Wolves 2 Blackburn 3
Sunday 22nd May 2011, 6:00PM BST.
Wolves secured a third season of Premier League football on a day of the highest drama against Blackburn at Molineux.
Mick McCarthy’s side stayed up by a point after Roman Pavlyuchenko’s late winner for Tottenham beat Birmingham to relegate Blues along with Blackpool, who lost 4-2 at champions Manchester United.
Stephen Hunt’s 87th minute goal to make it 3-2 had put Wolves out of the bottom three.
But nerves were shredded after Wolves were ‘relegated’ at half-time, as they trailed 3-0 before Jamie O’Hara pulled one back on 73 minutes.
First-half goals from Jason Roberts (22), Martin Olsson (38) and Junior Hoilett (45) seemingly put the game beyond Wolves.
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy made one change from the side that beat Sunderland 3-1 last week.
Matt Jarvis was recalled at wide right after missing the last two starts for Adlene Guedioura, who dropped to the bench.
In a lively start, both goalkeepers were forced into action in the opening minutes.
After Jermaine Jones’ low drive flew well wide, Stephen Ward’s cross-shot saw Blackburn’s Paul Robinson sprawl to his left before Wayne Hennessey smothered Junior Foilett’s centre after the striker rounded Jody Craddock on the byline in the penalty area.
Wolves responded through Ward, who saw a powerful volley blocked by Chris Samba.
They had plenty of defending to do though, and after Steven N’Zonzi’s header was easily saved by Hennessey, there were a few nerves in the home camp when Karl Henry was booked for bringing down Hoillet 25 yards out.
Thankfully for Wolves, Jermaine Jones’s curling setpiece flew well over.
McCarthy’s men hit back to force a header wide through George Elokobi from O’Hara’s corner.
But they fell behind to an unfortunate stroke of luck in the 22nd minute.
And it was old boy Roberts who got the decisive touch, diverting Michel Salgado’s angled drive away from Hennessey after Hoilett beat Elokobi on the right and pulled the ball back into the path of the right-back.
Wolves were suddenly second best and they perhaps had World Cup referee Howard Webb to thank for keeping Henry on the field after the skipper foolishly shoved Jermaine Jones in the chest.
The home side were struggling to keep the ball against physically bigger opponents, who were playing much the better football too, sparking frustration among the already tense sell-out crowd.
And Rovers increased their lead in the 38th minute with a superb goal from Olsson, who met the ball full on the volley from the edge of the area to give Hennessey no chance after Robinson’s long kick was headed away by Craddock.
Worse was to follow for Wolves after Blackpool equalised at Manchester United.
Wolves were falling apart and dangerman Hoilett in particular was having a field day.
He teased and tormented the defence before rolling the ball inches wide, with Hennessey getting a glove to it to concede a corner.
From the flag-kick, Steven Fletcher nodded Samba’s header off the line.
Samba was then booked for blocking Jarvis getting to Ward’s through ball before Craddock flashed a rising left-footed effort over.
But Wolves continued to look shaky at the back and they conceded a third goal in the first minute of time added on when Hoillet latched onto a flick-on from Roberts and beat Craddock and Elokobi before lashing past Hennessey.
There was still time for Craddock to be booked for shoving Roberts to the ground before the half-time whistle sounded to a deafening chorus of boos around Molineux.
As things stood, Wolves would be relegated on goal difference.
McCarthy made an attacking switch at the break, bringing on Sylvan Ebanks-Blake for Michael Mancienne, who needed treatment right at the end of the first half.
The switch meant Ward went to left-back, with Elokobi at centre-half.
Wolves started the second half brightly, creating two good chances in the opening minutes.
Stephen Hunt should have done better when he planted a free header wide from Jarvis’ cross after the wingers swapped flanks.
Then Ebanks-Blake sent a powerful rising drive over.
But there were suddenly cheers around Molineux as news filtered through that Tottenham had taken the lead against Birmingham.
That meant that, as things stood, Wolves would be safe on goals scored and Blues would go down with Wigan and West Ham.
Wolves needed to concentrate on matters on the pitch though as Blackburn went desperately close to a fourth goal in the 56th minute.
Only the fingertips of Hennessey prevented Roberts’ goalbound effort going in after Kevin Foley missed Brett Emerton’s low cross to leave the former Albion striker one on one.
There was a long delay to allow treatment to Ward after he was left grounded and groggy after a collision with Salgado.
There was better news coming through elsewhere though after Manchester United equalised to make it 2-2 against Blackpool as Ward came back on.
Wolves boosted their survival hopes through their own means in the 73rd minute when they pulled a goal back.
O’Hara was the scorer, lashing home first-time from 15 yards after peeling away from a crowd of players to meet Hunt’s smart pass.
A minute later Robinson showed superb reactions to tip over Fletcher’s glancing header.
And although Manchester United went 3-2 ahead against Blackpool, Wolves slipped back into the bottom three on goal difference after Blues equalised at Tottenham and Wigan took the lead at Stoke.
The drama was almost unbearable and with the crowd chanting ‘we only need one more’, Wolves duly delivered in the 87th minute as Hunt curled home a spectacular effort after Fletcher flicked on.
Hunt was swallowed up by a swarm of gold shirts as Molineux erupted in scenes of wild jubilation.
As we approached the fourth minute of time added on, there were more roars around the ground when Spurs went 2-1 ahead against Blues to leave Wolves safe on goals scored.
With both teams now safe, they were happy to play out the final seconds in a stand-off before the final whistle, which was greeted by huge roars all around the ground.
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pphewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!
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What an afternoon!!!
One we could have done without, and shouldn’t have needed to endure, however great that we are still in the PL.
Let’s not forget that it was our extra point and Man Utd, and Spurs keeping us up.
Now I hope that Morgan reflects on this season and sacks McCarthy before the season starts.
We have the opportunity to get a new one before the season starts, who can also clear out the players bought by McCarthy who have very rarely played for the team.
As I have said all season we were not scoring enough goals, and we are where we are because of the Manager.
We were poor again today, if you read henry’s article in the Express yesterday he didn’t know what result was wanted that is our captain.
Let’s hope that Mancienne is desptched back to Chelsea, SEB is restored to the attack, and we have a new LB & 2 CB’s along with a new Captain.
McCarthy was poor at Sunderland and has carried on at Wolves, forget getting us up etc, I am talking of last and this season he is the worst Manager in the PL
Will it happen probably not.
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I am just drained after that! Not a time for long ramblings. Delighted we have stayed up, and please, Mr Morgan, provide the cash to sort that defence out before August, cos I could not cope with another day like today….
