Wolves 0 Stoke 1
Sunday 30th January 2011, 3:08PM GMT.
Wolves’ FA Cup hopes were ended again at the fourth round stage as Robert Huth’s 81st minute header settled an evenly contested Staffordshire derby at a sparse Molineux.
Watched by new loan Wolves signing Jamie O’Hara in a crowd of just 11,967, defender Huth headed home unmarked but there was late drama as Nenad Milijas’s penalty was saved by keeper Thomas Sorensen in injury-time after he was fouled.
Earlier, Steven Fletcher headed against the post but Wolves, who fielded a virtual full strength line-up and lost Stephen Hunt to an early injury, were again below par as they crashed to their third successive defeat and went out at this stage for the second time in three seasons.
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy made only two changes to the side beaten 3-0 by Liverpool eight days ago as he went for a morale-boosting win.
In goal, Marcus Hahnemann replaced Wayne Hennessey, while George Elokobi returned from suspension for Kevin Doyle, who has been ill.
That meant Stephen Ward reverted to a striking role with Elokobi at left-back.
There was little to cheer Wolves fans early on in a lacklustre start from the home side.
Making his full debut, on-loan Villa striker John Carew twice went close to a breakthrough.
First the giant Norwegian brought a full length diving save from Hahnemann when his point-blank effort was turned around the post.
Later, Carew brushed off Christophe Berra but produced a poor shot which was blocked by Hahnemann.
In between, Wolves weren’t helped by the departure of Stephen Hunt after just 10 minutes, the Ireland winger limping off with what appeared to be a calf injury to be replaced by Dave Edwards.
Ward tried to lift the gloom when he dispossessed Abdoulaye Faye and raced towards goal but with the angle getting tighter, his shot was smothered by keeper Thomas Sorensen, one of six changes for the visitors.
Wolves gradually worked their way into the game and after Salif Diao was booked for a late tackle on Nenad Milijas, Steven Fletcher headed against the base of the post from Ward’s driven cross to the far post.
Richard Stearman suffered a heavy blow to the face when he appeared to catch the back of Carew’s head, but he recovered as Wolves closed the half under pressure, Rory Delap, finishing poorly after intercepting an awful pass out to Ronald Zubar before Carew headed narrowly wide from a corner.
Stoke started the second half with Glenn Whelan – subject of an enquiry from Wolves earlier this month – on for Diao, who was in danger of being sent off for his robust tackling.
The unsavoury side of Stoke was shown again with a booking for Jonathan Walters for a late tackle on Milijas, who had been the main target for much of the physical attention, and what appeared to be an elbow from Robert Huth on Berra as they went for Stearman’s long ball, which left the Wolves man grounded for several seconds.
Referee Mike Jones however, took no action.
Attempting to shake things up, McCarthy switched to a 4-2-3-1 formation which saw Karl Henry and Milijas anchoring the midfield, Ward pushed out to the right and Edwards allowed the chance to break forward to support Fletcher as the lone frontman.
And Edwards, who was having a busy game, had a chance snatched away from him when the ball wouldn’t come down quickly enough for him near the penalty spot before Fletcher was flagged offside as he tried to bundle home the follow-up.
Wolves were enjoying a better spell and Karl Henry volleyed narrowly wide and over from 25 yards as the ball came out of the air.
But Ward missed the opportunity to cap it with a goal with a poor downward header from Matt Jarvis’s cross.
Zubar was booked for catching Rory Delap late before Stoke hit back.
After Whelan’s fierce drive was beaten away by Hahnemann, the veteran keeper tipped Matthew Etherington’s angled drive wide.
Wolves introduced Ebanks-Blake for Fletcher 15 minutes from time.
But it was Stoke who were in the ascendancy as Huth stole in unmarked to head home unmarked from six yards from Etherington’s byline free kick.
Huth almost did the same again six minutes after the goal but this time his header went wide from Etherington’s corner.
Then came the penalty after Milijas went down from what appeared to be a challenge from the grounded Huth.
But the Serb’s shot was weak and poor to Sorensen’s left, allowing the former Villa keeper the chance to make a fine save.
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Disgraceful support and time for Mick to do the right thing and walk. Take that muppet Ward with you too.
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Disappointing again all round – performance, attendance and atmosphere.
We still need some defenders – there’s 24 hours left!
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TRUTH IS ,HENRY AINT GONNA GET DROPPED
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ELOKOBI,WARD,NOT UP TO IT
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another morale sapping, enthusiasm draining pile off tosh.
count the empty seats Mr Morgan, the fans have had enough!
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MICKO the fiddler at it again. Now we´re out of the cup can we concentrate on our dire league position please. Nice try lads.
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16th Loss this season and the manager is still not under pressure……says it all
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IM SICK TO DEATH OF THIS CLUB!!!
NUFF SAID
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This not dropping/resting Ward is becoming a joke,…Elokobi back a left back so Ward plays upfront!,..why not play Vokes?…hes been good enough to be on the bench the last 2 games,.. and all the ones saying Henry wont get a game now we have O’Hara better get real,..it will be Milijas who looses out or we will revert to a 5 man midfield to accomadate him as like Ward, Henry is here to stay as he is one of MM’s favourite sons,… one other point, the attendance is low because our greedy club like the round before cant even reduce prices to a sensible level to even tempt fans, but there again £25 at tunstiles probably sounds cheap to Moneybags Moxey.
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Q How many games are we going to lose before he gets the sack?
A He won’t get the sack.
Anchoring the midfield, please don’t make me laugh, Henry!
They will keep taking the fans money though.
Good job they signed Jamie before the match, let’s hope he dosen’t have a get out clause.
You would think they would have really given a good performance today, but no let the fans down again.
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Championship for the next twenty odd years come may .sack the coaching staff & scouts asp.
