yes he is young and learning ………but does anyone else think he has been a fault for a number of soft goals this season? I thought he was very flappy against arsenal and a couple of others.

And yes again i know he is young and will get better but we need someone consistent now. I myself while i know its a pipe dream would love Murray back.

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He’s done well i’ll agree with that, and he’s developing, but I dont think he’s been top class. Obviously the PL is going to be much more of a challenge to goalkeepers as well as players as the finishing is much better, but for a couple of the Arsenal goals, i thought he could of done much better.
However he’s still only 22, and if he carries on as he is, then we do have a top international goalkeeper on our hands. Good Luck to him!

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He has been brilliant in some games but someone of his height should be catching or making big punches of anything 8 yards from the goal line. I would say that two goals were his fault on Saturday.
One thing that I do not understand is why do we not have anyone on front or back posts for free kicks and corners. From our attacking play there have been a few cleared off the line. Wolves never have anyone on the line!

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you know what Laughing wolf as much as i’ve whinged about keogh i have to agree with you.

seb just isnt with it. will he ever be at this level. last year he head keogh and looms assisting him and he flourished but now seems incapable of making his own chances.

we desperately need another proven striker in Jan.

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Every fan can see it, so why can’t Mick and his staff?!

On rare occasions does Hennessey ever command his box or catch crosses, and he’s been at fault for a number of goals this season. For someone who is 6’7″ is inexcusable.

in particular, when James came to Molineux, he caught everything and dominated his box. Hennessey should be doing the same. That was Murray’s strength and what makes him a better all round keeper.

Yes he’s good a t shot stopping, but that’s the minimum requirement for a keeper, otherwise what’s the point having one.

There’s no doubt he’s got great potential, but what frustrates me is that if he does fulfill it, he’ll make the mistakes and learn with us but eventually get snapped up by a bigger club.

I feel we made a mistake by not signing a first team keeper with experience, as Hahnemann is clearly not the answer. one of the reasons stoke were so strong last year is the fact Sorensen is an excellent experienced premiership keeper.

Mick’s made another mistake by not sorting this problem out. As its becoming clear, the majority of our championship players are not quite cutting it, yet none of the summer signings are any better.

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I agree with everyone including MM that he’s got more to come yet as he is only 22, but I also agree with No.1 Wolvesonandon but i do think, and I have said this before I do not think that Wayne has been the same since Bobby Mimms left. He make some brilliant saves but he also scares the life out of me sometime Wolvesonandon you are right he needs to command his box with more authority. Having said that I still think we are going to stay up. MM hit the nail on the head when he said the blood is running hot when it should be running cold. We will survive as my scarf says WE BELIEVE IN YOU WELL I DO ANYWAY.Come on lets see if we can upset Chelsea.

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Wayne has done well considering his age, but I think he development has been hampered ever since bobby mimms left the club!

MM said in another piece he stuck with Big George abit too long, well we all knew that but his stubborness to see the light will cost Wolves relegation. I think MM is a victim of his own downfall, we had all summer to get a system going, a good team together and at the moment apart from Doyle and in patches Wayne & Henry we have no one in our side who will pull up trees this season. Young and hungry…. Young and starving more like!

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Sorry Chris, can’t agree when you look at the Arsenal game – I watched it back on tv – the first goal went right to Wayne at waist height in the six-yard box – he totally mis-judged it and there was no Arsenal player challenging him. When he punched the ball for the fourth, again there was no challenge – he should have caught it – no question. In neither case was he asked to come any further than his 6-yard box and in neither case was he put under any pressure. MM is bigging him up in public and I’ve no problem with that, it’s his job to keep his player’s confidence up, but privately, he must have seen what we saw and hopefully is working on it.

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He is how it goes on this board! People say certain players are not as good as others. Ie Berra and Manncinne along with Wayne and Matt. Then we have the player that people think are “better” in the team. Few weeks later they moan about them!

Wayne has made far more world class saves than mistakes which cost goals this season. He is gaining more confidence around the box.

Simple fact is Wayne will be a better goalkeeper than Matt (And I think Matt is great) because he will have played more Premiership and International games than Matt.

We can all state Matt is this and that. Had this potential, but fact is we will never know how good he would of been!

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I agree with MM up to a point[I must be ill]but Hennessey must command his area better.The 6yd.area should be his and he should be the boss in set-pieces.I would still like to see Hannehmann get a run but I can`t see that happening yet.I hope MM is a bit more positive with his comments to the players about Chelsea than he was with Arsenal.Hard work and disciplineand we might just get a result.

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Saw him last Sunday at Telford Golf Club,
Waiting to get into a Helicopter, it had to wait
for it to land, because he wouldn,t have caught
it in Mid-Air.
So much for the credit crunch,when he can Swan
off in a chopper at 3k a day. Who,s the fools.

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I must be world class too if he is.

He’s the worst performer for us this season and I hope MM sees the light soon.

He has the very odd good game, otherwise he’s a third-rate Phil Parkes.

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Mick McCarthy is great at giving his players a confidence boost but does he really believes what he says?
I only saw the Arsenal game on tv and Hennessey could almost be called ‘Hesitatesey’ for he does not command his box like a top class goalkeeper should.
Ok he’s only 22yo but commanding your box and giving orders to the players in front of you is his job, if he cannot do that then his career at the top level will be relatively short.
Unfortuanately he is not the only one in our team who does not command play. From what I saw the other evening, we have players who are workmanlike but run all over the place instead of holding position and making the opposition come to them. Against Arsenal, we got out of position and made space for all and sundry to play havoc and 4 goals were the result, still we have the Chelsea game to get it right… although somehow I don’t think that game will be any different!

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This is one of the tough decisions MM needs to make. To stay up we need to concede less goals and have a more solid defence. It all starts with the keeper, if he commands his area and comes for crosses,corners, it does give confidence to the defenders.Hennesey is a terrific keeper but weak in commanding his area, and organising the defence. If we keep giving away silly goals, most from corners and crosses, he has to be dropped and hannerman or ikeme must be given a chance. For Me Murray is the best keeper all round at the club, I just wish he was fit. Joe Hart may not be a better all round keeper to hennesey but he comes for crosses, and look how few goals brum concede??

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Hennesseys a brilliant keeper and will only get better, really think he needs to improve with his attacking of crosses but no footballer is perfect and as already mentioned, it’s rare nowadays that many goalkeepers are good at crosses, other than james and van der saar I struggle to think of any premiership goalkeepers that couldn’t do with improving in that area.

Anyone who thinks that hahnemann (a goalkeeper released from a team struggling to survive the championship) or ikeme (good but clearly not as good as Hennessey) are better than wayne are mad. They’re good keepers but I’ve seen enough of them to think Wayne is definitly best out of the three. While Murrays probably better than the lot, he really needs to concentrate on getting fit first, rushing him back would be a very bad idea, hopefully give him time and he’ll be back.

ps im also concerned at our idea of not bothering with men on the posts for set-pieces, hope we change this soon.

Positive thinking, Up the Wolves!

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Hennessey is a great shotstopper, but so are the majority of sunday league goalies, it’s bread and butter stuff.

The jam is getting your positioning correctly and commanding your box and Hennessey hasn’t been doing that and that’s not good enough.

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