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that was an unbelievable afternoon, yes we relied on other results, yes we were lucky, but credit has to go to Mick McCarthy for keeping us in the premier league for 3 seasons in a row. He is often knocked for his transfer dealings but goals from Fletcher and Hunt in the last few games have proved crucial to our survival. This has definitely been the hardest PL to stay up for some time. Let’s not forget we beat Man U, Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool. We deserved to stay up.
We obviously need to strengthen next year and mainly in defence:
In
Bassong
Dann
Warnock
O’Hara
Palacios/Gardener
Out:
Berra
Craddock
Hoff
Keogh
Mancienne
Mouyokolo
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YO!!!!!! FLYING WINGER.
ALL POWER TO YOUR STATEMENT
THIS MANAGER HAS TO GO AND HIS DROSS SIGNINGS WHICH HAVE BEEN LIKE JASON SHACKLES AROUND OUR NECKS HAVE TO GO WITH HIM. MILIJAS OR O’HARA FOR SKIPPER.
NEW CENTER HALF, NEW LEFT BACK AND NEW GOALKEEPER PLEASE, URGENLY REQUIRED APART OF COURSE FROM NEW MANAGER AND CLIPBOARD
DON’T CALL ME A NUMPTY SIR BILLY BETTER KEEP QUIET
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Should not be depending on other teams
SACK MM NOW and get someone else in who does not have a pigheaded and stubborn attitude
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Is that winger or whinger? Just be thankful and credit the club with staying up when they needed more points than is the norm. That’s progress over last season.
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Very harsh on Mick.
We stopped up for 2 seasons on the trot, and got more points this season than last. It’s just been a crazy season.
Dave Jones was worse than Mick in the prem.
We need to play Milijas and buy O’Hara.
Drop Henry.
Could do with signing someone like Richard Dunne. And nick Upson or someone similar. He’s not fantastic but better than Berra and Mancienne.
Get Fletcher and Seb upfront.
Jarvis and Hunty on the wings.
Get a few new defenders in, i think Mick can do the job again.
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Fantastic. And still people want MM out? Be realistic how long have we waited to be in PL for 3 seasons in a row? or to get here?
Great seasons performance probably deserved more. Now finish above QPR/Norwich/read/swans
next year. A lot easier than this year.
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Number 2, couldn’t agree with you more. I like McCarthy but it is perfectly evident that he just doesn’t have the pedigree for improvement in the Premier League.
Make the difficult decision quickly Mr. Morgan
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SUPA, SUPA MICK
SUPA, SUPA MICK
SUPA, SUPA MICK,
SUPA MICK MCCARTHY
PLEASE BUY A NEW DEFENCE
PLEASE BUY A NEW DEFENCE
PLEASE BUY A NEW DEFENCE
A NEW DEFENCE MCCARTHY
Thank you Wolves you let me down again, but didn’t.
I am calling in sick tmrw.
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Where the chuff was Fletcher????
I did think that Ward was immense today though. And Hunt.
Henry? Did he lose his mind??
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Stick with Mick.
C’mon me babbies
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Phoenix from the flames!
Relegated 3 times, yet we still didn’t die.
Sir Mick McCarthy.
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Leave Mick where he is, at least the guy is honest, just ask any football pundit, we need continuity not these idiots who want him sacked
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Not gonna complain cause we stayed up in the prem! But should have been Guedioura for Henry in half time really…
Anyway i thought we were down when brums scored…have nt been so nervous all my life..now we can build on this!
WOLVES 4EVER
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What a fantastic end to the season. Emotions were all over the place. We were down, then were staying up, and then we were’nt sure. Finally it was confirmed we’re OK. Not good for my heart.
Anyway congratuations to Mick McCarthy and all the players. The season is over 38 games and whatever people want to say the fact is we got more points than the three below us, and that’s all that counts.
Well done and can’t wait for next season.
Up the Wolves.
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Well,
what an un grateful miserable bunch you are !!
Here is our best manager since the seventies. He took over when we had sold all our “decent” players and didnt even have a full squad. He builds a young, hungry and exciting team. We won the championship- MANAGED BY MM (then you all moaned Blues lost it, we didnt win it ?). We built on our promotion and the group of players who won promotion stepped up to the plate and did brilliantly to keep us us – Managed by MM. In the close season we showed some ambition and brought in Fletcher and Hunt who have both done well (OK other signings didnt work). During a magnificent premier league season we have played some brilliant football, had our first england cap (another MM signing) beaten United, Chelsea and City at home and won at Anfield. We finished with more points than last season and scored more goals. We were the onlY club in the league not to make a loss, and you lot, you moan – priceless, perhaps we should bring back Hoddle, Mghee, Lee, Taylor or Jonesy ?? as I said, PRICELESS. Well done Mick.
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What a day full of emotion! well done to all the wolves players, 3m’s and backroom staff. Not a favourite of MM but can’t believe people calling for him to be sacked. What are you on? We may well have staived off relegation at the death, but we are a well run club building for the future. If we sign Ohara and Ridgwell, Dann and Johnson from Blues, next season we will finish half way.
WE ARE WOLVES!!!!!
Deeps all the best if you’re reading this!!!!!
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I reckon MM could jump that last fence on the motorbike in The Great Escape & show Steve McQueen were he went wrong!
Thanks to Spurs for O’Hara & sealing Blues fate.
We are Premier League, say we are Premier League!
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DOES IT MATER SPURS DID US A FAVOUR ONLY COS THEY ROBBED US OF 2 POINTS WHEN WE PLAYED THEM
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aaannnnd relax. right for all of you who want MM out just remember what has happened during his tenure. season 1-candidates for relegation-result playoffs. season 2candidates for playoffs-result just missed out. season 3 candidates for promotion-result CHAMPIONS. season 4 – candidates for relegation- result 15th. season 5 candidates for relegation- result SURVIVAL with increased points total. that is progression. on top of that we are the only team that are DEBT FREE. so it is clear the club is run properly with sound management at all levels. yes we need to improve the squad but to do that you have to be viewed by prospective players as a club moving forward. enjoy the summer and smile.
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‘The Flying Winger’ at comment no.2 is an absolute disgrace associating himself with Wolves supporters. Please read every word of comment no.18 for the appropriate analysis of WWFC. Please do not enter the ground ever again. Never happy, always moaning, whinging, nit-picking, crying, sobbing, nose running, drivelling, pathetic. Don’t celebrate with real Wolves fans tonight, go home and write another list of things wrong with everything in the world. Pathetic.
