Wolves 3 Sunderland 2
Saturday 27th November 2010, 5:15PM GMT.
Super-sub Sylvan Ebanks-Blake gave Wolves a vital lifeline to end their run of four defeats.
Ebanks-Blake rifled home his fourth goal of the season in the 88th minute – and he may never score a more vital one.
Fellow sub Stephen Hunt made it 2-2 with nine minutes to go after Sunderland hit back through Darren Bent and Danny Welbeck following Kevin Foley’s 50th minute opener.
Watched by Molineux’s lowest Premier League crowd – 25,112 – there was plenty of action to warm the fans on a freezing day.
Kieran Richardson hit the inside of the post in the first-half, after Richard Stearman appeared to have a perfectly legitimate effort ruled out for offside after 22 minutes.
And Wolves were good value for their much-needed victory after dominating most of the game and seeing chances from Matt Jarvis and Kevin Doyle go to waste.
Wolves again couldn’t keep a clean sheet, but their second win in 15 games kept them off the bottom and narrowed the gap to safety to three points, after Fulham drew 1-1 with Birmingham and West Ham beat Wigan 3-1.
Manager Mick McCarthy made four changes to the side beaten 2-1 at Blackpool last week.
Back came goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey for his first Premier League appearance in a year, while Ronald Zubar, Stephen Ward and Nenad Milijas were recalled.
They came at the expense of Marcus Hahnemann, the suspended Christophe Berra, the injured Karl Henry and Stephen Hunt.
Hahnemann and Hunt dropped to the bench, while Kevin Foley, passed fit to play but with a heavy strapping on his injured knee, was captain for the first time in a Premier League game.
But for all the changes, it was Sunderland who broke first with two good chances in the first 10 minutes.
Darren Bent was put clean through by new England cap Jordan Henderson and, although he got away from George Elokobi, he could only drill a low shot straight at Hennessey.
Boudewijn Zenden was next to try his luck, curling inches wide as Ward failed to get close enough to him inside the box.
But Wolves quickly came into the game and Richard Stearman was fractionally away from connecting with a Matt Jarvis corner missed by goalkeeper Craig Gordon.
Two controversial decisions by the officials then cost Wolves.
First referee Mike Jones failed to spot Lee Cattermole pulling Milijas to the ground when challenging for Ward’s cross, Kevin Doyle lashing over from the rebound.
Then, in the 22nd minute, World Cup linesman Darren Cann disallowed Stearman’s effort after he stabbed home, as Cattermole slid in with Gordon at first playing him on, after Elokobi turned and fired goalwards when Jarvis’ corner was partly cleared.
The decision looked an awful one at first and only after seeing the replay several times did Cann’s flag seem justified – even then, the margins were so tight that the official got lucky.
But Wolves had a scare on the half hour when Kieran Richardson smacked a curling free kick against the inside of the post, from the right hand edge of the area after Elokobi was booked for deliberate handball.
Wolves put the frustrations of the first-half behind them to attack from the restart.
After Zubar saw a rising left-footed whistle just past the post from the edge of the area, McCarthy’s side took a deserved lead in the 50th minute.
Foley grabbed his third in seven games to finish off a flowing move he started himself, with a sweeping pass out to the unmarked Jarvis on the left.
Jarvis’ shot was parried by Gordon at full stretch and Foley drove home confidently first time with his left foot from 15 yards.
Sunderland made a double substitution in the 56th minute when they brought on Steed Malbranque and Asamoah Gyan, for Jordan Henderson and Zenden.
But it was Wolves, who introduced Hunt for David Jones on 63, who looked the more likely scorers with Jarvis firing over after a superb pass from Milijas.
However, Sunderland equalised out of the blue four minutes later.
It was an awful mistake from Stearman, who failed to react when Gyan’s headed flick landed at his feet, allowed Bent to gallop clear and slide the ball across Hennessey and into the opposite corner of the net.
Bent almost gave the Black Cats an unlikely lead moments later when he lashed into the side-netting, after more sloppy play from Stearman.
And the visitors continued to probe, with Malbranque seeing an ambitious curling shot tipped over by Hennessey.
It got worse for Wolves though, when McCarthy’s summer target Welbeck climbed above Elokobi to glance home Phil Bardsley’s cross on 77.
But Wolves hauled themselves back into it when Hunt tapped home from almost on the line, after Elokobi’s powerful header had been parried by Gordon from Jarvis’ cross, which followed Milijas’ blocked piledriver.
Then came Ebanks-Blake’s – almost divine – intervention.
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come on my babbies, 3-2 well done the boys in old gold, happyclapper and proud.
blackburn we need same passion and fight.
at last a weekend that has’nt been ruined, utw
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Huge result.
But again some reckless cavalier defending from Stearman.
Hopefully the turning point of our fortunes for the rest of the season
UTW
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A win is a win.
3 points, SEB WANDERERS NUMBERS 9
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Brilliant come back, after sitting back again when 1-0 in front we should press home the advantage once we are ahead, especially at home.
SEB should be in the side from the start, excellent Jarvis again.
Good decision to bring in Henessey.
However same as last week, SOS Manager required now!!!!!!!
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SEB has got to deserve a serve. Agree with SUPERSTARDJWOLVES a win is a win. Even if its scrappy you dont get extra points for playing proper football.
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As a baggie id like to say well done! it was long over due that you got a win, and none of us want you relagted as we’d love a top flight black country derby every season!!
