Mick admits failure in his Premier hunt
Friday 24th July 2009, 11:10AM BST.
Mick McCarthy today revealed Wolves couldn’t recruit the Premier League experience they wanted – but believes Nenad Milijas and Ronald Zubar will make up for it.
The Wolves boss went on record at the end of last season to say it was vital to strengthen with players with experience of the English top flight.
But of the six summer signings that have cost a relatively modest £15m, only Kevin Doyle and Marcus Hahnemann have played extensively in the Premier League, while Greg Halford has had 11 top flight games for Sunderland and Reading.
“It’s just the way it’s worked out,” said boss McCarthy.
“We’ve tried to get as much experience as we can with the ones we’ve got and I think we’ve done well.
“I could argue Greg Halford has Premier League experience but I’m not going to be pedantic.
“It’s sometimes not possible to get 24-27-year-olds who have done it in the Premier League. We couldn’t do it.”
But McCarthy believes Zubar, 23, and 26-year-old Milijas in particular will prove huge hits for Wolves in the Premier League.
Both have played in the top leagues in their native France and Serbia, and in European competition.
“We’ve got Nenad, who’s a top class international footballer,” said the boss.
Contrary to reports, Wolves say they have no interest in Celtic centre-back Steven McManus.
McCarthy is keen to recruit another central defender and has McManus’ former Hoops team-mate Bobo Balde on trial.
That trial period is due to end after the game against Bristol City tomorrow. Wolves’ younger players are at Hereford. Both matches kick-off at 3pm.
* Wolves were today linked with a move for unsettled Espanyol’s former Liverpool right-back Steve Finnan, along with Sunderland and Stoke.
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We Still need cover up front (Benjani or Kanu on loan please)
A holding midfielder (Papa boba Diop please)
And a Centre back (Mancienne Please)
I thank you
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In mick we trust!
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Ok so milijas gets injured??? then what???. We need back up and fast.
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Before the usual suspects start crying, whining, hating everything about Mick blah blah blah! Why don’t you all just sit back and view what is going on in the big wide world before slagging off how they are not spending money and find all this premier experience.
1. I renewed my ticket at the early bird price but this is the credit crunch people can’t afford to spend the money, clubs have seriously been affected by this up and down the country, not many teams have made many big signings.
3. If you actually sit back and look at the bigger picture there are not many players floating around who we could potentially sign with premier experience and who are actually good player….
Final thought, I for one look at life more positively and glad we are in top tier after so long, I hope we will do well but it is not really the end of the world if we don’t…
Wolvesmod and co please go and punch yourself in the head until the voices tell you to stop
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Would of liked to see one or two more experienced players arrive, to add a little composure and know how, but im quietly confident that the young crop of players we have at our disposal will do a good job. Its not all about exerience now, fitness is the most crucial compnent in recent years, and no amount of experience is going to prevent you from being run circles round if you havent the legs. Im sure our youngsters will suprise a few.
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If a club as small as Hull can sign Boateng and Geovani last season then surely the only reason we havnt signed any players with prem experience is because we are penny pinching. What about Re-coker who has been linked with boro or free agent Michael Ball. Dip your hand in your pocket mr Morgan and give us what we need, after all you only bought the club for a TENNER.
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Kevin Nolan in Midfield – thats who we need.
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obviously he means we have been priced out wages wise…nicky butt..kevin nolan..are just 2 names that spring to my mind that would give experience. sometimes a little gamble is all thats reqired as experience is invaluable in young squads such as ours. still optomistic about the season tho, 4 th from bottom will do me as a start!! up the wolves
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Can we just start the season, THEN worry if things don’t go to plan. Avoiding relegation is the only target. We can’t at this stage plan for Europe or the title, for Gawd’s sake! The Christmas window will offer us crucial time IF needed.
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Spend the cash and get whats required Mr Morgan, you only bought the club for a TENNNNNNER. Get a grip and fulfill your promise to Sir Jack
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Its good to see ‘No.4 rumpelstiltskin’ can count!
