Hull 2 Wolves 2
Saturday 30th January 2010, 5:10PM GMT.
Wolves twice pulled level as they ended their goal drought with another precious point in a dire battle with rivals Hull at the KC Stadium.
In an utterly forgettable first-half, Hull took an 11th minute with the first real attack when Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink’s low left foot drive beat goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann from 20 yards, after Jozy Altidore got away from Christophe Berra too easily.
A bizarre Anthony Gardner own goal got the visitors level three minutes after the break – their first Premier League goal in 448 minutes – before Wolves transfer target Stephen Hunt put Hull back in front with a penalty three minutes later.
But Matt Jarvis spared another damaging defeat with a second equaliser on 67minutes and substitute Geoffrey Mujangi Bia saw a fierce shot beaten away by Hull goalkeeper Boaz Myhill in injury time.
Wolves again played 4-5-1, with David Jones in for Nenad Milijas as their only change from the side that drew with Liverpool.
Mick McCarthy’s side tried to force a way back into the game with Jody Craddock, Kevin Foley and Stephen Ward all wide from half chances.
But Berra was presented with the best opportunity in the 25th minute, only to appear to be held back when launching himself for a flying header to meet Jarvis’s corner flicked on by Kevin Doyle.
Within minutes, Wolves fans showed their frustration at the lack of a breakthrough by chanting ’4-4-2′ in protest at the formation.
Things could have been so different if Zubar hadn’t blazed high and wide, after Hull failed to clear a routine Ward cross.
If the first-half had been poor, the second burst into life with two goals in six minutes.
Wolves levelled with a comical own goal from Stafford-born Gardner on 49, who sliced a Zubar cross over his own goalkeeper.
But Zubar went from hero to zero three minutes later, after jumping into Altidore when trying to head a harmless cross for a clear penalty.
Hunt needed no second invitation, rifling the spot kick past his former Reading team-mate Hahnemann.
The goals saw the game open up and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink headed wide from an unmarked position, before Jones had Wolves’ first on-target effort on 64 minutes by blasting at Myhill from a tight angle after a one-two with Doyle.
The visitors had Hahnemann to thank for not going 3-1 down two minutes later, when the goalkeeper superbly blocked from fellow American Altidore who had outpaced Craddock.
But within a minute, Wolves were level again when Kevin Foley’s simple cross evaded three Hull players before dropping to Jarvis, whose low curling effort squirmed in at the far post for his second goal of the season.
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Exiting game end to end both sets of defenders error prone,Would like to have substitutions made a little earlier,Jarvis worked his socks off and like Jones had an excellent game,Doyle was superb again and definitely my Man of the Match.
Other results have gone our way here’s hoping Chelsea do Burnley.
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agreed….where was milijas though ? this player is too good for wolves so why arnt we playing him to get him at his best…..i cannot understand this….he can turn a game round at the drop of a hat, and the amount of corners we had i think justifies my point….as well as plenty of possesion, he would of loved spreading the ball about today…i’m real peaved about this lack of sight from mac…anyone agree ?
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totaly agree milijas is easily our most creative player but once again mad mick changes things knowing we need wins against our rivals at the bottom draws are ok at the top teams thats why i could understand the 4 5 1 against liverpool but not against hull once again mad micks tactics are all wrong,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,in mad mick we dont trust,,,ilk
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Were you actually at this game? It was an awful game of football and we were lucky to get anything from a team that are below us. He need to be sacked asap as he is negative if we are not going to go for a win against hull where are we going to, an awful man manager( had vokes warming for 15 mins before saying dont need you know mate), he transfer activity buy two midfielders then play somebody who has appeared sporadically (and he was absent along with Henry) Our game play is hoof it foward and hope. Subs were time wasting excerises and should have been made when we went one nil down. adn to top it off off he was happy with a point. Please go now
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Another shocking performance against the worst defence in the league. Mick picks 7 defensive players and plays one upfront. I am looking forward to the day we have a manager in charge who knows what to do. What an idiot!
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I wonder what you’ll find to moan about when that happens? hows about giving it a rest and actually supporting your team for a change?
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Don’t get me wrong, i support the team. I have been to many away games this season including Tranmere in the cup.
Does it make a difference if somebody can’t attend a certain match i.e this one? Get a grip and i’m entitled to my opinion.
If your calling me an idiot for moaning at Mick playing 7 defensive players and 1 upfront against the worst team in the league then ok. I understand.
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The more basic point is this – if you have a right-sided midfielder in your squad, wouldn’t you play him on the right side of midfield or would you play your right-back there? If you have enough midfielders in your squad, do you play them in your midfield or do you play one of your defenders there instead? If we were Crystal Palace, then fair enough – they can’t even fill their bench, but we aren’t, and we aren’t injury-hit. I’m a massive fan of Mick, but his recent selections hint at a lack of aspiration.
Mujanji Bia (Ginger Beer?) must play against Palace – I don’t think I’ve seen a Wolves player this season strike the ball as he did at the end yesterday.
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did mummy not love you as child or something pal? Do you ever enjoy football or anything else in life? Why don’t you find something else to do on at the weekend you loser!