Though reading this it seems like the boy stearman almost cost you by being sloppy!! but your super sub got you a deserved win, see you on the 19th :D
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Well done lads, great fight and spirit shown ….In Mick we trust!! UTW
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Great result. Come on MM It´s about time Seb was given a start, surely now he deserves it and Stearman isn´t up to the speed required for this league. Effort alone is not enough although it got us the points today.
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Magic Mick’s inspired decisions bought us 3 points today:
1. Hennesey plays for the first time this season and pulls off finger tip saves
2. Team plays 4:5:1 which gave us the edge
3. Hunt and Ebanks-Blake both came on as scoring substitutes
Man of the match yet again Kevin Doyle.
Result.
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Well done wanderers, great determination and spirit for a come back. Still stearman is making sloppy mistakes at the back what cost us dearly but well done to george and zubar today who were under pressure and dumped in the squad by mick. But Doyle, jarvo and foley and milijas didnt stop running. Hennesey played well seems as the conditions were not great for a debut. Ebanks blake super sub, always there for us, he is deffo wanderers number 9.
Well done lads today :) If man u can beat blackburn 7 – 1 we can beat them by 5.
Come on wanderers at eewood park.
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At 2-1 down I feared for McCarthy’s future. It’s fair to question his position because of results but no way should he be sacked if we lost today. When Wellbeck dropped that header in I was going through my head who would stay if we were to go down.
But the lads deserved that, they deserved more than a point they deserved to have a beer bought for them after that result because despite not winning we’re playing some fantastic football. Zubar looked unbeatable, as did Elokobi as Centre Back, infact he commanded the side so well. Milijas was wild. When he sprayed a pass 40 yards to the feet of Jarvis our whole was in awe, he a class act.
But for King Sylvan has done again. He is writing himself into Wolves folklore the way he’s going.
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a start*
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10 minutes from getting the sack………….
Just a stay of execution though.
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Fully deserved. Let’s hope we can kick on.
To the ‘fan’ who left the Steve Bull shouting abuse at McCarthy when Sunderland scored their second: if that’s how you support the lads, then please find something else to do. We did fine without you.
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Great result but it only papers over the cracks and the same very poor defending. Great to see Zubar back, he Milijas and Doyle were a different class. Still need a manager who will pick the best players and not his favourites and then we may get somewhere. Van Damn may as well go back to Belgium as his time at Wolves appears to be over if Ward and Elokobi are preferred to him.
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Well done to the team who played with character when we went 2 down.Same mistakes by the same people costing us goals ,I wouldnt let Stearman near a Wolves shirt again hes a championship defender at best.Zubar and Doyle superb with a good get out of jail card for McCarthy with a
superb goal from SEB.
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A terrific result and 3 points fully deserved.
With Elokobi drafted in as a makeshift centre back alongside Stearman, I think there was always going to be some errors through lack of understanding between them.
Zubar played like he had never been away.
Wolves fans may have to accept Foley playing on the right flank in front of Zubar for awhile.
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Great result today – well done to the team and MM!
I have posted on this board previously that I am not MM’s greatest fan and I remain to be convinced that he has what is necessary at this level to take the club forward.
I would be delighted if he proved me wrong however.
That said no matter how good the result today, this must only been seen as the start if we are to turn this season around. It is absolutely imperative that we get something points wise from the Blackburn game….and without wishing to be too greedy a clean sheet would be nice too!
Wolves ’til I die!
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Finally something that’s gone our way.Perhaps there is hope yet!Let’s use this result as a springboard to better things!
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at last but not getting carried away.come jan we need to get a top class defender or two.great to see zubar back not happy about stearman hes just not up to it.make us dream.
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Well done the Wolves, couldn´t read the Yahoo commentary my fingernails are non existent after the last few games, so I gave them a rest.
Reading the commentary later it seems that the lads played with all the heart and passion of Wolves distant past.
Hope to see more of Milijas, SEB and Hunt in the coming fixtures, from all accounts Stearman was our weak link yet again so Mr McCarthy please review this situation for future games.
I was getting very frustrated in past weeks, lets hope now that we can start building a steadfast foundation as I have said in the past 15th or better will do for me.
UTW.
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3 points at last! well pleased, minus stearman plz drop him mick he is not up to prem standard!!! he will cost us games, congrats to stephen ward becoming a dad, which 1 of his many gfs was it? our very own wayne rooney minus the skill, catch all the lads at mechu, summer row tonight if u wanna join them, utw
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At some point you feel the players feel the duress and criticism the gaffer is taking to shield them, and there is a payback to be rendered. Today’s teamsheet had players, as with the bench, who were utterly aware of this and they proved it, with “payback” in spades! Well done Wolves, from top to bottom! Whether another 3,000 supporters drop off from attending or traveling to our next match, inclement weather or not, who cares, because it’s all about the state of affairs in the change-room. Our changing room, from all I hear behind the scenes, is solid and tight, easily better and more equipped to weather some storms, like the current one we are navigating (to safety!), than many others above us, who, we all know, will take their turn at some point soon enough, to replace us and others as League whipping boys! Patience! Persevere! UTW!
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Quality come back. Stearman do us a favour and get injured please!
WOLVES AY WE!
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Oh, and sorry Chewy, but WW (Wayne’s World) was due a start between the lines, though competition for places, such as goalkeeper, is a trick in itself, unlike positional players, so hang in there! You still own that #1 jersey, so time to dig deep and wear it again, coming out right behind the skipper, whomever he might be, to do you and the Clib proud! Give my best to Grey Eagle, my pal in old man football, Alan (Hinton). Miss him, and so do Wolves in that spell right after big iron man Stan left the setup at the beginning of the 60′s. Alan is a credit to all the clubs he played for, the young and older players he gifted his managerial wisdom to, as to the whole football commnity of Seattle. UTW!
