Wolves in talks to sign Steven Fletcher
Thursday 27th May 2010, 12:30PM BST.
Wolves are in talks with a view to signing Burnley’s £7million-rated striker Steven Fletcher.
Sources confirmed to the Express & Star today that the Scotland international is having discussions about a move to Molineux.
The news comes despite chief executive Jez Moxey claiming two weeks ago the Clarets frontman was not on boss Mick McCarthy’s hitlist.
Moxey said: “I know what I’m dealing with and he’s not one of them.”
But things have clearly moved on and Fletcher has now emerged as Wolves’ main summer transfer target, for a fee expected to eclipse the £6.5million Wolves paid Reading a year ago for Kevin Doyle.
It has been reported that Wolves duo Wayne Hennessey and Chris Iwelumo could be part of the deal, switching to Turf Moor on loan, although the latter knew nothing of the prospect today.
Fletcher was Burnley’s 12-goal top scorer in the season just gone, but his eight-goal Premier League tally was not enough to prevent the Clarets being relegated.
Born in Shrewsbury, the 23-year-old moved north of the border after his father, who served in the forces, died when he was 10.
The forward joined Burnley from his only other club Hibernian last year, where he scored 52 goals in 189 games, although 53 of those were as a substitute.
Wolves have been searching for a striker to boost their tag as the Premier League’s lowest scorers and have already been snubbed by Aruna Dindane, while Frederic Piquonne, Dave Kitson, Nicky Maynard and Gary Hooper have also been linked with a move.
But Iwelumo today poured cold water on a story linking him to Burnley as part of the Fletcher deal.
He said: “I’ve not heard anything about that, to be fair. To be honest, I’m just starting my off-season programme now and focusing on hitting the floor running come July.
“I’ve had a disappointing year or so with injury, having stayed away from that all my career, and it’s been a hammer blow.
“I’m a positive guy, I just love playing football and, wherever that’s going to be, I’m going to be in the best shape of my life.
“Burnley are a fantastic club, but the most important thing for me is being in the best shape I can at the moment.”
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Great news! Like Doyle last summer, this could be the one deal that means further improvement next season.
Get Mancienne back, or replace with similar, and I’m sure we will survive with greater ease than last time!
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Good player.
Worth the money though? I’m not convinced.
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I would just like to know when we have signed someone, instead of this story or that story.
This is becoming much the same as the last pre season, it would be nice if the management team could hit the ground running, hopefully on a wider pitch this year!
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Great player get him in! WOLVES FOREVER!
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Think this will be a good signing throw chris eagles in the deal as well and jobs a good one, bit over priced but dont care.
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Yes I think hes a good player and will partner Doyle well.
BUT …
I do not think we should pay £7million for him!!
WE ARE WOLVES!!
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I’m not convinced with this player, he hardly scored in the second half of last season.
If there is no decent strikers available in England then I would look abroad, there are plenty available throughout Europe and Africa.
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He certainly impressed me last season and he scored from both inside and outside the box. Definately the right age too. £7.5m ? If that’s what the market demands, mind you Burnley haven’t negotiated with Jez Moxey yet !
It would also be a great move for Hennessey to give him Championship games and for Iwelumo for his own career.
The Hooper thread has closed now, but, there really were some inane comments posted. It would appear that some of you believe strikers can’t come through the ranks of the lower leagues anymore…..and particularly Scunthorpe. Ask a certain Joseph Kevin Keegan OBE what he thinks about that.
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Ahh, but are we buying him because Doyle is on his way???
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Good thinking Mick.Wolves-lowest scorers in the Premiereship last season buy a striker who only scored 8 goals in the same division last year.
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Could be a good signing,he scored 12 goals last season,if we had scored another 12 goals last season we would of been mid table…..good signing me thinks!!!!
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Got to sa all, this one does not float my boat at all. He is a target man yet Doyle has to be one of the best headers of a ball (especially considering his size) around. We need someone with a killer instinct and that guy is no better than what we already have. We need someone with pace to burn up front and he is not that guy. He is not worth the money, he is not better than all the other names we have been linked with.
I would be looking at the likes of Beckford (FREE), Piquonne, Maynard, Kitson, Beattie, Maybe trying to pinch Vela (season loan), ahead of Fletcher!
What we need more than anything else though is a secure defence. Craddock and Berra cannot be our pair to start next season. If Van Damme is to play Left Back then we still need at least one more centre half. If he is a centre half we need Shorey or Fox.
