It’s win or bust for Mick McCarthy
Wednesday 20th April 2011, 12:17PM BST.
Wolves manager Mick McCarthy believes it’s win or bust time in their Premier League survival mission.
McCarthy reckons the clashes against Fulham, Stoke – their game in hand – and Birmingham over the eight days from this Saturday will go a long way to determining if Wolves stay up.
He said: “It’s a huge week for us with the games we’ve got. I think what we get out of these three matches will be a determining factor.”
For a while McCarthy has believed three more wins will be enough to seal safety, but the manager now reckons it could be less after defeats for West Ham, Blackpool and Blackburn at the weekend.
Hammers boss Avram Grant is also targeting three wins, but they have one game less than the six Wolves have left.
McCarthy said: “That would be remarkable because he’s talking about a 60 per cent win success rate. If we get three wins out of six, we’ll stay up.
“But will we get those three wins? Looking at what’s happened this season, it’s unlikely.
“It can be done. But I’m a realist – I look at the other teams and think they’ve got five games left so let’s say they get a point a game, then 38 might be enough to stay up.
“We can all speculate, but no one has a clue how many it will take. My view is just to try to beat Fulham.”
Despite going bottom, McCarthy remains convinced Wolves will stay up.
He said: “There are enough teams still in it and the games we’ve got are tough but winnable ones.
“As it is one win could take us out of it. In terms of being bottom, it’s not like any other season.
“Whether you’re in the bottom three or 17th, 16th, 15th, no one is certain of getting out of it this time.”
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I told Mick last week we are not going anywhere..he better believe it..
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The old adage, it’s got to be one game at a time now. We’ll be there on Saturday. Three points please, lads, it makes the long journey home so much sweeter.
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Lets just focus on one game at a time. Lets get a result against Fulham as confidence will only improve if we do! Fulham is winnable but every game is a cup final and the lads have to be on it. They need to defend like their lives depend on it so lets get in to them…
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Rattle of a simple man………..
I would not let my kids cross the road with him as the ‘lollypop man !!!!
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Lets get some experienced players back into the line-up and get 3 points on Saturday. I would be happy with a home win and 2 draws away from home:
Hahnemann
Foley
Craddock
Stearman
Mancienne
Kightly
Guerdioura
Henry
O’Hara
Jarvis
SEB
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We can achieve this. I know the lads will put their all into it.
COME ON THE LADS
“WE BELIEVE IN YOU”
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We lose against Fulham and we are as good as gone.
MY TEAM:
USA
Foley, Craddock, Stearman, Ward
Hammil, O’hara, Henry, Jarvis
Milijas
Blake
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Number 4. That made me laugh
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“McCarthy reckons the clashes against Fulham, Stoke – their game in hand – and Birmingham over the eight days from this Saturday will go a long way to determining if Wolves stay up.”
Really? They WILL? Dagnabbit, nobody can say the man is not earning his money!
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Can’t wait to see what team he picks!!
My team to face Fulham,
Hahnemann
Foley Craddock Stearman Mancienne
Henry
Guerdioura O’Hara
Hammill Jarvis
Fletch
My subs:
Hennessey
SEB
Foley
Ward
Berra
Hunt
The team that I think Mick will pick on Saturday,
Hennessey
Stearman (Centre back playing right back)
Berra (Not played well for months)
craddock (best defender we have in my opinion and should be captain)
Ward (No comment)
Foley (Natural RB but Mick’s got to play him somewhere because Stearman has pinched his natural position)
Guerdioura (our best midfielder though not 100% fit)
Henry (Can do no wrong in Micks and sir billy quiet’s eyes)
O’Hara (class)
Jarvis (been out of form for last 6 games in my opinion, if only he could cross a ball)
Fletch (needs a good run in the team)
Subs:
Hannerman
Mancienne
Hammill
SEB
Kightly
Hunt
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OMG!!
Sorry, i forgot Milijas!!
He would be a Sub in my team selection
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In the round table with Messrs. Houllier, Hodgson and McLeish, McCarthy said:-
‘We are second bottom of the table but does that make me a bad manager? No, I don’t think it does. But you lose your job because of results’.
