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Beattie now on Wolves’ radar
Monday 18th January 2010, 11:00AM GMT.
Wolves manager Mick McCarthy admits signing a striker is now a priority as well as a left winger this month and £3million James Beattie is on his radar.
Former England international Beattie has failed to start Stoke’s last two games and has scored just twice this season.
McCarthy wants to address the club’s billing as the Premier League’s lowest scorers with just 17 in 21 games, and Beattie scored seven in 16 games to inspire the Potteries club to seven wins and safety last season.
The Wolves boss is looking for someone to have the same impact as the one-time Everton and Southampton man made at Stoke after moving from Sheffield United this time last season.
With Leeds striker Jermaine Beckford withdrawing his transfer request after Newcastle had a fourth bid of £2million rejected, McCarthy admits signing a marksman is now a priority.
After Saturday’s 2-0 defeat to Wigan, he said: “It is and we’re looking for players – we should have scored from the last corner.
“I’ve got four strikers. But we’re looking for someone and if we get someone, then fine.”
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake remains without a goal in open play this season, and missed a golden chance with the game goalless on Saturday.
McCarthy said: “It looked like a good one. He’s just having one of those periods, but he’s working his socks off to improve.
“He’ll get back on it. It will turn around because he’s a good player. The fans were great to him as they were to the team.”
The club have also refuted weekend reports suggesting a record-equalling £6.5million bid for Middlesbrough winger Adam Johnson, and have not made any offer for the 22-year-old.
Johnson is out of contract in the summer and will have the pick of the top clubs.
Wolves still haven’t given up on Hull winger Stephen Hunt – the other player they have bid for – but have other targets.
Sunderland’s Daryl Murphy remains very much in their thoughts and they could move for him before the window shuts. Murphy was signed by McCarthy at Sunderland from Waterford in 2005 and can play wide left and up front.
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Beattie Yes, Johnson Yes, Hunt Yes, O’Hara Yes, Murphy!!!! No. Central defender and left back and midfield enforcer are also neccessary have been since the summer and it couldn’t be any clearer than after the dreadfull performance on Sat. Get some players signed and get some loans whatever it takes!
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sorry to dissapoint you Winslow Wolf but all those yeses will become no,s and that 1 no will become yes because thats about the level of player mad mick goes for the cheapest one of the lot and hes from sunderland all these players names banding around are way out of wolves league fee wise and wages wise,i think we all have to face it with mad mick in charge we are heading for the fizzy pop league,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,in mad mick we dont trust,,,ilk
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Totally agree why wont club show same commitment as 20,000 season ticket holders who work hard to watch Prem football only to be let down AGAIN
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How about we get behind the team eh?
Granted the performance on saturday was poor but we’re still doing well this season!
You criticise the manager but in 3 years he transformed a club that couldnt field a team in a friendly against kidderminster, to a team that won us the league, don’t you think if he had the money available to him then he would spend it!
We’re 17th at the moment which i’ll happily take in our first season in this league come the end of the season, get off his back, get realistic and support the team….or if you want to support a team that wins every week, go buy a man city shirt haha but don’t come crawling back when theyre owners pull the plug and theyre in league 1 like leeds are now!
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As Wolves try and do most of their dealings away from the press we have no idea which players Mick has gone for in both transfer windows. We know that Mick wanted Scott Dann and Roger Johnson in the last window and has identified Hunt in this window – these would all have been great signings and you cant blame MM for not signing them. All he will do is tell the board which players he wants and let them sort out the financial side of it. If MM cant get his first choice sigings then he oviously has to look elsewhere. I’m have been as underwhelmed as everyone by our transfer activity but it’s not as if MM doesnt want to improve the team – we can only sign the players that will come to us.
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Agree with you but can’t agree with TOPWOLF As I pay over £500 to watch and if I think a player is overweight, lazy and not working anythink like as hard as the other 10 in the team I will tell him [BLAKE!] and also Super Mick what I think. We were second best in a must win home game again which is totally unacceptable. It showed up Micks main problem that he just does not have the required technical football tactics required at Prem level. If he can’t do it perhaps its time to get somebody in who can.
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I’m not saying that I wasn’t disgusted with saturdays performance, particularly ebanks, or that I agree with Micks decisions, in fact I think he got it totally wrong on saturday and I also think we should let him know how we feel after a performance like that.
I’m just looking at the bigger picture and feel that overall he’s done a good job since he joined and I don’t think it would be beneficial changing our manager now!
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Exactly the sort of signing that we need. SEB needs some reserve games but a goal will get him going he is desperately low on confidence.
Adam Johnson I think will see out his contract at Borough and join Chelsea I cannot see him signing for us unfortuantely, lets get Chris Eagles from Burnley 4mil should do it. Beattie would relish being in a side with proper wingers. Jamie O’Hara would be ideal aswell and possibly Gary O’Neil from Borough.
Bad game on Sat but we need another run like we did after the blues game.
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THE QUESTION FOR POTENTIAL NEW SIGNINGS IS SIMPLY THIS… ARE YOU PREPARED TO SIGN FOR WOLVES AND PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL NEXT SEASON?
DOUBT ANYONE ANY GOOD WILL SAY YES I’M AFRAID
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After Saturdays farce I think that you will find the team very demoralised, they must know how putrid their performance was.
I don’t believe there will be any more runs. The opposition all understand how to play us out of the game and McCarthy doesn’t have the wit or knowledge to counteract it.
Players continually rotated around the pitch, no time to get understandings going, it is all that student managers are taught not to do!
Until McCarthy is replaced I won’t be spending any more on Earlybirds! I have been made a fool of too many times believing the Moxey promises and spin, in any event Championship prices have to be lower than Premiership.
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Daryl Murphy – a typical Mick signing. Another squad player who just isn’t good enough.
I don’t think Beattie is the answer to our problems either.
Why was the Berra/Craddock partnership broken up Mick?
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agree. MURPHY NO!!! There is now way he is better than what we already have. If we sign him it sums up Mick and the club.
Please spend the money and secure our premier status. I can’t watch another season of championship football.
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You can’t watch Championship football ?
What kind of loyalty is that ?
I supported Wolves down to the (old) 4th Division, and I’d do it again.
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Nice one Grey Wolf. A true supporter.
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Fully Agree! Although Beattie had a good season last season and he seems to play well against Wolves i don’t think he will be what we need. he has been around for a while and not really ‘set the world alight’
SEB is too predictable for this league. He got away with it last term, but you need that bit extra in this league! i think mick need to give another partnership a chance like Iwelumo and Doyle.
It would be great to get 2-3 players of the likes of Hunt, Johnson, O’Hara but we have been linked with some big names before and nothing has come off so until i see them in a wolves top holding a scarf above them on the back of the paper, i’m taking nothing for granted!!! But if We want to stop up and Mick wants a job come August, we are going to need to spend – and spend in the region of £15m to stay in the promised land!! We need a ball winning Midfielder someone who is going to get stuck in and familiar with Yellow cards!!!
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The partnership probably broken up after the tackle that left Berra looking lifeless for a few minutes during the man City game. He’s probably still a bit shook up after it and Mick probably wants him to get fully fit before risking playing him again.
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I heard that there was a bust up between Berra and Mick. God, it must be hell in there with all Micks bust ups!
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Or was it that Mancienne has been magnificent and was arguably man of the match?
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Haha quite funny that a few months back everyone slated berra yet now we’re all wondering why he isn’t in the team!
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beattie is a start..get johnson from boro and please please please someone in to replace the crab. whats the point in taking off the likes of jarvis who is moe likely to set up or score(not often tho) and keeping a championship midfielder at best on in henry, who has just 1 speed,REVERSE. thick mick, poxy moxey abd scouser morgan..dont even think of sending the earlybird form through my door unless i see a bit of money spent and quality bought in through the molineux door. ANY TRUTH IN THE HOULLIER RUMOURS OF THE LAST FEW DAYS? hope so..had enough of THICK MICK and his lack of tactics. i am a WWFC fan first and foremost…and mick… youre not good enough for my great club.
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Kiddy wolf, do you watch the games, every team needs a “spoiler” and Henry has stepped up and being superb this season, his job is to stop not create and he has done it superbly this season!
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I agree. Henry has been 1 of the few players who have impressed me this season.
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This is just another muppet who doesnt realise a team needs a holding midfielder!
Henry has been excellent this season, one of few players who have really adapted to the premiership and so has stephen ward but many armchair fans wont give him credit either because he used to be a striker….NOTE: evra used to be a striker, thierry henry used to be a winger, toure used to be a centre midfielder, ferdinand n campbell both started out as centre mids!
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yes mate i do watch the games, my point is if he is there to break up things, then he is not doing it enough considering the goals we concede through the middle..as for being 2 down with 20 mins left…whats the point in having a defensive bloke in there?? work that out. he has had his good games..but you can count them on one hand as with most of the players. TOPWOLF
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TOPWOLF… i realise there is a need for a holder in the middle…but his job as also to start things off when he breaks things up…is it not? as for him being excellent..now who is the muppett?
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haha kiddywolves, he had one bad game and you’re straight on his back again!
No, a holding midfielder needs to keep possession and keep the play moving, it doesn’t necessarily mean forward, anyone who’s ever played the game knows that it’s horrible playing against a player that breaks up play and keeps possession for his team!
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Imv, signing Beattie on current form has a touch of a gamble, but one that just might pay off, so we should get him in if possible. However, Beattie alone is not all that’s required at present – the team still needs a new, playing midfielder, a winger (Hunt? Johnson?) and possibly another defender as well (CB or FB).
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As ar as I am concerned Beattie is a no goer…we need someone who has ben playing football and has the cutting edge and fitness for the first game, not someone who has been sat on the bench eating mince pies!!
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We carn’t score and we carn’t defend think we will struggle to atract any one to wolves looks very doom and gloom im afraid. But i never thought doyle would come so who knows, but we need pace up front cause our attacks are far to slow and easy to read. Kightly coming back should help. UTW
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wolvesmod…heard berra and THICK MICK had an argumentin dressing room. if this is true then he is putting his own pride and arrogance infront of playing his best 11. sacking offence if you ask me. MUPPETT OUT!!! are you reding this morgan? give the fat prat moxey his p45 aswell.
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Were these arguments in your head ?
Nice to see yourself and your alter ego having a chat on a forum…..
You haven’t a clue what is going on in the dressing room no one does excluding players and playing staff
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haha, kiddywolves, are you an albion fan?
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I see that a few Happy Clappers are poking their heads out again, notice none posted after Saturdays unholy farce!