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Cue the negative comments, even though a ball has’nt even been kicked in the premier league yet, people think they can pass judgement on weather our players are good enough or not to cut it, i for one am really looking forward to the new season and i know technically some of our players are lacking but as long as they give there all for the club in each game, then i will always support them week in week out.
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Okay so concentrate on the new striker instead. Get Ross McCormack in from Cardiff. He signed a new contract earlier in the month but has now put in a transfer request because he wants to play in the Premier. Mick’s an admirer from last season. There will be interest from other clubs but we can afford his wages. He’s a proven goal scorer and a surprisingly good footballer too.
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Who have Hull signed?
Who have Burnley signed?
Who have Blues signed?
17th place will do nicely. I’m not too worried aslong as Mancienne comes in.
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Experience of top level football means nothing. As long as the lads give it 100% then we will be OK. I recon we will get another couple of signings before the season starts then we can always strengthen in the January window.
UP THE WOLVES
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cant get experiance or wont pay the money?
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We should go for Philip Neville from Everton, he has been a reliable performer in the prem for over a decade and i’m sure we could get him at the right money especially as we are comming from a great bargaining position bearing in mind the Lescot sell on clause.
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Same old names by all you experienced scouts, I don’t understand why you haven’t been given a job.
Sign Kevin Nolan because he played in 11 matches last season. Sign Joey Barton no comment.. Put a bid in for Darren Bent so the world can see our intentions (kaka and man city jumps to mind) the list could go on…
Hull city got lucky last season, lets hope we do the same….
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Kevin nolan also signed a 4 1/2 year contract we cant afford his wages….
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Stop going on About Penny pinching! At the end of the day people are talking about brininging players like Nolan that have prem experience to keep us up. Well he didn’t do alot for newcastle and if we did get relegated next year I think everybody around the club would like us not to have 60,000 a week free loaders playing for us in the championship. Not to mention the fact it would cause alot of un rest in the squad with the rest of the players who are on a fraction of the wage. We are in a credit crunch, and we have actually only spent 5mil less than Man utd who have made 90mil of tranfers this summer.
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We have got to look at loan signings if were not going to spend big also the wage structure is going to have to be looked at.
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4 You need to take a chill pill
Wolvesmod can be annoying at times but he has an opinion and because it’s not happy clapping everyone moans.
We will now have to wait to see how we do support the team as much as we can and hope for the best, and we all want the best i travel 85miles for every home game so trust me i want them to do well, and of course we must keep supporting them through the tough tiimes and they will come.
No what annoys me is that Moxey made the statement just after the QPR that we have analysed why teams don’t stay up and we won’t make the same mistakes and he actually quoted the Albion at only spending 19 million. I would have no objection if he would have come out and said this is our policy and he would get my full support. But now you ask did he lye to increase season ticket sales he must have known. We all stick together no problem i just hate spin, we have enough in politics.
I am a realist i will hope and prey we do well but with a completely unknown team going in the FACTS tell us they usually get relegated.
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4),12) and a rare one 14) I totally agree. There is not a wealth of talent out there, particularly in our price bracket and although steeped in tradition we are not first choice for most.
We are still in a better position than Burnley, Blues, Hull and I would suggest that Portsmouth, Wigan and Blackburn may struggle.
Let’s be positive. From a bad position 3 years ago, we now have many quality British and Irish youngsters and have the clout to bring in players like Milijas and Doyle.
UP THE WOLVES!!
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I agree with a point made yesterday. We had Ince, Kennedy, Irwin, Jones, Rae last time we went up and looked what happened.
I do think we need a good centre half for depth I have every confidence in Stearman and I think Zubar will be a star but Mancienne for back-up along the back 4 would be fantastic.
Central Midfield Joe Ledley, Kevin Nolan but my personal choice would be Michael Johnson on loan from Man City.
Everton have picked the cream from the championship and so should we.
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I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – We really need to get someone from Asia and fast. Look at the furore surrounding Ji Sung Park on Man Utd’s mini tour. Millions of pounds in shirt sales, merchandise and Live TV revenue. All the top sides know it makes financial sense – If they can play football too, that would be a bonus!
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Some sensible comments before the usual negative, chest thumping numties wade in !!