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Why are you unhappy? You have a car (helicopter?) to get you home from Hull 30 mins after the final whislte surely that must be worth a smile
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How do you know? You must have got back awfully fast. It took us nearly two hours, and you did it in a half hour. Can I borrow your car for the next away game please?
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Please just throw your PC out the window so we don’t have to read your incessant drivel thankyou.
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Just got back. Most of the wolves fans at the march were echoing your points wolvesmod.
I thought we would have played 442 against hull, but the important thing was to take a point.
Mc Carthy is tactically inept, unfortunately and having sruck gold with a 451 against liverpool i think we can look forward to him playing this formation until the end of the season.
we are crying out fot two strikers on the pitch at the same time- preferably with one not playing at LB.
It must be soul destroying for Doyle being played in this manner and how predictable that our subs would be made so late.
Mancienne is unsure of his role and much of the game passed him by. Foley played better, but still out of position and unsure of his role. Henry was almost anonymous and Berra has really lost confidence since his injury.
Up the wolves.
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So you would play Sylvain just to use a 442. I do not think so. 451 all the way now. We have to stop teams scoring if we are not scoring ourselves.
I do not think there was anything wrong with the formation.
The only change I would make next time is Bia in for Foley. Apart from that, we were the better team of a bad bunch.
I would not go to over critical, we are where we are in the league, and we will play at that level until we are safe.
Its going to be a bumpy ride, and we need the supporters to support not destroy and moan. The sooner you realise that, the better cahnce we have.
Mick is the man, and he may havbe the occasional error, but I would not change him for anyone.
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No I would play Vokes.
Mick is no tactician and Hull were there for the taking. But he persists in playing his 451 or 433 system with two players out of position and a negative formation.
I do not need to realise anything. You need to take a step back and stop being so patronising.
If you were at the game yesterday you would have realised that the majority of wolves fans were dissatisfied with his formation.
Some of them sang it to him.
We could have picked up 3 points yesterday but for lemony snickets stubborness.
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wolves mod go and annoy some other people
if u can do a better job go and do it you idiot
wolves to finish 16th this season
born a wolf, die a wolf, forever a wolf
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Im sorry, but anyone criticising wolvesmod for his comments is mad. I have backed Mick, even when he has made some questionable decisions before, that is until this game, and while im not going to criticise his 4-5-1 formation (only due to the fact that we dont have a second good striker, and that playing one just to stick with 4-4-2 would therefore be a waste) the fact that milijas was not on the pitch, Foley is STILL(!!!) being played on the right wing, and mick made his substitutions with only injury time remaining, is a joke. The fact that we played 6 defenders, plus henry-a defensive midfielder, and one who doesnt create a thing, against a bottom two team, is unbelievable. All I can say is he has a VERY busy day tomorrow, signing at the very least a striker-and if he keeps refusing to play someone else, for example mujangi bia, over foley, then he also at the very least has to be signing a winger. I am fast losing confidence in mick, and he has to pull his finger out today!
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i was there yesterday,your spot on!!
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Andy i was there aswell and ur spot on. Cheering 442 though was a bad thing in my eyes. the more you ask the more Mick does the opposite.
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yep all true as i said in anouther post its ok playin those players and tactics against bigger teams just to stifle them but not against teams around us who we need to beat but i dont think mad mick can get that into his head WE NEED WINS AGAINST TEAMS AROUND US MAD MICK,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,in mad mick we dont trust,,,ilk
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Ironic that Wolves end their goal drought with an own goal.Would have preferred three points,but coming from behind,i guess it’s a point gained.
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Not good enough
should have gone for a win! Hunt plays and scores against us??? Move on get better players
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Not a bad result could of done with the three points though
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Could ‘have’ not ‘of’
The abbreviation is ‘could’ve’
This drives me mad ! :X
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Wow – if you’re going to start correcting all the grammatical errors on here you’d best be retired!
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Very true and very funny!!!
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We really can’t afford to play one up front against mediocre teams like Hull. A boring first half but a little better the second. I suppose Doyle man of the match ( lots of running, effort etc….but I think may be getting a little frustrated at being left up on his own. Goalscorers should score goals so if Doyle is a goalscorer he will soon be getting fed up with MM for playing him on his own..I did like the imaginative free kick at the end though!!!! should of scored with that.
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“should have” not “should of” :-)
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….which can also be abbreviated to “should’ve”. :-)
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Another penalty given away so cheap. Its getting costly all the time!!!!
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Yep. Our (lack of) discipline and/or judgement deep in the heart of our own defence has cost us on more than one occasion this season. Really p’s me off! Where’s the skill?
One life, one club. Come on you Wolves!
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BLIMEY!I think being a Wolves supporter should come with a health warning!!!
Watched it online, the sharp eyed among you will notice by the time of my posting I’m sure.
The amount of emotions you go through during a game is unbelievable. Take this one for example. Despair, elation, anger and despair, elation again followed by relief!
Brilliant finish from Jarvo for the second equaliser, he’s looking MUCH more like it now.
A point is not the worst result but it could have been all 3, we did have a fair few good chances. Not to mention a MAJOR slice of luck.
It’s plainly obvious Doyle needs a strong partner with pace as he’s not weak or slow himself. Jason Roberts can do both, despite his age. I think so anyway AND he’s got tonnes of experience in this league.
