Wolves 4 Blackpool 0
Saturday 26th February 2011, 5:09PM GMT.
Wolves climbed out of the Premier League relegation zone with a comfortable win against Blackpool on a day tinged with sadness at Molineux, writes Steve Madeley.
See also: Saturday’s match action – in photos
Matt Jarvis, Jamie O’Hara and were on target before substitute Sylvan Ebanks-Blake scored twice as Wolves took care of matters on the pitch to delight their fans, who paid tribute throughout the game to former defender Dean Richards.
He died this morning aged just 36.
The scale of the victory took Wolves out of the bottom three and left rivals Albion in the drop zone for the first time since the opening week of the season.
Wolves were aided by the red card for Blackpool striker DJ Campbell, who thrust a hand into the face of Richard Stearman just before half-time with his side trailing just 1-0.
The match was played in front of a record crowd for the modern Molineux of 29,086.
Wolves made a dream start and were ahead in the second minute through Jarvis’s fourth goal of the season.
Ronald Zubar fed David Edwards with a clever pass down the right touchline line and he picked out Adam Hammill, who had taken up a central position 20 yards from goal.
He moved the ball to the left, where Jarvis was unmarked to curl a shot past Richard Kingson from the edge of the area.
But the game was scrappy for most of the opening exchanges and the visitors could have claimed a freak equaliser when David Vaughan’s left-wing cross dropped over Wayne Hennessey but ran away from the onrushing Keith Southern.
In the 14th minutes Wolves could have doubled their advantage when a neat move down the left ended with Jamie O’Hara squaring for Edwards, who got ahead of Craig Cathcart but saw his shot beaten away by Kingson.
Wolves continued to hold sway and another chance arrived in the 23rd minutes as Blackpool failed to clear from the edge of their box and the ball broke to Hammill, who drove a shot just over.
The hosts had the ball in the net again on 19 minutes when George Elokobi powered home a header from a corner by O’Hara but referee Neil Swarbrick had spotted a push on Kingson by Edwards.
Blackpool had a chance to test Hennessey eight minutes before half-time when a crunching challenge in midfield from Karl Henry saw the ball break for substitute Luke Varney on the corner of the box but he lashed a shot into the side netting.
Blackpool’s task became even harder two minutes before half-time thanks to Campbell’s moment of madness.
He was involved in a tussle for the ball with Stearman but reacted inexplicably by shoving the defender in the face and giving the referee no option but to brandish the red card.
Wolves tried their luck twice in the early moments of the second half, first when Kingson made a flying save from Kevin Foley and then when the keeper made a comfortable catch from O’Hara.
But McCarthy’s men would not be denied their second goal and it arrived on 54 minutes as Blackpool squandered possession in midfield and O’Hara drove towards goal before hitting a low shot that skidded past Kingson and nestled in the bottom corner.
That goal killed the game as a contest and the rest of the afternoon was low-key apart from Ebanks-Blake’s goals.
The substitute arrived unmarked in the six-yard box with 12 minutes to go to prod home right-wing cross by the hard-working Kevin Doyle.
And in the final minute he raced clear and fired a low shot past Kingson.
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Well done lads!
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Great result boys! Lets pay a good tribute to Dean next week! & Get another win under are belts to edge closer to 40 points. RIP DEAN!
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Fantastic result against an awkward Blackpool team.
Bet Deano is smiling RIP Big Fella!
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On a sad day with the news about Deano, we finally got the result against a key lower table team that we deserved. Well done lads. Consolences for Deano’s family.
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Fantastic win! That one’s core you Deano!! Our condolences and sympathy to his family. RIP.
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good win, r.i.p dean richards. utw
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Rest In Peace Dean. A truly great player, a lion at the heart of our defence. We’ll never forget you mate…
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This should keep the Mick slappers quiet for a while. Me? I’ve always had faith in MM who WILL keep us up.
RIP Deano… shocking news.
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DEANO DEANO DEANO ! 4-0
That one’s for you fella !
WELL DONE LADS
It aint over till the fat lady sings
GET BEHIND THE BOYS !
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RIP Dean. A Fine Fellow.
Excellent win, well done lads. Let´s hear for Sylvan too please. It must be difficult to sit out large periods of the season watching chances go begging when you can take them like he does. Deserves a start next week, eh Mick?
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EASY WIN !
MORE OF THE SAME LADS !
WELL DONE !
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A fiiting tribute to Deano – our best win in the Premiership.Keep it up Wolves! O’Hara a class loan signing – well done Mick. Glad Jarvis scored to exorcise that miss last week!