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So there’s nobody out there that is better than the ones we have got? we are not even worthy of the championship let alone the prem, is MM trying to coach the blind school because that is all he is good for, let’s get someone else in before it’s too late if it’s not already too late
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MM – sorry, but just go!! Another poor performance, lacking in quality and leadership (both on and off the field). The awful penalty summed it all up – pathetic! The ‘happy clappers’ will argue that now we will be able to concentrate on the league. Oh yes, more bitter disappointment to come. The abject signings that we have made will come in handy in the Championship next season – early bird my backside. The 3 M’s ought to be ashamed of themselves, but will probably blame it on poor refereeing, bad luck, an awful pitch, etc… They just need to look honestly into a mirror and point at the reflection. Sadly, they haven’t the guts to do that!! We desperately need a quality Premiership manager appointed – and soon. No chance! How sad!
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Wished i hadnt have bothered.
12,000.Are you looking Mr Moxey.
West Ham cup tie.they only charged a fiver.
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the crowd says it all had enough
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1, I find your 1st comment really offensive,…what do you expect when its £25 on the turnstiles,…not really an incentive for a lot of finacially struggling people we go is it??….but moneybags Moxey knows 12,000 at £25 is finacially better than 16-18000 at £12-£15 nevermind the empty seats or giving the fans something back,…ive had a season ticket since ’86 and it was still £20 for me,…remember the times when the 1st home cup matches were free in your book!!.
But the ones who stayed away got proved right as us there got treated to a dire performance,…but thats 2 on the trott with Henry back pulling the strings..god why cant our manager see what everyone else can that we are worse with Henry in the team!
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Another shambolic performance – Mick picked a team to lose the game.
Ward and Fletcher up front?? What a joke!!
Henry, Ward, Fletcher, Elokobi – all useless.
Sack the Muppet and Clipboard now.
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Had we played some of the fringe players, or younsters today, a narrow defeat might have been expected. But we didnt…Mad Mick played what is close to his best 11, making sure players like Jarvis, Milijas and Hunt(injured) are drained when we play Notlob on Wednesday.
As a side effect, players like Vokes must feel let down, to not even be given a chance in a game like this.
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fletcher off seb on ward left on WHY HO WHY LOVE TO KNOW
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There’s one solutuion to our poor results- sack the manager! At this rate we’re going down wihcih is not what we want!
This message was for Richard Sheldon.
PS FA Cup draws on now.
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anybody who thinks ward is a footballer needs some serious help
I have NEVER seen such a poor player in all my life, the WORSE I have EVER seen. Shocking all round
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Poor.Needs a complete restructuring both off and on the field if they want Premier football which I am not convinced that they do.Mick McCarthy has done a great job but at this level and with this amount of money available it is too much for him.
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Awful performance, our attitude was like they couldn’t be bothered and so fair play to Stoke they wanted it more. O’Hara is good signinng but will he play? Well he should but no doubt it will be Mijilas who gets dropped, Henry I’m sorry is not good enough, he played us into trouble too much today.
The mentality can be summed up with the first substitution, Fletcher off for Blake to keep Ward on. For the fans who were there, we deserved better.
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can’t score, can’t defend and now cannot take penalties.
repeat weekly and mid-week on occasion
Charlie
ATLANTA WOLVES
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Better out of the Cup.
It Prem points we need and with the signs that any signings have now been made I fear for our situation come May.
The curren rteam is inconsistent and prone to too amy errors – like Zubars todayto give away the corener from which we lost the game. No need to foul at that time.
Hopefully I am wrong but I doubt it seriously.
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VERY VERY VERY abject performance, i like MM i think he is a good manager, BUT, how often can he keep playing Carl Henry, he was without doubt DISMAL again today, every time we try to increase the pace he gets the ball and slows us down, for me he is worse than the crab (Keith Andrews), he is not even a leader on the pitch,
it’s not time for MM to go, but it is time for Carl Henry
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Easy money again made from a McCarthy team, 21/10 on a Stoke win was a licence to print money.
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team of average players managed by a below average manager go now muppet.
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Our manager is brilliant isn´t he? He WASN´T disappointed with the performance. What hope is there? Not much, if any, if he was satisfied by that drivel. We were let down by a needless mistake. No Mick we were let down by your inability to manage at this level Seven more wins from fifteen games? Where does he think they´re coming from? If he´s still in a job tomorrow then it´s the championship for us next season. No two ways about it.
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just saw the stats on the BBC site- 2 attemps on target, 2 attemps off target!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What on earth is going on- sadly the stats don’t lie. This Wolves squad is not good enough at whatever level/competition we play in at the moment.
I would have thought we would have chosen an attacking side today, with nothing to lose, except some pride, yet we play awful infront of some true Wolves die hards which I feel have been cheated anyway- you call what we put out entertainment??
Why not try some of the youngsters ? Why not try some of the new players? why play the same old players who we have seen we in week out under perform.. actually this is probably not fair on the players as I think they are performing at their best but sadly their best comes up short at the level we are playing at, at the moment.. Bring on the Championship as that is their true level and they will probably do alright. Problem is its all too late in my opinion to change things now particualrly as MM has his favourites which we know are not up to it…
3 POINTS AT BOLTON PLEASE MM
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Disgraceful performance by two really poor teams, on an absolutely diabolical pitch. What’s happened to the Molineux surface? I’m not expecting to see another match worthy of the admission fee on that farmer’s field this season (not that I was holding out much hope in the first place!). Henry, Ward, Elokobi, Fletcher must go – they’re not even Championship quality. Give the kids a chance -and play people in the positions they were signed for! If Mick refuses to abandon his misplaced favourites, we’ll go down bottom of the league.
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Does O’Hara know that he wont get a game til Ward has chosen where he wants to play first??
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Jason Shakell’s been playing quite well recently – might be worth a look!!
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Well, it’s great to see the huge impact HENRY has had on the team since he returned, QUALITY!!
