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Wolves blog: Taking the Mick
Friday 1st May 2009, 9:15AM BST.
Wolves blogger Nathan Lloyd gives his own assessment on the fan Mick McCarthy got to grips with at Barnsley.
Whilst sitting and watching the FA Cup Final a couple of years ago in a bar on a lad’s weekend away, one of our gang Pete decided it would be hilarious to stick his finger in my ear.
My reaction was to recoil like someone had stuck a hot knitting needle in my lug ‘ole, so I turned round and delivered a punch of Herculean proportions to his shoulder.
It was a complete over-reaction to what was just a bit of tomfoolery and, of course, I was sincerely apologetic.
So although I can understand Mick’s initial shock at being grappled by an unidentified flying person at the end of the Barnsley game, once he had realised the fan was on his side, why did he continue with his grandad style fighting?
That one ridiculous scene at Oakwell, for me sums up Mick’s complete disrespect of Wolves fans and their opinions.
We often hear Mick describe Wolves fans as nuggets or numpties, but rarely as the greatest fans in the land or the 12th man.
Perhaps these are just over used footballing cliches, but Mick will need the fan’s onside more than ever next season as we try and overcome that tricky first Premier League season.
He could do himself a big favour and try harder in the pursuit to get the fans onside rather than continuing his one man crusade.
Anyway, now is probably the wrong time of the season to be getting bogged down in any negativity.
As a fellow Nathan said to me at work, this kind of success just doesn’t happen to Wolves. To go into the final game of the season promoted with a chance to hit 90 points in the league is almost like a fairytale and an incredible achievement.
Of course it would be nice to go out on a high on Sunday, but all thoughts are now on next season and which personnel we could add to a squad arguably already stronger than our one and only venture into the Premiership in 2003.
I joked last time of a list of 50 potential targets I had drawn up, a joke missed by a couple of people. I’m not quite that sad, well not quite.
Perhaps it is slightly obvious, but I think Wolves targets will be the best the Championship currently has to offer and those players already in the Premiership, but struggling to get into the starting XI.
I think Michael Mancienne is unfortunately a non-starter as in the summer he could find himself torn between the cultural metropolis of Madrid, shopping at Armani, Chanel and Versace – or the city of Wolverhampton with its glorious Mander Centre, which seems to be slowly metamorphosing into one giant pound shop.
The experience of Liverpool defender Sami Hyypia would probably be a useful acquisition, but at 35 years old and alongside Christophe Berra it would leave us woefullyexposed for pace.
The spine of the team will be where Mick will need to get it right.
I like the rumour of Steve Sidwell joining in the summer, but he will be on a good wage at Villa and we already know that although salaries on offer at Wolves will be the highest they have ever been, Steve Morgan and Jez Moxey won’t be venturing into silly territory.
If we want to avoid the fate of our Black Country neighbours, this season, I would have thought that Mr Morgan will need to invest at least £30million and offer wages at least on a par with some of the other top flight clubs in the bottom half.
Stoke may have wasted £10 million on signing Dave Kitson and Seyi Olofinjana, but they also spent another £20 million on successful transfers such as James Beattie, Matthew Etherington, Danny Higginbotham and Ibrahima Sonko.
They have taken a gamble and it at the moment it looks like it has paid off.
As demonstrated in the record breaking crossbar challenge on Soccer AM last Saturday, this current Wolves team appear to have a real bond and a fantastic team spirit.
So it will be essential in the summer to find that fine balance between injecting some new blood into the team to raise the quality, but not to the detriment of the fine team spirit.
I’m chuffed for our skipper Jody Craddock on his new contract, just reward for coming in towards the end of the season and shoring up a leaky defence.
I’m not keen on any of our loan players staying after Sunday and I’m sure there will be plenty more who will be waving at the stands for the last time come 3pm.
Second place in the league will be an interesting battle on Saturday. Birmingham had it in their grasp and then two fantastic Preston strikes put there promotion party on hold.
It was amazing to see that only a couple of hundred people had stayed behind at St Andrews to applaud the players on the end of season lap of honour.
Even at the conclusion of some of the most miserable seasons at Molineux, there were always a decent number who had stayed behind to say thank you to the players and staff.
Sunday will be a fantastic occasion. The result is almost immaterial. From the vibes I have from the fans, the Molineux pitch will not be ventured on for a second time and I don’t think anybody will dare mess with El McCarthy again!
Let’s hope we are saying a fond farewell to a Championship league and that we don’t have to revisit it for many years to come.
Have a cracking weekend.
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No wonder Mick is wary of many so called ‘Wolves fans’. The abuse he took last year from those calling him ‘Muppet Mick’ and far worse – who couldn’t see what he building, was downright discraceful.
Mick McCarthy – you are a magician.
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Good Blog mate! A quick word on our new strips AWFUL! A terrible choice of a second strip as well, Who are we Walsall?