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Go SEB.
Let’s get behind the boys.
UTW
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Congratulations on your third Premiership league win of the season. JtH.
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Credit where credit is due to McCarthy today. I was worried when I heard Elokobi was lining up at centre-half but he was superb (that block in the 2nd half alone was immense), along with Zubar, who despite tiring in the 2nd half seems to lift those around him with his enthusiasm. Despite Stearman’s mad 20 minutes in the 2nd half, I thought what was an inexperienced back line played well together. Ward was solid and his distribution is getting better – Jarvis performs much better with Ward behind him.
Good (and brave) decision to reinstate Hennessey – great fingertip save in the 2nd half and it’s nice to have a goalkeeper happy to throw the ball out rather than launch it down the middle all the time for Doyle to fight for scraps.
Foley and Jarvis supporting Doyle was the system that worked so well for us last season, so I hope we stay with this next week. Great finish from Foley on his weaker foot.
I was disappointed with Mancienne again, just doesn’t seem to have the appetite for it in the heart of the midfield. Positionally he can’t be faulted and he gets around the pitch, but too many times today he’d lose 50:50′s or turn his back on the ball.
Hopefully this will give us some confidence going to Ewood next week and then 2 HUGE derbies afterwards.
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My message went before i finished, but what i wanted to add was, i hope SM spends a few million on 2-3 ‘TOP QAULITY PLAYERS’ in January, rather than ‘PRESS THE BUTTON’ (Att 25,112 )? As we need those players more than we need a ‘NEW GROUND’ lets look to bring Lescott in like i said before with a Henri Camara type deal with Man City paying the bulk of his wages? we are DESPERATE’ for a ‘TOP CH’ and JL comes into that category. As although today’s win was welcome and a very good win, its still going to be a very hard slog, and we need TOP QAULITY PLAYERS even just 1 or 2 could be the difference in ‘STAYING UP or GOING DOWN’? UTW:
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Sorry i meant ‘QUALITY’ im that excited getting a WIN,
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Great result for Mick and the lads. A long overdue win and the first goal against us was basically unstoppable.
We’ve been playing far better than our positing in the table sugggests and I hope this is the change in fortunes that we actually deserve.
Not matter what, Mick does deserve our support for the job he has done in his whole career at Wolves. Dave Jones got more support and did no where near as much for us as Mick. Yes, we do scratch our heads at team selections, subs and formations chosen at times, but even, dare I say it, if we go down this season, then I think that Mick should still stay and be allowed to give it another shot. He has at least earned that right since building us from a team that seemed to be doomed to fade away to hold up the lower leagues when he first took over.
In Mick we trust! Keep it up boys!
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Great win.Well done to all.There is a chink of light coming through the darkness.
no 25 Seattle, We did miss Alan Hinton and it was a mistake by Stan Cullis in letting him go.We were fortunate though in signing an even better winger 20 months down the line by the name of David Wagstaffe.
no27 Jack the Hat, Thanks for the kind words.Let us hope we can both stay in the Prem
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In recognition of MM’s achievement today. Zubar is an inspiration to the point of infectiousness. In contrast Stearman, bah, he cannot continue at this level without radical reappraisal of his own commitment. The New Year must see us with a much more consistent defence per sae.
Enjoy your Sunday lunch tomorrow Mick.
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listen to yow lot, a wins a win and still some of you are picking at the negative bits, who cares now we go into the blackburn game full of confidence…. once upon a time there was a tavern.
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Well done to all.
Although I had on the Super Six for us to win 3.2 before the game. When I heard that Hennesy was playing my heart went to my feet. But I always give credit where it is due and he did make some finger tip saves so I take it all back.
I am absolutely thrilled to bits for you all.
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Great result today, coming from 2-1 down to win shows the passion the lads have.
Zubar was incredible today, glad to see him back. However, one negative & yet again its the clown that is Stearman. PLEASE drop him, he is liability at the back and is clearly not premier league quality, roll on blackburn next week!!
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Great win 3 pts in the bag – Well done to all but we must keep going We need another 10 wins to secure Prem status
Imv MM will be given till the end of the season before any decisions are made
A win is all that matters – survival first
Up the Wolves!
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Well done lads a great win today but remember you must keep switched on, we can’t switch off at all.
Lets not sit back and defend a 1 nil lead, keep pushing forward put the pressure on them.
Our season so far has been a harsh lesson in life in the Prem but remember if we keep the work effort up, stay switched on and play with the passion of the gold ‘n’ black 12th man, the results will come our way.
“Out of darkness, cometh light”.
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Well done boys!!!!!!!!!!!!
When sunderland went 2 up, i heard everyone shouting at mick, slating him ect. I trust mick 100% and well done to the players for not wearing neck things and gloves ect, totaly the oposite to arsenal. Real men.
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Man of the match SUPER MICK
great decisions today mick tha formation was to our strenghts. The team we were more forced into playing due to injuries and suspension was still strong. All credit to your subsitutions that had a clear impact.
Love or hate Mick all credit spot on today on what could prove to be a massive win in our fight for survival.
Great to see big George play so well today and to have zubs back. Good result must admit and agree though stearman is making some costly errors week in week out
come on boys keep pressing on now
UTW
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Told you last night zubar and hennessey would play.