Still, without the distraction of the cup the 3m’s can carry on planning for our prompt return to the Championship.
Cant wait to see Keogh, Henry, Ward having regular slots next season where they belong – average chapionship!!
LoOK at the empty seats and get used to it NO AMBITION & NO CLUE!!! BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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i was right about henry,but my post got wiped,hes back hes staying,where going down.all down to a blind builder,a money counter and a prize muppet +clipbord and rest of staff,dont forget they operate behind the scene.
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Less than 12,000 spectators at an FA cup game against local opposition…?
The writing is on the wall Mr. Morgan.
Bizarre team selection again and yet another sub standard and lack lustre performance from the Managers favourite sons.
Taxi for McCarthy, Clipboard, Ward, Moxey Morgan and anybody else in this micky mouse regime temporarily in charge of the legendary football club
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Mick will not drop his captain so it looks like Milijas missing the penalty has sealed his fate, the game today was awlful we by rights should be given our money back. utw
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MR.MORGAN,WHY IS IT YOU CONTINUE TO IGNORE ALL THE WARNING SIGNS THAT DROP INTO YOUR LAP EVERY WEEK? THIS MUPPET OF A MANAGER WILL NEVER BRING THE SUCESS THIS CLUB CRAVES,HIS RECORD OVER THE YEARS PROVES THAT.HE CANNOT HANDLE BIG PLAYERS,HIS ALTERCATION WITH KEANE PROVED THAT AND HIS RECORD WITH SUNDERLAND SPEAKS VOLUMES ON HIS INABILITIES,HIS LACK OF MOTIVATION,HIS LACK OF TURNING A GAME AND HIS LACK OF TACTICAL AWARENESS.IF YOU WANT THE FANS TO CONTINUE THEIR SUPPORT FOR THIS CLUB THEN ACT NOW FOR EVERYONES GOOD,THE CLUB IN PARTICULAR.GET RID OF THIS IDIOT NOW.
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Jez has no excuse for the tickets it is a joke, i went to villa on saturday with my best mate as he had 2 tickets, and he payed £10!! he isnt even a season ticket holder!! £25 is a rip off the club should be ashamed! we were playing stoke for gods sake not man utd in the cup final!!
Dire performance… Ward plz just go i have seen better sunday league players (seriously i have)
Fletch doesn’t look worth 7million at all, this guy is driving up to scotland every time he gets a day off (5 hour drive) and then driving back for training (5 hour drive) see his twitter page stevenfletch10, no wonder he looks rubbish!! after that he’s too tired to do anything, put the club 1st maybe fletch? waste of money
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As some will know I regularly support the management and even the CEO on here
BUT
I have never cared so little when we missed a last minute penalty – everything about the game was half hearted.
e.g. ticket prices were reduced and yet for a category B game it is £24 in the Southbank but today the ‘reduced price’ was £25 for non-STHs.
The Southbank paid anyway but the rest of the ground stayed at home (they may be the ones with sense).
The team was ‘full strength(ish)’ but didn’t play like they really cared.
The manager said before the game that ‘the last thing we want is a draw’ but we have a player blatantly diving for a penalty in the last minute – then missing then pen which presumably pleased the manager?
I will seriously think about whether I will go to another Cup game in the future (and I went to Donny away this year)
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I’m getting fed up saying the same old thing. MM’s selection, tactics and substitutions are woeful.
He did a great job getting us promoted and keeping us up last year but are we really better this season. No is the answer. The money he spent in the summer seems to have been wasted: Van Damme – gone home, Fletcher – don’t see a Premiership CF, Hunt – has performed poorly, his crossing is abysmal. Now Jarvis seems to have gone off the boil.
We needed a quality LB, and at least one central defender before the season started. Neither of which we’ve bought.
I think the ambition in the changing room and the board is Championship material.
If we do not pick up 3 points from either the Bolton or MU game we are finished.
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As per last week’s performance against Liverpool, toothless, clueless, and talentless. For all Wolves fans like myself, we’re getting less for more.
Is Ward MM’s illegimate son, because there is no other reason on earth why MM keeps picking him?
Tick, tock, tick, tock. It’s time for a change….
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Another poor peformance, poor for morale in the team. We have to bounce back against bolton, i fear if we lose on tuesday we will have a mountain to climb. Blues have strenthend their side and albions next 3 home games are west ham, wigan and us!
We need points on the board sooner rather than later.
Regarding selection, i think we have to accept that henry, ward and elokobi arent going antwhere while mick is in charge so we just have to get behind them. Just hope we can get a left back in before the deadline.
My team if we get no more signings would be
gk Hennessey, Lb zubar, Rb foley, cb berra, stearman lw jarvis rw hammill cm o hara, miljas, cf fletcher, ebanksblake.
Wednesday is going to be a key game for us i feel.
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Exactly No.3
Did anyone see the article about Port Loko and Wolves Hampton.
Thanks Nenad saved us some quid on a trip to the potteries.
You can never work Mick out, does this mean the 1 Defender he didn’t buy is still the best, le artist Jody Craddock who plays it “the old fashioned way”
Still got hope, but that’s because I’m a Wolves fan.
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now were out the cup we can consentrate on religation mad mick out
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poor attendance today, yet sold out for man united next satday!
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mick and training staff clueless.everyone could see that flecther should have gone off and volkes to come on,once he came on he won every header he went for and as for a new ground you cann,t fill the one you got even at £20 a ticket to watch this dross .everyone keeps knocking ward but the truth is if the rest of the team put in half the effort he does then we would be at the bottom of the league
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Hopefully the abysmal attendance will finally convince Morgan of the folly of redeveloping the ground!