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‘Mick’s complete disrespect of Wolves fans and their opinions’
Once again you show your true colours Nathan. You are a knee jerk of the first order. Go on a journalism course and then insert ‘the ignorant’ before ‘Wolves’ in the above sentence. You WILL be calling for his head by Christmas! Oh dear me.:-(((((
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Nathan dear chap its obviouly a bitter pill for you to swallow with us going up and MM being proved correct over the past couple of years. Yes he has dropped a number of cogs and yes he can be of a stick in the mud, but at least he is not one of these new breed of media savi managers fresh from the latest PR course a. He says it as he see it, not always correct but it is how he feels at that particular time.Yes he may have called us nuggets or muppets but guess what mate on occasions he is spot on.i sit there most games and look at the amount of idiots who are around me who cant read a game or even begin to think of the bigger picture.
Keep blogging chap, you may not always be correct but its how you feel and thats just the way it should be. Perhaps youre more like MM than you think.
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Disrespect for Wolves fans?! He was right to have a go at the so called fan who thought it would be a good idea to put him in an arm lock and it is often right that he calls the fans numpties. Most Wolves fans are. The idiots who sit round me have moaned all season and, as you rightly say, we’re Champions and 3 points off 90 points so I know who I think is right.
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Well done Nathan. See again at Wolverhampton with the other Maltese Wolves, as we are returning for the final match and celebrations.
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Am I the only one to think that McCarthy was lucky to be in a job at the end of last season?
Ok he’s managed to get us up, but more by luck than judgment with everyone around us performing even worse than we did.
MM needs to remember that it’s us ‘numpties’ that pay his frankly ridiculous wages. He treats the fans with contempt at times yet expects support unequivocal support. The overreaction to the Wolves fan at Barnsley was that laughable that it doesn’t deserve a comment.
He’s the most pig-headed, stubborn, arrogant guy in football, who continues to play his favourites and quite frankly got lucky this season.
His tactical ineptitude and arrogance will ultimately lead to his downfall, and I’ll take a bet with any Wolves fan that come Christmas, 85% of us will be screaming for his head.
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Dear God, Lloyd. What planet are you on? I appreciate that Mick’s success is difficult for you to swallow, but you really are clutching at the most fragile of straws with this one. How on Earth can you blame the man for reacting as he did to being jumped on from behind? It’s not as if he’s universally popular with Wolves fans, is it? My only disappointment with his reaction was that he didn’t clock the idiot right around the mush.
It’s no wonder that Mick regards a portion of Wolves fans as ‘numpties’ if the fickle, inaccurate musings of this blog and your band of poorly educated followers is his barometer. That the E&S continue to give you column inches speaks volumes of their standards and agenda. You will be calling for Mick’s head the day after a defeat, and hailing him the day after a victory. You’re a tedious, reactionary cretin.
TB xx.
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think strip is not as bad as that awfull goodyear treadmark rubbish a couple of years ago, nathan, im sure mm does respect the fans, im sure if you met the guy you would realise that , most football fans think they know best when it comes to team selection and who plays where. but then if club chairman and directors thought the same we wouldnt need managers would we? and by guiding wwfc to the position of champions mm has proved that actually he does know what he is doing.
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Great blog today and you are right in what you say about Mick and his treatment of the fans. I know he has done well and is on the crest of a wave following promotion, but i worry he doesnt have the name or the tactical know how to survive in the premiership and very few of the current side are good enough I am afraid. Sadly I think Wolves will come straight down as you dont have the manager that will attract the high calibre players – and getting the best from outside the premiership wont be good enough to survive.
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Thank god someone finally said it. Mick McCarthy Always and i mean ALWAYS finds away to have a dig at the wolves fans. And not just the ”nugget” indivisuals…. as a whole!!!
Granted the ”fan” did aggresively grab McCarthy from behind,, but still McCarthy Over reacted.
And when asked about the Teams achievments this year he said,
” Weve had NO outside help this season. NONE its just the staff and the players”
Surely the 24,000 strong week in week out helped a little?
And sure we wanted him out when fings werent going well but what about when we lost 6-0 to southampton and we chanted super mick mccarthy? He didnt even praise us then.
In reference to the new Kits.
Theyve both grown on me over night and im quite fond of them now. Still think the home kits a little bit too orange and the away kits a little bit too walsallWHO.
Cant wait for sunday.
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I don’t see how Mick has been disrespectful for not being afraid of certain sections of our ‘supporters’.
Chill out and relax – we’ve just won the league – enjoy it
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Football is all about opinions,so said Dave Jones,and in mine it is a pity that the fans didn’t vote Ebanks Blake player of the year.He has been recognised as such by our players and the Championship players in general,he will have the Golden Boot for the second year on the trot,and scored the best goal in the Championship.Yet he has been snubbed by a large no of his own fans.Full backs don’t win you promotion,goalscorers do.Can anyone imagine Steve Bull scoring 25 goals to lead us into the the Premier League not winning the popular vote.Hopefully we will put it right next year.
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Del Woppio, if he’s that much of a cretin why do you read (and comment to) his blog?
Perhaps you have nothing better to do with your time…
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new strip and please a new blogger. sorry nathan you spout out some dribble at times mate, mm has been proven to be right we may have questioned the odd sub or tactic, but over the season like the next one, let him finish it before you commit to sticking the boot in. on the strip I think sam sparrow will have to change the lyrics to black and tangerinne.
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just cause the fan did that yh he went over the top but were all excited how cant mick understand that u all dont have to be boringg!!!!
