Blackpool 2 Wolves 1
Saturday 20th November 2010, 5:10PM GMT.
Wolves’ relegation plight deepened as they crashed to their ninth defeat in 11 games at Blackpool.
They were only kept off the bottom of the Premier League for the first time in a year by virtue of goals scored over West Ham, whose game at Liverpool kicked off at 5.30pm.
Visiting fans chanted ‘what a load of rubbish’ at half-time after goals from Luke Varney on three minutes and ex-Wolves loanee Marlon Harewood just before half-time.
Kevin Doyle headed his first Premier League goal of the season four minutes from time, after second-half substitutes Nenad Milijas and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake both hit the post.
But there was no way back forMick McCarthy’s side, who have lost six successive away games and have taken just one point from 21 on the road.
And Blackpool’s victory owed at least something to the tactics of manager Ian Holloway, who bypassed the midfield and played a 4-2-4 formation which Wolves eventually matched after the hour.
By then nerves had got to McCarthy’s men, who struggled to create clear-cut chances against the Premier League’s worst defence going into the game
But Wolves, wearing their new all-black change kit for the first time, had the worst possible start when they conceded in the third minute – their third in successive games.
Kevin Foley, who has been in excellent form, was beaten too easily by Varney to Richard Kingson’s goal kick, and the former Crewe striker hit an unstoppable speculative rising shot into the top corner of the net.
Wolves tried to hit back immediately and George Elokobi claimed handball, after his shot clearly hit Stephen Crainey in the chest after Blackpool failed to clear Matt Jarvis’ corner.
But the Tangerines responded by forcing the first save from Marcus Hahnemann, the goalkeeper falling to his right to save Harewood’s low 30-yard drive on the turn.
Wolves forced their own save when Kingson – in for Matt Gilks, who has a broken kneecap – punched clear on the line from David Jones’ volleyed free kick.
The recalled Michael Mancienne and Foley switched positions after barely a quarter of an hour, as McCarthy sought a way back into the game.
They forced two headed chances either side of the half hour.
First the recalled Christophe Berra forced Kingson to stretch backwards, then Doyle missed a good opportunity when he glanced wide unmarked from Elokobi’s cross.
In between, Wolves made a tactical substitution when Foley made way for Nenad Milijas as McCarthy went for midfield dominance.
Wolves continued to enjoy more possession than the home side but looked nervous to try things at times and struggled to open them up.
Jones volleyed wide of the angle then Stephen Hunt headed off target from Elokobi’s cross, as they continued to probe without any real cutting edge.
Blackpool were content to sit back and soak up the pressure.
But when they hit Wolves on the break, they caused problems.
Centre-back Ian Evatt twice advanced from deep to pose a threat, the first time just before Jones’s effort to force Hahnemann to save his 30-yarder at the second attempt, then he had the goalkeeper tipping behind for a corner.
Hahnemann was again the man under spotlight as Blackpool scored a second goal a minute before the break.
The 38-year-old dropped David Vaughan’s corner under pressure from Luke Varney and oHarewood prodded home off Richard Stearman, despite Doyle’s desperate attempts to clear on the line with Jarvis.
Wolves fans booed their side of at half-time, chanting ‘what a load of rubbish.’
McCarthy introduced Sylvan Ebanks-Blake at half-time for Hunt to provide a greater attacking threat.
And it was the visitors who had the first attack, only for Jones to blaze over after Jarvis’ cross hit a defender to bounce kindly for him on the edge of the box.
But it was end-to-end stuff, as Neal Eardley’s cross sailed across the face of goal before Doyle did the same at the other end.
Doyle then should have done better when his determined run ended with a poor left foot shot that was easy for Kingson.
Wolves then went for broke with their third substitution on the hour as Steven Fletcher came on for Henry, who was feeling his right knee before he went off.
The visitors went within inches of a reply seconds later, when Milijas hit the base of the post with a low drive.
Ebanks-Blake did the same from point-blank range on 77 from another Jarvis cross.
But the striker could only force a simple save from Kingson on 83 minutes, at the end of a determined run.
Doyle finally got Wolves back into it on 86, with a deflected far post header from Elokobi’s deep cross.
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Another performance with plenty of chances but no one capable of getting on the end of them, Not surprising with our two main forwards and goalscorers playing wide up front – they should be receiving crosses not making them- no wonder we arent scoring.Lets get real Mc Carthy – we are fading fast into Prem oblivion
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Change Mick and co now or we go down. That simple.
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Sack MICK, Sack Mick, No Clue Clueless
But will moxey & morgan listen No he will still be there when we are fighting it out in the championship. Shocking
O’neill is the man
Rich
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Morgan, please give us a target as how many more games must MM lose before you will sack him so we can start the countdown (currently 9 in 11)
Many thanks.
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First and foremost, let me just say that I’ve always given MM the benefit of the doubt, but after todays result, and the last few games…He should be relieved of his duties!
Fair enough, we are playing well, but you don’t get points for that, you get points for playing ugly and grinding results, ala Birmingham – Chelsea (BTW, good result)
He consistantly plays his favourites (I honestly couldn’t believe it when Ward was on the bench), and with majority of his signings being of a championship calibre, he has shown he is nothing more than a championship manager.
I would honestly love to see Wilkins given the hot-seat, or Curbs if possible. Mr. Morgan, please get this sorted.
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We were beaten today by the mighty blackpool. We cant keep getting beat by teams that we should be winning against. We have to do something now. COME ON YOU WOLVES.
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mick OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT !CANT SAY ANYTHING ANYONE WHO IS A TRUE WOLVES FAN JUST HAS TO AGREE.
THIS MAN IS A DISGRACE YOU ONLY HAVE TO STUDY ARE GAMES RECENTLY AND THEN LOOK AT THE CHANGES HE MAKES!!THERE IS SO MUCH TO SAY ABOUT WHY HE HAS TO GO BUT IT ALL EQUALS=
OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT OUT!!!!
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Hate to say this, but time to show Mick the door. Does he even know what his best team is? Milijas dropped again in favour of Mancienne. Poor.
9 defeats in 11 games, shocking. Its going to take a massive recovery to survive after this.
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I have been one of MM biggest supporters, but now I think it time for a change. Losing at home to Bolton was borderline forgiveable but we should be beating teams like Blackpool.
Bring in Martin O’Neil while we still have a chance to salvage the season.
Up the Old Gold!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MM us tactically naive and has an awful track record in the transfer market when he has money to spend – I desperately wanted MM to succeed but I think his time is up. MM must go!
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Prove me wrong Mick, I hope, my boys going down now are at odds on 5/4.
Sorry mate. said it before, say it again, do the decent thing and leave now & clipboard. Respect you both but time for someone (?) to take the rudder now and keep us in the EPL.
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RAY WILKINS
Please come in for an interview at 9am Monday morning.
Your sincerely.
Steve M.
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totally confirms a worst fears….
…. No away wins all season!, defensive line-up v blackpool (no disrespect), no clean sheets for weeks, shocking defensive displays, left our 3 top goal scorers on the bench, no concentration with ealy goals flying in all the time, no clue……
……. Mick out monday !
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If McCarthy has anything about him he will resign after this result.
Absolutely diabolical.
1 down to might Blackpool in the 3rd minute and the game plan has gone out the window.
Powder puff stuff for the rest of the game and never looked like scoring.
Believe me Blackpool were poor, really poor, and they beat us.
Morgan, you never succeeed in your job by backing losers so get rid NOW.
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thanks Mick, today proves your out your depth, Mr Morgan act now before its too late.
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Grim. There is a way back, but the effort will be the greatest ever for most of these players, as well as McCarthy. UTW
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Another game of untaken chances- when are we going to have our two main goalscorers playing central and receiving crosses instead of making crosses themselves. Come on Mick – get it sorted before its too late (and its heading that way every game)
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we need to bring in a new manager to change things otherwise we are going down
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Can anybody shed any light on why Milijas didn´t start the game? Another masterstroke by our tacticaly inept manager, perhaps? I´m really beginning to despair. Looks like we´ll be playiong Brighton next year instead of Blackpool. No disrespect intended towards to the Seagulls but does our management team know the difference between Championship players and those required to perform in the Prem?
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After such a promising start, this season is turning into a nightmare!
Last week I said we should give MM 4 games to turn things around…. honestly expecting him to get a reaction from the players post Bolton and for us to at least pick up a point at Blackpool! I was wrong…so very wrong!! We are already effectively cut adrift from the clubs above us, all of whom seem to be more capable of picking up points than us.
I understand that changing the Manager will not guarantee us Premiership football next season, but retaining MM as manager is only going to deliver us Championship football in 2011.
Surely, everyone with gold n’ black blood will agree that it’s time for MM to go… won’t they?
Wolves for life!!
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Surely MM must go now?
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I’ve been saying all along that MM is the best manager we have had in over 30 years (if you look at what he has acheived) and as such have been standing by him though recent weeks. Today’s result though makes even me to wonder if we need a change. The way we have been playing recently lead me to believe that we would get something from today’s match. We need to see (and I think SM will do also) where we are at christmas.
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MM OUT NOW
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MM – Do us all a big favour by handing in your resignation first thing on Monday morning because Steve Morgan and Jez Moxey have not got the guts to sack you.
PS – Get ‘Clipboard Connor’ to do the same and follow you out the door.
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I’m sick of hearing how well we are playing without picking up points.
Time for a rethink – 9 defeats in the last 11 is not good enough, in any league, in any country!
This is not a knee jerk reaction, I do not and never have liked MM, but his results have diluted my anti MM feeling since him taking charge.
Results are key and we aren’t getting any end of!
