Big investment to continue for Wolves
Tuesday 27th April 2010, 11:29AM BST.
Wolves chief executive Jez Moxey has revealed big investment will continue to restore the club to its former glories long term.
That means keeping star striker Kevin Doyle and attracting three or four quality players – Wolves would welcome the return of Robbie Keane at the right price – to join him this summer.
Several names including Keane, Scunthorpe’s 19-goal Gary Hooper, Bristol City’s £3m-rated marksman Nicky Maynard and Middlesbrough wideman Gary O’Neil have been linked to Molineux.
Moxey said: “We have to strengthen the squad and we will continue to invest in the team along the lines which we have adhered to.
“But we must stress it is part of a long term plan to restore the club back to its former glories of the 1950′s, when we were challenging for regularly for domestic and European honours.
“That will take a lot of time, but what it will mean is continuing to invest in the squad and certainly trying to keep our very best players.”
Moxey believes promoted teams Newcastle and Albion will invest heavily and feels whoever joins them will be stronger than Hull, Burnley and Portsmouth.
He said: “The three teams who come up will be better than the three teams going down, no question about it in the case of Newcastle and Albion.
“It’s a process of evolution and no one should underestimate how difficult it’s going to be next season to stay up.”
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake remains in McCarthy’s plans and will be allowed to prove himself next season.
Moxey said: “We have needed Sylvan’s goals and maybe he needs more time to adjust to this level.”
While major signings are being targeted, the Molineux supremo also hinted at keeping the core of the team.
He said: “I can’t tell you how pivotal players such as Jody, Kevin Doyle, Karl and others have been. Doyle has played single-handedly on his own up front for almost half the season.
“And Kevin Foley has done a great job playing out of position.”
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nice to hear that jez as said big investment is required to restore wolves .robbie keane is the player we would like to see back down hear but i afraid that is a pipe dream.
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I think i remember seeing Tony Pulis state that no team has ever betterd their first seasons points, in their second season in the premier league, which goes to show how hard the task is going to be. I fear that if we arent comfortably mid table by the end of next season, some of the fans on this site will be calling for Micks head. I will settle for improvements in quality in certain positions and staying up again, maybe with some better attacking performances, especially at home. season 3 i would hope for a mid table finnish.
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Well we tried investing during the January transfer window and the result of that was a little dissapointing. However now we are safe for another season I would hope players take notice of us and are willing to come to Molineux. I dont want Wolves going the way of Portsmouth, Hull etc and paying whopping weekly wages that will cripple the club. There is no way that Jimmy Bullard is worth the money he is supposed to be earning at Hull, likewise Robbie Keane’s alleged weekly wage is beyond us in my opinion.
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MOXEY few points you make are well documented and I for one agree with these.
My concern along with most wolves fans is that you deleiver your plans.Yes we signed a few players last year but how many get a game?
Doyle as played on his own upfront but how many as he scored?Foley out of position?
so now that you make these points please act upon them for the benefit of the club.I can assure you most wolves fans are not wanting trophies we just want prem stability for a few years then we can start thinking of bigger things.You suggest about the 50′s etc my humble advice is dont deal with todays issues as if you dont deliver the promises you make then you will find your head been called for and rightly so.
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“Several names including Keane, Scunthorpe’s 19-goal Gary Hooper, Bristol City’s £3m-rated marksman Nicky Maynard and Middlesbrough wideman Gary O’Neil have been linked to Molineux.”
Sounds great investment to me.
Give me a break. and give me Robbie Keane, not these championship players.
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One player should never be seen as the missing piece of the jigsaw. Football is a team sport, and we need 5 quality Premiership experienced players across the team to strenghten it.
I dont think Keane will come although it would be phenomenol if we could get him.
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With spurs doing very well without keane i can see him going for a reasonable price its just down to moxey and morgan to pay the going rate and bring him home! Looking forward to the party atmosphere next sunday against sunderland! UTW.
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Personally I hope we do not invest in players such as Maynard or Hooper during the Summer. Those are the type of players we should only buy if we can obtain the players we really need first, then and only then should we be investing in the future. The present is far more important!