Having said that, no doubt folk will be readier to pay over-the-odds admission fees when we’re winning regularly back in the Championship next season
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EVERYTHING about the game today was POOR
. POOR Pitch
. POOR Attendence
. POOR Tactics
. POOR Line up
. POOR Wolves
As i walked up the stairs into the Molineux, i couldnt quite believe we are a PREMIERSHIP team, There were plenty of noisy stoke fans, a lack of Wolves fan´s and a pitch what looks likley to become the worst pitch in prem history by the time the seasons done !
Whats going on ? It wasnt long ago Wolves were considered a bigger club than Stoke, that im not so sure right now as much as it hurts me to say especially living so close to Stoke myself….
QUESTIONS ID LIKE ANSWERING
to Mick, WHY ARE YOU LEAVING GOAL SCORERS ON THE BENCH & PLAYING A GUY YOU HAVE INISTED ON FITTING IN NO MATTER WHERE HE PLAYS THIS SEASON ?????
WHY, WITH OUR RECORD HAVNT YOU WORKED DAY AND NIGHT TO STRENGTHEN IN DEFFENCE, IF YOU HAVE WHY ARE THEY NOT HERE NOW, WE BOUGHT IN VAN DAMME, THEN SOLD HIM… WHERE HIS REPLACEMENT ?????
to Moxey, WHY HAVE YOU MADE BIG PROMISES TO WOLVES FANS WHEN ITS TIME FOR US TO COFF UP MONEY FOR SEASON TICKETS, ABOUT BRINGING IN EXPERIANCED PREMIERSHIP TO THE CLUB YET 2ND YEAR IN WE HAVENT EVEN BOUGHT IN ONE ?????
WHY CANT YOU RECOGNISE THE ECONOMY OF THE AVERAGE JO CANT AFFORD TO PAY 25 POUND PER TICKET FOR A CUP MATCH, ITS AS IF YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE GRATEFULL COS YOU DIDNT TAKE EARLY BIRD OFF US LIKE YOU THREATEND, SHOULD WE BE GRATEFULL, CONSIDERING OUR HIGH PRICES FOR LITTLE TO GET EXCITED ABOUT ?????
to Morgan, BE HONEST, DO YOU THINK YOU WILL DO THE CLUB ANY FAVOURS BY BUILDING A 50,000 STADIUM IN OUR CURRENT SITUATION OF RELEGATION BACK TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP, WHERE WE FOUGHT HARD TO GET OUT OF ?????
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A QUICK SALE ONCE GROUND IS COMPLETE, WHAT ARE YOUR LONG TERM PLANS FOR OUR CLUB ?????
I think we have our proud history, great world wide support & a decent young team, BUT THE 3 M´S…. REALLY WHAT IS THE GAME PLAN FOR WOLVES COS I JUST CANT SEE IT, AND I DONT THINK IM THE ONLY ONE NEITHER !
(STAY) UP THE WOLVES !
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Not even Einstein or Merlin are needed to predict the future. Not even 12,000 bothered to turn up and it will be the same next season. I don’t know how the 3M’s can sleep at night. One day to go in the transfer window and the accountants will be pleased that Wolves brought in more money than they spent this January. It’s time that Wolves fans called in the Trading Standards because they are constantly being ripped off. If I spent money on a Premier league Sky package and was only shown Conference league football then I would win a court case hands down. That is exactly what the 3M’s are selling true Wolves fans. There are only 24 hours left, too late to sack Mick the Magician, too late to buy any decent players. I suggest that a new stadium should be constructed at the Compton training ground with a capacity of 10,000 and call it the “3M’s Pothole”, sell Molineux and donate the money to the homeless and needy. As a Wolves supporter for more than 40 years I have never been more disgusted than by the current management. “1M” sod off to Liverpool, “2M” take a course in business development and “3M” just SOD OFF with your clipboard. How any TRUE FAN can still back the THREE KINGS with their gold plated promises beggars belief.
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My oh my !!
We put out a full team and struggled to beat a poor lump it up-field Stoke team.
We are not good enough ! Simple ! Fact
If ANYBODY can defend today’s performance and current run please do.
Ask for Mick leaving …..muhahahaha Not a chance in hell. He is here until ext season.
Only if we start bad will he start having question’s raised about job.
I’d much rather have Big Sam in than Mick but I know it’s not going to happen and support Wolves all the way but seriously thinking do i renew my season ticket? Even if we stay in the Prem it’s just getting to expensive and we are watching rubbish.
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I didn’t go to the match today choosing to stay at home and show my displeasure at the rip off attitude of this club instead.
I was looking at buying a box next season but I am sick of the club taking advantage of loyal fans. Between my family we have 4 season tickets and 4 away season tickets.
Ringing up the rip off phone line costs to start off- then on top of that is the £1.50 per ticket rip off booking fee.
When you get in the ground there is overpriced food and drink.
We are now an unambitious club who is going down and MM is taking us there. Moxey if you want to see these sort of crowds every week then keep on in these same business methods.
Fans have had enough of being ripped off and what with fuel costs and food and energy costs rising I am having to prioritise where I spend my monies.
I see us going down at the end of the season, Doyle, Fletcher and Jarvis being sold.We have already bought their replacments in Hammill and Griffiths.
McCarthy and his negativity have to go. Why can’t the board see this? Perhaps they share the same myopic vison that MM does.
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Well, if that result and “performance” …(using the term lightly here), isn’t proof that we have gone backwards, I don;t know what is. There are awful signs already posted here, and even Jamie O’Hara ..(we need defenders you clown!!), won’t make a difference. Obvious to me that Doyle will be sold when we go down, and this Griffiths guy will play instead. Thisisi also nonsense when we have Academy players trying to break through…what is the future for them?
MCCARTHY OUT….CLIPBOARD OUT…..MOXEY OUT !!!
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can anyone think of anybody we could beat ? i wonder whar ohara makes of it? when you consider the support mcarthy is getting its clear the management only worry about money (saving it )we are a disgrace. we would be bottom 6 in the championship with this form.give your wages to charity this week ,you certainly havnt earned them.