Tactics are so poor, so so poor, to go to Blackpool and play 1 up front, shocking.
The other thing is Jarvis, who has been picked not because MM prefers him but because MM had no other options with Kites injured! Now Jarvis is our star player….how many other Wolves players have slipped through because of MM pig headedness of playing square pegs in round holes!
Last chance saloon MM, roll the dice and see what it brings, because that’s what it feels all of your other team selections have been!
Out of darkness cometh light!
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The time is right now for MM to go we all new that it was going to be a tough month with playing the top teams but before that we were loosing and we are still doing the same with teams who we should pick up points against.Get him out now and see if we can get martin oneil to change our tactics and our belief so the money we have spent is not wasted.
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Bye bye Mick. Clearly out of his depth. Why drop Milijas, who is clearly our most creative force, when playing the worst defence in the league (on paper). Morgan needs to grow some balls and get rid now. The teams who you’d expect to be down the bottom have opened up a large points gap which is quickly becoming to much for us to bridge. Wrong tactics playing wrong players and ultimately the wrong manager!!
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to mick you took the team as far as you can, so do the right thing and quit.you think sunderland got it wrong cause they gave you no money but now we all no they were right…so as we say in wolverhampton jog on…
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Taxi…….i’ll pay!
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A really dismal result – we simply do not have what it takes under the present structure. If we are going to change it has to be now before we hit the Christmas/ New Year crush of fixtures and the January transfer window to give an incoming Manager a chance to right the ship.
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Even though I am advocating a change of manager….. can’t agree it should be Ray Wilkins.
If we are looking at Managers who are currently available, then I would go for Alan Curbishly on a short term contract until the end of the season. Failing that how about Kenny Dalgleish given SM’s Liverpool connections?
Wolves for life!
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SOS Manager Required
Skills.
Know your best team from the start
Know your best formation
Play players consistantly
Play your best players in their positions.
Play attacking football
Have a leader at the heart of the team.
Play creative midfield football.
Play your best goalscorers
Change tactics when requuired
Timely Subs to win the game not chase it.
Buy players who are not injured and fit.
Don’t buy players who are homesick
Play the players you buy, and motivate them
Have a good second in command.
Give the Fans hope.
Success assured
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Mcarthy has had enough chances this season after todays result his time is up, a lot of you are saying he should do the decent thing and resign, he wont do that he’s too stuborn.
If and Morgan and Jez dont act sometime this week then they are obviously happy to go down with mick so he can get us back up.
Thanks for what you have done for the club, but i feel you cant take us any further.
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his he still there?he should have been long gone.all those deluded s calling for martin o,neil noway is he going to come to the wolves.its already to late don,t blame thick mick its higher up.sorry but its down a division.and i know a decent manager its mad mick and clip.
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Can anyone answer me this why does mick sign a striker for 7 million pounds and stick him on the bench each week.Would i be wrong to say that we should be playing to strikers to give us best possible chance to score goals which will help us win matches.
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Utter drivel! Do something Mutleeeey!
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after today mick’s got next week to prove himself or he should definitely be sacked,things can’t keep going on like they are, playing well and losing. o’neill’s the obvious choice but he’s never been in a relegation scrap. at this point id like to see alan curbishley on a short term deal and then if we stay up reassess the situation next summer.
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I agree that Mick McCarthy has been the best manager at the Molineux for 20+ years( apart from Dave Jones) ….but that does not mean however he is good enough for the premiership. His team choices are at best naive and at worst embarassing. He prefers work rate over basic skill and rewards blindless loyalty.
I could go on for hours, sadly though I cannot be bothered .
Please Mr Morgan, get rid of him and the clipboard kid. Get some new management/coaching staff and give us fans something to cheer about, not laugh at…..after all we are paying to be entertained not embarassed !
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And Blackpool’s victory owed at least something to the tactics of manager Ian Holloway, who bypassed the midfield and played a 4-2-4 formation which Wolves eventually matched after the hour.
Well that says it all it took MM an hour to see how bad we were!!!
Time to go say no more
Trevb
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Time to hand out some P45′s
1- MM
2- TC
and that’s before going through the playing staff.
Gus Poyet for me, rather than O’Neill.
Results led business and are results are S*@T, in any other area of business the Wolves management would already be in the dole queue!
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ok so I don’t travel length and breadth of the country like i did for 15 years following our team,but i do spend €500 euros a year to make sure i see every game so i feel i am able to comment with you guys that go everywhere. If the Mr.Morgan and the board are happy for this to carry on and end up in the championship then please let us know now. we are disfunctunal and disjointed. We needed to win and our only playmaker is on the bench.Please let D.Jones go now. At 2-0 nil down we actually went bottom of the PL. It is now time for the right people to make the right decision and let MM and TOc go now. we were at times totally devoid of ideas. Doyle up until he scored is a shadow of himself but looked much happier when Milias and SEB came on,both CBs are championship at best and USA looks so scared its frightnening.MM is too stubburn to go as he thinks he can turn it around but he can’t please go and give our club the slim chance to get somebody in that may have a chance to keep us in this division. F.G.S.utw
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*Wolves win* – super Mick McCarthy !
*wolves lose* we want McCarthy out!
Shows how two faced some of you actually are.
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No excuses. We are not good enough. Mick has to go.
There are so many things he is doing wrong as a manager which is only highlighted by 9 defeats in 11.
Get O’Neil in now so we have a chance to get out the bottom three before xmas and spend money in some decent players who will play in January!
This team and manager are out of their depth.
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How much longer do we have to suffer this idiot! Shame we don’t have a manager like Holloway – if the board and Jez had some BRAINS, AMBITION and Guts they could change this….. for the sake of the Club and the fans!!
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Ilike Mick for his straight talking. But Mick, the fans can straight talk too – go now.
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don’t claim to be major knowledge in the matter but:-
defeat by newly promoted BLACKPOOL ?
playing lone striker ?
players out of position ?
Mcarthy tactically out-thought by Ian Holloway ?
taxi for M.M please b4 too much damage is done !
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42 look at our win record this season thats why everyone wants him out, it’s a result led business!
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typo on my 1st post…..whoops
should read – our results!
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Hahnemann OUT
Mancienne OUT
Hunt – needs a rest
Doyle – needs a rest
Everyone could see that BEFORE the game but one single person an earth…
McCarthy – OUT OUT OUT OUT.
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As quoted on the website ”TC does a LOT of work with the strikers on finishing” Well this explains a lot, Both ”TC” and MM are way out of their depth, we need change and NOW!!
Doyle missed 3 good chances before he finally finished his header
Foley was shocking today
Henry claimed injury to come off (mick would never sub him for being rubbish) says it all
Stearman love how you were laughing and joking at the final whistle with Varney..
Its really funny we have lost playing BLACKPOOL and are 19th, I suppose win or lose you still get you thousands dont you!!
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I don’t take any pleasure in calling for MM to go. He is honest and has given us promotion and some good memories. However, his is a results driven position and playing well without points is of no use whatsoever. Not only that, an unlucky manager is one no team want to be associated with. Mick, you should take pride in what you have achieved but move over for someone else.
Playing Ward continuously has been a mistake and juts when Milijas is looking like a premiership player you drop him for a three defensive mid-fielders against Blackpool having played against the top teams. Where is the sense in this.
For the first time in a long time I’m considering not making my 380 mile return journey next week. I know as supporters we need to get behind I’m fed up of early goals being conceded and driving home after defeat.
Someone cheer me up.
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I have been saying for 18 months MM and TC should go, but unfortuntely the owner Mr MORGAN will keep them because it suits his agenda.
He has stated that the rebuilding of our ground will not happen unless we stay up. Guess what if you keep someone in the job who is incompetent ie MM and TC he can also keep his money in the bank.
So Mr MORGAN prove you have got our team at heart and not Liverpool and take some action because it will be too late soon.
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Now is the time. He has no excuses left. He said this was the season defining game and he screwed it up.
Ray Wilkins for me. He is obviously the reason Chelsea have done so well and will be desperate to get back in the game and prove Chelsea wrong.
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It pains me to say it but we are only going one way and its time for a change. Mick will never resign so Morgan must act before we waste any more of this season.
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sorry mick you have done your best
thanks for all you have done
but please stand down with clipboard man
and leave
what about phil brown or Alan Curbishley
come on you wolves we can still stay up
if we act now
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Oh dear what happened to the Mick Lovers???
Told you so!!! He is totally and utterly clueless.
If he ain’t gone by Monday I shall switch support to my other favourite Premiership team….Liverpool.
There is no excuse for keeping this useless manager….not even Moxey can defend him now!!!!
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Just heard a stat that just one team out of eleven have stayed up after having only 9 points after 14 games. It will take a miracle for us to stay up now.
I think we are now in total free fall and not even Mick McCarthy will get us out of this mess. The fact he spent quite a bit of cash this Summer and we are in a worse position now than at the same time last season can only mean one thing- OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW.
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I think that Rob 1 has made the right call. In Doyle we have one striker and he spends most of his time searching for or crossing the ball. I, nor any of the fans have the answer BUT:
Why not start with Milijas who has been so effective in the last 2 games?
Why continue with Mancienne who has little to offer in any position?
Why are we persisting with Hunt? I don’t recall an effective cross all game?
Why do we leave it so late to win a game? I really believe that Fletcher and Doyle can work together but in central positions. How many times does Jarvis have to cross to find no-one there?
How far is Zubar away from starting? I think he could add so much particularly in an attacking sense and so negating the need to play Hunt.
How many times does Berra have to tug a shirt? In the 60s he would have been given a big smack by Osgood! If you can’t defend then leave it others.
Of course I am an expert but not paid lots of money to be one!