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RIP DEAN RICHARDS FROM WBA
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just got in from the match great win today gota give credit to blackpool kept trying to play football
people around me was moaning cause karl henry didnt shoot instead he laid doyle off for blakes first n the they started jumping typical moaners
o’hara man of the match by far doyle unluck not to score n KARL HENRY PLAYED WELL END OF
jarvis stearman o’hara henry for england
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great result today, for once we showed the killer instict to finish em off! a great way to come back from the disapointment of last weekend, R.I.P Big Dean Richards….i remember doing the conga in the south bank after a 2-0 win agaisnt sandwell town with big dean nodding in a header ….those were the days my friend….up the wolves..
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Great result today. Even better to BOING (I hnormally hate that word!) three places up the table, to go above the Tesco carrier bags!!!
RIP Deano. Shocked and saddened by this news. Sentiment echoed by other non Wolves friends who have commented to me today!
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Nobody thought that would happen, not even the thickest of the Happy Clappers!
Well done the team, great to see Jarvis, O’Hara and Ebanks-Blake scoring, as these are the ones we will depend on to get us out of this demotion mess!
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The players were magic today, O’Hara must get 10/10 in your ratings on Monday! And it was wonderful to hear the “Deano” chants echoing through Molineux again. RIP big guy.
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That was anything and more than a manly performance! Bliss! For a couple of days, one hopes, all the season long defeatists who are “band wagon” at best, get to take some time off fom their gloaming and moaning. SEB’s late goals could be vital, and it’s about time the pressure is left to boil up for West Ham and are Black Country miscreants down the road. I feel LIverpool and Stoke, respectively, will do us favors!
UTW
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Hi Jack. You are more than welcome to make a comment you know. Even if we are ABOVE you.
Just remind us where are you in the league table!!!!!!
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Great win today lads, hope we can push on from it?
RIp Deano sad sad news :-(
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Great win lads – well done and to score 4 goals too gives us some good momentum ahead of next weeks visit of spurs. Shocking and very sad news about Deano – RIP big fella ….
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RIP Deano you made it look so easy
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A little surprised by the team selection, but credit to McCarthy he got it right. In truth Blackpool were outplayed for much of the match. There cause was’nt helped by Campbell’s sending off. I can’t recall Hennessey making a save. Jamie O’Hara was MOTM.
Sad news regarding Dean Richards. My condolences to his family.
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Just got back from the game Ohara was man of the match but all the team played well. Think it’s time to replace Doyle with Fletcher in this lone striker role tho?
The fans were great singing for Deano today the only sad point on a great day.
RIP Deano
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R.I.P. Deano,
Great result lads, wonder what Jack the rat will have to say now :)
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RIP Deano sadly taken b4 time god bless big fella.well done wolves keep it going.
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Great result we ””drilled 4 right through the Blackpool rock today”’ it was also good to keep a clean sheet. Since Mick has settled on the same back four, they seem to have got a good understanding as a unit which happens if you give the same 4 players time together, and its good to read nice comments about Richard Stearman, who’s come in for lots of flak this sesaon, some of it justified lots of it not. But since Mick’s left them together he’s settled and played really well, we must remember he’s still only a young lad learning with every game he plays, given time and encouragement he could become another Dean Richards? R.I.P. I was also very pleased for SEB ,to come on as sub and score 2 goals was superb, he’s a natural goalscorer and given regular games he will always score goals no matter what league he plays in. And another excellent game by Jamie O’Hara it seemed, and a good return by David Edwards too, but Kevin Doyle seemed to get m.o.t.m. awards with most radio stations,sky tv, glad to see Matty Jarvis take his goal well, that will give him a huge boost too. It was good to see a ‘full house’ 29,00065 roaring the lads on. Once again Great Result Lads Onwards and Upwards: UTW:
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Great win today, everyone played their part!
Terrible news about Dean Richards a great player.RIP.
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RIP Dean mate. This one was for you.
A great performance and a great result well done lads.
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Who’re,
Thanks for the invite.
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You were a star.
*****REST*****in*****PEACE****DEANO*****.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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Great win today – just what was needed but put it into perspective – today we lost a great former player and in celebrating today’s win we must have a thought for Deano’s friends and family. RIP Dean
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Great win! A very important win for us and even though i didnt like the team selection and formation we come out with Mick did a very good sub when taking out zubar for ebanks-blake..finally our former top goal scorer gets some play-time!
I still hope we go 4-4-2 and wondering why milijas was on the bench..?
Though i gotta hand it to the team who made a magnificent match and never let Blackpool in the game really..I think Henry did a pretty good game too..
