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Ebanks-Blake to start in cup tie
Friday 22nd January 2010, 12:00PM GMT.
Mick McCarthy will include Sylvan Ebanks-Blake in a Wolves team against Crystal Palace tomorrow that the manager believes could win the FA Cup.
Ebanks-Blake has won his battle to keep his place in a bid to end his 10-game drought, against a side the striker has happy goalscoring memories.
The double Championship Golden Boot winner gets the chance to end his barren run in the fourth round, facing opposition that he scored Wolves’ fastest goal for 33 years at Molineux in a 2-1 victory in October 2008, later netted the penalty winner in a season-reviving 1-0 success at Selhurst Park last March.
McCarthy said: “Sylvan has got every chance of trying to score, because he’ll be playing. If he gets his goal, then great, but if he doesn’t but plays well and we win, then no problem.”
It’s been 50 years since Wolves won the FA Cup and McCarthy believes a good run now can only help them in their quest to stay in the Premier League.
He said: “We could win the FA Cup – we’re not going to win the Premier League. Mind you, finishing 17th will be like winning it, because it’s vital to us.
“People say it’s a hindrance or distraction, but I see it as an important game we need to win and we’ll be going full tilt to win.
“I think it can enhance our fight to stay in the Premier League. If we can beat Crystal Palace then we can take care of the Premier League games coming up.
“The FA Cup generates excitement the further you go and we can pick up. We’re playing a good Championship side who no doubt under Neil Warnock will be motivated to come here to turn us over.
“I’ve no doubt they’ll be wound up to fever pitch coming here. They’ll see us as a side near the bottom ready to take on but because we’re a Premier League side, they’ll also see us as a scalp. With everything happening there regarding the finances, they’ll want another FA Cup tie for the extra revenue.
“But, if we win, we’ll feel much better about playing Liverpool on Tuesday.”
Wolves midfielders Michael Kightly and Dave Edwards have suffered minor reactions to their ankle injuries and didn’t train yesterday.
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….and I might win Wimbledon this year. Get real, Mick. We all know that we’ll do well to beat Palace tomorrow. They are of a similar standard to the current Wolves squad.
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nega nega negative, optimism and hope doesn’t always need a reality check
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Cmon Seb lets have a goal you dont become a bad player overnight itwill come good…
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Correct Descision.
We should be able to create a few chances for SEB here and a goal would be a massive boost for him; one which he can carry forward to the prem.
He’s definately got it in him and whilst he hasn’t been at his best and could be accused of naivety so far this season, he has been unlucky as well.
Keep at it!
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I think we will struggle to beat Palace if we are even a little below our best.They have been on a good run with an UNCHANGED TEAM and are full of confidence, they also have NOTHING TO LOSE BY GOING FOR IT! That said, the Cup is NOT OUR MAIN PRIORITY but the winning habit is a great confidence builder, ask any Bluenose!!!
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He is lucky to keep his place and I would say that he definitely needs a goal or two in order to get a place against Liverpool. His finishing has been woeful in the top league but hopefully this game will give him some much needed confidence.
Here is the side that I would put out tomorrow:-
Hennessey Foley Zubar Berra Ward Bia Henry Milijas Jarvis Ebanks-Blake Vokes
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******* note to mick ********
play the team in position and with a positive starting line up and we will proberly win !!
it dont take a genius mick really…
play wingers on the wing and we might give seb some service to miss two score one !
play defenders to do there jobs and defend mark players out the game. (pref zubar)
Play midfielders that do differnt jobs on the pitch, Henry def mid, Milijas playmaker. (442 diamond)
play doyle upfront, with seb if he struggles take him off at half time. SIMPLES
Also from what ive seen on youtube of this winger, he could be the real deal so give him plenty of the ball V PALACE and lets see what he can do before terry connor trains it out of him lol
for meerkats go to comparethe meerkat.com
for staying in the prem go to commonsense.com
SIMPLES !
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couldnt agree with you anymore
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SEB is really short of confidence in front of goal and hasn’t suddenly become a bad striker overnight. A goal from open play will give him a real boost even if its deflects in off his backside!! I that happens tomorrow against Palace, that will hopefully give him a positive mind to go on in the next Premiership game he is picked. I really believe SEB will put this right and if the Wolves fans keep the faith, I’m sure he will deliver. Go for it SEB!!
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At last someone talking sense. SEB, like any sriker, cannot survive on scraps.
If the manager would sort out the defence we wouldn’t need to score two goals in a game just to draw it. Birmingham don’t score many goals, the difference is they don’t concede many.