We also need to be looking for a playmaker in the middle. I believe Karl Henry has earned the right to wear the shirt in the middle as a destructive midfielder but we desperately need someone who has stamina and pace in the middle. We need that final ball into doyle and SEB so they can play off the last defender. That player for me has to be O’Hara. Get him in as a number 1 priority and if we can’t lets go for someone else. Maybe we have Joe Ledley on a free, he could do the role!
Finally we need winger back up. We need strengthening as we know Jarvis and Kightly cannot both last a season. If Hunt doesn’t want to come, then lets keep looking. How about McGeady from Celtic if they’d sell, or we could go for Nzogbia from Wigan. I know Blues have tried – well lets push it!
I am sorry guys but Blues are doing good business, and building, and Moxey yet again is slowly waiting whilst everyone else is being bought around us.
Pull your finger out Moxey!
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A decent player, but I watched Rep Ireland the other night, Doyle, Keane and Lawrence, worked well together…..Lawrence is begging to come and scored a fantastic goal…..Keane, a dream too far?
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As with all Wolves dealings they never disclose the price of a transfer so £7m is pure speculation!
As for signing him he seems to have the grafter qualities that MM looks for and style of play that would probably suit the rest of the squad, we need a 10 goal striker though to support doyle!
I think the transfer business should be sorted quickly though in order to make the right preparations before the start of the season!
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Quality striker, would love to see him sign.
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3 John Spain
Not sure what you mean, like last pre season?
We signed Doyle, USA, Zubar, Milijas, Halford, Surman, Hoff plus Mancienne and Castillo on loan. Was that not enough?
Sure some of the signings didn’t work, but those that did ensure safety with comfort.
Up the Wolves!
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The pleas for a wider pitch should not go unheeded. Nothing else tosay.
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I just wonder how long before talks break down.
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Thing is, we have four main target transfer groups.
1) Championship players unproven in the Prem e.g. Hooper or Ledley, to go with a large number of unproven Prem players we already have e.g. Keogh, Kightly, SEB, Foley, Ward, Stearman etc. Since these tend to be prize assets of clubs they demand high fees.
2) European ‘prospects’ e.g. Van Damme to go with our hit and miss approach last year which brought us Castillo (MISS), Hoff (MISS), Zubar (HIT), Milijas (POSSIBLE HIT), Bia (MISS – FOR NOW) and Guedioura (HIT)
3) Squad players in the prem who aren’t getting a game e.g. Beattie/Lawrence.
4) Players with some Prem experience from recently relegated teams e.g Doyle/Hahnemann last year and Hunt/Fletcher this year.
In terms of the fourth option, there’s only Middlesboro who were relegated 2 seasons ago who didn’t bounce back – so if we’re looking at Boro, Burnley, Hull and Pompey players, then Fletcher is arguably one of the top picks available. If we could get him for £5m plus a couple of the players we’d be looking at offloading, then that would be excellent business in my view.
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Half of the fee is that he has Premier experience,buy from abroad and they can sometimes struggle, and I agree that he is over valued, but if scores 10+ goals next season and Doyle does the same it will be worth every penny. We’ll probably play 4 4 2 at Home and maybe the odd game away and 4 5 1 away. Ebanks Blake will be an impact striker alongside a fit again Hoff. That’s not a bad forward line with Vokes bubbling under. Van Damme (we certainly have some comedy names now) will hopefully fit the bill at left back and I’d spend big on a centre back as Craddock’s replacement. That would probably be enough and leave it then until January.
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Now thats what I call quality.
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I believe that this will be a good signing. Yes a bit overpriced but unfortunately that is what we have to put up with, as Wolves are one of a handful of clubs that are flush!
I see that we are still linked with Hooper and we are favourites and I therefore assume that he is earmarked as one for the future. A centre half, a left back – Van Damme, a winger and midfielder required also. Then prepare for the cull due to the 25 player ruling!
We will be safe if some of these dealings come off. Blackpool, the Tescos, Newcastle, Wigan, West Ham and possibly Bolton are worse than us!
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He is an o.k player, and could be good for Wolves, but not at the muted fee of 7 million, that’s a complete joke, an amount of between 3-4million tops would be fair.
If we had any real sense we would have signed Palace’s prolific goal scorer Ambrose, who Warnock at QPR stole for 750,000.