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Sorry Nathan, I’m with most of the others on this one. It was the “fan” that was in the wrong and should be lambasted here not Mick. Also, Mick has the absolute right to have little or no respect for some Wolves fans (not supporters). Respect is earned not a right and those (necessarily quiet now but who will no doubt return at some point next season to hurl insults in his direction and call for his head) who have done anything but support him or the team this season or last have surely not earned it. I’m not sure they should be called muppets or numpties but I can understand and indeed share the frustration. Supporters should support. We have a part to play and we have to both accept this responsibility and take it seriously. You are right to say that this is not the time for negativity, so, I ask, why write what you’ve written in the first place? Well done Mick and the boys and thank you.
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Nathan the fantastic bond between players is largly due to Mick McCarthy you muppet. I think all your blogs this season have had some form of negtivity in them.
Finally, i’m not surprised McCarthy hasn’t called us the best fans in the land as many would think he has gone mad due to the fact were no where near the best in the land a lot of our fans are fickle end of.
I can’t believe the fans are not 100% behind McCarthy after all he has done for our club.
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11 – you’re wrong. The *actual* quote is this. Mick – “They’ve had no outside influences or outside help, it’s that group of players who have driven it and driven it and driven it. ***We’ve had great support from the fans*** and the players deserve the credit.”
Like Lloyd, you let your agenda get in the way of the facts.
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Nathan, get off Micks back mate, he said ‘a small minority of the muppets’ and has praised the fans on many occasions especially after the 6-0 home defeat by southampton a couple of seasons back. Everyone enjoy Sunday and relax because as wolves fans it is not often we get that leisure! Aswell as the disposal of around 8 players another 7 need to brought in. Sunderland, Wigan, Stoke, Hull and the other 2 promoted clubs will be down there next season and I think we will finish 16th my 7 players:
1.Hypia
2.Veronin
3.Craig Gardener
4.Kevin Nolan
5.Frasier Campbell
6.Steve Sidwell
7.Jonas Olsson
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Couldnt agree more. We regularly get pitch invasions when my team, Moulinex Mixers play, and I fear for my life after what happened to Monica Seles. Thankfiully due to my rotund nature any major organs are at least 3 feet from the surface of my skin. Still, makes you think about what might have been had the fan had malicious intent….
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i stopped reading this one, are you an albion fan nathan? desperate to cause a new wolves fans v mick, devide? the fan jumped on the guys back, we dont know what was said between them, but this was last saturday? lets look to sunday, super mick!!
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Nathan, wide of the mark again with your statement about Mick over reacting to the feckless, boorish moron who thought it would be a good idea to hurl himself on his back and grab him round the neck. Idiots like that should not be have their stupid, senseless actions supported by anyone.
Don’t you think he was not only pee’d off that he’d been assaulted but also by the fact that he could see swathes of fans all over the pitch intent on ‘having fun’, but in reality causing more aggravation to the Barnsley fans who were denied the chance to applaud their players off the pitch at the end of the game?
And as for the feckless few on these message boards earlier this week stating “no one can tell me what to do…you’re boring if you didn’t celebrate by going on the pitch…” you represent all that is wrong in today’s society. You have no sense of community and have no respect for anything other than your own point of view.
For the rest of us more sensible and rounded individuals, take heart in the fact that they are not an indictment on Wolves, but on society in general.
Rant over!
Up the Wolves!
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I read in one of the sunday rags, a quote from MM who said that the fan that jumped on him turned out to be a Barnsley fan who wanted to congratulate him – not sure if that reporter got the quote right or not. Anyway, MM deserves immense credit for getting us up as champs – fantastic job done. BUT- although I am not one of the numpties who wanted him out, I do have to agree that he does not seem to be able to warm to us fans, he does himself no favours in this regard and it’s a shame, ‘cos if the going gets tough next season (and it will) then the majority will be quicker to turn on him.
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Firstly I think MM had every right to be startled by the idiot who jumped on him last week – he had no idea who he was or his intentions so my feeling is the idiot who jumped on him got off lightly – idiot.
Doesn’t matter who in manager at Wolves – the minute we get a couple of bad results the abuse will start – Hoddle, Taylor, Jones, McGhee are all decent managers and have all got the treatment. MM is no different and knows what he’s in for next seaosn by the idiots on here and elsewhere who have been forced to shut up for a few weeks. You know who you are and you know you’ll be back to the same old tune a few weeks into the new season. Sad but true and not real fans as fans support rather than abuse!
Looking forward to Sunday though – bringing the radio with me too to hear the demise of the bluenoses!
UTW
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PS – what’s blue and white and goes beep beep beep?
A: The open top bus reversing back into St Andrews!
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Nathan, McCarthy’s reaction to the fan who jumped on his back was quite natural – it could have been someone who hated his guts and wanted to do him an injury!
And regarding the fans being called ‘numpties’ etc, it is time to forgive and forget, wipe the slate clean and start as we all mean to go on.
We are Wolves fans through and through. We moan from time to time, who doesn’t but our support will never waver.
McCarthy in my opinion should from now on give credit to the fans for their support and in return we should give our 100% support to the team AND the manager.
