Ugly wins the way for Kightly
Monday 23rd March 2009, 11:51AM GMT.
Wolves winger Michael Kightly insists the team can claim the Championship title after learning how to “win ugly.”
The league leaders fourth win in five made it 13 points out of 15 and three successive 1-0 away wins, which have taken Mick McCarthy’s league leaders five points clear of Birmingham, their next opponents in two weeks’ time.
Kightly, whose 76th minute winner proved the difference on Saturday, knows the league is theirs to be lost.
He said: “Of course we can win it – we’ve believed we could win it and we’ve been there all season. We’re still a long way away though and there are still a lot of points to be played for.
“But if we can show the same grit and determination that we’ve shown over the last five games in the next six, that should tide us over.
“We’ve learned how to win ugly. The last few games haven’t been great to watch but we’ve come out winners.
“I think the Sheffield Wednesday match was one of the worst games I’ve played in in my career!
“We’ve won games 1-0 recently but we’d take another six of those all day long.”
Kightly believes Saturday’s gritty performance at the City Ground was a major step towards promotion.
He said: “It was a massive win and we’ve got the international break now, so we can have a rest and then come back against Birmingham and hopefully win that one.”
With six games left and a nine-point cushion to the play-offs, Kightly admits the players are daring to think about promotion.
He said: “It’s massive for all of us to get up. There aren’t many players in our dressing room who have played in the Premier League, so if we get there it will be a massive achievement.
“We’re five points clear – why panic? We’ve done so well all season so we’ll enjoy the situation and hopefully we can get up.”
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WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED!
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dare we believe?
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Well done lads for Saturday, great result! its so refreshing to see us keeping clean sheets and nicking goals to win games.
If we beat the blues I don’t think we are going to be stopped, the important thing is that confidence is flying high and we out of the top 3 have the momentum to keep winning games.
C’mon you Wolves!
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Well done Kites but ugly wins do nothing for our nerves.
By the way we should note that prior to shakell going back to Norwich in five games they conceded 9 goals. in the five he’s played they conceded 3 and beat Cardiff and drew with Brum. They have READING AT HOME TO PLAY. mICK SENDING sHAKES ON LOAN WAS MORE OF A MASTER STROKE THAN WE UNDERSTOOD AT THE TIME…
And he is due to return while I guess that if Norwich want him back they’ll have to pay double cos he is clearly a better player now. MM’s magic continues.
Finally Norwich have scored 47 goals this season which means the 8 they scored against us amounts to 17% OF THEIR TOTAL.
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I don’t understand why we a re letting craddock go he has played in the premier and he is streets ahead of Collins and Stearman. He has proved his ability and must be good for a couple more seasons weven as cover for the inevitable injuries and red cards
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We only need 4 more wins to guarantee promotion!
We could get away with 3 and a draw depending on goal difference.
Lets make it 6 and win the championship how we started!
Can’t wait to catch the next two games on TV!
Come On You Wolves!
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ONE ONE CONCLUSION FROM THE WEEKENDS GAMES.
WOLVES ARE PROMOTED.. AS CHAMPIONS (BARRING THE MOTHER OF ALL MESS UPS) AND BLUES SHOULD FOLLOW US IN SECOND SPOT.
WE NOW SEEM FULLY BACK ON TRACK AND NIETHER BLUES OR READING CAN PRODUCE ANYTHING LIKE THE KIND OF QUALITY THEY WOULD HAVE TO PRODUCE TO CATCH US.
SO ONCE AGAIN WE’RE GOING BACK TO THE PREMIER LEAUGE .. PLEASE MR MORGAN GIVE MICK AND THE BOYS THE BACKING THEY DESERVE TO KEEP US THERE THIS TIME.
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Apparently Blues away has already sold out! I got my ticket last week but it is only on sale to supporters with 1050 loyalty points or more, so 2750 supporters have more than 1050 points have already snapped em up! Glad I didn’t hang about. AND IT’S ON SKY! Now that’s what I call support
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To be honest I don’t care about winning the title, although it would be nice! We just want to get promoted automatically, then watch the other four teams sweat it out in the play-offs.
A draw at the Blouses would be fine, and then win our last 3 home matches.
P.S. Watch out for Sheff Utd getting automatic, not that i’m bothered about them!
Up the Wolves!
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8: did your mom give you the ticket money ?
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massive win for us..
great support too as ever..
Vokes was the difference when he came on…
sell out and raise the roof last 3 home games as i think 3 more wins will do us..
WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED!!!
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has blues sold out?
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Almost there !
the support on saturday was incredible at the match and all around the city !!!
3 wins and, dare I say it no Ward and we will be there !
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I cant relax until its a mathe,matical certainty, Im still traumatised from what happened before and the A****n stole our promotion spot.
All I can say is come on Wolves lets go up as champs and prove all the worriers like me are just daft !
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Wolves winning the title would be a bonus, but surely every Wolves fan just wants promotion. I just want promotion first and hopefully its just one more win to be crowned Champions.
