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Wolves weigh up another striker bid
Wednesday 15th July 2009, 10:30AM BST.
Wolves are weighing up a loan move for a striker to cover for the injured Chris Iwelumo.
Manager Mick McCarthy also revealed that the club’s main transfer activity was completed for the summer, effectively knocking down speculation linking them with Villa defender Zat Knight.
Scotland international Iwelumo is set to be out for two month, after breaking a bone in his foot in Friday’s 1-0 win over Perth Glory.
Wolves have bid £500,000 for Southampton’s attacking midfielder Adam Lallana and also want another young target, as well as Chelsea defender Michael Mancienne on a season-long loan.
But McCarthy has now hinted he could move for a striker on loan as well to join Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, £6.5million Kevin Doyle, Andy Keogh and Sam Vokes.
The manager said; “I’m happy with what I’ve got up front, but that’s not to say I won’t do something else, if there was something available.
“We’ve got to have seven substitutes as well this season and we must have competition for places.
“We saw how thin on the ground we were last season when we had to take Marlon Harewood on loan and we can’t allow that to happen again.
“Once the season starts, we can’t take anyone on loan. I want as big a squad as I can possibly get.”
Wolves have signed six players in readiness for the Premier League and have former Celtic defender Bobo Balde on trial.
But McCarthy insisted he wasn’t chasing more deals.
He said: “I’m delighted with what I’ve got and if there’s something we can do and we can manage it, fine.
“I’m not busting a gut.”
McCarthy cautioned fans against thinking a deal was already done for Mancienne.
The Wolves boss said: “He is a good lad and I’ve asked the question but it’s not down to us.
“I would have taken him at the drop of a hat and still would, but it’s down to Chelsea.”
He denied reports that the club had bid for the England under-21 international, after being linked with a £4million offer.
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The Squad looks a bit light weight to me.
Get an injury in midfield and I think we may struggle. I would have gone for another 3 players, another midfielder, another striker and mancienne..
Mick’s going for two of them, but the midfield is my biggest worry.
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Who needs another Striker when you’ve got Keogh banging in the goals in Australia?
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I hope we’re not done especially after being linked to Nolan, Dunne, Ledley. We backed out of the Leko deal so obviously we were looking to add strength in that area so surely we still need to. I’m really pleased with our transfers and I’m convinced we will be fine (I even did the predictor on the BBC.co.uk/sport, go to football them premier league and go into predictor) I gave very fair predictions and we survived easy. Worth a go so check it out. We need Mancienne another Midfielder and a striker, there are still good players on free too.
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Defo go for a new striker on loan …
No disrespect to Vokes but it’s a load of pressure on the kid if we have another ‘striker down in action’
May be have a look at Man City who are over loaded with strikers and see if we could get one on loan (with them paying part of the wage bill) – Bonjov (sp) or perhaps Benjani (sp)
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Maybe Man City could spare a striker?? Maybe Benjani? cant see him getting a game this year.
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Kevin Nolan as club captain is what we need. Also a bid for Ryan Taylor from the geordies would be a good move, 2 players with a bit of fight. Joe Ledley and Michael Mancienne and we are done unless Mr Wenger will let Aaron Ramsay come for the season?
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“We saw how thin on the ground we were last season when we had to take Marlon Harewood on loan and we can’t allow that to happen again.
“Once the season starts, we can’t take anyone on loan. I want as big a squad as I can possibly get.”
You have completely mis-read what Mick is saying. He isnt saying we wont sign someone on a permanent basis, he is merely saying that the option of signing a loan player like last year wont be available when the season starts so we cant be in that position!! Where does he say we want a loan signing in?? You have twisted this to make a story from nothing again. He says we want as big a squad as we can but doesnt say we are limited to the loan market as you state.
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Vespawolf, thats very good thinking, look at Jo going to Everton again and I bet there not paying all his wages. I hope MM has thought of that too as now you’ve said it, it seems obvious. They have a quality young Welsh striker there called Ched Evans who will prob never get the chance in the first team.