We deserve to stay in the prem cause we have a very good team..and will be even better next season, with our young team. Just hope Fletcher stays cause he gets no play-time whatsoever..
UTW!
R.I.P. Dean Richards
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Great result! We needed that, and like Magic Mick says, hopefully our luck has changed now. We really outplayed Blackpool, and that has proved difficult for a lot of other teams this season.
Sad news about Deano, he was a true stalwart, and will never be forgotten. Sincere condolences to his family, and close relatives.
Hope we can get a good result for him again next week against Spurs.
Spirits are high this week, well done me babbies!!
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Thank you 13, you are a true football supporter.
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RIP Deano great player and gentleman
Great to see us going for goals, not that there’s much choice against such an open side. Would like to put a word in for Stearman and George who were written off by so many on here and are playing so well. O’Hara has been superb.
8th May it’s S&R-Day the greatest day since the Play-Off Final.
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brill result today but god bless deano never forget.remember equaliser at derby made it 3-3 loverlry goal
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What a good result ! Lets hope its the turn around that they deserve .
Within our prayers, “Dean Richards ” was a super star who will always hold a place ,in the Wolves Hall of Fame..
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Totally deserved three points today thanks to a full 90 minutes performance from everyone involved. O’Hara was my man of the match – never stopped running, always available, WANTED the ball AND GOES TO THE GOAL FIRST CHANCE HE GETS!!!
He gets a lot of stick but I thought Elokobi had a top drawer game today. Won it and passed it well and got forward when he needed to.
This is going down to the wire but this win gives the lads a chance.
Codolences to the family of Dean Richards – a very committed footballer who always gave everything for the cause.
COME ON YOU WOLVES!!!
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Sad news re Deano, so young, younger than Jody. A really good player for us!
Super win today, just what we needed. Well done Mick and the boys !
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Great win for us today, terry ha ha you said but a few short months ago when you were 6th with 22 points that you would qualify for europe ha ha ha where are you now Wolves Ay we /\_/\. R.I.P Deano
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Superb result, well done to the team, this is what we have to do to the teams in our half of the table, makes you think what could have been achieved if we had played SEB all season which many of us had called for.
McCarthy have you seen the light yet.
Out of Darkness cometh Light!!!!
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Saddened to hear about Dean Richards, condolences to his family RIP.Good result
you lot,see we’re not all bad.
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WELL DONE LADS.A VERY PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE,OHARA TREMENDOUS AND DOYLE.DEAN RICHARDS ONE OF THE VERT BEST CENTRE BACKS I HAVE SEEN AND I AM 50 PLUS.
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Gutted about dean richards R.I.P. I can remember the first time i saw him play away at southend in 1995, he was superb and always was!
On the game today good peformance and should do our confidence a lot of good.
O hara is class and i just hope we can sign him if we stay up. I think it was a bit unfair not to give milijas a run out. I hope something hasnt happened there, surely ward isnt ahead of him in the centre of midfield? Also i think ebanks blake deserves to start games. He can hold it up nearly as good as doyle but he gets into goal scoring positions, something doyle doesnt and he can finish! Tottenham will be there for the taking next week with one eye on milan, i hope anyway!
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The lad showed they can attack,at times the second half we had 5-6 players in there penalty area!!!DOYLE as to be taken out of the firing line,we need goals to score four and he does not even get a sniff!
Well done the mighty WOLVES..LOVE the WOLVES for ever
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first things first.R.I.P deano. You and keith Curle arguably the best centre half pairing we have had in recent years. Anyone that scores against the albion will become an instant legend (hate to say it but that also includes Bothroyd)
Well Done today boys bring on Tottenham
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God rest you Deano….
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Also 29086 isnt the record for modern molinuex. We had about 9 or 10 higher attendences during the 2003/2004 campaign.
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dont see why we cannot beat tottenham so sorry for deano best central defender since frank munro
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Yes R.I.P. Dean Richards. I can recall your composure emerging from the heart of defence amidst all the chaos, pity injuries curtailed your career with us then but at the time as you can all remember we had more long-term injuries than any club in the country.
Onto today’s match, well we did what we had to do and finally beat a team we should beat! We need to take this into the next game as two wins out of two in this tight division can make all the difference. Can we survive? Probabaly even still at the moment. I think unilke last year unfortunately it will go to the last game of the season. Who dares wins! Was right about SEB by the way.
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DEAN RICHARDS WAS BY FAR OUR BEST DEFENDER IN THE 90′S – A fantastic athlete and a real loss. May you rest in peace.
Super win today – keep it going UTW
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Being a fan, it feels especially good today, OUT OF THE DROP ZONE.