14 – Wolvesmod – I agree with you, currently we have done better business than a lot of clubs we will be battling it out with.
A couple of more good signings, permanent or loan could make all the difference.
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Anyone seen the new recommend a friend and get £40.00 deal…it all seems a bit desperate to me. In times of a credit crunch wouldn’t it have been more prudent to price the season tickets realistically rather than making us the 3rd most expensive team in the league to buy a season ticket for. Our season tickets… ignoring all the early birds, are more expensive than Man Utd and Liverpool…how does that work. Its no wonder that Jez is accused of ripping fans off…we should be trying to attract new fans, especially youngsters, with good deals rather than losing them to Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool who they can watch live on Sky every week.
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Check out how much the likes of Stoke, Bolton, Blackburn, Hull, Portsmouth (and others) have spent so far. These are clubs who’ve spent time in the Premier League, but are struggling to find the money to buy.
The only club who we will be competing against who have spent big is the blouses and let’s face it, they needed to.
No panic buying please (what planet are people on who STILL keep suggesting Mark Viduka). What kind of wages would Ruud Van Nistelrooy want? We could buy him cheap, but would probably have to pay big wages.
In Mick we trust!
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Philip Neville – behave. Why would Phil Neville want to come to the Wolves and fight for relegation when he’s captain at a top 7 club and playing every week.
I don’t think the signings have finished yet, Wolves have been brilliant at doing most of the business this summer behind closed doors where it belongs. The 3M’s all denied reports that we were after a Scottish based player don’t forget.
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2 things.
First, I think we are so much better prepared than last time. We had some reasonable players last time, but an appalling squad (Lescott and Murray were irreplaceable). Almost every position has 2 players competing for a place, I repeat, almost, before everybody highlights the obvious need for competion in a few slots.
Second, what kind of wages would Ruud Van Nistelrooy want? Infinitely better option than Mark Viduka, whose name is STILL being mentioned by some numpties.
In Mick we trust!
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If we attemtp to kick off the season with the defence options we currently have ,we will be slaughted week in week out.I think MM and Morgan know this and that is why they wanted to recruit premiership experience but are now shocked to see the wages these guys get.The fans were promised proven premiership quality,what have we recruited unproven players at this level.I feel sorry for the Wolves fans that were promised big spending by Moxley at the end of last season,they have been conned yet again.
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look eveyone, the bottom line is this, not enough quality or strength in depth.
If you think that with last seasons squad and the additions we have made SO FAR, we will survive in the Premiership we are deluding ourselves.
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The funny thing is apart from Milijas, Mick will start with his strongest team from last year for the first couple of games anyway (apart from Keough for Lumes). I think Doyle would have played too.
Will it be good enough? Well they deserve the chance to prove they are IMO.
He will gradually bring in the new recruits to the first team as and when he needs to.
All of this talk about prem experience is one thing but the team that won us the Championship improved last year from the year before and will do so again. Why? Because they are young and improving. We have done the right thing to BUILD ON not BULLDOZE a successful and improving team.
And that is what is going to pay us dividends…as long as the fans get behind them and they are fit and raring to go, they’ll do it.
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I don’t think it’s right to say “we’ll get slaughtered every week.”
Let’s just see what happens.
I thought Stoke and Hull would get slaughtered week in, week out. But they did alright, didn’t they?
A couple of loans i.e Mancienne and we will be ok.
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31… What makes you so sure our defence would get slaughterd week in week out. You havent seen any of our defence play in the premier league yet, except for craddock. Dont get me wrong, i would love for a new defender to come in, namely macienne, but im not about to judge this squad until i see them perform in the premiership.
Have a little faith, we got promoted with a really promising set of players, and those same players might prove themselves to be decent premier players.
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Looks like we are down before we kick off then .
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Mancienne
Finnan
Nolan
Butt
K.Davies
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Number 4 I agree. (Shame you cannot count! LOL)
I will live with what we have, best we can do. I don’t want to spend lots of money on player and wages, still get relegated and end up in administration. Then have no club to support. Its a slow building process so have patients!