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what a nerve racking afternoon, up and then down! thanks to Spurs and Man U, I love ya Mick don’t care what some other misery guts say..
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18 … magnificent posting…. says it all. lets just look forward to a THIRD YEAR… YES THIRD YEAR IN THE PREM….. COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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We live on to fight another season!!
It’s just a shame that The three Ms don’t recognize where we’re falling short.
The reason why we’ve been in the bottom three for nearly the last 2 seasons is because we’re not good enough where it matters. It’s all very well for the three Ms to say we’ve played some good football this season and for McMarthy to quote Fergie – saying that we’re in a false position etc.
But we’ve been in the position we’ve been in for the last two seasons because we are far too easy to beat (20 defeats this season) and until McCarthy was forced to have to put Fletcher in the team, we don’t score enough goals!
Whether it be naivety, stubbornness or blind loyalty (I think its a mixture of all three), McCarthy fails to see that the defense is not good enough and that we need some quality experience to add balance to the team – for we are little more than a team of tryers at the moment.
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what an afternoon!!!!!! ive aged a decade this afternoon – ive got that many new grey hairs it looks like ive been painting the ceiling! i think 1 word sums it up – PHEEEEEW! roll on next season with the new north bank
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2,5,6,and some others – were you lot bottle fed or what? Thank god it’s the end of the season and I can now enjoy 10 weeks without listening to your collective whining! It’s the easiest thing in the world to complain about things without ever having to take responsibilty or make decisions – god I pity those that don’t get a break from you!
Fantastic season – fantastic management (at all levels of the club)- step by step we’re getting better and better – great to see a us being reborn and great to see other clubs and fans recognizing it!
The futures bright, the future is old gold!!!
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I honestly don’t care what happens now, until December of course :)
One of the best days of my life…
Another year, and another chance…
I’ve never disliked Mick, just his tactics and his dealings in the transfer market…
This team isn’t good enough, that was plain to see today at 3-0 down..
But….
Another year and another chance!!
I’ll give you one last go Mick :)
Well done too all the boys!
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One thing I have to say..
It was FLETCHER , HUNT and O’HARA that saved this season.
So, I’ve criticised Mick all year, in fact for the passed 3 years, but credit where it’s due.
Those three have been great signings we just need another half dozen like them and we won’t have to go through this trauma again!
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Anyone who wants Mick McCarthy sacked is an idiot. Or a WBA fan (does that mean I said idiot twice? :-) Top club with top team running it. One happy family. That includes the real Wolves fans. Enjoy or suffer the holiday – worrying that we’ll get turned over by Man U or Chelsea…unlike this season! I’m having a welcome pint tonight. Nerves are settling now, even after just completing a charity abseil before the game. UTW
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19 – Doesnt matter who we sign, as Mick will not play them.
Well done for keeping us up Muppet, now just go away.
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Well said Cornish Wolf, the key point being we run at a profit so the future is bright; the new ground development is to increase revenue to help meeting new UEFA regualations when so many others will flounder. I am 40 soon and cannot remember 3 consecutive seasons in the top flight, when I was going away to Rochdale and Northampton in the old 4th Div I would have killed for this. Get a grip whingers.
ps. Deeps are you the Deeps used to go in the Nut?
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credit where credit is due.a big thank you to MAN UTD AND TOTTENHAM because for the first 45 mins we were never in the game.We let Blackburn dictate the game and bully us all over the pitch.The 2nd half was a vast improvemnt but the damage might already have been done without other results going in our favour.
But atleast its job done
WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE
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Just watched them celebrating in the dressing room.What a bunch of losers, they should hold their heads in shame. Good job we could rely on Man U & Tottenham. Which words of BEAT BLACKBURN did they not understand. We should have been in their faces instead they were in ours. We need to completely overhaul the team and management.Has anybody else also realised how big and athletic other teams are compared to ours.Please don’t all get on a high after this debacle because I for one am ashamed!
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If you want to be proud, be proud of this: we are the only Premiership team to be (a) solvent, and (b) in profit. Don’t listen to the lunatics, I’d rather be Wolves than Portsmouth, Birmingham, West Ham or all the other overdrawn basket cases. We survived by being prudent, with a hard-working team and a very competent manager (half the madmen on here would have had Ince or Alladyce in – big queue for their talents, I notice). My only disappointment is the demise of Blackpool who have been more of an asset to the Premiership than Wigan, I feel.
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18. Cornish Wolf
Well said mate. Last two seasons I could not wait for the next to star. This time I am glad of the rest till august.
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i am glad this season is over could have done without today ,wolves should have had it in the bag weeks ago .now is the time for change mick has took us as far as he can we need new ideas and new backroom staff, cause WHO APART from mick and connor would keep on playing long high balls when you have the likes of samba and huth and others in at the back ,,you have got to play it on the ground and give and go which wolves don,t do.i was very dissapointed with morgans speech he gave the fans nothing to look forward to next season nothing about the players wolves need to have a good season ,allhe whats is to get the new stand built to get the corparte thing going stuff the fans he whats the ground to host venues like the nec .and to top it all no speech from mick,that says it all
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Another must win game that the muppet contrived to lose.
Mr Morgan needs to follow the Chelsea example and sack MM/TC tonight.
SACK McCarthy NOW
UTW!!!!!!!!!!!!
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18 Cornish Wolf. Nobody is questioning what he has done for the club and the fans will always be grateful for that, but we mustn’t be blinded by the that. He has taken us as far as he can, his limitations at this level have been exposed time and time again this season. If you’re happy to be fighting relegation every season, then fine. I personally think that to move up to another level then we need a new manager – that’s not to denegrade what Mick has achieved, that’s just facing the evidence that stares you in the face.
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As others have said a real roller-coaster and let us hope we do not endure that again anytime soon?
I watched live here in Canada and the distance did not lesson the nerves or feelings at alland when Hunt scored and Spurs took the lead it was a wonderful feeling.
Red Deer Wolf
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3 YEARS ON TROT……WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED UP THE MIGHTY WOLVES….BLUES RELEGATED OOPS
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Well said Cornish Wolf! I have been critical of Mick this season but he is getting better, just like the team. They all deserve credit and thanks. We need to strengthen again and all can see it is in defence. Sign O’hara and the forward line should be strong enough for next season. Keep building year on year wirhin our means and in 3-5 seasons we should be able to compete for a top 10 finish on a regular basis. Even then we will still be a tier away fro
Man Utd, Chelsea, Man City and perhaps Arsenal, but we should be able to start to compete with Liverpool, Villa, Spurs etc and the players and wages that come with that.