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That’s because either you cannot read, like most of the moaners, or they have given up listening to the pathetic ramblings of the idiots on here.
When someone as they did on the Saturday thread says they want us to go down to get rid of McCarthy, it becomes a little pointless posting an alterior point of view with imbeciles like that about.
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exactly, what sort of wolves fan wants their team to get relegated just so the manager goes!
I can’t believe there are people who think that, none of us are saying that Micks the best manager in the world but surely we would all rather see him prove us wrong and do well with us rather than get relegated!
Just because we support our team, it doesn’t make us happy clappers, we were all disgusted with saturdays performance!
‘Cant see the sun’, clearly your definition of a happy clapper is someone who doesn’t want the manager out, doesn’t want the team relegated and is not happy to just moan their way through the season, haha pathetic really!
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thats just an insult mate!
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Beattie would be a good signing,but I cant see any decent players coming to a club destined for relegation.I hope I am wrong,but from what I saw on Saturday we need 3 experienced premiership players to have any chance of staying up.Cant see it happening myself
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Knee jerk reaction
thick Mick can now see what we’ve seen all season
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We will be lucky to sign anyone that is any good, 18 days of January are gone and not one player brought in. This says it all, the club is lacking in any ambition to stay in the Premier league, we just keep dithering and are now heading back to the Championship with Mick McCarthy in charge. His summer signings have brought very little to the team with most of them now just fringe players.
We will be lucky to get a result against Crystal Palace if the performance is anything like the one against Wigan, and no doubt more team changes and players playing out of position.
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I agree that the lack of decisive transfer activity is sadly indicative of the Club’s apparent refusal to recognise the position we were in, even before the Wigan debacle. Anybody with an atom of sense could see the areas of the playing staff we’re most in need of strengthening (FB, wings and CF); targets should have been identified and pursued from minute one. But I feel it only serves to mirror the shakey business we did in the Summer, when the intial surge of optimism afforded by Doyle’s signing dissipated somewhat as we missed out on Dann, and seemed ultimately confined to speculative signings, none of whom (Milijas excepted) have proven anything like adequate.
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We have to sign a striker. I would be happy with Beattie in the hope he could do what he did for Stoke last season. However, he’s only scored twice this season.
I love HUnt and Jonson but I’d be surprised if we get either. Eagles from Burnley would be a good signing but will they sell? There is no point in signing Murphy from S’land, he isn’t good enough.
In all honesty though. I don’t think Mick is the right man for the job. If we don’t take 6 points out of our next three games (L’pool, Hull, West Ham), then he should go as I can’t see how he will keep us up.
Our home form against the teams in our mimi league is dreadful and we are a poor team. The match on sat was the worst we’ve played in a long time. We have to strengthen and improve.
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Another striker is a must as we appear to have Sylvan ebanks frankowski syndrome. He is working his socks off eh!, Andy Keogh works his socks off too and chases everything but makes things happen,come back soon please.As the yanks say “talk is cheap, whiskey costs money”. We desperately need goals not excuses.
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God, you’m in a bad way if you think that Keogh can save us!
I’ve got a pig if you want to buy it and see if it flies!
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Christ you lot make me sick win one all hail supper mick lose one you want to hang him from the molineux rafters.i was brought up to support the wolves throgh thik and thin no matter what. i dont allways aggree with everything thats gone on but you cant all blame the boss if he is given the funds to do the right job dont you think he would go for the better quality player you get what you pay for.
look no further than the CEO he pulls the puse strings.
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MM is the one who signed 9 but plays only his favourites in any available position.
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MM may ov signed 9 but if there was a higher wage cap we would have signed better players MM can only work with what he is given. CEO/morgan promised prem players where are they? and will they come on what we will be prepared to pay i dont think so. so let all stop pointing the finger at MM and ask questions of the Board and its commitment.
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Re:kiddywolves
ANY TRUTH IN THE HOULLIER RUMOURS OF THE LAST FEW DAYS? hope so..had enough of THICK MICK and his lack of tactics. i am a WWFC fan first and foremost…and mick… youre not good enough for my great club.
Not heard that rumour had heard that Wolves are looking at briniging O’Driscoll from Doncaster in the summer.
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heard the houllier rumour but apparantly he will only sign at the end of the season if we stay up!but as we will be playing championship football next season o’driscoll would be a top choice he,s a big wolves fan and has a passion for the club and he knows exacly what we are going through as wolves fans with mad mick in charge,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,in mad mick we dont trust,,,ilk
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Saw match live over here and was very poor- no fight at all. Why drop Berra? Why take off Jarvis? Why leave SEB on as he’s clearly got no confidence. Big Chris is not the answer so why not try Vokes, he could be the one to play with Doyle (the only guy we have likely to score) We have no creativity at all – wingers not prepared to run at defenders (as Nzogbia did) and cross from by line. Jones comes on with no match sharpness and together with Henry showed no attacking qualities. Why does no one try shooting from more than 6 yards? I don’t believe Morgan wants to spend any money and is prepared to let us drop back down and live off parachute payments.Most of the supporters have been around a long time whereas MM and SM are newboys – they’ll leave at somepoint and leave us back in nomans land. Perhaps the fans could do a Newcastle and try and buy the club back for a tenner and put somebody in charge who cares!!!!
rant over
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Couldn’t agree more MaltaMick!! How many goals have we seen deflected in from long range shots this season? Dozens I would say. We need players who will attack defences, cause problems & make them panic. Even Kightly hasn’t been running at defenders the few times he has played, we are trying to be too patient in our build up & consequently have become very predictable. Let’s get up & at ‘em! We also need to invest in good quality players even if this means breaking the club’s transfer record again. You apy penuts you get monkeys!! I gave up my season ticket after the last premiership debacle, why should I pay my money up front when the club aren’t prepared to spend on trying to maintain premiership status, all we bocome is a yo-yo club. I’ve also compared our season ticket prices with those of other teams & we are amongst the most expensive in the lower half of the league. Let’s see some of it spent, the sooner the better.
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Danny Murphy YES! Daryl?? Jog on Mick if that’s the best we can do…
Morgan has said the money is there so start spending it for gods sake!
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Again, poor stats shots on target 4..wigan 16.
Playing internaltional (foley) in midfield..again shows that MM. is inept when people who “play attractive football”
Swansea, Doncaster, (CHAMPIONSHIP),
Then, to be “outplayed” by fluid midfield from wigan !! thank god for Hennman..or it could have been 5 goals against!
We do not have the worst squad but lack tactics, players playing in correct positions..
Please mr morgan change to a manager who knows how to change tactics if in trouble!
Maybe, Daglish as director of football & Sean O’driscoll as manager/coach.
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Time to cut the talk and make up for the errors/lack of ambition of the summer signings.
If we asre serious about staying up Hunt, Beatie and Johnson – get em in, c’mon Morgan and Moxey let’s see what your’e real intent.
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7 Kiddywolves
Your name says it all Kiddy – grow up! The reason you’re sitting at your dad’s computer typing rubbish and Mick and Jezz are running the club is becasue they are experienced professionals and you’re clueless!!
UTW!
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Totally agree Oslowolf
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Haha well said oslowolf!
Maybe they would prefer if we spent a load of money like bradford did and like portsmouth did not so long ago and put the future of the club at risk?
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Some Happy Clappers crawled back from going in hiding at the weekend.
McCarthy has not got long left and Moxey can only make so many bad managerial appointments before the brown stuff sticks on him as well.
These are only flickering shadows across the Wolves landscape, the real fans will still be here when they’ve gone!
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Exactly florence wolf, the real fans will still be there backing the team not wanting them all out after one defeat, bet you thought they were geniuses after we beat burnley and bolton!
I’ll be there supporting my team every week even if we go down to the lowest league in football, that doesnt make me a happy clapper, it makes me a true supporter, no-one said this division was easy and we can’t look at teams like wigan and pompey and feel we’ve got a divine right to beat them!
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Florence Wolf,
You’re absolutely right, the real fans will still be there no matter what.
Take a look at the people on these Message Boards threatening to give up on the club if we get relegated.
They’re all from the ‘sack the lot’ tendency – not who you call ‘Happy Clappers’
I remember going to 3rd and 4th Division grounds in the 80s. There was a lot less whining than there is today.
And since we sank that low, and we’ve spent only 2 of the last 25 years in the top division, how can we take anyone seriously who says that this is the worst it has been ?
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Zaki gone 2 hull ,come on wolves what r we doin .Why are we always the last 2 start bieng players .Then come the end we will have 2 or 3 champ players at best .I would have zaki in my team anyday of the week .
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Zaki wasn’t young and hungry (cheap). Too rich for us.
Mr Morgan has been quoted that he is already planning our next season in the Championship!
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Gornal Wolf
And the source of the Morgan quote is?? (and please don’t tell us you know a mate of a mate that lives next to him in Cheshire who sees him down the pub…… heard that one before!)
UTW
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Beattie and Lawrence from Stoke combined fee of £7 million could revive the Wolves season.
Both fell out with Pulis.
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if they both fell out with pulis they will definitely fall out with mad mick so that would be a waste of money,its mad micks way or no way at all thats why were playing square pegs in round holes again and to be quite honest i wouldnt like to trust him with anymore money the only team that benefits from mick buying players is sunderland theyve made so much from us they must rub there hands in anticipation every time a transfer window opens,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,in mad mick we dont trust,,,ilk
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lawrence and beattie would be well worth 7 million, would like to see that, both got quality!
wol1877ves, are you an albion fan? all your posts are just negative and basically want to sack everyone associated with the club! we’re 17th you know, we’re not doing a derby are you getting bored with your fizzy pop footie at the hawthorns watching notts forest overtake ya now, oh dear!
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thats an insult calling me a scutter fan!believe me im WOLVES through and through and the only person i want out of this club is mad mick,and if your pleased with the way the teams playing then fair enough(in your own little dreamworld) but theres a hell of a lot of us fans who arnt,just look at the goals for and against column if that trend carries on can you really see us staying up?mad mick said this team was the fittest hes ever managed yet week in week out he changes the team sometimes ten of em saying there tired birmingham who have a older team than us have played the last 9 or 10 games with the same players(might have changed the odd player) and look where they are mad mick is not good enough and if you cant see that then you stick to your positive comments and ill stick to my negative comments OK ,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,in mad mick we dont trust,,,ilk
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by the way well done forrest and lets hope newcastle can beat the scutters tonight as well then if the scutters stay down at least we’ll get to play em again next season,,,WE ARE WOLVES,in mad mick we dont trust,,,ilk
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Yep Zaki on loan to Hull will be available against us – As for signing Beattie or anyone decent – We live in hope!!!
