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Collins gone as Wolves look to sign
Tuesday 5th January 2010, 10:00AM GMT.
Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey returned to his desk revealing bids have been made for permanent signings as Neill Collins completed his move to Preston.
But Moxey, who has been abroad on a working holiday, denied making an offer for Middlesbrough winger Adam Johnson after a report said the club were weighing up a £3million bid.
McCarthy is a long term admirer of Johnson and it’s understood Wolves have talked about the possibility of bringing in the 22-year-old, who has scored 10 goals this season.
But Wolves face strong competition from more established Premier League clubs and are playing a waiting game for the left-sided midfielder, who is out of contract in the summer.
Moxey wouldn’t disclose whether the club have bid for their other confirmed targets, Villa midfielder Craig Gardner and Sheffield United centre-back Matthew Kilgallon.
But the Molineux supremo has kicked off negotiations and is hopeful of a couple of additions before the transfer window shuts on February 2.
He said: “We have made one or two bids for permanent signings and started the process to hopefully add a couple of players. We’re always hopeful, but it’s never easy and there’s nothing doing at the moment because nothing is straightforward on any deal and everyone has to be patient.
“We will not divulge targets, but after consultation with Mick, I’ve made a number of enquiries over the last week and we would hope to try to bring in one or two players. We’ve made some bids and we hope we can add Premier League experience.”
Collins’ permanent transfer will net Wolves around £750,000. They paid Sunderland around £200,000 with add-ons for the 26-year-old, who joined Wolves on a permanent basis three years ago today.
The Scot has signed a three-and-a-half year deal at Deepdale.
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I think thats good money for Collins!
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LETS BRING IN SOME QUALITY! EARN YOUR CORN MOXEY! ITS WHAT YOU ARE MEANT TO BE HERE TO DO.
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Was a good goal scorer, a briliant defender for 80mins of every match then he would have those few minutes of madness that would cost us a goal. Well done Jez Moxey on 750k.
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£750,000 in the coffers is excellent business. Decent defender but prone to getting turned in the box and giving penalties away
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First things first Jez Moxey has done well to get £750,000 for Neil Collins,and good luck to Neil at Preston.But PLEASE Jez learn from previous mistakes.Paying £1M here or £2M there for players no one else wants is a route to ruin.Compete for the better players and if need be pay a premium for the right quality.It makes more financial sense to pay for quality than waste money on the likes of Halford and Maierhofer.
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Jez is a quality business man and has yet again come up trumps!
Also good news that we have bid for a few players, much needed.
Apparently one player is left winger Fode Mansare (28 years) Guinea international, never heard of the bloke and sky player stats only give him a 5! We need better then him by all accounts! There is substance in this rumour! Any one got any others?
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Good luck Neil! He was always a top man giving 100%! He and Stears were the centre backs when we were winning all those games at the begining of last season! I would like to see Johnson from Middlesborough but thank good we have left Carrol alone. He is rubbish!
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AThanks for your efforts Neill lad, many a vital goal you got late in games. Good luck at Preston. How about going for Darren Ambrose at Palace? Good all round player, premier league experience, pick him up for just over a mill i reckon?
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I agree with No3, its a shame he’s a very good player in the Championship/Div1,but just clumsy at the wrong end of the pitch,but good luck to him and its a good fee for him 750k, hope we can get a ‘Top Winger’ in should have bought Steve Hunt when we got Doyle,id like to see Kevin Nolan we need players to supply decent chances for our strikers to score,i think our strikers are good enough, but need a good supply to help them score
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I very much doubt whether we actually got £750,000 for Collins. I think Preston lost their manager due to Irvine being told that he would have to sell players and that says that they are not awash with money. Collins always give his all, scored crucial goals but was a bit flat footed.
In terms of new signings, I would say we need 3 or 4 and Morgan needs to show the cash. We have to remember that there are 4 potential first team players that are going to be out for a fair while – Kightly, Edwards, Keogh and Murray – and that makes the squad light on numbers!
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£750,000 for Neil Collins? – That’s amazing!
If Moxey HAS MANAGED to convince Preston he is worth that much then football has gone totally crazy!
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WOW, £750K for Collins!!!
Well done Jez, Collins is a lovely bloke with the commitment you would expect from a fiery Scot but his temper is always his downfall. Too many penalties cocnceded.
Good luck Niell. Well done Wolves!
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750k for a cart horse. And fans moan about Jez Moxey not knowing what he’s doing. Oh, i think he does.