Hey Suffolk Wolf I was born and brought up in the county where are you from? I like you used to make many a trip but now the internet has to rule for most of the time.
I live in gold and black hope!
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42 You are way off the mark pal. Any realistic Wolves fan has been calling for MM’s departure for quite some time now.
Get Martin O’Neill in now before it is too late
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Mick McCarthy has now surely reached the end of the road after 9 defeats in 11 games?
His Premier League record is abysmal and it is not only questionable how much longer Steve Morgan can watch his investment go down the pan but also the redevelopment plans must now be in serious jeopardy too.
Mick has done a good job up to this season but as many of us have believed he just is not PL manager material and his tenure as manager MUST END NOW!
As some have said, Ray Wilkins would be a good shout to take over particularly as he is hurting from his Chelsea dismissal and would certainly like to show them that it was a big mistake in letting him go.
Todays game emphasised once again Mick’s bad management. He drops Milijas who has been an inspiration over the past few games, says he sympathises with Fletcher’s desire to play then promptly benches him again but plays Doyle who all season has been unable to score – Yes today he did but then it was already too late!
Mick McCarthy was a decent defender in his playing days but we just cannot defend for toffee giving a goal start to almost every team we play before we wake up (and we did it yet again today!) – so what exactly does Mick do with the team in training? Obviously he does not get involved with defending!
It really is time for Mick to go before whatever faith the supporters have disappears altogether and the chances of Wolves remaining in the Premier League also disappear. To be out of touch come Christmas is according to PL history, the sounding of the death knell and if Mick has any allegiance to Wolves whatsoever, he will not want that to happen.
So to Mick, thanks for all the work you have done for our club, it is much appreciated but your job is done here and we wish you the very best for the future.
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Mick can’t take us any further and its martin o’neil time and for the idiot brummie rd.
You’ll be next to us soon matey.
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I have never liked him sack the idiot that’s all I will say & sooner the better
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Stick with him Has everyone forgot the out classing on money bags city it will pick up very positive of that. Why not try 4-2-4
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Its time to say thanks but no thanks to mick. It isnt enough
Anymore to keep saying we were unlucky and if we keep
Playing like that the points will come because they wont.
We need to act now and try to save this season. Not good enough,
And can we get behind doyle as it aint his fault he aint getting
The service we dont play to his strengths, he is a top class player
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Hi Mick. You have now LOST 49 IN 80 ATTEMPTS IN THE PREM.Pathetic never mind mind BEST MANAGER IN 30 YEARS.HO HO HO.
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Outwitted and outplayed by the mighty Blackpool..time to go Muppet!!
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No tactics, no idea, the championship is where you belong, not good enough Micky Muppet Mouse!!
RESULTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, YOU HAVE LOST IT!!
PS Take Henry, Ward Elokobi, Stearman and your Championship favourites with you.
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Where are you Mr morgan? Time for a winter clearout JEZ, TC & Muppet…..LOOSERS!!
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2 little 2 late.told ya weeks ago that mm had done all ha could.no point in changin him now cos jose mourhinio couldnt keep us up now.big club my backside.bottled it cos no one at the club can make the really important decisions when they need 2 be made
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MM has gone as far as he can. He is so naive, he drones on and on in his interviews but offers no hope of changing tactics. Any manager in his right mind plays his best players in their best positions. MM leaves some of our best players on the bench and plays others out of position. Our best goal scorer is forever on the bench, whilst our star forward flicks on to know one, ends up on the wings and can’t shoot! Xmas is too late, MM must go now so that another manager has time to assess th players and make use of the transfer window. Have you seen the fixtures for Jan and Feb? Oh my god we are doomed unless action is taken now. Almost anybody would be better than MM, but it is going to be difficult to attract anyone of any stature, maybe we need to bring in a duo of wannabee’s Wilkins and A.N. Other??
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@59: Yeah right, M. O’neill wants to come to a club who has a 90% chance of relegation!! We need minimum 30 points in 24 games to survive.
Only a Championship coach will accept to finish the season here before coaching years at a lower level….
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We want muppet mick out !!!
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I’ve enjoyed Mick’s reign at wolves, the achievement of getting us to the promiced land and surviving, and the funny interviews aswell as the man u reserve ‘incident’ that rocked the premier league I’ll remember. However your time has now come to step down before the whole of wolverhampton is chasing you out of molineux. You’re way out of your depth here in this league and your tactics and transfers this season haven’t helped. So bye and you can take clipboard connor with you.
Also, has steve bull ever had a go at management.
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NUMBER 42
AND GET IN THE REAL WORLD!!!
THE BLOKES USELESS
I PAY GOOD MONEY TO WATCH THIS RUBBISH!!!!!
I SUGGEST YOU GO AND SUPPORT THE TEAM WHEREVER MICK IN CHARGE NEXT IF YOU ARE SATISFIED WITH HIS DECISIONS!!
NAA GOO!!!
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Even the happy clappers are turning, not one of them on the blogs tonight. Shame the happy clappers that run our club aren’t turning as well.
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Super,
Super Frank!
Super,
Super Frank!
Super,
Super Frank!
Super Franky Rijkaard!!!!
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How bad does it have to get before something is done?
Is this a John Cleese farce? Why can’t I understand what is happening? Why is there no logic or reason in anything happening at Wolves?
This is all just madness and it must be stopped!
Even USA is starting to fall-apart, Doyle is a different player from last season and nobody smiles any more!
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Mad Mick Out – Get Wagner In!!!!
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Just knew we would lose when the excuses about centre backs were made at the beginning of the week. When we need points HOW CAN YOU PLAY MANCIENNE AHEAD OF MILIJAS? Totally and utterly clueless management, I’m sorry but last seasons survival is proving to be a bit of a fluke, now is the time to get in a more positive and attack minded manager (who also happens to make good buys in the transfer market). Blackpool (no disrespect to them) shouldn’t be any where near to us in terms of a talented squad, but our signings are beginning to look like disasters.
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Where are the stupid happy clappers now,we have got to sack this idiot manager and clipboard now and get martin in now before its to late.
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Steve Morgan, you are a disgrace, my daughter who is six years old can see McCarthy is crap!
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This guy is clueless. 451 away to Blackpool when we should be playing 442 getting right at Blackpool.
Get this muppet out of Wolves!!
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Our biggest problem now is that no one at the club, chairman, chief executive, manager or players, has a clue what they should do next next.
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I’m sooo shocked? I can’t believe what I’m reading! We have played some of the better teams so far this season! And played some quality football! We have create chances! And scored more goals! As far as I’m concerned we are still and always will be lucky to have Mick as our manager! The players worship him! A week ago! Jarvis was being talked about for England! Don’t kid me peolple! For a Manager who everyone rates and is building up our image after the years of abuse! And for the first manager for god knows how many long years to finali get us up and keep us up? I know alot of people look at results and rate their teams as their position on the table! Well we have been playing brilliant! Getting unlucky I agree! But as I’ll say now and say until the end of the season. Mick is our saviour! He will turn it around! Morgan knows he’s qualities! Also stop reading the headlines and making ur own views! Watch the full games and c the commitment they have! They wear their shirts with pride and if u don’t u don’t play! Look at Van dame! Stick with our Mick and watch his wonders!
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56 – how the hell can you have another favourite Premiership team if you claim you are a fan of the Wolves?!!
For me, I am Wolves thro and thro and couldn’t give a “flying duck” (typo!) for any other club – Premiership or otherwise!!
As for suggestions on the possible alternatives to MM as Manager….. it’s a no to Phil Brown from me despite one or two posters suggesting him as a possibility!
O’Driscoll from Donny might be worth a shout but he is unproven at Premiership level and I think would be seen as too high risk by the Molineux Board.
As for Martin O’Neill – if Villa couldn’t fulfill his ambitions I am not sure how the hell people think that we can?! A non starter I fear, even though I rate him as a manager.
In reality, the speculation on MM’s position is more than likely to be academic as I think that Morgan and Moxey will stick with him regardless of how the next few games pan out ….. which means (and I would be delighted if MM proved me wrong) that we are probably down already.
Wolves for life!
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MM thanks for everything you’ve done for the club but please , please , please…… do ONE more thing for it……………..thanks !
( Stay )Up the Wolves !!
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Another dour performance. Missed first goal due to delays in accessing ground – about 500 Wolves outside at kick off.
Had much possession but inept final pass and finshing. I cannot see how we can now get out of this mess. We seem incapable of defending adequately and when attacking either final pass is poor or strike on goal is tentative.
Early sub of Foley today seemed to be panic rather than constructive. USA keeper possibly at fault for both tangerine goals.
What a nightmare for us Blackpool Wolves this weekend.
First time this season away supporters have had a go at the team and management – much discontent!!
I hate to say this but MM and TC need to seek alternative employment. Even then we will struggle to stay up – but who knows with new ideas.
Sadly weekends are becoming a chore instead of an enjoyable experience. I can cope with good performances, trying and defeat by better teams – but Holloway’s mish mash army????
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59. I recommend that you ignore the fool that is 42 and do not grace his idiotic opinions with a reply.
Please remember that 42 is a stripey no mark, a carbuncle on the face of humanity and a total irrelevance to our great football club!
Wolves for life!
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everyone saying for mick to go!so who do you think should actually come in!and that’s realistically who will come in?Martin o Neil would not come here, just as robbie keane and lescott will not come back here and play either.
Do we seriously think that any manager will come in and do better than mick is doing now?i remember last year when everyone was calling for mick to go before the burnley game and then we turned it around and all was forgiven.