Like him or loathe him, he (and the players of course) has given us what we have craved for all these years, promotion to the Premier League to play with the big boys and we must all join together and make this coming season a successful one by staying there more than 1 year.
Heres to Mick, the players and all at our wonderful club – Thanks guys for a fantastic season, good luck for the next one and let’s finish in style by beating Doncaster on Sunday!
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You seem to be clutching at straws with your blogs Nathan.
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Really Nathan this is your worst ever blog, seriously, you have proved once again your football brain is minute.
Firstly, Mick McCarthy was in the company of his chairman whilst at Sunderland, in a restaurant, when an idiot decided to glass the chairman in front of Mick. Now I would imagine this would shake up the tougest of blokes and permanently scar your confidence when in public places. It is no suprise McCarthys reaction was defensive after witnessing such a terrible attack.
Secondly, Mick has already stated he is not going to sign any championship players concluding we have enough.
SO, yow am a nugget, a complete factless anti Mick nugget, and I for one would like to see you put your hands up and admit you are suffering with the new disease, not swine fever….
‘sour grape fever’
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Nathan Lloyd, you are a disgrace. Anything to have a go at our most successful manager in decades. I cannot believe you’re still allowed to write for our local newspaper. Maybe they like your negativity? It would not surprise me.
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Disappointing blog there Nathan, we are to enter the best weekend many Wolves fans have ever seen. Not all Wolves fans remember the cup wins of the 70′s or even the Sherpa Van Trophy in the 80′s.
For me, this blog just stunk of anti MM comments. For 1 week it should of been shelved!
The blog this week should of been around the happenings of Sunday, how great it will be to see a Wolves team 50 years on lift the title that Billy Wright himself lifted in 59.
If any question should of been posed, its the question of why no parade in the town or open top bus tour. Other than that, your gripes should of been kept at bay for one week atleast.
Diplomatic blog, blog that speak for the fans.
Well Nathan, you certainly can not say that about your blogs, as they are neither!
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Well off the mark. Time for a change.
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Please E&S get rid of this berk now and get someone with a bit more of a balanced view and who is less reactionary in for next season.
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well you were always going to get abuse for daring to criticse mick Nathan !
Im chuffed beyond belief for us to be in the Prem. Will be our most important close season ever and i will be scourng the papers and internet for every scrap of news over the next couple months.
Never been a big mccarthy fan myself, but i cannot argue the results and well if the man’s priority is to right the wrongs of his Sunderland career and make a success at the Prem, then who better for him to do it with than my beloved Wolves.
Mick does underestimate the power of the fan though and as Razor states if the fans dont love you, they’re quicker to turn on you.
HOWEVER, these are happy times for us Wolves fans, some fantastic names being linked with us already and a fabulous day out in the sun ahead …
COME ON YOU WOLVES !
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BILLYQUIETWOLF- you are spot on!
Nathan a finger in the ear at some pub in Torremolinos is very different from a football ground with 20,000 potential lunatics. I think Mick should have given the nutter a go seeing to, but he is too dignified to do that and dealt with the situation in a very acceptable way in my opinion.
As Billy boys says, keep blogging mate as it always provokes some interesting comments and laughs which is the whole purpose!
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Sorry Nathanial are you still actually churning out this tripe. I mean how anyone can take you seriously as all you managed to do last season is bow to the vocal minority in order to keep face with them.
You obviously lack the strength of character as our MM, to say that he disrespects the fans is ridiculous, would you want a weak willed manager who bowed to public opinion, or do you want someone who commands respect for being a strong leader.
It’s easy to sit on the side lines and criticise without having any responsibility, it is much more difficult to create something, this concept is obviously something beyond your mental capabilities
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Nathan,
Your column is always poor but you’ve surpassed yourself this time you mug.
You’d obviously love it if a fat drunken yob took a flying leap at you.
Oh and you’re acting like a child if you think Mick doesn’t respect you.
Don’t be so precious and start paying Mick the respect he deserves.
You might find it works both ways you plank.
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Everybody is right, he has done a good job and got us promoted and yes he constantly winges about fans. The problem he has to depend on them fans again when potentially times are not going so well next year. Good luck to him and the team next year but i think he has a lot of people to win over even at Barnsley on Saturday the chant of super mick was only sang by a portion of the crowd.
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Nathan I hope to god your headwand runs out of batteries before next season – utter tripe. McCarthy has got us promoted to the Prem as champions and still the “look at me” digs get published
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Nathan Lloyd – you’re time is up. With this final blog you have lost the small slice of credability you once had.
Sack the blog, sack the blog, sack the blog!
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More from the continual stream of drivel that is Nathan Lloyd’s mind. As other have said, we are a Premier League club now, I think we need a blogger that is up to the job. Woppio has taken him to task on numerous occassions, gets my vote.
Sack Nathan now, E&S!
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the guy was a barnsley fan,nothing to do with the wolves
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Nathan is a numptie – sach Nathan now – he’s not up to the job!!