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Went to the game today £25 a ticket, shocking. Only 11,000 why didn’t wolves sell the tickets for a tenner each and get a few more people in! Then again, they would have been subjected to that dross!
Henry – complete garbage! Elokobi, Ward not much better, feel sorry for Jarvis! Ebanks looked good when he came on, why wasn’t he bought on for ward at halftime!
Stoke aren’t a bigger club than wolves, but they can get solid players at the back like Huth! Come on wolves spend some money, you seem to like taking ours.
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For goodness sake even a blind man with a wooden leg can see that the team needs some fresh legs and fresh ideas. Most of that team will be knackered for Wednesday. Why when Geoffrey has shown some spark and willingness to shoot has he been dropped. We have no pace and no energy. How can you take fletcher off and leave Ward on. There is a serious sense of complacency from the 3M’s. O’Hara will be ok if he is fit but without a defender I feel it is too little too late. Henry…. oh don’t get me started.
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Today has shown Morgan one big thing, our desperate need to have a ground development rather than keep what is a very respectable ground will be very embarrassing when its only 33% full in the championship!
No doubt MM’s little favourites henry and ward will also still be in the team.
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Wolves lose
And all the knobs on here blame Henry & Ward as per usual, clueless.
Zubar, Berra, Jarvis(again) & Fletcher were poor today, especially Zubar whose passing, discipline & positional play were very poor & he is starting to look a liability.
Today Jarvis spent far too long out of the game, especially first half & in the 2nd half there was too little end product from his play, he seems low on confidence as does Fletcher & Berra looks like he is running on quick sand, though the pitch looks like it’s been grown on quick sand, million quid my arse!!!
Good news with us getting O’Hara but we need a win desparately, starting on Wednesday & a couple of defenders by this time tomorrow wouldn’t go a miss!!!
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Seems at last fans are voting with there feet the only way to bring the arrogance of the three M’s to go. Is no likey, no payee, or goee.
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Substitution for Wolves:
Number 8 Karl ‘Back Pass’ Henry is replaced by a Tub Of Lard.
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i’m probly the only one who actually went to the game today that will comment on here the rest of you probly saw a few highlights and decided to have a moan, cus actually we didnt play that bad today!!! its deffinatly not the best we’ve played but we were the better side and didnt deserve to lose. Thos of you who are moaning about Ward obviously aint got a clue what you are on about as he had a decent game today although usually i wouldnt put him in my starting 11, and elokobi was decent to. What we lacked today was finishing and it didnt help that we had a linesman who didnt know what an offside was, every through ball we had played got flagged and the majority wasnt offside!!!! personally i would say our loss today is down to them 2 facts, no one to put the ball away and a below par linesman!!
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What are the odds that we actually bring in some quality in to our defence before tomorrows deadline?
I’ve been accused of being a happy clapper in the past, but you really can’t miss the fact that either the team are really missing a of quality to stay in the PL or the players are as good as Mick says but we have a bad problem in the quality of our coaching staff (Mick included)…
I know Mick thinks his job is safe, but if enough fans start getting disgruntled then the board may finally listen!
I’m saying this because I’ve just got frustrated with our transfer dealings in the last 2 seasons… Some try hards and some no hopers at a cost of near 40 million… Not a good enough record!
Mick will do a good job for any Championship team, but he’s not a top flight manager.
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Anyone who thinks that ohara is the savour you could not be anymore wrong! dont get me wrong the guy is quality! can do every job you need a midfielder to do & more!
but why isnt he the savour u ask?
because the div we have in charge will not play him!
the excuses of “not match fit” “needs to bed in” blah blah will all come! plus who will he take out? henry? not a chance! & i dont think milijas deserves to be! it will be a total waste of what could be a fantastic signing!
today was a joke! i didnt go! call me a part time supporter if u like but i will not waste anymore money watching MM take the mick! ward plays anywhere even when we have better in tht position waiting on bench! why?
no passion or quality anywhere on pitch!
11k says it all!
fans have had it up to here!
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The game was not shown in Tampa but every report I read said it was the worst game imaginable. And with only 11,000 showing up for what is a derby match in the FA Cup, I think it says it all.
The game we play most of the time is dull, boring and lacking in creativity and imagination which is a reflection of the Club management.
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i have never seen such awful tosh in all my life what is wrong with us . im like 95% of the wolves faithfull who,s had enough of mccarthy . why oh why ward upfront ? vokes,seb on bench and he plays stepson upfront . i better sign off now because my language would turn the air blue with some of the things i want to say about this shambles.
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Poorest football match i have seen in over 10years, worse wolves game i have ever seen, most boring game i have ever been to, where was the passion? or desire to take the game to them? we didnt even look bothered, and quite frankly I am sick and tired of it all, £25 a ticket for that what an absolute ripoff how the players, manager and chairman get to sleep at night i really do wonder. 5 of us went so thats £125 in the back pockets of moxey and co muppets!!! i feel robbed
Whats all the nonsense about o’hara? i thought scott parker was a done deal last season, thought steve sidwell was a done deal? what about lescott and keane? its all nonsense manufactured by the 3ms.
too little to late even if he does sign, should have been done in august.
I wont be going another match again till those muppets are out! steve bull in thanks or ince, allardyce anybody with some passion please.
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I was absent because of the cost. Man U Saturday and Liverpool last week, have tickets for baggies on 22nd- Why charge so much at the gate– Come on Moxey wise up you are charging top prices and a gate of 11.000 says it all (that includes Stokies)-
Wise up you don’t need to kill us in the pocket- Certainly doing that on the field–God help us please against UNITED–We need your help.. Amen
Crazy Dave
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I welcome the signing of O Hara but I am sceptical about who he will replace,I hope its Henry and not Millias.The problem with McCarthy is he has two favourites in Ward and Henry and no matter how bad they play he always shoehorns them in the team.