Well we’ll know for certain if we get anyone by Monday evening. Fingers well crossed then!
We also need a natural left winger despite Jarvo who had a good match today I thought but as I’ve said before, he can play on the right too. A decent left back is also required IMO, although Ward also played ok today (certainly as an attacking force anyway). These new signings have to happen and SOON if we are to save our season.
I have to say Mujangi looks better every time he plays. Mick, next time you play him give him more of a run, he can only get better with games.
Being a Wolves supporter is one hell of a rollercoaster ride, but support them I will.
No doubt that away at blues will be one tough game, let’s not kid ourselves.
Palace in the cup first though.
C’mon Lads!!!!
Wolves Till I Die.
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Bully Fan, A really good post.
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Sounds like the team worked hard for the draw, so thanks to all concerned. Nice to see Jarvis starting to get the feel for goals again.
However, the result hasn’t helped us in the table, and we are just as endangered as we were before the game.
Something *MUST* happen before the end of the transfer window.
WE MUST NOT GO DOWN AGAIN!
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We have to sign a striker!
Push the boat out and get Keane or Benjani in on loan! We have to spend the money to ensure we stay up.
Also why is our most creative midfielder left on the bench in a 4-5-1? Stupid. He’s had the most assists for us this season!
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JDW, He did nothing against Liverpool, whilst Jones did.
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So he has one bad game and his out, we would have no team then.
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John It seems that OUR Robbie is going to Sunderland for 9 million instead we have Hoff Halford Eblanks Geoffrey and Bungle etc.No logic at the Wolves.No sense no ambition.
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This bloke is a joke!! we are throwing points away every game we are playing with 6 defenders and one holding player and one forward. what is he trying to do bore teams to death, if he would play the right players in the right positions with the right tatics we would be clear by now.
I dont think he should get the sack because i dont think it would do any good, but he is a plonker. at the end of the seasons if we are in the championship he we going to have alot to answer for!
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Woeful thats all I can say. Scraped a draw when the opposition score 3 of the 4 goals.
Woeful woeful!!!!!
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CALM DOWN DEAR… FORGET YOUR CHELSEA’S, MAN U’S AND HULL’S … IT’S THE TEAMS AROUND US WE NEED TO BEAT. IN MICK WE TRUST…HAPPY CLAPPER AND PROUD… HAHA
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where are hull then,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,in mad mick we dont trust,,,ilk
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APPEARS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD THE TERM…SARCASM BEFORE.
LOOK IT UP…AND YOU’LL SEE WHAT I MEAN.
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We dont need a striker!! are problem is that we dont create chances if we did seb would be class.
Rooney, torres or drogba would not score for wolves.
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A point isn’t bad but it doesn’t really do anything for us. We now have 15 games to get 19 points if we are aiming for that 40 point mark although i feel teams will be able to survive with less than this. It will go down to the wire thats for definite.
Team selection today I was not happy with. I loved Foley last season but if McCarthy is not going to play him at right back then he should not be in the team. We have a rapid winger on the bench who would have been up against the veteran Bernard Mendy. But no he plays unpacey foley and loses that big advantage he could have had. Also 4-5-1 against Hull!? Against Liverpool it was the right decision, we kept their quality players at bay and did well. But to play this formation against Hull has no sense in it, McCarthy said it himself that a point was a great result against liverpool but this game was more important and a win would be what he was going for. So why does he play 4-5-1? god only knows.
2 days to go in the transfer window, are we going to get anymore quality in? Hunt is in the balance and there are reports about Roberts who I personally do not rate at all. Moxey keeps going on about not wanting to run the club into the ground financially but the reason the club gets paid 40-60 million in tv money is so they can afford these players. An 8 million players on 45 thousand a week would set us back 10 mill 340 thousand. If we go down though you lose that 40 million. Now im no banker but it seems pretty plain to me what would be the sensible choice.
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We won’t need 40 points.38 will be plenty
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Ed, The problem is that if you bring in that player on that amount, the agents of every player at the club are on the phone demanding that their player has a raise to bring him up to that wage. Jealousy sets in, and team-spirit goes out of the window.
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It will be a miracle if we stay up with this squad ,we bought bargain basement in the summer and wasted a shed load of money THANKS JEZ.The only real quality in the side is Doyle and Hanneman the rest are Championship standard.
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We dont need a striker! seb will come good if we created chances, because we dont. we need to get the ball down and play football but this bloke wont let us.
Rooney, torres or drogba would’nt score for wolves, no he would play them at right back.
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The reason Foley is at right midfield is that Kightly is injured. MM brings in a right-mid, and you lot complain he is rubbish without even seeing him kick a ball. Kights is back in a couple of weeks, and we will then see Foley at right-back.
It’s all about necessity.
I agree with you about SEB, by the way.
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Jez good to see you back on form aka MMs Spin doctor.
The reason Foley is Right midfield is same as Ward Left back.When MM loves you he will find a position for you.
Yesterday against the worst defence in the league we finished the game with 5(FIVE)Centre halves on the field.
Just wonder who the several multi million pound bids that we have made plus the one that is going to break our transfer record,are for and how come non of the national newspapers or sky have picked up on it?