We will need proven, experienced PL Players who will add different dimensions to the current squad, less the ‘deadwood’ which Mick deems surplus to requirements but not by spending stupid money to obtain them as was the case in January according to Jez Moxey!
For me, the likes of Hull’s Hunt, we do NOT want! We are being linked with him again today and after the saga which developed in January when we were rebuffed in no certain manner by Hull and by Hunt, I say let him rot at Hull, we should not be interested any more!
On Robbie Keane, I am not one who believes in going back and should he return there will be a lot of pressure upon his shoulders to repeat what he did the last time he was a Wolves player and for that reason I think it would be best if we looked elsewhere.
There should though be many a PL player who will interest us at the right price, with the right attitude and at the right age but don’t ask me to name any of them, I will leave that to Mick and his team.
Looking ahead to our next game, I hope Mick picks a team to play attacking football, changes the formation from 4-5-1 now that we are safe from relegation, plays a more fluid game and score a few goals. The lads would enjoy being able to play more freely I’m sure and wouldn’t we like to see our lads banging a few in instead of defending all the time?
Up the Wolves!
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Its all very well saying you want to spend the money….but unless its on quality(especially in defence) there is no point! Craddock is getting on a bit so needs replacing.
And Keane is just a pipe dream.
We should be grateful we haven’t had to play Chelsea lately.
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Quality signings pleae, we don’t want most of the names the express & star keep mentioning each day, bar Robbie Keane.. Premiership quality not championship unknowns..
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I think most wolves fans would like Keane to come home, but i can see everton or Villa maybe going in for him as well but we have got to aim at these type of impact players for next season. Hooper, Maynard 100% no’s we have enough championship players we need Premier League Players. The only two i would gamble on would be Ledley and Beckford.
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3 Quality Players rather than 7 rubbish ones please.
and Dreams of Robbie Keane coming home too !!!
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The three teams coming up are no world beaters
apart from newcastle who may have an advantage in terms of following they are not going to invest any heavier we need to start on the correct footing next season by buying quality andplaying players in there favoured positions.We are only 2points better off then the last time we came up,that season we invested peanuts we got relegated due to the poor start.This year teams like bolton,wigan and west ham started poorly and got sucked into the relegation dogfight we need to avoid another poor start.so prepare accordingly and lets go for the jugular earl part of the season.
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Oh please do not buy players of relegated teams or strugglers the hunts and bullards are best left alone…HUNT as been in relegation teams most of his career.We need harmony in the club and in this area micko cant be criticised as he runs a tight ship.yes he is a little neg with his approach but he is winning me over with his will to fight and express it through his players.this is why he deserves to be the sole decision maker in who is required and beleive me I am not a micko fan but an honest man I am.
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Robbie Keane back home brilliant. 3/4 more proven,experienced players, definitely.Championship players to bring on yes,when we are established and not before.Moxey,leave the playing side alone and keep to your books.Let a manager manage whoever it may be.I am even getting closer to the idea of keeping MM.Back to requirements,–Jamie Ohara comes to mind along with Scott Parker,although West-Ham say he`s not for sale,don`t believe it.
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MUJANGI
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Jez, ive said it before and will say it again, ‘YOU’ should be a MP, as YOU are the ‘MASTER of SPIN’. I sat inside the ground listening to you telling Paul Franks and Mark Regan,WM that Wolves would NOT make the same mistakes again, and that YOU would be buying PL players with PL expierence, and that YOU would have to pay these PL players higher wages, than what we are paying our current squad. Therefore their wouldn’t be a ‘Wage-Structure’ at Wolves next season. Suprise Suprise the ‘Early Bird’ tickets followed, then a short while after the ‘EB’ came out,YOU made statement saying WE wont be held to ransome and wont be paying High Transfer Fees, and we wont be paying High wages as we have a ‘Wage-Structure’ in the club, and WE wont break it?. So forgive me if i dont ‘TRUST’ a word YOU say on your comments above.Jez ‘DONT TREAT US FANS AS IDIOTS’,we deserve more RESPECT than coming out with those comments.How many PL players ‘did WE sign’ for this season?. And before reaching the giddy heights of the 50′s lets just ‘TRY’ and reach the heights of the 70s-80s first, that would be a more realistic position for Wolves in the next 2-4yrs. But YES we must be looking to invest about £25m-35m in 4-5 Quailty PL players NOT Maynard/Hooper? we already have them types in our squad NOW. UTW
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Ad Mant – Didn’t see you posting on any of the celebratory staying up threads ? Is that because all season long you’ve been 100% certain about the imminent failure and inability of our directors, management and playing staff ? Seeing as you have been wrong on so many occasions before, why should anyone listen to you ?