The reason I knew this was 1 of my mates was with 1 of the players yesterday and told him, but also told him
McCarthy is the most aggogant, stubborn man he knows .
Only has time for his favourites
Has lost the dressing room.
Alot of players think his tactics are terrible.
In January seb wants to leave .
Great result but 18m spend in the summer and not ONE player starts the game.
8 defenders on the pitch.
Stearman is awful .
Seb and fletcher must be given a chance .
Your a very lucky man today Mick ,seb has saved your job, give him a start
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What a pulsating match we had to endure. Although we saw it as a film after it finished it still excited us. But at last the boys in Gold and Black made up for some last minute defeats by getting all the points by a last minute winner.
Apart from mistakes that led to both goals conceded on the whole the team played well where Nilijas was again great, Jones played his socks off until being subbed for freaher legs, Jarvis was brilliant as was Doyle with his hold-ons up front and the brilliant pass he gave to Ebanks-Blake for the sweet winner.
Zubar and Ward played their hearts out while Elokobi was a column of strength in the centre of defence.
Foley played a captains part and his goal was an example to all. Hennessey had a good outing after being out for so long. Stearman and Mancienne are faulted for the two goals but Stearman could have had a goal at the othee end as apart from the one disallowed he also hit the post with a header from a corner.
All we want now is for this win to be followed by other three-pointers and this is not an impossible task as the players showed against the big guns against whom a draw apiece was there for the taking.
Thanks for the smiles you put on our faces this weekend boys and may you continue with similar performances.
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Oh by the way I forgot Stephen Hunt who like Ebanks-Blake came on and scored his first goal for Wolves by nodding the ball in and not from a scramble as was reported somewhere.
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At last a welcoming win to keep our hopes alive in our battle to keep our place in the Premiership. We know quite well that we are not ready to be like the Wolves of the 50′s and 60′s. We must know also that having spent £18m this season are not going to guarantee us safety because we need time to build a team capable to play like a mid-table team. At the moment we must admit we are still learning our trade as most of our players are still inexperienced.
Another thing I would like to point here is that we need to have at least three academy players to make the breakthrough and I hope the manager will have the gut to introduce them in the near future. I firmly believe that we can do like Aston Villa and other teams who have constantly introduced their youngsters. But here at Wolves we are well behind in this department. Let’s hope we shall have the pleasure to see some of our youngsters getting the chance to show what they can do.
Also I would like to say to all those fans who don’t want to see the extension of our stadium, they are wrong because we do need a great capacity if we are to be on the same level of the teams that are above us. In Steve Morgan we have a man of great vision and wants to go forward with Wolves. Hope that with the return of Craddock and Berra as well as Zubar making his return permanent we should be able to start getting points regularly to ensure our safety.
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Jack
Thanks for the sentiment, pity its very hollow
Bit like you really.
See you soon
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I just want to let Mick and the lads know I am so proud of them and their fighting spirit.
Did not let in an early one today, and kept fighting.
UP YOU WOLVES!!!
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At last we seem to be making headway. After the great games against the “big clubs” I was expecting a lot but the lads weren’t delivering. Lets hope that this is where we start getting the points. Incidentally we were only on 10 points this time last year. Also what is the ref on???? Why couldnt he go on strike with the Scottish refs?
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great win lads.
sylvan ebanks blake knows where the net is. why isnt he playing from the start. next week against blackburn play blake and doyle up front. but need to drop stearman he is our problem for conceding to many goals, get lescott in jan.
milijas my favourite player and wat a player, this guy knows how to play football and he plays it in a class way unlike jones who runs in circles.
up the wolves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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An impotant win for Wolves, Never a question of MM getting the sack if we lose.
MM and his coaching and support staff had done a good job of keeping the team spirit and confidence on even keel.
Wolves need to maintain their consistency and should have every confidence that they can not only survive but excel in this league. We belong here.
Forward the Wolves and in darkness cometh light….
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Great win to come back after going 2-1 down they could easily have dropped their heads when Sunderland scored their second but it says a lot about our team that they never gave up.
Still very worried about our defence giving away soft goals through silly mistakes and not closing down the opposition giving them space and time to get in their shots at goal and pinpoint crosses.
We definitely need two more very experienced central defenders in the transfer window this will give us more stability at the back and enable us to attack teams more as we did today and get those vital wins to keep us in the Premiership.
The lads would have got a lot of confidence from this win and hopefully this result will be the springboard for the rest of the season.
Come on you Wolves!
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Agree with 23.
Agree with 25, usa should tighten up by tuning up some more cars. Good keeper but I always preferred Wayne H.
Hunt, we should give him a chance at annoying other teams, opposing fans hate him. I hope he works out for us.
SEB job done, & a starting position against Blackburn.
Just finished work, so very happy to hear the result.
It’s 2:00 AM in New York City, & real champagne tastes perfect when you win.
Hope fully our injuries occur in the right order for our best team to actually play together.
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Great result today, and I like most didnt think we would pull it back after going 2-1 down,…but we did and it was great to see some fighting spirit, but one result shouldnt paper over the dire results and bad tactics we seen recently.
Zubar staying fit could now be the key,…my only concern is that if Zubar takes Foley’s right back place,..MM will inevitably shoehorn him into midfield and we all know it will be at the expense of Milijas as soon as he has an off game, Milijas’s quality and control on the ball is what we have been missing in midfield,..and even though I havnt rated him this season I think Mancienne does the holding midfield role better than Henry as his distribution is better and he does look for a forward pass!.
