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Does MM know it’s OK to field an unchanged side if they play well?…………..5 changes and leaving out Jarvis, Hunt, Ebanks-Blake and Fletcher for a winnable home game…I hope MM knows what he’s doing.
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Unbelievable team selection same back four who always conceed 2 goals before half time. It looks like FLETCHER must be on his bike now we have KEOGH back pathetic MM Please leave our club and we might stay in the Premiership with a decent manager.
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Morgan, the answer was there all the time, O’NEILL O’NEILL O’NEILL. Well its too late now so stick with you’re 2nd division dinosaur. The bright new future that stretches out before us will be destroyed yet again by a manager out of his depth at this level of the game. Just like it has in the past. Ask yourself a question. When you were a lad supporting Liverpool do you think they would have built a dynasty of success if they hadn’t had the guts to appoint a charismatic visionary like Shankly? So when are you going to source our ‘Shankly’ to achieve this club’s undoubted potential to replace the cumbersome loser you inherited who can’t even get the basic art of defending right or keep a clean sheet? Or are you happy being a consistent gallant loser with a hard luck story every game? Would this have been good enough for Liverpool?
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Sorry but this proves mad mick hasn’t got a clue!
What team did he put out, always play your strongest team from the start, appalling management
Mad mick – this is a results industry and your results are appalling!
No more excuses, played well, unlucky, poor ref, put a great shift in, players were tired – lets have honesty
Dear mad mick…..you are out of your depth please go now
Wolves til I die
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2 points out the last 15….
WHY IS HE STILL IN A JOB?
8 points behind Norwich and 6 points behind Swansea, both certs to get relegated according to the happy clappers.
Go and get either of these two up and coming Managers Morgan BEFORE it’s too late.
Only problem is they both have a better chance of survival where they are.
WE ARE DOOMED
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Defence is a joke. You can make all the excuses you like, played well against a good side keep the faith blah blah blah. THE DEFENCE WAS, IS, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE — A JOKE!!!!!!!!!
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Roberto Di Matteo looked pleased.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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