So many clubs that have stayed up the first season and then dropped straight back.
We all know we need quality. Keane would bring that (but only if its a “dream” of his to return) but I dont want to get in to names, especially those being speculated – because its just that – speculation.
We need to add bit by bit. Next season will be another relegation dog fight, but you can bet your bottom buck that the expectation levels on here from the normal brigade that are so anti our club
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I said this on Sunday, go villa offer £20m for Shorey, sidwell, reo coker and Curtis davies yes I know he played for Albion so what! Robbie Keane on loan. 5 decent experienced premiership players. The above would make us stronger and we should finish towards mid table.
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Moxey speaking about spending big ? Must mean it’s time to sell season tickets!
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17, Tomwolf, you need to calm down mate.
When you find out a team like Hull is spending 105% of its income on players wages (yes, 105%!!!) then I don’t think anyone can be critcised for stating that they will not pay over the odds for players in transfer fees and wages.
We all want to see Premier League quality players with Premier League experience at Molineux but not at any price and certainly not to the detriment of the club’s long term financial position.
None of the names mentioned at the start of this article have been named by Moxey. The Express & Star have simply given us some guesses and rumours followed by a statement Moxey has made. And if you think Moxey will decide who we go for in terms of players, you’re bang wrong. I imagine Mick identifies the players, Morgan dictates the budget and Moxey has to do what he can in terms of marrying up the two.
Considering we’re talking about a man who managed to make a profit on Tony Dinning and Neill Collins I think we should let him get on with his job.
Up the Wolves!
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Sentiment aside, we must move on those players who have hardly featured this season. We must avoid the scatter- gun approach and bring in three or four players of genuine quality rather than six or seven unproven ones who might make it – but probably wont.
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SHOPPING LIST..ROBBIE KEANE..JAMIE O’HARA..RYAN BABLE
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Is Benjani still passing his days in the Man City reserves?
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Kevin Kuranyi – Schalke
Mark Bresciano – Palermo – Free
Mads Junker – Roda JC
Luke Wilkshire – Dynamo Moscow
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Well all i can say is get rid of the Hoff,
Volkes,
Big Chris
Bring Robbie Keane back home !!!!!!!!!!
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21) Paul K
You’re spot on.
There’s nothing wrong in what Jez Moxey is saying, but unfortunately the cynics will respond in the usual negative way to this kind of article.
Moxey is damned if he says something and damned if he does’nt.
The key sentance is: “We have to strengthen the squad and will continue to invest along the lines which we have adhered to”.
That does not mean going for broke, but step by step, year by year improving quality of the playing staff. Clubs that go for broke usually end up that way.
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I wonder how much it would cost to clone Steve Bull?
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I think that it is time that fans stopped criticising Mr Moxey. He has provided us with an excellent, now proven, Premiership Manager, a team of young and hungry players, who are own Premiership veterans, and his pies are excellent quality and sold at a fair price, considering the lack of competition inside the Molineux!
Look forward to a great balance sheet, and the envy of most Premiership club CEO’s, if not their fans.
Roll on another money making year in the Premiership.
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Sorry Mr Moxey, but what planet are you on? For Wolves to return to the 50′s ‘Glory Days’ the club needs to have at it’s disposal the type of money banded around at the current top six Premier clubs, which is the main reason they are more successful than the rest.
Future signings mentioned are again mostly players with no experience of the Premier League which seems a step backwards! It will be interesting to see which ‘top quality’ players will join Wolves following the January ‘window’ farce.
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29 – Accountant Wolf, weren’t you the guy who used to accuse Moxey and Morgan of trying to keep us in the Championship as it was more cost effective for them as individuals.
Tune has changed now hasn’t it?