OH i forgot Jez Early bird renewal time.
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absolutely nailed it mate
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I am no more Jez Moxey than you are a Wolves fan, although I wouldn’t mind being a few bob behind him.
Had we have played an attacking 4-4-2 and lost, are you saying you would have been happy? I don’t think so!! Let’s be really honest, you just hate McCarthy, and want to see him fail. (You also forget the meess we were in when he came, and that he got us into the Prem as promised. He has done that. What have you done for Wolves?)
Do you read the localpapers then? I am surprised that you skip the fact that Wolves have never done their business in them. The first we usually see is when the player arrives.
However, have you not read of Adam Johnson, Stephen Hunt, Victor Moses, James Beattie, Jason Roberts, and others that HAVE been mentioned? Still, don’t let your blind knocking of MM get in the way of lying about “…how come non of the national newspapers or sky have picked up on it?” (They are mentioned immediately above in case you missed them again.)
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Morning Brereton,looks like i hit you at a bad time.No i do not hate MM Just disagree with his continous messing about with the team selection.
With regard to your comments regarding new players i see Wigan have reportedly signed Victor Moses,Big Sam has denied any offers for Roberts etc.
Finally this site is all about opinions but you obviously only have one that we all have to abide by.
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Mate i never complain about the players and never at the games. Im sorry i dont think its all flowers and sunshine, but i see alot wrong and who else is to blame but super mick. If we dont stay up this year it will be criminal because there is alot of bad teams.
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SO EINSTIEN.. IF MUPPET BRINGS IN A RIGHT WINGER…WHY DOESN’T HE PLAY HIM??
I’M JUST AN ORDINARY FAN… AND NEEDS THE GUIDANCE OF YOU KNOW IT ALLS TO ENLIGHTEN ME.
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Is that the same winger you lot knocked without seeing him kick a ball?
He is young, and to toss him straight to you lot would be folly. By the way, I don’t believe people who do nothing but knock are really “ordinary fans.”
Haven’t you discovered yet that the “CAPS LOCK” can be switched off?
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southbank the caps lock man likes to be noticed.
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SBA – that would be Einstein. :-)
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I dont see why most of you are complaining so bad and shouting that Mick should be out. A point away at hull is not a bad result. Also we did score two goals which shows we can score.
Also if you look at Hulls and Burnleys next fixtures they will find it hard to find a point it the next 4 games or so.
STOP being so impatient and get behind your team for once!
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Are you havin a laugh! we score two goals, hull score one for us. im behind the team mate, but there is alot wrong with are manager and if you cant see that your watching the wrong sport.
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Mate he got us up and won the championship. Also we got a point away at hull and u still complain. Were not in the bottom 3. You still complain. Ok his not the best in manager in the world but who would you get better atm?
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I agree james. And mate stop complaining and start supporting!
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I thank mick for what hes done for us, but his tatics and teams he picks are in question. You cant see that this prem this year is poor, and we have never had a better chance of staying here.
And all the other mick supporters not wolves kissing his bum hole, yes i do go to the games and i do support the team at the game and voice my opinion here with other fans. Im sorry if you dont agree but tough.
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I agree james. And mate stop complaining and start supporting !!!!!!!!!!!! v stupid.
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“OUR” manager got us into the Premier League by wise buying of younger players, rather than buying old mercenaries.
“Our” manager was so bad he took an unfancied international team to the quarter-finals of the World Cup.
“Our” manager is well respected by those within the game that know far more about the game than you or I ever will.
“Our” manager would be helped in his job of keeping us in the Premier League if negative fans like you would get off his and the players’ backs, and actually support them.
Maybe it’s you that is watching the wrong sport. (That is, of course, if you do actually “watch” the games.
By the way, today’s game was at the new ground on Anlaby Road in the middle of the park near to the big grey building that is thye Hull Royal Infirmiry.
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Our manager is trying to revolutionise football,Take a striker convert him to left back,take a right back convert him to right winger,take a centre half convert him to right back,
Pay 6.5 million for a striker and have him run around working his socks off with no support.
Substitution’s according to McCarthy no earlier than 86th minute.
New signings not allowed to play unless someone is injured.
Yes i watched the game yesterday (From the comfort of my armchair- awaiting sarcasm)and i actually thought it was a good game,positives Jarvis Jones and Doyle,negatives defence conceded 2 again Berra was lucky to finish the game at the bare minimum 8 fouls shirt pulling incidents.
It seems Brereton that we cannot defend even against the supposedly weaker teams,Wigan 0-2 Hull 2-2 West ham 0-2 etc,But MM Sticks by his favourites.Mendy tore Ward apart yesterday as does any decent winger.
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NO..WE SCORED ONE!!!! THE FIRST WAS AN OWN GOAL.
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I think Jones had a good game but i think mancienne has to start at left back with castillo, henry and milijas in the middle of a 5 man midfield.
Palace and blues away but i think we can go and frustrate blues and who knows! My team v palace:
Hennessey
Foley
Stearman
Zubar
Ward
Mujangi bia
Castillo
new lad
Jones
maierhoffer
Ebanks blake
Hennessey
zubar
Staearman
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Another point towards relegation! At least if these results continue we will be rid of idiot Mcarthy all the soooner. I am sick to the back teeth with this manager and these championship calibre players!! Hull are useless and we are even worse!!
