I hope that we can get him along with the 7-8 players we need with premier league experience. Lets start getting rid of the deadwood who will not make it at this level:

Meite
Mattock
Zuiverloon
Moore
Bednar
Miller
Wood (loan)
Carson

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Walk away from Hunt who has reached and surpassed his ‘use by date’ badly injured and not available to even train until after the commencment of the new season, Wolves would be crazy to consider him, especially on the inflated weekly age he enjoys.

Make an urgent effort for Keane on loan from Spurs, or go for Ambrose of Palace before QPR get him .

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i might prefer lawrence at a million. he is decent enough and in my opinion whoever comes may not be first choice. jarvis is young and will improve and we have kites 2 come back. we need to spend big on a striker and centre half i suggest. i reckon with 4 good signings we will have a good squad. seb could still come good. he scored v blackburn and had a good game v sunderland.

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What can you say,Mick`s at it again looking at ex-Sunderland player Lawrence.Mick,if Stoke don`t want him I`m sure we don`t.When are you going to learn–CHEAP WON`T DO.

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To repeat a former blog:

Hunt – NO,no,no,no,noooo! No quality, let Baggies have him.

Dindane – NO! Wouldn’t be loyal.
Kitson – NO! Doyle brought him on, but it won’t happen twice.
Boyd – NO! Wouldn’t make it in the Premiership.
Eagles – YES! But is he available?
Fletcher – ??? Hmm, Worth a shot if less than 3mil.
Keane – YES! But he isn’t available, so forget it.

Who else?

Here’s a new one.

Seeing as our scouts are looking abroad, how about one of Nenad Milijas’s compatriots.

NEMANJA MILIC – OFK Belgrade.
Centre Forward
1.90metres tall
19 years old
Serbian under 21 int:
Already rated by top euro teams, BUT, no offers (published) yet.
Could get him now for less than a mil.
Give him half a season to acclimatize to UK soccer and we have a POSSIBLE world class player.
It’s all a gamble! But I’d go for it.

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im never going to undersatnd how people disagree with MM after everything he’s done.

Im sure we couldnt do as good a job has him so pipe up and just enjoy the EPL

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Well done blackpool, well thats two relegation places already gone next season blackpool n wolves,i think stoke will be the other one,aye boing boing

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Nice to see wolves midfielder david jones saying wot a good side ALBION are,looks like they getting the jitters already,be afraid be very afraid cuz weem coming to get ya aye boing boing

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We really need to take a breath , ignore transfer nonsense-hype, & get some joined up thinking going, re who we sign, and why !!
How is it going to be,morale wise in the squad, if Kightly kept a new signing , say for instance ,Hunt out near enough all season( would that upset Doyle – his best mate /cousin in law !!!) , or if Keogh wanted away as a result of new arrivals blocking his chances( such as Dindane and or Hunt)
Yes we need one striker( and great if they can also play wide) , but losing a young improving hard running Keogh,to prefer an older prima donna, on more money ,who will take time to settle , is badly flawed IMO.
Some will never be convinced of Keogh as a striker, forgetting his good form prior to injury this term , but here I’m thinking on the lines of him just as a wide man,( or forward Midfielder).
He could give us that invaluable undervalued asset that people laud in Doyle( a chaser and harrier , holder of the ball , making our attack the first line of defence by giving the opposition a headache and a rush job of getting the ball out of their half )and having to hoof 50-50 up and under clearances ( like we so sadly did for so much of our games this season just ended).
This also makes a compelling case for getting Mancienne ( paying more( if need be,for him)), rather than fooling about getting pointless wingers in, when we’ve got enough, and good enough cover(Bia as well!!), already!!).

We could even try out Milijas in the middle with the hard grafters,and intelligent distributors around him , giving us a bit more class, and a chance to see if he has a long term future @ Wolves ( he does need to get to the party in terms of strength fitness and stamina , fingers crossed for a big change on that front in pre season ).