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Better Better Better.
Wolves till i die
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Well done lads.Hopefully we can build from this once and for all.The defence,in particular wants sorting quickly and in january we need perhaps Lescott back and Keane.Ok,if you don`t have dreams you don`t have anything.I am a long way from believing MM is the man to finish the job and would like to see O`Niell in,Blackburn next is it?They will be hurting after yesterday so its going to be hard but with our spirit at the moment we can do it.
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Good win,but, not as good as ours.
I visit your site occasionally for a chuckle and really feel some of you haven’t a clue. get rid of Merlin ? are you joking? he’s turned your club around. You quite clearly don’t understand tactics. neither do you understand the rules. you gave that linesman dog’s abuse after he quite rightly flagged to disallow that first half goal.
it is you who don’t know what your doing.
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Just postponed the inevitable.
Yesterday MM did did most things correctly and it worked out, however, come next Saturday he will start his tinkering again. Players in wrong positions, wrong formations, no plan B and substitutions.
MM is a self-fulfilling prophecy, as he always was in his previous roles. Put some money on it, it can’t fail.
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Jack on the wind up again.
On the plus side foley for first goal at 40/1 i thankyou!
On the bad side. Stearman. Never a prem footballer
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Describing Hunt as a ‘Super Sub’ belies the fact that only MM would seek to change a team that was winning, by replacing a terrier in midfield with a winger who proceeded to contribute to Sunderland’s equaliser. We need a manager who can handle quality players with flare rather than sticking to Championship players who will ‘put in the required shift’
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MM should have brought Marcus Bent on LMAO!
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I agree that Zubar was the catalyst yesterday, he was magnificent. Essential to keep him fit and playing, similarly Milijas who is one of the best passers of a football I’ve seen in 43 years of supporting Wolves. As for the rest of the “Championship” standard players I keep having to read about, surely McCarthy should be massively congratulated for overseeing the improvements necessary for them to be competing at this level. Foley, Stearman, Ward, Elokobi, Henry, Edwards, Jarvis are still young men learning and as such will be inconsistent. But what a team we will have soon, as they develop even further. McCarthy MUST be allowed to continue the fantastic work he has put in for our club over the last 4 years.
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Keep the faith, hold your nerve. Get the boys back fit and…sell JVD and get a proven left back in. Sell Jonah as he wants out get O’Neil from Boro and wheater actually
Henners
LB(tbd) Moyoukolo (Wheater) Zubes Foley
Hunt Henry Milijas Jarsvo
Fletch
Doyle
Then the campaign can begin.
Once more unto the breach, dear Wolves once more;Or close the wall up with our Golden dead.
Pre match there’s nothing so becomes a player
As modest stillness and humility;
But when the blast of the whistle blows in your ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, conjure up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favor’d rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let it pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon;
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest Wolfies
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game’s afoot!
Follow your spirit; and upon this charge
Cry, “God for Micko, Wolverhampton and Sir Jack!
!”
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@ 24; very poor and idiotic comment. I agrre that Stearman was poor but there is no need to wish him an injury.
Watched on MOTD and thought the diss-allowed goal should of stood. There arn’t many linesmen who would of flagged it!
I knew all along that MM would turn things around. Don’t forget that there are 11 other people in the equasion. I have a feeling we will see SEB in the starting line up in the next match!
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Loving the feeling of a win !
More of the same please…..
Let´s see if we can go on a little run before we meet them lot from Sandwell.
Impressed with Mick and the boys. Well done.
Ward, to his credit links up well with Jarvis.
Hennerz, Came in and we win ? strange that…
Hunt, gets off the mark.
ZUBAR, COR WE´VE MISSED HIM ! TOP PERFORMANCE.
Doyle, looked back to his BEST and at his best he´s unplayable…
SEB, he´s a differnt man this season, he WILL SCORE GOALS, find a place for him to start.
Milijas, my favourite player this season, first time in a long while we have had a playmaker !
There´s more positives but we should keep our guard up still as blackburn will be hurtin
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Team for blackburn
seb
jarvis hunt mancienne milijas doyle
elokobi berra zubar foley
hennessey
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Why doesnt SEB start every game his our on form stiker and given no reason why he shouldnt start Doyle has been off form all season yet he still starts every week
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Team spirit shows the lads are playing for Mick and the backroom team.
Hope the moaners give us a break so as the ‘feel good’ factor can last for the rest of the week.
We may not be the best, but we do know how to compete with the best.
UTW
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Time to get shot of Stearman please. And before anybody uses injuries to others as an excuse for MM playing him yesterday, MM is also responsible for buying him. (bad move) Nobody can say he hasn´t had the money to find someone better either. (no move)
Great result for a team out of luck and needing a result, otherwise it was a win, like we should get, at home, sometimes. A reprieve at best for the management. Out of the bottom three by Christmas please or that´s where we´ll be in May
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been through and found at least 9 people who say Stearman is rubbish. I completely agree (that makes 10).
MM PLEASE TAKE NOTE.
OODCL
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That was what I call “great fun”.
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To all the non supporters who left at 2-1 SHAME on you all. Stop at home. Come on you wolves :) great win
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Why do some Wolves fans take delight in slagging off my fellow countryman Christophe Berra when an apology for a player like Richard Stearman couldn’t even lace his boots?
I’ve said this before here; I have taped evidence that Berra has prevented more goals in the Wolves defence that he has caused. It is there for anyone to see.
As for the Sunderland result, well done lads and please, please go on a wee run of success now!