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Wait for the moans from the normal whingers saying that we have not signed any proven Premiership players etc.
We have brought in quality players to supplement the many quality, young internationals that we have here already. If we went with what we have now I reckon we are good enough. If we do manage to get others in, we will be even stronger!
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wWat was SM on about the other week when he said a top prem player was on his way who he had admired for years. What has happened to the experienced prem players we were promised. I do think we have a good starting eleven but this season is going to be a long hard slog with the squad we have imo.
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If we don’t sign a decent, experienced centre half we will struggle big time
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Who’s going to replace Jarvis and Kightly when or if they get injured?
Does Mick really think these two can play every week in the Prem and not pick up knocks?
Does Mick really think Stephan Ward can cover for Jarvis?
Infact, have we got another right winger other than Kightly?
Our Midfield is not good enough to survive. Sorry Mick. Sort it out.
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We’re not done yet. I expect some other solid signing – thet’re just putting others off the scent.
What do you lot think about Greening at WQest Brom for our mid – field? He wants a transfer and he did well last year. I think he would be a useful addition..
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What about Macheda from Utd?
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I agree with number 1 i see a lot more issues in midfield, i like all the signings so far but we were promised premiership experience and we’ve bought none apart from Doyle who will feature week in week out. I thought some of these players were fringe players and we would be buying just a couple of people with experience. Remeber Stoke did it last year and look where they finished i just feel we are gambling and Moxeys statement was un true. I will though get behind what we’ve got because on paper they should compete but so should the Albion last year and they were the only promoted club not to buy experience.
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I would be very very disappointed if thats the end of our buying prior to the start of the season.If I remember correctly didnt the management say after we gained promotion that we would be looking to buy players with premiership experience? We need Mancienne, another quality midfielder and a decent striker.
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E & S are playing games again, what he actually says is ‘he is pleased with what has been done to date & if he can he will sign more players’ how can that mean our business is finished.
He is just playing his cards close to is chest, as always, I still think we will see another 3 or 4 before the window closes, with at least one of them bein an older/ experienced prem player, I would be disapointed if we can’t do something & get Nolan in.
KTF
Wolves forever
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If I was awarding marks for the business we have conducted this Summer I would give 5 or 6 out of 10, in trying to be objective.
Midfield and a lack of good Premier League experience remain the biggest concerns. Sincerely hope that the unknowns and young players get off to a great start.
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Hope mick’s comments are just a smoke screen and there are still a couple of deals in the pipe line (not including ones for the future eg. lallana).
Delighted with the business so far but we’re surely still short of quality in certain areas. Also, we’ve improved the squad significantly, but only Doyle, Milijas & Zubar improve the team (and that’s assuming NM & RZ take to english football as imports are always as gamble).
UTW
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Still think we need another quality striker myself and and cover on the wing (DUFF). Plus Ledley :-)
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I’d try to get Greening in if we can’t get Nolan, Loads of experience there.
Also, Wolvesmod, Halford played most of last season on the right wing for Sheff Utd, so he could fill in for Kites if he picks up another knock, I think he will start the season actually, I think Kightly is further away than we think, I watched them train a couple of weeks ago & he didn’t play in the kick about at the end of the session.
Surman can cover Jarvis & I think he has been bought in to do that.
Give Vokes a go on the bench, while Chris is out, he was a great impact player last season.
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12 – I thought Surman and Halford were backup for Jarvis and Kightly ?
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Another striker on reserve,yes,good idea…and who better than Robbie Fowler who we are playing against at this moment.
He is a top player,a wealth of premiership experience,I am sure we could do some sort of deal with the Queensland outfit, and have him on the plane with the boys to fly back to U.K
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this leaves me concerned if we r done in the transfer market !
the fact is we have no cover 4 wingers !
and no cover 4 centre midfield ( experience that is )
but people say that we need 2 sign centre halfs
but we cud field half a team with centre halfs
craddock , berra , stearman , shackell , zubar, collins, d Ward ! surely we have 2 get rid of the 3 tht is on the transfer list b4 we sign anymore !!