I have an idea for people just be happy we what we have and got and support the team. Make people says them Wolves fans a GREAT. Not fickle and against the team like we always get. We are proud supporters and lets people see that. We have been through bad times and things far worse than relegation!
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Last season we conceded 49 goals rather a lot for a championship winning team.Realistically will Stephen Ward and Big George be good enough for the prem at left back.What cover do we have at Centre Back.If you do not invest in proven established premiership quality then i fear a long hard season ahead.
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I’m not getting on to Mick’s back here, but if he thinks the signings he’s made will secure a Premier league place this season then he is sorely mistaken.
We haven’t made a bad signing but I’d say the only one who will be ready to make the step up is Surman.
We need a quality CB as I’m not sure how good this Zubar actually is.
Also we need an attacking Midfielder as currently we only have Dave Edwards who is attack minded in CM.
I truly hope we utilize the loan system effectively because we seem to leave it too late in the window sometimes and miss out which frustrates many fans.
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Stop moaning number 27, If you’re not happy with the price, there’s a simple answer, don’t buy a season ticket. Go and support someone else.
We have to get behind the management and team. A number of our players were wanted by premier clubs
and would have gone had we not been promoted, so some premiership managers think they,re good enough.
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34,
Think about it we are up against some of the best strikers in the world,Torres,Rooney,Drogba,Lampard,Santa Cruz etc,this league is unforgiving in mistakes made in defence remember what happened when Manciene went back last season how poor we were. We did well last year for the goals we produced between SEB and Illwellumo in the first part of the season the defence has been our achilles heal over the past two seasons.
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All i know is the last time we went up we where well short and battered at the start 3 / 4 times in a row and I can’t say this wolves squad is any better than the one we had then. So it’s a long hard slog ahead I just hope burnley / bham / stoke / hull / wigan and others do worse.
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YOU HAVNT LET ANYONE DOWN MICK VERY SHREWD SIGNINGS, UNLUCKY WITH DOYLE BEING INJURED MIND, YES WE PAID A BIT FOR HIM BUT IT WAS ONLY WHAT OTHER CLUBS WERE WILLIG TO PAY!!
IN MICK WE TRUST!!!!!
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I have to say this is a weak statement from our manager.
There are plenty of players available on a free.
We dont have to break the wage structure, but we could pay some decent money for some Premiership quality. We could always put in a “relegation-release clause” or a wage cut in case of relegation.
After all, we are Premiership now, yet our wage budget still seems to be Championship level..
This is a list of players that we could realistically have been getting on a free:
Hamann
Michael Ball
Darius Vassall
Peter Lovenkrands
Mark Viduka
Sean Davis
Also, I guess we could get some more, if we would pay the money for the likes of Kevin Nolan at Newcastle.
Yet we wouldnt pay, so we cant play…
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Steve Finnan has played in every league including non has played in world cup finals won FA cup Carling Cup Champions league final how much more experience do you want and he is Irish (so meets MM crteria lol)
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All this negativeness. I suggest keep away from Molineux.
I have just looked at our first 8 games and we are well capable of getting a minimum 10 points and probably more. We are playing the likes of Wigan, Hull, Blackburn, Sunderland and Portsmouth.
Anyway Ebanks-Blake has to be fired up, as he is being touted for an England call up. Expect some goals. As for some teams, they will not fancy Kites and Jarvis tearing at them!
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Why on earth do people keep mentioning Nicky Butt, did they see him play last year – he’s rubbish. Hand on heart can anybody say he would do a better job than Edwards, young, good engine, capable of a goal or two. Butt old, slow capable of a red card or two.
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i like it when i see all the wannabe managers on here declaring our squad is not good enough for the premiership. These are the people who dont seem to realise that signing players is not as simple as picking a few names, even if we were prepared to pay the fees, half the players still wouldnt come, as were the favorites for the drop.
These people are critisising the signings were making saying we ar going to struggle without so and so. Im afraid to say were going to struggle no matter who we bring in. weve taken a risk and come this time next season i hope you all are saying what good players these signings have been. if not, then at least we have a young squad that isnt financially crippling the club to help get us back where we belong. Simples.
