Wolves reject big-wage stars
Saturday 23rd May 2009, 11:30AM BST.
Wolves have rejected the chance to sign former England World Cup stars Sol Campbell and Nicky Butt.
It is understood the club have been offered Campbell, Butt, former England man Alan Smith and Campbell’s Portsmouth central defensive team-mate Hermann Hreidarsson amid the avalanche of offers from agents following their return to the Premier League.
But the club’s management are refusing to buckle to the kind of flawed moves that left a financial drain on the club last time they were promoted six years ago, when expensive free transfers such as Oleg Luzhny and Steffen Iversen flopped.
Instead, they remain committed to bringing in Premier League experience ‘with legs’ who aren’t seeking a last pay day.
Portsmouth defender Campbell, 34, is earning upwards of £80,000 a week and is on a Bosman free transfer.
His 2002 World Cup team-mate Butt, also 34, signed a new one-year Newcastle deal in January to the end of next season.
But he earns around £60,000 a week and Wolves remain highly sceptical of a return on their money for such an outlay.
Smith, 28, still has two years left on his Newcastle contract, but he’s on similar money to Butt and Wolves won’t entertain that sort of outlay, even by paying a subsidised part of his salary in a year-long loan deal.
Hreidarsson, also 34, who has been relegated with Wimbledon, Ipswich and Charlton, is also available on a free. Although the Icelandic defender is on a more modest salary, Wolves aren’t keen to take a gamble on a player with so much of his career behind him, with McCarthy committed to a high energy work ethic.
The Wolves boss has returned from two weeks of scouting in Europe and hopes his transfer plans will start to fall into place once seasons across the continent end over the next fortnight.
Wolves also remain cool on a move for Villa striker Marlon Harewood. It’s understood they are unwilling to shell out wages of in excess of £30,000 a week for the £2m-rated 29-year-old.
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Good to see the club have learned from years gone by with these money grabbers not being entertained.
Although experience is necessary, if their legs have gone why should we take them on now?
Don’t buy them because of the name, get them for what they can bring to the team.
Good work Wolves, keep it up!!!
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Thats a relief! I would be dismayed if we took Butt & Smith, Campbell experience wise would be good but in real terms, he hasnt got the pace no more.
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Well done Wolves! These over paid, over the hill, over rated has beens aren’t worth the money. They have sucked enough blood of the club in the past, NEVER AGAIN!!!!!
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I totaly agree only bring in who want to play for us if they are on their swan song of a career why should we give them that kind of money why pay new car prices for second hand goods they may have the experiance but they aint got the legs. We have a young team
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Whilst I agree with NOT signing “journeymen” on high wages on free transfers – I do believe that a few of them CAN add invaluable influence and experience to the “young & hungry” squad
I hope we have learnt something from Boggies attempts this season in the Prem as they may have players that have shown promise BUT a few of the more talented ones at the Albion have taken a while to “gel” and by that time the season was more or less over
Personally I wouldnt mind seeing Dean Kiely and one or two others brought in from Albion as Kiely is very experienced and was part of the Albion team that actually started to win games in the Prem
I hope that this article is totally incorrect; BUT again as I have said before – this “sensible approach” may well be the case for say – Marlon Harewood, Nicky Butt etc BUT Imv I do believe that there are Prem Proven Players that can act as major influence on our “young & hungry” for our Prem campaign and as Greening at Albion said on Sky TV “we play some good stuff; but are naive and really needed experienced Prem Players this season”
It would be great to bring in players with potential BUT If the club has too many “young & hungry” – Imv more often than not – we will end up on the wrong end of results next season
I dont see the difference between paying a sizeable transfer fee plus moderate wages/ bonus deals or a free transfer with a sizeable pay deal – If you add up the transfer fee plus wages etc and make the comparison – it adds up to more or less the same money???
IF the player has the RIGHT credentials and CAN make a difference to our squad in the Prem WHY not bring in 2 or 3 to bolster a very inexperienced team???