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@ 18 Cornish Wolf,100% with you mate! Been saying all along that MM would keep us up. Best manager (on paper at least) in over 30 years. 3 seasons in the top flight proves it. We have to keep him but need to spend money on players. We were dire in the first half so ask yourselves; what made the difference? MM of course by giving the team a few choice words no doubt. Well done MM! And the team. Hunt, you derserve man of the match for playing your heart out.
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The Flying Winger – He has proven to everyone that he is not the worst manager in the premier league 2 seasons in a row. You are an absolute muppet.
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just like to say mick has got us up into the prem, kept us up in the prem and will keep us up again next season, well done mick and the lads,keep the faith and ignore the doubters,
true wolf ( and cubs)
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At last, SAFE! give yourself some time off (3 m’s) then start looking at what we can do to get up the prem! Its obvious to all we need a solid defence. 3 years in NOW BUILD and lets look for the silverware.
Congrats to ALL at the Mol, but PLEASE don’t do this to us all again, No decent Footie on sky now gotta put up with Rugby, Rugby Rugby oh well least we got Neil Emblem at Waitakere United! Laingholm wolf,if you see me out flick your lights!!
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Well maybe it’s better to have a LUCKY MANAGER rather than a good one !
WOLVES AY WE ? AY WE !
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Cornish Wolf [18] says it all for me. Another season in the prem and a new stand to boot. Or maybe we should just go back to the bad ol’days ?
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Well done you lot,85 minutes in there was no sign of a pulse,90 minutes and you’ve been resuscitated.
Talk about a near death experience.You probably now need the summer to recover.
See you next term,but for now,try to keep the noise down,some people still want to sleep this weekend.
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Well done those who put in a great effort and there were many. We now have the opportunity to strengthen the team and maybe look at Blues central defenders now they have been relegated.
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Well they really put us through the mill this season – especially the last game!
But when we wake up Monday morning the nightmare will be over – we will STILL be a top flight club!
This has GOT to be the hardest league to get promoted to, and to stay up in and we have done both over the last 3 seasons.
The last time we did that was in the seventies, when the old 1st division was NOTHING LIKE the Premier league is now – especially this season.
WHAT A FANTASTIC ACHIEVEMENT!
NEW 5 YEAR CONTRACT FOR MERLIN!!!!!!!!!!!!
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And to the “sack Mick” brigade, please consider going and supporting Birmingham, then you really WILL have something to moan about, you ungrateful idiots!”!”!”
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Bottom line—-we finished in the top 17 and the only team in the premiership not to finish in debt. After following the four games on the BBC website I was almopst too tired to go to church. Can someone have a word with Henry about a captains responsibilities. -=—Arizona Wolf
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Am still at the cyropractors, sat in a sports bar watching all the games at once. Never ever put me through that again WOlves! Utterly drained! My friends, Liverpool supporters begged me to find a less stressful team to support, they went through every agonising minute with me. At half time I was placed in a straight jacket for my own safety and fed Heineken from a straw, when Hunt scored I just lost it and when Spurs scored I knew we had done it! Wolves never ever do it easy, but what a gutsy second half. Ward was awesome and took blow after blow, give this guy a break you lot, a frigging hero. So proud!!!! Wolves to the core. When do the fixtures come out? B’ham v Brighton! Wolves v Man U.!!!!!!!!!!! Happy days. Well done MM, SM and JM. Excellent
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well done lads good that we stayed up but we now need to show ambition and get rid of mm get a true prem manager in
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PLease ge rid of mcarthy just think where we could be without him. another inept performance with horrendous substitutions and positional changes. please please listen moxey and morgan
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WOW
Lets just re cap
you cant really moan about this season when we
beat MAN U, CHELSEA, LIVERPOOL, ALBION, VILLA, MAN CITY, lost to Blackburn wigan west ham everton, what a season Mick & the boys can enjoy your hoilday now like the rest of us please sort the defence out before August and lets not leave safety till the last day next season thanks for a brilliant season arise sir steven hunt he was awsome today the rest were non starters in my eyes just pre oredered the new shirt with premier league patches. WOLVES AY WE
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Stayed up but not ONE super Mick sang all afternoon speaks for itself, most fans have come to their sences and had enuff of mcclueless now.
Thanks for what you’ve done Mick, you’ve Done what you have been paid a fortune to do, please go NOW and let’s gets a manager in to take us to the next step. Please take mancieene, Berra , stearman, mouyokolo,Henry, keogh,ward,clip board and moxey with you PLEASE
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Came from Tampa to see this game.The first half was embarrassingly awful. To be 3-0 down at the half having not engineered a single shot on goal against a team that hardly played any better than we did was shocking.
It was unbelievable to me that we could put on such a poor display in front of a home crowd full of hope.
Our second half was much improved but the end result was fair as we dug too deep a hole to climb out of. Our goals were very good especially the second one by Hunt.
Let’s be clear I am really pleased we have kept our place but the constant clinging on we have endured is simply not good enough. Where do we go from here? What funds are going to be available to improve a squad that simply is very fortunate to remain in the Premiership? There are simply too many players that need to be replaced in all departments of our game. Never mind the Coach who is tactically inept.
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That is not how it normally ends for Wolves. Times are changing. Wolves are no longer newly promoted. We are Premier League and here to stay!
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Unable to see the game because of time difference but fantastic to hear that we had lost yet won. Many thanks to Man U & Tottenham. Staying in the premiership requires not only a team of tope quality players but the mentality to succeed. By losing against Blackburn proves the current team (including MM) don’t have sufficient of both requirements so amazingly they have another chance next season. Difficult decisions have to be made by Mr Morgan to rebuild yet again before August arrives but is the money there?
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Doyle, Hunt, Fletcher, O’Hara – what do they all have in common? Being relegated with other clubs. But not today. Would be madness to get rid of MM. Consistency and stability the way forward. Watched on tv in pub up the road, still recovering.
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Great to stay up Been a nervous wreck all week let alone today. And it’s great to survive.But come on all you Mick lovers this guys not the answer What you have to really ask yourselves have you enjoyed what you have seen this season? If the answers yes! go see a shrink. Micks side is neither reliable or consistent and that worries me.We have been crying out for a quality central defender for donkeys and the two he as played Stearman and Berra are absolute dross but did he sought it in the transfer window ? no. He’s a cheap budget manager that suits Morgan and balance the books Moxey That defence is no better than at the start of the season and the guy who says he’s the best manager since the 70′s wants his head tapping do you remember John Barnwell 1980 mate? On a brighter note can’t see no Tesco clairvoyence on here tonight you know the ones who said they where going to thrash us at home and that we were going to go down .Like the weathermen don’t give up your day jobs Tesco’s see you next season for another bumper 4 points
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congrats on staying up but we were very lucky. Does anyone have faith in Mick buying a decent defence?