Although not a striker as such, would have been handy in the squad challenging for a position with the likes of Milijas an Co.
After watching Northern Ireland’s recent win, and the commitment that Kevin Doyle gave to the team, together with his understanding of the way Keeane plays, its tragic we can’t lure him to Wolves.
I would not consider riding ourselves of either Hennersey or Big Chris, both of whom have a part to play next season, I do believe that there are several players that should be farmed out to other clubs or sold, as, while they are not ‘dead wood’ they are unlikely to be part of the ‘big picture’ next year.
Foley
Jones
Kightley ( He will never regain the form he once had )
Murray ditto
EBanks ditto
Halford
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Good player, but at 7.5 mio, I think we’ve been robbed.
He is a good player, but not worth anything above 5 mio-
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Is he going to partner Doyle, or will he replace Doyle, who may just be enticed to going elsewhere?
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We brought Doyle for £6.5m, now he’s worth about £11m ish. Hopefully IF we sign Fletcher for say £7m, we could put his price tag up to £10m ish?
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Great signing.
Scored more goals than Doyle last season. And was part of a pretty shambolic team.
Doyle and Fletcher to lead our attack next season, hopefully get us an extra 15 goals.
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Absoultely fantastic player. Hard worker and great personality, he is exactly the striker we need. Not some prat from Scunthorpe.
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Stop going on about the price! 7mil 8mil its nothing in the prem. If it costs 7mil then thats the price.
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Hopefully its a done deal & thats why its been leaked.
I think he will be a great signing for us. he’s had a year with Burnley & know’s what the prem is all about.
24, Is that the Ambrose who made no impact on the prem what so ever with big money transfers to Newcastle & Charlton, he is a proven Prem non performer, why would we go for him???
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this player is worth 3 mill at the very most,do you really think moxey would pay more even he aint that stupid.
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Sorry 24, I mean’t 23
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This is a quality player who has proved his worth last season in the Prem. Doyle played with target man Kitson at Reading so at least on paper he should fit in.If we are prepared to pay £7m that shows ambition.Goals win matches and another 8 to add to Doyle’s goals will do nicely.It is worth £40m minimum each season in the Prem,so what if we are paying a bit over the odds.It is the footballer on the pitch that counts not how much money we save in shaving a bit off the deal.
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1 goal from november until end of season. How could anyone call him a poacher???
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Someone above mentioned that instead of Fletcher, we needed a striker with pace to burn… then he cited Dave Kitson and James Beattie as possible signings!!! Very amusing..
Fletcher will be a very good signing for us if it comes off….
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There’s no way we would pay 7.5m up front. I would imagine 5 upfront (tops), with the rest being made up of any loan fees, plus a certain amount if we stay up and if he scores a certain number of goals. It will be full of clauses.
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Hello Dingles, Villa fan here in Peace…
Fletcher played very well against us last season and was thinking he could of done us a decent job.
Bit of useless info, my mate who is claimed to be in the know and has got a few things nailed on to be fair has told me that Sidwell has been to your place to discuss terms and medical and its just waiting on developments with a few other things our end before announced.
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Thought Fletcher was impressive for Burnley in the games I saw on TV, and immediately headed the list of players from relegated clubs I felt we should chase (more so than Dindane).
As for people complaining about “only 12 goals” – remind me again how many our current collection of strikers scored last season excluding Doyle? Err, 4… “Only 12 goals” would have got us possibly 12 more points – where would that have left us in the table? Top half of the table right up with Birmingham…
My only concern is that £7m is a lot of money – unless they throw in another player (Paterson?) £4m would be more realistic.
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Can’t help thinking that if we are spending 7.5 on him Doyle must be going somewhere!!! Good to see Hennesey is going personally i think he is a bottler and we need a decent keeper with some balls to cover for Hannamen. Would Like to See McGregor from Rangers down here he’s a good keeper. THink we need to set our sights a little higher than players who got relegated last season from the prem. I think it is time for Blake to step upto the mark and get the goals he did 08/09 season!!!
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Whoever mentions signing Beattie or Kitson are delusional, their has-beens especially Beattie who’s just looking for abit of cash before he retires.
Fletcher is a good player might be a good foil for Doyle but he isn’t worth the ‘speculated’ fee hope it’s abit less! Liam Lawerence would be a nice littlebargin, cracking crosser of the ball.