Bring in Big Sam blogger etc etc
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Our 12th man please give me a break, our support has not been up 2 scratch for a while now there’s not enough songs and the same ones repeated over an over again. Problem is Mccarthy is right some our fans absolute morons, you included nathan. But there are also some great supporters as a team of supporters we need to better next season – louder more variety. we can do it we just need a new less self opinionated blogger hahahahha
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An awful excuse for a blog. McCarthy has instilled pride and passion back into our club, after Hoddles farcical attempt at management. His forthright views, and how he says it how he sees it, is a breath of fresh air. I remember speaking to friends prior to this season, that I would love to see us lift the title, and be promoted as champions. I never thought it would happen. It did, and for that he (and everyone at the club), should be applauded.
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Dear Express and Star
We’re a Prmeier League Club. Can we not have a blogger that reflects that status, rather than this Beazer Homes clown who has been completely and persistantly 100% wrong on every Wolves related issue he’s commented on this season? From Eastwood, to Keogh, to McCarthy he’s just not capable of joined up thinking.
Everybody:
“We want Lloydy Out. Say We want Lloydy Out.”
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#7, I’ll take that bet, but it’s up to you to provide the proof.
I bet all those praying for McCarthy’s downfall next season would just love to get Hoddle back in… And as for Nathan, I really do wish we could have someone doing this blog who would help club unity rather than try to drive a wedge between team and fans.
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Sack the blogger, bring in Del Woppio for the Premier League season.
Nathan is not up to the job.
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laughing wolf….please stop naming your players for next season. Every comment you make is the same……I’m bored already.
You’re not on footie manager.
As for this blog, I agree with what most people have said….it’s poor. I’ll admit that sometimes I don’t agree with what MM has said or done, but then I’m not manager at WWFC and what I think has no inpact on out great football club. At the end of the day MM and the players have got us into the Prem next season and they deserve our thanks and praise. All supporters should now be brimming over with pride, and yes next season is gonna be hard work and will definitely have its ups & numerous downs, but who said anything in life was gonna be easy. Wolves are now where some people believe they should always have been and we should just enjoy it.
Nathan, you clearly have never wanted MM at Wolves and have said everything you can in your blogs over the season to stoke up and appease the anti MM brigade. I guess the E&S love your negativity.
At this point I think it’s time you had the balls and were man enough to admit you’ve been wrong all along just like Bob Wolf, Quality Counts and JIWAL.
WOLVES FOREVER
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Funny how I don’t see you answering the disagreeing voices here, Nathan.
Now just tell us, what exactly have you achieved in your life compared to Mick?
What exactly has Mick done that infuriates you? Won’t pick who you think should play?Throws an idiot off his back instead of dancing with him? I suppose Mick was supposed to celebrate with the knuckle dragger…
Quite simply you represent the views of the rabble – show some respect!
PS. Please bring in a proper journo/fan not a rabble rouser, E and S. Please!
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i agre nathan!!!!!!!!!!!11!!!! if not for ebay, ewok, jack bauer henry, foles, bezza, the jarvmeister, kites, loopy lumes, jonah of arc, that’s all vokes and all the other players mick has signed we wouldn’t have neva gone up this year. mick has been so lucky it makes me mad and why does he hate the fans? it is a disgrays. he shud be sacked asap for daring to slag off the ppl who have spent x money on tickets and have suported the team from first to last even tho mick and de players arent good enough and i booed them personally against plymouth. right on nathan and moar of the same lad.
salewolf
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48 concurr del woppio fcor the prem
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Nathan – are you sure that finger in your ear didn’t dislodge your brain a little?
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It should be pointed out that Mick shook hands with the guy eventually, even though the fan was totally in the wrong. A really awful blog.
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Poor attempt at a blog. Mick actually shook hands with the guy eventually, even though the fan was in the wrong. You didn’t mention this, however, as I don’t suppose it fits your agenda. Shame.
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NATHAN, YOU ARE A DISGRACE, IF SOMEONE JUMPED ON YOUR “GRANDAD” WHO WOULD YOU FEEL? MM REACTION IS ONE OF SHOCK AND NO DOUBT REGARDLESS IF IT WAS A BARSNLEY FAN WANTING A POP OR AN OVER ZEALOUS WOLVES FAN, HIS REACTION IS ONE OF SHOCK! OPEN YOUR EYES YOUR BABOON! YOU SIT THERE BEHIND YER LAPTOP AND WRITE WHICH I REGARDS AS GUTTER TRASH TO GET A RISE OUT OF PEOPLE. WELL CONGRATULATIONS YOU REALLY OUT DONE YOURSELF THIS TIME! YOU OUGHT TO BE SACKED! WOLVES ARE ON A GREAT OF A WAVE AND YOU ARE NOT A NUGGET BUT AN ONE CELL BRAINED MORON!
EXPRESS AND STAR I IMPLORE YOU TO SACK THIS POOR SO CALLED JOURNALIST!
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Got to agree with 90% of the above Nathan, I have called for your head for a while now, and todays blog is just the pits.
Time for change please, new season, new outlook, new blog!!
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Firstly Nathan you should get your facts right, if you watch the highlights on Sky’s Big League you can clearly see McCarthy shaking hands with that numpty fan who jumped on his back. So this blog has no foundation!
I suppose its any excuse to have a go at Super Mick.
Why would Mick lie and call our fans the greatest in the world, when only 3 months ago some were calling for his head, when we were top of the leagu!?
What a disgrace, we’ve just won the Championship and Nathan puts out drivel like this!