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No 2 absolutly spot on MM is not a premiership manager. He has made numerous signings that were well below the standard of this league.and wasted at least £30 million.
He should unload the dross but he will keep his favourites WARD, HENRY, and sell or give away the players he has fallen out with ie JOMES, HAMMEL. But we all know Mr MORGAN will not get rid of him.
His reported interest in Billy SHARP worries me how is his signing going to make us a better team. He will probably play him upfront with KEOGH.
I despair we need to progress and make sure we are not in a dog fight again next season.
So MR MORGAN say thank you and get an experience manager who can manage a premiership team.
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Congratulations to Mick and the boys. I will say it again, Mick does his best week in, week out with the fit players he has at his disposal.
I do believe he is one of the better motivators in the Premier League.
My wish list is for a couple of new players, a fitter bench, and we are set for a top 10 finish next season.
Once again congratulations to all.
UP YOU WOLVES.
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Allowing Blackburn to win ensure Birmingham went down. What a tremendous result!
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A game that was our season in a nutshell really… dreadful for half of it, with players unable to string two passes together and the opposition looking likely to score at any time. Then, at the last, when it really mattered, the Wolves came on strong and did enough (just). Typical of a season in which we beat Man U, Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool, but Wigan and Blackburn did the double on us and we only got a point off West Ham.
In short, a game that gave ammunition to both the “happy clappers” and the “Mick out” brigades. Yes, we had to rely on other results and some, including those down the road, may call us lucky, but all I can say is that, I’d rather be where we are than the Bluenoses or Blackpool. Talk about how we make sure we’re not in the same position next year can start tomorrow but today I’m just glad to say WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE!!!
UTW
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That’s 2 seasons nearly all spent in the bottom 4 Mick. Now we’re off the hook again. But we’re always going to be fighting relegation. So please lease resign as you’re only riding on luck and no talent. This side is still only Championship material and after 5 years that’s not good enough.
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Well what a final day to the end of the season and we stay up, well done to all and the supporters of course make Wolves what they are, do think we need some diffence and learn not to keep backing of players,some comments about we need a new goalkeeper are Rubbish, he,s add more shots at him than the top four teams put to gether?
It would of been nice for the blues to stay up the more Middlelands teams the better for me.
Bring on next season can stop taking the tablets for ten weeks.
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Where do some of you fans think Wolves should be??? top 4??? really. Wolves are in the prem after many years, and things have changed a lot. We have one of the smallest attendances and we finished fourth from bottom. I think Wolves should be going for higer, but maybe 12th place at the best. Its going to take years to rebuild our squad to get higher than that, yes some teams may finish in the top half sometimes when they have small teams (ipswich, Blues last year) but its not sustainable. 3 M’s have done well, doing it the right way. Next year we need to but some defenders, im sure that everyone on here will agree with that. but we cant attract top players, or afford with attendances of less than 30,000, not without risking the long term future of Wolves. Dont wan to see what happened before Sir Jack rescued us.
Well Done Mick. you’ve done us proud (however listen to the fans and get a left back at least!!!)
UTW
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As I and others focus on the positives…
(A) Wolves were many expert’s bet to go down before the season even began: WE STAYED UP!
(B) Second bottom of the League in the player’s payroll budget: WE GOT THE BIGGEST BANG FOR (MORGAN’S) BUCK!
(C) Statistically, our 25 listed playing staff missed more games to injury than any other team: MICK, WITH ONE ARM TIED BEHIND HIS BACK, GOT THE MAXIMUM PERFORMANCE HIS SQUAD, LET ALONE THE PLAYERS HE WAS SOMETIMES FORCES TO PLAY OUT OF POSITION!
(D) We took major abuse on many football forums, especially here and around the Midlands, from taunting and woefully inept supporters from our three other local rivals: WOLVES TRUMPED THE LOT OF ASTON VILLA, BIRMINGHAM CITY AND WEST BROM, EARNING THE MOST POINTS IN THE MIDLANDS’ ROUND ROBIN!
(E) Wolves are not a knee-jerk club, or one that let’s egos and greed rule out common sense and prudence when it is called for, as we are as solid as any, if not actully all others: THE ONLY CLUB IN THE LEAGUE WHO IS NOT JEOPORDIZING IT’S FUTURE TO HAVE EVERYTHING ALL AT ONCE, IF NOT YESTERDAY; WE ARE THE ONLY PREMIERSHIP CLUB NOT IN-DEPT!
(F) Our “real” supporters rate as high as any in the land: YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!
See you next season. Oh, I meant to say, next “Barclay’s Premier League” season!
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Great job mick,Some said mick would not get us up to the prem. Then when we won the champoinship, said he would not keep us up. Well we are where we are thanks to mick.Onward and upward with the true Wolves fans.
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Fantastic to still be in the Premier League – well done, lads. But, please, no more finales like that. Let’s become a mid table team now.
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First of all, well done for completing your own great escape. Was a cracking goal from Hunt to seal the deal too. Unlike many baggies I won’t say you were lucky for relying on other teams to keep you up because we did the same in 2005 (Fortune’s goal for Charlton against Palace) but I’d just like to say that I can’t wait for next season and two more Premier League Black Country Derby games. Boing boing… enjoy your summer.
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Why change a winning side?
We win two on the trot for the first time this season and thick Mick has to tinker
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Relief all over. Stop the MM bashing – he did great with limited quality. At least 2 of the clubs going down had stronger squads. A new back 4 now required.
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Some of you think he did well yesterday.
Here are some observations for you about our Manager.
He is not good enough for the PL
The crowd booed the performance at half time.
We lost the game, the defence was a shambles again, we conceeded 3 goals another on the 45 Min.
We stayed up with thanks to Spurs & Man Utd.
Henry was nearly sent off again, lost his head completley, he should have been subbed at half time.
Fletcher would not have played the last few games had Doyle been injured, we wouldn’t have had the points we finished with.
We did not know our team from the first game to the last, tactics have been poor, substitutions have been poor.
Players were bought injured.
2 CB’s LB, have been needed all season.
Henry is not a captain, or leader.
No true goal scorers played for the majority of the season.
Looks like Hammill has fallen foul of our Manager.
I am delighted that we have stayed up, but if you want the same again then you will get it with McCarthy in charge, unless Morgan can sit him down and explain the above to him, as I truly believe that is why we were nearly relegated.
