Harewood aims to make class tell
Saturday 28th March 2009, 11:29AM GMT.
Marlon Harewood has stepped into the Championship promotion race determined to remind football he is still a Premier League player.
Harewood made a big impact in his first training session with his new Wolves team mates yesterday and is now itching for the opportunity to carry that forward in to the thick of the promotion battle.
The 29-year-old striker has been kicking his heels for nearly two years at Villa Park having started just one Premier League game since signing for Martin O’Neill in the summer of 2007.
With one year of his Villa contract still remaining, Harewood is refusing to look beyond the short-term six-game opportunity beckoning at Molineux – but he is aiming to take out that frustration on the six Championship defences now standing between Wolves and their dreams of promotion.
“I still feel I’m a Premier League player,” says Harewood. “But I don’t know what to expect of myself in this little spell because I haven’t been playing much!
“All I want to do is help these boys get promoted. I’ve only had one training session with them so far but I can tell straight away they are a brilliant set of lads. They’ve been great with me. I feel I’ve got a lot of football in me. I’ve played a handful of games in the last couple of years and I am just eager to get some football again.
“I’ve had no guarantees from Mick about playing. I just wanted to come and help them out and whatever I can bring I will do my best to add. If I play six games then fine. But the lads have done really well to get to where they are and they’ve already got one of the top goalscorers in the Championship.
“And what a great game to start with – Birmingham City away!”
Already there is excitement within the Wolves camp at what Harewood could bring to the team. After yesterday’s first training session, midfielder David Jones reported: “You could tell from the start that Marlon is a Premier League player. He was quality – immediately on the same wavelength as the lads. I hope I am in the team when he plays that’s for sure.”
Wolves fans will already be wondering whether the loan is the prelude to permanent deal in the event of player and club reaching their twin targets – goals from the striker and promotion for the team.
Harewood added: “I’m not looking beyond that. I’m still a Villa player with another year on my contract and whatever happens I will report back there after this loan is over.”
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I think lets just get him for six games and see how he performs. We have a young team, but his experience may be valuable.
I am certaing that Harweood will put 110% in if he plays as he has a point to prove and needs to resuce his career also.
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Feed The Hare, Mr Jones
And the Bluenoses will end up in despair
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I will be in the pub,health permitting, to watch the destruction of Brums hopes of automatic promotion next week.
Harewood has such a huge point to prove that if I were MM I would hold him back on the bench until half time whether we are winning or not chuck him on then he will destroy the Blues modest defence.
A big win here win virtually close out the season.
Up The Wolves
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Marlon Harewood proved the Forest pundits wrong (Kenny Burns) who kept slating him on a football phone in (Century 106)regular as clockwork – He then went to West Ham and scored goals for them in the Prem!
I hope he gets the same mental frame of mind to show what Villa are missing – and what better way to do it then to start at Blues?
Maybe hold him back – let SEB and Big Chris start for the first 65/ 70 mins and then let him loose when the Blues central pair are starting to flag – oooh I’m sooo excited!
UP THE WOLVES!!!
C’mon me Babbbiiiieees!
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The “Hare” will keep our strikers on there toes as he will be breathing down their necks, and he is an “insurance policy” should we suffer any injuries, he will hopfully bring in a bit of stability and maturity to our side.
hope he get a shirt ~ but his proffesionalisum should help out.
a good signing at this stage of the season.
“Come on you Wolves”
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It’s good the younger lads will see the big step-up to being a Premiership player.
With players like him on the training ground it will help them adjust to the pace and more physical side of top flight football.
Wether he plays or not the experience they will gain will be invaluable.
Oh and a Hat-trick against the Blues will also help.
Nice to see Graham Stack back to calm any nerves in the dressing room over the next 6 games too.
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Good to have him for the run in, but I hope he is not going to be a cheap option alongside SEB next season in the Prem.
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HIs pace alone will terrified the Brums defence.
I hope the Hare set ablazed the blues and get us the three points even if they have to win ugly.
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5/Andy Brads Leeds.Get in touch asap.Im going to Oz for friendly if it comes off, nice time for you to visit and come with me.WWFC abroad
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I appreciate his honesty, and to not promise us anything but the six games he is here for I respect and hope he can do the same when he is on the field playing for us.
I think Harewood will give us another dimension that none of the teams we have left to play will know about, because as it stands the games are getting closer as each and every team becomes used to each other, and having something different might just be enough to see us over the line.
Good luck to all the players and staff for the run in.
And come on lets cheer them home and then we can have one big PARRRRRRRTY
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I’d just like to ask all you Wolves fans a question:
Which team has the best defence in the Championship???
Yes that’s right – Birmingham City!!!
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As a Wolves fan I am always waiting for the next kick in the teeth, however I cannot wait for the Blues game.
They Have to attack
They have to win
And SEB and the boys WILL rip them to shreds
BRING IT ON!!!!!