The other option is to try and persuade the “best of the Championship” ala Gomez – Swansea; Croft – Naarwich – Johnson – Cardiff etc
If the article is to be believed – It may well be a case of Wolves saying “we will pay the going rate” BUT Who’s going rate are we talking about???
ACTIONS speak louder than words – Pull you’re finger out Wolves!!!
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HAREWOOD £2M WHAT A JOKE £30,000 PER WEEK ANOTHER JOKE KEEP WELL AWAY. THOUGH IF THEY WANT PREMIERSHIP QUALITY IN AINT GOING TO COME CHEEP
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WE CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THESE HUGE WAGES, THERE ARE MANY PLAYERS COMING THROUGH THAT WOULD JUMP AT THE CHANCE OF JOINING WOLVES.
CHOOSE WISELY NOT JUST FOR NEXT SEASON BUT FOR THE FUTURE. I AM SURE THE PREM EXPERIENCES OF MICK AND WOLVES ARE GOING TO HELP WITH DECISION MAKING. LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CHALLENGE.
JAMIE LANYON HOILDAY PARK REDRUTH CORNWALL
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it’s good to see that wolves have finally realised names aren’t everythink we should get some middle aged players with experiance not players who are ready to retire or drop a level of football good work cant wait to start the prem !!!!
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There will always be the odd ‘gem’ in this area. Most are either ‘has beens’ or in cases like Nicky Butt ‘never quite were’s', who were lucky enough to cash in on their Man Utd CV when fools like Newcastle came with a cheque book
Great news that none of the names mentioned will darken our door
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We all know that Harewood is a donkey ! NO NO NO
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As I’ve said before, Fulham are the role model.
Zamora, Johnson, Konchevsky and Murphy. Four players from the Premiership with experience but also some hunger too!
That is supplemented by a crop of good foreigners who are happy to be part of a team rather than being self-seeking….Hangelund, Dempsey and Pancil.
We need to be patient and get the right players. Please don’t squander the treasure chest!
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I believe this article should be taken lightly, considering there are no quotes from someboby connected to the club, or anyone in general for that matter.
We openly declared an interest in Sami Hypia, who would have commanded sizable wages and falls into the “swan song” age bracket.
I do agree that going for has-beens is not the way forward. However experience is essential, and it will not come cheap from anywhere.
I personally dont think Sol Campbell would be a bad signing for one season, provided his wages could be lowed to a lower level.
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Totally agree with Wolves policy, excellent news!
Some latest news, Wolves have been linked with Independiente (Argentina) goalkeeper, Fabián Assmann (yes, that is his name!), 23yo, 6’2″, 12.6st. Not yet an Argentina international but rumoured to be very soon.
If this comes about, could this be the end for Matt Murray?
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over the hill..
Well done Wolves… let the donkeys go to Sadwell TOWN..They can happy clap all day as they love losers..LOL
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Not one of those players listed in this report are even worth entertaining signing, never mind paying wages of such magnitude. There is better out there for far less.
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With Murray and Ikeme seemingly permanent fixtures in the treatment room we will definately need top class cover for yesbutnobutyesbutno Hennessey. He’s learning and will get better, but, this is the Prem my friends !
What a crying shame Matt’s injured again. If he could have had a run in the Premiership he would have been a good bet for the World Cup squad next summer….. James…Carson…Green…Kirkland…Hart… El Aluminium… We all know better at the Mol. Right ?
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good on you wolves for not signing these players…if wolves are going to pay out £30,000+ wages id rather it be on young under 21 internationals with something to prove at the highest level or young fringe players at big clubs who can’t get into the team due to the squad size who want to move for regular football…then tyr to get in a couple of older heads to add to these
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The thing that is most pleasing is that, judging by comments 1 – 13, our fans as well as management can see that over the hill players are not the answer.
Experience can only be gained by “doing”. Foley, SEB, Kightly et al are all inexperienced, but they’ll be OK. Along with the rest of our squad, they have CHARACTER & ABILITY. That’s more important than experience.