Get the defence sorted, start getting some clean sheets, our confidence will go up and we’ll start playing better.
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Worrying thing is SEB has looked off the pace and lazy. I for one would love to see him score but feel he would benefit from a stint in the reserves, Chris has looked sharper. SEB should have been taken off after 20 mins last week it was obvious he was having ANOTHER shocker. Typical mad Mick, some palyers are untouchable and others are dropped like a stone – reagrdless of the effect it has on our results. MICK IS ALWAYS RIGHT – HE’LL PROVE IT WHATEVER THE COST.
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I don’t mind him starting
If he bags a goal or two might be the confidence booster he needs to kick start his premier league season.
Just read another report in E and S about new lad.
MM states that Jarvis and Kites are the only other out and out wingers available and Jarvis can’t maintain the high energy performances week in week out that the position dictates!!! That is because he is having to track back constantly and cover for our weekness at left back…….get a decent defender to defen and let Jarvis do what he is best at and attack…….widen the pitch if you play with wingers.
I love this club but comments from above are drivel at the moment!
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Good comment.
we lost alot of our positives from last years attack being our wingers beating there full backs and putting a delivery in the box went when we decided to shorten the pitch so much. i know we up against better opposition but still think sometimes ‘the best form of defence can is attack’.
Leftback is a must though mick even if its just a loan signing !!!
What im gettin at is if we had started all our games with the idea of winning them all with a young hungry attack minded team would we be any worse off than we are now ???
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No we wouldn’t
And e would have had a bit more confidence because we would hav scored more goals
I can not for the life of me understand the logic in narrowing the pitch when wolves play with Jarvis and Kightley…It doesn’t make sense
We hve no space wecan’t get behind teams, the only reason it was done was for Halford to use his long throw!!! And MM doesn’t play him anymore!!!
Some of the decisions this season look like panic last minute decisions. How any manager is not prepared to play his strongest team every game is pathetic, and te excuse of “to many games in a short time” is pathetic. Play the strongeat team every game from the start, if a player gets tired take him off and replace him with cover in that position.
Oh yeh and please tell MM that Foley is not a winger
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Totally agree.
Also even when Halford was in the side the long throw wasn’t really working was it?
Another terrible plan that hasn’t worked. It’s on a par with long balls hoofed up to 5 foot something strikers and expecting them to win the ball ahead of 6 foot something defenders GENIUS!!!!
Note to Mick and whoever else agreed to narrowing the pitch being a great idea.
We are Wolves, NOT STOKE. Our game is ALL about quick wingers.
Jarvis, Kightly, Froggatt, Daley (the odd time he was fit), Newton etc.
the list is long but the end result was nearly always the same. Quick dash down the wing, beat the defender, cross…goal (ok not that simple but you get the picture).
Truth is we were too concerned about the damage the other teams’ wingers could do (Lennon etc.), but didn’t give much thought that Jarvis or Kightly could do exactly the same to them.
If we do stay up the first action should be to put then pitch back to normal.
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hanemann
foley zubar berra hill/friend
geoff castillo milijas jarvis
doyle vokes
we should go all out with a strong team, give castillo and milijas a full 90 in the middle…see if castillo can pass forward. play the best right back we got at right back!! at how about a left back at left back. winning breeds a winning mentality and i reckon this ent a bad team. vokes could prove to be a hit, wont know unless you try mick..
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This will be another outing for the reserves you watch! Their is a total lack of wanting to win at the club at the moment and that is down to one man.
Shearer In!
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Put aside transfer targets, tactics, player positions. I’m really getting alarmed at MMs general management ability.
Just the other day he said about SEB playing versus Palace:
“But if you’re asking whether I’m going to play him on Saturday and beyond, then I’m not going to say because it’s not for public consumption”
So what’s todays news all about. He’s just told the world!
Then in the same report about SEB he said:
“I don’t talk to him much but I can tell it does (hurt) – you can see the disappointment etched in his face”
Isn’t the manager supposed to talk to his players?
But then he goes on to appear to contradict himself again:
“I put my arm around them all the time to encourage them and to be better”
Now Morgan might not have the best football brains in the world but his success in major PLCs must give him the ability to spot this dodgy man management/lack of consistency
Maybe, just maybe time is running out for MM?
PS – good luck SEB – get stuck in and bag a few
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We are playing Palace tomorrow, and I predict a Palace win.
Can someone tell me, if we are going to play our strongest team, why Doyle should not be playing !!!!
If we think resting him is the answer, I ask why ??