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I shall always remember the sheer joy he displayed when scoring for us. He had his Achilles heel, giving away unnecessary free kicks in dangerous areas, other than that he was a good committed defender that gave his all for the club. Qualities I am sure that endeared him to the majority of Wolves fans. Sadly a significant minority targetted him and I am pleased for him that he has been able to show his value [750k] where he has been allowed to flourish. The boo boys will sneer at the size of the fee, but that sadly is their prerogative.
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We ourselves have already proved that if you want quality you have to pay for it in signing Doyle. What we need are two quality attacking players, across the midfield, who can create and score goals. Question is are we willing to pay for them, or let another club get ahead of us again i.e Birmingham, Wigan. If we do I’m sure we’ll stay up, if not it’s going down to the last few games of the season. UTW.
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we dont need squad players anymore,so imo johnson would be an excellent buy along with james beattie. these two would bring the missing ingredient of goals to our game that would bring us a mid-table finish, so please moxey dont penny pinch now do the deals to get them in
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Best of luck to the lad, he was a tryer – the most important thing a footballer can be!
Yes, he was found out a few too many times, but no matter how poorly we were playing, you could never discount a Collins bullit header from a set play! A good price for him, if true.
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Hello you McCarthy & Moxey knockers.
Oooo ! the outrage caused when Wolves gave Collins a 5 year contract. Sure, he had his limitations, but, he also made some important tackles and scored some vital goals to help get us promoted….and now we’ve made £750k !
No doubt the same lot will be having a go and getting impatient at the board ‘cos Wolves won’t reveal how much they’ve got to spend or who they’re after.
Never played poker then ?
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Thank goodness he has gone.Now can we sign some of the premiership quality players we were promised at the start of the season,including
Mancienne,before its too late.And Mick play him in his best position as a central defender and stop playing square pegs in round holes!
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Useful for scoring goals YES
Useful Championship Squad Defender YES
Hardworking YES
Brilliant Defender????? Would question that No3 Paul.
Agree with Dan No.1 Excellent money for an average championship, hard working defender.
Good luck for your future though Neil, you always gave 100%
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Good luck Neil definatley contributed well last season with his goals, wouldn;t of won the legue without his goals in crucial games cuz our defenders rarley score bar Craddock
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At last he has gone…..not good enough for the championship never mind the Premier.
Lets get a couple of proven players in now and maybe the odd gamble like Boyd from Rangers. We need two goalscoring strikers and we only have 1 at present who can cut it at this level.
Wingers are also an issue. If we address these two things I will be very hopeful of survival in the Premier League. Hull, Portsmouth, Burnley, Bolton, West Ham are all very weak this year and West Ham and Portsmouth may have to sell too!!!
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Have to say if we have got £750,000 for Collins it is a great bit of business.Now comes the difficult bit:getting some quality players in who will improve the team(not the squad!!!).I am sorry but I dont think the management are prepared to pay the wages needed to attract the players we need.Why cant we approach the likes of Portsmouth ,West Ham , Newcastle etc who need the cash and attract some of their better players.Competent championship players are not the answer.
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Any bets that the fee will not be 750k more like about 250k plus add ons if Preston go up, win the Premiership and then the Champions League and Collins is leading goalscorer at this years World Cup……..yes i know he is Scottish
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I think there’s a decimal point missing in the figure for Collins; though an honest journeyman indeed, he was.
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£750K probably includes lots of add-ons like Preston going up as Champions. The true fee is probably a lot less but hey, it makes Messiah Moxey look good.
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There is a god !
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750k for him, ha ha ha. Is it April 1st?
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Neill Collins did ok for us, wish him well in the future.
A positive is that this type of money is decent for Collins and it shows that we are cutting down the squad and trying to make space for some signings, hopefully very decent signings!! and with premiership experience.
We are Wolves.
Iv also heard that Iwelumo can be loaned out! is this true?
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Someone we may be signing, on loan, looks to be Guinea international striker/winger from Toulouse, Fodé Mansaré who is having talks with McCarthy according to a few reports.
No idea how good (or bad?) he could be, so we’ll have to see what happens!
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Firstly, All the best to Neil Collins gave everything when playing and at times was outstanding. A few minutes of madness every other game stopped him from becoming a Premiership player.
We need to keep on buying young quality players and absolutely take advantage of other clubs over spending now they are forced to sell my list of bargains would be:
Kilgallon
Joe Ledley
Adam Johnson
Chris Eagles
Michael Ball (free)
Younes Kaboul
Gary O’Neill
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According to the Lancashire Evening Post, Collins’ fee was around £400,000 but there is no mention of any add-ons but there must be for the fee to be around £750,000?