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all i can say is (Gus Poyet),get him in now its already odds on we are going down so make the change now and let him have a taste of the prem ready for the promotion push from the championship next season,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,in mad mick we dont trust,,,ilk
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All I am going to say is go on Blackpool FC site and hear what Ian Holloway says about Wolves.
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Two easy matches ( dingles words ) played, no points. Five winables to go, and counting.
Five points adrift from eighteenth place.
Mick needs £30m, to put things right in January.
JtH.
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Morgan & Moxey….
… Sometimes you have to make hard calls, and being loyal to Mick is only going to give us less chance of keeping our PREMIER status with the big boys. SIMPLES…
Possible front runners…
. Warnock & Curle
. Ray Wilkins
. Curbishley
. Poyet
dark horses….
. Paul Ince
. Darren Ferguson
. Gary Megson
. Martin O´niel
. Sam Alladice & Mimms
lol some of them are more likely than others, any other shouts ????????????
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Theres a good manager at doncaster got to be worth a chance? a wolves fan aswell
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Above photogragh,
Mick has thrown down the gauntlet and Ian has picked it up, and won the fight. JtH.
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did not think i would be writing this mick has proved he he is not up to this level last season we where lucky in a poor season no midfield creativy defence is a shambles lets change now up the wolves
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36 Hartlebury Torch Man,
lmfao its funny cus its true but dastardly and muttley would make a better management team than mad mick and clipboard conner end of,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,in mad mick we dont trust,,,ilk
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15 enough said time for action,sorry m8 but its alresdy to late but like i said in 1 of my other posts get gus poyet in and give him a taste of prem footie ready for the push for promotion next season from the championship,he likes to play football and he,s a new manager and not 1 of the stale managers who for some reason keeps getting jobs,,,WE ARE WOLVES,,,in mad mick we dont trust,,,ilk
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Viewed over the 4 year period there is no doubt that MM has done a great job for Wolves but I do now fear he has reached the end of the road. We ARE heading for relegation and all the good work of the last 3 years is being undone. Man-for-man we should beat Blackpool but,yet again,we were let down when the stakes were high.
Why oh why was our Milijas, our best player in the last month, left on the bench and Mancienne brought in? Every time he and Henry have played together this season it has failed!
We’re gong down with the Albion!
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Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy Kingdom come,
thy will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven
Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us our trespasses,
as we forgive those who trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom,
the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.
Amen.
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Thank goodness we have now got rid of 2 of the easier games. Won’t be long before we can get slaughtered by the top 5 and we can say how well we played and how unlucky we are. Where are those twits Grace and Johnwolf? You know those staunch McCarthy dimwits who are never wrong? As I said it’s clowns like these so called “supporters” that keep us where we are by accepting this tripe as normality. I also repeat that Morgan and Moxey are cowards, they will do absolutely nothing to rectify the situation. Morgan is more interested in his building venture than our team. How much longer do I have to hear “if we lose next week he has to go” ?
McCARTHY OUT NOW !
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56 – off you go then pal – whoever the manager and whatever the results, anyone thinking about supporting another team can gladly go and do it.
Mick had got 2 games at the most to save his job as a new man would need a few weeks to see what he needs to buy in January.
Those asking for o’neill – he left villa because there wasn’t enough ambition to move into the top four – give me one realistic reason why he would come here?
Curbishly for me – operates well on a limited budget and gets his clubs punching above their weight (ill fated spell at west ham aside) also plays decent football!
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Newsflash to Mick – how can you say you are fed up of playing well and getting nothing?? If we havnt defended well or been clinical enough then we havnt played well. The games about goals not looking good without doing anything. Do u honestly think we play well even if we lose?? That’s just thick!!!
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42. Realy constructive comment. Sitting on the wall like that will eventually give you, like it does me, a pain in the ass. What was it you really wanted to say?
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42, CAN TELL BY YOUR mail you´re not a Wolves fan but since you cared to comment you deserve an answer. It´s not about being two faced or fickle, it´s about being straight and convinced that this management team is NO BL–DING GOOD!!!!!!!!!!
You´d feel the same I´m sure, if it was happening to your beloved WBA
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The best MM ever achieved as far as I can recall, was to be a HALF decent defender.
Shame he CLEARLY HAS NOT been able to transform this into man management.
Michael MM Manciene is living proof of this. (And er why has he never seriously featured for Chelsea………?)
Also, why bother to catalogue MM´s consistent mistakes, ie E40 million mispent in the transfer market. It´s been said often enough before, never mind our seasons statistics so far.
Come on Mr Morgan GET HIM OUT NOW and get Curbishley in. Forget Gus Poyet, he´s having a great time with Brighton, why would he want to come to the Mol, he´ll be visiting next season anyway probably counting on going home with three points already!
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Well. That´s about it then, isn´t it? Can´t win against Blackpool. 11 defeats from 13 odd games. If MM himself can´t see he´s out of his depth and his boss can´t see it either, then we are in for a grim six months until this pitiful shambles of a season is over and we have to begin to recycle in theChampionship.
So promising, so sad, so sorry, so heart broke.
My feeling of disapointment goes out to all of you who pay week in week out to go our beloved Mol and beyond.
Sh-t happen but better not to us.
Me, I don´t see a way out unless MORGAN takes the reigns and acts, if he doesn´t I´ll seriously consider my love affair with WWFC to be over, I´ve given up my relationship with women for less.
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#42 your spot on mate
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People at the top won’t sack Mick , cus they know even if we don’t win another game this season, we will turn up week in , week out. Shame we cant be like blues and albion fans who stay away perhaps then the fans would be listened too.
Millijas out
And the worse premiership midfielder I have EVER seen comes in for him Michael I do nothing all game mancieene come in for him to yet again run around like a headless chicken.
Great Mick, simply great
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Things are grim, and yes, we’re probably relegated already. 2 things though:
1. All these people saying ‘I have never liked Mick’ – were you griping about him even when we won the league? Or last season when we played more than well enough to stay up?
Mick has been absolutely the best thing to happen to Wolves since Bully was working his magic. Give the man some credit.
2. Sack MM and who do you really expect us to get? O’ Neill? No chance. He’s not gonna go from a club with aspirations of playing in Europe to trying to save Wolves who have very limited resources and are odds-on to make him look bad by going down.
I don’t know what the solution is either but if we sack Mick, I can’t see anyone decent filling the gap.
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One more game, must win or Mick’s time together with clipboard should be up. Why always end up playing all our forward up front with no quality service from anybody [except Jarvis] Even USA looks bad. The buck has to stop at Mick’s door so Mr Morgan please get rid now or give the £10 note back!
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For a while I felt sorry for Mad Mick & his hungry bunch of losers. Early & late goals conceded should be, in the end laid at his or TC´s door.
Bad luck can strike at anybody anytime. Look at Liverpool for a recent take on how the mighty are fallen from their perch.
BAD LUCK is what it is for Wolves, was what I concluded.
In a fit of rational I figured it was Mad Mick who bought the players he wanted ( How many times did we hear he was satisfied with his squad?)
If there´s any blame to lay, it´s at MM´s door. Get rid of him quick, I say, and if Morgan is a REAL football man, he´ll already know who his preference as a succesor will be……………and if not Mr Morgan, pack yer own bag too.
If not……………..Ouch
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One would have thought that the last two games should have yielded us some points.However Wolves have once again failed miserably.Enough is enough!
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Wolves sack Manager….This is the headline the majority of Wolves supporters are demanding, and rightly so, the man is not up the job, even you must see that Mr Morgan.
We will be relegated, no doubts about that, unless you move very fast and appoint an experienced Premiership Manager to take immediate charge, and pull us out of this.
We have talent that is not being utilised to the teams advantage, and players like Jarvis will be easy pickings for Premiership clubs, as he will not want to play Championship football, and who could blame him.
Consider if you will the second rate and disappointing players McCarthy has spent your money on, none of which would appeal to any other club.
Doyle- great disappointment
Hunt – Will never make the grade
Fletcher- Not interested & past his prime
Milijas- Plays o.k but at the end of his career
The other three signings have been out of their depth in the Premiership, and while Hannermann has tried, our defenders are abismal.
We need as urgent priority, a new leader, who can re motivate these guys to believe in themselves, and I wager some success will follow.
Would you continue to pay the thousand of pounds you pay Mick, for little or no return, at any one of your business enterprises ? I don’t think so.
Make it this week Mr Morgan, Wolves are a laughing stock, and its getting worse and I, as a Wolves supporter of many years, am embarrassed that the Wolves board is so weak, they refuse to accept that our Club is dying.
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I was there during the dark days in the fourth division and i must admit i enjoyed watching the wolves more. Its shameful to watch such a great team going down week in week out. Having watch the game today this must spell the end of MM rein as manager. Its great that we are playing fantastic but there is no end product. I fear where our next win is going to come from. Its not Moxey and Morgan’s policy to sack as then they would have to pay MM compensation. Maybe we could bring in kenny Daglish as technical Director to add some steel. i live in hope like so many wolves fans but its the club that comes first not the manager. UTW
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Can’t believe he hasn’t been sacked yet. 7 games where we needed to win at least 4 due to the points we dropped at Fulham, Spurs, Wigan and at home to Villa, Newcastle & West Ham, and we start off by losing the first 2, which were the easier of the first 6 games. Now they are all tougher matches – Sunderland, Blackburn, Birmingham and West Brom – until Wigan on Boxing Day. But by then we might be all but relegated unless McCarthy is sacked.
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Unfortunately McCarthy won’t resign and even more unfortunate is the fact that the people at the top won’t push him………… until it’s TOO late.
