think ad better than a lot of the talent at your club..
Not meant as an insult just he is better than Vokes,Iwelumo,Keogh etc etc
if you dont get promoted we will swap him for SEB ;-))
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Comment 8
With respect to Ward he as done well at LB during the time the team was doing well, going forward scoring lots of goals???????????????
Ward has not scored this season because ive got a £10 bet with my mate e does not score this season
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for reid, read rohan rickets??? & whatever happened to him?? & yes, not so bothered about mark davies(???) but h camarra, lets ROAST him!!! why didnt they strip him of player of the season?
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can I ask laughing wolf what Edwards has done wrong for you to want him dropped ? I thought he looked great alongside Jones (clearly our best central midfielder)
I assume you have Stearman down as left back which I dont think is a bad idea
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villa fan, you obviously havent seen Vokes play if you think Harewood is better
Vokes is going to become a top premiership player, no doubt in my mind
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3 BOB WOLF
1) Sack Mick
2) Sell Ward, Keogh and Collins
Well said, would not get much money though
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Why can’t you see that this year we have 4 different style of strikers? Ebanks is a born-goalscorer,Iwelumo is a donkey dying hard for the ball,Keogh is a tricky dribling lightweight striker and Vokes is tall like Chriss but with better skills and technique in his game. I can’t blame anyone…cause anyone has something different to his game…better than the other one. Trust Mick’s plans and get behind our team. We are champions…but we don’t know it…yet!!! Hail from Greece!
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No.24
I don’t have a radio.
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We need pace and power to partner SEB;right now.Get Harewood on loan now,please. Could well have the impact the Doog had in 67.If we don’t do something I fear we will run out of goals to win all our home games.
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Personally, I thought it was 2 pts lost against Ipswich considering the overwhelming possession we enjoyed. We didn’t create many clear-cut chances, though, so I guess we got what we deserved. Mind you, Ipswich have one of the best away records in the division and you could see why. Still, we’ve taken 4 pts out of 6 against them.
The signs are that Wolves are getting their act together. I thought the boys looked confident and much more assured on Tuesday, even if it wasn’t a perfect performance. If Kights and Jarvo are fit to play the majority of tomorrow’s game, I expect us to put the Addicks to bed with something to spare.
I don’t doubt for one minute Mick’s application to the job and I don’t question the feel-good factor he’s engendered in the dressing room. His “all for one, one for all” togetherness is to be applauded. However, his reluctance to drop his ‘favourites’ at any price (plus his at-times baffling substitution strategy) has probably prevented us having promotion in the bag already. Sometimes, I get the impression that Mick literally stumbles across a winning formula rather than by design. Still, that’s just my opinion and I’m entitled to it.
Again, I call for every fan to get behind the team tomorrow for the full, 90 mins. It doesn’t matter if we score the winner in the first or last minute, but keeping the noise levels up DOES matter.
Good luck to the team tomorrow, but I believe you make your own luck, so make it happen, boys…
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(Re : Bob Wolf) Moderators, can we not ban this idiot? My God, if we were mid-table he’d want to burn down Molineux…..
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wolfy in disguise said: Mar 13th, 2009 at 9:58
“I would never have marlon in the team, maybe loan for the rest of the season…”
EH? You wanna waste money loaning him but not actually play him? My God, ANOTHER idiot!!!
I’m off to buy a new car to keep in my garage…
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Good blog, Nathan. Really looking forward to tomorrow – got a good feeling about it. Come on the Wolves!
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Good Blog. 14 – How on earth can you compare Chelsea sacking Big Phil to our situation? Chelsea were underacheiving, we are overacheiving. You are, without doubt, a complete and utter tool.
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25) Villa boy, I hear that the Villa are throwing in a barn door as part of the Harewood deal which he practices trying to hit in training.
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Is it just me who thinks Berra isnt what we expected,… just my view but I think he is clumsy, dosnt read the game well and his headering is awful,..not having a dig at him but ive seen him play every match for us and I dont think he is getting better,…I know some will say he needs time to settle, fair point, but at 2.3mill and coming as captain of his former club, and an International I thought he would have settled quicker than he has, I suppose after seeing how quick Mancienne settled straight in and the immediate impact he had (and coming in from the cold really) I was expecting a little more from Berra.