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are you wolvesmod in disguise?
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MICK FOLEY IS A RIGHT BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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How about his brother Kevin ??????????????
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What are managers name, and it was a shout out to him, sorry about the grammar.
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Actually F O L E Y was gold and black and excellent today and got forward well. Obviously a winger would be good but he is the best option for now (till Monday??)
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You went to a different game…too many mistakes for my liking, it doesnt do justice to the great player he is to be out of position and doing an almost woeful job :/
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No, Mick Foley is a former wrestler in the old WWF.
Kevin Foley is a right-back, and will play there when Michael Kightly is fit, or maybe even when Mujangi Bia is ready.
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The wolves fans were singing this today- possibly to remind Lemony snicket where Foley really does play.
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I thought Mick Foley is a wrestler!
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nah that was mick Mcmanus :-/
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Oh yeah. Didn’t he always end up grappling with Ken Dodd’s Kawasaki or something?
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What is the point in bringing in players to sit on the bench till the 90th minute? Another great game for Kevin Doyle but we should have played another striker as well, very negative tactics.
No doubt there will be many changes on Tuesday so we will be going out of the cup and back down to the Championship with Mick McCarthy.
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Once again the Happy Clappers are too embarrassed to post here. It just shows what rubbish they spout!
We were not good enough to get 3 points against a team that is going down. That means that we are also in the demotion running, with no excuses for our failures.
If the 3Ms don’t come up trumps on Monday with those experienced signings we have been promised, then our season is over and so is their gravy train at Wolves.
It’s make or break time!
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Happy and Clapping but you did well to be back by 7.12pm Maybe you left early and think we lost 2-1?
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We actually improved our position. We are now level on points with two of our relegation rivals, who both lost today. First season is notoriously tough.
Were you there? I don’t think so. If you had been you would have seen two teams battling for points that would give them a little breathing space at the bottom. Lesser sides would have folded when they went behind twice. We battled back and got a point away from home. (Or are Hull not supposed to try and win at their place?) We had more corners and shots than they did.
Travelling back I heard the game where Burnley almost got a point at home against Chelsea. If Chelsea can struggle to get a win away at a bottom-three side, why should we be different?
Smile, Clap, smile, clap. See, I am a happy clapper, and I do see the games. There are three or four bad performances this season. Our young team have performed well over all, and will only get better with experience. Would you rather a team of old mercenaries?
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JEEZ…YOU FINALLY ATTEND A GAME THIS SEASON…AND BOY DON’T YOU WANT US ALL TO KNOW IT.
WILL WE EVER HEAR THE LAST OF IT…SHOULD YOU ATTEND ANOTHER ONE.
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I agree with the Barmy bit anyway. My bet is that I have been to far more this season than you have ever.
Is the one match jibe meant to be your best insult, by the way? All of the insults your tiny little brain cell could think of, and that is the best you manage? My bet is that if you were bankrupt you would still have more money than sense.
“CAPS LOCK” can be knocked off, by the way. (Unless you are hiding your grammatical ineptitudes behind it.)
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Also – if they are going down I think we are OK as we will finish ahead of Portsmouth and Burnley. Or perhaps you think 4 go down??
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Fascinating. You think Hull are going down, and we are too ? So you must think that either Burnley or Portsmouth will survive. Which one, do tell ?
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Grey wolf, this doesn’t make sense, sorry.
Three teams go down so it would make sense that us, hull and one of Pompey or Burnley will go down.
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i fully agree with 14. Ive said on the blogs many times like loads of other wolves supp’ts that Kevin Foley was our best player last season as a Full Back and thats ALL Kevin will ever be a full back.we again played 5 in midfield with Doyle alone up front yet when you see / listen to the games he’s spending so much time running around he’s never going to score goals as he needs to be in the box to do that RVN when at Man Utd scored all his goals in the 18yrd box,this season Wayne Rooney as done the same scoring 21+ already and yes all in the box after Capello told him he’s wasting his energy running around the pitch he said stay in and around the 18yrd box and you will score MORE goals. Dont them stats speak volumes,surely with 6 in midfield thats enough players to do the running about.
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well i am sorry to say we
SINGED
GEOFFERY BUNGLE
AND WHEN IS ZIPPY COMING
WHO MADE THE COMMENT IF HUNT PLAYS 4 HULL E WILL B AT BRUM MONDAY
ALL THE PROMISES ARE GONE
ITS SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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No 17 have you seen the Wolves next 4-6 matches Birmingham,Spurs,Chelsea,Man U, plus we shouldnt be depending on other teams to help us out by beating Hull and Burnley
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we dant score 2 goals u should hav sin the leveller
black country wolves all the way
yes i was at hull
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Do you lot ever stop moaning? Guess what, if we are still in this position after the last game of the season, then our mission will have been completed!
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Nice to see your lack of ambition…are you clipboard Connor in disguise?
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Shadrag, one of you’re fellow fans has said it as it is, a draw against a team in and around you is not good enough, especially as they scored 3 of the four goals.