Due to the results of others, we are now bottom of the table. And yes Mr.McCarthy, I think it makes you a poor Premiership manager.
You are the man who has chosen this squad and I think I’m right in saying that you’ve had more money to spend over the last few seasons than most of the managers in the bottom third of the table. If you choose players who are not up to Premiership standard that is your fault alone. If you choose players who are error-prone that is your fault too.
You are the man who decides the strategy and the tactics. You are the man who chooses the team on the day and you are the man who makes the substitutions. How many times this season have Wolves supporters been left scratching their heads in bafflement at some of your decisions?
The only mitigation can be injuries to key players and yes, you’ve had and are having your share of those, but any more so than other managers in the basement area?
We are now backs to the wall and the drop is a very real possibilty. The only consolation is that if you had to pick one manager to get you promotion from the Championship it would be Mick McCarthy.
He’s a very fine Championship manager.
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will go a long way to determining Mick’s future too..
I hope we stay up of course but if not this guy has to go and we better make sure Morgan knows about it at the last game..
Kiwiwolfffffffff
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Well, The penny has dropped !
Just hope we start with Mancienne at left back, Ward maybe a good trainer, maybe the best in the club, but he aint no first teamer. Get real Mick !
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The problem is always going to be next year. IF we stay up, what then? Mick buys players in that he then does not play, preferring the Championship team too often in place of players we have shelled out money and hope for. And will it be another season of struggle – Stoke have turned the corner, we should, but I’m not sure Mick has the calibre to do that.
Going down it will be a case of who stays. Doyle gone. Fletcher? Jarvis most likely. So we are left with…………the Championship team again. Either way, Mick looks happy as he keeps the player HE wants.
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7 rich5wolves
6 of your team selection are non regulars + 1 loan signings.
Whilst i have no doubt they are as good as what you have replaced, it is harsh to leave it to these to save the season, when Bungle and Zippy should of been replaced months ago.
Maybe Lollipop man is the future?
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Stay up or go down, he has to go. Simple as that. Wolves need a manager who can cope with and provide success, someone who understands that tactics are not small mints. Someone who doesn`t try to be a comedian when what is required is sensible facts by a very knowledgeable group of supporters. We are not numpties or nuggets. He should show more respect and humility.
Taxi for McCarthy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Can’t wait to see what team he picks!!
My team to face Fulham,
Hahnemann
Foley Craddock Stearman Mancienne
Henry
Guerdioura O’Hara
Hammill Jarvis
Fletch
My subs:
Hennessey
SEB
Foley
Ward
Berra
Milijas
The team that I think Mick will pick on Saturday,
Hennessey
Stearman (Centre back playing right back)
Berra (Not played well for months)
craddock (best defender we have in my opinion and should be captain)
Ward (No comment)
Foley (Natural RB but Mick’s got to play him somewhere because Stearman has pinched his natural position)
Guerdioura (our best midfielder though not 100% fit)
Henry (Can do no wrong in Micks and sir billy quiet’s eyes)
O’Hara (class)
Jarvis (been out of form for last 6 games in my opinion, if only he could cross a ball)
Fletch (needs a good run in the team)
Subs:
Hannerman
Mancienne
Hammill
SEB
Kightly
Milijas
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I think the penny is finally dropping with a number of fans that Mick isn’t the greatest of managers and the club isn’t quite as well run as the 3 M’s would like us to believe.
Gone even is the argument we are debt free having pushed the button on taking on millions in debt to fund an expansion of the stadium that isn’t needed, yet.
The 3m’s have carefully maniuplated fans with their choice of words. How can any of us forget the ‘Young and Hungry’ policy that was spouted for a couple of years to cover the fact we werent spending a lot of money on transfers. Most recent is the ‘Top 5′ finish bla bla bla, to cover the fact we are going to change the manager, no matter what happens.
A classic case of diverting the attention away from a poorly performing team.
The way the club is run is a shambles from top to bottom.
Not one single youth team player has come through under McCarthy, and in my opinion we have an abundance of talent that isn’t being used. Criminal, truely shocking.
A shocking transfer policy too. I reckon we’ve had 3 maybe 4 good buys in McCarthy’s era and 2 dozen poor buys.