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Rich5Wokves no 22…. Boyd ain’t good enough. At best he will do ok in the Championship, nothing above that.
Does not score in Europe, and has only 1 goal against Celtic. Will score for fun against motherwell, Killmarniock and a host of other no mark SPL clubs. As soon as he comes up against any sort of quality he is found out.
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24) and 26) Spot on. There is no mention on either of the articles on the official Wolves site. Wolves always hide their fees and transfer negotiations, so where has the £750,000 figure come from.
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750k for collins i dont believe it moxey, loan fee, add ons and probably a buyout of his 5year contract. I’m not gullable moxey!
Adam Johnson is a class player, young aswell, would have been a great signing in the summer when things were more gloomy for boro, with his contract running out this summer, we wont be able to compete with other clubs keen on him.
I cant be bothered to speculate exact names, i do know that we need players tho, a few additions but i dont agree with picking more players from the lower leagues.
Sort it out Moxey SPEND and spend on QUALITY!
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We’ve now recoup around £2 m since tha last transfer window closed plus reduced the wage bill significantly.
Lets bring in 3 – 4 quality players.
Like the sound of Johnson from boro & its in a position we are strugglin in.
Rumours about Kilbane floating around on the net he would be a good addition to the squad.
And Kilgallon would be a decent signing, Sheff Utd never ship goals in.
Those 3 plus a forward would give us a real chance of survival & poss even higher.
KTF
Wolvesforever
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£400,000 sounds more like it. Me thinks there’s been a bit of Moxey spin at work here. All the same, good luck Neill.
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Jason Roberts for a bit of experience upfront, Jo Ledley or Darren ambrose (cheaper option) to play down the right and Kilgallon at the back.
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all the best to neil collins the lad gave his heart when playing
well done jez, and lets not get carried away just yet because we have one squad space, i have read the posts on here and we seem to think we will sign the best defender the world has ever seen
feet back on earth lads we will sign one half decent player and a championship winger and or striker another cheaper signing worth a punt ..and if he puts a shift in then will play all year long ;)
either way i trust in mick and believe he does know just what we need and will acquire just that
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Bob Wolf – Cant see you on this thread ? Wondcer why that is ? Could it be that you managed to point out collins contract extension in evry single post you placed last season ? Yes, every single post would question the logic of that deal. Well here you go big man.
Re new signings – if a newly promoted club, 15th in the prem @ xmas, after not being in it for 6.5 years can bring in some £5/6 million pound creative players then great, lets do it. I have a feeling thats harder than it sounds though, and all these would be managers and CEO’s will be whining about a lack of ambition very soon indeed.
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How about Andy Driver from Hearts, a very good wide player from what I have seen. He would tick all the right boxes regardinfg age, price etc.
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misk should be given atleast 10m to give us a fighting chance, spent wisely i would predict 13/14 position. chris eagles ,adam johnson, kevin davies or beattie could all be bought in for that sum easily i feel. question is though…. will morgan allow MM to waste the money on championship rubbish as in the summer( exept doyle ) or will he demand quality and show a bit of backbone. whatever happens in january the boys will have my full backin!! barmy army
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great bit of biz that, he always had a mistake in him and thats what got to the fans, scored some good goals though, not sure if hes that much worse than berra if im honest and he was 2.3 mill squid!!
good luck neil
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Love him or hate him we will always remember him!
Over the years there has been other players who have the same impact on the fans.
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Just need to get rid of his brothers Andy, Stephen and Kevin now and we can start to bring in some quality.
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Good Business, we can put the money towards a proper LEFT BACK !
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ARB – yes we gave him a contract extension but how much was wasted in wages in the year and a half we have had him since then!!!
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NEIL COLLINS £750k!!!! Id of been happy with £7.50 mate.
Calling No. 38 Ledley is left sided DOH!!! Even my Bob knows the that.
May i ass you a question why are people asking for Zubar to play, he plays like Krusty the Clown, how many goals and fouls can one no brainer give away – MICKO bring back Collins now!!!
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31. I’ve been saying Gary O’neil for ages, creative midfielder/winger, scores goals and is hard working.
i’m also sure Kilgallon can play at LB along with CB
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MM and Moxey are negative and mediocrity is probably above their expectations. Will only believe otherwise from these two when somebody with class is signed and sealed and actually plays. (Please not another must put in a shift worker)
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Alex Raes Butler,By all means criticize Bob Wolf for being consistent with his comments,As you are always telling us that decent players would not want to come to Wolves.Funny how Blues manage to sign experienced players Wonder why?.