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Another shocker…
How long can it last???
There must be change…
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49 Dave Wolf, I went to match today, I’m also a happy clapper but today I keep my hands in my pocket, thought it was absolutely awful, the pitch was awful the atmosphere was awful and the team was awful, what worried me was that this was nearly our 1st team, somehow they seemed to have lost that never say die attitude, I’m worried now !!
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47 Grace,Did not see the game as per usual even Maltese TV Concentrated on Gooners,Man c and Spurs.However regarding your comments on Ward do the people posting on here do not have valid reason’s to critisise his selection.1 goal in over 130 appearances,played somewhere any where to give him a game.Was this not the perfect opportunity to give,Vokes,Winnall.Maloney etc a run out and rest players for the Bigger games coming up.
Birmingham,WestHam(Robbie signing today on loan)all the teams around us are trying to bring in better players whilst McCarthy fiddles while Rome Burns.(Yes i do know about O’hara)Even a blind man can see our defence is in dire need of QUALITY.
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61 – Good God man are you blind or senile or both?
Steven Ward is a less tahn avaerage Championship player along with Elokobi, Berra, Zubar,Henry, Edwards & Stearman.
Never seen a defence panic like we do, neber seen a defender want so much time as Bera and Elokobi.
MICK – tryi in training one team in the old gold & black and one in white and tell each player they need to pass FORWARD to a player in the same coloured shirt as the one that they themselves are wearing!!!! You never know it might catch on!!!!
I for one will not re new my season ticket if we are relegated, god knows it’s aabd enoufgh watch us but at least in the Prem the opposition are good!!
By the way the club can save loads in the Championship by only having one stand open next season, and they will have a job on filling that!!
All the so called loyal fans treated with no thought and charged £20 plus booking fee and £325 on the day – bloody farce!
I suppose all the part time fans and kids who support Utd will make up the numbers this Saturday!!!!!
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Praying that some type of spark or intervention will save our season. Loony at this mad world, as the economy splutters and sputters, the transfer window is going bonkers; record breakng numbers like never before, but Wolves stay put, sans paltry Dundee neophite and Barnsley unproven. O’Hara is well known in many Spurs circles to be not be fully fit. We need to hope our squad can pull together and that Mick can perform as a manager like he never has before in his life. Asking foe a miracle! UTW
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In no particular order:
Henry – Awful
Ward – Awful
Pitch – Awful
Tactics – Awful (non-existent)
Ambition – Awful (read, none)
MM – Awful
Coaching Team – Awful
Manager having his favourites – Awful
Championship – Awful…
Pig sick of this..
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Standard ticket in South/North Bank for Premiership game v Stoke = £24.00
Non-season ticket/on the door price for FA Cup v Stoke = £25.00
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Specially reduced price for Season Ticket holders in advance for FA Cup v Stoke = £20.00
Cost per Premiership game for a season ticket holder = £19.74
Dick Turpin comes to mind Mr. Moxey !!
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The People of Egypt have just brought down the President and the Government, I never thought that I would suggest this action regarding the team I love and have followed since 1948. It is however the answer to the current debacle, STAY AWAY, DEMONSTRATE and DO NOT PART WITH ONE PENNY OF YOUR HARD EARNED CASH.
As a indication of my feelings, the hurt and suffering I feel is far worse than my Chemo & Radiotherapy, which I have endured since April last year. Thankfully the Professionals at the NHS have done a far better job on me than the Cretins of this so-called Professional shambles. The medicine from the 3 M’s, which I needed so badly, has for most part increased my pain.
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52 Shewolf,couldnt agree with you more.When people such as yourself make these sort of comments the club needs to take note. In many ways the attendance/game typified everything wrong with this club.We have got a shocking defence ,who do we get in during the window? ,a midfielder and 2 forwards.No reduction in admission prices,resulting in a diabolical attendance. I look at the other clubs around us and see who they buying and wonder what is going on at our club. Is Morgan refusing to give MM any more money or does the manager think we are good enough to stay up with this team? I know Sir Jack had his faults but at least he cared passionately about the club.
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Good God, how much MORE bloody dross do the Gold-booded masses have to endure before Mad Mick and Co. finally disappear over the horizon?
After the game, I had a couple of pints then went home and slapped my copy of ‘ROLLERBALL’ into the DVD player to chill out with. The good news was that I saw more action in that 110 minutes of a classic film than I have done all season. The bad news was that I didn’t particularly care about being dumped out of the cherished FA Cup just hours earlier. Why? Because I’m feeling deep apathy and that’s the worrying thing, people. Apathy is the real killer at a football club, as a sub-12,000 crowd testifies. Apathy because NOBODY AT MOLINEUX IS LISTENING TO US FANS and, worse still, NOBODY CARES.
How laughable it is that the Happy Clapper Brigade aren’t out in force today. They’re conspicuous by their absence. Why’s that, I wonder? Are even THEY finally waking up from their self-imposed coma and smelling the coffee? If so, welcome to the real world of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, 2011-style; a club that’s wearing it’s pants back to front…and inside out, too.
If being a ‘Happy Clapper’ means cheering on your team for 90 minutes, irrespective of the team picked, thereby offering unqualified support, FINE…you’re a fan and I endorse your commitment because I’m no different myself.
If, however, being a ‘Happy Clapper’ means never questioning ANYTHING that goes on at Wolves (either on or off the pitch) simply because “Mick got us promoted, therefore he’s God and we should be eternally grateful”….well, you’re an absolute fool in my book.
Perhaps the HC Brigade would do well to ask themselves which shoe fits before criticising those who are just as passionate about Wolves but wish to express their frustrations via these pages. Justified frustrations at that, too. Still, I daresay there’s somebody out there who, even now will be content to ‘Trust In Mick’, despite there being NOTHING to recommend him as a bone fide Premier League Manager. Each to their own, though.