You’re doomed unless you start winning those kind of games, especially with a manager that is as tactically inept as MM.
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Last season i recall Sandwell Town being bottom of the Prem for most of season, and Wolves were top of championship for most of season.
This season we have been out of the bottom three for most of the season and we will be in the prem next season, your lot are not even in a promotion place,
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You should be concerned with your own lot mate. Newcastle and Forest to go up from the Championship, and your lot in the lottery of the play-offs. (Come on Cardiff.)
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Shouldn’t you be supporting Telford or maybe Shrewsbury?????
Mowbray for Englands next manager????
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not too pleased with result ,thing we should have gone 442 and gone all out ,what was zubar thinking of with that challenge!!
no news about roberts on e & s today ,heard on talksport jason roberts was at training ground havin medical after clubs agreed a £2,000,000 fee ? anyone else know about this
they said he was supposed to be on the commentry team for there game but couldnt make itdue to medical
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always read these comments but ive never posted anything until now cos im getting fed up with the same old people whinging all the time.your all experts arent you and u cud all do a better job than mick?how short r ur memories cos i still dread to think where wed b if he hadnt took over after hoddle walked out on us.yet here we r fightin for our lives in the premier.cum on.forget about who might or might not b comin or whether were playin the right formation or not or wot money weve got or not etc etc etc.fact is we knew it was gonna b hard and no matter whose wearin that gold shirt lets take a leaf out of the stoke fans book and get behind em.wolves till i die
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Do you go to the games? do we not get behind are team. So now we are in the prem we should just give up and go down, because this bloke ain’t good enough. Do you remember graham turner taking us up and found his level.
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Support the team? Blimey now there is an idea :-]
Painful to read really isn’t it.
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So don’t be quiet – drown the idiots out!
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WHY Is Milijas on the bench yet again this was a must win game playing Doyle by himself does not work!! why can’t he see this? in Mick we rust.
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No, it was a must-win game for Hull – and they didn’t win.
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NEGATIVE TEAM SELECTION
NEGATIVE USE OF SUBSS TO LATE
NO GAME PLAN BOOT IT UP FRONT
MCARTHY THIS IS DROSS
WATCHED THE GAME LIVE
WITH 4 WOLVES AND AN ALBION FAN
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thats a good idea leaving doyle on his own up front again , are you trying to run him into the ground mick ??
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Not quite home yet, in a Leicestershire pub (not driving). Main points after a bit of a dire match.
It was a game we MUST NOT lose. We didn’t !
It was a game we should have won. If we’d played two up front and if Myhill hadn’t pulled off that Banksy save, we may have done !
What goes through Zubar’s head ?
Thankyou Tangoman for playing Gardner and taking off Altidore.
Chelsea beat Burnley and Terry scored with his trousers round his ankles. Keep out of the Pompey/Hull/Burnley zone and we’re okay….and remember St Andrews is a lucky, LUCKY ground for us Wolves.
Sign up Jason Roberts before lunchtime Monday.
…and on the Hunt Front….he’s coming, baby !!!
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We didn’t lose against one of our relegation rivals and we’re still 17th, (not in the relegation places). After going behind twice this is a point gained and for Hull it’s two lost. It’s a good result. We have some tough games coming up but knowing this Wolves side we’re likely to get a surprising win in one of our next four games. Gotta keep the faith and hope we get a couple more decent players in the transfer window.
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complete lack of ambition……………….Hull are no better than championship sides we faced last year. Sadly neither are we. Any ambition at all would have seen Hunt play on the other side today………..mind u, mick leaves the decent attacking players on the bench so he probably wouldn’t have played anyway! In a must win game….2 creative midfielders, 2 strikers and a flying winger on the bench…………. its a joke. We’ll be where we deserve next year.I hope its in the premier and I owe u all an apology!!
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agree entirely with your comments but must point out that in his interview on WM yesterday, MM stated that he considered the game to be a must not loose one as opposed to a must win one…..the clue is in the response
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sorry that should read ‘lose’ not ‘loose’
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1st goal another Berra/Craddock cockup
2nd goal not a pen, Zubar was unfairly penalized
We have a leaky defence and the worst scoring record in the league and we sign 2 midfielders from a crap Belgian team..
Still behind Mick but lets sign a central defender and a decent striker otherwise its squeaky bum till the end of the season, we might make it, stay 4th from bottom but its with the gods..
How about some investment that would easily guarantee a 2nd season in the Prem?
Charlie
ATLANTA WOLVES
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Charlie.
I’m Wolves all the way but I’m afraid it WAS a penalty. If you put your hands on the shoulder of the guy in the box, even if he IS on his way down anyway then it’s going to be a penalty. If that had been the other way round, we would all have expected a penalty, don’t you agree?
I admire the backing of our team but you have to be honest sometimes and admit it was deserved.
Up The Wolves
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Charlie, you know it will be squeaky bum time all the way – right to the end. For what it’s worth, Alan Hansen on “Match of the Day” when pressed thought that out of Wolves and Hull, Wolves are more likely to stay up. Take from that what you will.
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Negative Mick gets out of Jail.
We were playing one of the worse teams in the division and he goes with ONE STRIKER?