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good blog nathan but one thing i would like to add you said the fans were getting nervy and anxious but what about the players its such a young team many of which have never been in this position top of the league and 20000+ fans baying for there blood if they make a mistake the pressure on them must be immense,now is the time for the moaners to get behind the team if you want to moan leave it till the end of the season lets see where we finnish first,and to all you so called fans wanting mick sacked what planet are you on we are in the best position for years to actually win the league and believe me we will,8 games to go 5 wins will see us there so cmon back us till the end and we will all be celebrating come the end of the season,WE ARE WOLVES
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Good blog again Nathan. Great to see Berra and Craddock shutting up shop at the back. Now’s the time to press on and make it count with free flowing attacking wing play with CREATIVE midfielders i.e. leave Henry and/or Quashie on the bench. Keep Chris and SEB up front, start with Kites and Jarvo if poss. Aim to get 2-0 up as early as poss! Good luck to all Wolves contingent against Charlton.
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Worcester Wolves,
Im off to buy another car too,
least that will keep some people in jobs as they will have to buy it,
rather than us paying to watch muppet mick play his favorites!
Gibbonry
if we were over achveiving we would have won the league months ago you fool!
how is 2 wins in 12 overachveiving?
you are without a doubt something that rhymes with rat!
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Harewood – No
But – attracting top quality players to a club that A) should they go up would be favorites for relegation B) have a wage threshold in place C) Is situated in a geographical area with high levels of deprivation will be extremely difficult……start mentally preparing yourself now should the dream be realised.
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would it really be a bad idea bringing in “homer head” harewood??? hes done ok for the vlla when called upon and scored a few for forest at this level a few yrs back…pace and power too..think he could do a job til end of season…somethin different to keogh iwelumo and vokes…2-0 sat. hennesey…foley berra craddock hill…kites edwards jones jarvis..SEB iwelumo
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Further thoughts;
1) Grace = idiot.
2) Greg Cooper = idiot.
3) Business Wolf = idiot.
4) South Bank Legend = idiot.
5) Worcester Wolves = idiot.
6) Gibbonry = idiot.
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At least someone agrees with me…
Bob
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43- Are you suggesting that the players you rate as not good enough for wolves should have won the league months ago? The same players that Mick has bought into the club? Are you for real? You obviously have some issues. Are the voices getting louder?
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46 – Steady. Thats six thoughts already, we both know you can’t possibly manage more than ten in one day. We don’t want a repeat of the pant wetting episode do we?
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Two thinga that don’t go together……
Thoughts and Bob Wolf
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48,
If mick had played his best team all season then yes we would have won the league by now, but dropping big chris and repeatedly playing keogh and collins means we havent, simple as
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tellitlikeitis,
2 things that dont go together,
spelling and tellitlikeitis
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51, the very point I made in my previous post (34)
Mick’s lunacy has made hard work of what should’ve been a much, much easier task.
That’s why he’s worried me all season long.
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51 – But unlike you, it really isn’t that simple. You can’t deny that Big Chris suffered from a drop in form, and his untimely ban didn’t help either. I don’t want to have to explain to you about how some strikers can run the channels, creating an outlet for the team and making space for others, as this would be a concept that would undoubtedly leave you confused. Let me just remind you that if it wasn’t for Mick we wouldn’t be in a position to win anything.
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at least someone on here apart from bob wolf has some common sense!
well said ye olde south bank!
everyone else is in cloud cuckoo land!
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Just a thought, why do so many fans get hung up about pace at CH ? Frank Munro couldn’t beat a Tortoise in a drag race but what a player.
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Play nicely boys.
Positive thoughts please and save the moaning or otherwise for the fat lady’s song.
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52 – WiD
Downt no wot u meen !!!
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58,
u got the accent to go with thart?
then i cun understand yow
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Point 34 & 53 , excellent points , without the continued use of ‘favourites’ including some being played out of position , i agree am sure promotion would be in the bag by now .
That said we are 3 points clear with 8 games to go & asked start of season if we would take current position , 100 % obviously YES .
If we cross the line to promotion even after our bad spell , is academic as end result is all that matters .
Have i full confidence in Mick , sadly the answer is no & i would have thought most geniune fans would say the same , but if he gets us up a massive fair play to the guy & at the end of the day its ‘Wolves’ we are there to support not individuals & i dont see any of the current players as ‘slackers’ of whom we have had MANY over previous years , so lets back the team 100 % all the way .
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Right now I am wrestling will two questions. If anyone knows the answers, please, please tell me before I go mad.
Are we still paying Quashie’s wages ?
If so, why ?