Hang your head in shame!
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Obviously the happy clappers are queueing up here to have a pop!
The blog is (and always has been) well written, and all Nathan does on here is voice his views – can’t any of you numpties respect that?
Sure, MM’s got us up – and fair play to him for doing that, but even the staunchest Wolves fan must admit he’s been very lucky this season?
I wouldn’t be wishing for Del Woppio to write the blog too quickly by the way, his tedious diatribe of Mick-love would soon hack everyone off, esp when the team starts getting battered next season.
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Wolferoo
You don’t get lucky over 46 games mate – you win the league by buying good players (no doubt MM’s done that!) – getting rid of the under performers (were you one of the “Freddy – Freddy” chanters??) and getting the team and tactics right. No amount of luck will get you the championship tied up with 3 games to go!
So sit down, shut up and enjoy the game on Sunday – unless of course your an armchair fan who doesn’t go to the games??
UTW
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Oslowolf
If you genuinely don’t think that we’ve been lucky to remain top with the post-Christmas form then I suggest a trip to Specsavers to get your peepers checked.
It’s a poor league, and we owe a huge chunk of the Championship win to the non-performance of other teams at the top.
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Good blog Nate.
People need know the difference between giving Mick credit for what he has done, yet critizing what he hasnt done.
What he hasnt done is respecting those with a different opinion than himself.
Calling people who wanted him out names, having a go at people who pay huge money each year to watch Wolves, only to watch one disgraceful performance after another last season, much because our manager made some bizare choices.
Mick is a good manager, and I respect where he has taken us.
But Nates point is quite valid. Bad times will come again sometime, and thats why Mick needs to use this time of success to build up a good relationship, also with those people who disagree with him, or even think that he shouldnt be a manager.
Unfortunately judging from his 3 years so far, I am actually not sure he is able to do that.
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poor excuse for a blog, the week we celebrate our promotion as campions and this is all you can write about, time to go nathen you are not up to it.
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Nathan,
McCarthy’s on record for praising the majority of our fans. I don’t think he has ever insulted me, or any other supportive Wolves fan.
Yes, he insults a minority (just like Dave Jones did when he was in town with Cardiff). Those would be the same people who spew venomous insults at him – the ‘Mad Mick’, ‘Thick Mick’, ‘Muppet’ crowd – the same people who complain about ‘disrespect’ when it comes right back at them. Well, if you can’t take it – don’t dish it out.
Above all, don’t claim that he disrespects ‘the fans’. He doesn’t respect those who don’t respect him, that’s all – and since he’s the one with the achievements, I know whose side I’m on.
McCarthy has taken us from relegation fodder to promotion in 3 years. It’s magnificent, and we owe him respect and gratitude no matter where we go from here.
Maybe we’ll be relegated next year – maybe not. Either way no-one can take this away from us, and if I’m ever lucky enough to see the man in a bar, I’m going to want to buy him a drink (or three or four…).
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Talking of real bond and team spirit, I was watching (again) a few of our goals this afternoon and I noticed several occasions when SEB scored following a pass from Jarvo and did not give him a glance afterwards; and whilst others came to congratulate SEB, Jarvo just stood watching. Do anyone have a clue if there is anything wrong between these two?
This is not quite the team spirit that people talks about.
On the exhuberent fan, if you read MM remarks, I believe that MM was more upset about fans invasion that prevented the players to parade than anything else. I do not think it was a gesture of disrespect to our fans.
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what nonsense nathan – why would you use one incident to try and draw a conclusion about micks character. if you apply that logic to your own example – you turned round to your mate and hit him – therefore you are a violent aggresive person. if you are going to write a blog try to make it coherent wtih a logical argument – not just a set of inane ramblings
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.. check your facts mate
We’ll go up with 87 points or more
Sandwell won the league last season with 81 points
Sunderland won with 88 points in 2007
Merlin ain’t done too bad has he???
Face it – he’s proved you and your negative mates wrong and you don’t like it!!
UTW – well done Mick!
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Wolferoo:
We owe what to who?? we have won more games than anyone, scored more goals….we owe it to others because we have done that???!!!
Get a grip, another anti MM showing his true colours!
Our form till Christmas deserved premiership football alone, and havent we been on a good run since the start of March. So our bad run last just 2 months, well oh deary me, how awful is that!
Wolferoo, I ask you this. When you go into work, do you put in 100% each day?? Well I don’t if I am honest, but I would say the Wolves players have this season, now, do you have bad days maybe even weeks in work. You know where things go wrong, the more you try, the more it seems to back fire……
well wasn’t that January and February for Wolves, just highlighted 100x more. It happens in football, teams don’t win all the time! Teams have bad patches, we probably wern’t even playing that bad, it was just everybody had raised the bar against us!
Wolves owe this season to no one, Wolves won this league, MM guided them and brought this squad to do it, so hey, give a bit of praise where its due like.
Lets not forget, we have seen off big spenders Birmingham, premiership quality of Reading and Sheff Utd. We didn’t just see them off in the end we totally went clear of them. How is that lucky??????????????????????????????????????
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Oh and Wolferoo, nice optimistic view there, “when wolves get battered next season”
so you feel were down before we have even kicked a ball then ay???