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Keane would be a good addition, maybe an older head like Murphy at Fulham to control the centre of the park. Craddock has shown this season experience counts for a lot in defence so he would need replacing for sure. Maybe a cheeky bid for Scott Brown from Celtic and Joseph Yobo who can’t get a game at Everton these days :)
Heard West Ham saying today they would listen to offers for all of there players bar Parker, well i’d take Noble for a couple of mil now!
I would be wary of Stephen Hunt, especially the form Jarvis has been in, but with the uncertainty over Kights future fitness i’d take him and use Jarvis as a utility player on both right and left side.
So Keane, Hunt, Brown, Noble and Yobo for me (now that would be adding class to the party!!)
Here’s to dreaming all :D
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no chance getting Keane afraid, pre agreement with Villa already………you heard it here first
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I believe keano is not an option we could afford at the present time, it would be like taking back an old girlfriend, loves never the same second time around.LOL…..wouldn’t touch any of the hangers on at Hull or Burnley, lets just let Mick and Co get on with it…..I’ve got good vibes about the whole set up…and for next season…UTW
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Nice to know jez is investing in some quality players and the prospect of keane once again at the molinuex is fantastic…… However, WTF!!!! How are championship players quality?!?!?! Please jez!! Get out of this classic quantity not quality and give us some quality players that are premier league standard!! We need a quality striker (keane) a strong midfielder and a quality defender (pref LB) to hold us in the prem, we have a quality team but it can be so much better!! The potential and the money is there Jez… You too Mick!!! Don’t let us down!!
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Molineux Paperboy, what are you talking about??
As gutted as I was not to sign Hunt in January I think Hull should be applauded for the risk of keeping BY FAR their best player, yes it has come back to bite them in the bum but these are the gambles a club has to take. Also Stephen Hunt, let him rot??? If he was a Wolves Player we would have been indebted to his loyalty (something not seen these days)if the boot was on the other foot. Through it all he just got on with it, other players would have thrown a transfer request in – Cast your mind back to a certain T****r when we were relegated from the PL before, Henri Camara, remember him and how he went on strike. Well Stephen Hunt should be more than welcome at Molineux even with his injury, get him fit and get him in – £3 Million, a good PL standard midfielder, who plays 100% from the heart – MM player through and through.
Robbie Keane is not gonna reduce his wages to fit our wage structure – no matter how much you kid yourself he LOVES the club
BUT a seasons long loan is definately on the cards and if it is a success on both halves, and we again remain in the PL, with another season of PL financing and profit hopefully, a permanent move could then be possible.
Other signings I would consider are
O Hara MID
Anthony Gardener?? CH
Steve Finnan LB
Michael Mancienne (permanent)
Kevin Doyle ( Improved Contract)
Ans as stated before Hunt and Keane!!!
Fancy Dress at Pompey, Fancy Dress at Pompey La La la la ooh la la la la!!!
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No21.Paul K & 27. Albrightondek. Why do i need to calm down ? Im only stating MY opinion , and you two are entitled to yours. But were have i said ‘Bankrupt’ the club like Hull/Portsmouth/etc?. If you look at the amount of money ive suggested for Transfer Fees/Wages, thats about the right amount for the second-season, as we spent £18m this season, so why is £25m-£35m outrageous. The amount im talking about will only get us 4-5 PL players inc transfer fees/Wages. So i dont think i need to calm down after watching Wolves for 52yrs, i dont get easily excited anymore, especially watching the ‘Class’ of players we’ve got these days playing for Wolves FC. I just dont believe everything Jez Moxey says. UTW
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I can’t honestly see Robbie making a return, He has yet to win a trophy with anyone and his best chance now lies with his boyhood heroes.
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agree with no 8.
So big talk from Moxley, just like the tesco chairman Peace, but I hope for our sake its not just talk as this squad does need strenghening and mm does need to be ruthless and let go players who cant cut it or dont suit what he wants.
The ones in the firing line for me are
hoff – hasnt really adapted- too few games though
iwelumo- not a prem striker- hoff looked better to me
halford
castillo – no longer in MM plans
stearman – tries hard but not good enough
majanji bia- done nothing to impress, still cant beleive we didnt bid for victor moses
suman
edwards- lots of running but not effective enough, but maybe he will get better
Keogh – same as SEB
SEB – place under threat by new striker despite MM sayin otherwise?
