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Burnley 1 Wolves 2
Saturday 13th March 2010, 5:25PM GMT.
Wolves moved three points clear of the relegation zone after making the most of their breaks with a priceless victory over rivals Burnley.
Matt Jarvis ended Wolves’ 359-minute wait for a goal in the first-half and Adlene Guedioura gave them a two-goal cushion two minutes after the break as the club moved level on points with West Ham, where they go a week on Tuesday.
The visitors withstood late pressure following Steven Fletcher’s 73rd minute header but, with the Hammers and Wigan also losing, it was a good day for the team, half dozen of whom tossed their shirts into the jubilant 2,300 sell-out following at the final whistle.
Burnley started well and had two long range shots on target in the first five minutes.
Chris Eagles cut inside and let fly from 25 yards for a low drive that was tipped around the post by goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann needlessly, as it turned out after replays showed the ball was going wide.
Graham Alexander was next to have a go, his rising effort from similar distance forcing Hahnemann to acrobatically drop on the ball.
David Jones attempted to launch a response but his header flew straight at former Albion goalkeeper Brian Jensen, who was then booked for diving headlong into Kevin Doyle and bringing the striker down out wide.
Ex-Walsall left back Danny Fox also had Hahnemann in action to tip a curling free kick over midway through the half.
But Wolves then grabbed the vital breakthrough through Jarvis to give themselves a lifeline.
Doyle hooked on a loose ball on the halfway line and Jarvis deserves huge credit for chasing down Tyrone Mears’s backpass header, before cleverly slotting the ball one side of Jensen and running around the other for a simple finish.
Then Doyle was a foot wide with a left foot snapshot on the turn, before David Nugent had Wolves’ hearts in their mouths a minute before the break going for his third goal in as many games.
The on-loan Portsmouth striker’s hooked volley bounced into the ground, before hitting the top of the bar and over.
But if Wolves were looking for the perfect start to the second half, it couldn’t have come much better than a second goal two minutes after the interval.
Stephen Ward cleverly won the ball on the left and fed Matt Jarvis, who stayed on his feet to find Ronald Zubar to his right.
The Frenchman let the ball run across his body and, just when it had looked to run too close to a defender, in came Guedioura for a first-time angled drive that crucially clipped the heels of Carlisle before neslting in the corner of the net
That goal seemed to knock the stuffing out of Burnley and Wolves had little trouble containing the hosts before the hour.
Doyle went within inches of a third Wolves goal when his tight angled effort spun across goal, replays showing the ball clearly warmed the hands of Jensen but the officials didn’t see.
Burnley then hauled themselves back into the game 17 minutes from time, when Fletcher headed Alexander’s shot into the ground beyond Hahnemann.
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ABOUT TIME WE GOT A BIT OF LUCK. I THOUGHT IF WE LOST TODAY THAT WOULD’VE BEEN IT FOR US.
3 POINTS CLEAR AND A SUPERIOR GOAL DIFFERENCE.
TWO WINS MORE AND I THINK WE’LL BE FINE CAUSE I CAN’T SEE BURNLEY OR HULL GETTING 10 POINTS FROM 8/9 GAMES.
WITH GAMES LIKE;
BLACKBURN (POSSIBLE)
FULHAM (POSSIBLE)
SUNDERLAND (POSSIBLE)
ASTON VILLA
ARSENAL
PORTSMOUTH (POSSIBLE)
WEST HAM (POSSIBLE)
EVERTON (POSSIBLE)
STOKE (POSSIBLE)
SURELY WE CAN WIN AT LEAST TWO OF THESE.
UP THE WOLVES!
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I thought I would be on my way home by now but I am currently en route to the Priory home for tormented Wolves fans. A season ticket should come with a flippin health warning! Please God I will be released by next Sat or please help me with my escape plan. Feel free to send get well cards.
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A massive result today and well done to the team.
It’s about time we had some luck on our side and it should help our confidence no end.