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RUBBISH…..WE WON’T PAY FOR THE EXPERIENCE WE NEED….END OF STORY
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Andy Keogh is the best striker I’ve seen at wolves, he single handily took wolves into the premiership
wolves could do with selling ebanks-blake, to raise money for a new style defender, just a thought but lets try and get David May, i heard he is looking for a new club, and he has bags of experience if I’m honest. also MANCIENNE is getting on abit now, so i wouldn’t like to risk that signing.
Keogh needs to start every game if we are going to have a chance of survival. I went to one game last year and I thought that the team needs a complete clear out, Thomaz Frankowski would fit the bill, Hoddle was right bringing him to Molineux but the fans as always got on his back, him and Keogh upfront guarantee goals every season.
We can do it Boys, Have Faith
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I agree with Biffo 27, its dissapointing not to reach our target of 21000 season tickets considering we sold nearly 15000 early bird. We are supposed to be a big club so where have all the fans gone. Norwich have sold more than us for div 3, i know i sound a bit negative but it is dissapointing… hang on a bit i,ll get me rope..
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45 – Copenhagen
Explain why you think it is a ‘weak statement’ from MM.
Personally, I think he is just being very honest about the situation instead of just either saying nothing or fabricating an answer.
Bottom line is that if a player doesn’t want to join Wolves, you can’t force them, and despite what we think of our great club, realistically experienced players will want more security than a club that has only just been promoted.
You will notice that he says ‘experienced Prem players 24 – 27′ which indicates that we have tried to get the younger experienced players, carrying on the recent club policy on recruitment.
You may also notice that Kites in another article has said that the new arrivals have gelled quickly with the rest of the team. This is clearly a major factor in selecting targets – making sure the morale in the team is maintained and not disrupted.
Gets my vote.
If you are facing a relegation dogfight, which we may well do, the last thing you need is overpaid, disruptive characters not willing to fight for each other – just look at Newcastle for that scenario.
We Shall Not We Shall not be Moved
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50 SAM CHALMERS – and we should believe that because all your transfer predictions have been 100% right ? RIGHT ? END OF STORY !
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It’s a bit of a gamble though Mick.
Apart from the start of last season, we hardly set the world alight. We lost twice to Reading, took one point from 6 from Blues. We did a fantastic job against the sides we should have beaten (except Naarwich) – which was the main reason we won the league. We were also outclassed by Middlesborough in the cup.
I know the young and hungry players should kick on a bit and improve but obviously not all of them will and some out of Henners/Foley/Berra/Stearman/Elokobi/Kightly/
Jarvis/Ward/Keogh/Surman/Halford/Henry will find the step up too much. So with the current squad as it is, I do worry that we won’t be strong enough to cope.
I appreciate that there’s still plenty of time left before the window closes and we still jhave loan signings avaiable to us. The transfer window has been pretty quiet so far whilst at least any potential targets will be doing pre-season at their clubs – so apart from ‘team-bonding’ we ain’t missing out on a lot. But as I said, I do have my reservations that we haven’t strengthened as much as we needed to – and are maybe a little carried away with the fact we won the league convincingly in the end.
Fingers crossed we see at least a couple more deals before the window closes.
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I think alot of you are under estimating the potential of the young players we already have.
You do not win a league in your first proper stab, if you are not a talented team and the youngsters, I mean Kites, Ebanks, Jarvis, Henessy, Foley, Vokes to name but a few being the core. They may potentially be better than the 50,000k p/week players some of you guys would feel more comfortable in the Prem with.
This team has un earthed potential, they may well surpass all the nervous expectations most fans have.
Its a very exciting time, and I would sooner support a club with players who break their backs to play, rather than a bunch of average ability mercenaries that blight the very over-rated Premier league.
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42. wolfhound
The real issue is whether our defence will get roasted by the likes of Wigan, Portsmouth & Sunderland, & not by the players that will be too good for almost all Premier league sides.
Simon :)
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whats the matter with all you wolves fans all you seem to do is moan and we havnt kicked a ball yet in the prem im sure we will survive because the other teams who will be around us have not bought as well as us COME ON YOU WOLVES GET BEHIND THE LADS AND STOP MOANING
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Reading, Blues and Derby all had premier experience when we played them last year, can someone remind me where they finished?….oh yeah below us…Keep the faith!