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31 belfast wolf.
1st goal unstoppable????
All stearman had to do was stick his leg out, if you cant see that you must be as blind as mick is to spotting a good or bad defensive performance!!!
Great result today lads but i am afraid we just papered over the cracks today, lets face it, stearman, ward, elokobi and even the beloved craddock(god bless him) are not good enough at this level no matter how hard they try. Its not that i have anything against them as people but surely we can all see if we want to be an established side in this division they cant be considered. They may have a good game here and there but we wont achieve anything with them. Zubar, berra, foley and maybe mouyokolo are good enough though, it would be nice to see van damme at left back for once.
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Well done boys
Great heart, massive result for us!!!
Couple of quality finishes
Need to tighten up at the back, hopefully a returning Berra will do the trick, they wasn’t in the game when they scored the first.
Stearman had a shocking last half hour noteably when Sunderland turned up the heat.
And also credit to McCarthy, I thought he got his substitutions spot on yesterday & actually helped the team get a deserved result.
If we can take 8 points from our next 5 games we’ll be OK.
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Greatly needed 3 point inspite of NOT because of the tactical genius.
Terrible substitutuion and position swapping at a vital point in the game nearly cost us dear and only once we were behind his hand was forced to throw on one of our 2 top goalscorers.
How long will it take MM to realise that goals win games yet totally refuses to play either or both of the best goalscorers at the club ?
We have scored 4 out of the last 5 goals at home whilst playing with two strikers.
I know MM and some on here think 442 is a bit gung-ho…but we NEED wins and as we are not good enough at the back to keep clean sheets and sneak 1-0 ‘s we NEED to outscore the opposition……we will not do this playing one up front.
We beat Stoke playing 442 and won the game yeaterday after converting to 442, thats 2 of our 3 wins thanks to 442.
Sure, we may concede a few but I am convinced we will win more (win 2 lose 3 is better than win 1, draw 2 lose 2!)… trouble is MM would rather lose narrowly and bemoan his bad luck rather than have a go and risk the odd battering.
This season SEB and Fletch’s goals per minutes played beats or at least matches most srikers in the Prem…..and not to play them is criminal…..or STUPID !!!
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Zubar organized the back four..could this be the captain we need ?
At the back henny,george,zubar,craddrock,foley.
midfield; javis,jones,serb.
doyle or right wing, flec & seb up front
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100% ?olf – another numptie! not because of the tactical genius, so his subs did not have any effect? what a joke you are, go away and join the other numpties and support the tiddly winks team because you sure don’t know how to support a football team, we don’t need you, second word is off….
We are Wolves…………..your NOT!
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If you watch the playback Stearman was talking to the ref as the goal kick was taken and then had to back peddle to get in position, by which time Bent was already on the move.
Lack of concentration and poor defending by Stearman, his young so hopefully will learn from it. Remember he nearly gave us the lead in the first half.
Looking forward to Craddocks return because we miss his experience and goals.
I think we all forgot how much Zubar brings to the team not only defending but going forward.
Hope we can find a system that includes two forwards because Doyle needs some help and SEB looks very sharp.
UTW
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Did any one notice the way Hunt after scoring his goal gestured all the players back to the re-kick. How many prima donnas in this league would have rolled around just taking the praise while the minutes counted down. Seb I love.you. and just for today I’m a happy clapper and the dog and cat are spared a kick in. Go on you Wolve.
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Well done WOLVES. Great effort and a good deal of quality from a commited bunch of lads who NEVER gave up. No heads dropped at 1-2 and 3 excellent goals. Great to see Zubar back and Elohobi doing a great job in central defense, with Milijad starting to prove himself the class act we always hoped he would be. WW need to go on a run now. A clean sheet at Blackburn would be lovely!!!
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Let’s get Lescott back on a loan deal in January, an honest to goodness left back and a quality midfield general. If we can do this we WILL stay up!
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I’m not MMs biggest fan but well played.
fantastic result.
plus points was the team spirit and determination after going 2-1 down, we havnt always shown this fight in other games.
Also we did this without Craddock,henry, berra.
Zubar- what a fantastic return, he really made the difference.MOM for me.
Foley-last season had a nosebleed in front of goal. After scoring at Man utd games,look at his confidence grow and he scored a fantastic goal.
Miljas- his passing quality is beyond any of the players in the whole squad, and he showed it on saturday. He can play in a top 6 team make no mistake.
Doyle- great performance, works so hard to hold the ball up,runs on the wings caused so many problems for mensah he looked happy to go off in the end. Set up the winner
Fantastic finish by SEB.but 65 Matt- SEB cant do what doyle does thats why hes on the bench.
It was the right decision to drop USA, especially after the blackpool game.
I’m really pleased for MM and TConnor. Glad MM recognised the fans played a big part in this win.
Cons
Still cant keep a clean sheet.
stearman and elokobi did ok but we cant defend for 90 mins without getting caught out 2-3 times and very naive at times. On another day would have lost the game.
The win doesnt change anything if we fail to pick up any more points over the next 4 weeks starting with blackburn.
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all you people calling for stearman to be dropped,i remember rio ferdinand at west ham
and was just like stearman a good football but
made mistakes,and look at him now i will remind you all when he a top player may not
be here as muppet mick does not like players
who can play a bit how long did it take him
before he played milijas.
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Doyle doesnt score enough to be a lone striker. A very good potential midfielder IMV. Either Fletcher has to be the lone striker or MM must go 442 either SEB and Fletcher/Doyle.