Lots of targets but lets do a blackburn zalgado on a free, Nzonzi for half million, now thats signing quality and not breaking the bank
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i just cannot believe in all this “Keane come home” rubbish… nobody remember him kissing the badge of mighty coventy? he cares so much for Wolves that he rather wanted to mope around at celtic than help us when things were looking grim in january .. thanks but totally no thanks, o need for that disruptive journeyman who has never won anything at Wolves.
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I really think that we need to strengthen the midfield as every team needs a strong back bone.Karl Henry is a good player but i dont think that he’s strong enough.There has been many games where we have played with six defenders on the pitch and it doesn’t give us much chance of getting forward.There are times when you need goals to come from midfielders and with only three it makes goals harder to come by.
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On the players required with premiership experience I agree with 19 (Tamworth Wolf)O’Neil has,I think, got to sell before he can buy and at the right price, Sidwell, Shorey and Davis would be excellent acquisitions, not to sure about Reo-Coker though as in my opinion Henry is a simular type of player and just as good. Sidwell also was at Reading when Doyle was (wasn’t Shorey as well?), so they already know each other which always helps when your new to a club. Loan out Vokes and Surman (they are both young) but sell Hof, Big Chris (while he’s still worth something)and Halford. For me the juries still out on the Belgian guy but send the other one(the winger)back also sell castillo (if we didn’t get him on loan).
Pity we didn’t go for Adam Johnson at the start of the season when we could have probably got him for £2 million or so.
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Mick will have pretty much an open purse from morgan because this man is more than financially capable of it. however the same problem may arise as last summer i feel wages will be a stumbling block and that we may need to raise the bar a little more than we would like in some cases. Keeping it sensible though.
Come on lets cement our position firmly in the premier now for years to come
UTW
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Moxey yet again beating the ‘sell season tickets drum’
Have to agree with TW in both his posts – and the very predictable remarks given by others
Moxey is reknown for his ‘spin’ and does this as regular as clockwork each season regardless of success or failure
Comparing our development with the 50′s??? Lets get real – we have’nt even got close to the 70′s or part of the 80′s yet!!!
A very very long road before we can even compare!!!
We badly needed 4 to 5 Premier Proven Players at the start of this season and that would maybe have meant Wolves being far higher up the league – and a bonus of £750,000 the higher we finish (each level apparently pays £750k per step up)
Yes MM has done well to keep us up – BUT we achieved this in the last 3 games – Talk about making life harder for ourselves!!!
Blues were runners up last season but still managed to do better – Im not expecting Torres any day soon BUT I DO expect Moxey to match the reasonable fans amongst us expectations in HIS efforts NOT a poor 2nd best EVERY TIME
Doyle was the ONLY real PREM player we managed to deliberately sign – the rest that came good were a bonus BUT How many of the rest really come up to the mark???
Job Done Moxey – NO WAY – You have earned a bonus imv on the back of MM and Co and the fans – Stop talking too much like a 2nd rate bookeeper and start marketing the club and its future to potential signings – less arrogance and more charisma – players dont just want money they want to hear and see a bright future NOT read about a CEO who takes every opportunity to talk about being thrifty – Im sure Mr Moxey doesnt mind taking his bonuses regularly and never tells Mr Morgan that he is prepared to take less for any failures???
Show us dont tell us WE’VE HEARD IT ALL BEFORE AND THE LESS GULLIBLE AMONGST US WONT BELIEVE YOU UNTIL YOU START THE JOB NEVER MIND PRETENDING YOU GOT IT DONE IN PRE SEASON
We hope for better
UP THE WOLVES!!!
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As someone said further up this thread these target names are not from Jez Moxey. Far too many posters on this sight find it easy to pick on the men in the suits. Moxey’s dropped a few goolies (who hasn’t), but, he’s also done a lot of good deals and kept the club solvent.
He’s more than played his part.
Commenting on two of the names Keane & Hunt.
I was disappointed Keane chose to go north of the border to play pub football. Spurs have moved on, but some club has to stump up £65k or £70k a week (depending on who you listen to) nto get Keane. Maybe a loan spell with a split on his salary, or even the lot (!) could swing it for Wolves. There will be competition from Villa and others. If the deal is right Matt Murray, Kevin Doyle and other of his Irish pals might swing it for us.