Well done Kites and the rest of the club for getting over the slump and grinding out some really huge victories. Its ours for the taking now. Realistically we only need to win 3 more games to win promotion. But why not win our next 4 make sure.
PS I reckon Kites goal against Forest will give him the confidence to score another important goal in the run-in. Wolves are very lucky to have a player of his quality. I mean 19 assists and 8 goals is simply awesome.
We shall not, We shall not be moved!!!
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anybody see the pic of morgan and ian rush at the forest match , possibly a strikers coatch nxt season or am i reading too much into this , anyway come on my babies !!!!!!!!!1
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NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE DOES, ASLONG AS WE WIN 4 GAMES, WERE MATHMATICALY UP,
AND I CAN SEE US WINNIN ALL 6,
BLUES – 1-0 WOLVES
SOUTHAMPTON – 3-1 WOLVES
DERBY – 2-0 WOLVES
QPR – 3-0 WOLVES
BARNSLEY – 4-0 WOLVES
DONCASTER – 3-0 WOLVES
I DONT CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS, WE’RE UP
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not a great match saturday but fantastic result the back four looked rock solid and blake caused a bit of panic in there defence every time he got the ball . six more the same and dare we say it,saturdays support was awesome c-mon the wolves
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4 – what’s your point you plum?
Where’s all your other boo-boy mates? Good to see they’re man enough to come on here and apologise for slating Mick and the boys week in week out.
You make me sick.
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We will win ugly as long as Muppet Mick keeps playing Ward. The man has no pace McCarthy!! We have put up with his shocking left wing displays for two and a half years Thick Mick – get rid of him and get Friend in the team!! Idiot!!
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coach even
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We must find goals from other areas in the team is all I can say.
We will need at least 5 quality players if we go up. We need another quality striker the midfield needs bolstering with a gritty, tough leader and the defence needs some attention..
I hope to god we don’t blow it after all the effort that has been put in so far this season.
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Hi there Bob Wolf.
Did you enjoy the weekend ?
I bet you’re looking forward to saying “I told you so” to all those MM knockers when we finally seal promotion eh ?
Keep on trucking mate !!
xx
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Are Wolves going to do it the easy way?? Surely not, we have to lose a couple now to put the frightners on us.
But to be honest I cant see us dropping many points from now till the end of the season.
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17. I am as pessimistic as anyone, but even I can’t see us losing the last 6 games and only scoring one goal!
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lets win the title now–then we can talk about who we need for next season–im sure the club are already looking–6 quality players a must–then with our young & ungry wolfs we will be ok–the injury prone mark davies must of wished he had stayed to skipper our reserves–good bit of buiness there i think
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BOB WOLF………..and the rest of the moaners, what Muppets you are……COME ON YOU WOLVES
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Can almost see the Sky Premier add:
batch of players in priemer shirts running through a woods chased by a young wolf pack. Getting to a log cabin they lock themselves in. Wolves start clawing at the door. Door falls in to show wolves morphing into the lads. Come On Me Babbies!!!
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i agree 4 mick sending shacks out to norwich was a great move,but what would be even better move by magic mick would be to get harewood for the run in.just think a prem striker to add to our 4 strikers,it just says goals…goals…goals. deep in my heart i do believe..
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20. Why are you here again you loser?. Why don’t you get back to your boggie pages and wallow in your misery over there?
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28; off school today son?
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We need to start making preparations now for the prem, the lads on the pitch will finish the job,other transfers can be completed when relegation/ promotion is decided. The business aspect needs sorting:
Aaron Ramsay (arsenal) season long loan
Tom Huddlestone (spurs)
Michael Mancienne (chelsea)
Sol Campbell (pompey) FREE
Danny Gabbidon (westham) season long loan
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Saints next home match,come on Wolves , stuff them and I can go to work and take the pxxx
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Harewood for £2m would be a good move now. Get him on loan see if he likes us and visa versa and pay him on goals scored he would soon start knocking em in….
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Win Ugly? That was a car crash performance!! It clearly highlighted that if we do get promotion then we need a minimum of 7 new first team players. You can get nothing for a million either Mr Moxey/Mr McCatthy so we will need to spend in excess of £20million to have any chance of surviving without ending up in a horrible scrap of desperate football all season.
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Albion opitimise what NOT to do. Don’t buy over-seas players based on their CV (Valero) and get players who have already played in the prem with Hull and Stoke looking like they could survive there is a chance they will get ’2nd season syndrome’ and we have a great chance to stay up. go and get
Sol Campbell (pompey) out of contract
Tom Huddlestone (spurs)
Aaron Ramsay (arsenal) season loan
Justin Hoyte (borough)
David Wheater (borough)
Adam Johnson (borough)
Danny Gabbidon (westham) loan
Chris Eagles (burnley)
Joe Ledley (cardiff)
plenty of good players available
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come on ryan,forest played 5 across the middle and did,nt attack us.they were looking for a point off the league leaders afer being thrashed 5-o last week. as far as spending 20 million on players, you could spend 50 mil but it will not mean premiership survival.lets buy some young hungry players who want to prove themselves at top level.keep a wage structure, but pay really good win bonuses. deep in my heart i do believe.