Hopefully O’Hara gets linked with us + Bring Mancienne back he will only get better.
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Assuming this deal goes through, he will be a good partner for Doyle. The £7million valuation is pure speculation by the media. It maybe what Burnley want, but not what Wolves will end up paying.
The deal itself would also be good for Hennessey and Iwelumo who would both benefit from playing instead of sitting on the bench. Both players could be on a 24 hour recall should the need arise and would be match fit.
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I have heard from very reliable sources that the majority of our transfer businness will take place BEFORE the world cup starts.
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Whack another 3 million on top of that price and go for Keane instead!!
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I can only assume if Fletcher signs, that Doyle is leaving. They are far too similar in style to play together.
If Doyle is staying then we really don’t want him. As Barford says, we need someone with pace to burn or at least someone very creative to help create more in the final third. Fletcher is neither of those.
Got to move for O’Hara. Think he would be a great acquisition. Creative and ball winner all in one.
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I watched Burnley v Liverpool, the game they had to win to stand a chance of staying up. At 4-0 down Burnley hopelessly gave up…but Fletcher didn’t & looked quality till the bitter end.
He’s exactly what we need, and totally fits the young & hungry criteria.
1M per premiership goal would be a good investment.
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Im worried. He’s not worth £7m at all! Could this be a replacement for Doyle? I hope not but i dont see how Mick would pay this much for an average striker!
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Angry Wolf. are you a boggie in disguise?
You say get rid of Jones – had a brilliant season and proved me wrong.
Kightly will never regain what he had? same for blake? are you being serious, theyre both early 20′s. come on get real. and by the way kevin doyle and robbie keane play for the republic of ireland not northern.
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Finding players from the Championship or the other division does not mean the club had lack of conviction or ambition.
Getting the right player is pre-requisite for Wolves to improve further. Ian Rush,John Aldridge or even Kevin Keegan were from the lower divison and had played their part in Liverpool dominance in 70s and 80s.
So let’s leave it to the 3Ms to get the job done and bring in the right players for the club, be it from the Premier or other division. Wolves does not need any mercenary players nor financial ruin due to lack of insight.
Up the Wolves…
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A replacement for doyle? Doyle is hardly a target man. He has done a job at holding the ball up this season superbly. . But its not his natural position. Fletcher is a good player, he scores goals and is a good kid. But 7million plus? I dont know about that.
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I think that Fletcher would be a great signing for us. I am sure in a 442 him and Doyle would work together and if either of them get injured the other will be able to step in at the spearhead of a 451 too. Also, Fletcher is a left footer so could even play wide on the left in a 451 too. If we get him I’d be very pleased and impressed especially since blues have been linked with a move for him too and, generally, they snap up the players we want!
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I agree with Wolvesmod but Spanishray who would you prefer? let me guess Drogba or Rooney.
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good player,he’ll settle in well.
Lets not forget kightly be like a new signing for us fresh and hungery!!!!
Love to see new center half,
Van dammel,
hunt,
fletcher,
center midfielder,
we be ok!
slowly slowly catch a monkey!
got to play foley at right back!
never a midfielder!
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I feel £7M is over the top – £4-5M is realistic for a player of his calibre. 8 goals isn’t that great. I know Doyle got 9 but he’s got much better technical ability based on what i’ve seen.
I just think we don’t want to pay the wages for top players. Zigic only cost £6M but I bet Blues are paying him twice what we’ve offered Fletcher.
This will cost us as ‘top’ players will obviously go to a club paying higher wages.
We were promised 4-5 players (quality not quantity) that would make a difference straight away. I don’t think Fletcher is any better than Ebanks, Vokes or even Keogh.
I hope I’m wrong but I was expecting something a bit better from this summer’s transfer window, Van damme and Fletcher isn’t getting me excited.
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7 million is a bit steep, but if he gets 12 goals maybe a price worth paying.
23 Are you seriously suggesting we get rid of Jones? Did you see Wolves play at all last year? I can only assume I’ve misunderstood your post.
In Mick we Trust!!
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Wolves in Talks to sign Steven Fletcher or Gary Hooper if Fletcher talks fail !!
With Moxey negotiating who’s your money on?
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7 MILL FOR FLETCHER?
IF DOYLE GOES TO ARSENAL I WANT AT LEAST 12.
IF FEEL’S LIKE A REPLACEMENT RATHER THAN A PARTNER FOR DOYLE.