I hope Mcarthy dosen’t see this vindicates his negative attacking approach as we still need to revert to 442 bringing in attacking players at the start or early in the game.
We were still weak on the right hand side and no bite in midfield, which puts pressure on the defence.
Matt Jarvis deserved his goal and his overall play is very much like Doyle.
There are still difficult games ahead but all of them for the taking, but we have to score goals.
Well done again and lets look forward to Arsenal beating Hull tonight.
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Well done lads, at last a saturday night to celebrate!
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I don’t care how we won.
I don’t care how the goals went in.
I don’t care that we were all over the place for their goal.
All I care about is 3 points.
WE ARE WOLVES!!! C’MON ME BABBIES!!!
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Well done today lads, that was much required.
2 more wins and 2 more draws should be enough. Lets get them early and then relax for the remainder of the season, don’t want to put unnecessary pressure for the last couple of games where we have to win.
Up the Wolves!
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Crucial win!
It’s almost a good thing that the streams were terrible today and that Wolves World was not working (what a lousy service, total waste of money!), I don’t think I could’ve watch the entire game without having a heart attack…!
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Long time coming.MAYBE THERE IS STILL HOPE YET.THEY HAVE TO GET RESULTS GAME IN GAME OUT!
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great, we beat burnley. Somebody remind me now. Who the f*** are Burnley?
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Anybody here seen BULLY, BULLY FURY from up the road?
Oh I know he’s with JACK looking for his HAT.
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Phew!
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Wolvesmod cretin. End of story. Only 4 teams had beat Burnley at Turf prior to today and 3 of them are the top 3 sides in the country. Gutsy if uninspiring performance but make no bones about it a GREAT RESULT! What with Hull losing too 9 more points should be more than enough Wigan look likely to be dragged right into it and West Ham too we could end up a few places above. Just a note for Mr Stephen Hunt….enjoy the CCC and the pay cut that comes with it!
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Well done the team, it might have been ugly but we marched through hell to get it! That is a Wolf!
It was the team with the worst scoring record in the League playing the team with the worst Premiership defensive record. Hardly a contest of titans! However, we did it!
If the Gods stay with us and the other lower teams keep imploding, then we can survive.
I DON’T WANT TO GO BACK TO THE PREMIERSHIP!!!!
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wolvesmod, please do not not undermine this brilliant result. To remind you Burnley are the team who have beaten Man U and Everton at home earlier this season.
Keep the faith
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Wolvesmod,
Burnley, if you would like to look at the table, are one of the teams below us, they are one of the teams that we would target at the start of the season as being one we must get results against to stand a chance of staying in this division.
They are a team we have thankfully done the double over this season, putting us 3 points clear of relegation with superior goal difference.
So if you would like to take your head out of your behind, which I presume you speak with, and congratulate the lads on what is a massive result given where a loss would have put us, it would be appreciated.
No?
Thought not. Moron
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wolvesmod – you are a complete idiot. Burnley are the team that drew with Arsenal and beat Manchester United this year in the Premiership………. Any win away in the Premier is great and people like you should support someone else. Seriously, you seem like a teenager who watches match of the day and thats it.
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Good to get our second double of the season
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Well done Wolves. About time i can watch MOTD and enjoy it lol
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we will stay up now- hull burney down analyse the fixtures- Morgan sack mick and bring in curbushly for next season and give him 20-30 mill to spend…. with wba newcastle and whoever joining us we need a new squad for next season- i can only see doyle hannerman being in our team next season
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interesting stat is that we have a better away record than 10th placed fulham,if only we could get 2 wins which we shud do,we will be safe
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Fantastic result – well done to all concerned. Watching the first half I really thought the standard of football was pretty average. More like a Championship game than a Prem Game. I hope MM does revert to 4-4-2 at some point just to prove that we can attack teams and win well. At the moment its all nervy stuff but I think we can stay up now. On wards and upwards WE ARE WOLVES!!!
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Great result.Team spirit can see us through.
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Never mind the quality – feel the width !!
