Wolves’ end-of-season blog awards
Friday 27th May 2011, 9:10AM BST.
Wolves blogger Tim Spiers provides an insight and dishes out wanted and unwanted gongs in a somewhat different end-of-season awards.
Cast your minds back to August 13 of last year, hours before the opening-day win against Stoke which launched so many expectations into the stratosphere.
Hand on heart time – would you have taken a final position of 17th, with more points and goals than last season? For me, it’s a reluctant yes.
Chuck in life-affirming wins against Manchester United, West Bromwich Albion, Chelsea and Liverpool and you had have yourself a definite deal.
For a club of our size, with a young and fairly inexperienced squad, Premier League survival for consecutive years is not to be sniffed at.
While the slightly smug, self-congratulatory tone from the three Ms can be a bit too much to stomach, our hierarchy deserve real credit for bringing us this far in the past five years.
It may irk some that the likes of Wigan, Blackburn, Bolton and Fulham, with smaller fan bases and less illustrious histories, sit above us in the table but these are established top-flight clubs.
We’re still a small fish in a very big pond and developing ourselves into a top-half side challenging for honours will take a lot more money and patience. So survival will do for now.
And progress – something so difficult to define – has been made in certain areas.
Remember some of the utter dross that was served up in 2009-10?
Even winning was painful at times as manager Mick McCarthy sacrificed flair and excitement for grinding out priceless points.
Nothing wrong with that – it served a purpose – but this season has been different in that respect.
Contrary to popular belief, we played some excellent stuff at times, particularly before Christmas when Lady Luck went on an extended holiday.
Led by the majestic Matt Jarvis and the imperious Kevin Doyle, opposition teams were regularly outplayed but tragically not put to the sword, with kamikaze defending so often our downfall.
It also shouldn’t be forgotten that we suffered horrendous luck with injuries, stretching our squad to the absolute limit like when we faced Birmingham with 13 fit senior players.
At times, yes, we were woeful and the table doesn’t lie, but there’s evidence to suggest that if this group of players can find consistency they can push towards mid-table next season.
That’s why McCarthy’s summer spending must be in the mould of evolution, not revolution, with an emphasis on improving the defence.
If you split the first team in half the attacking quintet of Doyle, Jarvis, Stephen Hunt, Jamie O’Hara and Steven Fletcher is far superior in terms of Premier League quality to the rest of the outfield side.
These players are too often forced to compensate for the deficiencies of the defensive element of the team, perhaps Kevin Foley and Ronald Zubar aside, expending too much mental and physical energy.
The leaky defence wasn’t adequately addressed by McCarthy last summer, with the signings of Steven Mouyokolo and Jelle van Damme going down as failures.
This is something he’s got to get right this time around, particularly at left-back where the hugely likeable George Elokobi needs genuine first-team competition. The same can be said of Karl Henry and two new centre backs are also a must.
I imagine the best of the relegated sides and top Championship sides will be sourced with Birmingham’s Roger Johnson, Nottingham Forest’s Wes Morgan and Swansea’s Wolverhampton-born Ashley Williams all realistic targets for the centre half berths if, as expected, we are keeping to a tight budget.
The permanent signing of O’Hara is a must and it’s promising to hear McCarthy say this week that “real Premier League” players are to be targeted.
It’ll be interesting to see what happens during the next two months but I, for one, am glad of a breather after what was a terrifying end to the season.
This will be my last blog for a while, although I may pop up with a few lines here and there if anything interesting happens.
So when we sign Lionel Messi from Barcelona in July expect a dissertation on how the glory days are back at Molineux!
Seriously though, it’s been a pleasure being able to share my thoughts with you on the weird and wonderful world of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
To sign off, here’s a few end-of-season awards for your delectation.
The ‘Rodney, you plonker’ moment
Very stiff competition here, with Michael Mancienne at Birmingham, Steven Fletcher at Manchester United and Christophe Berra at Fulham all deserving candidates.
But Ronald Zubar’s shocking back pass against Bolton at the Reebok tops the lot. This also wins the ‘Oh my God, we are actually going to get relegated moment.’
