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Wolves’ Kightly out for eight weeks
Tuesday 1st December 2009, 1:00PM GMT.
Wolves have suffered a major blow with the news that winger Michael Kightly will be out for up to eight weeks.
The key wide man, who came off after barely half an hour in the Sunday’s 1-0 defeat against Birmingham, needs an operation on the ankle he damaged early on in the second half.
Boss Mick McCarthy said: “Michael went to see the specialist today – he’s had a scan and it looks like he needs an operation. It looks like he will be out for six to eight weeks.
“Looking at it, we think he maybe got away with it lightly because he rolled it quite badly. Michael was really down about it yesterday, but now that he knows what he has to go through he has brightened up today.”
The news is the latest blow to hit Wolves as they focus on survival after three successive defeats which has left them four points from safety, as they prepare for another hugely important game against Bolton this Saturday.
McCarthy admits Kightly’s injury has struck a bitter blow both to player and club.
The manager said: “Michael felt great as well, so it’s a real shame for us and for him. This is a key player we are talking about and we have not had him at all playing at his full potential for us this season.
“If fact Sunday was the first time we have seen him any where near that. I’m disappointed for him as well, because we thought he was somewhere near his best.”
McCarthy revealed Kightly’s latest injury is unrelated to the bone spur problem that saw him miss five months of the season in 2007/08 and the club will be hoping the winger’s latest injury worry is nowhere near as lengthy or as serious.
Injury misfortune is unfortunately nothing new for Kightly, who missed the promotion run-in with hip and foot injuries that kept him out until pre-season.
The 23-year-old former England under 21 international had only just returned to full training again last week, after McCarthy initially wanted to give him extra time to get fully fit because of discomfort in his knees, only for a new treatment to work wonders and pave the way for several days’ quality work on the training ground.
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No wonder he only cost so little.
Continual injuries, no tactics, square pegs, no fight……we r doomed to fizzy pop!!!
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Chin up Mickey your time will come!
Plenty of the season left yet!
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‘The 23-year-old former England under 21 international had only just returned to full training again last week, after McCarthy initially wanted to give him extra time to get fully fit because of discomfort in his knees’
Well that went according to plan then !!!! Bit like the pre kick off plan then !!!
Squeaky bum time folks !!!
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He’s gonna keep getting injured like this if he doesn’t stop diving into stupid tackles like he did. This isn’t the 1st time he’s gone off injured like this. Needs to use his brain a bit, especially when his body can’t handle the knocks.
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Didn’t we have another injury prone winger once-upon-a-time. Oh yes…Tony Daley. And he’s our fitness coach. How ironic.You gotta laugh!
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Not surprised he is out he was visibly in a lot of pain when it happened. Keep your chin up Kites good luck in a speedy recovery take it easy.
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Well said pj! Not sure where we go from here. We don’t have another real wide man other than Jarvo. So i guess we’ll be playing Halford (who is utterly useless) on the wing. Maybe this is a chance for Surman to get a run out. Although I can’t imagine he is any good! Feeling really down now. Carlos Edwards?
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The only blow to us Wolves fans is that Mick McCarthy is still in a job.
MICK OUT!!
Our problem stems from the top and that is MM. He is not capable of working at this level; tactically he is inept, he can’t motivate the players, he does not know what team to put out, he keeps playing players out of position, he relys on his favourites regardless of form and the list goes on…..
Mr MORGAN please do all of us Wolves fans a favour and get rid of Thick Mick now or we are going down!
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Time to try and tempt Adam Johnson from Boro
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spot on london wolf! i dont know why we ddnt try and buy him, unless sunderland wouldnt let him go. He’s the obvious choice.
I think this is real bad news that kights is out for so long, he surely wont reach full fitness for 10 weeks then and that takes us into february. cant really see where the goals are gonna come from
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oh well he is rubbish at this level any way like all the other donkeys we have!! Looking forward to playing doncaster,sheff wed etc,etc next season!!!!
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I say play one of the kids out of the youth team, that nathan mendez-liang (don’t know if is spelt right) looks good. at least they will play there hearts out and chase after every ball
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it’s ok cos mick will play keogh right wing now!!