After reading James McCarthy’s comments on Sky on how Wigan’s ast manager persuaded him to sign for Wigan instead – Im really beggining to wonder how and what is being said to the would be targets by Moxey and MM???
Anyone got any ideas?
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Perhaps it’s “Fancy the Chumpionship next season?”
How many times are we going to believe the lies they tell us.
YOU HAVE LET US DOWN AGAIN!
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So James Beattie is now being mentioned. Could he do for us what he did for Stoke or would he be yet another passenger like Ebanks-Blake? – Beattie is a championship player at best which is not what we want or need and his 32nd birthday comes around next month!
Adam Johnson is a no-go after stating he will stay at Middlesbrough until June and then decide where he will go. As for Stephen Hunt, well that avenue seems closed with Hull not encouraging any bids. Craig Gardner WILL go to the Brummies so that leaves Wolves looking around for anyone who fits the bill as a winger and a striker.
Personally I think Wolves will NOT sign anyone of note for a number of reasons but should it happen, what’s the betting any
player brought in will become a ‘make-weight’
and end up warming the bench?
Still even without any additions, ‘Super’ Mick tells us ‘we’ll be fine’ – well that’s ok for him to say for should the unthinkable actually happen and he does get fired, he will receive a nice ‘little’ payoff but what will we, the supporters, receive?
ANOTHER DAMN SEASON IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP, that’s what!
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We have 4 players in our sqaud who are premiership qaulity.Doyle,hanemman,berra,miljas.The rest are championship players trying to make it in the prem.
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If Jarvis wasn’t spending all his time covering the weak left back position he would have made a much bigger impression. He has given all for the cause, including his reputation as a flying winger!
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Would be a good signing short term, we need another 3 aswell
other possibles -
s hunt
j o’hara
a johnson
c eagles
c kazim-richards
n shorey
a ferdinand
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Also michael owen needs first team football & is only on 20k a week at man ure.
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Good list Mad Monk Jnr!
All available at good prices too!
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Some of those players are decent but I would not entertain Kazim-Richards or Anton Ferdinand.
A lot of teams have not signed players yet but we need to get in there. Of the players that were on the pitch Saturday, I believe that Mancienne will always struggle against big centre forwards due to lack of height and physique, Foley and Stearman cannot play together on the right, Iwelumo has no place in the Premiership and Vokes should be used more often and Ebanks-Blake needs to be rested!
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I agree that EBlanks needs resting, but please don’t feed him up any more!
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Good list, would like a striker aswel, I do like beattie and I’ve always thought kitson was good, just never been given a chance at stoke!
Not a fan of ferdinand though lol, think he’s very overpriced because of his brothers reputation!
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perfect choices there
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I never thourght id say this, but Heskey would be an ideal signing now, just to win the ball for Doyle.
Ebanks must go in the reserves and work his way back, it will do him good.
And im sorry to say it, but id send Mancienne back to Chelsea and id also get a good left back, Ward is struggling and Elokobi ay much better.
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agree on Heskey. Disagree on Mancienne
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Agree go get Naylor hes a left back WARD not good enough…Mancienne to easy to knock of ball not strong enough(WHY WAS BEERA ON BENCH) Mancienne has done ok in midfield as a holding player more pace and ability than Henry
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Mancienne is being played out of position, that’s why. Next week he’ll probably be left back!
Mccathy has to go, and NOW while a proper manager can save us from the Championship!
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SEB needs to go in the rserves and learn how to hit the net 1st, then needs to learn how to move his lazy backside! He does not work hard enough!
Beattie = Good signing
Hunt = Should have been a summer signing
Johnson = Yes, as above!
Improvement is needed across the park!
Morgan has stated there is money to spend and no wage cap etc, however i think deep down we really know that is not the case and a couple of close contacts at the Golden Palace state this also!
Many of you will disagree, but I beleive Moxey has and continues to do a good job at Wolves.
He does not chooose the players or have the final say on what money can be spent on who as Morgan dictates that. However look at the stability of the club compared to most in the whole of the english leagues!
However Mr Morgan! the jury is still out so get your cheque book out and put your money where your mouth is!
Mick, convert these targets i.e Beattie into proper discussion with the board and get some players in who can help fulfil the dream of Wolves staying in the PL!
Rant over :-)
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Who in their right mind would want to sign for Wolves under McCarthy…James Beatie, a player that is not able to get a start with Stoke, who themselves are no great shakes.
There is no doubt in my mind that Palace will account for Wolves on saturday, they are playing top football, and could even be in the play offs this season.
May I suggest that after the game on Saturday when the Palace players are boarding the bus back to Selhurst Park, that Morgan grabs Warnock, and half a dozen of their players for a straight swap, and let them have..Surman,Ebanks,big Chris,Halford,Stearman & Elokobi, and through in McCarthy for good measure, with a 2 million bonus as an incentive to take Mick with them.
Mick should get on well with Palaces maniac owner ‘pretty boy Jordan’…they would both have a similar IQ, together with a limited understanding of football.
Just heard from a contact close to the Wolves Management that McCarthy will be fielding the Wolves ladies team against Palace, to give his over taxed lads a rest before Liverpool.
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I am angry now. I can only assume you are Neil Warnock.
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As i understan MM tells the board who he wants then they agree or not if they agree then the CEO goes and negociates with the club then the player and agent if the deal comes off great but if not you all blame MM Why? this club has a wage cap no class prem player will come untill they lift it.
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Mick I think your great and i know your the Manager and you choose who plays and who doesn’t but I am really sorry Blake is not performing in front of goal.
Please please try Doyle and Vokes what have you got to loose, I genuinely think that partnership would work.
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OH DEAR..HOW SAD ARE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It’s a McCarthy fan who watches the Wolves!
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We wont play his wages forget about it why not give Vokes a run to the end of the season.
We need about 2 midfielders to set up Doyle.
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I think if Real Madrid, Barca and Man City are after a Championship player we should jump in and get him before them!
Victor Moses!!!!!!!!!
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Have to agree with you on that one… victor moses would be an excelent buy!!!
but may already be out of our price range…
really need some new blood in the team and PACE!! or we are in trouble…
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I said we should have gone for him in the summer in part exchange when they were interested in Lumes
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Sick of all of the rumours and talk. Actions speak louder than words. Where are the signings?!
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I think jobi mcanuff from reading would be a good little signing, he wouldn’t break the bank, he ripped liverpool apart in both legs of the fa cup. He also wouldn’t ask for a transfer if wolves got relegated!
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i aggree chaz, i,ve allways rated him he,s quick and gets decent crosses in, something we a doin at the moment.
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I suspect the damage has already been done with the failure to bring in enough quality in the summer.Moxey said they were being clever in the transfer market when in fact ,other than Doyle ,they were being foolish.They thought they could do it on the cheap ,via the the lean and mean strategy that had worked in the Championship.But the Premier is a different ball game.Moxey as an accountant maybe good at buying baked beans,but his record at buying quality footballers over the last 9 years has not been very good.
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Just read on the Hull (front Page) of their website:-
SALE £17.99
Tigers Player
Think thats why we keep sniffin round there!
Shorey at Forest – Why? We have to play a striker in that position because noone else in our squad is up to it.
Wouldnt want Daryl Murphy if we was in the championship nevermind the premiership.
Beattie, speculation again? believe it when i see it! Same with all the other names we’re being linked with.
I think we will stay up this season but only because the premier league is so poor this time round. Portsmouth, Hull & Burnley to be relegated
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agree with that predictionalthough zaki has now gone to hull. im thinking we’ll have a bit of a return in form just like after the birmingham game. saying that if we dont getat least 6 points against liverpool hull and west ham we will be in big trouble. If we dont get anything against liverpool and bolton get something at burnley we are in the bottom 3.
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Well done Ed, at last people are waking up to how dire our position is!
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We cant wait for SEB to come good. if in fact he is able to at this level. Watching him casually saunter around whilst everyone else is running their socks off, chasing the ball doesnt do much to help his case…
Doyle our top scorer on 5 and it was Jody before that on 4.. NOT GOOD ENOUGH.
Its simple, no decent signings in the next couple weeks = No chance.
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oslo wolf…your post to me; Kiddywolves
Your name says it all Kiddy – grow up! The reason you’re sitting at your dad’s computer typing rubbish and Mick and Jezz are running the club is becasue they are experienced professionals and you’re clueless!!
UTW!
experienced proffesionals at what exactly??THICK MICKS PREMIER LEAGUE RECORD IS A SHOCKER! THEY ARE RUNNING THE CLUB BACK INTO THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND AFTER ALL THE YEARS OF NOTHING THATS THE BEST WE CAN COME UP WITH? MUPPETS LIKE YOU DONT HELP SAYING THEY ARE BASICALLY GOOD AT THEIR JOB! LIE DOWN FOR A WHILE HAVE A THINK ABOUT YOUR COMMENT AND COME BACK TO ME TOMMOROW.. MICK OUT
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I Know this isn’t my discussion but im with oslo on this one. For everyone to keep including Mick’s sunderland record is pathetic. he was given bugger all to spend and the end of season result was unsurprising. However despite what you believe on who is a success and who hasn’t been in this league the fact is collectively the team has so far gained more points than 3 other teams. If at the end of the season we have more points than 3 other teams it will be a success and at the moment we are on course to do this. So before you start giving up on the season in January after one unanticipated result how apart you lie down and have a think about your comments. You are the type of fickle supporter who will sing the managers praises one week and then want them sacked the next. So kiddy as oslo said: GROW UP!!!!!!!!
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Wake up Ed, when Mick gets his P45 he’ll be saying the same about us as well!
He has a living to make and he has already talked his way out of disasters at Eire and Sunderland; always somebody else’s fault!
Don’t waste your loyalty on Mick, he’ll soon find another club Chairman daft enough to pay £1M a year for his wisdom and experience!
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well said kiddy im with you on this one players and managers are judged on there careers and not just one club and mad micks premier league managerial farces so far at WOLVES and sunderland are shambolic he must have one of the worst games to win ratios in premier league history get rid now and we might just stand a chance of staying up,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,in mad mick we dont trust,,,ilk
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I really dont think striker is needed. Supply is needed. Widen that pitch and get our existing wingers charging at em. Also – one defensive cover and one creative midfielder. Thats it. Simples!
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you can’t change the pitch dimensions mid season
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One of the daftest things that Mick has done was to turn the pitch into a tennis court so that Hartford could use his long throwins to enable us to score lots of goals at home.