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With Coyle gone to Bolton and Burnley smarting from the news if I was MM I would be bidding on Chris Eagles…..A premier league star in the waiting.
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Ginger whinger Strachan is trying to bring in three players from Celtic as well as Rangers striker Kris Boyd. One of his targets is Caldwell so Wheater might be available, as well as Johnson because he is reshaping his squad
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fair play to collins, always gave plenty of effort and endeavour, just a pity his ability couldnt match this, i’d like to see us go for a loan deal until the end of the season for benni mccarthy, as allardyce has said he’s not in his plans, just looked at his stats, 52 goals in 136 games for rovers, just the kind of proven forward we need, the bloke is gonna be desperate to play first team football, he aint gonna want to miss out on the world cup in his own country, and its this reason why i reckon he’d be glad to take a pay cut for a few months. dont see how we can lose really, no transfer fee, only gotta pay him 4 months wages, doyle apart,surely better than anything else we’ve got, and if he’s crap, he goes back in may…. simples…
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40Alex Rae’s Butler,A bit of effort to try and bring in quality by paying decent money would be a start.We know Mick wanted Johnson from Cardiff but they wouldn’t pay the £5m.Instead they spent £2.5 M on Zubar who is so error prone Mick daren’t play him at centre back.A lot of people posted on this site warning that the guy was full of errors before we signed him .Moxey arrogantly stated that they had been clever in the transfer market when they signed Zubar when in fact they had been quite the opposite.
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still say Davis and and Nolan. Experience we need, push the boat and do it folks
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glasgowwolf – how do you know Boyd couldnt cut it? He is a gamble as I said but you cant say he wouldnt do ok as he hasnt had that chance.
Blake isnt cutting it thats for sure. 1 goal from the spot…………… cant be any worse a record than that.
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Sell Halford, Hill, Ikeme, Iwelumo, Hoff, Dave Jones, and threaten Ebanks Blake with a loan to Peterboro’ if he doesn’t start performing.
Buy Beckford, Kilgallon, young Moses and old Carsley
Robbie Keane & O’Hara on loan(‘arry’ll go for that, my son )
Becks on a free (Brand Beckham will pay his wages just to keep him under the nose of Capello)…….and see if Henry Mancini will let Stephen Ireland go for a song.
Robert Plant to do a pre match gig when Manure are in town.
Job done !
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40 – you were asking for it weren’t you!
Bob – I assume you’re referring now to our player of the year from last season. You’re unbelievable, moving from one scapegoat onto the next. I can’t believe Surman is on your hitlist now. A young talent who has hardly had the chance to shine, yet you are on his back already. Really helpful. On the plus side, I bet whoever you spent christmas with is glad that ordeal is over now.
I noticed last week you had Mancienne in your list of no hopers……correct me if I’m wrong (actually don’t, I know I’m right), but you hailed his signing when we got him in the summer.
At least you’ve gone quiet with that Ince rubbish now. Working with some people from MK at the mo – They would be glad to get rid I can assure you.
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if we can not get any real premiership class players there
no point we 35 average championship players already and a championship manager, the more players muppet mick the worst he his at picking
the team. never got 750k for collins in a million years.
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maltawolves -
because we won’t pay the wages. It’s not that hard to work out, is it?
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Good luck Neill, you’ve always got to appreciate a player that gives 100%, hope he does well there!
Would really like to see us go for Nicky Shorey, I like Ward but we need two good left backs, Johnson would be a great signing and James Beattie would be an ideal physical presence alongside Doyle, Ledleys good but there’s also Ross McCormack who could inject the team with a bit of pace. How about a loan deal for Danny Welbeck or for a box-to-box midfielder, Gary O’Neil would be a great permanent signing. Is Sol Campbell still out of the question? Quite suprised noone has signed him yet.
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I always liked Neill – he gave everything he had and was pretty badly treated by a section of the fans.
Good luck to him at PNE.
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Prediction time : we wont sign any players with premiership experience in the Jan window and we will then be told by Moxey and Morgan that the calibre of players needed were not available.The day after MM will tell us all he is perfectly happy with the squad he has got.It aint rocket science if you pay the wages the players will come.
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Preston press -£400,000 ?
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MM has stated a number of times now that the current squad has enough to stay in the PL. ???
Really Mick?
Reality check! Need 4 players at least!