Good luck to Mick and the boys. Keep up all the good work, try and stay healthy, and all will be well!
My condolences to the family of Dean Richards.
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rip dean best wolves central defender since frank munro.great result today bring on spurs
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Very sad about Deano, RIP big fella, a quality defender and a quality guy. DEANO, DEANO.
Great win today lads and I have every confidence we will get something from the Spurs game next week.
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Well done wolves!!!!! Best win of the season!!! Keep it up.. RIP Dean Richards true wolves legends!!!!
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Comiserations to Deano´s family he was truly a great guy.
Well done the lads, the game wasn´t on here in Brazil and couldn´t get internet so went to the beach. Every time I go my beloved Wolves get a result and a clean sheet too, fantastic, I will be going to the beach more often every time I sit and read the live commentary it seems to upset their performance and we get nowt.
Up the Wolves I said at the start of the season 15th or better will do for me this year.
Keep it going lads, proud to be a Wolfie.
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My Dad rang me at work to tell me that Deano had died, terribly sad news. I immediately remembered seeing Deano at the old Baseball Ground against Derby scoring with a bullet header. Looking forward to both Wolves and Spurs fans paying tribute to him next weekend.
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A great and much needed win today! Great game… fantastic! Lets keep the momentum going in the games ahead. Being a wolves fan has its ups and downs, but I love it!! Well done!
RIP to Dean Richards we did this in your memory today.
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Deano always in our hearts RIP.
Great win lads….
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Well done boys…onward and upward !
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RIP Deano.
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rip deano:( FANTASTIC win for all THE CLUB.POSITIVES from todays game
moved above them lot
out of bottom 3
clean sheet
jarvo.. finished and was composed
o hara.. what can this guy not do(big goal scorer check his cv)it was said that he did spend a bit of time with the chilean miners and helped dig them out of a hole.
stearman who is getting better every game and frustrated dj getting him sent off
seb came on and did the business class touch at pace shown for goal
beating a team around us convincingly
all the way lads.COYW.
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Great performance today and for once of late we got what we deserved.
O’Hara was immense today. MOM by a mile!! Quite why MOD focus on Jarvis today I am not sure because Jamie was head and shoulders above anyone today.
He covered every blade of grass and was still chasing down their back four at 4 nil and 90 mins gone. Top class player.
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brilliant game. great win. and out of the bottom 3. but truly saddend about deano passing away and at ayoung age r.i p deano you will never be forgoten by your wolves followers
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Great win today . I’m still no fan of Mick but I have to hold my hands up for the performance of the lads today , superb .
R.I.P DEAN RICHARDS
UTW
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This ones for you Deano R.I,P Big guy.
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Walsall baggie, Respect thanks .
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Ohhhh where are the Henry bashers?????
I repeat:
All it takes is faith.
We’re staying up again,
We’re staying up again,
We’re staying up up up again.
Magic Mick will do it.
It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile!
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Super result today, telly enjoyed the game, Doyle(deserved a goal), stearman (superb),and o’hara all a class act, how refreshing to see o’hara running for everything and playing quick corners, throw in’s and geeing up the crowd, please stay up and sign for us, very sad news about big deano, you were a legend Dean, thoughts with your family, nice to see Beattie taken off, I think i know the answer now to who eat all the pies, think they took him off as he wanted to grab a balti pie, u t w, 4 more wins please Mick.
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Seb desrves a start in next match.
O;hara MOTM we’ll miss him next match
henry played well and edwards good comeback
come on liverpool and stoke…….
R.I.P deano
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Bout time!!! This tastes extremely sweet…
3 points, off the bottom, out of the three on goal difference.
A clean sheet for hennessy, a goal for Jarvis and 2nd Goal for O,Hara, Magnificent. Well done to all the team.
O’Hara has the feel of a new style wolves player, confident, goes for it and can lead. Not a hostage to the ghosts of the past. Just Wonderful.
Floating on air…UTW
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There’s only one Dean Richards!
Quality performance. A point a game should be enough. Hopefully Liverpool and Stoke will do us favours. Plenty of top performances today especially Jarvis and O’Hara but if we had an old head by Stearman he could become a top drawer centre half and big George is getting better and better!
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8,IOW,What a plonker,yes great result more required before end of season,come on Liverpool and Stoke do us a big favour.Dean Richards super player RIP.
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RIP Dean Richards. A very classy footballer and a genuinely nice bloke. It’s difficult to understand when something like this happens to a bloke of 36.
Condolences to his family.
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One of the nice things about yesterday’s win was that at 2-0 up we kicked on and scored more goals when we could have sat back and played out a comfortable win- we all know how crucial goal difference could be.