Stephen Hunt. Somebody’s said on here “Let him rot” after the January debacle. FGS we are trying to run a Premiership football club here, these are pro footballers and mercenaries to the core. We have to be a bit tougher than taking offence just because he decided to stay with Hull. Don’t forget he will have been under tremendous pressure from Tangoman and his chairman.
If Merlin the Magician still feels he’s the right man for the job then sign him. Could be a good deal up for grabs too, £35k a week and Hull in The Championship.
Who’s gonna take a risk on Bullard ? £45k week, 32 years old and glass knees.
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How about Matt Derbyshire. Former blackburn striker who was a super sub for them before moving to greece and playing for olympiacos. He is a superstar for them with great goal scoring record. Could prob get him for 3 million and with their economy and football in turmoil they could well accept. He is not the super class forward to team up with doyle but we need at least 4 good strikers next year and he would be a great addition. He is young and hungry and would fit in well down the wolves. C`mon Jez start making enquiries.
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Tom, you need a cold shower. Paul K, spot on. The only Prem players we would get are the likes of Mido, Altidore and all the wasters and mercenaries that got Pompey relegated. Stick with MMs buys, bargains like Kights and SEB and lets see where that gets us. As for Robbie Keane I heard a superb quote at the weekend. He is a player managers want to buy, and when they have him want to sell! No thanks.
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Tamworth Wolf has it about right with the calibre of player we need and might reasonably be expected to attract, given a bolder transfer policy. No point in pussyfooting around when trying to negotiate with Prem teams/players; we’ll just get used as bargaining tools against other, more realistic bidders. The majority of players we brought last summer have failed to impress; the foreigners found it difficult to adapt, and the Championship level signings were significantly worse than the players we already had at the club. We must learn from our mistakes.
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me personally i would take Ryan babel, keane, and jamie o hara and maybe another keeper.. i think if we get the players we want (Exept) nobody i think we might finsh in the top 10 next season ………… UTW!!!!!
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Mick McCarthy has done wonders in keeping us up with essentially a Championship squad/team plus Doyle. If we are to consolidate and improve, we need to get rid of the likes of Halford, Maierhofer, Surman, Vokes, SEB, Iwelumo, Castillo, Mujangi etc, and invest in real quality and experience, not promising Championship players who may or may not develop. We urgently need:
Premiership centre-back with pace( Knight or Curtis Davies),
Premiership striker/s ( Roberts, Cole, Phillips )
Premiership winger / midfielder ( Hunt, Sidwell, Greening ,Gera,O’Hara, SCOTT PARKER).
We also need another spoiler in midfield,to complement / compete with Henry, and at long last,finally, a CLASS left-back.
Never mind whether they’ve played for the Albion, never mind whether they’ve turned Wolves down in the past.
Get over it,get a life and get ‘em in.
NOW !!!
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this hunt everyone is talking about signing is he related to the guy at hull that gifted us a goal?,the guy who did absolutely nothing to save hulls premiership ?and made the wolves look like idiots when they tried to sign him,?,hopefully not.fortunately i think mick would never have him now,kevin foley is at least as effective as that waste of space,and thats doing kevin a diss service.please buy a quality striker and midfielder and definitely someone who wants to come here
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Great stuff Jez, we are not in debt (unlike Albion!)we are a Premier league club with a good squad and we need to remove the deadwood and bring in 3-4 experienced premier league players.
46. Very good call on Matt Derbyshire, I would definately pursue him if we couldnt get Keano, but the Robbie Keane rumour is not going away and apparently Wolves will match his 65k wages on a 3 year deal.
Out:
Maierhoffer
Halford
Surman (loan)
Vokes (loan)
Hill
Shackell
Hennessey (if moneys right)
In:
Keano
Shorey
Sidwell
Reo-Coker or Jenas
Bo Myhill
Get Murray and Kightly back fit and we will be laughing.
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What is the obsession with curtis davies, sidwell, reo coker and shorey? im not one of these people who expect us to sign the likes of Keane/Carragher/ronaldo/messi etc-never going to happen- but what have these 4 villa players ever done? Just because they are at a good club, doesnt mean they are prem players. I would prefer to see the likes of Yobo/o hara-players who have played well in the past, but struggle to get in their respective teams as they are playing well. I dont remember ever seeing the 4 villa players do much!