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Two cr*p performances in Blackpool today Wolves and Anne Widecombe
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In 2007 Mr Morgan promised to invest 30 million into the club.3 years on where is it?If you have done so then accept my apologies however show us where its been spent.From a fans perspective the money spent on players has come from the Premier League not your pockets.
You need to invest in the team before a new ground but not sure even I would trust MM with that sort of money judging on recent signings
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sorry folks but mick has had enough time now. more money spent than any other time poor results follow??? go figure, i think the players have become complacent under MM, they know that they can get away with not performing and remain in the team (ward,stearman,edwards)so there is no incentive for them the fact they keep coming out and saying we are not mentioning relegation in the dressing room(foley,henry,stearman,doyle)says something in itself. make no bones about it guys and gals we are gonna struggle to stay up if things do not change as of now. Mick HAS to go.
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MM has been good for wolves no matter what anyone says!!!!!!!, if it was not for him we would not be where we are now. However even the best managers in the world reach a point at a club where they have taken it as far as they can, i think MM has to realise that he has reached that point with us. Mick you are a genuine person i have no doubt that you have wolves best interests in your heart and for this reason please please please resign now before you are sacked once relagation is realised. If you resign now at least your tenure can be remembered for taking us into the PL and not taking us down from it. This way you get to leave with your pride intact and whoever comes in (Ray Wilkins+Gus Poyet), will have a decent amount of time to assess and adress our problems. As regards to all of you mentioning Mr Morgans investment in Wolves, remember this Morgan has not spent a fraction of what we think he has on this club, the vast majority of the monies paid by wolves in transfer fee,s and wages have come from our prem money not his pocket. Any talk of investment into the stadium is just pipe talk i can walk in to any architects with £500 in my pocket and get some wonderful plans for the redevelopement of the ground, (just look at the ex Coventry chairman who for years got players to join with new exciting plans for there new ground) it NEVER HAPPENED, and neither will the new mol.
My love for this club will never die along with the vast majority of supporters Mr Morgan knows this and so when relagations is assured he can put his plans back into the cupboard and look forward to spening the parachute payments for 3 years to come, with th knowledge that we will continue to come and watch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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When we were promoted I made the call on this very forum that MICK as done his bit for the club and lets shake his hand and show him the door.Sometimes this sort of JUDGEMENT as to be made,Mick as a proven track record of doing well with lower league teams,SUNDERLAND was and is the proof that his type of thinking and way of playing are just not suited to premiership football,add with the fact that it is well documented that MICK is stubborn at the best of times and does not adapt his methods.This combination is only ever going to result in relegation.
I am also aware go down this season and he will most likely bring us up again,but then it will be another struggle.So if we want to be a club who spends one season grinding out results in the championship and going up,then spends a season in the premiership losing.
It hurts so much because we were presented with a real oppurtunity to establish ourselves in the premiership,as the standard is not the same as a few years ago,its alot lower.MICK as to go for the club to move forward.A couple decades of struggle had the chance to end when we got promoted,we were a stable club with money to invest and not in a pressure cooker situation to win trophies,only pressure was to maintain our premiership status.The situation was not thought out properly,I say this with a heavy heart but MICK WILL get us relegated.The reasons are very well documented by his buys,team selections and the biggest contributor to mick not ever being a top manager.His contradictory ways and favouring the boys he gets on better with and wanting graft over guile and playing to stifle teams and get results with luck as to going out and PLAYING to WIN.
Goodbye MICK………………………….O.
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i think we should stick with MM.
he got us there and kept us there, even got us a very respectable position on his 1st season even though we had 10 players when he took over..
does this not count for anything???
he’s unearthed some gems in jarvis, kightly and a few others from lower leagues.
i’m not calling for his head as i believe MM’s strength is getting teams into the premier, if we go down let him take us back up again as i know he will have no problems taking us up again.
then look at the situation and how far he may take us.
maybe he has taken us as far as he possibly can but while SM wants him there i’ll be 100% behind him and every player in a WWFC shirt, no matter how low we are in the league.
get behind the boys and show support don’t get on their backs, show support….
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And the next manager who’ll have no choice but to decide it’s sensible to buy players almost solely from previously relegated teams is……..
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i have been one of mm biggest fans and i don’t like to see any manger get the sack but surely now is the time for mm to go before it is too late.it alright playing nice football and dominating games but that does not get us 3 points every game and lets face it football is a results led business!
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Cant make up my mind which was the worst
performance in Blackpool yesterday Anne Widecombe or Wolves. What a disgrace MM has surely run out of time he clearly is not good enough to manage at this level. Thanks for ewverything Mick and good luck but please Morgan bring in a manager with PL experience before its too late
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Say we want McCarthy out, say we want McCarthy out!
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Steve Morgan made the mistake of sitting amongst the Wolves fans with Bully yesterday – more than a few people were venting their fury at the performance so I’m sure he won’t do that again!!
Shocking performance and has to be the end of Mick and Clipboard. Out-thought and out-fought by a Championship team of journeymen. No leadership, midfield shocking other than Milijas. Doyle awful, Hunt terrible, Foley and Elokobi were jokes.
9 defeats in 11 games says it all.
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Well for the first time since MM took over at Wolves – I am thinking he has to go. I love the guy but think he has taken Wolves as far as he can. Too much tinkering and the use of players out of position just to accommodate a favoured few. Its not good enough any more. Wolves are a big club and need fresh modern management to steer them back into the higher echelons of the Premier league. It doesnt take a rocket scientist to know something is not right when Blackpool, Bolton, Sunderland etc etc – all teams that have struggled in the past – are way ahead of us at this time. Sorry Mick – but I now have to agree – its time for you to go with our heartfelt thanks and best wishes for what you have done for us so far.
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56. Rob H – switch to your other club. Wolves dont need fickle fans like you !! Never heard anything so ridiculous.
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Well,what can you say.Only one thing to say,Goodbye Mick you tactical genius.Once again you played a blinder.Did you drop Milijas for Mancienne because you wanted an extra defender to combat the fire-power of Mighty Blackpool or did you bang your head when you got out of bed? Mr.Morgan,Please,please,please,get rid of this idiot now and bring in Martin O`Niell to salvage our season and bring some pride back to the club.Don`t even think about Wilkins
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Mick has been a great servant to Wolves but the simple fact is he has taken us as far as he can. He is a fantastic Championship manager, one of the best, but has a track record of failure in the top tier. It’s time for a change whilst we still have an outside chance of staying up.
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Frank Rijkaard?
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42,get your facts right, the people who are calling for micks head are not the same was that are supporting him, dont know wether you just read the comments or actually look at the person who as made them. and yes there probably is the odd one that change thier mind every week but thats the same at every club.( ive supported mm since he came to the club but even i feel i cant back him anymore). typical tar everyone with the same brush attitude.
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56. Rob H, im not a mick lover mate i just backed him because he is our manager, which is what you are supposed to do with your mananger. ive never actually thought he was that good but at the end of the day he got us to the prem and kept us there last season, doesnt matter wether the prem wasnt that great or not he deserved his chance this season but hes had that chance and as failed miserably. its time for a change i for one think we have the players to do it if they are played in the right positions and we dont go to places like Blackpool and play a defensive formation, Ebanks-Blake comes in scores gets dropped next game comes back gets dropped again next game, Fletcher playing on the wing, Millias dropped our best palymaker and he scores goals. our 3 top scorers left on the bench yesterday against a team that only know how to attack.
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drop doyle, simple doesnt score enough, drop USA, has been poor in the last few games, Left back, put a proper defender there not a striker come defender or a centre back whos to slow. we are not better than last season, we are getting worse, i cannot for the life of me understand what is going on at moment, how can we play so well against the top four to then play so poor,but i’m not sold on the we are playing better. keeping the ball and then producing nothing at the end of it will not win games !!! Its not over as over clubs are starting to free fall now , but six points adrift now is not good.
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With certain notable exceptions (Sir Alex Ferguson), there are only so many times that a manager and his backroom staff can walk into the same dressing romm and make the same speeches. Most managers have a natural life span at football clubs and it is now painfully obvious that MM is life expired at Wolves.
Morgan, act now before you lose the support and the faith of the Molineux many. This season is a gonner and most people would accept that. Appoint a new manager and you might just get lucky. Failing that, your new manager will have half a season to assess the playing staff and the new manager will be under no pressure from the fans with regard to this season’s outcome.
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McCarthy is showing the classic signs of someone under severe pressure, strange, erratic decision making & then changing his mind early in the game.
Eg leaving Milijas out, then swicthing Mannciene & Foley after 20 mins, then bringing Milijas on after 30 mins, a complete waste of a substitution opportunity.
We need to play a settled team.
2 wins in 14 tells a sorry tale & I think it’s time for a change if we are serious about staying up.
However I’d stop short of a panic appointment, as some earlier post suggests, Phil Brown, do me a favour!!!!
Realistically Alan Curbishly would be a decent appointment.
The only silver lining to what is a very dark cloud at the moment is the goal for Doyle.
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Did we really think we would not be in a relegation battle half way through the season?
Take a look at the teams around us and hand on heart, we have seen some cracking performances recently only undone by cruel twists and turns. Blackpool never threatened our goal apart from a set piece and a wonder goal. We peppered theirs and deserved an equalizer. I don’t care if we face Chelsea, Blackpool or Accrington Stanley, a point away and 3 at home is good enough for a new Premiership side.
Of course, it’s points that count and without them, memories of great play will fade faster than Saturday bruises on Monday morning. But as you look at the the form of those amongst us there is surely reason to stay calm. Now is not the time to fold it’s time to unite.
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Mick Out NOW!!!
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If Fulham get a win today, then that will put us 8 points from safety.thats 3 wins needed to be in the safe zone, and to think, we have only won 2 games all season..dont take much working out which way we are heading….
