Maybe it was but hindsight is a wonderful thing. At the end of the day he kept us up and may have unearthed a couple of gems on the cheap. So hey, don’t beat yourself up Mick!
UTW.

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I don’t think anyone has quite grasped the consequences of the 25 man squad yet. Gone are the days of ‘fighting for your your place’. We are now down to ‘one in one out’. If we sign Mancienne, who do we leave out? Stearman? Mijlas? Guediora?

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Some of the signings didnt work out, but for the most part we didnt break the bank for them, so it doesnt matter too much. I also think even though some of them didnt work out most of them contributed too our survival except for maybe Andrew Surman, Geoffrey Mujangi Bia, Stefan Maierhofer and Segundo Castillo. Considering Bia was injured, thats 3 signings out of 11 that didnt contribute to our survival.

Most people will say Halford didnt do anything but his long throws got us a few goals last season, and evidently helped secure a few extra points for survival.

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Dont think we made too many bad signings last season certainly found on or two gems. You have only got to look at what the baggies are trying to do on the cheap this season to see its doomed

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Billyraff – each squad can have as many players under 21 as they like in addition to their 25. – so its not really a case of 1 in 1 out. Vokes and Bia will not be included in the squad as they are under 21, but they will still be able to play.

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the ruling of the 25 player squad was taken im guessing aimed at the larger clubs who have 35+ players, but it is going to affect us so called lesser teams harder than you think, 25 squad players, say you need 2 players per position giving you 22, if you then start to pick up a few injuries it could become very testing for some squads! but take j woodgate at spurs for an example, in my opinion this guy is finished anyway but… he is now out for atleast 4 months so redknapp cant really name him in his 25 so where then is the motivation for the player to fight to full fitness knowing he cant play in remainder of season anyway?

i agree with the 8 homegrown players rule but even that is stupid to say the least cos if you read the ins n outs of it all players only need to have been in country playing for 2/3 yrs, so they could be from any nation anywhere they dont even need to speak any of the home nations language, so how on earth this can be described as “home grown” is totally beyond me!

Another example especially with the lata that this world (country) is going nuts!

UPW

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Dave – I’m aware of that, I have my 25 written down in front of me, and Volks & Bia ain’t in it, and the 25 are all over 21. All I’m saying is that anyone new coming in will mean that someone else isn’t going to get a game till at least January, unless they go out on loan, and there doesn’t seem to be alot of that going on right now. I predict alot of activity in August, as players all over the country realise that they are not going to be in their club’s 25. May work to our advantage as Chelsea, Man U, Man C etc shed players who would not normally consider the likes of us, but that in turn will mean that a few of our players will have to toddle off to the Championship (or even the Albion).

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10)JJ It’s all about opinions and I agree with most of what you say, but, I cannot see how you can describe Milijas as an absolute bargain. He had a few bright moments, but, he also had some very poor ones and a few absolute shockers. Even his shooting and passing let him down in the end. That’s why he spent most of the season watching.
Unless there is a big turnaround in his form/attitude, and I really hope there is, and he starts playing like a Premiership midfielder,I wouldn’t even name him in the 25.

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11- crowfish – I think the naming of the squad lasts untill the next transfer window, so players injured could be ruled out of the 25, and then renamed in the 25, in january. That gives a little incentive to get fully fit. This would mean, tottenham could leave Woodgate out untill january and then bring him in, so he wouldnt miss the whole season.

I did agree with you about the homegrown players rule, but ive also read that they have to have been playing the 3 years when they were under 21, which would mean that allot of foreign players would be ruled out. Most players who have played in england while they are under 21 are english, but even this is a problem, as many big teams are poaching foreign youngsters for their youth teams.

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MM well done as I for one beleive MANCIENNE is by no means worth 4mill.
His first touch is poor and when defending he as looked a little clueless,his tackles are a little mistimed too.
For those who think we will struggle are in for a nice surprise as I beleive we will comfortably stay up and finish higher in the league.Our first 6 games are all point’s gettable.It is important that our season starts well during this period as we can then kick with the gained confidence.
So I for one look forward to the season and hope team starts on the front foot as it could reallyset us up.

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We have a great squad for a 4-2-3-1 formation. And i’d have keogh as 1 of the 3… creative player and looked great 1st half of the season.

MM has built a squad that, all being well, will secure us comfortably.

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18. Mick is correct,if Albion or Blackpool fans suddenly think 5-6 signings are going to happen, it wont!

I think by mid-April, Blackpool and Albion will be as good as gone and Wigan, Newcastle, WestHam, Bolton, Sunderland and Wolves will be fighting to keep away from the last place but I blieve we will finish the season in 14th.

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17- oh i see my bad, i didnt realise u could name again in jan, thats much better, not a bad ruling then that, still think the home-grown rule is screwed up though something seriously needs to be done, as we will just get repeat performances at international level like we did a worldcup. There just aint that much british quality about at moment because of the big import of foreign players (even kids) over last 5 or so years! so it will take atleast this time again before we see any result giving us a massive dip in international class players in meantime!! but same old england! dont do nowt until its broken!! UTW

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no20 Man from Laramie, I am with you,in that I think we are at least a couple short on quality.But to be fair to Brummie Rob he called it correct two seasons ago when he said we would win promotion,even when we had that bad spell.He also called it right last season when at the start of the season he said there were at least 5 teams worse than us.So from a Wolves perspective the time to worry is when Brummie Rob says we will get relegated.It has certainly been so far so good.

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26 Gloucester Wolf. Okay, I’ll have a go, without checking record books, here’s my split.
Homegrown
Hennessey, Ikeme, Murray(if named) Foley(?), Elokobi (?), Craddock, Henry, Jones, Kightly, Jarvis, Ebanks-Blake, Hill, Halford,Stearman,Edwards

Not Homegrown
Hannahman, Zubar, Berra, Mouylokolo, v.Damme, Ward, Fletcher, Doyle, Hunt, Guediora, Milijas,Keogh, Hoffmeister

Under 21s Vokes, Geoffrey Bia, Hemmings, Batth etc etc

Have I missed anyone? The ones I may be wrong on are Foley (did he do 3 years at Luton?)and Elokobi (3 years Non League ?)

Obviously, Mancienne and David Beckham would both be homegrown if they sign, although the latter may have to wait until January with his injury problem.

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