A few other points- even though Kevin Foley is unlucky not to start we are benefitting from a settled back four; Stearman is proving his worth- in my opinion he is good enough to play in the Premiership and has responded well to a run in the side; Jamie O’Hara absolute quality; the Blackpool right back never got close to Jarvis all afternoon, he didn’t make one tackle on him; like Stearman, David Edwards, despite what some people say, is a Premiership player; Doyle worked hard and responded well when moved wide right; great to see SEB get his goals- he’s a finisher and is unlucky not to start more often.
A great result but now we need to kick on, something we have struggled to do all season.
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Job well done Wolves. Vital win. Produce more clean sheets, and enough points should be forthcoming at home. Deano was immense at Wolves; sad loss.
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Full house. Four goals. Lovely flowing football. Most players performing brilliantly. As for Jamie O’Hara – what can you say. So good I treated myself to a hotdog AFTER the match.
I think I’ve watched MOTD 53 times already.
RIP Deano. Tragic loss and so young.
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First of all what a fitting result as a tribute to Deano,RIP!
Secondly what great all round performance with some outstanding individual performances!
O’Hara Seb and Henry.
Consistent selection of the back four is really paying dividends.
We really can stay up !!
Bring on Spurs.
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17, On a day when we had a great result and the fans showed great respect toward Deano, you start by slaging them off nice one. As I said great result, O’hara was different class. R.I.P Deano. UTW.
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Did it for you Deano. Was in total shock when i heard the news. Such a nice bloke off the pitch aswell. R.I.P big man.
Great win, now lets climb that table.
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Great win today lads.The rest of the season should be for Deano.R.I.P.Big fella.
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rip dean keep it up lads
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I must commend the decision to bring in Jamie O:Hara what a difference he has made, he’s like a one man team, the lift he has given the players and us supporters is immense lets now keep this going till the end of the season. UTW
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It’s funny how every time we lose you see a hundred comments on how badly we played, yet we win 4-0 and not half the response. Some people were born to be miserable and they’re the fans we don’t need in the Molineux come 3:00pm next week against Spurs. Will O’hara be eligible against them? I hope so because he along with edwards have a good balance of work ethic between them. I’m too young to know Deano but if he played in gold and black I’ll sing his name every week! Not a word for Mick McCarthy on here either yet? No Adam so he went 4-5-1 and allowed us to control the game from start to finish, then at 2-0 to take off a full back and put Ebanks-Blake on was a great move too! Credit where it’s due Mick, tactics were near perfect for that!
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Jack. Is that the best you can do! A bit of HUMBLE pie wouldn’t go amiss after all you are below us and it will last, believe me.
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r.i.p deano you will always be a legend in my book that win was for you.
great win today lads its just a shame that o’hara cant play next week against spurs but never the less lets just get those 3 points lets hope that liverpool beat west ham and stoke beat that mickey mouse club down the road
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Who’re,
That post was for DEANO. More than I can say for yours. I’ll make up in the week, but I doubt your mods will pass my post as they bin a lot of what I send in. So long for now. JACK the HAT.
P.S. Maybe they don’t like banter.
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Great win boys.
Felt physically sick when I heard the tragic news about Deano.
I hope his family read these comments and get some comfort from how respected he was by all true supporters.Wolves and Baggies alike
Such sad news brings all true supporters together. RIP DEAN.
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Sorry, (86). JACK the HAT.
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R.I.P Deano. Class act on and off the pitch, unlike many footballers today.
Well done to the lads today, nobody put a foot wrong, and i have to say, certain players like edwards and ward did well for the time they were on the pitch. Fantastic cross by Doyle for Blakes first goal, which i think shows that he should be in the team, but maybe as a winger, as he spends much of his time there anyway. The league table is not looking as bad after just 1 win. Hopefully we can get a few results now to help us climb the table. Tottenham will be tough though, and im not expecting anything.
Hammill and O’hara, seem to be 2 fantastic signings, and it would seem that our January transfer business wasnt as bad as all the doom merchants made out. What were they saying again? Hammill was just a championship player that wouldnt make the step up. He’s done pretty well so far and i think has justified his 500k sigining. I thought the numpties had learnt theyre lesson after the january of last year where they judged guedioura before he had even played. Obviously not.
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A really good game of football. Jamie O Hara played really well and I believe brought other team members to life. You could hear him demanding the ball from the upper reaches of the Steve Bull stand. I hope that Karl Henry can learn from him with ball distribution. The match announcer did a good job of getting the four sections of the ground supporting our team, the Billy Wright stand fans sounded loud. We will lose Jamie against Spurs perhaps time for Milijas to take his place and pass the ball around. Congratulations to all the team and coaching staff, long may these results continue.