If this young man, an International, can’t train throughout the week, and is unable to play in more than one 90 minute football game,
why the hell are we paying him 25,000 pound + a week….Its a joke.
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After alot of thinking, my problem lies mostly lies in Mick’s tactics and starting line ups.
How anyone can start giving Moxey grief again is beyond me.. The Wolves board and chairman have decided with OUR TEAM being one of the only big clubs in the prem and fizzy pop NOT IN THE RED, it wouldnt be a good idea to risk that right now and IF we stop up we could be in for the pick of the players next year (BIG IF TRUE)
But at worst we get relegated, still no heavy wages, no pre madona’s, parachute payments and some good assets with a years prem experiance… IM HAPPY WITH THAT.
NOW lets stop slating the clubs ambitions cos there long term not short term and GET BEHIND THE TEAM.
for meerkats go to comparethemeerkat.com
for keeping out the red goto fatcontroller.com
SIMPLES !
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1, At worst we get relagated, but have a years prem experience….. your happy with that???
2, Our plan is long term not short…yeah right but i think it was intended with us STAYING in the prem.
3, How anyone can give Moxey grief is beyond me?…we its Moxey who runs this club no one else,..we dont expect us to be spending stupidly, but INVESTING in the team to stay in the prem has got to be good business surely, and its Moxey who has the yes/no on what we spend and dont not Morgan.
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Win the Cup ????? what planet are you on Mick ???????
We will be lucky to beat palace, they prob have a better 11 then us.
looking forward to seeing the U-tube kid tomorrow, hopfully he is another Wizz kid like Silas, frankowski and Sami al Jabar.
Well done Mick, make yourself look like a mug you already are.
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A nice positive supporter here then.
if you sit next to this guy at the match sing as loud as you can cos this is one less fan in the ground who wants his team to do well by the look of this msg.
C’MON ME BABIES
i dont like warnock
i dont like palace
i dont like wolves suporters who dont support
lets hammer palace !!!!
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WELL SAID COSTA,
Let’s just get behind the lads!
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Let’s ignore the Boo-Boys who only want to see Wolves fail.
Thank goodness we have balanced opinion from those that actually support the team – the supporters!
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Just go away please…
Well said Costa
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You hope Mujangi Bia fails ?
Remember the old joke about the similarity between Tesco Supermarket trollies and Essex girls.
They both have a mind of there own.
You must have inspired that one !
How long has Essex been in Sandwell ?
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As long as Low Hill City have had babbies yelllow coloured shirts.
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I’ve answered twice,But the Muppet moderator will not sanction my post although there is no foul language Maybe he/she is a dull person who does not like banter or maybe it’s because I’m an Albion fan.Perhaps they don’t like me on your board.~~~~BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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glad your not doing the team talk
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MM has surpassed his tactical nouse and naivety by keep playing Ebanks when he is so completely out of touch. Certain other players seem to get dropped quick enough. Others carry on regardless, safe in the knowledge he will slot them in somewhere. Until MM can recognise the difference betweeen a square peg and a round hole we are doomed. This is not slating the club it is simply stating the b……. obvious. On Costa’s theme, for managers go to comparethemanager.com or preferably findusamanager.com Just wish Steve (Liverpool at heart) Morgan would.
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Costa del Wolf
I agree with your last two posts in every way.
lets get behind them and at least we have a team that will be around thanks to Moxey doing a good CEO role!
If we just about escape then we will be able to recruit then, if we go down I think we will bounce back…. not that bad
What gets me is that most on this site think they are better managers than MM and better businessmen than Moxey
I don’t know whether I really like MM but I know one thing he knows allt more about football than I will ever do.
he clearly sees what therest of us sees and is trying to do something about it.
We are not in the relegation zone are we?!!!!!!!!!!
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Happy Clappers are starting to appear again after running and hiding since last Saturdays disgraceful humiliation.
Yea, course we’re going to win the cup… dream on silly boy!
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Useful game this – gets Stearman’s suspension out of the way and allows Bia to get a run out and familiarise himself with the team and vice versa. Oh, and offers SEB a last chance to regain his form. I’m not putting the game down: we need to win for the sake of everyone’s well-being! It could set us up nicely for Tuesday.
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Costa,
Your happy with relegation….? Wolves will be languishing in the chumpionship league for another 6 years.
Its 7 wins to stay up you mug. If would stay up there will be another 30millon in the coffers so I know which league I would rather be!
Stay out the sun its obviously sizzled your brain cell!