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What a Sunday afternoon that was. When the Wigan & Birmingham goals went in i thought we were done for. Then Hunt produces such a cool & calm head to score that goal. A lesser man would have blown the chance.
Well done Steve, Jez, Mick & everbody at the Wolves, 3 seasons in the Prem is a great thing for this club.
The fans played their part yesterday as well.
Lets just hope next year doesn’t go down to the last 3 minutes again please !
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LEAVE MICK ALONE
the bloke has just kept us in the prem for the secound year running give him some credit he,s only bought players that wanted to come maybe now they will look at atracting bigger players ask any one in football none have a bad word to say about super mick
WE ARE PREMIER LEAGUE
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Thankfully i was wrong again, but with 20 defeats, what else can you expect but relegation. Credit to MM and the players, they saw light at the end of the tunnel when most of thought it was already extinguished. SH, best buy of the campaign O’Hara, Fletch, came good for us when it mattered. To send the Blues down as well what more could you ask for…
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Thanks Mick for keeping us up but its time to go i dont think you can take us any further. Martin o,neil or big SAM.
COME ON ME BABIES
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79 The Flying Winger
You are absolutely SPOT ON in everything you say BUT…
For once, do like me, and put it all to one side.. We’ve survived, it’s to be our 3rd season in the premiership…
You can’t sack a bloke that’s kept you up, despite all his short commings.
We’ve actually gone backwards as a team if you look at where we’ve finished, but hey who cares, we are Premier League :)
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Well done Wolves for staying up, but lets not forget we have lost an incredible 20 games this season. I never want to go through another day like this again. MM has I’m afraid got to go, if it wasn’t for Doyle getting injured he would never have played Fletcher whose goals have kept us up, i confess that O’Hara’s signing was great, and with the late good form of Hunt these 3 players have been the difference.
But remember this game was a must win game before kickoff, and the first half summed up all that this wrong with this team, the defence is woeful, how MM has not managed to sort this problem out I just don’t understand it, remember that the season we won the Championship we still lost 10 games, and the back 4 are virtually still the same. It’s a miracle that a team in the Premiership can lose 20 games in a season and still not get relegated, at the end of the game Morgan looked bewildered and mentally exhausted, surely he now must realise that MM has taken our club as far as he can, but somehow I think we will be stuck with MM for at least another season.
Please don’t think I don’t appreciate what MM has done because I do, but Morgan needs to not let his heart rule his head, and needs to make that executive decision now, so we can move to the next level, because if he doesn’t then we will without doubt be in this same situation again next season. Everybody have a great summer.
Oh one last thing goodbye Blue’s.
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79. We stayed up because we got 40 points which was more than 3 other teams as it is most seasons.
We got 2 more points than last season and I would take a 2 point progress every season.
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Now the real rebuilding work can begin and I’m not talking about the North Bank. Top of the summer shopping list has to be two centre halves and a left back. George, bless him is as an honest a bloke as you will find but we cant kid ourselves anymore and pretend he is Premiership quality.
Still what a day though, wonderful and agonising at the same time, none of want a repeat of that next season. Of course Mick deserves another chance but he will be under more pressure this time to deliver mid-table comfort.
Fight, fight wherever you may be.
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Big Sam? Change the record. Whether we like it or not MM is going to be in charge next season.
Lets hope we sort our defence out before then!
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great now time for clear out stating with muppet mick, yesterday after just 15min my 9
year old grandson said why is mancienne playing
there when they have got all the 6ft plus player who win every ball,need i say more how
clueless he is. he got us as far as we can go with him here so thank mm but good by please please.
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Do you think we could pair Scott Dann and Roger Johnson? Just a thought!
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Once yet again, it’s humble pie time for the downtrodden moaning mick haters. You guys must get sick to death of being complete losers in life and proved wrong time and time over!!
Tonywolf
English Exile
Flying Winger
100% Wolf
Lanefield Wolf
Wol1877ves
Ukranian Cossack
Spanish Ray
Bazza
Old gold
Crockett 48
Top Numpty
To name but a few that had us relegted 7 weeks ago and have called for our best manager for 35+years to be dispensed with…
Once yet again you look like complete idiots! Enjoy the humble pie folks!!!
Give Mick a 10 year contract Mr Moxey.
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84, You are right of course and have been for all of the season.
Today is a new day, A new season beckons where everyone starts with a clean slate.
The Future is Bright, The Future is Golden.
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The first half performance yesterday was one of the worst I have seen down the Molineux all season,strong words must have been said at half time and Blake was bought on, Ward returned to LB and Elokobi moved to CB and second half proved much better which has been the story for most of the season.
Lessons must now be learnt,every man and his dog know whats wrong at Wolves but misplaced loyalties and bargain basement buys have plagued us for two years.If want to survive and progress next year we need a complete overhaul of our defence,the only player good enough to play in the Prem at present is Zubar,we need proper signings like Scott Dann,Roger Johnson,Wes Brown,McCarthy has to realise sometimes you cant make silk purses out of sows ears.
This should be a wake up call for Moxey and McCarthy.
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Congratulations to all at Wolves for reaching 40pts and safety.We need to focus on signing quality players who will go straight into next season’s team and stay there.No more squad players please! This may involve more creative thinking regarding the players reward structure. There is correlation between league position and level of wages so Mick has done well to finish above West Ham and Birmingham.
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The Flying Winger and all the other moaners – You are the biggest bunch of hypocrites on these boards. All the way through the season you were claiming the league never lies, and we are where we are because of MM. Now when were safe and can look forward to a third season in the premiership, you state we were lucky to survive, and that we wouldnt be here had it not been for other teams. At the end of the day we played the same teams as everyone else, and we gained a point extra than our rivals that were relegated. As ive said many times, the league never lies after 38 games played, and after 38 games we have survived on 40 points, through merrit, not luck.
Mick claimed that he would be happy with a 17th finnish place because he wasnt stupid enough to think that we would be comfortable in only our second season. He has ststaed all season that we would be safe, when all you numpties disagreed, and guess what he was right once again. Now lets hope he can take us forward next season.
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I would like to see Ukrainian Cossacks horse given a tial run at left back It would give a bit of height to our defence.
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Yes why was Mancienne there ? Whatever strengths he has being our last man in defence is certainly not one of them. Blackburn are typical of the teams that bully us out of games with big athletic players, after his fantastic game dominating the Baggies defence in the air(and everywhere else) even Fletcher was living off scraps of possession against Samba & co. The current team don’t do holding games at all, it’s only when they attack all out from the start that they look at all dangerous and can actually beat good footballing sides. Only when we keep the ball in the opposition’s half do we look anything like a Premiership team, yesterday Blackburn took goals at their leisure – thank god they didn’t need more to stay up or we would have been hammered.