A word for family and friends of Deano, he put a smile on many faces, be proud of his life with us.
Jamie Rielly
Lanyon park Cornwall
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wheres the moaners gone lol!
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Fanatastic performance and result in what was a must win fixture. Well done to the players and MM!
However, let’s not get carried away…. we are still in a relegation dogfight and I, for one, would certainly not stake my house on the outcome!
Need more of the same – starting against Spurs next Saturday (have to say I would be happy with a point).
Tragic news about Dean Richards.
WTID
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R.I.P DEANO,FROM ALL FOOTBALL FANS,GREAT SHAME,SHIFNAL BAGGIE.
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Calm down, calm down, WWFC are still going down ! Then as Moxey says, any player assets will be sold, can’t see that making a great deal, Fletcher is worth half of his buying fee as it is, never mind as a Championship player, Doyle might fetch £6m, Hennessey £3m, Jarvis £4m, Henry £3m, Hammill £2m, EBB £2m, the rest will probably stay as they have no essential value; If WWFC do stumble back to the Premier league, will Morgan find the £80m for the players needed to compete? Not likely.
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At 21 games to go I sat down and made my forecast to see if we would make sufficient wins and points to stay up.
At the moment with 11 of those 21 games played we are 3 points better off than I thought we would be, so fans and supporters keep the faith. I was going to name players who are doing a great job but suffice to say since O Hara has joined us the players have been lifted head and shoulders above what they were.
To all involved at the Mol keep it going and continued Premiership survival is assured.
UTW.
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RIP DEANO
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What a great result, i only hope we can go on to take points from the spurs game. Keep picking up the points against the lower half teams and we should be ok. Can’t believe i actually got to see some of this match. Roll on April when i’m backn to see us stay up.
ktf
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RIP Deano, what terrible news, great player, great bloke.
For all you anti Mick haters – 4.0 now f…off.
We are Wolves………Onwards and Upwards without the anti Mick haters.
By the way I’ve GOT MY EARLY BIRD – HAVE YOU!
tammy pacs – you are a pratt.
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86) why, is that what you have been doing every week then, eating humble pie when you have been below us? would hate to think you a hypocrite as well as a numpty, make the most of this 48 hours!
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Great win Wolves.
RIP Deano,you were a credit to football.
Jack The Hat is an annoying unfunny sarcastic muppet.
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Very sad news about Dean Richards who was a majestic defender for us and , barring injuries , potentially England . It was great to hear the fans chanting his name – made me feel proud .Sincere condolences to his family and I’m sure that next game , they will see how much he meant to us and the Spurs fans.R.I.P.Deano.
What a great win yesterday , looked like Henry was getting back to form ( in a good way ! ). Stearman was immense at the back, nice to see SEB scoring and I think we’ve seen the new Mike Bailey in O’Hara who was driving Wolves on all over the pitch .If we land him permanently , we’ll have our next captain .
(Stay ) Up the Wolves
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Unfortunately it looks very likely that at least one team from the Black Country is going down..
Looking at recent form…… :-)
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Helmand Wolf. Thank you for all you are doing for us. We pray for you and all your colleagues out there. Have a safe return to join in the celebration of another year in the Premiership.
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Cant complain about the win, i’m a little bemused with milijas not starting, he and o’hara seem to have a good understanding. why was edwards selected and ward coming on as a replacement. with blackpool down one man, milijas would have been in his element.
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for all those moaners that was fantastic performance and result. Take note match of the day said that wolves were playing much better than last season. Its all about steady progress im sure some people were expecting european football this season!
RIP Deano in my opinion the best defender i have seen down the wolves over the last 20 years. Heart goes out to his family at this time.
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No 25 – Trevb21 – You obviously do not understand the role of the lone striker in a 4-5-1. Doyle is the perfect exponent. It’s not all about the lone striker scoring ( I admit Doyle’s goal tally is not great). Kevin Doyle is class and Fletcher, albeit a different sort of player, is not in the same league.
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Let’s not go overboard. Blackpool were the worst team I’ve seen at Molineux in 2 seasons.
Mad Mick did his best to cobble our chances. Why go 4-5-1 at home to Blackpool? If we had played 4-4-2 from the start it would have been in double figures.
Why bring on Ward ?? What on earth was that about?
Why drop Milijas, him and o’hara together is a class partnership, but no, he has to play Edwards.
Great result never the less , despite mad mick’s ineptitued , as usual.
Just like to re-iterate, Blackpool were absolutely shocking. It won’t get any easier than that!