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We should sign Craig Conway from Dundee United, he’s 24 and can play on either wing!
Would be a quick deal to seal.
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wolvesmod Surman and Halford left and right wingers as well as been able to play in the centre
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Think we may go for Danny Shittu
how about a free transfer of Christian Vieri for 1 year????
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i see doyle was out injured,hope he isent going to be another kites.
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As i said earlier, lets get Robbie Fowler who scored for Queensland against Wolves an hour ago, in our 2-1 win
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Hang on, isn’t Stephen Ward a striker?? Why can’t he fill in?
He could be the missing piece of the puzzle…
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nolan ??
please no.
i really dont understnad why so many want him.
prem experience ?? he dissapeared last season at newcastle and was relegated – and added to that was in the papers this week saying the newcastle lads had been “top class”.
PAH. not the sort of prem experience i want.
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23 & 29 (Lisbeth Simpson)
I’ve noticed your comments on here a number of times, and you dont half talk utter rubbish. I’ve never seen a smart comment from you.
Theres a reason why no club in England touched Fowler, its because he’s been finished for years. Didnt his spell at Cardiff (in the Championship) spell this out? Didnt exactly set the world on fire did he.
N.B, he scored a penalty against us earlier, shortly after coming on. Not really enough to explain he played like Messi is it.
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Stephen Ward?
Hope thats sarcasm Bob
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My predictor came out as pompey, burnley, wigan to go down wolves to survive with 34 points. blues above us on 35 and stoke on 36.
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We need strength in depth to make a positive start to the season, it only takes the odd injury or suspension and we would be in trouble.
Get them in now because if we are struggling come the January transfer window we will not be able to tempt the right players in.
I would love to have Greening at the Mol, he ticks all the boxes and another striker now is a priority, big Chris will not be fit much before Xmas.
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Grace – Kites has only recently started his comeback. He was earlier quoted (not sure if it was here or on the official site) that when the team do three sessions he only does two. When the team do two, he may only do one. He’s being eased back into it – mainly from a fitness perspective because he had a lot longer off than the majority of others. There’s still a full calendar month until the season starts – I’m pleased that he wasn’t being risked in the end of session kickaround. If it was a fortnight until the season starts, then I’d be a little more concerned.
Agree with you about Vokes – think he could be an impact player from the bench potentially. When big Chris is back, then maybe look for him to go out on loan, but I’d chance him for a last 20 mins impact when the season starts. The problem is that if we were to have SEB or Doyle out for a month say, we’d need a better ‘proven’ centre forward, in case we’re both too optimistic about Vokes’ potential.
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34 – well that’s spoiled the season for me given your self proclaimed skill at getting everything right ;-)
Roll on the 2010/11 season.
Who gets promoted by the way? Have we got a local derby with the boggies to look forward to? And did SEB make the World Cup squad? Your adoring public wants to know
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lee 87…
Agree with your point on lizbeth, clearly a clueless happy clapper who wants Robbie Fowler!! The man was useless for Cardiff the season before last!!
lizbeth – football is a man’s game, stick to the ironing!!
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32 – lee_87
A tad harsh I feel !!
It may be drivel, but its inoffensive drivel – unlike some of the other posters or (im)posters on here.
I think there will be more signings, permanent as well as loan but who? I wouldn’t like to hazard a guess.
Good to see that a couple of the new boys, Milijas and Halford have made good contributions in the latest friendly.
Oh and here’s one for Bob Wolf,Wolvesmod and Wolfy in Disguise – Keogh scored the first goal.
One down, 19 to go !!
Hi Ho Wolverhampton !
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KAZIM-RICHARDS
premiership & champions league experiance.
also mancieene & bale, both on loan?