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60. Yes, if Mick gets us up, he’ll deserve due praise and will doubtless receive it. However, it won’t change the fact that he needs to take a long, hard look at his mistakes along the way. A smart man would reassess himself and realise that there’s no place for favouritism, only performances and results. That’s what matters, nothing else. A ruthless streak is required, not obstinate, pig-headedness. They’re two, different things.
Mick, despite my reservations, does have qualities that are good for Wolves. That’s why, should we get promoted, Morgan needs to spend big, big money to give the man the tools for the job in hand. If Mick then flops, he’ll have no excuses as he did when at Sunderland. He’ll live or die by his own hand.
If I’m brutally honest, I cannot see Mick cutting it at the highest level. He’ll be ruthlessly outsmarted by the great tacticians out there. After all, it’s not always JUST about the quality of your squad…
If we make it, great, I’ll wish McCarthy every success, as we all will, I’m sure. I’ll definitely hope to be proven wrong in every respect!
The truth is, though, Mick’s an honest, workmanlike bloke who won’t be able to take us any further than he has. Ultimately, I think we’ll need a new manager to see us progress -if not just stay- in the Premiership.
As I said, I’d love to be proved wrong, genuinely so. But I doubt it.
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60. Ruby Mild.
I personally think that we’ll be searching for a new manager in November, if we get promoted that is. If we don’t make it, then we’ll be looking in May.
Whilst Mick and the team have my full support for the remainder of the season, I really don’t think Mick has the intellect, intelligence or guile needed to succeed as a Premiership Manager. He’s not articulate, so probably a poor communicator (beyond the “let’s get into them” stuff) and his tactical brain is one dimensional.
We’ll see what happens…
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63.Vim Fuego
Do you mean inarticulate rather than not articulate. I’d look in the mirror if you want someone who struggles to put a sentence together.
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Harewood is a good, strong player in my opinion, would like to see him on loan for the rest of the season. We have the albion as a ‘what not to do’ if we go up come the end of May we should have:
Aaron Ramsay – season long loan (Arsenal)
Tom Huddlestone (spurs)
Adam Johnson (borough)
David Wheater (borough)
Joe Ledley (cardiff)
Seb Larsson (blues)
Danny Gabbidon (westham)
Zheng Zhi (charlton)
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63 VF I also feel that a new manager may be on the agenda IF SM chooses to invest “heavily” when we make it into the Prem
Nothing personal against MM But without a good No 2 Ast Manager in the Prem MM I feel will struggle!
UP THE WOLVES!
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Well done cpt_wolves. I’ll make sure to crawl all over your future posts to spot the small errors.
I take it you disagree (rather than do not agree) with my comments?
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SUPER MICK MCCARTHY!!!
KEOGH, KEOGH, KEOGH, KEOGH
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Good Blog Nathan
67 comments by 3:57 – too many people with not enough to do!!
Should have kept Hill on -v- Ipswich – would have won the game with pace on both wings and, although he is a bit lightweight Reid’s pace frightens defenders.
Charlton will do as Ipswich did – pack the midfield and stop us playing but if we think we are good enough for the prem we have to able to play round that.
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Planet Jiwal what a miserable place that must be, the sun never shines it always rains, a bit like sandwell and the poorthorns. wba the midlands SHAME.
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If we donot get promoted at least we can look forward to another season teckin the piss out of the baggies on here. remember happy baggie but i think we will go up this time would rather have the bluse go up with us than reading.
good blog nathan.ho nathan when you see alfred can you tell
him my son rob will meet up when he goes to
malta on the 24th this month. cheers mate
i’m going for 2-0 to wolves.
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MANY COMMENTS ON HERE INFERING THAT CHARLTON WILL BE COMING TO DEFEND.DON’T THINK SO THEY ARE TO MANY POINTS ADRIFT THEY WILL BE COMING I THINK TO TAKE SOMETHING AWAY FROM THE GAME AS ONLY WINS WILL DO. THAT’S WHY I THINK WE WILL BAG A FEW 5-1
WIWELUMO OFF AT LAST AND SEB WILL BE AT IT AGAIN MINIMUM 2
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Yes I agree David Jones was outstanding, it won’t stop Mick showing is blind loyalty to certan players come Saturday when he recalls Henry, I also agree Berra was our best player on Tuesday. As for Harewood, he’s ceratinly better than any other striker with have with the exception of SEB.
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Sorry Vim (67) it was extremely pedantic of me. I must admit I destest people on here, like the awful Del Woppio who pick up on the slighest inaccuracy and beat people with it.