Hit the ground running with settled players who have done a job and will only get better , Ward’s selflessness is an excellent example, people criticise his left back abilities, it was honestly, actually, good enough ( he did not cause calamity , whatever the naysayers insist).
I just wonder how good he would be elsewhere in the team ,in one of the positions he was considered to have an aptitude for ,in any event he’s an excellent squad man ,and reassuring to have as a reliable bench sub given his versatility and unrelenting effort , maybe he needs some confidence ie. feeling his team’s supporters support him , strange tactic I know , but some other club’s supporters seem to think they’re onto something with this “supporting our team “thing , taken to mean including all of their players.
Ebanks -Blake will fire again , we’d rue selling him cheap now ,only to find him a sensation for the lucky buyers, whilst we most likely spent well over the odds for no better!!
We need to prune, or not buy midfield DM/CM otherwise ,how can I put, it we would have(without additions)
Mancienne,Milijas
Guerdiora Edwards
Henry,Jones
Keogh, Ward
leaving aside the matter of Halford and Surman who I cannot find compelling cases for , I would be grateful to break even on their cost in transfer fees if possible .
What Mick saw as special in them is not clear ,butjust maybe others stepped up ( in a way that couldn’t then have been be foreseen), and they are perhaps not that bad , just not better than what we find we have as alternatives already .
Maierhoff ,on loan anywhere please,or we’ll lose a lot selling him in poor form, if a miracle occurs well and good but I’d still much rather someone else enjoy the talents of our” Austrian Crouch” , @ their expense .
Vokes also needs to play regularly, so loan as well, but he is one to keep for sure .Iwelumo, many, many thanks,and all the best , but bye!!
Fletcher seems worth upping the current round of bids for, we need a striker and people think he’s in Doyle’s mould , that’s enough for me, used to Premiership , young enough ,not stupid money(think of the talk about Keane for 10 million) why aren’t we in there!!!
Jelle , most Belgian net comment seems unflattering , hope he’s quick and turns well, we can see he’s a good header , but can he read the game , and tackle ,quick, early and clean . In Mick we trust , if he’s got it right we may even see 3-5-2(just joking ,but hang on.. )
Foley right back( Stearman as cover ) ,
Zubar and Berra middle(Craddock/Stearman and if not playing else where , Jelle as cover),
Jelle left back (Elokobi/Ward as cover)
In goal Usa all the way , or till Murray’s fit ,I would loan Henners out,( especially to help get Fletcher, and cause he will improve the more he plays ) but don’t sell cheap , he’s good, just needs experience .
Ikeme -upto him , good enough to keep but may want away, Murray needs half a season on loan to get upto speed ,so keep Carl @ least till Jan . We are blessed in the keeper department , don’t let’s get silly and lose quality .
The theme across the squad is simple we’ve got some good players , don’t let familiarity breed contempt.
Frankly, next season with Murray ,Kightly,Keogh, Edwards,Ebanks-Blake back & fit , we are much less in need of signings than some posters seem to demand .It’s been said before , but the young hungry cubs , now with added Premiership experience may put a new connotation on the term “second season syndrome ”
This still leaves us with three or four names to offload if need be Hill Surman Halford Maierhoff etc. and still stay within the 25 man limit .
I’d rather Mick took a punt on a few youngsters, overseas players or golden oldies on a free than some of the silly hype stars , and it will get worse as the world cup goes on regarding the silly money and reputations , please large pinches of salt all round please!!
Here endeth the lesson
Praise be to Mick !!
Remember ye brethren , in your responses, as the goodly manager has said…
“Opinions are like backsides , everybody’s got one ”
I must stop talking out of mine …
Hallelujah … prrrffffft! oh .. eer, pardon me .

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lawrence is not rubbish but ledley is available now so he should b a target. david jones has mentioned newcastle and the tescos in another interview. they r both not as good as us!

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5.
Lose face?!!!!

…are you for real mate? its a bit late for that as i remember, pie n a pint anyone?

Oh how i wish my little club were as big as the mighty massive all-conquering goal machine that is Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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Not too sure just how much interest we have in Hunt (if any) or if the media just need a story and a handfull of names to give it credit.

For me, i hope we miss out, we just don’t need any more midfielders and other positions are more of a priority anyway. Add to the fact Hunt is recovering from a long abscense due to injury and i reckon we would be far better off staying well clear. Why release Koren then sign Hunt? Makes no sense.

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Nice to see hunt preferring wolves over the brom. He would be a great signing with the Irish influence also in the side, we need a few more experienced players in the side, as our second season in the prem will be harder. Come on wolves!

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Keane and Crouch at least 25 goals a season from the pair of em would get us at least mid table and perhaps a snotter in midfield. Budget buys seem to be the order of the day again.

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Why don’t you want Mr.Moxey to lose Hunt to ALBION
if you think he isn’t quallity?. You sure do have
strange ideas!.

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when Sandwell town were prem the other year&came in for Stephen elliot for 1m&so did wolves who did he sign for?? Now they have come in for jelle van damme and so have wolves who is jelle going to sign for?? Stephen hunts prefered choice is??
West brom fans voted worse dressed in England by 4,4,2 mag well done boys the only thing you wil ever win for the next 50 years.

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i mite go to blackpool when the dingles play um,got better chance of getting a ticket in away end cuz they wont sell out,they only got a small band of followers aye boing boing

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Don’t want Stoke’s cast offs in Liam Lawrence, no better signing than Halford last summer! Personally I have always liked Hunt but I would not go for him. We want a player who will be fit from day one of the season, we can’t afford to wait for his services and blimey didn’t know he was on so much loot at Hull! I know many of you say Maynard is not top flight but he probably has more potential than most other names mentioned recently. Ledley from Cardiff could be an option but we would want to do a thorough medical on him first. O’Hara also would be great but I’m not holding my breath on him, but these three would definitely bring us more goals next season, no question.