We had set backs last year and they dusted themselves off and came back stronger each time. We’ll have set backs next season, oh they’ll come thick and fast. But I hope we recruit along the lines of character and ability…that’s going to be our forte.
These boys are going to grow up fast next season, get some quality in to cover and plug a few key positions and we’ll have enough IMO
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reply to number 13. As much as i love matt murray i just cant see him keeping up against world class strikers i think the time is right to move on from matt murray. Wayne hennessey does anyone actually again think that he will cope against world class players??? Think we need to sign another keeper
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Well done.We don’t want any big time Charlies,has-beens and unheard of Chumba Lumba umbungo and other third world wannabees.
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I think this is a sound policy. But how about if we offered what we thought these players are worth. Be it 15k or 20k, whatever. If they dont like it then dont bother.
Ince and Irwin had no legs but they proved valuable in the Prem last time in my opinion. Im sure Giggs legs are going but would say no to him.
Im sure if we are patient we will get the right players. Even if I think the signing is poor I will still be supporting the players each week. ROLL ON AUGUST 15th :D
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Just a note. Barry Ferguson should we steal him off the Albion??
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id have tooka punt on alan smith
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Nay, Nay, and thrice Nay!!!
Well done Wolves, we don’t want these type of players at our club again.
We already have the recipie for success all it needs it to be raised up to a higher level, a better grade of young and hungry to go with the ones we already have that we know will step up to the mark.
If Sir Alex can find ‘em so can we!!
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18. Good point – no premier experience, but ABILITY, give these guys a few games at the top level, and i’m confident theyre good enough.
Good on the wolves for not willing to shell out big wages for over the hill big names.
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gotta agree with that , daniel sturridge has rejected a contract at man city he would be a great signing! I hope that hesselink rumour is true he would be a great signing too, alan smith is a no no imo, but doyle would also do a job me thinks.
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THANK HEAVEN THAT WOLVES ARE REJECTING THESE ‘BIG NAMES’ NONE OF WHO REALLY MADE IT IN THE PREMIERSHIP, ALL OF WHO ARE ON THEIR LAST LEGS.
FOR GODS SAKE GIVE MARLON THE ‘BUS MONEY’ TO GET HOME, SIGNING HIM WOULD BE A BIG MISTAKE.
WE NEED PLAYERS LIKE ANDREW JOHNSON OF FULHAM OR CAHILL OF EVERTON….PLAYERS THAT RUN ALL DAY AND REALLY PUT IN 90 MINUTES
I AGREE THAT WE DO NEED A PREMIERSHIP KEEPER AS HENNERSEY AND OUR RESERVE KEEPERS ARE NOT UP TO STANDARD, AND MURRAY IS UNLIKELY TO RETURN IN THE SHORT TERM.
YOU CAN’T COMPARE KEEPER LIKE SWARTZNER OF FULHAM WITH HENNERSEY WHO WHILE O.K WOULD MAKE A GOOD RESERVE KEEPER NEXT SEASON.
I WOULD BE LOOKING AT SPERONI OF PALACE WHO IS STILL YOUNG AND HAS A GREAT DEAL OF CLASS, AND LUCAS NEIL OF WEST HAM, WHO MAY WELL BE AVAILABLE, WOULD PROVIDE US WITH INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE IN DEFENCE.
WELL DONE WOLVES FOR NOT FALLING FOR THE ‘THREE CARD TRICK’ IN PICKING UP THE LIKES OF BUTT AND CO.
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Totally agree that we don’t take these players looking for a last wage packet. What we have to think about though is that we do need some quality premiership players who will demand these wages.
We are probably not even going to go over £15000 a week so that rules the young under 21 internationals out that some fans are wanting. Mancienne is probably going to everton and he is only being offered £15000 a week. Where are the young and hungry players going to be when the pressure is on and that is where we need quality experienced players
Yes Mick has been scouting in Europe and hopefully will get a Gem from what he has seen. Sadly though you cannot run a premiership team on a shoe string.