1 CB – Killgallon?
1 LB – Shorey? Ball?
1 MF – O Hara?
1 F – Beckford?
At least use the loan system a little better!
Moxey, put morgans fingers in the vice until he releases some serious brass for wages and funds in this PL push for safety!!!
Up the Wolves!!!
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I don’t understand why people keep banging on about us signing Kevin Nolan from Newcastle,why would he want to join Wolves?Looking at the Championship table it’s obvious that Newcastle are gonna come straight back up,and when they do,a buyer will be found straight away for the club.
I do like the sound of Adam Johnson from Boro,i’d also put a bid in for Gary O’Neil,along with Beckford and Kilgallon.
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Mr Morgan should open his wallet NOW and get Aiden McGeady and Scott MacDonald from Celtic. Wolves would then have a decent chance of survival in the uppe flight. The pair of them would terrify Premier League defences and put an end to the hopeless long ball punts to SEB and big Chris, who have unfortunately demonstrated they cannot hack it at this level.
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Malta & Chris Hoggard – the problem here is that you dont listen to the reason. Blues signed an untried South American for £8mil and who else ?? Scott Dann ? Ill say it again – if you break a wage structure for an untried, young championship centre back, how does it effect the rest of the squad ? Bowyer was already there, and McCarthy has already been panned for the suggestion he might be in for Carsley. McFadden has been there for years.
Ferguson has, with hindsight, turned in to a good player at this level. But hindsight is the key there. Id bet that more Wolves fans would’ve said he was a “lack of ambition signing” if we’d have signed him in the summer instead of blues – did you see him play for Blackburn ?!!
Blues are just having a fantatic season, although in my opinion, I dont think ours is exactlty poor !
Sorry chaps, but the only way to build these days without the risk of becoming the next Pompey is to do so within your means. I think thats what the club are doing. Im sure they do have the funds to shed on a £5/6 mil player and I wouldn’t be suprised if the club has tried other Doyle like deals, but why would they tell us if they’d been turned down ??
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do you notice the blue noses are on about 12million worth of new faces what will we have answers on a postcard
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59 – wolf in Nottingham
How you can defend Surman after his performances at Man United and Chelsea and at home to Man City is beyond me – the man has no pace to go past a man, no shot on him, no creativity – yes he looks comfortable on the ball but also lightweight. An average Championship player at best which is what you get for £1m – remember Simon Osborne, Corica, Emblem etc.
Foley and Mancienne are being played in midfield and doing a poor job – doesn’t take a genius to work out where the criticism should lie. Either the player or the manager is getting it wrong – both in my opinion.
The amount Wolves have wasted on poor players in the £500k – £2.5m category is shameful and lessons need to be learnt;
Halford – embarrassing
Surman – lightweight and clueless
Zubar – error prone
Berra – snail
Stearman – rash
Mancienne – lightweight and inexperienced
Hoff – should go back to being a chef
Milijas – knackered after half an hour
Keogh – doesn’t know where the goal is
Jarvis – one dimensional
Henry – crab
Go and spend some proper money like Birmingham have and see where we get to – but Morgan’s heart isn’t in it. If we go down having lacked the ambition to spend I will not be renewing my season ticket Jez.
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I hear Mick is considering drafting in Titus Bramble to shore up the defence. You can’t deny his Premiership credentials!
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Have to agree with no 23, as I still beleieve who we sign could decide whether we stay up or not.
Are we going to be ambitious and putting in real offers to sign the likes of gardner,johnson, carsley, sol campbell, welback on loan or just sign more championship players, many of whom will really struggle to play at this level. were being linked to a french winger, who cant get in his current team, which doesnt sound good.
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Good luck Neill, you deserve better than the treatment you got from those idiots in the South Bank.
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Alex,Nobody wants Wolves to spend stupid money or indeed return to the bad old days of the 80s.However with a reported £25 million in the bank and a further £30 million should we remain in the prem then surely trying to sign 2/3 proven experienced, players is worth the gamble.Looking on the Sky website it appears we are trying to sign Fode Mansare on Loan,yet again a cheap option,4 appearances this season not in his managers plans are these the sought of player you truly believe we should be going after.It is only my opinion but i would have thought a proven goalscorer,Quality left back and a good centre half would be needed before an untried left winger.
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Very good money for an honest and committed player, albeit one with an unerring capacity to drop major clangers in key matches- perhaps Zubar will fill his shoes in this respect (witness Youtube footage of his ‘crowd pleasing’ antics at Marseilles)?!