Working well isn’t it?
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the photo of Steve Morgan on the E & S pictures page speaks volumes for ALL Wolves fans.
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Mick has always had his favorites and always will, Dave Jones in midfield was a joke, him and Henry and not premier class together, taking jarvis off proved nothing, as for Seb he works his socks off but that does not win games, he is not good enough at this level, that miss on Saturday says it all. We will go down with Pompey & Burnley, and I am gutted to have to say that but Saturday was terrible and we drop ponits against teams we should beat with ease, the Spurs games etc are a bonus. We are not good enough……end of.
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I think the Hunt stuff is all boring talk, if we had put a good offer in we would have tested the waters.
Poss targets for me are Beattie is a good target man but too many injuries
, Solano who has plenty of prem experience, and can cross a ball
Gardner – but i dont think we have much chance
Nosworthy- Used to play for MM before and is a big more mobile than Craddock and Berra.
Quincy Owusu-Abeye- was on loan to brum last year, has plenty of pace
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It looks like Merson was right when at the end of last season he was asked if Wolves could stay up in the Prem he said only if they buy 10 new players.
I dont know if anyone noticed how vocal McCarthy is on the touchline he was at it constantly,if you were a player it would make your head spin.
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Actually last week I heard Merson say on Sky he thought Wolves would stay up.Mind he has probably changed his mind again by now.
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lets get the expert manager Merson in then
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If your quoting merson,He also said a couple of weeks ago we we,re good enough to stay up.as it happens just as contradictory as most of the comments on this site, a bit more respect for fellow wolves supporters is required me feels
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Doomed! Saturday’s performance summed it all up. No quality in depth – too many Championship players in the team. In fact, most Championship teams would have beaten that team last Saturday! Future?????
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36 Kiddy Wolf
Firstly, I think you’ll find the caps lock over on the left of the keyboard – or if you can’t find it maybe you can get a grown up to help you?
MM and JM both solid and experienced professionals with an astute chairman in Morgan – ask any Leeds, Portsmouth or Southampton fan what they think about big spending on champagne charlies to try to appease the fans – keep your nerve, keep the faith, cheer doon’t boo at games and we’ll stay up.
In the words of the great philosopher Ness – “simple as”
Tidy!
UTW!
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Spot on.
Do any of us know how to run a football club??? Do any of us know how to manage and coach??? We don’t understand how difficult a transfer is in real life.
Its not like Football manager when you put a bid in they accept and you offer him a contract and he is here.
I think the 3M’s have more knowledge and experience in their jobs than all of us combined!
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Spot on Wolves AY I
We also have no idea about what happens behind the scenes and who wants to do what and spend money on which player – it’s all rumours and guess work…… apart from Kiddy of course who KNOWS EVERYTHING!! The sooner he gets into the hot seat the better (as long as he’s home in time for his tea of course!) lol
UTW
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So why have Blues manage to get players in easy enough and how is it Hull get Zaki…would have done a job for us me thinks…. and they have financial problems…
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Errr Blakedown
Easy – Blues have gone the Chinese Billionaire route – great while it lasts but can easily end up like Leeds, Portsmouth, Saints, Norwich (and maybe even Liverpool and ManU?) when his investments go bad or, more likely, the fans have a moan and the billionaire throws his toys out of his cot and goes home. Hull – last roll of the dice I think – cheap loan?? We’ll have to see what Zaki does for them – were you a Freddy chanter by any chance??
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Oslowolf…Eastwood never good enough…Billionaire my arse he wasnt there when they bought in Scott Dann(Wolves player according to E&S)Roger Johnson(Wolves target according to MM)Barry Fergerson(run the show at Molineux)…problem is no ambition need to pay wages to get quality players..remember Mr Morgan was going to buy Liverpool so hes got the dosh to keep Wolves up…GOLD AND BLACK FOREVER
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do we really want someone like zaki, done sod all since he,s returned to egypt, injury prone,prone to taking extra holidays when he feels like it,to quote steve bruce most unprofessional player ever, Im sure sure someone would have commented about scraping the barrel if we’d signed this waste of space (fingers crossed I dont regret this statement)
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The 3Ms are not competing with us but they are competing with their counterparts at Hull, Wigan etc. And on Saturday for all their so called knowledge and ability they were decidedly second best.
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no we dont know how to run, manage or coach a team but neither does mad mick in the prem get him out nowwwwwwwwwww,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,in mad mick we dont trust,,,ilk
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We are in trouble,look at the fixtures where are we going to get the points???Mick how long are you going to persist with Sylvan,,no goals this season yet hes first on the team sheet,you never gave Eastwood that chance,Sam Vokes doesnt get a sniff,maybe ten minutes,Our football is horrible to watch,midfield get the ball and either play it square or back,there scared to play a fourty yard foreward pass,and god knows where Jarvis is supposed to be playing,Wardy puts more balls over than him..you better do something Quick Mick or you wont sell many early birds,its very hard to find three teams worse than us.
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Actually the forty-yard forward pass was all we got on Saturday, and it was hopeless.
As for 3 teams worse than us, I suggest Pompey, Hull and Burnley. We’re lucky that there are a lot of dire teams this year.
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The difference of a few days in the premiership. A few days ago we was looking forward to signing Hunt & maybe 1 or 2 good signings, now after defeat & no signings we stare again at relegation.
The transfer window is running out & any quality player will think twice before joining us.
Why do Wolves always act so slowly instead of taking any advantage.
Morgan show your commitment now, for without any big signings it will be too late for us to learn how to score, defend & to control matches.. let alone win any.
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Can anybody tell tell me why Bham who finished below us last season have done so well is it all down to McCleish or is it that their board havent penny pinched like Moxey and got there target players while Wolves had the chances to sign their target players but the players opted for Bham.Most of our bargain basement summer signings are now fringe players thanks (job done Moxey).
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The squad that got them promoted already had premiership experiance.
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Imv Blues went out and got Scott Dann from Cov (rumour is we were not prepared to pay a little more per week in wages) – Roger Johnson from Cardiff – £5m? How much did we pay for Berra? Matched up Bowyer and Ferguson to command the midfield – 2 players hungry to prove themselves in the Prem
Imv McCleish has got the balance right – unlike MM and Blues board/ owners have backed him
Blues im afraid appear to have ambitions (and are the other club in the Prem with NO debts)
Imv Wolves are subject to Moxey spin with a sprinkling of BS – Job done Mr Moxey???
Anyone think Jez has the ‘job done?’
NB* Genuine question to Accountant Wolf – from your positings are you saying that it is far more profitable for Wolves to get relegated and promoted each season – If so; Why are the other 22 clubs in the Prem league so interested in staying up?
Can you give us all a factual break down of A) What are the financial benefits of staying up and obviously B)The benefits of getting relegated and promoted (yo yo)
UP THE WOLVES!
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Its not profitable to be a yo yo club.
In the Prem you can charge high match prices, season ticket prices and gain more sponsorship and merchandising revenue.
Also finishing 17th each year in the Prem will give us more prize money than finishing in bottom 3 and top of the championship.
Leave the accounting to Moxey!
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I think your forgetting one little overhead in the Prem;
The players wages.
How much is Scott Parker on these days?? £75000 p/w+
HAnd he’s slightly above average.
Its easy spending other peoples money, just ask HBOS!
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Do some little sums and you can soon see why. Have a squad of 20 players like manure or chelski on £50 a week each and that’s £50M a year wages, before you start paying the stars their £130,000/week.
We have a small ground that can hold 29,000 paying spectators. Surely even simple people like you can see that Wolves can’t even begin to compete with the big clubs.
Explode the myth, we are *NOT* a big club, our Championship wage structure will only attract Championship players, and that is why we are where we are, and fighting to survive!
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Spot on TUS nothing really to add just though a great post deserved recognition.
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Accoutant Wolf is not an accountant – he did his work experience there when he was 16.
Counting obviously isn’t your strong point either doofus – there are 20 clubs in the Premier League.
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We will not get the likes of Johnson and Hunt. We would not pay the wages for Scott Dann so we won’t pay 30K to either of those two. Morgan for me needs to spend 15-20 million to keep this team up. We have a lot of players that are squad players at best. McCarthy needs to get real and not look at cast offs like Murphy. He is no better than Jarvis who is average at best. Judgement day looms but I feel average players will be brought from the championship to compete with our championship players.
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It doesnt fill you with confidence when McCarthy said last week he was happy with the squad and the players he had bought,hes either a lier or a Plank,this squad is Championship at best.
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Well said, it is as simple as that. Most people can’t see beyond the spin they feed us and what pleases the Happy Clappers so much!
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Oslowolf,,,,talk about football not spelling or typing,dont worry about other clubs,look after your own,Leeds,Southhampton,and Portsmouth are happy,did you see Leeds stick it up united last week,,we ran away remember,or was that good management..I pay five and a half hundred quid to watch good football on a Saturday,and to be quite honest I dont care iff we run up a bit of debt,,iff staying solvent means watching rubbish like last saturday,or being afraid to take on Man U,then I would rather not bother.
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Of course you don’t mind running up a ‘bit’ of debt (by which you probably mean millions). It won’t be your debt, will it ?
And on what planet are Pompey and Saints fans happy ?
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Pedro
“Leeds,Southhampton,and Portsmouth are happy,did you see Leeds stick it up united last week”
Errrrrrr no actually I saw Leeds lose at Exeter last week – their fans didn’t look too pleased to me mate!!
There’s no such thing as a bit of debt in the prem – ask any Liverpool fan – and oh, by the way it WILL be your debt because they will stick it on YOUR club’s balance sheet and YOU’LL be paying it back cos your season ticket will be a twice what you’re paying now (after they’ve made you move seat to make room for the prawn sandwich brigade) and they’ll also sell YOUR ground and training ground and lease it back to help cover the massive interest – just like Leeds!!
UTW!
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We need at least 11 new players.
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What are you on about you Mug!!?? Its unbelievable how negative you muppets are… why do you even bother calling yourselves Wolves fans if you cant support your team. Most of you probably havnt even kicked a football in your lives yet your experts on the game! Stroll on…
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Donkey
And obviously you played professional football….hence the name!
People are getting rid of their frustration on a web site, better that than at the match
You can not back MM recent decisions with team selection because we have lost our recent games – so who is to blame – the supporters? I think not, the buck stops with MM
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I’m just frustrated with the perfomances. My only ambition is to playing in the premier league. To do so I think we need new players to do so. I have supported Wolves since the 70s. Its my passion for the club, that bring out the emotions in me.