Congratulations, Wolves, on completely messing up our FA Cup run together with a golden Premier League opportunity. I thought Sir Jack made a big mistake in not backing Dave Jones financially following promotion a few years ago. However, Morgan and Moxey have made an even bigger cock-up in retaining McCarthy’s services whilst simultaneously parting fans from their hard-earned dosh with unscrupulous pricing policies. Sorry, but everything stinks at Molineux right now, as much as it pains me to say it.
Wolves, if losing your heart and soul -and respect from your diehard fanbase- is the price we’re paying for for being a Premier League football club, then maybe we’d all be better off in the Championship. At least I recognised my club back then. Today’s Wolves is a closed shop of a club that couldn’t give a fig for its long-suffering fans; couldn’t care less about entertainment or value for money…and couldn’t recognise ABJECT FAILURE by its Manager and coaching staff if it hit them in the face.
The Molineux hierarchy don’t care so, tell me: WHY SHOULD WE?
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Henry is so negative,
Stats for this season:
Games played 14 games (1 as sub)
2 wins
2 Draws
10 Lose
Games out of team 9 games
4 Wins
1 Draw
4 lose
Career Stats: 324 games 9 goals Nuff Said!!!
Mccarthy & Clipboard are you so stupid as not to realise we need an attack minded team just look where Blackpool are in the league!!
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70 sue at last sue now you must see that thicko mick is an idiot who aint got a clue, a lot of fans new this long time ago we are going noware with the 3 mmms only down to the championship, all these players he has brought are championship players at best henry and ward elokobi not even division 2 players.
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Post 76 – Best wishes for a speedy recovery. I hope that your NHS treatment proves successful. Sorry that Wolves incompetence has added to your suffering, my friend.
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another 400 miles and money i car’nt afford. dont remember to mutch about the game as i was bored to tears but the beer in newhampton was spot on.back home now and it’s going to be a long time before i do it again.i still love wolves but it’s turning in to a joke U T W
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I can’t afford to go very often and yesterdays match has skint me out for this week I won’t be making the same mistake again this season, what good is a new empty ground gonna do us? even if we stop up it will be the same relegation dross again next year but who cares what we think? so u can keep your high attendance prices and your £3.50 plastic bottles of carling and your £4.10 manky hot dogs! ill save up for my summer hols thank you very much. I was gonna do the 4 for £40 family ticket for the blackpool game as thats not a bad deal but after the tens of thousands I have spent over the years watching wolves I think the money is better off in my back pocket and im not on my own, my nan could have took a better penalty than that and she has been dead for 5 years!!! so i will join the growing legion of fans who just go down the local to watch games see ya!
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49 MILLS WOLF
At last others are seeing through the survival on the cheap Business Plan.
WBA sign Carlos Vela Mexicos centre forward, because the need goals thy have addressedthe issue.
Wolves on the other hand need a left back and a centre half so they sign a midfield player and a goalkeeper.
Well done Bungle and Zippy, helping Mr Morgan take money out of the Football club, where there is a pot of Gold at the end of his Rainbow, but not the Fans.
Sean O’driscoll Now.
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Absolutly pathetic performance by players who just hadn’t got a clue about how to play football.
Why does MM insist on playing WARD no matter what and sice HENRY cam back we once again fail to get past the half way line with his sideways and back passing.
Its no wonder the players mmust be disalusioned when the two mentioned are picked and they are not given a chance.
So Mr MORGAN take a look at the attendance yesterday and the empty ground because that is what you will have every week next season because you haven’y got the B—S to get rid of MM and Co.
We have one slight chance of survival bring in BIG SAM NOW WITH STEVE BULL.
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Grace (58) and Dave Wolf(61)
You must both watch the game with rose tinted glasses the same as MM, WARD and HENRY contributed nothing to the game. The others run about like headless chickens because they obviously learn nothing on the training ground. Except how to pass the ball sideways or back
Sorry to tell you Dave but the linesman got it right everytime with regard to the offsides, I was one of the lonely people in the Steve Bull stand.
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At last people are finally starting to get it – wolves fans taken for a financial ride!
Mcarthy – What I say goes…..
Moxey – Pound and a pint / lack of ambition and risk
Morgan – How can I commercially benefit?
Say no more…………
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why is it when henry is not in the side we are playing positive football.henrys back and we ave gone back to negative ways it got to the point yesterday the crowd shouting don’t pass the ball to him and oh no here we go again. vokes on for the last five minutes was a joke.dissapointing crowd because of the prices being to high for cup games these days. prices should be pounnd for kids and afiver for adults there you would get a full house from this and moxey would make his by selling over priced pop and crisps £4 for a burger this is wolverhampton not london. finally you want atmosphere bring back ligiudator stuff the pc brigade its still gets played at other grounds in the country
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here’s an idea mcarthy/morgan/moxey/connor should all leave on the condition that they take all the drivel spewing half glass empty brigade with them and leave wwfc to the hard core who attended the cambridge game in our first season in the old fourth division . any takers?? thought not.wwfc for ever.
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YE OLDE SOUTH BANK-78
SAID WITH PASSION MY FRIEND and I second the entry–How much longer does this go on –LETS PRAY not much longer— CrazeY Dave
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87 Stubbz ,I think you have summed up the current situation at Wolves very well.On previous threads there have been people who have actually said relegation would not be a bad thing as we would automatically get promoted next season.You couldnt make it up!!
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are we being conned! is the real plan to get relegated so the parachute payments help to pay for the devlopement of the ground.gamblig on that we get prommoted the following season
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no.80. don’t call Mick thicko it’s not nice, I am still happy but it’s doesn’t mean I’m blinkered to what’s wrong I would just rather be a bit positive if I can ..yesterday I couldn’t find anything positve as much as I tried!!