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Wolferoo,
We absolutely have not been ‘lucky’ to stay top. If we’d been sat on 81 points as Champions, you might have a point. If the League ran from January to February, you’d definitely have a point. But it doesn’t.
And where does this ‘poor league’ stuff come from ? Was it that much better last year when Stoke clogged their way to promotion ? If this is ‘poor’, when was it better ?
Please stop damning the team with faint praise.
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Wolferoo
No prizes for “being good after christmas” mate – the prize is for being the best over 46 games and that’s us.
The other lot won the same league “easily” last year with 81 points – we will win with at least 87!!
UTW and well done Mick!
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And we owe a huge chunk of it to winning 7 games in a row – twice. Presumably teams like Reading, Birmingham and Sheffield United are unlucky? Give me a break.
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My friend Nathan, you got some stick today. But people should know that this is your personal opinion and many times we don’t agree with what others have to say.
Try and make out how many Wolves supporters disagreed with Mick McCarthy’s line-ups, tactics, signings etc during the season. Who was right and who was wrong although it is MM’s word that finally counts. Everybody is entitled to have their say and that include you.
Will see you again over the weekend and celebrate promotion and the title that the boys in Gold and Black won on their merits.
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Royalwolf – I will be putting £100 on Wolves to stay up; not quite as much as the £200 each way to get promoted, but these are hard times!:-) Anbody know the odds at the moment?
As for Nathan: cheer up son; it might never happen!
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The author of the blog is a true nomark.
If that idiot had jumped on me I would have chinned the prat. Why the hell should MM have been pally pally with the fool just because he is a Wolves fan.
As for MM not saying the crowd is the 12th man, perhaps he will when we are.
I bet the author is rubbing his hands ready for his 38 chances to boo, chant Mick out and say I told you so.
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Spot on Nathan,he has no respect for us at all,and its ok people on here slagging other fans off,calling them (me)muppets and numties we all pay our hard earned every week,even the fans who cant afford to go every week,they are just as important as the so called real fans,I read on here someone said the true fans who had been to Barnsly,,rubbish,a man can sit in his kitchen on a saturday afternoon and still be an ardent Wolves fan.. I am not a season ticket holder,but I havnt missed a game,so over the season I have paid more money to watch the Wolves than a season ticket holder,,does this make me a bigger fan,or a bigger idiot..Back to the point,McCarthy talks of us fans as iff we were dirt on his boots,,iff he stood in front of me and called me a Muppet I would stick one up his nose,,respect earns respect..
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Nathan being the blogger at present is never going to please everyone
As for the amount of venom in some comments – it just beggars belief!
MM has “reacted” to what is a small minority of Wolves fans and alot of fans conveniently forget the frustrations of last season as easily as a hot knife glides through butter
An opinion is an opinion – right or wrong – I wish for once we could at least “voice” our opinions without the venom
MM is guilty of the following imv:
1) Having his favourites and even if they perform badly persisting with them – something which will prove a major flaw in the Prem – as the Championship standards are not as good
2)Players being played out of position (understandable when injuiries occur) but not when players are fit – this has happened several times in the past
3)Re:Freddie – the wrong type of striker – why was he even bought??? – as it was proven that a Big man like Big Chris was what we needed???
4)Stearman wins a place in the Championship team of the season – yet he cant get a game for us??? Imv games to gel with Berra may have given us a central pair for the future???
5) MM is talking of Prem youngsters on season long loans – What ever happened to Gibson from Man U – Alex Ferguson seems to rate him but not MM???
6) Sam Vokes being rumoured to be sent out on loan next season to Sheff Wed – Is this lad not worth a place in the Prem squad if this is true??? I think so….
7) Karl Henry – Is he a Prem player or a better than average Championship player???
S Ward, Keogh and even N Collins may have big hearts and put in a “shift” BUT not enough consistancy from them even in the Championship
MM staff and players have achieved the “3 year plan” Great – Super – Smashing
Yes lets all enjoy the promotion party BUT after the last party balloons burst and the effects of alcohol wear off – I for one hope that Wolves as a club “hit the ground running” in our quest to survive in the greed league
I also hope that MM buries his feelings towards the “minority” of Wolves fans
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he’s got to go. lets set up a petision, that nathan is a complete prat is that all he can talk about in a time like this one of the best seasons in my life time. come on please someone set it up. we’ll send it to the e+star. i’ll be the first to put my name to it
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9 months ago MM had one target. Promotion. Target achieved. Who cares how and who cares who has been upset. The vast majority of us are chuffed to bits. I suggest Nathan hands his ticket to one of the thousands of people that can’t get in on Sunday. They might appreciate it a bit more.
And I seem to remember a manager cuffing a fan on the pitch before. And he won the Europen Cup. I wonder if the Nottingham fans “blog” at the time said slated a 10 second incident before the achievements of 9 months. I doubt it. Mind you, Cloughy, like MM, wouldn’t have given a stuff anyway.
Thanks Mick! You’ve made many thousands of people happy and proud again.
(Footnote: Asda has now restocked the shelves with humble pie. Hurry while stocks last, Nathan hasn’t has his tea yet)
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Nathan you are 100% wrong to condemn MM (never really a fan of micks are you) for his reaction to the “wolves” fan, the guy should be banned 1. for running on the pitch, 2.for man handling Mick and 3. for giving everybody who hates wolves fans another excuse to have a go at us and rub the name of wolves through the mud.