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55 – Andy
Nicely put and agree with a number of your points, but in reality, even going out and buying 4 or 5 proven Prem players and hoping they ‘fit in’ can be a gamble.
Spending £50m plus cannot guarantee you from safety either – Who would have thought Sunderland would be so close with what they spent last season?
I think there will be a few more signings, and that could make all the difference.
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60 – agree. It could be argued that Harewood and Quashie are examples of ‘proven’ premiership players and they didn’t exactly have a major impact last season.
I think your last point is pertinent and what I certainly hope for as well – a couple of decent additions before the end of the window could make all of the difference. I’m certainly not all doom and gloom like some of the posters – I think there’s at least 10 teams that could be relegated next season (but I’d hazard a guess that only three will be!!)
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Aliadiere!!! I will say it again Aliadiere!!! Remember the fantastic job he did for us when he came on loan? All Wolves fans were raving and were hoping he could be a permanant player in gold & black!!! Middlesborough relegated….c’mon Mick give em a call!!!
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61… i think you just may be right there with 3 teams being relegated this season. I would guess that at least two of those teams wont be wolves. Seriously hope all 3 wont be, but we will have to wait and see.
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38.
I decided to removed my 2nd second point lol.
But i can see attendances being down across the league this season
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Wolves fans, if you have the Wolves History DVD,
Look at when David Coleman Asks Stan Cullis “What do you
put down to Wolves Success”. Cullis reply,s “Young
Lads, who want to play for Wolves,and if they D,ont they are out the door.” Sound advise from
a Manager who won a few things!!!!
PS Talk about crap signings Downing out till
christmas, and somw people think we have probs.
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IF you have concerns there is no point in waiting until Sept,because it will be too late by then.Let’s face it we knew we were facing relegation last time within 30 minutes of our first home match.Four down to Charlton after a 5 goal pounding away at Blackburn.We are facing a crucial season in our history.If we fail it will be 4 relegations out of our last 4 seasons in top flight football,we will be well and truly labelled a second tier football club. Alternatively there is a glimmer of a chance that we might survive. There are about 8 clubs this season who could get relegated . We must not waste this opportunity.People come on here and say if we spent a lot of money we could end up in debt.But equally it might succeed.There’s a thought for the happy clappers,perhaps they don’t want success.
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I too have to agree its more probably we wont pay the money rather than the players are not there to spend it on,.. I agree with most,…we need one more quality player in defence, midfield and up front, but i dont with we will get them, and as someone has said we have the Xmas window, but it could be too late by then
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some people just havent got a clue! phillip neville…not even gonna waste my time explaining why thats not gonna happen, kevin nolan…on massive wages and a long contract so he wouldnt be coming ere. would these people who are complaining about lack of prem experience please put forward names of players who are 1) genuinely gonna come here, 2)good enough to play premiership football…ie no thanks alan smith! and i bet its the same people complaining about morgan not paying top wages, that would also slate moxeys handling of finances if, god forbid, we were relegated at the end of next season, with unsellable players on top whack wages, leaving our club with no financial stability! get real!
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65 – The difference was in the 50s all the players were Brits only, we didn’t have to contend with other clubs possessing a Torres or Tevez, and the clubs all existed on a (relatively) equal financial footing with no TV money and global branding. If only it was still that simple…
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Why do people keep making comparisons to what others are spending one poster said we have spent 5 mill less than man utd get a grip they already have a world class squad we dont have that luxury.
We need a quality creative centre midfielder which
was missing last season jones was the closest thing we had, which showed because our form went downhill when he was out the team!
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Dean Ashton:
1)Still young; 2)Brilliant player when fit; 3)Extensive Prem experience; 4)Physical presence to complement SEB and Doyle; 5) Fits a position of need; 6) Is available. MAKES SENSE TO ME!