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Talk of Torres for 50 million on deadline day but no one moving in for something really special, a player who is equally as good at left back as he is as a right sided striker. How can such a player be ignored ?
Looking at yesterdays performance can anyone honestly believe that Zubar, Berra, Hunt, Milias or Fletcher would attract bids of even half what MM paid for them or that anyone would take Henry, Elokobi or Mr Versatile himself Stephen ward off us even if given away with their 4 year contracts.
When Mr. Morgan eventually sees what everyone can see and finally replaces MM we will be left with one hell of a mess to sort out. The Stoke game was there to be won, they were nothing special but keeping SEB on the bench until the final minutes and then taking off the natural striker to accommodate him instead of replacing Ward was typical of the man. Thankfully his latest joke to bring sick note Woodgate in backfired as we all the know the script, injured in his first training session.
No left back worthy of the title at the club in 4 years, useless buys at centre back, suffering with injuries but no real effort to rectify a weak area-all obvious to the fans but not MM. January comes and goes with nothing done to improve things. Let us hope that its MM’s last January at the club and that we finally put this sorry chapter in our history behind us.
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photo says it al, unmarked header again !!
quote of the day ”
Milijas revealed Wolves had been practising defending from setpieces – Stoke’s major strength – but were still undone by Robert Huth’s 81st minute header.
Story of this season so far, come on wolves pull ya finger out !!!
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devon wolf
Youre a dying breed fans that travel hundreds of miles to watch there team. I used to travel 300 mile round trip but i moved here for work. looking on the bright side at least i can walk to the ground now !!!
looking bleak but were still in touch but we need a run of wins, but cant see that happening this time but there is always hope !!
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Post 76, Crockett48 – sending positive good wishes for a speedy recovery. I’m usually very positive about our team, but yesterday I can honestly say I can’t remember much about the first half, the only positive I could take was that the sun was shining on me in the north bank. Hubby thinks I’m potty, I’ve been a supporter for many a year, even travelled back and forwards from Spain to watch games, but I feel very hurt and let down. How can they play such drivel then play so well against some of the top teams. Think they want to go down, reminds me of the time when the Tescos were 11 points behind us and we crumbled and they went up. Sad times, very depressing.
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geoff palmers tache,Yes i was there and at all the other great day’s out we used to enjoy in those days.BUT i was also going to,the Anfields,Highbury’s,Goodison Park’s etc etc,on more than ONE occasion through the sixties seventies,very early eighties,WHICH DAYS WERE BETTER,i will tell you,Top flight football on a regular basis,Wolves striving to compete with the best not giving up the ghost tamely.
You may be happy to go down with a whimper but most supporters are not.
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89- Any takers? Yes, me. Admittedly, I didn’t see every Fourth Division game in our inaugural season (due to periods of unemployment during difficult economic times), but I still attended plenty of games. In fact, my young kids made their very first Molineux visits during those dark days. I had them sat on my shoulders in the old South Bank as the roof leaked rain and Molineux rotted into the biggest dump in football (well, very nearly!).
Introducing my kids to my beloved club at Division 4 level aint exactly what I had in mind when they were babies because, like Maltawolves, I was used to bigger and better things. Still, a Wolf’s always a Wolf.
Incidentally, those kids of mine are now adult season ticket holders, and have been for many years. So, I’ve passed on the family Gold & Black legacy -just like thousands of other dads have- thus doing my little bit to help ensure Wolves’ future fanbase.
Mick is not immune to criticism (despite what he may think) nor are Moxey, Morgan or anyone else associated wth WWFC. That’s because the fans will be there long after the Three M’s are gone. Unlike US, they don’t love the club -to them, it’s just a job that they get VERY WELL PAID to do. Anyone would think they’re doing their work on a charity basis judging by some of the gushing plaudits they’ve received from blinkered fans that are still simperingly grateful for our promotion. Still, each to their own, I say, because we all have an opinion, much as I disagree at times.
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89, the torquay game was our lowest ever i was fortunate to be there on such an auspicious occasion!! i also went up to newcastle on the coach with a grand total of 18 wolves fans to demonstrate at the FA meeting to close wolves down, heady days indeed!! i watched wolves nearly every game home and away from div 1 down to div 4 and saw grown men walk out of molineux crying so chances are i probably know you as it was the same faces every week!, after spending all this weeks spare cash on sundays match i had to have a word with myself, they dont come to see me when im bad! ive ad enough for this season i would be down the pub now but moxeys got my dough so im on ea spouting drivel utw!!!
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You would think that any one of the three M’s would explain exactly what they have in mind. Last season was expected to be very hard, I thought that they would go back into the Champioship, but they survived. Every one was pleaed, most were suprised, some could not believe it.
Did any one learn from it? Certainly not Henry or Berra, Keogh went but he was no worse than any one else. His luck was that many suppoters did take to him. I believe that EBlake has learned, perhaps he will never be a Carroll or a Drogba but he led the line far more effectively than Doyle, yet he is in and out. Has Jarvis improved? It is hard to judge him when posibly only Milijas is the only one who can provide the openings he needs. He is not a Giggs or a Johnson but how can he learn with the players of the caliber at the Molineux. Or even from the coaching staff
The supporters have been let down by the 3 X M.How dare they charge the price of the last Saturday,s game. What is Moxey thinking of.
Has any one of the 3 x M got the bottle to address the supporters before the stadium empties for last time when Division 2 or Blue Square Divisions loom into view?
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what do people want ? the worst players in the league,absolute ridiculous tactics,a manager that cannot inspire any quality players through the door,insane team selection and we are still not the bottom of the league ! come on give the lads a break.oh wardy the reason you cant get in the national side is they have a manager who knows a bit about football.
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Cheer up guys – gals MICKIE is back–
Keep the faith-May good luck go with us to BOLTON
Crazey Dave–
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