As for 61? er what are you on about! we are top of the league and champions over 46 matches-yes we have been lucky in some matches -who cares? as for being a poor league? so the rest of football who say it is one of the hardest to get out of let alone win it are wrong, and of coure you are right, go away and support your first choice “team” tesco town.
WE ARE WOLVES….WE ARE TOP OF THE LEAGUE…..WE ARE PREMIERSHIP…..
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roo-(I have missed the wolfe off because you are a disgrace to the name) your comment regarding MM is not only dissrespectfull to him but the young lads who have got us were we are today,I will gladly take your bet and I can speak for at least another dozen,all the names you called him – I think relate to YOU,because you are such a failure as a human being that you have to have a go at anyone who disagrees with you but – even more of a disgrace you ridicule a guy who has been one of the most successfull managers at Wolves for a very long time – and you have the nerve to call yourself a wolves fan-NEVER!NEVER!NEVER.
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Absolutely spot on Nathan. Fans have a go at managers when things aren’t going well. That is the way of the world and it’s always been that way. Blues fans have been having a go at Alex McLeish all season, yet I haven’t once heard him have a go at the Birmingham fans. I think McLeish has a bit more class than McCarthy. It breaks my heart that I should feel this way after such a fantastic season, but the manager keeps trying his best to upset the very people who pay his wages and have supported the club through thick and thin. Anyway, let’s be optimistic and hope that he changes his ways next season.
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8.Del Woppio, get back to Molineux Mix with the other bullies, stay there, and stop polluting this board with your carp drivel.Like everyone else on there , you talk through your backside.Nathan has always produced a good blog, and has to play Devils Advocate, when you can write a tenth as well as he does, your comment may have some credence.Until then, clear off
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What an idiotic comment to make about Mick I am afraid you are the numpty. Check your facts my sources tell me it was a Barnsley fan that jumped on him.Regardless of the “allegence issue his reaction was perfectly in line with basic human nature flight or fight I am perfectly happy with the Manager of Wolves to be in the former not the latter.Dont let your 15 mins of fame go to your head Blogger.
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Completely agree with 84.
Fans, whoever they are and from, should not be junping on managers backs, ripping shirts from players or even on the pitch!
The morons who taunted Barnsley fans ruined what should have been a day of celebration. Me and my partner, walking in the Barnsley town centre afterwards, had to cover our shirts for fear of reprisals. Thanks so-called Wolves fans! No doubt, only there since Wolves have been doing well!
Nathan… you talk garbage mate. Slagging off a manager who has just got the team promoted? you are as pathetic as the supporter who jumped on McCarthy’s back. GROW UP!
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Did anyone actually bother to read the blog? Nathan is only saying that Mick should give the fans a little bit more respect when it comes to their opinion and you want to send him to the electric chair!
Whether you agree with him or not, its an opinion. Morons and bullies like Del Woppio are the real disgrace to the gold and black not Nathan.
A blog is an opinion based document, it shouldn’t just suck up to the fans and their thoughts on Wolves.
Nathan is talking about the over-reaction of Mick after the bloke had gotten off his back. He also talks about his joy at promotion and the hard work required next season, but I doubt that some of you neanderthals can read more than a paragraph before Jeremy Kyle beckons you back to the sofa.
I think 77.The Usual Suspects sums it up perfectly.
“Nathan being the blogger at present is never going to please everyone
As for the amount of venom in some comments – it just beggars belief!
MM has “reacted” to what is a small minority of Wolves fans and alot of fans conveniently forget the frustrations of last season as easily as a hot knife glides through butter
An opinion is an opinion – right or wrong – I wish for once we could at least “voice” our opinions without the venom”
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86 – I’ve met Mick several times and he’s shown me nothing but the utmost respect. How are his actions on Saturday a sign of showing no respect? He was jumped on from behind, he had every reason to assume the fan was hostile to him. When it was clear he wasn’t, he shook hands with him (which Nathan neglects to mention, either because he didn’t see it or it doesn’t fit his argument).
“once he had realised the fan was on his side, why did he continue with his grandad style fighting?” – he didn’t, he shook his hand. Blog pointless; discussion over.
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These are some of the most horrible comments I have ever read on a blog, surely the likes of Del Woppio are just bitter Albion fans? Vile.
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Nathan -You really did get this one very wrong-MM had every justification for doing what he did-In my book a Right Hook would have taught the idiot a good lesson–Idiot in the very extreme—We are up what the future brings we will see–But MM in my book took a natural reaction–He will sow the seeds and we the FANS who pay our money can judge and give our “FOURPENETH”—But in my book MM did nothing wrong only that idiot who ran at him did the Club damage—Crazey Dave
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“Super Mick” was havin his head called for not so long ago. Now he has won the league he mite regain some sanity and pride. I actually questioned his sanity in some of his post match interviews especially last year when after another loss. Oh wait he pushed away a congratulating fan & looked confused when champagne was poured on him… same old mad mick. We can look forward 2 his crazyness again when u loose week in week out next season
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