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I hope that the players dont read the comments some of you send because they will think they are down before they lace their boots up for gods sake are you wolves fans or not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Not sure on this arguement, allthough i am swaying along the lines that we will get beat most weeks. On the other hand, Hennessey, Foley, kites, EB, Doyle, Milijas and Surman have been chased by other Prem clubs. Any get injured though and what back up do we have. Still think that we have 2 or 3 to come in, and if thats the case we will be allright.
For me it will be Pompy, Burnley and Blues down. Keep some money for Jan window guys we just might need it.
CMon me babiees………………………
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We need to look at this situation realistically. Last year we had the best attack around(better than most prem teams)but also one of the worst defences. Hope we can get a big solid defender to stop this. Whats everyones opinion on BIG BALDE.
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If every single 1 of our lads plays to the best of their abilities and gives 100% then we really dont have a thing to fear.
I still think we will bring 2 more in… a striker.. marc janko and everything crossed mancienne
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stronger then hull,stoke,albion,reading ect when they went up we will be fine…. have faith mick aint stupid ie see ya later collins. He will add if needed in jan.
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Blues have signed better players than the wolves and some are proven prem players
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Amazing how these statements of the club are made now we have sold 20,000 season tickets.To fans sold down the river once more.Plain fact is, we never wanted to pay for the PL experience, so, as usual, the fans have to make do with second best.With Doyle injured, Milijas in doubt, and the mistake prone Zubar at the back…what’s different to last year? Relegatoion fodder again, the best chance ever of staying up is wasted.
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Spot on Mick…no signs of weakness from the man in the know here. We all knew & didn’t want last paycheck charlies like we had before. Its obvious the 3M’s have been searching the 24-27yrs age group as investments. We can all berate the management regarding broken promises, however I feel they have definitely bought for our future with the signings made thus far. Many contributions on here have slated Steve Morgan for the purchase not made of “the player he has admired for a long time”. I’ve said previously on here this would have been Michael Owen but when Man Utd came knocking the door it was obvious which club Michael would choose. Whenever we have done business this pre-season it has been done behind closed door & we have benefited greatly from our business acumen. The only blight was James McCarthy & this was only because ‘knucklehead’ Willie McKay was involved in the transfer activity. Jez should have pulled the pin as soon as he started touting. I have great faith in who we have signed. Surman, Halford great stamina, Milijas great skill. Zuber will come good. I also believe Keogh will shine this season, Dave Edwards is another powerhouse in midfield. Dave Jones cultered left foot. Kightly & Jarvo down the wings for our deadly duo of Seb & Doyle. What a season in store for us all. The 3m’s are still working behind the scenes on further signings guaranteed. COME ON WOLVES FANS GET BEHIND THE MANAGMENT & MORE IMPORTANTLY OUR YOUNG, STRONG & HUNGRY TEAM.
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i see kites as said hes going to scare the defences,he daint scare robbo did he,aye boing boing ouch,
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Come on, if we don’t buy premier experience then we are screwed. I mean since when has buying championship and lower league talent worked for anybody.
I mean, Cahill, Lescott, Andy Johnson, Emile Heskey, Steve Finnan, Tom Huddlestone, Curtis Davis, Ashley Young, Gareth BAines, Kenwyne Jones,Jason Kumas, Gareth Bale, Theo Walcott, Aaron Lennon, Robert Green, Mathew Upson, Brown from Sheff UTD, Dean Whitehead, Rory Delap, and any more you would like to mention have all been useless.
It is not as if these are established premier players. I mean some of them have only played in the champions league.
Players from the lower leagues doe’s not work, the facts speak for themselves!!!
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Pathetic, that statement `we couldn`t recruit the prem experience we wnated` will be the first he uses when we get mathematically relegated in march.
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Its now time for the realisation factor, Mccarthy isnt good enough, look at his CV is shows all the proof. Also Moxey cant attract or offer a good enough deal to seal deal for the kid from Hamilton but i suppose his hand are tied by the big boss(he chose Wigan over Wolves) because thats ambition!!! And finally Morgan, I know, lets come out and publicly say (we will be a forse in the prem) is he that stupid? There noone more than me wants us to stay up, but do u realy think we have a chance? Yes we do a small chance only because there will be a number a poor teams in the bottom half this year. Money Talks Morgan!! SPLASH THAT CASH QUICKLY because if you dont asking a team with an average age of under 24 to keep us up is a very big task!!! Yes i agree they may be good enough but get some experience at the back and a ball winner in midfield, if we dont we will regret it!!