The Louie Spence-style hissy fit award
Fulham manager Mark Hughes. That’s the Hughes who scored more than 150 goals in a glittering career with Manchester United, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Chelsea.
The same Mark Hughes whose ‘tight trousers’ caused him to unleash a spectacular air shot on a water bottle at Molineux. Twice.
Best statuesque teapot impression with derriere pointing to the sky when awarding a close range free kick or penalty award
Referee Mike Dean.
Frank Spencer award for slapstick comedy
Richard Stearman wins this one, hands down, for his quite magnificent and uninhibited fall which united fans of Wolves and Albion in utter hysteria.
Those who were there will never forget it. Picture the gleeful look on his face when he careered out of defence, like a dog chasing a tennis ball.
Lord Lucan of Molineux 2011
A hotly-contested title previously won by such luminaries as Isaac Okoronkwo, Silas, Guilherme Finkler and Geoffrey Mujangi Bia.
The latter put forward an excellent case for reclaiming his crown, but Steven Mouyokolo – £2.5million for 158 minutes of Premier League football – is a worthy new champion.
Moment when an instant short-term memory eraser was most needed
Two seconds after hearing McCarthy say “I’ve got to stay professional. I’m not going to be coming in here and dancing up and down with my pants up in the air, but I feel like that as well.”
The Danny Murphy award for talking absolute tosh
Drum roll please – it’s Danny Murphy.
For this: “You get managers who are sending their teams out to stop other sides playing which is happening more and more — the Stokes, Blackburns, Wolves.
“The fact is their players are so pumped up, there is inevitably going to be problems.”
Mr Murphy was fairly pumped up himself this season actually, committing 50 fouls, the 14th highest in the division, and earning eight yellow cards, the 19th highest.
Commendation for attempting to decapitate a member of the crowd whenever clearing the ball from play
George Elokobi.
He will never strike a ball as well as that as long as he lives but these things always seem to happen against Wolves award
Phil Neville, he of seven goals in the past nine years, comes a very close second for his out of character 20-yard belter for Everton last month. Seriously, what are the odds?
But for jaw-drop value, you would be hard-pressed to beat Luke Varney’s one-in-a-million Paolo Di Canio-esque volley into goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann’s top corner at Blackpool.
Goals for striker Varney in 1,290 minutes of football since his wonderstrike? One. And an achingly-predictable close range header at that.
Top Gun moment
Elokobi and Zubar bounding towards the South Bank in a fist-pumping extravaganza of meterosexual cheese after the win over Birmingham. You never saw Ron Flowers and Billy Wright do this.
The put that in your pipe and smoke it award
Goes to Stephen Ward. One year and three days after Liverpool goalkeeper Pepe Reina raced 70 yards from his goal to demand Ward’s sending off, the criminally unappreciated Irishman got his revenge with the winning goal at Anfield.
McCarthy couldn’t have put it better when he said: “If he recognised Ward’s face bearing down on him and sticking the ball past him for the winner, then I’m delighted.”
The my pants are on fire and one of these Albion players has got a bucket of water award
Stephen Hunt.
And finally – the award for 26,000 people going uncontrollably potty
Us lot, at Molineux, at around 5.45pm on Sunday May 22 when Hunt curled THAT goal into the top corner. What a way to end the season.
Thank you and good night.
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Hi you forgot the best chant of the season award
There were a few like the one aimed at Fulham wolves fans sing Michael Jackson.
Asking if any Albion fans where at Molineux but the best had to be:
We Only need 1 goal when losing 3-1 at the time.
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What about an award for the quietest away fan would have to go to the Albion
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I like many others, thought that at the start of the season we would have pushed on and finished higher in the league. In any “normal” season finishing on 40 points this may well have been the case.
I did’nt think there were really any out and out bad sides this season, which meant that until the last few games it was anybodies guess as to who would survive.
Overall I view it as a relatively successful season. We live to fight another season in the Premiership and with a better squad of players.