We equalised with a really LUCKY own goal and then Dumbo Zubar gives away a schoolboy penalty.
Watched the Burnley game after and they were a lot more positve in their approach and actuall deserved something out of the game and they were playing CHELSEA.
I suppose some of you one eyed supporters will say we got a point and Burnley didn’t.
Not good enough, Morgan you are in charge get this sorted.
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GIVE IT A REST WILL YA ??
stop using you mouth so much and moaning like an old lady who’s lost her buss pass
and start putting them things we call hands to gether to make that clap noise more often.
You saying not good enough, well i dont see you winning supporter of the year mate.
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No,but you might with your old gold and black eyeballs,obviously quite happy with performance and attitude
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Is that the same Burnley who have 1 point away from home, and haven’t won a league game since October ?
Funny how all the defeatists wanted us to be like Burnley after their great start to the season – but now they want us to be like the Blues.
Thanks for that blast from the past.
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I totally agree with you English Exile, don’t listen to the happy clapping arm chair fans such as Cost del wolf.
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haha armchair fan
i been to 6 games this year and i live in a diffent country !
but i suppose that could still make me an armchair fan..
apart from i had the same sit next to my father in the southbank for 12 years before i moved.
Why dont you think point from liverpool killing then out the game isnt good enuff ??
and going away to rivals and almost snatching it with a clever free kick at the end ?
WHY ? cos you think we got a right to
and if we dont its time to moan and point fingerz instead of taking positvives
BUT WHAT WOULD I KNOW IM AN ‘ARMCHAIR FAN’
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Mines a pint of whatever costa del wolves is on
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Exile – you are right mate. You have to hate those Thick Mick loving, one eyed, happy clapping idiots who always let the facts get in the way of a chance to moan.
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The way Wolves was playing against Hull reminded me of a man with only his legs, body and hands but without his head, running aimlessly.
We lacked an effective striker to put in the goals. Doyle is doing fine as forward but as a provider and not an effective striker.
The team had work hard but there must be direction and an end product to all the effort which equal goals.
Mercenary players abound who are trying to get a quick buck is something that we can do without. We need players with commitment and conviction who are paid adequately.
Up the Wolves !!!
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To my mind Hunt was by far the ;man of the match’ and just about beat Wolves on his own with his skill. No wonder Wolves have made several offers for him, and if he joined Wolves, it would save them from relegation.
The only reason Hunt would move to Wolves would be the Clubs financial stability, Hull are in real trouble with Administration not out of the question, Wolves on the other hand are financially stable, and he could be playing along side some of his Irish mates.
Depends how he sees it…the odds of Wolves and Hull being relegated are equal, but with him running along side, the odds are brighter.
My feeling is that Hunt will join Wolves on Monday
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I just checked on oddschecker.com.
According to them, all 5 companies with a market have Hull odds-on to be relegated, usually about 8/13 – and all of them think that Burnley are more likely survivors than Hull.
Wolves are odds-against with 4 of the 5 – usually about 5/4 – and we’re fourth favourites to go down.
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Grey Wolf, Pretty meaningless stuff.How many times have we been favourites to go up from the Championship and then missed out?Please get your mate off the golf course and tell him we need two quality signings before 5pm .
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Sorry but i cant get excited over a draw against a team as bad as us!.
My worry is were now playing a 5 man midfield and still MM dosnt include Milijas, surely this is the type of system that would give him that bit more time on the ball,…but looks like Jones has come back and is immediately in front of him,..not knocking Jones as he has looked ok in the games so far,..but with Kightly and Edwards also almost fit, and Castillo to, where and when the hell will the 2 new midfielders weve had play!!
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Brereton and Albrighton, have I said something completely outlandish???
Any idiot can work out that a draw against Hull City is not good enough, most of your fellow Wolves fans have been saying as much.
I am simply voicing an opinion, if you lot stay up, I’ll be on here saying well done and fair play to you.
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4-5-1, 4-4-2,1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11, whatever formation Mick picks you morons will moan, all of you Mick moaners —- off and support somebody else, we don’t want or need you, has for all those “fans” who are saying we ar financially stable-how dare you say that, don’t you know by now that the 3Ms have got to go out and spend millions, so what if we bankrupt the club and end up like Portsmouth etc,etc, that’s the sort of morons who have the audacity to call themselves wolves fans- you are a disgrace to the great name of our club.
Has for the 2 new midfielders – er ever heard of a “squad” injuries etc,etc.
Bloody hell if I was the 3Ms I would pack it in and hand over the club to all these professional managers that write such utter garbage week in week out!
We are Wolves………your not!
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I am a home and away season ticket holder, as are my husband and two children. We attended yesterday and it cost over £250 in tickets and travel before we had bought a drink, programme, fish and chips.
Why the hell shouldn’t I moan if the manager gets it wrong?
I don’t moan about us not spending, becuase I don’t want us going back to the days of administration, but I don’t like being fleeced by the club for 0844 phone line rates and £5 booking fees for the 4 of us for away tickets.That is a disgrace.
Johnwolf, I don’t think you were at the game yesterday to witness the utter despair at the managers tactics. The fans sang 442 but stubborn Mick won’t change anything.
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I can understand your frustrations, but only a small minority of the fans sang 4-4-2.