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Utter rubbish against Birmingham, We were clueless and the only consolation that I wasn’t at the game. I think that we are doomed already but I keep praying for a miracle. I am a big fan of MM but am beginning to wonder if this is a step to far for his talents. Kites just aint cut the mustard in the prem but to be fair he hasn’t had a decent run. I thought the keeper played well and hope he continues in goal but think that the full backs need to get forward and the we need to banks of four solid defence please. Look at Stoke they cant score either but they don’t concede as easy as us. Up the Wolves, come on Mick lets go down fighting at least, a roar from the wolves not a whimper!!!
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Great stuff! We need a new manager and players in jan! As for sat, I’d play either jarvis or keogh on the right and put milijas on the left, with henry and castillo in the centre. Edwards/halford ain’t good enogh to replace kites.
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7 & 10 – Clueless.
Carlos Edwards has signed for Ipswich.
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Another 8 weeks of having to put up with Halford bombing down the right-wing then aye.
It’s time to start planning those sat-nav routes to Scunthorpe and Blackpool cuz that’s where we will be going next Season if we don’t get rid of this Muppet in charge fast.
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It all makes grim reading doesn’t it.
They all seem clueless at the moment and its in danger of becoming depressing similar to our last fleeting spell in the top flight.
I get tired of reading our players saying how they dont fear the big guns, to then only get trounced by them. Then say things like Kightly will be back and show us all – he certainly did that!. Talking about the must win games and then not turning up for them.
I am trying very hard to be optimistic about us this season but our players need to stand up and show the fans something and very quickly.
Too many so called talented young players are not stepping up SEB, Kightly, Jarvis to name but a few.
Confidence is severely damaged I reckon and sadly I can see us bottom for Christmas.
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So Kightly is now out for eight weeks! Where is the backup for Kightly McCarthy? Oh sorry my mistake we have Edwards and Halford with their searing pace and quality on the ball!
We are a complete and utter shambles from top to bottom!
People keep going on about Carlos Edwards but he is rubbish. We should have got Jerome Thomas who we actually had on trial but let him join Albion! We could have got Thomas for free who is a very good winger but instead chose to sign Halford for over £2 million and Surman who has hardly kicked a ball. I’d like to hear what Morgan and Moxey’s views are on the current shambles but they seem to have vanished! I’m now dreading the weekend.Imagine what midfield McCarthy will come up with on Saturday?
My team for Saturday;
Hennesey, Foley, Ward,, Berra, Zubar, Castillo, Jarvis, Milijas, Doyle, Maerhofer, Surman. It wont happen though. Expect the usual suspects Henry, Edwards and Craddock to start!
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Was Steve Morgan there Sunday or was he watching his beloved Liverpool?
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7) I tell you who is quality but we cannot throw him in yet as he is about 17, Mendes-Laing. He was brilliant against Swindon in the League Cup.
Anyway if we carry on performing like we did against Blues, we will be down before the transfer window kicks in. If we do not turn things round, I suggest that we give Malone, Batth and Mendes-Laing a go!
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not enuff premiership experience bought in the summer and big spending needed in january. square pegs in round holes and favourites.whats happened 2 dave jones? what about matt hill or george freind? team for saturday gotta be.. hanemhan,foley,berra,mancienne,hill, jarvis,surman,castillo,milijas, doyle,maerhofier! sort it out or we will be bck down agen and this is our best chance ov survival. come on you wolves
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15. If only we had a player like John de Wolf we would probably doing a lot better. Even though he was past his sell by date when he played for us he always gave 110%!
I agree with you that Edwards/Halford are not Prem standard. At least Edwards has a good engine but besides that? How did he not manage to hit the target with a free header inside the 6 yard box? School boy stuff!
14.Coven Wolf- I too once had some faith in MM but having seen the Wolves this season you do have to wonder. Personally I think he is fit for the Championship nothing more!
MORGAN GET RID OF MM NOW BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!
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i have now give up going to watch
BLOXWICH UNITED on a saturday better entertainment
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We could have and should have signed Jerome Thomas, who’s playing very well down the road, I know it’s in the Championship but I think he could have done a job for us.
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15 When you put Jarvis and Millijas on the wings, who is going to get the ball to them?
Henry….No
Castillo…No
Berra….No
Craddock….No
There is no one in the central defensive/midfield positions who can shift the ball. So it goes long.