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Andy,
SEB did make the world cup squad, scored on his debut, now worth a cool 20mil.
All i can say to lizbeth is robbie who……
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We have cover on the wings in Surman and Halford – who alongwith, Milijas and Vokes sound like they had very good games today.
I am sure there will be more signings but for the West Ham game this will probably be MM’s preferred team and here are my suggested cover:-
Hennessey/Hahnemann
Foley/Little
Berra/Craddock
Zubar/Stearman
Elokobi/Hill
Kites/Halford
Henry/Edwards
Milijas/Jones
Jarvis/Surman
Ebanks-Blake/Keogh
Doyle/Vokes
The second string would take points off some of these Premier teams, so what will the first choice do?
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40) Mad Monks Travel aka Steve
Kazim-Richards??? What has he done in the Premiership?
Bale??? Whenever he played for Spurs in the league, they lost
Mancienne??? Yes but he is no saviour. Very poor for the under 21′s recently. Stearman would have done better!
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James McCarthy
Adam Lallana
Mancienne
Are all well and good for the future, but where’s the journeyman we need who’s been there and done that?
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Does Bob Wolf ever come out with anything positive and worthwhile on this board?
Probably still bitter that Team Tesco got relegated.
All he does is slate Stephen Ward and occasionally Keogh, it gets somewhat tiresome after a while.
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We were promised players of premier league standard or fringe players, whats been delivered NOTHING promises promises. We’ve just proved what we are a little club with NO AMBITION . totally GUTTED. All we’ve got is kevin doyle surely we could’ve spent this on lot better . AS for the foreign players the WORD FRANKOWSKI comes to mind?
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I must say that some of the comments related to fellow poster ‘lisbeth, are harsh, sexist and uncalled for. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and for ‘Bob Wolf’ to play the sexist card on this issue is pathetic.
While I do not agree with ‘lisbeth’ in considering Robbie Fowler as a future Wolves signing, I do agree that the premiership experience he gained would be invaluable to our lads.
Forget about his stint at Cardiff, he was never able to fit in, and Cardiff were a rubbish outfit when he was there.
So ‘Bob wolf’ lose your sexist approach and try and respect others points of view, even if they are female, and do try to be a little more tolerant with people of all sexes who clearly know more about the game than you are displaying.
I think that a ‘junior asprin’ is warranted !!!
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What The!!!
I just did that bbc predicter thing n were champions!!
Man city went down!
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38 – Bob Wolf. I thought for one wonderful moment, I was going to agree with one of your posts and then you reverted to being a moron on the last line.
I suppose a leopard can’t change its spots.
In Mick we trust!
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come on then Andy go to bbcsport page, premier league and predictor and see how you get on, actually very interesting.
no46. what wrong my albion friend still bitter about histon saturday?
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I would have thought getting a forward in permanently as opposed to loan would have been the best option. McCormack at Cardiff would appear to have all the right credentials, a natural goalscorer, young, has tasted international football.
With Lallana, the new broom at the Saints are apparently not short of a bob or two and so I think a £1 million take it or leave it deal makes sense.
I wish Man city would damn well leave Chelsea alone re. Terry so we can sign Mancienne and bid £20 milion for Jo Lescott instead so we can get a windfall… very wishful thinking.
I certainly hope its not the end of the transfer activity. Whilst the squad has some quality in depth now MM seems very confident that we can more than hold our own in the world’s toughest league.
P.S. One presumes the one last ‘Big One’ we were told about was Mancienne?
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Having just watched Wolves v NQ Fury and Fulham v Perth Glory, if our signings are done for the summer then I have to say we are stuffed. The difference in class between Fulham and Wolves is huge. Okay we are not looking to make Europe next season, but there is a gulf there that needs to narrowed otherwise we will be struggling to find those eight to ten wins we need to stay up. We definitely need more quality in defence and midfield.