The result was all that mattered today and we got it……but didn’t we make hard work of it in the end again ! I really don’t like it when MM makes negative substitutions like today. Mancienne coming on handed them the initiative as we sat back. I thought we were going to get a third up to that point.
Anyway,I don’t want to moan.I want to enjoy tonight and savour our second league double of the season
UTW !
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Message for Robbie Blake – Still think Burnley are better than Wolves. Enjoy the Coca Cola Championship you muppet. Back where you belong.
UTW
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Great win !! Keep it up and we’ll stay up !
Nice to read some positive comments for a change…………time to take my calming tablets .
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thanks for the pre match motivation robbie blake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Great result from the boys…any away win is a good result in the prem just ask Liverpool about Wigan away and Man U and Everton about Burnley away….keep it going boys bring on the Villa…..GOLD AND BLACK FOREVER…ps cheap season ticket may be a bargain after all
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wow what a win we beat burnley just about with no help from mad mick why the hell did he change it when we was 2.0 up he went even more defensive and once again we nearly threw it away the sooner mad mick leaves the better get rid,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,in mad mick we dont trust,,,ilk
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the reason why wolvesmod is bitter is/ 1 , he is a jealous baggie
2, he just makes comments to get a reaction.
or, 3. he is anti 3ms and has just been proved wrong again. wwfc will survive comfortably. utw
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well done boys i have every confidence in you,doesn’t anyone realise that wolvesmod is an attension seeking west brom fan
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much needed win…from a must win game
Should boost the confidence of the lads…and they did deserve it
BUT
stupid substitutions…As if McCarthy wanted to throw the game away in the last 25 minutes :|
nevertheless..a few more of them…and things are looking cheery
No room for complacency lads…just get the ball in the back of the net.
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message for Robbie Blake “you aint better than Wolves” now that’s twice we told ya !!!!!!!!!!! LOL
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Why has no one mentioned that Idiot Blake ranting that burnley are a better team than Wolves?
I am wondering if he is going to MAN up and say that we were the better team on the day????
Bloody good effort and I am almost convinced that we will stay up after that win
UTW
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Brilliant three points,,two nill up and cruising,our mid field have it sewn up and our stupid manager thinks he has to change it,we then have to hang on..Mick iff it aint bust dont fix it..Leave Sylvan and your son Andy on the bench,,you nearly blew it mate.
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3 very welcome points,Finger nails down to the quick last 17 minutes certainly had me hanging on to my chair.
Never less cracking result.
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Great Win in a dreadful low quality game of football.
I just hope and pray we survive but whatever happens I want Mad Mick out. Icant stand his tactics which have got us in this mess in the first place and his constant negative formations and playing his favs week in week out.
At least there is a glimmer of hope now. If we survive its thanks to a 10 point deduction and two other lousey teams, in hwta has to be the weakest premiership in living memory!
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WOLVESMOD—Thanks mate you spoil what are reasonable postings.Take a chill pill mate or get the soap and wash your mouth out.
Well done Wolves I watched the game on Sky late last night great win. Burnly are never easy we know that and they have proved it this season against the top flight,
Lets keep calm and let other falter.. Crazey Dave
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I was there, Well Done the lads nerve wracking ten mins. Wolves season tickets should carry a Government Health Warning but would not have it any other way adds to the excitement of football. Norway Wolf think you meant you dont want to go back into the championship see thats what supporting wolves does for you dont know where you are lol.
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Great win but Mr Sylvan Blake shouldn’t get anywhere near playing until he stops eating the pukka pies and loses some weight……..not a good advert for the manager or the club and definitely not good for the fitness coach……
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Hillarious we have a bad result and there is 400 comments we have a good one and there are a few dozen! Didn’t realise there were that many pathetic Boggies regularly posting on our pages. And all they talk about on theirs are one or two wolvos who post wind up on theirs!
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Such a vital win. Another 7 or 8 points will probably be more than enough to stay up and we can surely get two more wins from 9 games. I have some reservations about the current team but a settled team is what we have needed all season.