And now, gone is the financial prudence that the club has been run under. We are now saddling the club with debt, which we will all have to pay for as ticket prices will have to go up.
I’m sorry, but the writing has been on the wall. McCarthy is a poor premiership manager
and has expensively assembled a poor excuse for a premiership squad.
The opportunity to change things around in January was spawned by the club, and grabbed with both hands by the Baggies. Well, look at us now.
We are now hanging on to survival by a thread . I hope we survive, but even Mad Mick is now fearing the worst, having been naively confident througout the year.
You reap what you sow.
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People are picking their preferred teams on here and definitely not the team that will be on show on Saturday. It has 100 per cent been confirmed that Ward will play at left back for starters.
Craddock must play and I would be tempted to play Hahnemann. People who say that Hennessey was not to blame v Everton, obviously missed the first goal!
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Zamora hatrick this saturday if Berra & Stearman keep their places… mark my words!
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I hope we survive,but if we go down,will any of you be surprised?
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It isn’t a case that it should be win or bust for Mad Mick- it should be win or P45.
I could accept if we were just a poor team, but the reality is Mad Mick has thrown this season away.
It has been crying out for Hahnemann to come back into this team for weeks or months and impose himself on a back four who will actually listen.
If we go down it is due to Mad Mick tinkering, not dropping his love child from LB early enough in theseason, his persitence in bringing his love child on at every possibility and in not replacing Van Damme at LB.
There are other tactical problems that Mad Mick has as well, but it pains me to go into his poor use of substitutes and treatment of Fletcher.
Several years ago, when we were still enamoured with Mad Mick we went to the midweek game at Sunderland- think they beat us 3 or 4/0 and one Julio Arca did the damage. The Sunderland fans told us how he tampered and fiddled and had not got a clue and we were completely disbelieveing of them.
It really is time for a change and if Morgan is really serious in building this club up- I cannot imagine he wants a half empty stadium, then stay up or be relegated we need a new manager.
My preferred choice would still be O Neill.
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Don’t care who dons the shirt on Saturday, as long as they walk off the pitch after 90 mins with 3 pts in the bag!
Fulham in my mind is a must win game, but it will not be as easy as some posters have in the past suggested. I will settle for a 1-0 win with the ball ricocheting off O’Hara’s backside into the net in the 5th minute of injury time! Whatever it takes!
WTID
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Does the fact there have been quite a few “different” team selections on here prove something, that their IS no best team. Its all about opinion and mine is Mick is the man for the job. He is there and we are sat wherecever we are for a blatantly obvious reason!
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Huge week, yes. Win or bust, no. Too much football to be played – it’s all still in our hands, and, most of the teams around us (well above us) have difficult runs in, possibly bar Wigan. One home game and two away in that period, so don’t expect too much, and the season doesn’t end there in any event.
So, cool heads, as Solent up there at #2 said, one game at a time, take them as they come.
Steady, Wolves.
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Sure I’ve seen this headline on here at least twice before…
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IMO the team should be;
USA
Stearman Craddock,Manciene,Ward
Guadioura,Henry,O’Hara,Jarvis
Fletcher,Blake,
God knows what he will select???.
I believe that to cover for Craddock’s lack of pace Manciene should play.We need to score thus 442.
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Its unlikely we will get 3 wins , now you have said it Mick don’t repeat it in your pre – match war cry, hardly inspiring talk!
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For a manager who (rightly) believes that the glass is half full rather than half empty, isn’t it strange that he waits for the last six games to charecterise them as “must win”! games?
Surely is it not better to target the first dozen or so games as “must win games” until relegation is definately avoided and then we all enjoy the rest of the season?
But we are here, in the position we find ourselves now, our lives hanging on a thread, so good luck boys, do us all more proud than we are of you. Nine points out of the next three games within eight days will certainly be great!
As alway up the Wolves!
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Barnes1959 – so who can we put in there instead? We have shipped 7 goals in 2 games and scored 1. Nows exactly the time to change.
Id say 3 havnt played much not 6 really and with the injuries we are short on options.
Craddock may be an option at the back, id like to see Adlene or Milijas playing just behind a striker. Elekobi is out injured so Ward should start.
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Either way mick u will still have your job should gone with Sam allerdice months ago
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Truth OUT!