Other than that well played boys, may be worth keeping the same team for next week with the exception of Stearman out for Berra and a change up front. Stearman isnt a bad player, he is young, but at the moment he is no where near good enough for this league.
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I was going to post my opinion on the events at the weekend but I have decided not to bother, as, in doing so, I reveal myself to be a numpty. Only through not voicing my opinion in online forums, can I rid myself of this tag.
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A great result. We need another 3 wins this side of christmas though.
elokobi knockers – George was my outstanding defender as he was at left back a week ago. I cant understand you people that still knock him.
Stearman hopeless. Too many mistakes I’m afraid undo his good work. We cant afford these mistakes.
Personally, I’d like to see Zubes and Big George as centre halfs.
Milijas – Unbelievable passing , why he didn’t start months ago is still beyond me. I have never swallowed this rubbish about him being not ready. He was always ready.
Finally, why people knock Doyle again is beyond me. His workrate and ability to hold up the ball and lay it off is outstanding. He cant score, I’m not denying that but I believe that will come. He just needs that confidence in front of goal.
We are deep in trouble but if we continue playing like that and with belief we will get out of this mess.
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has anybody noticed or does anybody actually care about the sudden absence of wanderer in eire or jiwal???. no
me niether wwfc win and they dissappear , they were telling all the world how mm should pick the team or go during our losing streak, and now we actually win they are lost for words.
clean sheet at blackburn and come back to wolverhampton with 3 points , come on my babbies.
utw.
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Final Point – I’ve said for two years that Karl Henry is not good enough at this level… Good honest pro, don’t wish him ill, but I just honestly believe that his he hasn’t got what it takes at this level.
I think Milijas is the real deal, we need someone to partner him and stiffen up the midfield.
Wardy – I have moaned about you all season. I thought going forward which comes more naturally to you, you were great and in the first half put some great crosses in, but defensively, suspect to say the least.
January – A left Back and a big presence in midfield would do me and a centre half wouldnt go a miss either :)
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Jock in the Cap
we would have won 3-0 if Jermaine Beckford played for Sunderland,plus really worried for Jarvis on the 19th Jara is worse than Muscat
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Great result lets hope theres more to come!!! Comment:- 24 your an idiot no one would want anyone injured wheteher there rubbish or not! What a stupid thing thing to say!
COME ON YOU WOLVES!!!!!
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Wolves have played bteter than last they did last Saturday and lost, Sunderland had the chances but failed to take them. What Wolves actually accmplished on Saturday, was to score more goals than the opposition. Whether 4-5-1 0r 4-4-2 does not matter, at the end of the day, it is about each player having the ability to be able to interchange positions and use open spaces. no one does that better than Milijas. Doyle may run his heart out but he must start scoring goals as he is in that forward position, Berbatrov plays a similar game but he gets more goals that Doyle Well done Seb, the way you allowed that ball to slide across your body on the half turn and then score the goal was classical play. Rooney could not have done that any better
No excuses, M.M does not win the games, it is the players on the pitch.
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Well done to the lads! What a comeback! Absolutely superb! Shame on all you so called ‘supporters’ that left at 2-1 down, serves you right. We didn’t need your ‘support’ if you can call it that! I have and never will leave before the final whistle! COME ON ME BABBIES!!
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A great result. Doyle, Zubar, Milijas and Jarvis were top drawer. We had one weak link and that was Stearman.
We need to bear in mind that with the injury toll we were down to the bare bones. Players injured – Mouyokolo, Craddock, Edwards, Kightly, Guedioura, Fletcher, Henry. Berra – suspended.
We can get results in the next four games!
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Tim 89. 24´s comment is one borne out of frustration. Has anyone noticed that Mick doesn´t drop his favourites, HE waits until they´re injured. The man has no idea how to make this team function in a way that will propel them forward. The way he lined up the team against Sunderland was at best to get a draw. Trouble is we haven´t got enough games left to get a draw from each. And as Wolves fans, we deserve vicories, at least now and again!
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I am back!!Just for you UNTRUEWOLVES!
15 games and three wins,3 games that you have been able to HAPPYCLAP!.
I will maintain that MICK is not a hero but ZERO.I say this as I dont close my eye’s during games!We have played well at times this season,we also have some good players that given backing and support from the manager can become a driving force in this league.One reason MICK as to go is because he as favourites at the club and does not treat every player in the way that he treats DOYLE,WARD AND STEARMEN,if the likes of ELOKOBI,SEB,FLETCHER,MILIJIAS were given the same treatment we would benefit hughly.
DOYLE is a good player,but our problem which can not be denied is SCORING,yet mick persists in playing DOYLE!.Ask yourselves if SEB had played 13 games and scored one,would MICK have kept him in the side?NO.SEB scores and does not get in the side.SEB may not have the workrate of DOYLE but he can score!Other than MILIJAS no one else would have scored the goal that SEB scored to win the game.
To come on and remain saw cool and collected when given the oppurtunity is a clear indicator that this boy as no fear.SEB had ten minutes and he saved MICK’S job and done more than DOYLE as been able to do in 13games,by putting us back in the picture for survival.WARD looked suspect as usual yet remains in the team,ELOKOBI is starting to find form in the odd games he plays in!Given a run he can nurture into a very capable player.
MICK as to start showing bottle and guts and get his team to go and win games,we played so well and then went one up and what happens we retreat in numbers!!When we were behind and needing to score at times we had 7players in the box!There as to be a happy medium not all about defence,yet it is in defence that we make costly MISTAKES,If some of the wolves players were gi the liecence to be attack minded we would score goals and win more than we lose.