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#19 up the wolves wolf
It’s views like yours that have influenced the Board that have kept us out of the Premier over the years (except for 1 brief season)
Wolves have had 3 full International Managers – so they were good enough to manage their National Teams – but not good enough for some of the fans who hounded them out. Sir Jack admited as much when he commented re Graham Taylor. I accept negative criticism of Hoddle – though we do not know how much went on behind the scenes.
We need consistency – get off Mick’s back and support your team.
How do you think your comments will land with the team and our bid for survival?
Save your views until the teh end of the season when our fate will be sealed!
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Enjoyable day out worth the 420 mile round trip. Disappointed to see the negative 4 5 1 formation. But it worked. So how come MM changes it around and brings on Keogh and Blake who were less than useful when we are 2-0 up and looked home and dry?
Starting to believe that we could actually do it, but still want MM gone.
BTW who is this new imposter SheWolf? Get your own pseudonym newbie!!!
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Well Done Wolves !! I mean that !! Would be nice to see all the MIDLANDS clubs in the Prem next season, hope we can join you soon
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Biggest 6 pointer for years……
I we came out victorious !!!
The momentum is with us lads
Nice touch with the shirt throwing
Were in this together !!
-Possible wins-
Porstmoth
Suderland
West ham
blackburn
and i fancy a result v stoke for some reason
Open your eyes wolves fan, time to cheer our boys over the finish line !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU FROM ?
WEE’M FROM WOLVERHAMPTON
CHEAP CHEAP LAGER !! LOL
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Great result, now let’s get at the next two claret and blues, a point off Villa and a win at ice bound Upton Park.
A look at Hull’s remaining fixtures shows it’s not over by a long way yet.
9)Wolvesmod (and the rest of you similar minded) Wouldn’t want the likes of you fighting in the trenches next to me. We always knew it would be a fight and that’s how it’s turning out. We don’t need lily-livered plonkers like you.
Go and iron your big girl’s blouses.
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A good battling performance and one in which luck favoured us for once. Not a game for the purist, but who cares.
It was important not to lose against Burnley but 3 points are invaluable.
I still believe that we need to get to 36 points for survival. As we are averaging almost a point a game, that should be achievable.
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Not a great performance but who cares?
It gave us the 3 points we desperately needed to put a little daylight between us and the bottom 3.
It was never going to be an easy game and so it proved, but I for one am enjoying our second double of the season today.
Let’s not kid ourselves though, there is still a hell of a lot to do to secure our status. Games like this will be required to ensure we do stay up.
Doyle was so close to getting the goal his performances so far have really deserved, there is definitely a goal round the corner for him. Jarvis again showed what a threat he can be with his pace. I loved the way he jinked round Jensen before almost running the ball into an empty net.
Guedioura’s goal was a MAJOR slice of luck, but he’s just proved what a lot of us have been saying all season, SHOOT ON SIGHT. If we don’t shoot we won’t score and we need more players to have a dip from outside the box. That kind of goal can happen more if we shoot from there more.
One result does not keep us up but it gives a much needed boost for both players and fans, and of course those 3 all important points.
The way I see it, if Mick and the lads believe then so must we all.
Compared to last time in this league we are doing FAR better and we’re still improving.
A couple more wins and draws and I think we’ll still be here next season. It’s not mission impossible, it’s mission very possible IMO if we apply ourselves correctly and good luck stays with us a little longer.
Most people will probably write off our chances at Villa Park but who knows, if we can keep up the better performances (Spurs and Man U. at home) then we may be able to give another side who play in claret and blue something to think about.
Keep the faith Wolves fans, it’s still all in our hands.
Wolves Till I Die.
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Eat that Robbie Flake
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Well done Jarvis, thoroughly deserved goal for a season full of top drawer wing play. I note that Doyle played his ball through showing that the 4-5-1 only describes us when we don’t have possession. I saw bodies streaming forward when had the ball, much more than in previous games.