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this is a joke…..what happened to the 50 – 60 million for players ? i know about the inexperienced and naieve,oh sorry, i mean young and hungry approach but this now seems to be a cover story for not shelling out for quality…..we’ve signed nobody of note and my faith is gone…i’ll put my carling back in the fridge and open a can of coke instead
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We only lost to Reading at our ground because Collins played rubbish along with Hennessey. It was a bad night defensively for us. However, our midfield etc that night was fine, just our defence got outclassed. Don’t forget Keogh had a header cleared off the line, a 1v1 saved. At their place, they yet again had their full squad on and Collins scored an own goal. Apart from that they didn’t have any other chances. We missed an open goal if I remember, and that was us playing defensive with Quashie and Henry in midfield. Birmingham home we could have gone on to win it. I think that we we’re the better team that day and that was against a full strength Blues squad too. At their ground, we had no SEB, Kightly, our 2 main players, and we expected to lose, even though our performance wasn’t even that bad, it was just 2 mistakes. I think that with the team we have now we’ll do really well in the Premier League. We’ve certainly got a better squad than Birmingham and Burnley IMO. I think Hennessey will be very commanding next season and turn out to be a great keeper. Foley, Kightly, Ebanks-Blake, Surman and Karl Henry will also stand out next season, and Doyle, Milijas and Zubar will turn out to be quality signings. Just hope we can get Mancienne in on loan and someone to back up Karl Henry if he gets injured, and another striker for back up. If we get Mancienne we’ll finish around 13th. This is my line up…
Hennessey
Foley Mancienne Zubar Elokobi
Kightly Henry Surman
Milijas
Doyle Ebanks-Blake
WERE GONNA STOP UP!
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Oh yeah and when we played Middlesbrough at home we didn’t even get outclassed :S If Jarvis wouldn’t have missed that open goal we would have drawn or even won. They played a strong side, and we didn’t even have a good team on. We had no Foley, Kightly or Ebanks-Blake until the last minute. We had Collins and Shackell at the back, and we still gave them a really good game. We’ll be fine!
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Sorry my line up would be…
————– Hennessey ————–
Foley — Mancienne — Zubar — Elokobi
— Kightly —- Henry —- Surman —-
—————- Milijas ————–
——– Doyle ——- Ebanks-Blake —
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The Bristol City result suggests that we are in for a long painful season. I’m afraid the signings we have made are in the ‘good championship’ bracket and not of the quality required. Disappoints me to say it but I expect we will become the next yo-yo club with the players we are signing.
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51 are you on drugs or something keogh is useless he just runs round like a headless chicken for 90 minutes he wasnt good for us in the championship so what could he possibly do in the prem we need back up for the left jarvis is bound to get injured and ward is not goin to be good anothe for the prem
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I love wolves like any true wolves fan.
We have to keep it real the team v r goin 2 in de prem laegue will struggle yes i wood b over de moon if v finish 4th from bottom.
v aint goin 2 do a reading cus v wer not as good as dey wer wen dey went up!!!check de last 3 mths of de season!!!!de pressure got 2 dem or young legs got tired i dont now but wat i do now v wer poor!!so 4 those who see us flying ave more chance of pigs flying…season as not started micko just read (14) get de players in and u ave done deal otherwise get ready 2 face micko out feb!!!not from me i must add but from those who falsley support u!!I am a realist and now of de times etc but its in these times u stand up and b counted do it now and u wil only improve in de good times.
love de wolves yes de wolves not de 3ms or any1 else as it always wil b wolves de 3ms wil b long gone !!
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24 laughingwolf, it’s all very well saying we need players like Nolan, but are these players going to come to us? Everton are an established Premiership club who regularly finish at the top end of the prem, so they can attract decent players. All you lot need to be realistic, 17th should be our aim, anything else is a bonus.
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