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what happens at the blues i think will determine where we finsh, what a time to have an international break, never the less we need to keep it going & its pedal to the metal lads, 3 out of 6 & its ours!!!
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Well the stage is yours Marlon
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great signing, good luck boys 3 more wins and that should do it
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11 ZuluBlue,which team is top of the championship by five points…???
Oh yes Wolverhampton Wanderers…ah thank you!!!
Muppet!
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11….I’d like to ask you a quesion….who are the highest scorers?
Oh …thats right…WWFC !!!
Pillock!!
If …… sorry ….. when we score against you the best you can hope for is a draw because you do not have the firepower in front of goal matey!! you’ve proved it all season 1 or 2 goals here and there and thats your lot….you WILL NOT stop us from scoring, end of!
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We only need 1 player KP he beats you on his own
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What a pleasure to see only positive comments posted.
Run ‘em ragged on Saturday boys this is possibly the season winner.
I do not give a flying fart about the manner of the win or how many we win by, just so long as we win!
Up The (champion) Wolves
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no.18-but he hasnt scored past us since he signed for you has he?! Don’t get cocky, we have already beat you in your backyard with alot of our reserves out and drew at at our place. Pressure is on you cause if you dont win Reading our breathing down your neck. Would like us to get realistically:
Matt Derbyshire 1.5-BLACKBURN
Chris Eagles 1.5- BURNLEY
Michael Ball- free MAN CITY
Steve Sidwell- 3.5 VILLA
Tom Huddlestone- 3.0 SPURS
Sol Campbell-free POMPEY
Seb Larsson-1.5 BLUES
Joe Ledley-4.0 CARDIFF
Aaron Ramsay-season loan-ARSENAL
Nicky Shorey-2.5-VILLA
Alan Hutton-loan-SPURS
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16 and 17. Well done lads, resort to pathetic name calling.
Sums you lot up to be honest.
Blues will beat you 2-1 and we will be 2 points behind you with 5 matches left.
Mark my words, Birmingham City will be champions!!!
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18) So you’re suggesting you only have one decent player at St Andrews? You’re probably right!!!
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its not pathetic name calling mr. zulublue!!! i dont believe you guys will finish 2nd ! you lot need to watch sheff utd, playing good stuff at the right time, where as you blues have never played good stuff at ANY time! to be fair, neither have we but we get the results…..bye bye championship also-rans!!!!!
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21) If you are champions it will be the first time in your history you can be called champions!! Not unlike us of course!! How many top flight league titles was it you had won again?
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24. So remind me Stoke Wolves (oh dear Stoke and Wolverhampton – what a dreadful combination that is) what Wolves last won of note (not Div 3 or 4 titles) and were you alive to see it???
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At least we have got a decent fan base ZuluBlue! Where have the ten thousand glory hunters gone from your Premiership days?! Face it you are the fourth biggest club behind Villa, Wolves and Albion in the West Midlands!
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25. zulublue are you for real, are you really asking that question, coming from a club that has won ?????????? no still can’t think of anything that blues have won in over a 135 years, and buying the FA cup don’t count.
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25) You have still not answered my original question, how many top flight titles have you ever won? Are you a politician? Birmingham and South Africa, what a weird combination!!
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4) Kenny Burns was right, Harewoods satistics for Premiership 98 starts 22 Goals
2005/06 37~14 goals West Ham
2006/07 32~3 goals West Ham
2007/08 23~5 goals Aston Villa
2008/09 6~0 goals Aston Villa
The man runs down blind alleys, you are far better off with what you have, as nice as a bloke he is Marlon is not the answer trust me!!
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I really do wonder if this Zulu Blue has anything better to do with his time? Don’t you chaps?
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So remind me ZuluBlue, when was the last time you lot won anything? Oh, and was anyone alive to see it?!
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ZuluBlue
Is the roof secure now?
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kiwi wolves fan- good luck next monday. my team hennessey, foley, craddock,berra, hill, kightly, quashie, edwards, jarvis, ebanks-blake, harewood, subs, vokes, jones, stearman,henry,stack, what do u think.
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26. The stats from 130 years of average attendances (for West Mids clubs) are as follows:
Villa 27,992
Wolves 20,328
Blues 20,185
Albion 19,005
Wolves and Blues are 14th and 15th best supported clubs respectively. These figures are the most accurate of all because they include all attendances for all league matches since clubs were formed.
Considering we’ve never won anything of note, how come your average is just 143 more than ours???
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You forget ZuluBlue that you have spent considerably more time in the Premiership than Wolves in recent years. We also only had two stands open for several years and of course slid down to the old fourth divison. Anyway I’m looking at the present and this seasons crowds don’t lie. We are currently a far better supported club than Birmingham are who seemed to have lost ten thousand fans in the space of a season! You can argue and post stats all you like but even you know deep down that Wolves are a bigger club than Birmingham. Both the past and present prove that!
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