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This man is delusional!!!!!!!!!!!!
He needs to win at least 50% of the games left, YET he has a Prem win % of just over 18%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At this rate we will win only one more game!!!
HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SACKED AGES AGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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No 25 TRUTH,
You must loooooooooooovvvvvvvveeeeeeee championship football.
Get Real, Mick is useless as a prem manager FACT!!!!
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Oh dear
We seem to have a load of Baggies stirring things up!
Surely no genuine Wolves fan would have a go at the club & mananager so vehemently at such a crucial time of the season?
If you are real fans, how do you think the team will react when they read your words?
Do you think your criticism will help us stay up?
Let’s get behind the team – the end of season is the time for recriminations!!!
UTW
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Just pin up the comments made by Danny Murphy on the dressing room wall and play back the chants of the Fulham fans at their place (You’re a disgrace to the Premier League, for those who may not have been there).
Forget the relegation battle we owe Fulham big time for the way they undermined us with the ‘dirty team’ tag.
Attack, Attack, Attack……
Happy Clapping all the way to safety.
UTW
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19) The new stadium will not put us in debt. That money is set aside from Premiership funds even if we get relegated. If the latter happens, I can see us selling Hennessey, Jarvis and Doyle for about £25m and spend not much more than £3-£5m though on replacements. If we end up in the Championship some of our youngsters like Batth, Malone and Winnall need a run out though!
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Mick it is BUST I am afraid.
35 Yes it is FACT
36 It is nit if it is WHEN.
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RichWolf64 – How many times do you have to be told. The current stage of this stadium expansion is NOT going to put us into debt. We already have the funds in place for the first phase, which just so happens to be the only phase that has been given the go ahead as of yet. So the argument that we are completely debt free is still theyre im afraid, sorry to dissapoint you.
The young and hungry philospophy was put in place as soon as Mick arrived, and it managed to get us promoted, and kept us up, without financially crippling us. In all honesty, as a Wolves supporter, i couldnt care less if the reason we took the philosophy was because we didnt want to spend big in the transfer market, because this method has worked.
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I for one will not be buying a season ticket. First time for 20 years or so.
Value for money?? Not even close.
Look around you. Is there a worse manager in the premier??
Loyalty is one thing Mr Morgan. Foolishness is another.
Look at what he’s spent your money on??
Gregg Halford, Stefan Maierhofer, Geofrey Mujangi Bia, Steven Hunt, Steven Fletcher, Van Damme.
Add that lot to the quality, or lack of, what we already have and what have you got. A team thats got us exactly what we deserve. Relegation!
It’s only a fool who does more of the same and expects to get a different result.
I certainlt ain’t doing more of the same.
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Neil
How many times do you have to be told ? The plan is to take us £15 million into debt, borrowed against the club. I’m not talking about phase 1 I’m talking about the PLAN.
The plan isn’t phase 1, its three phases initially followed by potentially a fourth.
Secondly, the young and hungry policy.
Take off the rose tinted specs eh mate.
Brummie Rob. I’m afraid you are wrong mate go read the plans yourself.
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We can and we will win saturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!
………….UP THE WOLVES……………….
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40 – you are going to ruin these message boards if you start pointing out facts over opinions. As demonstrated earlier an opinion becomes fact as long as you type the word ‘FACT’ after it.
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37, Most of the numpties that post on here don’t go to home games, let alone away, in fact some of them couldnt find their way to Molineux if they were dropped off at the top of Waterloo Road and told which way to walk. One of the disadvantages of being a Premier League team is the type of ‘fan’ that it attracts, ones like RichWolf64, who are completely clueless and come on here spouting ill-informed drivel. Either that or we get Albion fans on here winding people up. Regardless of these people, the proper supporters will carry on supporting the club just as we always have done.
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45. Spot on. We are Wolves.
Next 3 fixtures for bottom 5 looks interesting:
Wolves: Blackpool:
Fulham (H) Newcastle (H)
Stoke (A) Stoke (H)
Blues (A) Spurs (A)
West Ham: Wigan:
Chelsea (A) Sunderland (A)
Man City (A) Everton (H)
Blackburn (H) Villa (A)
Blackburn:
Man City (H)
Bolton (H)
West Ham (A)
I wouldnt be surprised to see Sunderland and Albion get sucked back into this yet. Sunderland can’t seem to buy a win (although I hope they beat Wigan!) and Albion have Spurs (A), Villa (H), Wolves (A) for the next 3 so all to play for!