Our back 4 are looking solid, especially Foley and Zubar. Adi looks to have an incredible premiership future if he can learn to harry without picking up cards and for a time the midfield were probing forward instead of dabbing it back to Haneman.
An unchanged side with momentum at the end of the season is just what the Dr. ordered. Some fans called it at the start of the season, a nice sized squad that’s the envy of many injury hit teams at the end of the season. I think we may just end this run with games to spare.
Overly optimistic? Not for the objectives of this season. Next season we all have the right to demand more. MM will have won the right to spend real money and no-one -least of all me – will be satisfied with a relegation fight.
Lastly, why do fans say ‘Wolves til I die?’ Surely a major perk of the after life will be to float into the stands and scream silently alongside old Gold friends (with the Mrs performing an invisible lap dance at half time!). Up the Wolves!
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ALL YOU MICK OUT MUPPETS ARE SO SO SO QUIET NOW
SUPERB RESULT KEEPING THE FAITH ALWAYS HAVE ALWAYS WILL
YOU SAD CLOWNS WHO WANTED MICK SACKED ARE A DISGRACE TO THE FOOTBALL CLUB !!!!!!
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Brilliant game lads, Doyle and Jarvis were outstanding but I though Wardy was gonna hand them a point! Despite the wooden seats and terrible “league 1″ type stadium, the game was enjoyable, UTW!!
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Well done lads, you’ve made my weekend.
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Nice one Geneva Wolf, fair enough.
So then how about Wolves forever in this life and the next?
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I have no idea what MM was doing by changing the pattern of play once Burnley had made their substitutions, tried to make us tighter at the back and, in doing so, allowed a poor Burnley team to snatch the initiative and score a goal by playing 15-20 yards further back. Alamo comes to mind for the last 20 minutes!
However and to give absolute praise for the 14 players for their commitment and doggedness a great result.
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Great effort and great to get three valuable points. Now for the reality, MM is negative and naive tactically, the substitutions cost us our momentum but luckily not the points. Up to that point we were more than holding our own. Nuff said.
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Great win. A morale booster, the team had played with conviction. But a lack of an effective striker is evident.
Perhaps, MM should tried out Sam Vokes for for a longer period at some point in the next few games if the team is playing 4-4-2, maybe a longer run could provide him more opportunity for him to score. Just a thought.
Up the Wolves and may the positive last longer.
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Great win but why bring on that fat lazy overweight SEB and take off adline we nearly blew it ,same old mistakes from Berra he needs replacing.
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For once i will actually say Mccarthy tactically got it right, it took him along time to realize that the best form of defense is attack, so for all u people slagging him of for his subs yesterday he took the pressure of our defense slightly by bringing forwards on, Mccarhty has just realized this its only took him a life time but fair play to all the lads yesterday the only way we will stay up is by fighting from here on it.
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Well done lads,and no,Mick,it ain`t praise for you.You are still a waste of space.You and wolvesmod along with robbie blake would make good traffic cones,can`t think of anything else your good at.
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For most of this season I have been banging on about the need to sign players of better quality,I believe that Guerdioura is one of those. Moxey ,get him signed up watertight BEFORE the end of the season, as he is one of the players we have ,who WILL make it big in the game.Great result, but OH for a good finisher,We would be half way up the league by now ,IF one had been signed in January.
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massive MASSIVE 3 points!!! phew we needed that – made my wkend even though ive been in work for all of it! bring on the v***a, anything can happen in a derby and they might just have one eye on the fa cup semi & we matched them at our place.
CMON YOOOOOOOOOU WOOOOOOOOOLVES! :)
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Wolfhound, that fat, lazy, overweight SEB, as you rudely call him, is the reason, why we are in the premiership in the first place, or have you forgotten about the 50 odd goals hes scored for us? Some people have no respect.
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I don’t believe half the lot that come on here. Still got room to insult the manager/some of the players
Support the team by giving constructive criticism rather than just being plain disrespectful.