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For next season, the maximum squad size is 25 (plus as many U21′s that you can shake a stick at). We currently have a squad of 40 – of which 4 are on loan to us. 9 of these 40 are 21 or under (with only Vokes having more than 10 total appearances) with Bia (if we take up our option to sign him) making it 10.
So, in other words, from our current squad, we need to lose 5 of the 30 players before even adding any. If we’re looking at adding 4 names, we therefore need to lose 9 from the current squad.
So, which nine will be sold/returned to their club?
1) Castillo
2) Maierhofer
3) Ikeme/Murray
4) Mark Little (depends on the ruling – he turns 22 on 20 August)
5) Iwelumo
6) Hill
7) Guedioura
8) Halford
9) Friend
Thoughts?
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Andy, is it actually agreed yet? To answer your question, all ten on your list bar Guedioura. More intrestingly, surely there will be Prem clubs doing the same who have to clear out some pretty tidy players. We should be after them.
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54 – I dont know the full rules on squad sizes next season but if that is the case, it shouldnt be too hard to lose 9 players. Also in european competitions, you have to name your squad before the competition, you are allowed to own more players than the limit, but only the squad player you have named can play in the competition.
Castillo will be going back
Maierhofer will be sold probably
ikeme and murray wont be sold as i think he will leave the goalkeeping position alone this season, but he may send 1 of them out on loan.
Mark Little will either be sold or loaned depending on if Mick thinks hes good enough or not.
Iwelumo will probably be sold if we can sing a decent striker.
Hill will be sold.
Guedioura may be signed, dont know for sure as he hasnt been playing recently.
Halford will be sold.
Friend will be sold or loaned out for the season.
Surman may be loaned out.
Will make it a little harder when doing our transfer business, but may trouble the other premier league clubs even more. I orignally thought the home grown rule would trouble them though, and have now realised that any player that has played in an english league for 3 years or more counts in the ruling. The rule will not stop teams being full of foregin players as teams like arsenal can byuy a youngster and loan him to a lower league for a few years.
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stafford pete – Hunt was injured for the latter part of the season so bit unfair to say he didnt help, it was more he couldnt help them stay up.
As for others who are on his back how would you feel if someone was after Doyle and he turned round and slapped in a request before the run in?? At least he was committed.
Above is the mature view on the situation. The immature view would be, “HA HUNTY, WHERES YOUR PREMIER GONE!!” but im trying real hard not to see it that way lol
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ok, cant help it any longer,
“HUNTY!! WHERES YOUR PREMIER GONE!!!” lol
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I think the names that club are linked to are great keane ye and no jenas i do not rate him. The club know what they doing let get on with it. UP THE WOLVES!
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Lets nick Dorrans off the stripey lot
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Would Hunt really have left Hull for Wolves where he is reputed to be on £35,000 per week to take a (hefty?) drop in salary? Loyalty doesn’t come into it but money certainly does and let’s face it, most footballers are only in it for the money, just ask Carlos Tevez, he knows!
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Well done to the 3ms…. back to our glory days of the 50s(maybe)..some one posted not even the seventies! must say i can remember the likes of Parkes, Holsgrove, Richards costing naff all, Dougan, Waggy, Bailey, McCalliog, naff all….then there was our “push the boat out” signings of Parkin, Munro,after flogging an under priced Alun Evans…the future looked bright in old gold, lets not spend more than we have…we will end up like the sorry arse scousers, Manure, and all the rest of the green eyed brigade, seems to be the best way is to invest in our development program..it worked back then!
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no 47. Jake, youv’e woken up again , and written your usual ‘CRAP’ UTW
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As mentioned Matt Derbyshire would be an good buy, when “Big Sam” sold him on I was wondering what on earth his was playing at having always caught my eye. His touch would certainly enhance Wolves in front of goal though I notice he hasn’t played many games (but does have 1:2 goals/games ratio).
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Its great that money is available its great that MM kept us in the Prem,BUT given what MM has brought to the club I dont think the pot of gold is in safe hands to be spent by him.