It’s tactical self destruction.
Martinez at Wigan is being described in the media as “brave” cos he keeps playing the right style.
Mick isn’t brave enough to drop Henry, play Millijas in the centre and shift the ball about to feet so the wide men get decent service on the ground.
Also centre halves…defensively Craddock, Berra, Stearman, Zubar & Mancienne (who needs to sort his head out) are probably all about the same. But we are crying out for someone to carry the ball our…Craddock needs to be dropped and Stearman put in. When Mancienne sorts his head out, he should play too…he wins the ball high up the pitch and sets us off on attacks.
Again Mick aint brave enough to do this.
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just read the transfer rumours
if mcarthy signs rob hulse he wants shooting
just goes to show our ambition
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Some of you critics make me smile,I refer to you as critics as you are certainly not supporters.Supporters are people like Dublin Wolf who spends a small fortune supporting his team through the lows as well as the highs.Like most supporters outside the top six all you have is hope.But hope is a wonderful emotion which helps to keep your batteries charged.The gulf between the Premiership and the Championship has never been greater.Just look at Albion and Newcastle two poor teams that were relegated but are now leading the league.The reason they are on top is that they managed to hold on to mediocre premier players.These players are light years ahead of the average Championship performers.This time last year a lot of you guys were continually whinging about “the muppett” then after promotion he became a hero.I don’t believe that MM can keep you up but then I don’t think Fergie could either
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Sorry to hear this.
Hope he’s not heading for the same type of career as Andy ‘Man of Glass’ Murray.
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Kites has obviously been injured all along and we should blame Mick for the cock up in not assessing his level of fitness earlier. There was no contingency in place it seems for our crocked supposed most talented player. Well on to far more important matters than one bloke and that is our beloved Club. As I said again if we don’t beat Bolton on Saturday MM has to do the noble thing if he cares bugger all for the Club and resign (even if we draw). We just need fresh impetus before its too late but in my heart of hearts I think we are realistically down already.
Sammy Chung was sacked in Nov. of the 78/79 season when we were only third from bottom, in came Johnny Barnwell, we stayed up and had that wonderful 1979-80 season after – aah what happy times!! Unlike now when we are all hurting.
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Rotten luck for Kightly – hope he makes a swift and successful recovery. In the meantime we must battle on, something we didn’t see much of on Sunday.I won’t add any more; it’s all been written by others already.
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26. GB’s Yead YOU ARE SPOT ON.
Can you manage the team against Bolton Please!
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.. would have preferred McCarthy to sit out eight weeks….team would be better for that.
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#20, re was Morgan at the game? he wasn’t at Liverpool, couldn’t afford a ticket to get in!
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29… Andy Murray?????????
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I wonder about people’s comments on here. Mendez-Laing brilliant against Swindon? Imust have been at another game! He doesn’t start for the reserves even.
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I said on Sunday to give MM a little more time, then someone came out with a stat for his record of wins in the prem against games played, got to make a change now I’m afraid!!!
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Crap signings in the summer/Not even playing half the signings he made= Championship football 2010/11.
THE END
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I feel bad for the lad but he looks like he’s the latest in quite a line-up of men called “Sicknote” at the Mol. Get well soon son shine.
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Our midfield are the main problem and losing Kightly will not help. They do not protect the defence and do not create anything for the strikers. Halford, Henry, Edwards and Castillo all have a good work rate but do little constructively. There should never be more than one of them in the team. The midfield needs to be built around Milijas who is far and away our most talented midfield player.
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29) Muppet
Andy Murray plays tennis and our constantly injured goalie is called Matt!
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29 – Andy Murray ????
I know Mick is after someone who can hit the net regularly – but…….
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Well said 4. He does throw himself into tackles – which is good to see in some respect, but quite often he comes out 2nd best. As for Sunday – what a disaster – no fight at all. The only glimmer of a spark was Ward’s return. (I’ll probably get slated for that!) the rest were next to useless. Blues were never put under any pressure and should have won by more than the 1 goal. It was our lowest home gate this season & I guarantee that it will be lower on saturday! There has to be changes against notloB. SEB has to be dropped. Give the Hoff a start with Doyle. Milijas must start – the only guy who can hit a good cross more than once a match. Thought it a bit harsh to drop Hennessey although he did have a mare against Chelsea. I agree with others that Halford ain’t much use other than his chucks into the box. Problem is there is no one big enough to get on the end of em. At least give Surman a go or bring back Keogh.