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Fletcher fine by me.
Now,lets get Nedum Onuoha from Man City.
Think this bloke is a far better prospect than Mancienne.
Transfer fee,about the same for both players
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47). Jamie. Angry Wolf just needs to be laughed at. Quite pathetic really. He’s got his facts wrong again, as you rightly pointed out, Northern Ireland indeed !
That other barrel of laughs Spanish Ray must live a sad life too !
Don’t know whether 37)V111A is winding us up, but, Sidwell would be quite interesting.
Mind you his mate says he’s just been canal boating with Geoff Capes.
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37. V111A.
I would love your comment about Sidwell to be true, he would be a great acquisition imo.
Definitely an all action midfielder with an eye for a good pass and the goal.
It would be fair comment if anyone accused us of trying to become Reading Mk2 (Doyle, USA, Sidwell?, Hunt?). He is 2 or 3 times the player that Ledley is but he won’t come cheap so let’s just wait and see on that.
On the O’Hara subject, I can’t see him wanting to leave the bright lights of London. Even more so now his club (Spurs) will be playing CL football next season.
Anyone else fancy Sidwell as a center mid for us?
Up The Wolves.
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Lancashire Telegraph is quoted as deal on table for Fletcher is £5m + Hennessey. Wayne has already stated elsewhere his desire to leave Wolves if 1st team football is not forthcoming as he wants to regain his place in Wales team. Murray said to be nearly ready for pre-season and we arguably already have a better all round 2nd keeper in Ikeme
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I’d consider this an excellent signing, should it happen- but I’m not holding my breath; I suspect other parties will be interested as well, and given our wage structure and tendency to protract deals, it may be that another club makes a better and more decisive offer than ourselves.
Fingers crossed, though…
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I agree with others who have been saying we are making too much of Fletcher’s supposed price.
Thanks to clubs like Chelsea, Man U, Man City, Arsenal etc. this is now the going price for a player such as him these days. Whether we buy him or not, that is imo probably the price (or close to) that we will have to pay if we want him.
To add my two penneth to the debate, I would like him as a partner for Doyle. They are similar but throughout last season we had some decent chances in the box that were not taken because either there was no-one close enough or the player concerned wasn’t quick enough to snap up the chance. Fletcher has some pace and strength and knows he can score given the right service. I do believe that given playing time up front Doyle and Fletcher can become a potent partnership. They will provide chances for each other due to their similarity.
As quite a few have rightly stated though, the price and will we pay it is the crux of the matter. Simple enough for me, either we bite the bullet and pay a little more whilst not going silly like Hull, or we struggle again.
I do think SEB will come good again but having a player such as Fletcher battling for his spot should be a good incentive to produce his best form.
The most important thing that shouldn’t be left this coming season is getting the pitch back to a NORMAL size again for Jarvo and Kites or whoever is on the wings.
BRING IT ON BAGGIES!!!
We Are Wolves.
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DONT sell hennessy, marcus will not be around much longer and murrey may not play many games then we are only left with ikeme, hennessy is young and a class act , we will need him, id rather have him in the squad than fletcher
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16 tees wolf fair comment, but it was the usual story after story and when we did sign some players we had missed the boat being left with your list of which many didn’t work out.
let’s hope we can attract some quality soon and give all the supporters some hope for next season.
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I’m unconvinced he’s worth 7 million and he only scored 8 goals for Burnley…Rate him or not…there’s a reason Burnley got relegated!
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It looks as though it was between us and Birmingham to sign Fletcher and Birmingham have signed Zigic for 6 million. Which makes 7.5 million for fletcher a little steep but if Hennessey and Iwelumo go the other way we may recoup some money depending on their performance. I’m just guessing but it would make sense. Whatever it may be, the signing of Fletcher would be great. He may have ONLY scored 8 goals but that is more than some strikers who cost twice that amount at other clubs. If we are to play 2 up front with Fletcher and Doyle, we will need to sign some defensive minded players to cover an attacking formation. Looking forward to seeing who we get. In Mick we trust. UTW.
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Eastwood, Jez controls costs very well and conducts business in a proper manner.But his accountant mentality at putting costs above anything else I am sure has held us back on the pitch.In my opinion Mick McCarthy has been successful despite Jez Moxey and not because of him.That being said you have to recognise that it is important to control costs at a football club.As a lifelong fan I want to be entertained,to see another Broadbent,Dougan.Wagstaffe,Knowles and Bully.Personally I get bored reading a Balance Sheet.