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we defo need a striker. id say maybe benjani, mark viduka or carlos vela
defenders needed: mancienne and dunne
kevin nolan or gary oneil would complete the midfield for me.
so there who did go for
UTW
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We need mancienne, nolan, maybe harewood for cover, ledley, and even jerome thomas on a free from portsmouth, he is only 25 and has plenty of premiership experience from playing with arsenal and charlton. Maybe we could even make a cheeky 8 million bid for darren bent which would show real ambition
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Laughing – I’ve been doing a premiership prediction league for a number of years now. I very rarely win a week and consider it a damned fine performance if I get 6 of the 10 predictions right (not the scores mind you – 2 is an above average week). And that’s normally when the big 4 are all playing at home!
Strangely though, on the basis of no points against the big 4, a draw and defeat against the next 4 (Everton, Spurs, Vile and Man City) and an average 3 points against the remainder, I’d get to 37 points – so a mere 3 points more than you got to.
Incidentally, 37 points would have been enough to survive 9 of the 14 seasons since the premiership went to 20 teams whilst 34 points would only have guaranteed safety twice.
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52. how can you predict next season based on two performances in australia??. i can tell you now that wwfc will survive comfortably.
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Survive this season and we may yet join the Big Boys in the transfer stakes, i.e. paying over £10 million on one player.
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some of you really are muppets………….”we only have Doyle”??? what kind of moron would say that! Did Doyle win the division last year, errrr no………….
Some of you really need to get a life. If we stay up then great but dont slate the club before a ball is kicked. Who judges a team on pre season games in Australia………….pathetic some of you.
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I will be seriously surprised if the signings have stopped, we need at least 2 more quality players that are ready now,..we have enough young, hungry & players for the future,…its not all about money but the only big spend weve done is Doyle, and lets be honest we only paid that much as it was a release clause price and vastly over priced at that. not being negative, far from it,..but having yet again paid for my season ticket i want to see the best possible team we can realistically put together.
The reality is Villa are in what is the middle band of teams, and are spending £12 million on one player, we have spent around £14 million on 5,..that says it all really, but thats what is needed just to be in the average band of teams!!
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A new forward would be a good investment Keogh just dont score anothe goals for me but we also need a back up left wing for Jarvis cause lets be honest what are the chances of him not getting injured all season add another big money center mid and i think we will be fine but there are still weaknesses in the 1st team
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Eidur Gudjonsen from Barca
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Reality check 4 u guys…forget the predictor just check the results of de last 20odd games from last season and de points lost and it does not take a genius 2 figure out we need quality signings….AS FOR THE PREMIER LEAGUE BEING THE TOUGHEST LEAGUE..NO ITS NOT WE CAN AND WILL DO MORE THAN SURVIVE HULL SURVIVED BY WINNING ONE GAME IN 20!!!OTHER THAN THE TOP FOUR AND 2/3 OTHER TEAMS THE REST WILL BE CLOSELY MATCHED. VILLA DIDNT WIN FOR MONTHS AND LOOK WERE THEY FINISHED SO I ASK IS IT REALLY AS DAUNTING AS WE ARE LED 2 BELEIVE..ITS IMPERATIVE WE SIGN ATLEAST 3 MORE PLAYERS OF PROVEN QUALITY AND WE CAN FINISH IN TOP 12 NOTHING SHOULD BE LEFT TO CHANCE WE ALREADY HAVE SOME TOP PERFORMERS BUT WE MUST SPEND OTHERWISE …….
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if anyone on here think keogh is guna make it in the prem ive got some bad news…….hes simply not good enough
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The support from football cut through both gender and it spelled a better future for the game with the continuing support.
Opinions a plenty but went it come to the nitty and gritty, let the players, management and the support staff get on with their jobs.
Football is what we made of it and let it augered well to be a beautiful game. The important thing is to support the team even when the chips are down. Loyalty is at a premium and unreserved.
Forward the Wolves.