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Yes he’s back its Bob wolf and his merry men the Muppets!!! “Bob the baggies fan four foot snack stick to the baggie pages please your boring us”!!!! COME ON WOLVES!!!!!
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Well done lads! It was great to see the strong Wolves contingents in the thousandsand to that guy who jumped on the billboard and slipped after kite’s goal, you made my day ;)
Cheers!
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To all the HAPPY CLAPPERS.Most of the season we have wanted the MUPPET to pick the right team ie; COLLINS OUT KEOUGH OUT .What has happened THEYRE OUT and we have started winning again!!We all want Promotion we dont trust the muppet.
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37 mad tuna i agree with the young and hungry mantra and the wage structure to a point but if that one player who really would make a differece comes up we must not be scared to pay!!Also we must leave this debate till were up.
We are Wolves
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no17: you have put 6 defeats not 6 wins please check,
I was more nervous about saturdays game then the one coming up blues, cos i think we can raise our game and beat them. i just hope we do not throw away all the good work the lads & mick have done all season, because a couple of defeats and it can still change. up the wolves forever and lets win the league in style
rich
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You lot would crap youselves if a player asked for more than a £1000 a week, 37 young and hungry what a joke you are, even the young who are good enough, have agents, never mind stick with S Ward your Hero he is about all you lot can afford. S Morgan will not invest the money required to stay up in your case 200 Million. Never Mind MM is already planing for your return to the CCC, with long term contracts to you 3 greatest players Ward Collins and Super goal scorer Keogh.
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Young and hungry:
Michael Mancienne (chelsea)
Tom Huddlestone (spurs)
Justin Hoyte (borough)
David Wheater (borough)
Adam Johnson (borough)
Aaron ramsay (arsenal) loan
Daniel Sturridge (man city) loan
Sol Campbell (free) club captain
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if newcastle go down I would like to see us go for for Stephen Taylor, Alan Smith and put in a cheeky for damian duff (ex colleague of mick)
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A FRIEND in need is a friend indeed- Get him on the park instead of Ward- Totally agree 20! KEEP THE FAITH AS WE ARE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR. Well done lads another 3 points.
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5. It is not difficult to understand. Craddock is a great Championship full back. In the Premiership he would struggle, similar to Butler.
What is worrying is that if Stearman is behind Craddock in the pecking order, will he be able to play in the Premiership if we go up?
Collins is utterly useless and hope he never plays for us again – too many mistakes and too clumsy.
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WHEN WE GET PROMOTED WE NEED TO BUY 300 PLAYERS
RONALDO
KAKA
ROONEY
BLAH
BLAH
BLAH
I HATE KEOGH COLLINS WARD
MICK IS A MUPPET
This site is always good for a laugh
9,000 tickets for barnsley should be a cracking day WE’M WOLVES AY WE!!!!!!!
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40 – The Muppet has us top and 9 points clear of 3rd with 6 to play.
My money is on him knowing more than you.
May be the Muppet is managing a team in 2009 and not 1957 ???
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harewood has signed
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ALL THE TALK OF PLAYERS WHO WE COULD GET IF WE GO UP. ONE MENTIONED OFTEN IS TOM HUDDLESTONE. I WAS A SCOUT AT WWFC AND IN 2000 I SPOTTED TOM PLAYING FOR DERBY SCHOOLS UNDER 15. HE WAS WILLING TO COME TO WWFC AND TRAIN ONLY TO BE TOLD BY MR TONY LACEY THAT WE HAD TOO MANY MIDFIELDERS AS IT WAS AT THE TIME. I SAID THAT THIS KID WILL PLAY FOR ENGLAND…… NOW THERE IS A LITTLE STORY…………..
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brummie rob your just shaking in ya boots about the mighty wolves coming to your place in two weeks. and who,s gonna get the winner? ..harewood on loan from villa.
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43 brummie rob dont you just wish brum was as good as the MIGHTY WOLVES ay
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Sorry to read about the flag story that’s been stolen.
but iv’e seen it,
It’s flying high,
just like the Wolves.
Come on.
Sorry about your flag.
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I think 17 & 28 have been sat outside the Spar drinking too many cans, with equally bizarre results.
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28 – I’ll have a pint of what you’re drinking mate :-) OW-HOOOOOOO!!!!
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HAREWOOD SIGNS, kites has his wish about winning ugly!
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Brummie Rob
Following the 2nd city’s 2nd rate club, you should be used to playing catch up, so why so bitter???
Hope Reading batter you last day of the season & overtake you for the runners up spot.
You’ve been rubbish all season & deserve nothing.
Toodle pip
ps, you might want to watch us on MOTD next season
;-)
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25,
MY APOLOGIES,
THOSE RESULTS WERE ALL WOLVES WINS SORRY
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come on my babbies, what a team !!!!
by the way where is john humphrey/mck hollifield / john pender/tony evans/
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