Mick McCarthy is the most successful manager that Wolves have had in decades, Fergie had banners telling him to go after 3 years at Man. Utd. The very best outcome for Wolves from this season would be that Mick McCarthy would learn from his experience and become an even better manager.
Keep the managerial consistency, but please, please recruit some talented defenders – we can’t go through yesterday’s anxieties again.
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95, you must have very low expectations, shame about name calling sums you up more than us,
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Never want to go through that again, didn’t enjoy yesterday at all.
But you know what, it’s I feel alot better this morning than I would if I was a Blues fan & that’s what its all about.
Not a McCarthy fan at all, I think we have retained out PL status in spite of him not because of him, however I don’t think we should get rid of him, just yet, I think he should be allowed to have another crack at it next season, after all he’s kept us here for 3 seasons, but we need to learn some serious lessons from this season, firstly how to defend!!!
He does however need to have a decent summer.
Personnally I’d send Manncienne back & Mujangi Bia, Halford, Jones should all be released, Kightly to be loaned out for 3 months to get some football into him & we need to recruit defenders, at least 3, I’d like to see Warnock & Upson amongst them & we should do a deal to get O’Hara on board.
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Flaming Nora. I feel for anyone who was in that stadium for the 17 minutes where were were going down. Incredible. And a nice points total because it means that me and BrummieRobWolves were equally wrong, or equally right if you want to be positive about it. And why wouldn’t we?!
Now then: time to find a new defence…
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2006 – Mick gets appointed Wolves manager and claims that we will be promoted in 3 seasons time. Many moaners laugh at the statement anc claim the man who has the worst prem record, would only take us down.
2009 – Wolves are crowned championship title winners, and we are promoted into the premier league, in the 3 season Mick claimed it would take us. Some fans claimed that Mick had done his job and now needed to go in order to get a decent premiership manager in, as Mick had already been proven to be surpluss to requirements in the prem.
2010 – Mick keeps us up, despite the numpties claiming we would finnish with a record low number of points in the premiership. The numpties then spout nonesense that we only stayed up because there were 3 teams worst than us, and with the quality coming up the next season we would be found wanting with Mick still in charge.
2011 – Mick claimed that he would be happy with a 17th place finnish as he knew all to well how many teams have been affeted by second season syndrome. Throughout the season wolves were in the relegation zone, despite most pundits and experts claiming we were playing too good to go down. Many of the numpties jumped on the bandwaggon and called for Micks head proclaiming that we are going down with him in charge. some also claimed that our transfer business was poor and we should have bought players like West ham and Birmingham, (remind me again, where did they finnish?). Wolves stay up, on 40 points, in one of the most competitive seasons of the premiership ever.
Mick has proven you numpties wrong time and time again, and hopefully for the good of this club, will continue to do so in the years to come. Maybe next year, Mick wont be good enough for this club because were not challenging for Champions league football yet?
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Can I please add Blacburn to WBA for being so genoriouse to us on sunday afternoon.how kind was that, didn’t expect that at half time did we now.
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96;;;Ukrainian Tossack.sorry my typo should read tail not tial
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101 – MWSU(IH) superb summary. If only I thought for a second it might have any effect! Some of the first posts on were saying sack the manager – it’s pitiful.
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Yes send Mancienne back and sign O’Hara NOW and stop our usual messing about, no way can we afford to lose him. Quietly confident we can beat off the competition to sign Roger Johnson.
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8) Dunne or Upson …. no thanks. Roger Johnson who is top of our wanted list, yes but we will have plenty of competition. Henry could be on his way and we must sign O’Hara!
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Well after those amazing and very worrying moments yesterday it looks like the club already have news on player transfers:
Karl Henry – QPR have offered big money and Wolves have accepted bid?!
Roger Johnson – Club already in negotiations on a fee (Hope he forgives us for the stick a few weeks ago!)
Jamie O’Hara – Deal done at 4mil.
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Mmmmm.
Buying defenders from relegated clubs doesn’t fill me with confidence.
Only looks good when playing alongside Danns, and would suggest they are targetting the wrong player.
As for Mancienne. Which position does he play for Chelsea?
Taxi
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I’m very relieved to still be a Premier League club for next season but until Hunt scored that goal it looked bleak, I couldn’t believe how bad the team played in that first half and the quality difference between the two sides was unbelievable. Team spirit has pulled us through – and two favours from Spurs & Man Utd – however this team needs serious improvement, the back four isn’t good enough and we need another quality midfielder but having said that have we got the money?
I don’t think we have and so it’s more of the same next season but can we honestly expect to beat Man Utd, Chelsea, Man City and Liverpool again? It was a titanic effort to stay up winning 11 games, however the down side is that I fear the Wolves board will allow survival to cover up the cracks, we have lost the most games and drawn only 7. Wolves can beat the topsides this season under the under-dog tag but when they were expected to get results not just from fans but local and national media they seem to crumble. The big clubs are going to spend big it seems and who knows the QPR billionaires might spend big too and then who ever joins them with Norwich from either Reading and Swansea who I think could be already bit stronger sides in defence compared to Blackpool, either way its going to be tougher season if we can’t improve our team in some way. At the very least we have another year in prem, thanks to all at Wolves but Mick does get some money he has spend it more wisely because I doubt he’ll survive next time if we spend most of season in bottom 3.
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21 Steve WWFC – Get a life!
To all other Wolves fans congratulations on stopping up.
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23) JB, you are an absolute disgrace making those comments towards someone who obviously passionately cares about Wolves, The people criticising people for moaning are the reason that this club won’t go any further. People moan because they care and are frustrated, not because they want to slag off the team, but if you can’t see that MM is a dreadful, tactically inept and extremely lucky manager then I feel sorry for you. 20 years ago, Wolves fans would have stood up and protested about the awful standard of football served up by MM and TC, but no not you lot, typical New Premier League Football Fans, you turn up and happy clap for dear life. If that’s the height of your ambition, poor team with a poor manager, then you all deserve each other.