Lets hope we did learn some lessons from our last time in the premiership. That we invest wisely and prepare and add to the team in order that we can move on and stay in the prem.
I will take 4th bottom right now.
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Harewood.. 30k a week.. thats the best joke I’ve heard since the one about the Cannibal dumping his girlfriend!
Wake up guys.. he’s rubbish.. he wasn’t even in ou best 5 strikers at the end of last season!
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27.
How on earth came you say Nicky Butt, a treble winner and Man Utd, and Sol Campbell, a double winner on more than one occasion, as well as a Champions League finalist with Arsenal “havnt really made it in the Prem”???
What a ridiculous comment, and is there really any need to type your whole statement in capital letters?
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26 – since Sturridge has rejected the £45,000 per week offered by MUFC and is demanding £75,000, I think we can safely say that he is way out of our price range.
Yes we need a keeper – Carlos Kameni is available from Espanyol on a free I think, would be a nice pickup perhaps?
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i absolutely agree with the daniel sturrage comment , i think he s a super prospect. any way , i had an idea, im thinking of writing to wolves to suggest it , wandered if i could run it past you lot first see if anyone could critisise or improve it .What it is , is that now we are in the prem , we often live near to work with people who follow the bigger teams , liverpool , arsenal ,man u etc , where as in the championship you dont tend to work alongside so many burnley or preston or reading fans etc . (with respect to all sides mentioned )What i would like to see is a section of seats for mixed supprters for excample any season ticket holder could apply for say the liverpool game and his usual seat could be made available to a wolves fan , in return he could get a pair of seats
in the mixed stand and then he could enjoy the occasion with his liverpool supporting neighbour or work mate or uncle . How many of you when we went up spoke to a mate who supported some other team and said , oh we ll go to wolves villa together next season , you say that ll be great but in reality if you go to the games you know it cant happen , but it should . WHAT DO YOU THINK ??
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Experienced PL players that we can afford?
I’m guessing Quashie, Savage or Bowyer….
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Although i agree with the clubs stance on those particular players, it worries me that the experienced proven premiership performers that we are supposedly after are going to be out of our range. Take a look down the road at the foreign gambles! We badly need strengthening and it will cost more than £20k (for example) a week thats for sure.
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11 Danny Murphy – available on a free – this is the type of Prem Proven Player we should seriously consider imv – Its great to have “young & hungry” – In the Championship you can “bounce back” as the gap between the teams is not as great
IF Wolves dont get the balance right before pre season starts – that doesnt give us a chance of getting the players settled in and before you know it – we’re fighting in the bottom 3
The RIGHT quality imv is extremely important to allow the other “young & hungry” to settle in and get used to it – Albion chose to bring in talented relatively unknown players – and the likes of Luke Moore (makeweight for Curtis Davies deal) and we all know the rest!
We’re scouring europe for players now – I hope that the players we are looking at can adapt quickly to the Prem
MM wont have much time to “tinker” with the back four and team – so I also hope that he uses pre season to get this right
MM knows it will be a totally different challenge in the Prem – so there will be NO room for sentiment and favourites – these players will be a luxury we cant afford – no matter how much of a “shift” they put in
In the Prem “Quality & Experience Counts & Costs” – We dont need a whole squad of these Prem Proven Players straight away – maybe 2 or 3 signings with a couple of loanees added to make up say 5 – that would be a good start imv – and then look at it again in the Jan window
(I would also say that signing a few best of Championship players could be useful in addition to the above)
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Sol Campbell would be good but not for £80,000 a week.
Nicky Butt good player in his day but relies on a good engine and thats just about gone.
Alan Smith, what a joke. I cannot think of a player who looks, acts & plays as badly as he does. That would be a sad day to see him in a Wolves shirt. He moans and spits and is abusive to referees and if he came to the Wolves would not be a good influence on team mates, younger kids coming through and the crowd. Apart from Robbie Savage & Craig Bellamy he is absolutely a player we should avoid. Even Joey Barton has better manners???