After Sunday’s performance I can’t see where our next goal is coming from let alone our next point, unless there are changes in the personal and the team on the pitch show some commitment.
Looking at players like Rob Hulse shows our lack of ambition.
29. Did you mean that Scottish tennis playing brat or our Matt Murray?
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Thanks for that Bill Coventry but if you can’t see the difference in tactical capabilities between MM and Fergie then I think you have been hitting the sherry a little too early for the festive season.
A couple of my best mates are Blue noses and they constantly complain that McLeish is tactically inept and yet after 30 minutes of Sunday’s match our illustrious leader had already had to make a sub and switch around our full backs to cope with the Blues. So if McLeish is rubbish tactically what does that make McCarthy? He is clueless!
We won then Championship at a canter playing attacking football with two out and out wingers so the first thing he does when we get promoted is narrow the pitch by 4 metres – stroke of genius and if you answer that by saying ‘well it was to stop better midfields dominating us’ then it isn’t working is it cos we’ve still only won 1 of our 7 home games and only scored 5 goals!
Next excuse please!
And Tony Hinks – wrong sport mate – shouldn’t it be Matt Murray – not Andy?!?!
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No 28 I’m afraid you are talking rubbish! How much money and resources has Coyle had at Burnley? I’ll tell you. A lot less than McCarthy!
Surley we as fans have the right to be critical of the management if he continualy plays players out of position and the dross he purchased in the summer?
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Well you expect one of our key players to get injured after playing Birmingham the same happened last season. Perhaps someone should be questioning that.
We’d have come out better if the team had physically not turned up and gave them the win without kicking the ball. That’s basically what we did anyway and at least Kightly wouldn’t have been injured then.
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Bad news for Kites, feel sorry for him.
Part of me is already resigned to going down, how sads that
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Team for sat: 4-3-2-1
hahnemann
Stearman
Zubar
Mancienne
Ward
Henry
Castillo
Miljas
Keogh
Doyle
Ebanks
no.26 Without Kightly and with a misfiring Jarvis, we don’t have the players for a 4-4-2 in my opinion. Other managers would recognise this and use a different system. Alternatively, I’d play 4-3-3 and swap Jarvis for Keogh. Edwards and Halford should be on the bench at best.
As for the defence, we’re are a mess. All I would do to solve the problem is play our most technically gifted defenders. The only swap I might make is Foley for Ward, pushing Zubar to LB and moving Stearman to the centre.
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SACK THICK MICK only him to blame
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As i expected, reading players comments regarding how the heavy defeats had affected confidence causing the poor performance against blues that mabye they lack a strong leader on the pitch (karl Henry)he seems to be to quiet on the pitch and off it, as poor stephen ward had to be spokesman for the blues debacle.they will need to dust themselves down a few times this season and show character but without a natural leader i fear the worst.
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I tell you one thing wwfc have had the best long term sick scheme in any league for DONKEYS
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mcarthy must go and sack the tea lady,, might as well join the fools on here, utw
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29. When did Andy Murray play then???
Before or after he lost to Federer?
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No. 29, Andy Murray!!?? LMAO.
I was just thinking though, I hope Kightly aint MATT Murray the 2nd. Have a speedy recovery. Same goes for our performance as well.
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maybe if we played like last season with the same size pitch etc it might help ??? just a suggestion, but its working for Burnley and the Blues. the phrase play to strengths springs to mind, were doing nothing like this at the moment.
not over yet though !!!!
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Now is the time to change team round !!
Its not working and we need change now before its to late !
Lets give Surman a chance ,put jarvis on right and surman on left !! Cos halford,henry,edwards arent doing it !
Got be jarvis,castillo,milijas,surman for me !!
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Kightly a crock! Murray a crock! wwfc have one hell of a great sick scheme..
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MM keeps going on about that we keep playing attacking 4-4-2 but what he is miss playing 4 centre backs and 2 holding midfielders and 1 full back in mifield is not attacking.we need to start playing with full backs and some players with abit of flare.eg foley,millijas,surman.Instead of players who just put a shift in.