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If we stay up i think it’s time for him to go but problem is i don’t think Morgan will sack him, if he’s saying he won’t even if we go down, there is no chance if we stay up…Then again Morgan has never seen angry Wolves fans yet.
Stick together till the end and let’s stay up and take it from there but it’s time for a change of manager me thinks…
kiwiwolffffffffffffff
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The bottom line is he should have been sacked at Christmas, anything else is academic.
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41 – Phil Smith
Goodbye!
We may be bottom of the Premiership BUT this is the best team we have had for 20 years! Why? because it is a Premiership team.
You may have enjoyed the many years battling for a play off place in the Championship but it’s not a patch on watching this team beat Chelsea, Man Utd, Liverpool, Villa etc etc.
If you get behind the Wolves for next six games we may be enjoying Premiership football again next season.
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Really hope we win Saturday for years we were stuck in the championship forced to give up and sell our best players like the likes of Robbie keane,and Dean Richards and jolson lesscott ,Henri camara ,Kenny miller ,for years we have had joke signings such as cedric roussel , Robert Taylor , thomas frankovski , and if we do go down we lose hennesy , milljas , doyle, Jarvis , if this happens and if we do go down how long will we be scrapping till we get another crack at the premiership look at the teams ego went down with strong squads and who are left struggling in the championship burnley middlesbrough , Portsmouth , u need to fire them up Mick we should stick with 4 5 1 gives us chance to go forward and attack everton built from from the back against us they were solid we need that we have beaten the best this year we are to good to go down at times we’ve looked stupid but we are better than half this league I’m hoping for three wins two draws that will make us certain to stay up we have the easier run in on paper compared to other bottom 5 6 teams come on wolves we spent years for these moments
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RichWolf64 – The phase is part of the plan you muppet. and its the only part that we are going forward with at this moment in time, therefor, we are not going into debt. You do realise, the reason we are going forward with this stadium expansion in phases is so we can stop whenever we want. For example, if we are releagted, its a gaurentee that we will not start phase 2. I really didnt think that it was that hard to understand.
The young and hungry comment, isnt anything to do with rose tinted glasses. My comment was 100% fact, the policy did get us promoted and it did keep us up, thats fact my friend, nothing to do with oppinion or preferance. I also know that if we do get relegated, we will get rid of a few of our players, but we will also hold onto a few, the same players that managed to get us promoted as champions, so im optimistic that the young and hungry policy would help us straight back up, rather than having to start from scratch like we did last time we were relegated.
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45- Bewdley Wolf.
Some of us Numpties are home and away season ticket holders. Just becuase we think that our manager is clueless doens’t make our role as supporters any less importnat than those of you who think he is the Messiah.
IN fact keeping quiet at games when you are watching such drivel, knowing for months that we are almost certainly going down and still renewing your season ticket. I call that support in anyone’s terms.
I forgot to add, I inflict this support onto two 17 year olds and we have a minimum 200 mile round trip for every home game.
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The end is nigh for thicko if we loose to fulham i hope thicko has the decency to walk with moxey and ward\ henry.
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I wouldn’t like to go to war with half of you dingbats when the going gets tough it’s shoot the leader guns down and run. Let’s get behind the lads they are all in the cause for our beloved wolves whoever wears the shirt or is the manager.
NIL DESPERANDOM
Never give up
Come on the Wolves
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Remember when we dropped like a stone to the old 4th division, & lost hevily to non league Chorley after a replay in the cup? (How many who post on here even know what I’m talking about, I wonder…)
If we go down, we go down. In this company it doesn’t make us a bad football club, with poor players and a naff manager.
That said, there’s all to play for still. I think we’ll win at LEAST 2 more games this season, whether that will be enough depends on the results of others, though….
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45 – Bewdley
Lol you make me laugh… What have you ever said that has actually made any sense?
Ward is a great left back ? Mick is doing a great job? Henry should be playing for England?
Come on tell me, I’m dying to know!!