We need some experience, quality and youth. Almost an impossible task. So we need a lot of luck with our signings. I’d rather pluck from the lower leagues than take old age has beens with no heart.
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BIG MISTAKE
We were happy to try get hyppia but Cambells a no go ??
So but he IS worth his wages, strong, leader, experiance, and put with a young guy like Manciene or stearman would give valuble control to the deffence….
… but NOOOOOO we want good quality experiance from the premiership but wana pay them high CHAMPIONSHIP wages…
…. happy not too see Butt and Smith here
but if we going to pay premiership peanuts were goin to get premiership monkeys like
Harewood.
If we go foriegn were playing with BIG GAMBLES
So, that leaves us with best of the championship which will get snapped up if we dont show we mean busines.
COME ON WOLVES lets decide the game plan a stick with it !
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Lee Craddock
Its pretty obvious Butt & Campbell ‘haven’t made it in the Prem’ means this season, not in their careers. Unless you think Butt’s relegation campaign is ‘making it’
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any one decent will be out of our price range if were offering max 30,000 p/w
we need to offer more simple as that why not offer 45,000 on free tranfers like cambell makes sense, it wont be any different as paying 3 million on someone, and offering them a 5 year contract on 20,000 like we dont in the past.
We´ll end up fighting for the best of championship, missing out on them as blues and stoke etc will offer more than us…
… so we´ll then go abroad maybe pick 1 or 2 “gems” and 3/4 donkeys
then we´ll panic buy towards the start of the season and pay 30,000 for harwoods !
SORRY FELLOW WOLVES FANS
But we need to show drive and intent, and were all ready publicly pricing ourselves out of the running…..
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The one thing that really gets my goat on here is people slagging off Wayne Hennessey.
This lad is the best young keeper in the country.
He’s played against world class strikers at international level and held his own.
Remember, he’s still young and learning.
Try backing the lad instead of barracking him.
As for 27 Liz Simpson, you can’t even spell his name right, shows how much you know. AND WHY EVERY WORD IN A CAPITAL LETTER?
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31. We had Carlos Kameni here several years ago. Tried to sign him and couldn’t get a work permit. Big shame that was.
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It’s all very well saying we need experience but that didn’t do Blues or Reading much good did it?
The Youthful stamina of Wolves proved far more effective this season, so stick with that basis.
Sure we need to strengthen, but what we don’t need are a bunch of highly paid old men, no longer able to cut it and looking for an easy touch. We need players who want to improve (and prove) themselves with a little bit of experience of the big time, if possible. Big-Time-Charlies – NO! They’re all very well if the team’s playing well but they invariably go missing when times get hard – And we will have those times next season, so we need a squad of players who are willing to graft their way out of it.
I’m expecting maybe a couple of Premier players with the majority of the signings coming from abroad, trying to break into the Premier Bandwagon.
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Although i agree with not shelling out that sort of money on wages for those sort of players it kinda worries me what were gonna be left with. If Nicky butt or Alan smith can pick up the likes of 60k a week then were in big trouble, the only players suggested that would be remotely a good idea are smith and cambell, as i think cambell is still one of the better defenders in prem on his day and seems to play alot of games compared to other years but 80k a week lol i wouldnt even rate him at half that, offer him 25k a week and if he isnt up to the challenge let him jog on! Alan smith not a bad idea as he has a hunger even though he has drifted abit in recent yrs but again 25k a week max. How can he demand 60k a week now? hasn’t played for ages due to injury and hasnt really done anything since leaving united, so even the players themselves have to be realistic, but will they? ofcourse not! the greed and arrogance has already set in from past yrs!
one last point….. Maron for 2M and 30k a week! my sides have just split! HE IS USELESS! FACT!
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Alan Smith has never proved himself at any club and is constantly injured.