Bringing players in is obviously an urgent necessity, given our injury problems and lack of Prem quality/experience/strength in depth. Our recent record (Doyle excepted), suggests any additions will be fairly low key- surely we ain’t gonna see Robbie back in a Wolves shirt just yet?? In any event, given the severely qualified ‘successes’ of our summer signings, whoever (if anyone) comes in needs to be capable of making an immediate contribution to the first team, which as we all know is long on effort but desperately short of real impact players… SO, a right sided midfielder, an attacking (preferrably left-sided) full back, and (God willing) someone capable of notching 7-8 goals in the second half of the season, please!
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Alex Rae’s Butler ,actually you and Moxey are missing the point.If you spend money on £1M or £2M on players who are not good enough you are wasting money and not building a team.Upsetting the wage structure of existing pkayers is a red herring. Mick himself said in the summer that in his playing days it was acceptable for the so called stars to be on higher wages.Are you related to Moxey or just his caddie?
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First of all, all the best at Preston Neill. Although you were prone to mistakes you also had a good goal scoring record for a centre back and ALWAYS gave 110% percent for the shirt. The way you were/are treated by some sections of our fans was/is pretty despicable really. Having read some of the comments on here towards an ex player like “at last he’s gone” etc. it’s a wonder we get new players to come considering that’s possibly the way they may get treated by some of our “fans” (using that word in its loosest possible term it has to be said) in the future and also when they leave the club!!???
19. “Play Mancienne in his best position at centre back?” Are you having a laugh? I have said before but will re-state that he is a good player who will get better with age, but as a right back or holding midfielder where he is being played now, not as a centre back IMO (I could be wrong only time will tell). Does anyone else remember that when he played at the heart of defence he was easily beaten because of his lack of height and being too lightweight at the moment for a central defender was bullied off the ball too easily also.
I am not going to get carried away with this transfer window and any players named in it which we bid for or talk to. When the player appears on the official Wolves site holding the shirt, that’s when I will get excited and not before because that’s when they’re a Wolves player and not any other time. Once I see that on the site that’s when they will and should get our FULL support, after all, however GOOD or BAD they play these players have been bought to do one thing. The difficult task of keeping this club in this division where it belongs. So as Wolves fans we should give them every encouragement to do so and the rest is up to them. Lets support our club come hell or high water until the final whistle of the last game, after all it’s what the players will be hoping we do.
Lets go for it against the Hammers, a win will be hard but not out of the question.
Wolves Till I Die.
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A few questions and please be honest:
Q1. apart from Doyle have Mad Micks summer signings improved the first team from last year?(you can’t count Milijas cos MM don’t pick him enough and he can’t improve the team from the bench!!!)
Q2. How many millions has MM wasted in the summer?
Q3. If you were Morgan would you trust his judgement to make any more signings? (especially another center half!!!)
GET HUGHES OR CURBISHLEY OR COPPEL NOW!!!!
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It seems like a step in the right direction begining to off load! All the best Neil at Preston you gave us good service. I think we still need to offload 3-4 more now and make good signings still within a reasonable wage demand structure. 2-3 quality players to start with also Manciienne permanent. Gardener, Johnson, Ledley would be nice but its in the lap of the Fat controller folks! Will he or wont he pay the dam wages?!!! Any bets? We will wait n see. Still, if whoever we sign n we finish 14th -15th at least we are still in the top flight. All the best to Moxey on his journey through time & space to boldly go where no other has bin!!!!!!
UP the Wolves hope 2010 is better!!!
Its life Jez but not as we know it!
Up the Woffers.
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Bob wolf you are a joke. Didn’t you slag off MM and half the team last season until we got promoted. Hope you feel sick at the end of the season when we stay up and you have to admit you know nothing, again.
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Why do people keep banging on about Beckford???
The only reason he scored on Sunday was that his first touch was so bad it surprised Wes Brown & Utd had a clown in goal who shut have stayed on his line.
He ain’t any better than what we already have it’s one thing scoring in Div 3 but the Prem si completely different kettle of fish, just ask Sylvan!!!
We should go for Benni McCarthy
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To all peoples may I apologise for my clients innapropriate quotes about Michael Mancienne and Kevin Foleys performances in midfield being poor. He is talikng out of his Arsenal!!!!!
Off the record he may be my client but I to agree that he is a Job Nockey. Gooday!
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ha ha ha ha Great post bw’s agent. Spot on.