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My fellow wolves fan
where on my post does it say im happy with relegation ? it doesnt does it silly.
read it again and you’ll see im stating that im happy with the club not being in the same sit as Pompey, west ham, hull to name a few.
And as for the sun sizzlin my brain cells you’ll find its been cloudy in the costa this month…. but then again i suppose you’ve proberly never been on one of them flying things we call planes now have ya ?
BOTTOM LINE
STAY UP, GREAT !
GO DOWN, STILL HAVE A CLUB WITH PLAYERS TO SUPPORT !
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Right on CDW with Jeremy Peace and Jez Moxey running our clubs we will still be fans for years to come.If Man utd carry on the way they are now in five to ten years time they will be manholed[Down the drain].Excuse the pun.~~~~BOING~~~~BOING JtH. P.S. HOPE YOU DON’T MIND THE BANTER I SOMETIMES POST AS I THINK IT’S FUN,bOTH WAYS.CHEERS.
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I think the decision to persevere with SEB is correct. His confidence will not improve by being dropped.
Iwelumu appears to be the only other viable alternative.
Sadly I do not believe that Vokes is good enough.
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Has anyone drawn the cow’s bum behind at the back of the nets and given SEB the banjo yet?
By the way, has anyone thought of any songs that can be sung for our new recruit, Geoffrey Mujangi Bia? Its going to be a hell of a lyric if it is going to rhyme with his name……
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No beer and chips for seb tonight!. A nice early night and he can dream of a few goals against palace.
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Is it me because i think stearman is poor quality and allways looks like giving a penelty away and if liverpool wanted him i would take him myself free of charge,and thick mick should be replaced with someone like dave jones who should still be here.
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A sad tesco bag under a fake name. You have already lost at home to Palace this season so we do not need any advice from you.
Stearman is quality, he’s a young man and made a mistake last week. Roman Bednar, Luke Moore, Chris Brunt, Scott ‘calamity’ Carson and now Tamas, they might aswell call you spolitbratwich albion!
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Yep Moses will go on a run and wolves defence will open like the red sea.~~~~BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Mujangi my Lord Munjangi
Munjangi my Lord Munjangi
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How can this be the correct decision?…SEB had been given more than enough chance to turn his fortunes around,…MM should apply the same rules for all the players, as he has gone on record saying if you dont play well you loose your place, i.e. Milijas. why not start with Vokes, as according to MM he came back from Leeds full of confidence and 2 yards quicker!,..or is it MM’s genuis plan to leave him on the bench until that confidence and speed have gone!..clever Mick, very clever!!
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If he plays Seb I would like to wish Seb the best of luck but personally I think a few games in the reserves might be better for him.Having said that what is Mick rambling on about? Either he does talk to his players or he doesn`t.That sort of uncertainty does not make for good management and so how do the players feel?Where are all the experienced signings Mick,Beattie,McGinn,for instance.On your bike McCarthy you haven`t got a clue.
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There is only one person here who hasn’t got a clue and that ain’t Sir Mick!
Too much sun armchair fan!
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Slightly confused Spanish Ray. Where in the article does MM ramble on about talking or not talking to players ?
As for signing experienced players. The window hasn’t shut yet. If you were an experienced football supporter you’d have known most of the business is done in the final days of January!
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What a load of turkeys we have on here,I cant believe people can think that we have a choice,,choosing the cup or staying up,we cant win a football match,we will struggle to beat Palace,and Liverpool will laugh at us,,I dont miss a game,I love the Wolves,but in Raffas words,we are rubbish FACT,we deserve to be at the bottom FACT,Sylvan has never scored goals in the Premiership FACT our management are trying to scrape through without spending anymore dosh FACT..Look at the fixtures we have no chance Scunthorp next season Fact
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Look Pl, nobody ever gained anything from the kind of attitude you show on this page. Why shouldn´t we win the cup his year? It is the F A Cup, for goodness sake, famous for it´s surprises or not? Sure it´s true that Palace have as good a chance of an upset as Brighton have of winning at Villa. That is the FA Cup. Wake up bud, if you´re a Wolves fan, show some support too, if you can!!
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what happened to the Italian research showing the increased chance of injury if you play games within a few days of each other?
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Whats the betting the new boy will be on the bench! Might get on after 80 mins. What a Joke.
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I booking my ticket to see the cup driven through wolverhampton in May.