We need to look for gems overseas that want to play in hte Premiership and a couple of Premiership vetrans.
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No. 32. Rediculous!
Fulham do this because they struggle to fill their ground. When we play Liverpool, Man Yoo, etc we will be able to fill our ground twice over with WOLVES fans – not some part-time glory hunter lilly-livered football “fan” that should support his local team anyway. Full marks for your creativity though. New ideas are always welcome.
As for the article. Well done Wolves. I’m getting more respect for this regime all the time.
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33 I know you are being ironic but not Bowyer at any price.
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Wolves remain cool on Harewood…30 grand a week I’d be freezing cold
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1. Get rid of Murray he will never be fit enough again. 2. Sign a good CH 3. Sign a creative tough midfield captain. 4. Leave Harewood at the Villa. We will be left with what the other premier clubs don’t want. Lets face it i doubt if we will pay over £30k a week
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crunch time is coming, for us to decide who we bring in. Campbells is a proven prem defender and organiser but i think his wages should put him out of our bracket.However we need to find experienced and hungry players like Beattie and Everington, sorenson at stoke. These have prem experience and still had something to prove, and their wages are reasonable.We also need to look abroad as there are always gems there. Look what wigan have done with Palacios and valencia.
I think Hennessey is weak at crosses and not really commanding his box, and we will need an experience keeper at least as back up if Murray is not fit.If newcastle, borouh go down, players like tugay,nolan,adam johnson,marlon king are worth a look.Would love us if we could get mancienne as he will just get better
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32.
Why should these glory hunters be allowed a seat at a Wolves fan’s expense? Get real.
These type of people deserve nothing from Wolves.
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32 garbage is what I think.
We have 28,000 seats, so for every scouser in the ground, there’s one less true wolves fan.
As well as that it sounds a nightmare to administer and most wolves fans won’t want an away fan bouncing up and down in front of them if they score etc…
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29. Totally agree. How on earth Harewood is on 30k a week is beyond me too! The games I saw him play in he looked lazy and unfit. Plodding cart horse springs to mind! I’m glad the club are being sensible. Splashing out on fading ‘big time charlies’ won’t do us any good. i have faith we will get the right new faces in. Bad luck to Shrewsbury today by the way! Gutted for you.
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I wouldn’t want Wolves to sign the players mentioned in this article but I hope this isn’t the start of us trying to get a decent Premier team on the cheap. Last time we went up the same stories started appearing about high transfer fees and high wages. Well thats what you have to pay if you want the highest quality. Wolves have done well by signing young hungry and lets face it, mostly cheap signings with relatively low salaries. If they think they can now esablish themselves as a Premier team without being prepared to pay top money then another disappointment is on the cards.
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32: re your suggestion of mixed seating. Sorry, that’s a complete non-starter. If nothing else, it’d never get permission from the police.
Do you really think the atmosphere would stay cheerful and friendly in a mixed stand now-adays? No chance.
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It would seem that most on this subject agree that we should not be taking has beens or never beens. I for one and probably the only one would not take any of them and run with what we have, supplemented by some more non-league potentials. Even if we only spent a year in the Prem but still built on the experience with our current squad I would be happy with that. No I am not a person who is happy with second best and that goes with age old guys like campbell wanting a fortune and playing when he feels like it. Better to have a team who play for each other week in week out whatever league you are in.
The rest are just Hats. As for Matt Murray it really is a shame for the guy because he could/would have been brilliant at the top level and I always thought he was the best keeper in England at the time we went in 2003, however if he was a racehorse he would have been shot years ago. We had a guy like him before called Tony Daley. Tony went on to do a fantastic job as the fitness coach and hopefully we will keep him at the Molineux and not lose him like our last goalkeeping coach. As for Mr Murray I sincerely wish him all the best but he will never be reliable enough injury wise to be depended on.
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Well said Axel !