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Thats right WhyKnockDownourGround. Mad mick did his best not to win the game ignoring your wisdom and using his own mangerial experience, from 20 yrs in the job, rather than your 20yrs of championship manger experience. Loser. He must be gutted WE WON 4-0. And, dont get me wrong, i thought milijas would have done a better job than ward, however he did set up that crucial 4th goal which has kept us out of the bottom 3 this morning. Grow up and start supporting the team rather than looking to criticse everything and anything you can.
On antoher plus note, i think elokobi is coming on a lot and is a much better LB than ward. Hes still only young and missed a crucial yr in his development when we won the championship so give him a bit more time.
Dare i dream… I think we’re staying up!
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been thinking all weekend of a fitting tribute to deano and one word keeps coming to me CLASS i think that covers it
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To all the enthuiastic fans knocking the moaners. Yes, well done Wolves, but, this type of week-end has occured before. Yes the team played well, but let us all say well done to all concerned, now prove to all of the fans , that you can do this on a regular basis. Morgan may own the ground, Moxey may run the club and McCarthy may manage the team,but, the club belongs to the supporters, no supporters and you have a new housing estate
Note that , whilst Doyle was ,as always full of energy, it was EBlake who showed what he can do; be it only ten men were in opposition he demostrated given achance he can score goals. Stearman showed he can defend, but lets wait and see if he can be consistant, he needs to keep calm and not panic
However, class always shows and that was O’Hara, yes, a good move would have been Milijas to replace Henry, and then you would have seen O,Hara and Milijas along with Edwards ripping Blackpool apart
Dean, R.I.P
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A truly fantastic result and way better than I ever dared dream. Nice to see a ruthless Wolves side take a poor Blackpool side to the cleaners. Okay, they were understrength and reduced to ten men, but nothing should detract from a job exceedingly well done. Very professional, lads!
Congratulations to Mick and the boys, though one swallow does not a summer make, especially given Mick’s famed unpredictability. Accordingly, I’ll be keeping keep my feet firmly on the floor.
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Show of hands: after the West Ham result, who still thinks that 38 points will be enough to keep us up. Anyone…? Anyone at all…..?
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112 – I couldn’t agree more with everything you said.
It’s an appropriate time, dare I say, for young Richard Stearman to root out a few old Wolves DVD’s featuring the majestic Dean Richards at his finest -and of course, the legendary Frankie Munro at his towering best (seeing as a fellow fan mentioned this Molineux great).
You’d learn plenty from those two, Richard…especially composure.
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110 Liverpool Wolves.
Your name says it all.. perhaps you are Steve Morgan. But, any true fan, wouldn’t put the word ‘Liverpool’ in front of his name.
Grow up buddy.
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I said ROCK their boat
I didn’t say scuttle their boat, but never mind, not very good was they.
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109 WhyKnockWolves
You absolute nincompoop. Do you really need someone to explain to you why MM played 4-5-1 against a Blackpool side that have been throwing the kitchen sink at every defence they’ve come up against?
You are beyond help.
Just one other thing. Why do you think they were the worst side to come to Molineux ?
MM’s 4-5-1 ? No, too difficult for you to understand.
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@118 Farmer Ted
“Nincompoop”! Brilliant, haven’t heard that one in ages. More archaic terms of abuse, everybody!
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PeteNuts
I’m just a Jackanapes when I get going
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Firstly – condolences to Dean Richard’s family. Terrible shock. What a player he was.
Secondly – what a great result on Saturday and a truly fantastic team performance. Can’t recall last time I saw Wolves play so well. O’Hara is such a class act and even from the ko, his skill from the centre was something to savour. Want to also mention, Doyle, SEB, Jarvis, Stearman and Wardy when he came on – they played out of their skins!
Hoping on a Stoke win tonight and then 3 more valuable points against Spurs on Sunday (who will hopefully have more than an eye on the current Champions League.
WE ARE WOLVES!!
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WhyKnockDownourGround – So what, because i live in Liverpool I cant be a true fan? And im the one who needs to grow up?! Ive watched wolves for the last 15 yrs, travelling from the northwest for 10 of those yrs. So how can i not be a real fan? I guess i should grow up and not respond to such nonsensical drivel. Idiot.
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fantastic result, the key was that we kept attacking them for 90 mins and had plenty of shots on goal. We didnt sit back and try to defend a lead which we are not so good at. Jarvis early goal gave us a dream start. SEBs second goal showed real clinical finishing.
But I dont think we should get carried away, blackpool really missed their talisman adams but we took advantage of the sending off and made them pay. On another day it could have been different.