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Shewolf- fair play to you; I think of myself as being pretty stoic about the Wolves generally, 35 years of mixed fortunes has dictated as much. I personally doubt that we’ll have enough to survive, I think the manager has made mistakes with signings and tactics, and I worry about the Chairman’s level of commitment- and I’ll say as much to anybody who cares to listen.
But I wholeheartedly support the Wolves (season ticket for last 22 seasons consecutively), and I don’t assume that just cause someone’s critical, it naturally follows that they are somehow failing in their role as a supporter.
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Spot on mate.
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The 4-5-1 formation is pretty good for us home and away. The problem is not the formation it’s Mick putting square pegs in round holes. 4-5-1 should in theory give us protection at the back and also support to the lone striker with players who can get forward quickly. Foley is a great right back and should not be in the midfield.
We don’t need any more ‘squad’ players. Att his stage of the season the players that we buy need to be good enough to come straight into the first eleven and improve the team.
So here’s my strongest 11 (assuming the new boys are better than what we have already, hard to judge when they only come on in injury time):
Hahneman
Mancienne (LB)
Zubar (CB)
Craddock (CB)
Foley (RB)
Geoffrey (LW)
Milijas (LM)
Henry (CM)
Guerdio (RM)
Jarvis (RW)
Doyle (S)
If things get hairy then the first move would be to switch Jarvis to play more central alongside Doyle – we would also then have the options of bringing on Vokes for Henry.
It is so frustrating seeing MM screw up team selection and lacking tactical nous or a Plan B.
It is hard to believe that there are actually three teams playing worse than us, pompey, hull and burnley really must be absolute rubbish to be below us in the table.
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I was at the game yesterday.
It was not a bad performance or result for Wolves. The simple fact was that both clubs could not afford to lose, but it was more important to Hull to secure the 3 points.
A draw means we stay in front of Hull and well in touch with a host of teams one point above us.
We had a slice of luck with the own goal, and slice of bad luck with penalty decision. Probably 7 times out of ten the referee would wave play on. However, Zubar needs to be a bit more careful otherwise he risks being labelled the new Collins.
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Gedo……forget Hunt…..spend whatever it takes to get him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I agree we need a striker but, more importantly we need to create enough chances for any strikers we do have!
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i have to be honest with all you negative people who comment about mad mick and formations. a point away from home in the premiere league is rare (just ask burnley)and should be applauded. at least we did not loose as if we did we would be in the bottom 3. Lets go to brum on Sunday and get 3 points and things will be a whole lot better. Might even get some posotive comments on here.
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Forget whether its exciting or not!!!! Only 3 points matter.
Wolves only got one!!!! Not good enough!
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I would like to thank Hunt for keeping the ball play which led to our first goal!
I also think he told our GK which way to dive for the pen but he hit it too hard by mistake!
I also do not think it was a pen…a stupid challenge but not a pen.
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The Hull game, more than any other this season, proved that McCarthy is out of his depth at this level.Hull were dire, and we should have got all 3 points from thsi game. W emay as well play Doyle as a 6th midfielder, he was bought to score goals, not carry 5 or 6 other team mates. Berra is appalling and Zubar should play in this position, Ward is never a left back, and poor old Foley ain’t got a clue what he is supposed to do. I don;t know about teh transfer window purchases, but one should certainly go….THE MANAGER!!!!
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Make no mistake if Wolves do not spend big tomorrow the club will have let down its fans. We have had lots of orchestrated scare stories about not doing a Portsmouth and remember the Bhattis.The people who peddle these stories shamefully never give the full picture.They never say that it is now worth more than ever to be in the Premier League with30% increase from Sky revenues guaranteed to be a minimum of £30 MILLION every season.Also it has been reported that worldwide television rights are likely to increase from £650 MILLION to £1BILLION. We have never been better placed to establish ourselves in the Premier.If we fail due to transfer inactivity Wolves fans should not confuse incompetence with dressed up prudence.
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leo wolf – Blake looks a yard too slow in the Premier, he also looks like hes carrying a bit more weight. He probably isnt but in the Premier we are coming up against better all round athletes and Blakey is struggling. Sure we dont create chances as much in this league but most teams will only get 3 or 4 great chances to score in a game so if only 1 chance falls to Blake a match then he has to take it.
As a team we have to start playing players in their strongest positions granted. Who knows why Foley is playing right wing when he was player of the season at right back last year….
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The Blues game will be extremely difficult but we need to play a more effective 5 man midfield. Blues are a strong physical side but we need to match them and attack their full backs at every opportunity, should be a good atmosphere and a win at Palace will do us the world of good: Team v Blues:
Hahnemann
Foley Craddock Zubar Mancienne
Jarvis Castillo Henry Muganji Bia
Milijas
Doyle
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Another shocking show by the defence. Another round of unsettling changes , no continuity. It only needs one goal to win a match and Wolves scored two. There is no one else to blame but MM. Who recruited the majority of the players? Where is the captain driving his men on?
The formation of 4-4-2 or any other is mythical, if they know their football,the players should adapt to suite any one moment in the game, it is called common sense. When was the last time you saw any one player directing some form of operation to defend or attack?
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