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It makes me so angry to hear Wolves fans talking so negative. There is only one manager of WFC and I’m behind him 100%. Yes it was disappointing on Saturday and I’m sorry to say we have a few players who aren’t good enough and we have some who don’t give 100%. I don’t need to list them because we all know who they are. The money is available, so I trust Mick to choose the right players to keep us up.
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And the world is a lovely peacefull place to live. Get Real.
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You must be mad, just like M’Carthy. This squad is not good enough for this league and Mick signed a lot of them. He is NOT a good manager, he is arrogant, pig-headed and clueless.
This is not about just Saturday, it is about performances against Portsmouth, Birmingham, Hull and now Wigan among others.
The players are plainly unfit, they have no ball control and in the case of the ‘captain’ Karl Henry and some others, they are afraid to have the ball at their feet.
Last week saw a group of real footballers join the Hall of Fame, there is not a single member of the current Wolves club who would get near it.
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jon de wolf, i also back mick and the team but i just thought he got his tatics wrong when we went down to ten men. With the penalty save we were still in the game, but you cant go 4.3.2 in the premiership not us anyway were not good enough. I would have gone 4.4.1 and took seb off and try to consolidate and maybe hit them on the break. so micks got to hold his hands up and say yeah i got my tatics wrong today.
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He would need to put his hands up nearly every match!
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Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock…. The clock is still ticking and the month of January is nearly 2/3′s gone, and still no positive news in the transfer market.
As I said yesterday, SEB at the moment could not hit a cow’s bum with a banjo. And what we need right now is goals. Beattie has always impressed but, as with many items on this site, there is not much substance behind the veil of maybe’s or possibles.
It really is make or break time and, unless action is taken now, we can all look forward to a gloomy summer in spite of the ray of sunshine that is the World Cup.
Sorry, but my glass is now half empty, not half full…..
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Can anyone explain what happened to Matt Hill? He came in against Blackburn and was quality, since then hasn’t had a look in!
Liverpool and Hull coming up, great! Would like to have another striker and winger in by then!
Beattie would be great. But what about David Nugent, wouldn’t cost a lot with the turmoil that Pompey are in?!
Hunt and Johnson unfortunatly won’t be joining this club, why would they?
I like the idea of McAnuff, but Eagles NO! He doesn’t even get in the Burnley side.
Let’s hope Saturday was just one of those days, and MM gave them the hairdryer. And finally drops his favourite players!
For Liverpool it’s got to be; Hahnemann, Foley, Berra, Zubar, Hill; Jarvis, Milijas, Castillo, Jones; Doyle & Vokes?!
PLEASE MM DROP YOU FAVOURITES! There not cutting it.
Also Mr Morgan and Mr Moxey pull your fingers out and get us some new players in which we desperatly require.
That is all.
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Beattie, Johnson, Hunt, O’Hara, Murphy?
stop kidding yourselves.
Why would ANY of these, other than Beattie (last big pay day) want to come to Wolves?
I assume they have ambition in the game?
McCarthy might want them but Jez will only buy the cheapest one, if any, he can get.
Stop dreaming, come into the real world, like last saturday, and realise we will be back where we were last season very soon.
18 days into January, how many signings?
we need them NOW not when our season is over.
McCarthy must go but even that will be a waste of time if Moxey stays.
Look where Stoke are now.
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For those who don’t know, Moxey was sacked from Stoke, to the delight of most of their supporters!
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This story is a piece of journal nonsense. Because we can be linked with players from every club, but the fact is that I very much doubt we will sign anybody in the jan window because of the lack of ambition from the board. We are planning to go back to the championship, with MM as our manager and another missed opportunity in staying in this league.
Morgan has said he doesnt see wolves getting relegated a bad thing. SHOCKING STATEMENT considering he wanted wolves to challenge the top 10. Well if we had a blue strip and called ourselves birmingham city then we would be. I can not beleive the performance on saturday, the players are not good enough to sustain 90 minutes of top level performance in this league. Karl Henry is not a natural born leader. We need a fighter in that midfield who will create and not a player who does not play the incisive ball. One of the reason we dont score enough is that there is not enough chances been created.
Wolves fans were fantastic on saturday but I wish to know the thoughts of Moxey now, saying we wouldnt do an albion! I would like to know why Morgan 1st says he is fully committed to wolves but sencondly says he doesnt mind relegation. He needs to learn we are supporting a club to stay in the division and not one to see relegated.
Now onto transfer targets, there is no way we can afford wages for Beattie, O’Hara, Murphy, Hunt. Not a chance. We are stuck with this squad and I am sorry to say with the likes of Liverpool, Spurs, Chelsea & Man U as our next 4 home league games, the future is bleak!
MM is a 1 trick pony, He needs to be sacked, END OF!
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This looks like a total knee jerk reaction we look so desperate remember, like the ugly bloke at the school disco hoping someone will dance with him. Remember the chants “if Beattie can play for england so can I” ……you are seeing the real signs of a club in turmoil and decline – a club that lacks a strategy. Why do we need a striker? We have 4 who get bugger all supply with the exception of SEB who is always falling over. We need folk in midfield and defense to stop the leaks/ mistakes. Take any top manager first thing they do is stop the goals going in. Pathetic response. Now I know we are doomed.
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spot on geomatt we got the worst defence in the league last 3 games goals for 0 against 7
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Couldnt agree more. Its service our strikers need, not more frustrated front men feeding off long ball tripe that we had served up on Saturday
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Wolves squad not good enough for p/l
Wolves manager does not have enough tactical nowhow for p/l.
We need a shake up asap – what about MM out get in Mark Hughes? who has proved he can work within a budget and can attract decent players.
Come on Morgan sort it before its to late.
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Everyone is reading 6.5Mio banded around but there is only one player needed to stabilize the club and he deserves the entire transfer kitty – Hunt. Get him in and the engine of the team will start to function and our strikers will get more attempts on goal.
Spreading the kitty too thinly on mediochre players will not help. Give Hull an early parachute but at least we will still be flying…
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oslo…thanks for pointing out the caps lock button! you say ask leeds southampton etc about big spending and that mm and jm are solid astute proffesionals, ask sunderland what they think of mm even tho his hands were tied up there and ask roy keane about mm and his man management skills. wolves ay i…obviously we dont know how to run a football club..neither do morgan and moxey as evidently they are running a business. mick has had his chance with 16million quid and has bought shite exept doyle. hanneman not counted as he cost nowt. percevering with championship quality will no doubt end in championship football nest year, henry halford seb iwelumo jarvis ward etc just aint good enough, but still as long long as we got a few quid in the bank all is well at the football club or the business… whichever way u want to look at it. mick out. up the wolves
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Kiddy
well done on the caps lock – now maybe you can move on to the spellcheck?!
Financial ruin guarantees league 1 football (or worse) – financial prudence means that (heaven forbid) we do go down we’re in a strong position to come straight back – Morgan might have a few quid but he’s not in the league of the owners of the big clubs (or more correctly their ability and willingness to borrow). He is, however, a solid bloke who loves his football and wants to do the best for the club and the fans – not to make a few quid or go off on a vanity trip at our expense. I don’t mind MM,JM,SM spending a few quid in January but not at the expense of the financial future of the club – I for one don’t want our club to be owned by a non-existent Saudi Prince or an American overdraft – give me another year in the Championship anytime over that route!
UTW!
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1) Muppet has squandered money on signing players that he either doesn’t play or aren’t good enough
2) Success on the pitch will help finance the Club. We need to invest to progresss. There is no point being a wealthy Championship Club and there is no guarantee we will get promoted again, especailly with the lack of ambition that runs so deeply through the club
3) Despite our fan base/size compared to our local rivals, we have the least recent success. Compare us to Brum, Stoke and other teams not the few that have been taken over by disinterested money men. Jury is still out on Morgan’s intent – he hasn’t commited anything yet.
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2) I’m afraid success on the field does NOT finance the club substantially from where we are today. The ground is pretty much full now so no significant increase in gate receipts – we might sell a few more shirts but not lots more – and we might get a few more televised games but again not a quantum leap in income. Funding now is pretty much as good as it gets so then you’re faced with the option of either borrowing big or hoping for a billionaire who will stick around – - cutting your cloth to fit is, in my view, the only viable long term option – unless I missed some other big source of income from winning more games?
UTW
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There is a fine and achievable balance between success and sustainability. This requires a good manager to invest wisely and have the necessary skills to keep the team in the Prem – on current evidence not happening! It’s great to see Mol full, the fans are there but, if relegated we can not assume to get promoted anytime soon and attendances are likely to fall significantly – the loss of this income and TV dosh etc may well see us destined as a mediocre fizzy pop team – tragic. Also we do not need to borrow – £25 mil in the bank, players that can be sold and Morgan’s £30mil.
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Last year, McCarthy gave us our best season in more than 25 years. Now, he may or may not be a good enough manager to keep us in the Premiership, but he deserves our respect and gratitude. You calling him a ‘muppet’ says more about you than it does about him.
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Oslo, are you the one all the guys in white jackets are touring the streets of Oslo looking for?
You are obviously reading English newspapers and believing what the Pie Man spins.
Morgan has announced that going back to the Championship will not be a disaster, so guess where we are going?
Stop annoying your betters or I’ll tell them where to find you!
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Norway Wolf, are you actually Swedish?
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Norway
Lol!
SM’s right – it wouldn’t be a disaster – lots of other clubs have stayed up second time on the bounce and done well – the scum make a living at it. Better that than the Leeds way son!
Don’t blame JM – he has to manage the budget he’s given – it’s not his money and he doesn’t set the budget!
See you in Andy’s mate! Olly ot!
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Murphy would probably be a fringe player a la Halford, not what we need. To spend 6.5mill on Johnson would probably be a bit too risky for Morgan to agree to as no doubt £4mil would get Hunt and he’s scored goals at this level for several seasons. I think Beattie would also be a great signing as Ebanks looks like he wouldn’t score in a you know what at the minute. Oh well I’m sure I’ll still be a season ticket holder for many years to come, whatever happens so it doesn’t really matter.
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what is micks problem with jarvis. why do we need a left winger. jarvis has got the bit of pace we need and when him and ward link up we look like we can create somethink. and why is he playing foley right mid we need to be solid at the back then build from there. hunt is a must break the bank cause kightly is a crock. beattie aint the answer. why not go to the top four and get a few loans. owen might come for first team footie.
mick we need some quality who is daryl murphy?