Hard to say Nicky Butt “made it ” in the Premiership. A decent role player at Man Utd playing in the shadows of world class midfielders, he didn’t come through at Newcastle when handed the keys. No other club would have persevered with him for so long. As for Sol Campbell, Wenger saw that his first touch,positioning and ability to read a game were suspect so he was let go. Players like him however survive outside of the top four(see Richard Dunne). Wolves just don’t need to pay out that kind of money. There is plenty of time and plenty of talent at good value all over Britain,Europe and beyond. Below average players such as Smith and Harewood will latch on somewhere but hopefully not at Molineux
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Good move wolves, don’t wanner waste our money on those guys they will bring nothing to the team at all. Alan Smith i wouldnt mind tho!!
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comment 5, “pull your finger out wolves” what the hell are you on about??? The premier league season hasn’t even finished yet so no one is going to be doing business with anyone yet, you numpty!! MM is doing all he can at the moment by way of scouting and sounding out possible target’s agents so develop a bit of patience man!!!!
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the one player id like to see at wolves next year is kevin nolan if newcastle go down. i know hes not done much for them since he left bolton but hes got the workrate, hes at his peak age, (28/29 i think) and a combative ball winning goalscoring midfielder, im sure hed be willing to take a drop in wages in exchange for premiership football, and im sure if we offered newcastle 3 or 4 million they would snap your arm off to get him (and many others) off their wage bill.
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Lucas Biglia MID
Ross McCormack STR
Tom Huddlestone MID
Sean Davis MID
Adam Hammill MID
Joe Ledley MID
Lee Naylor DEF
Steven Davis MID
Manuel Pablo
Michael Mancienne DEF
Marvin Elliott MID
Andy van der Meyde MID
Craig Gardner MID
Sami Hyypia DEF
Rodrigo Possebon MID
Hermann Hreidarsson MID
Emmerson Boyce DEF
Colin Kazim-Richards STR
Rickie Lambert STR
Graham Stack GK
Fabrice Pancrate ST
Oguchi Onyewu DEF
Andrew Driver Mid
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Them are the players Mick has been looking at which players would you actually want at wolves??
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I would like to see Henrik Larsson in the Wolves-shirt !
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32…Pathetic and stupid idea
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Any bets that Birmingham will now be going for them now.
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32- i think that is the most stupid thing iv’e heard ever for ages no wait……. EVER!! are you actually from this planet or are you just visiting?
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58 tch tch – “sticks and stones” – Have you forgotten the last time we were promoted?
The BS that came from Mr Moxey about not having enough time because of going up via Play offs etc the last time we went up is probably on most Wolves fans minds – as Moxey is well known at coming up with “spin” as I said “Pull your finger out Wolves – other clubs wont be waiting around – ACTIONS speak louder than words!
PS Yes we ALL know that the clubs are not supposed to be “doing business” BUT do you really think that stops any of the more proactive clubs from talking to players agents and moving matters on at a pace now?
Try reading what I actually said in my comments before having a rant about 1 line in the whole posting or are you incapable of having a discussion without having a rant?
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we need to sign good quality, experienced players such as nolan(4mill), sidwell(3mill), bullard(5mill) mcormack(5mill) and viduka(2mill)
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wolves should sign players like gomez and pratley from swansea forget the hasbeens on a last paycheck get good hungry championship players even gamble on simon cox from swindon or beckford of leeds
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No doubt there are a lot of ideas floating around about who will be joining Wolves in the summer and I’d just like to post this comment to see who the Wolves fans would want to see in our midfield.
I do believe a good recruitment for our midfield would be Liam Lawrence (Stoke).
Any thoughts?
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i think we will see some action in the next two weeks. I do not envy mm though. I like the look of gooch. However i think we need two hard tackling centre midfield players.
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This is ridicoulus sorry but if ya want to stay up you’ve got to spend big and give big wages for players.
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I am still of the opinion that “young and hungry” is the way forward,premier league experience or not.Try this lot;
Mancienne (get him at any price)
Beckford
Naughton
Gomez
Keep the faith with what has served us well in the past.
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