Well done Wolves and lets keep the effort going for the rest of the season
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let get it right a great result but this the poorest prem ever and if we stay up which i think we can it is only that it is that poor,and
not because of the muppet who must go what ever
happen for us to move forward
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Great win – BUT – still the cretinous anti Mick brigade have got to do their utmost to spoil it, if Mick had have left it alone and finished with the team he started with and we had drawn or lost, then these cretins would have come on here moaning has to why he didn’t change it – and some of you lot go on about wolvesmod- you are much, much worse and damaging to the club, —- off and go and support somebody else, armchair “fans” we do not want.
It’s a pity that the wolves board can’t get rid of these cretins who are doing so much damage to our club, and before you say it yes you do have a right to have your say – but – we have won a very important match and yet you still have to be negative- remember this, it was MM s selections that won the match.
We are wolves……………your not!
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True Wolves fans do not slag off the players, spanish ray – I bet you are the life of the party over there -NOT- bloody hell I can see it now, moan.moan about everything that you Mr perfect doesn’t like, do we all a favour and stay there-prat!
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Great win. People go on about Burnley being unlucky or poor defending – but credit has to be given a, for the flick on by Doyle to set up Wolves opener and b, for Jarvo reading the situation so well. He still had a lot of work to do before tucking that goal away. Some say Guedioura’s goal was a slice of luck- and we do deserve some of that – but I disagree. Yes it was deflected – but you have to shoot to score – and did you see where the ball would have gone to in any event ? Burnleys marking was so poor that the ball would have made its way to an unmarked Kevin Doyle who surely would have scored in front of goal. In addition to that – Jarvo had jinked inside the box and was clearly fouled before passing the ball – if he had gone down – stonewall pen !! Well done Wolves ;-)
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Well done lads.
What was you saying again Robbie Blake? Is that humble pie i see you eating?
I know it’s only 1 win but i think we can stay up we have mostly winable games remaining and i fancy us to shock the vile too.
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Yes Yes Yes, it´s a wonderful free world and spaces like this are great for venting frustrations and airing opinions and we should all be very appreciative of that. And of course we should respect the fact that everybody is different and has a right to a point of view and an opinion, even if some of them are hard to take. Sorry to have to point the finger at Wolvesmod but did you ever see anything the guy ever wrote that suggested he was proud to be a Wolves fan. I for one haven´t.
I have to say that a bold chairman would, if he really wanted his club to climb the Prem ladder, think about appointing a new manager who by his own personality and character could inspire good players to come to this club. ( not withstanding the pay structure the same chairman has a sensible right to stick to). I think we´re all agreed we don´t want to become another Portsmouth now do we? Mick is a good old boy but in my view that´s about all. Good at getting teams out of the Championship but let´s be fair, he needs some serious time spent figuring where to go from there instead of being given the reins. A bold chairan would say thanks, here´s yer kiss off. Now let´s go Wolves and let´s go good
Old Gold forever, there´s nothing quite like it
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Great result and credit to the players for believing in it.
for those of who refer to SEB as ‘ Lazy and overweight’ are out of line . SEB’s goals are the reason we am in the prem. so lay off him and show damn respect…bunch of Tesco’s muppets
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23…..negative substitutions????? Keogh and Ebanks-Blake??? Mancienne also was hardly stuck in defence…he seemed to be looking to go forward and had a decent shot on goal.
Well done Mick and the whole team!!
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Ok, I’d like about 38 points to be relaxed come May 9th but in reality I can see….
Villa and Hammers away – defeat in one, draw in the other (bragging rights aside would rather not lose to West Ham than Villa) = Pld 31 Pts 28 then…
Everton: draw = 29
Arsenal: defeat
Stoke & Blackburn: win in one, draw in the other = 33
Fulham: defeat
Pompey: draw = 34
Sunderland: draw = Pld 38 Pts 35.