I honestly think that if the club didnt have happy clapping numpties like you we wouldnt have any problem at all staying up ,but its idiots like you that have no opinion of their own that mean the club can get away with whatever they like!
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45 Bewdley
I’m not sure what ill informed drivel I spout, but please do enlighten me.
Is it that I think we are hanging by a thread for our premiership survival ? mm well, we are bottom with 6 games to go.
Is it that I think Ward is useless? Well, so does pretty much everyone else.
Is it that I think Mad Mick is out of his depth? Well, err, we are bottom!!
Is it that I think building the new ground at this stage is foolish ? Well, err, the plans do include taking on a £15 million pound debt secured against the club.
IS it that I think McCarthy’s transfers have been on the whole poor ? Err, well, we are bottom.
Now, as for you, I think Ill informed drivel sums you up very nicely.
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Given the last two disastrous results, we will be fortunate to get anything out of the match with Fulham. Fulham have a pretty settled team lately and have Zamora back. Hughes has got this team playing the way he wants it to and they are a hard prospect for any team to play.
As usual,it is difficult to see where our goals are going to come from and the defence has been an absolute shambles lately. And I am not sure that the two week layoff has been of any value to the team.
If we get a point that will be OK in the context of the game but it could be another nail in the coffin if all the other results go against us.
COME ON YOU WOLVES!!!
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Mick, that is 2 of your so called winable games gone, 4 to go,lose – or draw – saturday and that’s it. Numpty
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no37 Sir Billy,’ Attack attack and attack’.Don’t forget to keep the back door shut.
no28Brummie Rob, if we sell players for £25M and only spend £5M on replacements you can expect a long stay in the Championship.The fans,especially ones like you who go home and away deserve better.There is also a serious risk of debt given Steve Morgan will be itching to go ahead with phases 2 and 3.Don’t forget he has only spent Sir Jack’s legacy so far.
no45 Bewdley how do you know how many games Rich Wolf 64 goes to?He wants the club to do better,nothing wrong with that given we are currently bottom of the league.Like you I have supported them through thick and thin,but that does not mean you have to be happy if they get 11 monkeys out of Dudley Zoo and put a Wolves shirt on them.
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No 10. Absoulutely spot on with what you said about the players in your summing up. I 100% agree with you!
Team for Saturday
USA.
Foley, stearman(as we av no1 better,but he is terrible himself) ,craddock,mancieene
hammill,guedioura,Ohara,milijas,Jarvis
Fletcher
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No.45 Bewdley Wolf- thank god for that I thought I was the only one who gets really wound up by Richwolf64, I’ve never seen him write anything positive,Everytime I see a message from him I know it’s going to be bad!!
I hope I’m a proper supporter , I suppose all the whingers will call me an happy clapper but I don’t care.
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Why do people think we have a divine right 2 b in t prem? We’ve got no more right than most clubs bottom half of prem top half championship, n yet u muppets stil whinge all day about mm. I’ve been fan for 25yrs n this is t best team I’ve seen down molineux, its a building process, so wot if we go down we come back stronger
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CUM ON WOLVES WE ARE BETTER THAN THE TEAMS WE’VE GOTTA PLAY, 3 POINTS SATURDAY AND THEN 3 TUESDAY AND 3 THE NEXT SATURDAY ANDWE ARE SAFE SO THEN WE CAN HAMMER THE ALBION TO RELEGATE THEM. BE NICE WUDN’T IT. CUM ON LADS GET BEHIND THEM TO HELP KEEP US UP.
CUM ON YOU WOLVES, I’LL BE SHOUTIN IN CANNOCK 4 YA
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10,11, 18, 35 Yowm avvin a laff
The clues in the name ladies and gentlemen.
“Get real Mick is useless as a Premiership Manager FACT”
Glad your not picking a Premiership team, Mastermind.
Foley in your team at RB AND on the bench. Not once (10)but TWICE (18)
…….and these people have the temerity to criticise McCarthy
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39) Who R etc
“It is nit if it is WHEN”
Can you decipher, please?