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Enough now look at his list. Beattie a total of 2 goals this season great addition he would be. Lets face facts the guys who got us here did a fantastic job including MM. Lets get real who in our team would fit into a quality Premier outfit – Doyle – AND YES THERE’S DOYLE AND OF COURSE DOYLE. Henry has done well this year fair play and so has Ward sinse his return but the others forget it and as for MM he has taken us as far as he can get rid now, stubourn arrogant individual who will not look outside the box. I MUST BE TOTALLY MAD JUST SPENT ANOTHER £100 TO WATCH MY TEAM AT AWAY FIXTURES WHY APART FROM I LOVE MY TEAM. Mr Morgan grow some nuts get rid of MM now please or face the Championship again.
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You mention Ward, I can not believe that, do you go to games Ward is not a prem footballer, Jarvis spends all his time helping him out, thats why Jarvis is not doing what he his supposed to do Supply the Forwards with crosses.
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And now even Doyle is getting nervous about the ‘R’ word:
“I have experienced relegation and wouldn’t want to go through it again. We have to get over days like this and then start to feel good about ourselves next week.”
Problem is does MM and Clipboard have any ideas on how to get the team scoring goals – apart from the usual ‘putting in a shift’ ?
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Matbe not but I have.
The legend that is Steve Bull as striker coach, any takers?
Yes he’s getting on now but this man knows what it takes to score, ok not at this level but when you can score you should be able to score in any league.
Follow that with resizing the pitch so our wingers have the room to show what we know they can do.
Finally invest in a decent proper left back. Wardy has done ok at times but only with Jarvo’s help, once MM took him off on Saturday N’Zogbia ran down the wing almost at will. Even if you do think Ward is the answer, what happens when he gets injured/suspended? Big George? Mancienne? Friend looked ok at Man U. IMO if Malone is as good as they say then how about giving him a half or the whole game against Palace and let’s see how he does? If he doesn’t perform then sadly we may be out of the cup but we know he’ll have to be “one for the future” as they say.
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By that logic Paul Gascoigne would have been a great Manager…
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Grey Wolf.
Yes ok probably in hindsight a daft suggestion about Bully, but of our wonderful strikers at the moment who puts the fear of god into defences?
Answer:- Not one of them, ok maybe Doyle worries a few.
Anyway, we’ll never know if Gazza would have made a good manager, he never went down that route lol.
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NO way is Henry good enough so much of the ball on sat and did nothing with it…Ward not good enough(bring back Naylor hes a LEFT BACK)…Hunt no chance now Hull have signed Zaki(why did we not get him)…Johnson no chance(not if Blues want him)…Beattie may be…WHY WHY WHY do we get in the Prem and throw it all away WERE bigger than Blues allways have been but theyve shown more ambition…come Mr Morgan show some ambition and keep us in the Prem even if it means paying over the odds for quality youll get the money back
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all this talk of big names ,give the youngsters a chance if only as subs and see what they can do,other teams atre playing 16,17,18 year olds ,we have a promising left back in Salmon ,give him a game .this experience will be great for them in the championship next season
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Beattie, he’s scored 2 goals all season and we think he would be a good bet!
I’ve said it all season, but we have had no width or pace in the team to unsettle defences like our friend Mr Camara did last time around…..
We need a classy quick forward and at least one other quality player to get wide and cross the ball; the game is that simple!
Sorry but the dropping of Berra one of our few good players this season shows that McCarthy is clueless about what team and tactics to play and as for Morgan and Moxey saying that we would learn the mistakes of last time I would laugh if I wasn’t crying!
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Is Beattie as much ambition our mighty club can show?
Well if it is, looks like back to the Championship
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the first point YES, oh and the second ;-)
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it worked at Stoke last year, but your head is stuck in the clouds thinking you are a huge club!!!!
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Murphy ! Another player from sunderland, do we love bumping their transfer fund up ? He’s not not anywhere near better than what we’ve already got ! And sorry but we’ve no chance of getting johnson from middlesborough after watching the game on saturday everyone wolves fan can see we have no pace in the team.
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Murphy no way not as good as Vokes or Keogh(missed him bigstyle)….CMON WOLVES SHOW SOME AMBITION FOR ONCE PROVE YOU WANT TO BE A PREM CLUB
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wolves AY I.. I can absolutely gaurantee that EVERYONE posting on here is a football manager.. at heart anyway! :)
I will be surprised if we sign anyone in this window.. just cannot believe the things that have been coming out on here about Stephen Hunt. I’ll be amazed if he ended up here.. it was a deal that should have been sewn up before the season especially when signing Doyle!
If we got a couple of players in they will need to be IMPACT players hitting the ground running so with all the names mentioned who do you think might give us that?
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JOB DONE JEZ!! WELL DONE!!!
Congratulations to Birmingham City who have shown the way to buy and the tactics needed to it this season.
In my view Morgan is a light touch and unless proven otherwise im gutted he is our new owner.
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Alan Davis,
Quite right about Camara, we stuck with him all season when he couldn’t hit a cows backside with a banjo, when he started scoring it was TOO LATE!
It’s happening again with Blakey, no goals from open play, always on the floor, out muscled, out thought and doesn’t look interested.
What have we got on the bench? Uwelumo, The Neck, Vokes…. doesn’t make good reading does it?
Unless we get a top quality striker in to hit the ground running we are up s–t creek!
We have heard all the promises etc. Morgan, do something about it, PLEASE!
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So where in the article does itquote McCarthy as saying he is after Beattie?
Also if he only scored twice this season how is he the answer to our goal scoring problems? Its the supply that s the problem.
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one or two pro Keogh points on here, I personnally think he is a clever hardworking player that would fit in perfectly just behind the front one or two in an attacking / midfield role similar to that of Mclair at Untd years ago.
I couldnt understand why he was dropped in the first place prior to picking up his injury
Iwelumo sell to Leeds in a swap for Beckford.
SEB stick him out on loan too until he starts scoring again reguarly.
Then all we need to do is find a left back/commanding midfielder, a left and right winger oh and yes somebody else up front with Doyle…
Bring our Robbie Home!
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MM has taken us as far as we can go many thanks, stats don’t tell lies he has the worst record of any prem manager.
Team buiding is all about bringing people in who are better than we have, how much more money will be tossed in the bin
Do we want prem football or not
Quality counts but also costs
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Blake is too slow to cut it at this level. If you do anything in the windown then please get someone to go up front with Doyle!!!!!! We are currently on the way down.
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There’s no service for our forwards, another failing forward won’t help!
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Beattie wud be a good signing he is strong can hold the ball up and score and has a good header which we could so with cus of all the long balls we play wen we ain’t got the height upfront!! Don’t sign murphy he can’t get in the Sunderland team so that is just a backwards step! Wouldn’t mind gettin Johnson but wud rather have hunt!
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wolves was a disgrace saturday, and i cant see wolves signing anyone, i mean who wants to sign for a sinking ship,and sorry fellow wolves fans but SEB, is not good enough for rhe premier, i mean Alex at man utd knew this thats why he sold him, wolves just belong in the championship!!!!
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I’ve just read Swains Player rating, and as usual they are laughable!!! I thought it was Nash’s at first as both journos for the E&S have not got a clue when it comes to football.
How he can give the hapless Karl Henry a 6 and Milijas a 5 proves to me, he didn’t even watch the match. And Foley a 6 ?? You are having a laugh, he was and always is, uterrly useless in midfield.
The E&S is a complete joke with two journalists who write utter drivel. I still havent stopped laughing about Swain’s idea that Henry might play for England. Come on, E&S get a decent journalist in, that at least knows about football, please!
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Henry for England that was best laugh i had in a long time watch out Lionel Messi!! the crab is about lol.
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getting beattie down the moll would be great class goal getter, some one like johnson or hunt, and o,hara or gardner. so come on moxley stop jabberin on and spend some money before its to late because if you dont its champianship football again.
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Yet another smoke screen story probably leaked by Wolves’ PR to draw attention away from another disgraceful performance….when are we going to smell the coffee…where any of these players signed at the start of the season when we where just champions and everything was on a high..NO
The only players we will get now are has beens looking for a pay day no matter what division they play in.
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Its all speculation. Mick gives Moxey a list and he go’s out to the shops. The club never divulge information until the deal is done because we have lost players like that in the past. As for all you McCarthy haters who you going to replace him with? and dont say Curbishley or Keegan weve heard all that crap before. UP THE WOLVES!!
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His son Stephen
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Adam Johnson has now come out and publically said a move to Molineux is not right for him at this stage in his career!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its been on Sky sports news.
OH DEAR OH DEAR…………………….
It looks like we are going down folks.
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wednesbury wolf – what is wrong with Curbishley by the way?????
I think most fans would be more comfortable if we had a manager who would play wingers on the wing, not defenders………..
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he doesnt want to go back into managment and like Redknapp wont move from the south !!!
Theres no one available to replace the manager or SEB upfront !!!! yes we have money but no one is selling, get used to this !!!
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I thought the 3MMs said getting promoted before the other two teams gives us a better chance to get the top players with Prem-Experience in before anyone else gets promoted. So how come we ended up with all average Championship players or average players from abroad. Yet again we were told we wont make the same mistakes again, this time we will pay whatever it takes for the ‘Right Player’ and we will pay what we think each player is worth and not stick to a wage structure. As some players are a better class of player therfore should be paid more. That was Jez Moxey speaking live on radio WM before a Wolves home match before we had even got promoted.
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reading these threads is depressing. Full of doom mongers with zero loyalty and an in ability to see beyond a game at a time.
I can only assume that most on here are in the 11-15 age range. That would explain the emotional swings.
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Yes Thats true Dave see ya st school Tomorrow
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Yep. All these threats to not renew season-tickets if we go down, from fans who claim to have been loyal supporters for decades.
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When you have been going to the Molineux almost every home game for 58 years, and lots of away games as well in younger years, you get to understand a bit about football.
These aren’t doom mongers, these are switched on supporters who know what they are talking about.
If you ever learn anything about football, then you will begin to understand what a mess this pathetic management team have made of this season.
Mr Morgan is intelligent enough to realise that it is all over, and is planning for the Championship next season. Most knowledgeable fans agree with him.
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Well said 58 years.Some people just dont realise that over the years having had good and some not so good years,we learn about Football,The majority now realise that MM is tactically inept.
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GD PLAYER but weve got TO MANY strikers we need LEFT BACK AND CENTRAL DEFENCE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DO US PROUD LADS
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I have heard that Billy Icanscore is looking for a start in the EPL from Ebbsfleet Utd in the Blue Square Premier League…..Mick cast your net out….how did you miss this opportunity…
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David, perhaps you have your head in the clouds and believe that the Wolves are in the top 4 instead of the bottom 4? Well take a good, long look at the PL table, it will tell you we have the poorest goals scored in the division and then take a look at our upcoming fixtures and you will understand, that is if you are intelligent enough, to work out for yourself that we are in deep trouble!