The sooner Portsmouth lose their 9 points the better and I expect either Hull or Burnley to meakly slip out on twentysomething points too which leaves us just about safe but only by 1 or 2 points at most. Two out of three (WW, Wigan and either Hull or Burnley) will be safe. Can’t see West Ham or Bolton pulling right away but they’ll have enough to steer clear.
As said elsewhere, a defeat yesterday would have been a disaster so hopefully a point or two on the road in Brum and east London then can we please start picking up a lot more points at home, please, pretty please!
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i watched the full game replay today and this is my view of what i saw,whether some think its constructive or not. I’ve been saying for a while results are the most important thing, and we did that yesterday, yes with a bit of luck Turf moor is a difficult place to come and win, and I think we deserved it, particularly for our 1st half performance.
Our second goal was a pure fluke and it looks like thats the only way we can score more than one goal- remember the hull game? This still worries me.
I still think we have a lot to learn about how to kill off games. With Burnley 2-nil down and bombing forward we had 2 or 3 great openings to score on the counter and finish the game off and didnt take them, We really do lack a cutting edge. MM subsitutions continue to be late. He was spot on with guediora, who was making rash challenges,and put mancienne on, but took too long to put two up front, to take pressure of our defence.
In the end if didnt affect the result, but against a better forward line than burnleys we would have got pegged back or even lost the game – like at birmingham.
The win has made my weekend but I’m a realist,and I know this game went our way because we scored first against decent but not top class opposition.
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So if you are not a fan of MM you are a cretin. Obviously John is a very clever bloke does he not realise it is MM who has selected the team for all the games we have lost as well. If you have an opinion about the manager and the vast majority do not like MM i don’t think it means we are damaging the club.
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75,COOKLEYWOLF,All of us are Cretins with the exception of Johnwolf,Stourportwolf and Wordsleywolf.
As I now live in Malta having travelled home and away for well over 40 years, according to the Magnificent 3 I cannot comment as I will only travel to the UK 2 times this Season to see my beloved team.Ah well glorious sunny warm day today.Remind me just why did I move over here.
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Bloody marvellous but there is still an awful lot of of battles ahead as Mick will know there is still a very real chance of relegation. Stuff England in the world cup be nice if they do well but give me 17th for the Babbies anyday.
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Not sure who posted as me on saturday night as i was still on my way home from Burnley, so chill folks.
Great win, i said on here before the weekend that if we win we’ll stay up. And i still stand by that. We will finishing 17th but that will do me.
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a great result ,I dont care if we were lucky it was about time! we may just do it.
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Great Result and a treasured 3 point cushion but don’t get carried away, the goal we conceded was dreadful. Congratulations to all involved but there is a long way to go yet and nothing as really changed. The late substitutions beggar belief and whilst we took all 3 points from a very poor team, that ain’t going to happen for the remaining games. Right now, I’m delighted Owen Coyle went to Bolton.
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Well lots of contentious views on here. Split between so called True Wolves fans Boo Boys Cretins etc.
I for one thought the hiring of MM was a good move for getting us out of the championship as he had a proven record. Super Mick to some and Mad Mick to others. I’ll be honest I think he is out of his depth in this league and thats only because of the competion of Managers around him.
I cant see that there is anything wrong in having an opinion about our Club whether it be perceived as good or bad. I dont condone and never will booing of our own players, as its down to the Manager to select a team and if a player is not playing well should be substitued.
I cant see any evidence from Morgan or Moxey of great ambition and that frustrates me more than anything.
Apart from that a massive 3 points at the WE another 8 to go. Good alos to see that SEB is looking thinner too, maybe he can come on and save our season in the last game what a story that would make.
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75- the vast majority do not support MM? Where is your evidence for this? A dozen or so muppets on here who were saying he wouldn’t get us up last year and wouldn’t keep us up this year. I love the guy – straightforward, honest and a decent bloke – embodies the true spirit of Wolverhapton.