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i went to perry barr dogs last nite trap 5 with a gold bib on was way ahead untill trap 6 with a striped bib on went bombing past him,i thought they cant beat us at anything can they, aye boing boing

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32. So when did we come in for Elliot and Van Damme? News to me. Who says Hunts prefered choice is Wolves?

…Oh silly me…its just dawning on me again….we’re talking as though we are all in that wonderful gold n black bubble again, yeah that same one where Wolves are undisputably the giants of the west midlands (and england in general) and all tose nasty little defeats to Sandwell town in recent years never happened at all!

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A couple of years back when we got promoted and Kevin Phillips decided his future lay with the Blues, I suggested Michael Chopra as a possible replacement.
I know he’s a nasty bad tempered little so and so but if he got a dozen goals for us and kept us up couldn’t we turn a blind eye to that.
I’m not sure how Cardiff stand financially, pretty shaky I should think and I’m sure Chopra is at the stage of his career where he’d love a go at the PL.
Worth a punt?

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Correct me if I’m wrong Dorrans, but haven’t half the players you’ve mentioned already failed at premiership level and got relegated. At least they have a’lot of experience at a yo-yo club, so it won’t hurt too much at the end of next season. About Steven Hunt, I think he is a good player and I’d like to see him at the Wolves. He had the chance to come to us last season. If he turns us down again he’s a fool to himself. UTW.

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Sir Terry.
Has he really had a fair crack in a team that wasn’t struggling. I’m not saying that we won’t struggle but he has an eye for goal, a fair turn of pace and he can wander out to the wings and drag defenders with him. I still think he could do a job for us. Anybody agree with me?

44 TMW.
You have the very slightest of moral high grounds at the moment in that you’ve stayed up for one season. Well done for that. BUT, you still haven’t proved worthy of even being called a yoyo club as to do this you need to prove that you’re at least good enough to keep going up. You haven’t done that yet have you? You’ve managed two promotions and staying up once. Two aces and a king high. I’m afraid our record of a royal flush in recent years makes that look a bit sick. So perhaps it would be better if you waited until the end of this season before being so smug ay.
I agree about Hunt though. Whether he signs for you or not, he’s walked the walk in the PL, so he must be a decent player.

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Boy from the REAL black country, I also remember elliot coming to wolves over you,if you took notice of your small club ongoinga you would not j van damme had a choice of wba Stoke fulham and Wwfc, ocourse he is only going to go to wolves isn’t he.. Who says hunts prefered choice is wolves?? READ the arcitle itself and it will become clear in there it’s says he’s prefered choice is wolves
Sir terry how can you say wolves don’t sell their tickets?
We still averaged more at home in the chanpionship than you lot did when you were in the premier league. And all will be proven next season anyway.
On the field there is not much between the teams but off it wolves are a FAR bigger club with FAR better world wide support than Albion will ever have& deep down you lot know it. Look at people who have supported wolves growing up, George best,alex ferguson(read their autos if you don’t believe me) who supports the baggies o yes frank skinner lmao i say no more.

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Looking at post 32 it seems the dingles cant really find anything to say about our club and our team,maybe its because they know how superior we are and we are faultless so they got to go on about how our fans dress,actualy i look very dapper in my ALBION summer training kit n sketcher sandles n shades,aye boing boing suites you sir

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46,TRBH,i agree he was in teams that where struggling but so was kevin doyle and he still managed 6 goals,dont think Chopra wud cost 8.5 million tho,aye boing boing

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49. You have more players going to the world cup because they play for the likes of New Zealand and Chile. In all seriousness none of those kind of National sides players would get anywhere near our first team.

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47 Chris imv Steve Morgan is well aware of the past at the club and I dont believe that someone who seriously bid to take on Liverpool would undertake to take on a club without having the funds or the capacity to make serious investments when required for both the team and the ground development – The house that ‘Jack’ built is in need of a revamp and it would be great to have all 4 corners filled in as currently we were 11th in attendences last season in the Prem

It is also very apparent that the clubs that have the attendences circa 40,000 tend to have the investment into players etc

I believe that 4 or 5 Prem Proven Quality players will enhance what we have and turn the draws last season into wins and with the news that Blues are now in the frame for Hunt – this could again turn into a dutch auction

One of my fears is that Mr Moxey is too far heavily into making it known to all agents and clubs that ‘we’ – imv ‘he’ will not pay more than x, y or z and thats even before we start talking to anyone – It is sensible to not be held to ransom but to constantly bang the drum before you even start to talk is very very OTT imv – so much so that even the likes of managers like Warnock has said that Moxey tends to love bargains even to the point of talking himself out of deals!