I will always love the wolves no matter,but it does hurt when you know that we should be doing better than we are,and this is mainly down to the manager.If MICK can change his ways and look at it just through MANAGERS eyes he can rectify the areas of concerns,like ward,not scoring goals etc.MICK needs to be become more fairer and give equal amount of support to all his players,if not then get rid of the one’s he does not trust in and get players he will trust in.
Otherwise whether or not I say it he will be “HISTORY”.One win does not change views just like one loss,but MICK as managed 91 games in the league and won a MERE 14!The way the season is going with most of the teams picking up results likes of blackpool,newcastle,west brom we will most likely need 40-41points,meaning another 9 wins or so out of 23 games.That means a serious improvement in MICKS in ratio,can he do it ?YES but he as to take away the favourites unless they are producing the goods,play players in there positions,and play strikers who score,and get the defenders to be more on the money,every team concedes goals,but some of the things we do are bordering on laughable things that can be sorted.My honest beleif is we can SURVIVE without much bother,to do this we need to concentrate right through the team,and cut out or limit the mistakes greatly,this is the managers job,to prepare his team warrior like fashion and give them the beleif that we are better than the position we find ourselves in.
Mick should take a leaf out of HUNT’S actions he scored to level the game,and immediately got the ball and started to run waving everyone,saying come on lets not dilly dally we have a few minutes to win the game so lets go and do it the celebrate.Mick would have been happy to settle for a draw!
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When I saw Untruewolves post, I just knew there´d be a quick response. Good one Wanderer in Eire. Good points. I mean seriously, come in 86, if you think what we have seen thus far this season is praiseworthy work from our manager, is it good enough? How can it be? The man has to changes his approach If he does change, why does he wait so long to do it?
I think Doyle has class but ploughs a lonely old furrow far more often than not. Seb is getting a fraction of the playing time as well as scoring goals. Shock horror, is he not our top scorer? I, like the 25000 others at the <Mol on Saturday saw wor Toyler blow his best chance when he ballooned his shot over the bar from about twelve yards out. The way Seb took his goal was pure class. A great goal to grace any stadium in the country. Will he start against Blackburn or will Mick rest him & go for a draw?
Draws are too risky, we don´t have a defense to withstand concerted attack from the opposition. Notch up a two goal lead and hold your nerve, that´s a far better way to win games than to take off your striker at 1-0 and try to hold on. Tactic like that win you points and respect. Mick might not think so but as W-I-E pointed out, his premiership stats speak for themselves. He needs to learn from his mistakes and he´s got to do it fast.
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I have no problem with Mick. He makes mistakes but so does everyone. However he must learn from them, and fast. If he makes the same mistakes in the next few matches, then I will be joining the brigade calling for his head.
OODCL
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Great result, desperately needed. Lets hope this is a springboard for us to climb the table.
Elokobi, Milijas and Zubar were all excellent on Saturday.
My biggest worry is Stearman who is the most error prone defender I have ever seen! Hopefully, he will be replaced by Berra in the next game.
Apart from that I think that we should keep the team relatively the same. Okay, Foley isn’t a natural winger but he did the job and if it gives our leaky defence a bit more protection playing the likes of Mancienne and Foley, I guess its worth it. After all, it worked last year!!
It was a nice change not to concede in the first or last 5 minutes for once!
UTW
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Has the quality of the league improved ? YES
has our squad improved since summer spending ? NO
do we still have the same problems as last season ? YES
has MM learned from previous mistakes ? NO
does MM still have his favorites ? YES
will he still play said favorites out of position ? YES
will the players keep giving 100% ? YES
will that be enough to keep us up ? NO
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good response wanderer in eire, a well constructed critical but objective reply.
instead of the sometimes manic kneejerk re-actions from many calling for the sacking of anyone from the chief ex, manager, assistant manager, goalkeeping coach?? tea lady.
i personally would love wwfc to have an experienced manager who has won trophies at all levels and have the financial backing from morgan . but untill that point in time which may only be next summer , we ALL need to pull together to keep wwfc in the premier. utw
come on me babbies come back from blackburn with 3 points. utw
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I come on here and congratulate wolves on their win. All I get back is begrudging remarks from the regular Numpties ( They know who they are ). All the best at Blackburn, being as you’ve been knocked out of the cup. JtH.
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A good result, played really well and as Brummie Rob said we are down to the bare bones at the moment.
We have funds now JVD has gone and we really need a quality LB and a new manager.( However you can’t fault Elokobi for effort, his passing and crosses have been fairly accurate as well and I much prefer him to Ward as he seems to read the game better.)
To those of you who are satisfied with a ratio of one win in 5 if we continue in this form we will yield less than 24 points which almost certainly will not be enough to keep us up.
Come in Martin O Neill- yours faithfully an internet numptie.
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76, johnwolf.
So sorry that my post does not meet with your approval. I shall therefore accept the personal abuse that you aim at me and ….off as you suggest, afterall, as a season ticket holder for over 30 consecutive years who am I to offer an opinion ?
p.s. Yes, MM’s subs did have an effect….within 14 minutes of his first ‘tactical’ substitutuion, we went from 1-0 up to 2-1 down !!!! GENIUS !
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QUESTION ??
Who would you have as Captian ?
i was impressed with foley he lead the team out, scored and won the game, must be worth a shout ?
But, was also impressed with how Zubar organised the players round him !
who would you have to lead us out ????
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