Our noisy neighbours have been losing the last few weeks and were still 7 points behind them so just shows how bad we are.
Never have liked Mcarthy and will never forgive him for slagging the fans off a couple of years ago.
Does us all a favour and go…
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Ive just gotten back from a weekend in Blackpool and was at the match and it was diabolical,..Milijas dropped for Jones when he is in his best form is totally unforgiveable and just shows MM has finally lost the plot,…Morgan sat with Steve Bull with the away fans and was surrounded by fans at the end…but I doubt he will do anything…but he must if he seriously wants to rebuild the ground and team….also on another note I dont think we will see much more of Hahnemann, as after his spat with the south bank at last home match he didnt look interested and at the end of the match game over and threw his gloves, top etc into the crowd as though it was his swan song… we need to do something drastic or were down.
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Sorry, Mick, the time has come to say you’ve taken us as far as you can.
Looking around, I see only two men who can save us now. Ray Wilkins, if we can get through the legal issues, and Bryan Robson. Both of these men are internationally famous midfielders and have extensive coaching experience. I would like to see Wilkins in charge with Robbo number 2. Forget the Albion thing, he would get the best out of our young midfielders and serve as the inspiration we need.
UTW.
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Martin o neill spotted at the golden palace earlier this week,hope fully this is true..
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Msrtin O’Neil surely!!!
Mick has been good for us by getting us up but he is an out and out CHAMPIONSHIP MANAGER NOT PREMIERSHIP.
Please Mr Morgan. B4 ITS TOO LATE.
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You lot should have listened to Bob! Where’s all the Mick lovers now?
Get him and clipboard out or we will be back in the championship…. with the same capacity stadium.
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MM – I have ordered a taxi – it is waiting outside !!
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I think the next four games are going to be make or break for MM and wolves. Which is a shame because although we haven’t been lethal enough in front of goal we have played well this season going forward. The big problem is when teams are attacking us. We give attackers all the time in the world and back off until we get to our penalty area. Last season we were great at closing down players quickly and not giving them time to pick a pass. I hope we can start defending as a team again, stop letting players shoot from range, and pick up some points or sadly I fear the worst for MM. Keep the faith. UTW.
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Mick take a leaf out of Gordon Strachans book do the honourable thing. Tear up your contract and walk away without a penny. Prove to all the supporters what we know already, that you have taken this club as far as your “ability” will allow. You are NOT a Premiership manager, that has been proven without a doubt, thanks and goodbye.
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56, are you for real? You actually tout yourself as a true supporter? Just like that, can swap one team for another? Goodness, I say “go,” and do so before Mick does, as this ship will list less without you and any other bandwagon fans trying to sink it with such heartless compassion…only for your own self-gratifying egos.
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Geneva Wolf, 61, you and other rational supporters have the spirit, and realize this is not the time to undermine, but pull-in ranks and get behind the team. Well done! UTW!
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9 points from 42 & only 2 wins maybe morgan just needs facts?
hope this does the trick then!!
the bloke starts every game wanting a draw!
mancienne & henry away to blackpool??? wtf? how the hell could you drop milijas the form he has been in, especially for jones who has looked poor this season (head is elsewhere) & then bring him on just because us fans shouted for him! what this says is…… i know we need a goal now so ill bring on my forward minded players who will probably create a few chances or maybe score one! so what was he thinking at start? i tell you what … draw draw draw! madness!! oh n whilst im here! blake looks v sharp at mo arguably better than doyle so far this yr! so why are we not playing him at start of games? “if your face dont fit then on the bench you’ll sit” MM’s moto!
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146 – let’s not forget if we had listened to you, SOUTHBANK (where’s he gone?), SBWAL and your other mates, we’d be watching Paul Ince manage us in League 1 by now. (What a shame we missed out on him before he hit it big!). Sooner or later you’ll get your wish and Mick will go – I’ll give it a month before you decide the next guy knows less than you too.
Also your lack of respect for the coach who has given many years of loyal service to the club and being named by so many players as the one who developed them shows what a truly ignorant individual you are.
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Well I’ve read all the negative comments, and the couple of supportive one’s too. The conclusion I’ve come to is one I drew back in the 70′s watching Wolves from the old North Bank, and that is that the majority of Wolves “fans” are not supporters, they are moaners. When your team is having difficulties you should support them, not deride and abuse them. MM is currently our best manager for the last 20 years, we are not relegated yet there are 72 points to play for, and we are going to do just that! So, get behind the team and manager, roar them on to success, come on fellow fans you know it makes sense. Up the Wolves.
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Simple fact – Mick has 4 games to save his job Sunderland, Blackburn, Birmingham & West Brom, anything less than 9 points from this lot and we are bottom at Christmas and face a massive task to survive.
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146…Bob..don’t forget I’ve been with you every step of the way. Where’s JOHNWOLF and his stupid ramblings when you need him.Made himself look a bit of a wally hasn’t he? 4 points from 39 is an ABSOLUTE DISGRACE…. and statistically McCathy loses 6 games in every 10 in the PL.. so..we are stuffed….over you to Mr Morgan Ostrich
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Its simple enough to say the old cliche ‘Its a results business’ and unfortunately MM & Co have simply not won enough games for whatever reasons
Although we have no define right to win any game the fact that we give goals away right at the start of each game is beyond a joke!
Players appear short of ideas and frankly look clueless in games from a lack of leadership!
We huff and puff but end up achieving nothing
The list is endless and probably pointless to bother with
In short – I hope that te club are looking now to find an immediate replacement before December arrives as imv I dont see MM and Co changing anything on the pitch or in the team
Or will JM and SM just roll over and wait allowing MM to bring us up again in yo yo fashion from the Chumpionship?
Imv MM & Co are not the medium and long term Prem management solution – but are the cheap option for the CEO and SM
Even if MM & Co can serve up a miracle and keep us up – Its time we looked forward with a capable management team that have tactical knowledge and can cope with similar funded teams plus the abillity to see what players our team needs instead of playing players based on the ‘put in a shift theory’
The current team has too many passengers – but imv a better management team will be able to organise the existing squad far better Its time for a change!
We demand far better!
Up the Wolves!
PS Thanks for all you’ve done MM & Co but imv you’re a great Championship Manager Im afraid the Premiership is outdoing you again!
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94 totally agree get this man now mr morgan while we still have a chance of staying up cmon me babies
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abu diabi wolf? carnt you and your billionare mates buy the club off sm and sack mm and get marinio in or neil warnock?
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Here I am, clown!!!
I think you’ll find it’s ‘twits’ like me & most of the other people that post on here, that actually support our club, you know, go to the games & spent our money backing the club, not sat on our backsides, slagging everything the team & club do week in week out, you hypocritical fool, don’t try & pass yourself of as a fan, coz your not.
Just someone who used to live in the area, that everyone has probably forgot about, yet you try to pass yourself off as being a sucess under some stone the other side of the world, cretin!!!
And for the record, I ain’t a McCarthy fan, I just try to have balanced views & don’t just come on here to bleat negative nonsense all the time.
Enjoy watching the TV.
I’m sure Ive just seen you crawling around on Linford Cristie’s back, No????
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I have been supportive of Mick but I think he has now shown that he cannot get this team to a higher level then last year. He is not getting the ebst out of a squad who should be in mid table comfortably. Time to see who can do it and whilst they have the time to make an impact. Of course ONeil would be favourite but Wilkins has done marvelous stuff at Chelsea and deserves a chance to shine as a mangager again. Come on Mr Chairman, make the tough decision and lets give ourselves a fighting chance of avoiding the drop – which would be disastrous as we would lose ALL of our Prem standard players.
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There is a fairly savage cross section of views being expressed over; not just this result, but the performances over the season so far.
Justifiable – absolutley.
These views are born out of a love & affection for a football club that goes back way farther then Mick McCarthys reign & even before Steve Morgan stole the club for 10quid. This love affair began in the late 1800′s & has survived some exceptional times & some very gruesome times – all of which have been written before so we won’t go into too much detail, except to say we are fed up with an underperfoming team which should be far stronger & capable this season then last.
Forget 2nd season syndrome, this is a poor excuse for when things go wrong & boy are they going wrong bigtime!
Someone quite rightly said in an earlier post that Steve Morgan would not retain the services of an underperforming manager in his Redrow Construction business, which lets be honest is, & has proved very successful. How does this differ with running a football club we have to ask ourselves. The only outcome I can think of was born when appointing Mick in the role as manager, when things were tough trying to get out of the championship, the CEO & the owner stated it was a long term plan built on a 3 year goal. We achieved that & now we are into the second part of the long term goal – establishing ourselves as one of the EPL teams. We all believe the Wolves belong there, but it is no god given right based on the history of our great club. This status has to be earned & fought for. Once you have it you have to work even harder to maintain it. Do we have it? As I see it this season we are a long way from achieving this status.
We all want to see change as we can all see it has become stale & predictable. It’s no good getting on the players backs (except of course if they are not 100% committed) as they are selected based on events on the training ground, & will play where they are told to play.
Questions have to be answered by MM & TC these questions should be coming from Jez & Steve; which in my view is not interfering with the day to day running of the football team (Micks job) not club (Steve Morgans job) & there is a difference. But when it comes to money spent & team selection & if it was my money I would be looking for answers.
Q1 Why spend so much money on a striker (Fletcher) & not play him as a striker?
Q2 Why spend so much money on a LB, (van Damme) which has been our weakest position for two seasons & not play him?
Q3 Why spend money on one of the best play makers (Millijas) in Europe last season & not play him consistently?