SEB must start as the lone striker with doyle on the wing for me. We need goals to stay up and Kevin hasnt looked like scoring all season.
I think we need 5 more wins or 15 points to be safe. I dont think 40 points will be enough especially with West Ham beating liverpool
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WhyKnockDownourGround – You are a muppet. First of all we beat them 4-0. What more do you want. Next, Blackpools defence is always bad, they only win games by attacking, which we prevented them from doing. They had 2 chances all game, and that was before they had a player sent off, both of those chances were off target. Theyre keeper made some fantastic saves and prevented the score line from being much higher. Holloway had to bring off a player because he was innefective against our 5 man midfield, would it have been the same aganst a 4 man midfield, i very much doubt it.
Why bring on ward…. Ummm maybe to get us that fourth goal that could be crucial if it goes down to goal difference.
Why play Edwards…. Ummm maybe help set up our first goal and help ohara get his second. By the way, for the first goal, he closed down the ball superbly in midfield, made a fantastic run and made a good pass to hammill. His performance probably should have been topped off with a goal, from that superb run, which theyre keeper saved brilliantly.
Theres always going to be ifs buts and maybes, but we played well, scored 4, kept a clean sheet against an attack that has scored more goals than tottenham this season, and all because we didnt let them play theyre preferd style of football. Who are you to say playing different players, or different formations would have resulted in a better performance.
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PeteNuts – I still think 38 points will be just enough, maybe taking into account goal difference aswell. I dont think West ham will go on a run now, but even if they did, i reckon, Blackpool will fall down the table as they have been doing for a fair few games now. Especially with theyre star striker now missing 3 matches for them. If i am wrong, i hope Wolves will get enough points to stay up, but i just cant see too many teams at the bottom improving theyre form much over the last 10 games. I think, or possibly hope that we will pick up another 14 points over the next 10 games, hopefully we can go on that much needed run of wins.
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tammy pacs – If you think we will be selling Doyle for anything less than £10 mill, your wrong. I dont know about henn, but he said he wanted to stay. Jarvis is worth at least 8 mill now. We wont sell Hammill this soon after buying him. I presume EBB is Blake. We payed 2.5 mill for him when we was in the championship. He scored loads of goals there and i think has proven hes a decent prem scorer as well, He has to be worth around 6-7 mill. I dont know if you have put theyre values down because were in the championship, but in case you dont know, we dont have to sell, unlike many other relegated clubs. Therefore the players we do sell, im sure will be sold for as much as we can get for them, We definately wont sell them for any lower than what we value them at, as we dont have to.
Saying all that, I think we will still be in the prem next season. How you can say we are still definately going to be relegated after we finally climb out of the relegation zone, and our recent form is better than almost all our relegation rivals is beyond me.
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PeteNuts.
Hate to say it.
But think this season,could be a re-run of 2002/03.
West Ham went down that season on 42 points.
Think with teams down the bottom picking up points from those at the top,could well be 40/41 to survive.
And goal difference is going to have a major say.
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Crystal balling it we’re going to end up with 40 points. Given what’s going on around us I reckon we’re going to need at least one more win on top of that for safety.
The crystal ball says:
Spurs – Draw
Villa – Loss
Newcastle – Loss
Everton – Draw
Stoke – Draw
Fulham – Win
Brum – Loss
Baggies – Win
Sunderland – Loss
Blackburn – Win
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I still think 38 points would be enough to keep us up. But even if it isn’t I’m not concerned because with our remaining fixtures I think we will finish on between 40-43 points!!!
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A good win and that is all that matters,especially at this time of the season.I think Henry,Edwards and O’Hara is our best midfield.A holding player,play maker and a runner.A good blend.
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Come on, Stoke, play with pride and rip through that yoyo outfit slowly sinking beneath us! Much thanks!
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Farmer Ted-Nincompoop me likes this too!!!!!!!
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129 Wet state ding.
and immediately climbing back above you !
RIP Dean, a shocking and sad loss of a young life.
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What a surprise from the KO we didn’t pass the ball back to the Goal Keeper and we managed to score an early goal because we had the ball. Also HENRY actualy played the ball forward is this because he has watched O’hara and noticed what a difference it makes.
Only problem I have is why does MM always bring WARD on?. He showed his skill when he tried to control the ball but it hit his standing leg. He must be on a large bonus for playing. MM had FLETCHER and MILIJAS on the bech whom are far better players, no wonder they both look brassed off when WARD get on the field every match.
Regards to the family of Dean RICHARDS for the tragic circumstances surounding his death. He was one of the best players the Wolves have had and it was a pleasure and a privilage to have seen him play. RIP.
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