Again we are looking at lower league players and you have to buy ten to find 1 good one. Keano would be perfect but I dont think we will see him in a gold shirt again.
At least two Central Defenders needed, One left back, One quality Striker and one winger.
And well done Moxey you take some stick but you havent put us in the same situation as lots of clubs (skint and nearly out of business).
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Corfuwolves, Maybe you were not around in the fifties but if my memory serves me correctly a large number of players during that wonderful period were either local and playing in lower leagues, or school leavers as was a certain William Wright. Cullis and Gardener were just top class at judging younger and less obvious talent and having signed them, got 110% out of them. They also had youngsters playing at nursery clubs around the country, Peter Broadbent came from Dover and I cannot recall many ‘Names’ being signed. My old mate Eddie Clamp was a coal miner from Swadlingcoat, what I wouldn’t give for a few like him right now.
Names will be thrown about but they are Red Herrings, detracting other clubs from the players they are seriously looking at. The policy now is correct, buy ‘em young and bring ‘em on.
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One lad MM should consider is Baldock from MK Dons, totally wasted by Ince but would be a really good partner for Doyle. This kid could be another Steve Bull, he needs better coaching and the opportunity to shine and is certainly one for the future. He would be affordable but other clubs are seriously looking.
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Reading the following comments from Mr Moxey Imv I dont think we will be looking to bring in more than 1 or 2 (probably 1) of Doyle’s quality:
Smith had talks at Wolves last summer but the club would not pay his demands.
And I understand any thoughts about attracting Robbie Keane for a Molineux reunion are fanciful, with the 29-year-old unwilling to drop to the bottom ‘mini-league’ Wolves will be competing in.
Wolves, who inquired about taking Keane on loan in January, would now also be cagey about splashing out so much on a player they are not convinced is a ‘best-fit’ for Doyle as a partner.
Chief executive Jez Moxey said: “Just because we went for a player in January doesn’t mean we’re going to go for that player in the summer.”
But the club are keen to attract one or two Doyle-like “marquee” signings.
“I don’t have any negative thoughts at all about losing Kevin,” said boss Mick McCarthy.
“He’s a good player and we will be looking at other players who other clubs will be thinking are their best players to strengthen the squad.”
Moxey added: “Very good players cost lots of money but it’s more a question of whether you can get the good players you want and they are very expensive.
“People were surprised when Kevin Doyle came with the fee and the wages but we would certainly like to sign one or two quality signings in the summer.
“The players have achieved the target of staying up – why would they not want to be here to achieve the next target?”
Furthermore, Does Moxey not realise that we gained Prem status in the LAST 3 games and that the squad needs several players being sold off and 4 or 5 better quality (with Prem experience) being brought in??? We need to aim to be in the mid table teams and have to tweak the squad accordingly
And looking at the comments on Smith and wages Imv the Robbie Keane episode is nothing more than ‘spin’ from the club and Moxey
The current squad, tactics (due to lack of quality) and serious lack of goals will guarantee us another relegation battle – and imv next season will be much tougher than this!
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Doyle sums it up in his article:
But Doyle is desperate to avoid the complacency that set in during his time at Reading in their second season, after confounding the Premier League by finishing eighth in their first season.
He said: “I remember with Reading there was probably a bit of relaxation going into that second season – only with little things, but little things that made a big difference.
“We probably didn’t strengthen like we should have. It was almost the same team from winning the Championship and then going down.”
And if we dont history could well repeat itself!!! 4 to 5 Quality Prem Proven and ship out some of the Championship players!!!
No Excuses Mr Moxey – Just Do It!
We hope for better
Up the Wolves!!!
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Doyle sums it up in his article:
But Doyle is desperate to avoid the complacency that set in during his time at Reading in their second season, after confounding the Premier League by finishing eighth in their first season.
He said: “I remember with Reading there was probably a bit of relaxation going into that second season – only with little things, but little things that made a big difference.
“We probably didn’t strengthen like we should have. It was almost the same team from winning the Championship and then going down.”
And if we dont history could well repeat itself!!! 4 to 5 Quality Prem Proven and ship out some of the Championship players!!!
No Excuses Mr Moxey – Just Do It!
We hope for better
Up the Wolves!!!
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