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if we play against fulham like we did against newcastle and everton then we will lose 3-4 goals, these two bad performances have come at the wrong time of the season and could affect team morale.
the 3 games over easter period will decide our future…we need minimum 6pts from the 3 games.
i fear other teams will pick up points so we will remain in bottom 3
i’m hoping blackpool and blackburn continue to struggle but think the 3rd relegation spot is between us, wigan and west ham.
fingers crossed.
if we do go down how many players will be sold
come on the wolves
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‘They Are Moving Stan’s Statue ‘
Right into McCarthy’s chair, even the image of the great man would do better than this arrogant, incompetent Twit.
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Spot on 41 Phil Smith. The muppet and his sidekick should have gone at Christmas. If he was working in Industry or commerce and wasted £35 million, it would be P45 time.
The tragedy for Wolves is this incompetent is fireproof. He could take us to the Blue Square league and he would still be getting backing from Morgan who has also turned out to be a waste of space. Morgan appears to be no different to Bonser at Walsall. Likes the idea of owning a club but has no commitment to it.
You are not renewing your ticket. Don’t blame you, who in their right mind would pay top money to watch a bunch of useless no hopers with an incompetent as a manager?
The same old story for a great club with a wonderful history being sold down the river by useless management on and off the pitch.
Looks like I will never see Wolves in Europe or lifting a cup ever again. Enough to make you weep. Totally brassed off.
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oh dear! fetch me the tablets I will take the bottle!what with some of the comments on here!
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31 Rich5Wolves
Thats my point.
There should be quality back up.
Blackpool aside, other clubs are rich with Internationals as back up let alone 1st team players. This team is a Patchwork quilt of players who will be struggling for a new club next season, Doyle/Jarvis/Ward/Ebanks Blake/Fletcher/Henessey aside?
Poor management, trying to stay up on the cheap, ground redevelopement more important than the team/supporters.
Never mind, a battle of the Stadiums Wolves V West Ham can take place next Year in the Championship?
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62 Sue
You are not alone! RichWolf64 is a muppet, claims to be a Wolves fan but when challenged cannot come up with anything positive to say about supporting Wolves.
I can understand the frustration of supporting Wolves, we all wish we were in mid table but it hasn’t worked out like that – it’s called sport and there are winners and losers, we haven’t been relegated yet! this Premiership season is the toughest yet there are no bad teams.
Lashing out with negativity never achieved anything – 25,000 Wolves fans on Saturday giving 100% support will…..
UTW
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72,I cannot agree with your comments, yes there are winners and losers, the losers generally have no game plan, ambition, spend money unwisely, have a poor manager and leader on the field.
They do not consolidate their position and improve their effectivness.
This in our case has to be landed at the Chairman, and Manager of the club, who are paid vast sums of money, much from the fans to acheive success, in our case I think most would have settled for modest success.
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49-Sir Billy Quiet
You are disillusioned.
Best team for 20 years arguable?? Premier league team? Not a chance Bottom and going down.
We may have beat teams like Man Utd and chelsea. Why did you not mention Wigan or the performance last week against Everton.
We are very very poor. We have players that are not close to nor never will be premier league quality and a manager out of the same box.
I admire your loyalty but face reality. At present we are simply not good enough and never will be unless someone rings the changes.
It won’t be long before we’re reading your comments about getting behind the new manager.
It will happen.
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72 Sir Billy Quiet
and I and 5 of my friends and family will be amongst those there on Saturday supporting Wolves but….. I still think MacCarthy should be sacked at the end of the season irrespective of which division we end up in!
People on here should realise that even if some fans criticise the manager and the players on this message board that does not mean that they will not support them for 90 minutes on a Saturday for the greater good of the team!
36 The Real London Wolf
So we should blindly support them irrespective of performance – I’ll give it a go . .. . .
ahem erm ‘that’s it boys keep it up – more of the same, well done – yes I know we’re bottom and losing 3 – 0 but keep it up!’
Nope – didn’t feel right that!
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72 SBQ Comments on here negative or otherwise doesnt make a jot of difference to MM or the players
MM and Co identified last season that we couldnt play 4-4-2 in the Prem due to weaknesses in defence and midfield (quality players were required or even better tactics imv)
We’ve always had a problem at left back and with Elokobi – an average Championship player and Ward – a makeshift left back most Prem teams must be rubbing their hands!