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When I think of his player Fletcher.. my mind drifts to Robert Taylor, a player we wasted money on.. Something tells me, he won’t be any good to us, good to another team, but not good for us.
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Fletcher – I think this would be a great signing, not just for the goals but the work rate!! Just what the Wolves need to match some of the others e.g. Doyle, Henry and definately Jones (cracking season!!).
Van Damme – also a good signing and think we will get Hunt too.
I honestly think we will stay up this season with more or less the same team as the last – with a few quality extras – and if we do, then my fellow fans, prepare for some good times ahead.
WE ARE WOLVES!!!!!!
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Happy. Good player. Need more attacking in midfield especially if we only play one upfront again. If signing him helps keep Doyle it’s an added bonus.
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Jamie-47…Yes I am serious, and you will see for yourself that neither Blake or Kightly will be regulars for Wolves.
O.K..Blake scores a goal last season, other than the penalty, and overnight in the eyes of many goes from ‘zero to hero’.
The player is very good value in Championship football, and was a star for us when we were in that division, but its clear, even to ‘blind freddie’ and maybe one day you Jamie, that since Doyle arrived he has struggled, and its clear that he does not, and never will have the class for a Premiership striker.
As for Kightly, I have great amount of time for this player, and while Wolves were in the Championship, like Big chris were top players.
But Kightly’s injury like big Chris’s and also our champion keeper Murray were and are likely to be career ending in the big time.
Murray, while still training at Compton, will never return as Wolves number 1 keeper, & look what we are doing with champion championship player big Chris…ridding ourselves of him for less than a million…Kightly will, sooner or later meet the same fate, mid season I would think.
My concern with Jones was and will always be that he is inconsistant, we cannot afford to accept that in the Premiership.
You picking me up that Doyle and Keane are from the Republic of Ireland and not Northern Ireland was quite right, a slip any normal person could make while talking of important issues concerning our Club, but a slip only an ignorant ‘oink’ would highlight, someone with little or no argument, and Jamie, a person who really does not understand the cut and thrust of Football, and is just a complete waste of space.
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I think this is a shocking signing, Why are we not going for players like Jenas at 5 million o’Hara 6million, Keane 7 million total joke. Flecter is not worth 7.5 million what a waste of money, will buy him then the rest of the signings will be 1-2 million bench warmers again, WBA are after same players as us what is that all about!!
Morgan step in and pull the to muppets a side.
Only good thing to come out of the wolves today new plans for the stadium.
Wolves forever – Get Mick out & Moxey Out
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Burnley fan here.
Fletcher is not a target man for those that think he is. Nugent was our target man or Thompson. Fletch is an out and out first rate striker that is also very good in the air.
Similar player to Doyle, but better and I’m not saying that because he is a Burnley player at the moment. Bags of skill and real strength, fast and intelligent.
Still a bit rough around the edges, but he can be a top top player in a couple of years.
I along with every other Claret will be gutted if he goes has we was looking forward to watching him score shed loads in the CCC because nobody would be able to handle him.
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Stop moain!!!!!!
Trust MM
he knows what hes doin
support him and back him
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angry wolf – i think he did have a valid point. Pointing out Blakes and Kightly’s age will have a big factor on whether they can improve for this league. From what i saw of both of these players, i felt they did really well at times. Although Kightly didnt play many, he showed some class against man utd in the league cup where he forced one of their players to make a tackle from behind and receive a red. He also won us a penalty against villa if im not mistaken, and he didnt play many more games.
As for Blake, he showed some really good touches in the final games, especially in the last game where he did some excellent through balls that could have resulted in a couple of goals. Hes had the oportunities and missed them, but i still feel it was down to confidence and at least deserves another chance to prove himself.
He only pointed out that they were republic of ireland players, he didnt call you an idiot or anything. Maybe he was just telling you in case you didnt know.
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72 – £5m for jenas? Jog on. fan prices make me laugh.
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RHINO RICH…. PLANK!
Why spend £7M on Keane who is 30 and £7.5M on a young fresh striker. Do the maths and stop moaning. We dont know who else Wolves have targetted and considering Wolves have just announced plans for ground redevelopment we all should be smiling this morning!
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awesome plans for new stadium and more new signings on the way.utw
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