Its common sense to know that you want the best for less BUT its pure stupidity to keep banging on about this and show the world that your only interest is ‘penny pinching’

That is probably what the likes of James McCarthy meant when he chose to sign for Wigan instead of Wolves due to ‘lack of ambition on our part’ – a ‘young and hungry’ player that would have enhanced our squad but at the last minute chose Wigan

Reading between the lines imv I believe that Moxey doesnt want to ‘break’ the payscales for a few 4 or 5 Prem Proven Quality because he fears a backlash from existing players who would want the same wages even though most of what we have are better quality Championship players in truth and I can imagine that Moxey beats this drum whenever MM asks for better players

Andy Gray was right in saying that the tactical change saved our season BUT we now need better quality to ensure the points

Well done to Blackpool, the Baggies and Newcastle on their promotions to the Prem Hope you enjoy your time in the Prem

We hope for better

Up the Wolves!

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57. And your point is?? I havent claimed anything about our players/world cups/internationals etc? I think its a futile arguement to suggest a team with low ranking internationals is anything to be excited about?
BTW I’d take Hahnneman over Carson and Berra over any of your CB’s. Guadaloupe?? I’m lost with which players your referinng to? Maybe your confusing a small island with our Algerian midfielder?

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brummierobwolves

‘A lot of those players have played in the Premiership and were rubbish’

Mulumbu and Dorrans played about half a dozen games each towards the end of the season and looked pretty good;

Brunt and Morrison both had excellent seasons;

Thomas and Barnes have had injury troubles but both have been touted as potentially very good players;

Valero is a good footballer but can’t play without freedom and someone to protect him (read Nejad Milijas).

I bet you’ve watched us play about 3 times and read the paper occasionally before coming up with these theories.

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brummierobwolves

Re: our dodgy front line and defence.

Did you know we scored more and conceded less last season, than you did when you won the Championship the season before?

Perhaps we’re not as powder-puff as you think this time…..

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63 Chris You may have a point regarding the Redrow connection but imv I feel that SM would not go into this blindly – by that I suspect that SM has already looked at the possibillities of other parties getting involved with the ground redevelopment

If you look at most clubs they are in various amounts of debt and have no room to develop any further as they cannot raise funds to develope their own ground and expand their fan base

Unfortunately this is a double edged sword that effectively means that if we dont consider moving forward on both counts we will always be in the bottom half of the Premiership

Whilst I dont advocate throwing caution to the wind – I also dont advocate a far too cautious approach in the development of the team with players and the facillities which are ageing

Mr Moxey imv has his own agenda as I suspect that if he reduces the amount we spend it reflects in his bonus each season

As for becoming in debt – to whom? I suspect Steve Morgan??? After all if the ‘vision’ is for a better/ much improved stadium at some point we will need the playing staff to produce better each season – I dont believe we need radical changes straightaway – just 4 or 5 Prem Proven and small adjustments each season thereafter

I can remember the pact atmosphere at the Mol when we played Middleborough years ago who had Craig Johnston etc in their side – I think we had an attendence of 40,000??? if my memory serves me well

What a place that will be when we can achieve better and move this club forward – and to do that we need to have a pact stadium that will attract the inevstors interest not a yo yo club that bounces to and fro from the Chumpionship – Will we achieve that with Moxey as CEO – I have my doubts???

But in short, Chris I mostly agree with you on most of your threads but I have to say I do believe that SM has the clout the contacts and the cash himself – My doubts are whether Mr Moxey can get the Prem Proven into negotiate as his ‘reputation’ for overkilling a deal is common place

Up the Wolves!!!

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48.

We were a big club once but not anymore.
Funnily enough I was saying that on here myself a few times during the season.

Clubs like ours and yours have to become much more established than we are now. Big clubs imv are the clubs with the spending power to attract the big name players. Neither of us will get there in the near future and may never do so. You can’t pay for a Mini and expect to get a Ferrari. Quality costs simple as that really.

Any Wolves fan who thinks we will have a better ride this season is wrong imo. Until Wolves (and WBA) properly establish themselves, we will always be hovering around the wrong end of the table imo. There may be one season where one of us has a freak purple patch (it could happen but I doubt it). Unfortunately I believe no matter who we sign, we will still struggle until we find which is our best squad, formation and tactics and they play together until they know each others game. I hope I’m wrong of course I do, but I suspect I’m probably right.

Seriously now, best of luck for the season and maybe we both will be keeping the midlands on the Premiership map along with Villa, Blues and Stoke.

Up The Wolves.

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