Q4 We spend good money on a CB (Zubar) & play him out of position.
Q5 Why are we playing a striker (Ward) as a LB. Sometimes players do revert to alterantive roles & there was no better example of this then Ray Kennedy at Liverpool when he joined from Arsenal, but it didn’t happen overnight. Even our own John Richards started as a winger before moving to inside forward to partner the Doog.
Q6 Why are we playing a RB (Foley) anywhere then his rightful position.
I could go on, but Mick please take the blinkers off & talk to the fans. We know you are a gruff Yorkshireman with wit & grit, but your stubborness will be the downfall of you with this great club. All the memories that you have achieved will be soured very quickly if this decline continues.
We know you are a proud man Mick & resignation would not be a sign of weakness in the eyes of our supporters, but a sign of strength in realising you have taken the club as far as you can & it’s time to hand the reigns over. TC you also need to move on as you have become to comfortable in your position at the Wolves. You have overcome many managerial changes at Wolves without losing your position & have become more stale then Mick.
Final note, I see there is talk of Everton having interest in Karl Henry – I say let him go..
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im a mm fan and dont want him to go. people are sayin oneil should get the job, but why would he want to come here? he left a job going for a european place we will allways be in a relegation fight. we arent that far behind safety a few wins and we could b ok. lets get behind the team and help turn our season round
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Sorry Mick , but your record of wins/games played is now the same as when you were last managing in the premership (Sunderland).
They also got relegated with a very poor goal/scored record!!
Does this ring any bells ?
The game has moved on from when you played..now very quick and tactically better.
We need a manager who knows the club and is very good tactically..i suggest Sean O’Driscoll who is noted as “the wenger of the football league” or Gus Puyot ?
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Well said 163.
Who would want to come here especially with the supporters we have here – fickle
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Cant believe some of you are still saying be patient!! and that the times not right!!!
When is the time right then, when we are relegated????
Are you really Wolves fans or Baggies in disguise??
Many of us have been calling for a change since the debacles of Man Utd and Crystal Palace last year. Whilst that doesnt mean we are Mick haters!! it does mean perhaps we are realists that appreciate good tactics when we see them.
Please Mr Morgan act now and please bring in a Manager with some creative flair.
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163 & 165 What team are you referring to?? The one that includes Doyle, Jarvis, Foley, Milijas etc etc will be gone if we are relegated.
The Club the Team the fans are bigger than one man. Grow a pair and grow up.
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163,165.Stick with MM you say.Problem with MM is that a win ration of 21% with Wolves and 16% overall as a premiership manager does not fill me with the confidence that he can turn it around.Read his comments on Wolves homepage,Kevin Foley has been magnificent this season but he was having a tough time,So i changed things and put him in midfield,AND THEN I THOUGHT I MIGHT AS WELL HAVE A MIDFIELDER ON.More the comments of a sunday league manager than a premiership one.
Dont understand his way of thinking Blackpool worst home record 3 points needed to kickstart the revival and he drops Miljas for Mancienne,just does not know his best starting Eleven a third of the way through the season.Not Fickle just very concerned.
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Why do I bother? Another lousy weekend…
Championship here Wolves come…
BTW. Jay Bothroyd just played for England, How come? He was a Wolves player and we sold him… Great business that was… (NOT)
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Alan Curbishley or Sean O’Driscoll please! When we got promoted, I was of the view we should sack McCarthy and get a manager who can secure a club as a top flight team. Nothing has disproven that so far, only a huge waste of money on average or worse players – Halford, Mujangi, Surman, Maierhofer, Mancienne, Castillo et al. Then having misguided loyalties to favourites who aren’t doing it, and not using useful players when he had the chance (like Guedioura and Van Damme).
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169. I wouldn’t get too excited about Bothroyd. He’s not PL quality, let alone international quality. A few goals in a good team and he’s called up. If we were top of the Championship now and banging in the goals, Ebanks-Blake would be in the England squad. In fairness to MM, that’s the one area he hasn’t let us down with. He hasn’t sold players who have then gone on to prove him wrong. Mark Davies is the only one who comes close to an argument he should have been given games, but then he’s only on the bench at Bolton at present.
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169 – oldgoldnblack. Hindsight is a marvellous thing. If you surveyed 1,000 Wolves fans when JB was here, I’d imagine the number of people suggesting he’d play for England was in the single digits. Can’t blame anyone for that really.
As for Martin O’Neill – I really don’t think he likes Wolves. I recall the programme notes following McGoo’s move from Leicester to Wolves. His comments were that Wolves(and McGoo) had acted terribly. However, he said he could understand when Little left to go to Villa – which was pretty much the same thing (other than Little having a link to Villa). Whilst he’d be an improvement on MM, I think the messiah-like status some people have afforded him is a little misguided.
Curbishley has been out of the game for ages and despite applying for jobs has never been hired. Is there some reason behind this? And whilst he did a decent job at Charlton all those years ago, he hardly set West Ham on fire in his last managerial stint.
Can’t imagine why Warnock, who has admitted to loving life down South, would leave a team with strong financial backing and likely to get promoted to a team likely to get relegated.
Unless Morgan has some contacts from his Liverpool days – Sammy Lee?!?!? – the best we could do would be O’Driscoll. But that’s a pretty big risk.
If we get relegated, arguably MM is the best man to get us up again, which is a pretty awful kind of catch-22 situation. We’re in a tight spot but I think there’s no alternative other than sticking with the man.
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Once again McCarthy shows he hasn`t got a clue.Watching the match it was obvious most of the team didn`t know what to do.He dropped Milijas against a team like Blackpool?He had his son on the bench?Why did he ever buy Hunt?I could go on I suppose but one thing I did realise we really do need a goalkeeper I don`t know about Ikeme but the two we have are just not good enough.We also need Lescott back,Keane back and a Manager who can sort our position out quickly.GET MARTIN O`NIELL MR.MORGAN.STOP DILLYDALLYING,ACT NOW.GET READY TO SPLASH THE CASH IN JANUARY OR WE ARE DOWN.
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I agree with a lot of comments on here that Mick has either run his course or in my opinion he needs to open his eyes to a few things that are going on. Dropping Milijas was a poor decision if anyone else come in to run the club he’s be first name on the board come a match. Fletcher needs some more pitch time in the righ position a 4-4-2 would work fine now with the width and attackers we have if the right defenders we’re picked. In the summer McCarthy knew the defence wasn’t quite there so purchased x2 defenders for them to sit on the bench??? A strange decision (which he makes a lot of) In his defence though we don’t see what’s going on behind the scenes on the training ground etc. All these cries for Martin O’Neil please stop he is not the answer he has done well with Celtic mainly so did Strachan and look what happened to him. I also spotted someone say Ray Wilkins REALLY??? I don’t know who would be worth turning to maybe Kenny Dalgleish but that would only happen because Morgan is close with him from the trying to buy Liverpool days. I know whatever happens it’s not looking good for us at all Sunderland next we’ll see what happens ‘When saturday comes’.
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Ok, Well, it does amuse me that the happer clappers have disappeared virtually. Maybe the penny has dropped that McCarthy is out of his depth.
Why playe your championship defence? You’ve had 2 years in the premiership and nearly £40 million spent, and yet you play your championship defence?
Why drop Milijas, arguably one of only 3 or 4 genuinely premiership quality players?
Why dont you play your record signing up front alongside doyle, where you bought him for?
I said before the game to go 4-4-2 but bizarrely you go 4-5-1 and drop your only truely creative midfielder to play your old championship favourites.
Why? because you are a championship manager hopelessly out of your depth at this level.
Please, go now and give us a chance of staying up.
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114 – I want Mick out, and I believe he is totally out of his depth.
However, your assesment of the players is way off the mark and frankly is laughable.
The problem is the team is McCarthy’s championship favourties. The players you’ve listed are our best players.
You aren’t Mad Mick are you?
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It’s probably a bit premature to start talking about changing managers.
However the 3rd round transfer window/FA Cup exit/sacking season is getting closer every week.
Results need to improve pdq or the season will be written off by the owner, and there will be nothing to be lost in making a short term change. It might even shake the players up.
What perplexes me about MM a former international centre back, is the number of sub-standard defenders we’ve signed during his tenure. Veteran Jody Craddock, essentially baggage from the Dave Jones’ era who MM tried to off-load to Stoke, still features as our best and most consistent defender. How can this be?
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115 Dudley Dave – “Maybe we could bring in kenny Daglish as technical Director to add some steel.”
Good suggestion. Mick needs someone authoritative to help him out, although I think that maybe Kenny Dalglish might prefer going to Liverpool’s games.
Trouble is, I don’t think listening is Mick’s forté, but I’d like Steve Morgan to try this approach (ASAP). Mick might resign, or he just might find that it helps him to become the successful manager we’d like him to be.
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Take a look at yourselves, Wolves fans.
Anyone that went to Blackpool on Saturday would have been hugely impressed by a home support that cheered and chanted support for 90 minutes.
The negativity that surronds Wolves from a noisey minority has been compounded by a media campaign highlighting our tackling (Henry booked for his only foul on Saturday).
Confidence on the pitch has been eroded and now we are facing relegation.
A change of manager will cause further disruption and unless we bring in a top manager then change will not work.
Get behind the team, support the club.
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Those on here who are now suggesting Ray Wilkins as a future manager should remember that his previous forays in that position were not that successful. I like him a lot but see him as what he was, a number two, a valuable advisor and confidente. He had a great career but we all know that does not guarantee top managerial qualities. Many on here are unhappy and fearful of the future and MM is being slagged off, but I am going to stay behind him for the foreseeable future – so I guess I will now be slagged off too.