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No 10…..the player you are referring to would have been Michael Owen but Alex swooped like an eagle & took him from our clutches. I’m sure the 3Ms know we need more. As for our perfomances here in Australia, we were asked not to take any notice of the results but wouldn’t you take 1-0 & 2-1 wins in the EPL. So what that Fulham beat Perth Glory 5-0(didn’t we soften them up for them)& Melbourne Victory 3-0. But Fulham did lose to the Gold Coast??? Just keep the faith.
PS: Jonathan Greening at the Golden Palace..yes please!!!
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Looks like wolves have not improved in the two games in Oz. Having seen the team train and play in Oz I guarantee you we will not survive comfortably in the prem, it will be an absolute scrap to get anywhere with those players. In training Doyle and SEB played the same way. I get the feeling that MM does not intend to play them together rather Doyle as back up for SEB. BTW whoever that was on the previous pages that said what did I expect for $70 or 35quid – well mate $70 is well above average for a good ticket let alone a friendly in Oz. $70 is like paying 70pounds in wolverhampton. I did expect a wolves team with skill, they had absolutely none and were only marginally better than perth, keogh was the difference. The team is easily 3 playes short of staying up (defence is still a nightmare and midfield is shocking).
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lets go get luke more from albion,he had a great game yesterday and scored a wonder goal,lets break the bank and get him,
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52) What a ridiculous way of predicting how our season will pan out. Fulham lost their other game in Oz 1-0 and the Tescos lost to Histon the other day. It means nothing!!!
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55. Andy I would prefer your 37 points to my 34. I think apart from the top 8 teams most sides will have a minus goal difference and for me Pompey, Burnley & Wigan for relegation. This season will be the most interesting from a relegation perspective and I hope we can pull away towards the end of the season so we all have finger nails left.
Benjani on loan would be a shrewd piece of business as would Jerome Thomas as cover.
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55 – Andy. I think that’s a genius way of looking at things.
From that I would create a mini league of relegation candidates with 37 points as a fair target for survival and see how each team is performing in relation to this after each game. The one point against sides 5-8 would be based on a home draw whilst I’d split the 3 points target against 9-20 teams as two points average for the home game and one point for the away game.
That’s why I’m extremely sad but it could be interesting to see how this looks throughout the season.
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67 southbank lad u tink wolves goin 2 break bank?
NO!!! SHOULD THEY? did not have 2 GUDDJOHNSON FROM BARCELONA 5MILL DOYLE FROM READING OVER 6 MILL WOULD HAVE BOUGHT DE FORMER AND SAVED A MILL!!!AND GOT WAT WE ALL CRAVE 4 PROVEN IN PREMIERSHIP ,EXPERIENCE AT DE TOP IN PREM&LA LIGA..ITS NOT ALWAYS OF BREAKING BANKS SOUTHBANK!!MY ? IS R DE WOLVES BOARD DOIN AL DE CAN? I M SURE THEY THINK THEY R BUT WHEN U LOOK AT DE BUYS AND LEVELS V R COMPETING AT THEN I M AFRAID THEY AINT!!PURCHASES SPEAK VOLUMES…DO V REALLY TINK DOYLE IS GOING TO SCORE 20GOALS IN DE PREMIER LEAGUE?OR KEOGH?NO IF THEY GET 2 DOUBLE FIG IT WUD B A SERIOUS ACHEIVEMENT….
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66 I AGREE V NEED A MINIMUM OF 3 PLAYERS DO U TINK V WILL SPEND 10 MILL? AS THESE PLAYERS HAVE 2 B PROVEN IN ALL DEPTS NOT RELEGATED FODDER FROM NEWCASTLE BORO BAGGIES V NEED PLAYERS CURRENTLY PLAYIN IN DE PREM LA LIGA ETC ? 4 U GUYS WEN DID DE SO CALLED 3M,S BUY A PLAYER FOR ONE MILL AND SOLD HIM FOR 6 MILL? THANK U NEVER SO MY PREVIOUS POINT R THEY REALLY DE BEST BOARD?BLUES GET LOWER CROWDS ETC YET THEY R SPENDING MILLIONS!!SM NEEDS 2 NOW DISH OUT A FEW MILL AS HE WILL GET IT BACK TEN FOLD IF WOLVES STAY IN PREM..