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IT”S SO SAD for (91 n.w. wolf) and those who think the same. No aims in life, no ambition, no effort to better themselves. Watching TV in front of a black and white set, flying a paper plane because they didn’t realise that you fly around the world in jets, keeping their meat packed in ice because they didn’t know that a freezer has been invented and travel to work on a horse and cart because they didn’t think that cars were made in the Midlands, on and on and on. Only by the Grace of God have we stayed up this year. It had nothing to do with MAGIC MICK or his team talks and if you guys are happy with staying up on 40 points every season or waiting till the last 5 minutes of the 38th match then I’m very sad for you. Why don’t you start up a social club and call it “AMBITIONLESS” and have MAD MICK as president and clipboard as secretary.
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Ukrainian Cossack – If survival had nothing to do with Mick, then our position shouldnt have had anything to do with him either. You cant blame him for all the negatives then not give him credit for all the positives.
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Oh my God – i am totally worn out after yesterday and in fact the whole season! Well done to all connected with Wolves but thank God for a 3 month rest!!!!
WE ARE WOLVES!!! FOREVER AND A DAY X
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Well now its Monday & I can see clearly with the beer vision gone !
To me it’s clear next season will be more of the same with MM in charge . Win at HOME to survive & we’re 3 nil down by half time !
I’ll give MM credit that he is a good motivator & gets the best out of the players but that’s all . Whenever we come up against a team as much up for the fight as ourselves & can’t rely on guile we get footballed off the park .
What a great comeback you happy clappers shout well Blackburn had already done their job . Baggies never turned up & Sunderland was already safe & injury crippled . We have been very LUCKY I’ll take it don’t get me wrong but we might not get the rub of the green another time . All teams can point to injuries but it’s a squad game & it’s Mick’s squad .
Now onto bottom line Moxey & all you happy clappers say oh well done job done Jez £9 millon profit Blah Blah . To me that just says we could of afforded the wages of Scott Dann amongst others & still made a profit , shock we could of even finished higher & made even more money .
Well if MM is gonna stay as he surely will at least back him with some money JM . I know we spent £20 odd million in the summer but we need to pay premier wages first & foremost .
Calm down happy clappers we’re set to make £80 million by staying up & we have no debt so hardly gonna do a pompey are we ?
Asset stripping relegated clubs is fine if you go for the right players , Blues defence was not their problem it was their lack of goals .
So MM will be on the phone for their front 2 then .
Well I’ve enjoyed these boards whether we agree or not , be we “numptie” or “happy clapper” we all just want the best as Wolves Fans .
I wish you all well for the summer & look forward to next season .
WOLVES AY WE !
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no91 nw wolf you forgot the leader of the pack RichWolf64 who is trying to be positive today it won’t last….
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Mr Chairman,
I saw the anguish you were going through during that match and you are quite right you aged 20 years.
Surely you don’t want anymore of that next season, so move McCarthy out, with our thanks, and lets move up to the next stage.
Blackpool’s squad was far inferior to ours but finished just one point below us. That was the result of GOOD POSITIVE management.
Blackpool and their manager were a breath of fresh air with very limited resources, so it can be done.
Negative Mick cocked up big time yesterday. Waited till we were 3 – 0 down before he put another forward on.
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In:
O’Hara
Warnock (villa)
Dann (blues)
Johnson (blues)
Noble (whu)
Out:
Keogh
Halford
Jones
Hill
Vokes
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111 Cats – you are the one with the problem. We have just had the most successful couple of years in the last 20 (the last 30 actually). I have been a season ticket holder for all but one of the last 25 seasons (my protest against the truly dire football under Hoddle) and I will continue to support MM and TC against all the people on here who for some reason think the top 4 is our natural level.
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if the happyclappers or wwfc have no ambition , then why are’nt we still playing rochdale,exeter,grimsby???
paulo di canio anyone?
well done the three m’s and wwfc.
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119 NOisy,
Well done for someone else to realise were not a top 4 club. We are going to be fighting against relegation next year. Yes i will always beleive we are better than the Blues and West Ham, but really are we??? both are big clubs with big support. we are a bottom 6 club, not top. Yes i have ambition for the club to improve, but its going to take time, and not just a couple of seasons. We have been a better club since we got promoted with Jones, and we are now even better. Even if we get relegated next year, so long as you can get promoted again soon after it still means the club can grow. i hope we can stay in the prem again the season after next, then maybe we can start looking towards mid table. but will we ever be as big as the likes of Liverpool or Tottenham again??? cant see it myself even with Sir Alex or Mourinio as manager!!!!!!!!
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Demba Ba anyone? Knows how to score in the Prem, has height and presence, still only 25. I know defence is the main priority but we might get him on the cheap.
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WELL DONE Wolves. You showed guts and character to get the job done. You deserve great credit.We must never leave it so late again and have to kick on next season pushing for 50 points. We need a couple of strong charcters who are leaders to add to the squad. If Johnson is signed it would be excellent. I would have Mancienne as well. O’Hara is an absolute must. I feel Jones will depart (what went on there?), which is a shame. I think he is a fine midfielder. Oh what relief, let the joy start to seep through………………
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111- Cats Wolf
Completely agree with you.
I think this lot who are happy to watch such dross are dazzled by the illusion that is the Premier league.
They are obviously too busy eating their prawn sandwiches to realise how poor mm is.Any decent manager, realising he had signed a great striker in Fletcher would have played him mucgh earlier and could have negated our relegation risks!
Noisy- I too, have had a ST for the last 25 years, but unlike you, I bought one under Glenda, but just didn’t go. I think MM is clueless and serves up awful football,but still renewed my St becuase the thing you seem to forget is we support the team and not the manager.
No one person is bigger than the club.
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What a game…will we see 5 goals of such quality in one game again? Sign O’Hara. Karl Henry to stay Captain for next 5 years. Yes, you read correctly…Henry! UTW
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The gods have looked down on our club and smiled at us…. well If not weve had a large slice of luck added to the crucial wins at west brom and sunderland.
I have never experienced anything like this a a wolves fan. all I know is that mick has delivered when I believed he would not.I am very proud of the players for their 2nd half performance. That tells me a lot about the spirit in the camp.
After the euphoria has gone, time for some careful thinking and reflection. Some of the squad are not good enough and need to leave the club.
We must concede fewer goals, and be more creative. we must have good cover and competiton for all positions
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124,
that’s a very concise mail. I like that very much. Someone posted earlier and said we’d had a fantastic season and they wished the “moaners” would recognise this. What can you do when people think this way? Win against Chelsea Man U & Liverpool, lose the rest and they’ll say we were unlucky. Agh well. All we can do is carry on being true fans and support the club. Managers come and go, likewise Chairmen eventually. Let’s live in our dreams and let the happy clappers live in theirs. Thank god for Barcelona, they know how to please their fans and wouldn’t dream of cheating them in order to save their blushes.
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