I do agree that Mick McCarthy doesn’t possess the tactical nouse of some of the Premiership managers, but after building such a good young team over 3 years we need to give him a chance in the Prem if we get there.
The likely scenario is that we get to Christmas, rock bottom of the Premiership and Steve Morgan will bring in a new manager for the Transfer window in Jan.
But. Let’s get to the premiership before discusing whether we should sack Mick or not eh?
Apologies again Vim, have a good weekend.
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74.cpt_wolves… you have misspelt slightest… sorry, I couldn’t resist!
Just one question, where the hell is planet JIWAL? I’ve just checked the solar system and I can’t see it. No wait, hold on, there it is… population just 2, Satan and a Sandwell fan sharing a pint.
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21:South bank “legend”
Spoken like a true happy clapper from the south bank,You always here the southbank singing super mick,an keogh keogh.It isnt about being a keogh fan its about playing your best players and I “majority of wolves fans”
prefer to see big chris or sam uprfont to support sylvan.And if you look at our past 3 games when big chris has started weve got 7/9 points and also 3 cleen sheets,big chris “when hes playing” wins every ball in the air,something that keogh still hasnt mastered,he also links up the play 10 times better than keogh. When you said we wouldnt swap this position for anything,,,wouldnt you swap it for a comfortable 10 or 12 points clear instead?only a baggie fan or an absolute moron would say no.
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Berra is not as slow as you make out. He is not as pacy as Stearman or Mancienne but would win by 50 metres in a 100m race with Craddock and Collins.
Mick is stubborn with his selection and tactics but they have got us this far. However if we get promoted can you honestly believe that he can succeed in the Prem? Teams let players go when they get promoted as they are clearly only good enough for the Championship. Hard and maybe unfair as it may seem I think Morgan needs to do the same with McCarthay if Wolves are to stay up. Bring in Martinez for me
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77 A.Tatter
Disgusting comments. Mick builds a team up for three years and then you want to bring in Martinez and kick him out of the door?
Mick had one go at the premiership and had to do so with a hand full of beans and spare change. Give the guy a chance. If we go up, and thats still a bit ‘if’, then Mick deserves at least one full season in the prem.
Trouble is, impatient fans like your goodself, will demand his head if we are bottom by Christmas.
Just get behind the team and desist with this nonsense my good man. Enjoy the game at Swansea or is it Wolverhampton, which manager you backing again?
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wolfy in disguise/bob wolf it must be so lonley , in your negative hate filled world where everything has a downside, and anybody who disagrees with you lives in cloud cuckoo land , anyway back to planet happyclapper, wolves 2 charlton 0 , wwfc champions 2009 , and season 2009/10 final league standings wolves p38 w 12 d6 l 19 points 42 therefore avoiding relegation by 3 points happy days , up the wolves.
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Mick certainly has his favourites but i think he’s definately the man for the job premiership or not. He’s a manager in the tradition of Cullis and McGarry, building a young and hungry squad of players. The board have to stick with him as he has got us here from nothing and he deserves a decent investment from the board next year if we make it to premiership. I’m proud of our boys and just hope we put enough points on the board to get us promotion
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Sorry Nathan, you are completely wrong. If the miracle happens, I can’t trust Mad Mick to get it right.Signings like Shackell, Hill, Quashie and Reid beggar belief, and his tactics are utter rubbish. We are a one man team, and, take Blake’s goals away, we wouldn’t be in teh top half.Keogh has to go, has does Iwelumo, and as for Craddock and Ward…we wouldn;t get tuppence for them.Remember this, Albion have spent best part of 25 mill to try and stay up, and we won;t get anywhere near that much.McCarthy had money at Sunderland and won one game in the PL, so what will he produce with us. Anyway…10 points clear, and Reading have 9 games left… 2002 anyone?
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79.Maths not a strong point ? 12 + 6 + 19 = 37 games , there are 38 in the PL
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IM FROM NORTHERN IRELAND .DONT ASK WHY MY FAMILY SUPPORT WOLVES.NEED INFO ON STARTING N. I.s 1st WOLF PACK…..OUT OF THE DARKNESS.. GOING UP NO SURRENDER
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We dont need harewood hes rubbish
you people have no sense
we need to gt zeli ismail in.
and ramsey on loan
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jiwal ,reading not a strong point? PL 38 W12 L19
42 POINTS , SPECSAVERS AWAIT YOU ,LOL
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DREW 6
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