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Sorry for the Lad, but he,s becoming something
of a Sick note, and begs the question can he
maintain high fitness levels,at this high level.
Hope i am wrong.
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I thought we had the first £100million pound player in Zele Ismail, who by my reckoning should be 16 or 17? Surely if this is right shouldn’t he be playing at least in the reserves and breaking into the first team!! What has MM done with him, I would of thought it is time to play the youngsters,they can’t be much worse!!!
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John De Wolf, I agree with your team selection, but you know and I know Super Thick won’t listen because he will never change. Saturday should be fun with the two bubbliest and personable managers. Blimey I hope the pies are hot it could be a long afternoon. I think on this occassion they should give us our money back before they start and then we decide if it is worth handing over the cash afterwards.
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When the Mighty Muppet bought Halford, the Times Sports section highlighted the fact that Wolves were his 4th club in 4 years and reckoned we had bought a turkey. Halford then writes in the Express and Star telling us what he will bring to the club, what he is capable of etc.
In the Times football section yesterday it mentioned that Muppet had taken him off after 30 minutes and gave him the lowest score rating I have ever seen in a newspaper (2/10)
What does that tell us about Muppet’s managerial ability?
Will Halford be giving us his opinions of himself in the papers again?
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i really hope u stay up because a black country derby in the prem is where it belongs but you made the same mistake as us last season by not getting prem experienced players good luck boys………..
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Scottwolf nice to get a response from someone who can do so without getting personal.To you and lowerpenn I am afraid I did not make my point clearly there is a massive difference between constructive criticism which you guys favour and some of the garbage that others have penned.I have never said that MM is a good manager in fact I don,t think he can hack it in the premiership.But you have to admit that he has been a success in the Championship.However I still stand by my belief that Wolves have too many Championship quality players in their ranks hence the comment that even Fergie could not keep them up.I have always taken an outside interest in Wolves although I have for my sins followed Coventry since 1961.If you lads think you have problems you should try sitting where I am,no money,no players, don.t own our stadium a manager who buys Freddy and plays him on the wing and hurtling down the table.But like most genuine supporters we support them because they are our team .Ah well I think you are right Scott pass the sherry bottle and I still wish the Wolves good luck
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Mick’s team against Bolton – Maierhofer(GK), Surman(RB), Edwards(CD), Keogh(CD), Ebanks-Blake(LB), Ward(RW), Hennessey(CM), Doyle(CM), Craddock(LW), Foley(S) & Elokobi(S).
Subs – Anyone I’ve left out!
SORTED!!!
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David Odonkor from Betis would solve this problem.
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Plenty of games to go yet.
Sure we need to improve our home form. The difference between us and Burnley, is not the amount spent…………not the coaching staff…………not the manager…………….it’s 20,000+ roaring on our team, compared to a bunch of whinging plonkers who have only ever grumbled ‘sack the manager’, regardless of who he was.
Look at your own role folks!!
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BJ Wolf, I had you down as a happy clapper, things must be really bad if you are sharing our negativity and demanding chages.
Kites injured, our season gets better and better!!
Drop Henry and SEB, get the Hoff on along with Milijas and Castillo – send Halford out on loan with Collins. It typifies our season that Cradock and Ward are our better players- God Help Us!!
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Wolves fans have had an in-bred negativity for years. We’re not a big club! We won a few things in the 50s. Thats it. Many other clubs have won a lot more than us and a lot more recently. Get off your high horses and start supporting the team. OK things haven’t gone well but what did everyone expect? Pre season odds of 5000/1 to win the league didn’t suggest we were gonna walk it. Most people were saying they would be delighted with 17th. Well we’re 19th so lets push on and reach our target for this year. Another 30 points required. We’re a little club with some fans who have their heads in the clouds.
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Keogh must start on Sat. He looked surprisingly competent in the prem earlier in the season. Ebanks-Blake has surprisingly not produced so should be rested.
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Gérard Houllier!
don’t know how true it is but on Molineux Mix web site the rumour is he will be in place in the next few weeks
I hope they are right, he certainly has the premiership experience we need
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Some of you happy clappers are as thick as Mick, if we packed 100k fans into the ground to get behind the team we still couldn’t turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse.
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62 Absolutely spot. What has MM always said about buying players at any level? Quote ” I will only bring players to the club that are better than those we have and that will improve the squad!”