If we cannot score goals but the opposition do then we lose, no points – comprendez?
The squad we have is lightweight, has no leader on or it seems off the pitch, is only Championship class and that is where we will be going if McCarthy & co do not bring in reinforcements to keep us up.
Does that clarify the situation for you and can you now understand why so many Wolves fans, supporters, doom mongers, call us what you like, are so concerned as to what could happen if we do not do something pretty damn quick!
The transfer window will close soon and so far Wolves have been connected with players aplenty but have yet to sign even one!
McCarthy says he is quite happy with the squad probably because he, Morgan and Moxey have already decided that Championship football is more our level and within budget, so they will make plenty of noise about signing players but in reality will do nothing – as is usual!
McCarthy was given a reprieve when getting lucky by winning the Championship but he will not be so fortunate should we go down, the fans will make sure of that by ‘voting with their feet’ and finding other, cheaper things to do on Saturday afternoons than being bored to death by a Wolves team totally inept and incapable of holding it’s own in the PL.
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Phew, thank god we threw in the towel at Old Trafford. It meant we could target the home games against the likes of Wigan. McCarthy’s masterplan for the season is going according to plan. Home games against Hull, West Ham, Portsmouth, Blues and Wigan are the games we should be targeting. Think about it fellow Wolves fans, we could have gained no points from those 5 home games but we gained 1 point. Our manager is a genius.
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Look, i went to the match on staurday, we played just like we did against BRUM. When will the players learn its consistency required. Hopefully we will now do the same and go 3 game unbeaten…..i hope ….i hope. Why not try a punt for Robbie Keane on loan, surely if he loves wolves he will play for half the wages..loyality goes a long way. Seriously, a draw against liverpool would be good, however, a win would be fantastic. Get Van N on loan. Dont blame the strikers (SEB) blame the so called wingers we have THEY are not consistent and the delivery is poor. Why not try Mil up front put Manci in midfield……
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Beattie has had a good scoring record in the past.If they were to sign him,he may be a good stopgap player.All we seem to be doing is putting sticking plaster on the problem.I fo feel that there are those in the club who are not genuinely committed to Wolves being a Premiership club.If we are to be a premiership club we have to do it properly.However Wolves have a history of having a bargain basement mentality.Quality players don’t want to come to Molineux because it is a downward career move.The club needs to decide what they want to do.If not move aside and lets get people who are more committed.
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im dissapointed with the team selection more than anythin, i cant turn on the plyers who sweated blood for us last year and gave us so many good days out, they arnt good enough but they arnt gonna say no when they get selected , out of position most of the time, karl henry is ok but he has stopped actually tackling anyone , when he gets the ball he looks to play it to the centre backs who always end up booting it cus they are under pressure, he needs to take responibility himself, look at mancienne when he gets the ball he automatically moves forward with it, sometimes henry has the chance to do this but just turns in a circle and plays defenders into trouble, i also think we need a couple of nasty players like hunt and beattie cus we seem to let teams walk all over us, we arnt in anyones faces,
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People- ask yourself the question. Why did the young lad that scored for Wigan choose them over Wolves? Answer – coaching and management even though we always have 25000+ at a home game and they have one man and his dog as spectators!!!.
Pompey may go down not because of playing ability but due to other financial issues. However, Bolton will get better thanks to Coyle and West Ham will pull out of the relegation zone. That leaves us in the dumper!!!
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but they charge the dog double cos he’s got 4 legs
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here’s what i reckon will happen.
we will sign nobody of any importance this window, the team will struggle on and we will just finish in the relegation places with the team we have.
we are simply not good enough as a team and i dont think that is down to what has been spent, rather the way the team have been managed.
i’ve sat on the fence long enough this season, i’ll still buy a season ticket next year, but i hope to god something changes.
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I’m surprised at the amount of Wolves fans that know where we will be at the end of the season based upon losing one game to a Wigan side who have been building and consolidating their team over the last five years. The same team that beat Aston Villa at the beginning of the season at Villa, a team that finished five places and seventeen points ahead of them the season before.
We don’t have a god-given right to beat any team and we have already taken three points off them so now we’re square.
I still have faith and think and hope that we will be alright.
Those that know different can you please help me out with something else………
Can I have the winning numbers for next weeks lottery please!
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Wulfrunian,It is not just about Wigan,
All season MM Has chopped and changed.Threw in the towel Man U,liverpool,Man C.
Signed 9 new players only 3 have been used more than sparingly,3,recognised left backs (4 if you include young Malone)But relies on his favourite Ward,last years player of the season RB Foley now a midfielder,CB Now a RB.
As many others have posted only 6 goals scored by the forwards and conceding almost 2 per game does not fill me full of optimism for the remainder of the season.
It is only my opinion but if we wish to remain in the top flight then the 3 Ms need to sign some quality urgently and MM has to start picking his best in the position they were signed for and to get a settled side Asap.
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Malta
get a life son! Lots of players play in defferent positions all the time in lots of clubs – there’s hundreds of them just in the prem!! Doesn’t mean the managers lost the plot – just that shapes change and differnet players fit in different roles.
UTW!
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Of coursec they do OSLO Enlighten me who these megatalented stars are?
let me see John Terry Left back? Frank Lampard Centre Half,Wayne Rooney Midfield Yeah Right.
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Spot on, agree 100%! Surely the Wigan match was a major disappointment, but not end of campaign. We’ve already had some dismal performances this season – like B’ham – followed by a few wins and points gained, even if the team selection and tactics have baffled some of us.
Everyone knew there would be both ups and downs this season – let’s just hope there’s still some ups to come (which I prefer to think).
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Agree not the end of campaign and there could be some good times ahead but there would be a better chance if MM had a helping hand ie quality players bought in and you only get that paying good wages.League position is irrelivent players will come if you pay up…..cmon u Wolves
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Why keep demonstrating your ignorance of football? We have scored less goals than any other team in the Premiership, and no way of seeing that change. We are leaking goals, almost the worst there as well. No hope of that changing.
You can learn something now, if you concentrate. If we score less goals than anybody else and concede lots of goals we won’t win matches! That’s why people who understand the game are all saying the same thing. Stop believing what Moxey tells you.
No changes, and there is no way we can even hope to fluke survival.
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Thanks for a very informative football lesson – I see our problems a lot clearer after this. But, errr …. hang on: We HAVE won a few matches, according to the PL table – was that because we scored more and conceded fewer goals than the opposition, or did I miss some core point in your lesson?
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Wulfrunian, pleased to oblige, they are:- 2.7.23.24.32 & 46 the bonus number is 17.
Oh and by the way, you can keep the winnings, I have enough to live on for now!
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Auckland Wolf, I suggest you read all about Beattie on Wikipedia and you will see that his scoring record is not as good as you seem to believe. He has scored many of his goals in the second tier but we are talking Premier League here and he has scored only 2 goals to date and even Ebanks-Blake has scored 1 goal, so perhaps we should continue playing him?
Leave Beattie at Stoke and sign someone who has a proven record in the PL – The cost? Who cares what it costs, do we want to remain in the PL or not?
What is being forgotten is that the higher the finishing position in the PL the more money each club receives, so whatever we spend will be compensated for at the end of the season – go down and we will receive peanuts and that will buy us peanut salaried players!
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I have an idea. How about the E&S sports reporter collate the main themes from this blog and others comments on here and then go interview the MM and see what he says, a sort of a ‘Frost/Nixon’ no holes bared type of interview, a face the facts and less of the ‘great team spirit – SEB will get better’ bulls**t we are getting right now.
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We must go to Villa and offer 3.5mil for Nicky Shorey as we are crying out for a natural left back there is no excuse really as Michael Ball is available on a free. I would also like to see another winger, Ledley, Johnson, Routledge somebody with raw pace to run at full backs. Castillo and Henry must start V Liverpool to stop them playing and Berra must be restored as Mancienne is not ready to play at centre half, get him at left back until we sign the above. My team V Palace:
Hennessey
Halford
Zubar (the best ‘new’ wolves song in years)
Berra
Mancienne
Foley
Castillo
Jones
Surman
Ebanks Blake
Iwelumo
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if Beatties a proven goal scorer then i could understand us putting a bid in, but hes not. he has fallen out of favour and hasnt scored for even longer than SEB. This journey man footballer is not the answer !!! The answer is simples play the same way as last season and put the pitch back to the same size, how on earth is making the pitch smaller and changing the style of football is going to give us the edge i will never understand.
Theres no one any good or affordable to buy striker wise in this transfer window, so why dont we look abroad !!!!
Zubar why did we buy him again ???
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Completely agree about the pitch, we are the youngest side in the premiership and have one of the fittest teams who played with two out and out wingers.
I still dont feel we will go down, I feel Pompey, Burnley and Hull will go and we will escape along with Westham and Wigan. V Liverpool we need to have 4-4-1-1 Milijas behind Doyle and with Jarvis, Castillo, Henry, Stearman in midfield. Foley, Berra, Craddock, Mancienne at the back.
If we do stay up, I can see Mick still Morgan paying Mick off to leave and Houllier coming in, that rumour will not go away.
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to right about the houllier rumour the trouble is he wont sign unless we stay in the prem at the end of the season and mad mick knows it so expect to see no good signings and a lot more square pegs in round holes from now until the end of the season mad mick thinks his only chance of staying in the job is relegation so fizzy pop league here we come,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,in mad mick we dont trust,,,ilk
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Wulfrunian – If you go to every game as I do and have been supporting football for as long as I have you kind of know when your team is in trouble. Yes no one can tell the future but we have the lowest goals scored, one of the worst goals conceeded records, we havnt beaten any of the teams we should compete against at home apart from Burnley and Bolton are Wigan hadnt won away since October……….. Realistically we are in the relegation zone already, teams have games in hand.
You dont have to be a genius or a fortune teller to see the way we are going.
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meant to say above, Bolton are 2 games in hand on us
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away to Arsenal one of them..
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Once again to all the MM haters the simple (like your minds)message is —-off.
We are Wolves………..
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try putting your glasses on when you go to the game pal!
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We are Wolves fans, you are a Mccarthy fan”! I suggest that you —-off. You are not wanted!
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Not very nice Flo!! he was only stating his opinion love!
UTW
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And he was being abusive to true Wolves fans! That is not good enough!