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not that im anywhere near the football “expert” rich5wolves is, but with Seb and Doyle our only feasible prem strikers, we’ve needed a backup even before Iwelumo got injured.
i hope Mick;s radio silence on the matter means there are delicate negotiations underway
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9 Brummiewolves,Wait for the moans from the normal whingers saying that we have not signed any proven Premiership players etc.There is a big gulf between the prem and championship as Boro showed us in the FA cup last season.Last season we had spells when we were positively awful but thanks to the two spells of good runs we survived to win the championship.In my opinion we need to sign a proven quality left back,Centre half,Ball winning midfielder,and another striker.Although we have spent 14 million most people agreed that 20-25 would be the minimum required to invest in the right players to sustain our posistion in the prem not just for the coming season but for years to come.
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Wanderer in Eire after giving up trying to decipher your drivel I have a couple of points Gudjohnson waould never have been a target for us as he simply wouldn’t have been interested so his price is irrelevant! I don’t think anyone is expecting any of our forwards to score 20+ not many have over the last few years so 10-13 would be fantastic and achievable. What has buying players and selling them on go to do with anything? when you buy a player you are hoping that he will be at the club for a long time and a success it’s not EBAY you idiot!!!
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Winslow Wolf I am so sorry u didnt understand if dat makes me an idiot so be it as long as u r a bright spark!!!why reply 2 an idiot winslow wolf??seeking attention or argument??
my point is simple when u buy a player more often than not they r sold on.So wen u buy a player 4 1mill and sell him on 4 3mill a few yrs later it means de player was a success hence de increase in value!!and if dis was done 3 times out of 5 de club wud be investing in de correct personal!!resulting in success on and off de field!!!as 4 gudjohnson sorry didnt realise he your best mate that u now he wud not come 2 de wolves so why bother asking!!!take man city as an example they asked kaka he was never going 2 go der but city benefited by showing an interest by appealing 2 other players such as tevez/adeybaor!!it raised der profile 10 fold by being linked 2 kaka as de world press did dis 4 dem. just like de link dat as been created wit john terry he will never go 2 city but they then go and make 15mill offer 4 lescott!!so when lescott as talks wit city hughes says we tryin 2 buy jt and pair u together!!4 lescott dis is an attraction!!get me drift now wolf man??some how i think u dont as u now it all!!!dream on boy as u de real idiot!!
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76. You talk drivel, have just confirmed your total lack of understanding of anything and have just embarrassed yourself. No need to say anymore. But I will the Kaka saga was a farce and showed City up for what the are, do you really believe such a public snub by one of the top 5 players in the world increases the profile of the club? Of course not. I don’t need to be Gudjohnsons mate to know that his wage demands are out of reach and he would have the pick of clubs outside the ‘Big 5′ unfortunately that isn’t us. with regards to buying and selling, as I said it is not Ebay clubs generally at our level do not buy a player with a short term view to move him on, that usually happens only if the market or a player or his agent drives it, so the point you make is pointless and pretty senseless, (although I am impressed and frankly surprised you have a grip on rudimentary maths!) as if a player is a success you endevour to keep him. You make the rest of us look bad so pipe down eh?
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76 You are a total tool, the only thing worthwhile about u is u support the mighty wolves. Shut up you mug! if aint got anything proper to say or even understandable, just zip it yeah. 77. spot on also no offence to big Jol but City aren’t able to sign the best players in the world so they are buying the best of the rest, so the thing about linking yourself to Kaka etc is a load of ‘kaka’!! If we linked ourselves to Rooney or Xavi would other players look at us and go brilliant I’ll have to sign up too? No we’d look desperate just like Man City. 76. once more for the record u r a toooooooool!!!!
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