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Message to Robie Blake ‘Like we said on Friday we’l do are talking on the pitch’ Not in the paper’s, But thank’s anyway robbie cos that’s 3 point’s at home against ya, O and 3 point’s away. CHEER’S
………..UP THE WOLVES…………..
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Great result boys we can do it!
Wolvesmod…I think you and Robbie Blake should go on holiday together!!! Dipsticks!
Up the wolves!
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What a result, it’s great looking at the league table this morning. Plus Hull have just sacked or put Phil Brown on ‘gardening leave’ so I reckon they’ll be in serious trouble making that kind of change at this point in the season. How good would it be now to turn over Villa, both for our survival and to keep them out of the CL places!?!?
Up The Wolves!
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Browns Gone ! How ironic it would be if Nobby and Parkin now save Hull at our expense. At the very least Pearson is performing his role as Chairman with conviction.
We really cannot afford to slip up now as I have a lot of respect for Horton, his team will play football and have guts.
Also, the EPL are dragging their heels on the point deduction for Pompey, I hope the Administrator is wrong saying that it may not happen.
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What fantastic support the Wolves fans gave the team at Burnley on Saturday I’ve been to a few Wolves away matches recently and the support has always been great but against Burnley its was at a different level.
Unfortunately the day was marred after the game with what can only be classed as disgraceful violent behaviour by the Lancashire Police. I been following football for over 40 years and I have never seen such behaviour from the Police. Whilst waiting outside our minibus for the Police to escort us away from the ground a senior Police officer deliberately charged at one of my colleagues as he was ushering others onto the minibus and when he asked why the officer pulled out his baton and went to hit my colleague for no reason whatsoever.
I always think when I read about this type of Police activity that there is no smoke without fire but now I have seen it for my own eye’s I know exactly what goes on. The Lancashire Police on duty at Burnley on Saturday should be ashamed of thereselves there’s use of reasonable force and then there is down and out Police brutality which was what happened to my colleague on Saturday.
We have the officers badge number and are contemplating making a formal complaint however I doubt very much anything will get done about it as we will be labelled as the “football minority” what a joke.
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Crockett, I think the logic on the substitutions was correct.Against the Blues we were holding on to a one goal lead,but playing with only one striker the Blues centre backs had freedom to join the attack.This they did for the first goal by loading players at the far post.So the move on Saturday to 4 4 2 I think was to keep their centre backs busy backed by two banks of four.Teams if they are losing only tend to throw centre backs forward at the end of games so it is that period of the game when 4 5 1 is more vulnerable.That is my theory anyway.
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Message for Wolves Mod… the same Burnley that beat Man Utd at home and drew with Arsenal. There are no easy games in this division.
Burnley are probably down as there away form is awful and they have a local derby against Blackburn plus Spurs, Liverpool and Man City at home. My only concern is Hull. I think West Ham and Wigan will be safe!
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Brown gone, if we stay up will our Chairman do the same in order to try to avoid a similar situation in our second season?
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funny time to get rid of your manager.he could top up the tan.by the way its only one win.lets get stuck in and get the points then talk about next season.make us dream
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Another step closer to being safe.
Happy days indeed. Glad to see that the manager and players have strong minds. And do not let some of the unbelievable clap trap coming off these boards affect them.
What a great acheivement if we do stay up. Another notch in the already prestigious bow of Mick McCarthy. Wolves legend already.
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Fair play,gr8 result 4 you,if both our teams can get results needed to achieve our dreams can’t wait 4 next season……….and waiting for fixtures to come out boing boing
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robbie blake needs a blanket and a tissue
he is in his pushchair crying hahaha
VILLA – LOSE
EVERTON – DRAW – 28
WEST HAM – DRAW – 29
ARSENAL – LOSE
STOKE – WIN – 32
FULHAM – DRAW – 33
BLACKBURN – WIN – 36
POMPEY – DRAW – 37
SUNDERLAND – DRAW – 38
PLD 38
PTS 38
COMON ME BABIES
BORN A WOLF
DIE A WOLF
FOREVER A WOLF
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