I was 10 the last time I saw that,In Mick we trust
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60 odd goals in 2 season deserves a bit of patience as it has been earn’t who would you knockers play? ewelumo? do me a favour, vokes ? couldn’t score in a free scoring leeds side 2 divisions below jog on you muppets preferably down the road to that other lot. most of you lot on here are bandwagon jumpers youve never seen the depths of the dark days in the 4th division perhaps it was better then because we only had 5000 and the other 20000 extra we get now have come out the woodwork. how can people say we will loose tommorow? on what basis?
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who would i play instead of seb ??
first let me say i remember the dark days, i remember dean edwards, he went through a drout also 14 years i think it was …as for seb he needs a break away from the pressure..sure he has been great but how much is to before the fans turn completely and he has it worse
oh yeah i would of played vokes 4 games ago being as hoff is unfit..im sure he would not of been worse than a misfiring low seb..
will we win tomorrow yes and we will win well
hows that mr bellchapman
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They’d be in good company, Albion hav’n't been in the fourth division either.~~~~BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Heard from a reliable source that Mick is going to have a word with Warnock about an unidentified player of ours in a part-ex for Moses!
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we will need jesus never mind moses if we dont sign some one experienced soon
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32 – sorry thats rubbish. Then again the express and star revealed we were signing hunt by the end of last week……….. i did say they jumped the gun but they kept going on about it.
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Playing an out of touch player is just like playing an out of position player. These are the two things that MM continues to do.
It clearly works so well because since last January we have been dire in the main.
The only solution is to get Mick and the square pegs out!
Come on Morgon don’t be a Moron sack the tw–.
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I agree with plenty of posts so far who say SEB does not become a bad player overnight.
The thing is though IMO, this should really be his last chance tomorrow, I amongst others will be willing him on to score, he’s a MUCH better player than we have seen of late. We all know that, but I fear his confidence is shot!!!
So if he doesn’t score, never mind Mick saying if we win and he plays well etc. above. Yeah I’m sure SEB will be delighted if we win but yet again he didn’t score against a lower league team (no disrespect to Palace but technically they are). He’s a STRIKER Mick, they live to score goals and SEB loves scoring!
God forbid I’m right(hope not)but the best thing for SEB then would be a loan spell with a Championship team to get his confidence back which is lacking but can be found again, he would have buried that Wigan chance last season we all know he would.
Playing in the reserves is NOT the same, he needs proper matches to get back to the striker we have loved for the last 2 seasons.
Mick is at fault for how SEB is IMO, when he scored that penalty against Villa he looked so pleased. He was punching the air and I thought YES, now lets have it next game. Unfortunately next game SEB was dropped??!!? Now that was an unbelievably stellar piece of thinking wasn’t it Mick?
Come on SEB, show Palace the door.
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Whilst I agree Seb has not been 100% lets face it if you have crap service then you will struggle. It’s not all down to him, what have we created this season, very little. We need to improve our creativity, lets face it we have nearly always scored from free kicks etc, that says it all.
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SEB will find his form,others will follow and we will start a move up the table and,I think a good run in the cup.
Let’s not forget they havn’t a lot of Prem experience….yet.
And for the nay-sayers in the stands,could you do any better ?. I think not.
“It always looks easy from where the fans sit”
Howling in Wilmington.NC
WOLVES 4-1 CRYSTAL PALACE.
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In 1960 when we last won the FA Cup the headline in very large letters on the front page of the Exoress and Star was “OURS AGAIN!” (We previously won it in 1949). Because of bad luck and stupitidy in drawing our last league game we came second and missed winning the double by one single point.
I wonder what the headline will be this time.
Still this season I will happily setle for the FA Cup AND not lower than 17th position in the League.
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Stop Press…Stop Press..
I advised on this site before the Season started that an associate close to Wolves told me we would secure Doyle, which I published when all posts were crying that we had lost him.
I have been advised today that Wolves plan a major announcment mid next week of a new signing and one new on loan, and while he was not prepared to advise the name, the outlay in total will be around 5 million, so it is my guess that it will be Hunt.
Sit back and wait, looks like McCarthy may have saved the Club just in time.
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We are going to be done over by Palace, and the threat is Darren Ambrose, a striker Wolves would really love to run with Doyle.
I expect Palace to win after the game against Tranmere Rovers
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Well, yet another lack lustre performance, we just dont seem to be able to provide a killer cutting edge, Vokes played ok and i would start him against the Pool, SEB’s confidence at an all time low… Cracking 2nd equaliser,, did any one cop the tottenham / leeds game, leeds played some real quality football,and looked as much a prem team as tottenahm, and Beckford looked a predator,,, think we may have missed the boat if only for a gamble,,,
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