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What the hell is Moxley playing at ,lets hope its not true that Wolves are looking at a French winger who cannot get in the side at Toulouse,have we not leanrt nothing from The Hoff/Halford debacle
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Bob wolf- you do exaggerate the truth but you are actually speaking sense. So many attempted bargains have failed but there are quality players available and you dont have to break the bank for them just 3-4 million. Anton Ferdinand is available. Danny Murphy would be an incredible signing. Benjani is out of favour but has still got it- did anyone else see him in the fa cup? Absolute killer instinct. Then players like ledley, johnson and Beckford can come for a million or 2 and if they dont cut it you can get rid of them without destabilising the club like Moxey thinks if we do spend over 3 million.
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Talking of the West Ham game, anyone fancy Vokesy up front with Doyle? I’m sad to say it but I don’t think SEB can make the impact at this level like he did in the championship.
Or maybe as another option how about Doyle and Jarvis with Friend on the wing. Jarvis has the pace to support Doyle up front even though he’s not a natural striker.
Before anyone says it I know the miss in the 1st half against Tranmere was SHOCKING, I won’t deny that but also his finish for the goal which to be fair was an inch perfect defence splitter (reminded me of Cookey in his best games, what a player) from Milijas was a strikers finish.
Just a thought that’s all, after all defenders all HATE playing against anyone with genuine pace and from what I saw against Man U Friendy is no slouch running the channels either. If it all goes pear shaped just revert Jarvis back to the wing and bring SEB on. You never know but maybe coming on as a sub might make him try much harder to keep his place at the front. Any takers or should I just shut up.
Polite responses only please, I’m only making suggestions, 3 points in this match is very much a possibility if we play well.
Come On You Wolves
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Bob Hazel = Idiot !
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Moxey is taking the mick again, more like £250,00 plus bonus clauses! The article makes him look good and the usual idiots are taken in by it!
Unless we get a top quality goal scorer, a flying winger and another Mike Bailey in the middle we won’t stay up! I was saying this at the end of last season, so it’s not new.
To do that we have to pay out some real money; cheap and cheerful (sorry, young and hungry) will not do the job, we need a mix of age and experience.
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Chris Hoggard – again you are not listening to my point, and instead are reducing your own posts to cheap insults.
Yes, break the wage structure for a Doyle – Im sure he earns more than many of the squad and rightly so, but for Dann ? He was a Young, inexperienced championship player when Blues signed him.
What proven quality did Stoke sign for big money when they were promoted ? Burnley ? Hull ? Birmingham ? Stoke have signed Tuncay on the back of a hard earned first season with a relatively cheap and young squad. That first season attracted Tuncay and Huth – we’re in the process of putting ourselves in that position.
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Alex This time last year Stoke signed Beattie and Etherington.You do not comment on my point that these relative cheap signings we make are a false economy and we end up wasting money.If you cannot buy quality buy nobody.That should be our strategy.
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Chris – You’re correct, Stoke did sign them this time last year. Ive already said above that I wouldn’t be suprised if the club are trying to bring in £5/6 mil signings if they can. I dont see how you can criticise them on 6th January…..most transfer windows these days only hot up with a few days to go. Re signings to date, I actually like the look of Zubar, and Milijas was a £2.5mn signing. that has worked out. Halford is the main signing that has looked out of place – that Id agree with.
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Brilliant business getting 3/4 mil for Collins… well done Wolves!!
Now, lets get those big guns in – 1 in each part of the field.
WE ARE WOLVES !!!!
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We probably got 10,000 and a bag of crisps for him.The other 740,000 is dependant on preston winning the Chamipons League. Good business eh Moxey? I don;t think so somehow…just more spin to feed the happy clappers.
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Collins’ permanent transfer will net Wolves around £750,000. They paid Sunderland around £200,000 with add-ons for the 26-year-old, who joined Wolves on a permanent basis three years ago today.
Having double checked the article – I dont seem clear as to whether Moxey said we got £750k for Collins or it’s the E&S that is suggesting this???
If you add the £500k we paid for D Ward plus wages we shelled out for his ‘guest appearances’ it puts this into perspective
So, on the one hand the ‘back patting’ for Moxey is a tad premature and the Moxey sniping is just as bad
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Bully Fan – I cant believe you think the fans having voicing an opinion on Collins would have anything to do whether a new person signs for wolves or not. A signing will look for an ambitious club going somewhere and finances in his own pocket, he wont give two thoughts about anything else. Also I might add, I was against Collins being in the team. Doesnt mean he is a bad bloke and I never booed him but the decision to keep playing him. That was the problem most fans had.