Putting in a shift and enthusiasm is NO substitute for better quality in the Prem
Most better Prem teams appear to have their respective full backs and wide players work together when attacking or defending and their defensive and central midfield players working with their centre backs and communication is always key!
Wolves have clearly lacked this in most games and although beating the ‘bigger teams’ have been enjoyable – the clear lack of consistency is apparent – Who do we blame for that the fans? the players? or the manager and his team of coaches?
If we cannot afford to purchase better quality defenders then WHY change a formula of 4-5-1 that helped keep us up last season by a canter – WHY tinker with a formula that works? Or as they say ‘If it aint broke WHY fix it?’
Our position and inconsistency must firmly lay at the feet of the manager – and the lack of improvement must firmly lay at the managers door?
Imv If relegated MM will stay in the hope he can get us back up again – survival should imv mean that Wolves and Morgan seek a manager with Premiership pedigree that can develope us into at the very least a mid table team
As far as which players stay or go as a result of relegation or survival – well in any business casualties are natural and we cant dwell on what might have been – NEXT
Finally these are my opinions and observations and as a concerned Wolves fan like everyone on here we are all entitled to say what we believe – whether agreeable or not
Up the Wolves!
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There’s only one Martin O’Neil,
There’s only one Martin O’Neil….(Just practising my singing for next season)! Whether or not he will want to manage a Championship team though is another matter, so lets hope we can stay up.
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76 Well said. Sir billy bonehead et al are either baggies, dumb or both. Its all these that keep mm and moxey in a job with their noses in the trough. You have to wonder why Mr Morgan sticks with it.
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Sir Billy do you ever get the impression we are wasting our time! we will never change the views of some, so why do we bother, RichWolf ,Poorthorns, Thw Flying Winger,the usual Suspects to name just a few!
I don’t mind peoples opinions that’s what this board is for but when it’s always the same drivel.. i suppose some will say we have the same views but it’s much better to be a optimist! Life is too short.Up the Wanderers..
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46.laffinwulf. Realistically Albion only need one more win to be safe which will come courtesy of your sorry lot. On the down side I can still see you staying up!.
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Don’t worry Mick, ask any Albion fan and they will tell you it’s possible to stay up even if you are still bottom of the league with only 20 minutes of the final game of the season left.
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whether you like Mick, his backroom staff, the squad or owner is now irelevant.
What is that that we have 6 games left to save our premiership status.
I personally might not be micks biggest fan but i will back the team he puts out till the end.
We really need a 12 man especially at home starting with fulham. A win hear and I dont care what anyone says, will give us some hope.
If we play like we did for 20 mins against Everton and no one falls asleep at the back surely we have a good chance of winning this game.
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the people on here who want to turn on the manager please watch it on match of the day and dont ruin it for the 99% who want to get behind the team, and do so week in & week out. My humble veiw is that its probably to late for us now, we have been in the bottom 3 most of the season i dont think thats going to change in the next 6 games. we have already lost 6 pointer games against Wigan Blackpool, west ham,thrown points away to WBA & Bolton, a plus point though when you look back at this mad season is Man utd, Chelsea, Liverpool, Man city, Villa have all fallen on wolves sword what a great load of memories we have to take into the next campaign probably a division lower but will get straight back up stronger and wiser & more hungary,
my predictions for the last games
Fulham- Win
Stoke- Defeat
Birmingham- Defeat
West Brom- Draw
Sunderland- Defeat
Blackburn- Win
KEEP THE GOLD FLAG FLYING HIGH!!!
UP THE WOLVES!!!
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i recan this should be the starting line up
in goal
hennasay
in deffence
foley
craddock
berra
elakobi
in mid
kites
o’hara
jarvo
mancien
up front seb
and
fletcher
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Sue its becoming a bit of a chore coming on here these days with all the numpties and moaners. It makes you wonder what these people are like to live with, poor old RichWolf must get very down and miserable when we win, I bet he hated the season when we won the Championship. Never mind Rich, perhaps you could find something to do that actually makes you happy. We need all the support we can get for the rest of the season, you can count on the proper Wolves fans to do just that.
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well said…Oh if we do go down RichWolf will be in his element!
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Deja Vu
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