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Crystall ball time.We wont sack MM (the board will say he deserves to be given a chance to get us back up) and the ground will not be developed.If Morgan had the bottle MM would be sacked this morning.NONE of his signings made in the summer are good enough and we are worse than last year.
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Ray Wilkins, simple, he is PL quality, he basically ran the show at Chelsea as Mr Ancelotti cant even speak English. Do it now Morgan, he would definately come as he knows tht he still has time to keep us up, do it in 4 or 5 weeks however, he may think differently. Wilkins is the man!
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Sir Billy Quiet
You are completely out of touch with Wolves fans and the club.
Negativity is created by the manager. If we were flying in the league there wouldn’t be any. But the fact is we are joint bottom of the league, with a manager that has spent huge amounts of money and then plays basically a championship defence.
I’m sorry you can’t see this, but I would suggest that you concentrate on being a fan rather than every week criticising everyone who doesn’t agree with you.
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The situation has gone from embarrassing to pitiful. £30 mill to keep us in the Premiership and we get beat by a team on a shoestring budget.
One bright note. Dopey Doyle has finally woken up to take his goal tally into double figures. Any chance of him scoring again before the season ends?
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So it’s Monday morning. We are only NOT bottom through West Ham being worse – the same team that took us apart. And Mick STILL has not had the decency to quit. Even Ancelotti was rumoured to have gone earlier and they are top……………..
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Don’t forget we went up with a whimper. From Jan 09 onwards we were pretty poor. McCarthy kept talking about how the pressure wasn’t affecting us, and if anything it was these comments that was creating the pressure on the team. We only really went up because Reading and Blues also dropped off. If you look at the 08/09 DVD, the defending from what is almost the current defence, featuring Foley, Stearman, Berra, Ward, was appalling.
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Just look at MM’s stats in the Prem. Enough is enough, he should have gone when he made the 10 outfield changes last season against Man Utd.He lost the plot then and he’s got even worse this season. He is too stubborn, has his favorites players who are as usless as him. Plays players out of position all the time, can’t make tactical substitutions, brings on players with 5 minutes to go,when the game is already lost, any players who show any good form like Milijas and Ebanks Blake get dropped so he can play negative formations ie one up front against Blackpool, pleeeeease what a joke.
You can tell by the look on the players faces that they are not enjoying their football, they look confused because they don’t know what they are supposed to be doing, as he keeps swapping and changing all the time, why do you think any real top class prem players won’t come to Wolves? Well because they know that MM is tactically useless and too thick pig headed to change.
So Morgan you was with the Wolves fans yesterday at Blackpool, why don’t you start listening to what the majority of the fans are saying and sack him now, surely you can see that we are going down with this management team. Please please please grow some balls and sort it out, unless of course your happy playing football in the Chumpionship next season, and if you are then maybe you should be selling our club to someone who has more money and more ambition than you?
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It’s not just Blackpool who have spent less than us in the last 3 windows though. Bolton, Stoke, West Brom, Blackburn, Birmingham would all fall into that category too.
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The team selection on Saturday was clueless. Foley swapping with Mancienne and Milijas being dropped for Jones was an unbelievable call. Things are looking dire and are we look already doomed. It could be West Ham, Wolves and the Albion for the drop.
What can we do in hope of a must win on Saturday? With current levels of performance do we take a major gamble and go with some kids? Surely Scott Malone, Danny Batth and John Gorman can do better than some of the first team.
My big moan was also that Blackpool Football Club and the police cannot cope with Premiership football. Fans queueing in their droves 10 minutes prior to kick off and then most missing our customary first goal against in a tinpot stand is not good!
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186 spot on,there were games that promotion season we were v lucky to win.Last year we again lucky that there were 3 v poor teams in the division .This year MM’s luck has run dry and he is being found out.
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182. Who has Ray Wilkins ever managed ??? he is a gamble. If we change manager we need someone who knows what the job is about.
Also when I match MOTD or Sky Ancellotti speaks excellent english. maybe your TV is different to mine.
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Richwolf64
Completely out of touch?
Can you explain the South Bank singing in unison ‘Super Mick McCarthy’ at ALL home games this season?
Were you in the away fans only pub on Saturday? I was and didn’t hear many cries of McCarthy out? even after the game whilst there were boo’s the fans remain split on the McCarthy out debate.
A balanced debate involves more than one opinion.
The debate is still split and I believe the majority want Mick to succeed and will give him until Christmas.
I would rather be a ‘happy clapper’ than consumed with hate for McCarty, Morgan, Moxey, Conner and everything else Gold and Black.
I love going to football home and away.
Win, Lose or Draw I will never boo the team or shout abuse at one of our own players.
No matter who plays, or is our manager, I will always want the team to win.
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Makes me laugh how all teams in the premiership expect to beat ‘little Blackpool’. This plays right into are hands. We have the best manager and play the most entertaining football, we were poor on saturday because we played a poor wolves team. There are no easy games in the premiership and nowhere certain of getting three points. I will agree with the wolves fans though, MM is tactically inept and should be shown the door. WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE and are here to stay
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192, Sir Billy Quiet
All valid points. On Saturday, I heard some guys muttering, ‘Do you think we can get a McCarthy Out chant going ?’ – and the answer was ‘No, actually’. Even the ‘What a load of rubbish’ at half-time was distinctly half-hearted.
The fact is that although none of our fans are happy, the majority still draw the line at abusing the players and the manager – and most can see that we’ve been unlucky a few times this season.
I see that the committed whiners are now gloating that they were right all along about McCarthy. Unfortunately – even though they’ve been wrong, wrong and wrong again over the last 4 years; even though their glorying in our bad patch is nauseating; and even though their semi-literate abuse is out-of-order – the fact remains that Mick has only a few games to set things straight.
If he doesn’t, then the club should consider alternatives. Either way, if I ever meet the man, I’ll want to thank him, shake his hand and buy him a drink.
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193 – I am pleased Blackpool are “back” – and I hope you stay up. Sad point is – Wolves are a good side – just not getting the rewards and not going forward with our current set up. We will be ok Im sure – but want to see action sooner rather than later.
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The run we are experiencing is well within the normal distribution of events, so why is it causing such heartache?
Losses are part of life, so get used to it.
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Grace, are you saying change the manager just for the sake of it?
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im not suprised at half the comments on this page. im just as suprised as many when mick plays 451 against blackpool.why?. also why play the likes of stearman,elokobi,etc who im sorry to say are championship players. why pay £7 million for fletcher and leave him on the bench the same goes for van damme another £2.5 million on the bench. something as to give one way or another. im not saying getting rid of mick should or could be the answer. but its as clear as day that something aint right. 14 games in to the season and 9 points in total dont look great does it. sunderland at home saturday thats another easy game (not). lets see what happens in the next 2 or 3 games and if were still at the same stage as we are now i.e 9 points ( i really hope not ) then i fear for us i really do. but lets keep the faith in the boys. WWFC4LIFE.
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128 Bob Wolf, You made an assessment of Kevin Foley last week that I, at least in part, questioned.Sadly it took Foley only 3 minutes to prove your assessment to be correct.
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Sir Billy Quiet, to your comments 179 & 192
Firstly 179. Blackpool fans were only behind the team because they were leading after 3mins and by 2 at half time,..if we were leading 2 nil at half time i suspect just like most fans they would have been a lot more sedate.
192. I wasnt in the away pub saturday i was in the ground and saw 1st hand the anger directed at MM and it wasnt a minority it was the vast majority,.they left the field to what a load of rubbish at half time and fans where scuffling with police at full time to get on the pitch to vent their anger. MM ‘s shocking team selections and crazy tactics are what people are fed up with, one example MM said you play well you are in the team, Milijas possibly has been our best player the last 4 games so MM drops him for no good reason!!!…I think most would agree that if we played our strongest team available in the right positions we wouldnt be in this mess..and if you think Ward, Elokobi, Henry, Berra, Hunt, Stearman, Mancienne, Bent etc are our strongest we are down end of, we spent 18million in the summer and not one can get a regular start…why???.
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The simple truth is we are not doing enough to win games and that why were in a relagation fight. I knew we would struggle today and maybe the penny is beginning to drop with some of wolves fans. WE ARE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE.
Why rest Miljas against a team that plays an open game in a match we have to try to win? Maybe MM went for a draw again like he did against bolton and got nothing.
Perhaps he should have shown the same guts to have a go as we did against chelsea and co.
We have 3/4 “winnable” matches left thisyear and have to win 3 of them to give ourselves a chance.
I know its only November but this league is unforgiving for those wantnig to win the league and those trying to stay up: We are really in the frame now. No more excuses and silly early give away goals
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NEW MANAGER NOW or it’s over !
God ! please, not the championship AGAIN !!!!!
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I just hope that MM can pull his finger out & play the best defense. He was a defender, so why is it so hard to correct our problems with defense? I can understand the issues with attacking even though we have some skill up there. Sunderland will be a problem that we can over come, I just hope that our best players are on the field from the beginning & are given more that 10 mintutes to make a difference.
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Many of the teams escaping from the bottom of the table appear to be consistent with the team, making the odd change here and there. Blackpool have proved that point,they still have a fight on to survive but they would appear consistnat with team selection
Can any one explain why the club bring in a player on loan, such as Bent, and not play him? I am not a fan of Bent but one has consider the logic. It must be soul destroying and it is muddling thinking>
For Wolves the rest of the season is not going to easy, it is a side who know only how to lose and MM must take that responsibility, I believe that Wolves were fortunate to survive last season. Do not chide the players, Hennessey was a victim of a defence that failed him throughout his time in the team last year.
Does any one ?know of a patron saint we can pray to
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