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If we got 750K for Collins that would be excellent business for a player where we would be lucky to offload him off the payroll. Moxey is usually very keen to keep deals private and undisclosed.
Fact is though if we have recouped some money by offloading Collins, we have surely wasted a whole lot more money, particularly on Maierhofer who to me looks like a lower league player at best.
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bullyfan- I can understand your logic and Jarvo has got natural pace but Westham are a side full of endeavor but lack a real physical presence. My team for the game would be:
Hahnemann
Foley
Berra
Craddock
Mancienne
Milijas
Henry
Castillo
Jarvis
Doyle
Ebanks Blake
We have so many injuries etc we desperately need some quality to come in for January. Kilgallon, Gardener and Andy Carroll will be fine.
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I suppose when you look at club’s financial situations and players being out of contract there is much quality available so it truth there is no excuse for getting in some of the following:
Michael Ball (free)
Sol Campbell (free)
Younes Kaboul (not being paid)
Tommy Smith (not being paid)
Matt Kilgallon (out of contract at season end)
Adam Johnson (out of contract at season end)
Joe Ledley (out of contract at season end)
Craig Gardener (wants first team football)
Gary O’Neil (out of contract at season end)
Kris Boyd (out of contract at season end)
Jack Wilshere (available for loan)
Benni Mc Carthy (available for loan- world cup)
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There is an Express & Star article today saying that we will miss out on Mokoena from Pompey again, as he wants to stay there. Thank God. He was the player that they were cheering for against Arsenal, as he was getting subbed against Arsenal. Obviously, they have had enough of him and is therefore not good enough for us!
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Chris Hoggard is spot on ,if we cant get quality then dont bother.I am convinced if we sign one quality player others would follow.Alex,please dont use Portsmouth,etc as a reason for us not to be ambitious.I can give examples of smaller clubs than ours who have bought wisely and stayed in this division for a long time.I am still to be convinced that Morgan is devoting the time and effort necessary to keep this club where it belongs.Remember he is now back involved with Redrow and is a Liverpool fan. Is he fully committed to the cause? I dont think so
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Well i think Jez is doing a great job i know Collins always gave 100% but we need better how about keane to come back i keep hearing he is in wolves maybe what are you thinking.
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laughing wolf …. you’ve used that list for 3 yrs now …. get a new one please!
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LaughingWolf,, you list is,,,,, Laughable!
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now i am getting worried
kilbane you av got to be jokin
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gd he was useless a gd deal 750,000 !!
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Name names all you like, you all know we will only sign (if anyone at all) lower league dross
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Collins helped us get promotion, ok he had some bad days, but many of the fans made him a scapegoat for the inevitable wobbles that come in any season. who will they blame now?
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MM spent 16 odd million in the pre season, only doyle is a regular starter, milijas seems to be the most naturally gifted player we have but seems to play 2nd fiddle to henry. halford surman hoff etc, dont really get a sniff. my point is that of the 16m MM spent only
£6m doyle is good enough for a starting spot. SO SURELY MM…YOU ARE ADMITTING YOU HAVE WASTED £10M,if the others are not worthy of a starting slot. if i can work that out…then JM AND SM will be able too. and u think he will get more money?? i fear the loan market is the best we can hope for….but still KTF…up the wolves!!!
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That Fode Mensare is a great player.
Ive saw him play on TV for Toulouse before, he works hard and isnt scared to shoot, thats what were lacking!!
I think we should also try to sign:
Kris Commons
Craig Gardner
Charlie Adam
We are Wolves
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Kiddy Wolf. Mick has not bought better than Doyle agreed. However our “squad” (which is the key word when discussing premeir football) is strengthened in my eyes.
Millijas, Zubar, Hanahmen and Mancienne have all been valued additions to the “squad”. You could argue that Halfords long throws have offered a new dimension. However I am not sure he has offered a lot else. Surman and the Hoff are a waste of space.
So I do not feel that the new signings have been a total flop.
Every manager makes a few bumb deals when they sign a crop of players. So Mick is allowed a few mistakes. As long as he maintains premier survival.
For those trying to compare us to Blues. Please bare in mind, they have a new Billionaire consortium looking after them now with Carson Yeung. They are a different proposition to us.
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Strange isn’t it that Blues have got Michel.. have bids in for Babel and Kenwyne Jones. Then WBA sign their man , yet we still faff around and blame the weather.Morgan, if you ain;t going to spend any money, just say so.This is getting embarrassing.
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