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And don’t be patronising calling me love!
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When will MM realise that Doyle will be worn out by the end of the season unless he provides him with support.. E.Blake is not Premiership class, yet MM keeps playing him. It is not fair to the player, his confidence is in tatters, he freezes when he realises the ball is coming his way. Milijas is a creative player and and whilst he should be capable of fighting for the ball, his role is make himself avaiable to create openings. As yet, MM has failed to provide the support he needs.
MM uses the long ball game and it is obvious he does not understand how to play it. I have witnessed the long ball game played by Wolves during the 1940′s 1950′s and in later decades. To play this game you need tactically aware players of quality, ie, P. Broadbent Bill Wright, Bill Slater. E Clamp
. Would Mike Baily have put up with the players when he was captain, cetainly not, even the rock of that team, Frank Munroe was sunjected to Baily’s drive.
When I look at C. Henry he has all the physical attributes required. Pity he cannot pass a ball. Bring back Eddie Clamp.
I have been in the dressing room when S. Cullis had threatened Armageddon to his players. He would have probably transferred this lot before half time!
When I see the Wolves players of today, I think of first line of a poem. “We have no time to stand and stare building.
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No More to say. How we could do with the above players now.
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The difference was the manager you mentioned, a great player himself, not a journeyman, and then a great manager of men.
Not a bit like our current crisis!
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it makes you wonder if the 3ms are bothered if we stay up or go back down to me if your not going to make a good effert in the prem and sign top players why challenge to win the championship in the first place if your not serious about the prem dont bother getting in it all wolves fans went crazy when we won the championship not so happy now and yes the players we have do try but just trying and not delivering is no good for us
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Beattie has been far from hot this season and is it worth £3 million for an aging player who can’t even get in Stoke’s first team? I don’t think so, we would be better off investing in say Adam Johnson AND Joe Ledley whose quality alone would create goals that even SEB could score one!
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lets all get real we dont belong in this league,lets get back to the fizzy pop league, you all know its our spiritual home, with our poxy litle ground fickle fans, im sick of us being outclassed every week.when our journeymen footballers put ashift in we will rewarded plus imissthe end of season playoffs every year better than the lottery.
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I believe we have the players to keep us up.
I do not believe we have a manager who knows how to use those players.
I am sick of seeing strikers at LB centrebacks at RB etc etc.
You must play to the strength of your players.
Vokes should be given a run in with Doyle. At present it is like playing with only ten men every week as Ebanks Blake is simply and regrettably, not up to the task.Whether this is because he appears a bit lazy, or whether it is becuase we are playing completely differently to last year, I am not sure.
Foley is not a right midfielder, he is a right back. Why play him out of position?
McCarthy is tactically inept, he seems to have coached Jarvis into not taking on players and crossing.
I work hard and have had a season ticket for 23 years consecutively, but have to sacrifice so much else to watch wolves. I am really beginning to wonder if it is worth the sacrifice.
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Agree with you about all accept Jarvis. The simple reason he doesn’t take players on was demonstrated most effectively on Saturday.
If Jarvis goes bombing down the wing then there is no-one to protect Wardy if the opposition regain the ball.
Once Jarvo went off against Wigan N’Zogbia left Wardy standing way too often (the second goal was a direct result of this IMO).
So in my mind we should definitely(although I doubt we will do both of these):-
Sign a recognised left back who knows this league.
Resize the pitch to allow our wingers the space they had last season.
Once these items have been addressed and Jarvo STILL doesn’t take his man on and cross the ball often enough, that’s when we can criticise him. At the moment he is being used more as a wing back that is told to defend most of the time. Whether he is being told to do this or he’s doing it himself to help that side of the pitch out I don’t know but it’s what is happening at the moment.
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Hmmm that should have read “except” not accept.
It’s been a long day!
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reasons to be cheerful !!! ( yes there are some )
there are at least 3 teams worse teams than ourselves. pompey, bolton, burnley.
we are not in debt, with money in the bank.
we are not in the bottom 3 ( only just )
we have the best away support in the league bar none !!!
we will stay up and by the skin of our teeth ( did anyone really think we would be a mid table side first time around ?? )
finally, yes everyone is entitled to an opinion, but thankfully there voiced on here and not the match, keep it this way. We need to support the team no matter what !!
and no I’m not an three M’s fan I’m a Wolves fan !!
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Before McCarthy and Morgan we were a championship club going nowhere. Now we are in the Premier League and still have as much chance of staying up as we have of going down so why all the negativity? Yes McCarthy can be frustrating with some of his decisions and has his favourites but it’s the same with any manager. I dont understand what he has done to deserve all the stick – he’s been more succesful than any other Wolves manager that I have seen. We got promoted and expectations went completely out of proportion – we are an established championship club trying to make the step up, all we need to do is finish 17th and it’s been a successful season. I dont understand why Wolves fans are so fickle and negative all the time – all I hear near me at the matches is moaning and moaning I wish fans would get behind the team. Look at Stoke, they are a worse team than us IMO but their great home form is because their fans get behind the team. Same with Burnley. Wolves fans should start supporting the team and the manager a bit more.
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dan im with you on a few points, our ground was once a fortress and the fans are amazing, what doesnt help is we seem to think we have a god given right to be massive again and get carried away with dreams and frustrated with reality.
the fact is steve morgan is something like the 27th richest man in the uk…this doesnt mean he will chuck money about…it means he will run the club like he ran his business#
he wont chuck money at it like the haywoods did
he will spend as promised for the right players at the right time..he wont be bullied into a knee jerk buy for the sake of it
it wouldnt shock me if he has said in private we wont spend because we will waste money as we are doomed
it also wouldnt shock me if he splashed out 20 million in the next week..but if he does it wont be for gambles and if we cant attract the right people he wont spend
i do believe though that he has the clubs best interest at heart
we need to give him time …how much did sir jack plough into the prem team?
as for jez he is good at what he is paid to do simple as he isnt paid to be liked..he has a budget and orders t follow
does he love wolves? as much as he loved stoke..he is just waiting for a bigger club to call
as for mick we need to show our club our love and stand united behind our club including management..he is ours and he has done well with what he has to work with
sure he may not have bought the best but do the best wanna come ?
if we scrape by next season will be like no other for us, players wanting to come
if not mick is the man to bounce us back stronger and wiser
i do hope that its not the latter
gold and black will never die
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Danwolf, are you McCarthy or Moxey in disguise? Does cheering prevent a striker from missing an open goal from six feet?
Does cheering prevent a team playing like a bunch of middle-aged pub players on Sunday morning?
Does cheering prevent a muppet from buying players who are either useless or not used or both?
Does cheering prevent management telling you its “job done”, then “we are still learning”, then “we would take avoiding relegation”
Before someone receives support they must be deserving of support. If you continually screwed up in your job, would your manager keep patting you on the back, paying your wages and allow you to screw up week in week out and lose the business money?
With an attitude like yours Danwolf, you would be ideal on the Wolves board or as assistant muppet to the Mighty Muppet. Polish up your CV
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How are the team/management not deserving of support? This is one of the most promising Wolves teams in the 20 years I’ve been watching and we are playing Premier League football, and apart from a couple of dissapointing performances I think we have have performed well. I was just trying to make the point that I don’t understand why everyone seems to think we’re in some sort of crisis – the stituation we are in now is better than it has been for years. I agree that McCarthy can be a frustrating manager but he has achieved more at this club than most other managers have and despite some signings that havent worked he has signed some good players for us (name me a manager that has only ever made good signings?) You are all entitled to your opinions I just was trying to point out that constantly getting on the backs of the players and the management is not going to help anyone.
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So we have one of the most promising teams for 20 years eh?
A manager whose team talk suggests to the players that if they lose it doesn’t matter as they might win next time.
A manager who never plays the same 11 twice and with players out of natural positions. I wouldn’t be surprised if we find the groundsman playing centre forward with EBlanks mowing the grass. Probably a good move given EBlanks record.
Strikers? who couldn’t score if they were the only ones on the pitch.
Who was the first team to give the bottom strugglers (Portsmouth) their first three points and away from home?
Only a couple of poor performances? You obviously were absent from Stamford Bridge. Embarrassing or embarrassing, then Portsmouth, then Birmingham, then Wigan – yeah only a couple of poor performances.
We have all been waiting for Premiership glory and what do we get from the Mighty Muppet? “I would take survival” Brilliant!
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Mick says be “patient with January signings”. How much patience does Mick & the Wolves management think the Wolves fans have. Always the bridesmaids never the bride eh!
No money Hull have picked up Zaki & it looks like they will also pick up Mido….how can they add to their already inflated (if you believe) wage/salary bills….have money Wolves pick up nothing, or make a couple of token efforts & then wait until all the other EPL teams have done their business & of course we will be left with the crap & scraps no one else wants, sound familiar?? If we were serious about new signings we should have been negotiating in November/December to get them in on January the 1st to climatise, familiarise themselves with the club etc ready to start playing…I’m so frustrated!!
Bluenoses have done their deals exceptionally well again…I guess we can safely say all this clap trap about us signing Hunt, Beattie, Johnson, Houllier (yes I know he is a manager, but we need a change of manager) is what it is, just sensational journalism to keep the fans interested & something to have a forum about. If we were serious the tabled offers would be bitten off by the club we have offered whether they were for sale or not. Every player at every club has a price, even our own KD. That is why B’ham have got the deals done.
With Gold, Sullivan & Brady now looking to hold the reigns at West Ham you can safely take them out of any relegation dog fight because they will certainly be on the up. How good would it have been to have had Karen Brady in a management role here at Wolves.
Oh well it was nice having Kevin Doyle & Nenad Milijas for a season, looks like its back to the CCC, I wonder if Kevin Kyle is still looking for a club??
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Excellent post TWQ, exactly right. We just won’t pay the wages to obtain even average quality players good enough to give us a fighting chance to stay in the Premiership. I just wish the E&S would stop trying to drum up interest by inventing stories.
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So now we can cross Joe Ledley off the list.
Out for the season,needing double hip opperation.
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Ledley was never on Micks list beaconwolf… he is too good a player for Mick to coach out his ability by playing him in GOAL.
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Its like the Elvis song,, a little less conversation a little more action, how we scream out for 2 wingers so Doyle doesn’t have to work his socks of trying to supply cant score-wont score Blakey, and another striker – makes you wonder whether its just a book balancing exercise on the boards part.
Go Spend the money, Steve you can afford to gamble 20 million on 3 decent players to give us a fighting chance, i would happily see Houlier come, but only if he brought Gerrard and Torres with him,,,
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