Does this apply to Halford? NO
Does this apply to Surman? NO
Does this applt to Meirhoffer so far? NO
Does this apply to Miljas so far? NO
Doyle & Castillo are ok – Zuber jury still out.
We need another Ince, Rae and Irwin to steady the ship.
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Greeno, what did we expect ?
well we expected at the very least to compete against the teams promoted with us – the teams we had the jump on in transfer close – instead we’ve been well beaten on and off the field.
This may be the ‘high’ standard you set yourself but i think it is nothing short of pathetic.
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73 wembley66
I agree we do need another Ince, Rae and Irwin to steady the ship. There lies the problem though, thick Mick doesn’t want anyone challenging him, these type of players have opinions and Mick won’ like that so the chances of bringing in players like that are slim. Just look at what happened to Roy Keane when he challenged his judgement
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63 – Spot On.
Experience was and still is needed, and comes at a price. I’m afraid, as in life, you get what you pay for. If you don’t pay you don’t get and unfortunately for us premier quality players cost a lot.
Who’ll come now in January if we have do have ambition to spend premier money?
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71, I have read the Houllier thing as he is friends with Morgan it does seem to make sense. Mick has done very well getting us to where we are with 12 pro’s to start with. If we beat Bolton on Saturday the mood will lift and we then have to beat Burnley. Spurs and United away are just a case of giving a good account of ourselves.
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We could do worse than give Hemmings a run out. If anyone saw Swindon in the cup and how he went at their defence………… I havnt seen a player with that much pace or guile this season at Wolves. Give him a go. Too young Mick?? We arnt exactly doing very well are we.
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wolf said: Dec 2nd, 2009 at 7:58 am Gérard Houllier!
don’t know how true it is but on Molineux Mix web site the rumour is he will be in place in the next few weeks
I hope they are right, he certainly has the premiership experience we need
____________________________________________________i hope this is true to he,s a great manager and he actually has tactics in his sides as well as playing good football badly let down by liverpool,
hou let the wolves loose hou Houllier?,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,ilk
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62. I agree entirely. One thing that seems to be coming through now from the above comments and 300 plus after the Brum debacle is this. Mr Mcarthy is at best a championship manager with a championship side who he has added to by MORE championship players. I would also say that with the number of Irish player in the squad and looking at the performances of them ALL. The only team he MIGHT be able to compete against is RIVER DANCE and even that is debatable.
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I haven’t called for anybody’s head ……. yet. But, boy, am I hurting after Sunday’s debacle. And I am looking for a dramatic improvement this Saturday. What is more I don’t want anyone suggesting that we can’t get anything from the upcoming away games. (Isn’t the F.A. Cup renowned for upsets? People wouldn’t turn up if it were otherwise – so let’s assume that we can get upsets in the Premier and give it a go. No defeatism, Mick.) And if anyone is coming in to shore up the management, let it be sooner rather than later. Time is running out.
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23 First and last time I saw man mountain John de Wolf he had two staps around his knees. I suggest his 100% was turning around when he’d been turned by any opposition forwards; and the 10% was when he picked himself up after falling. (Please excuse me if I’m doing him a disservice)
61 OK Donkey Hote, As your loyal servant, I will ensure your pies are hot.
63 Good on ya Bill; lovely comments on an ‘opposition’ board.
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One win and things will look brighter. I said we would have to score two to beat Blues and I doubted whether we could. Scoring twice is a must or we will flounder.
Ebanks Blake is not sufficiently mobile in the premiership – no player of his stature scores regularly in the premiership and that should say something. I was hoping for keogh to come good with goals but he hasn’t. Doyle needs support which he isn’t getting. Kites is never going to play more than half the games in any season at this level.
We did not buy premiership experience. Newcastle’s Butt could have been our Bowyer or Jimmy Bullard – experienced modfielders who tackle and who can play.
I hope and believe Mick will pull us out of the mire but I must confess to feeling less supportive after he was reported saying that he was happy with his squad at the start of the season. It has always been a deficient/inexperienced squad requiring all the new signings to ‘come off’. I worry about the Bolton game because they are a team which knows how to stay up and have players that can nick the one goal it will probably take.. Good luck anyway lads.
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