Next season I think there are three weak teams coming up from the championship that will really struggle. If we strenthen our defence there’s no reason why we can’t push on and establish ourseleves in mid table.
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At the end of the day, second season syndrome has been avoided.
Let’s see if the dark side can survive it, with all their gloating, they seem to forget their record in this division. Stayed up once before (thanks to Pompy) and hardly set the world alight in their second season…
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Your point about the improved football is the most important one. We are starting to look like we may be able to play 442. The number of goals scored 46 goals (30 at home) this season compared with 32 (13 at home) in 2009/10. Our defence is the issue as we all know, but the people on here moaning about the quality of football seem to have missed this improvement. I think with the right signings we will be OK again next year, but let’s not forget than half the league (at least) spend most of the season worrying about relegation!
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4. chris. Pot, kettle, black.
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Sir Molly
Yes mate we were quiet, i dont think we could beleive we were getting turned over so badly.
However, when we pulled that goal back, i did think you had all gone home/ decided to have a sponsored silence, so it wasn`t an entirely one way street.
Chris. (4) (4) (4) (4)
Are you the same Chris that comes on Albion threads, and has a dig about how many posts it takes before someone mentions the Wolves ?
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Chris – unlike you guys setting the world alight huh ?? (Is this the same Chris who reads all our bloggs to moan about how soon we mention you lot ?? – kettle / pot / black)
Have read the blogg, and the comments posted its ghard to know if you are all being serious – Albrightondek “Next season I think there are three weak teams coming up from the championship that will really struggle. If we strenthen our defence there’s no reason why we can’t push on and establish ourseleves in mid table” – cut and pasted from this time last year.
Anyway – well done on falling over the line – next season would not be half the fun without you lot.
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And the Golden Rioja Bottle Award For Tireless Promotion Of The Newhampton In Online Comments Award goes to…
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Sunday afternoon sums up being a wolves fan my 6 year old son is hooked – tears at 45mins tears at 90 different emotions how we love every minute bring on the next 80 years
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Looks like I have struck a nerve.
My point, about your record in 2nd season is a valid one, shouting pot kettle etc. is not going to change that guys.
For the record, I luv the rivalry and the banter, it’s on of the best there is, you lot are completely unable to give us any credit whatsoever…
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What about the Luckiest Bunny Award? That goes to me! At the opening game against Stoke, a Barlays Premier League dolly bird gave me some scratch cards, and I texted off to try to win two tickets for a premier league game for the team of my choice, and I was lucky enough to win! And the game I won two tickets for? Wolves v Albion. Need I say more…
And yes, Richard Stearman’s Frank Spencer Award for his trip at the Albion game was thoroughly deserved and will never be bettered….
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Everyone saying theres 3 week teams coming up this year needs to remember that i dont think anybody in the country gave Blackpool a chance of getting 10 points when they were promoted. On paper these teams dont seem very good at the moment, but when they are playing in the premier league trying to prove to everyone that they are premier league players, theres a chance that they could punch above there weight. Much like Wigan have been doing year after year.
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Stearman very lucky to end up with the Frank Spencer Award for that incident – actually, he should have been awarded a yellow card for diving ;-)
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Ref Stearman. After albions defenders tried to mark thin air for our corners, their midfielder tried to pass the ball back to thin air, who miscontrolled it and laid it on for Fletcher.
Thin air then decided to trip Stearman on his run, IMO, thin air was lucky to stay on the pitch!
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Ref 3 weak teams coming up-remember who the owners of QPR are-if they decide to spend QPR won’t be weak.
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Missed out the award for sense of humour failure of the season. Too many nominees to name, all of them twisted Sandwell Town fans unable to come to terms with being stuffed by us. For proof…just have a read of their message boards! Absolutely amazing….
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17 – I think we coped quite well with you beating us for once (your cup final, our pre season friendly) – its the constant finishing beneath us that seems to bother you lot more – try laughing at that !!!
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Happy Baggie, are you some kind of whistle blowing, message board detective, seeking to reveal the double ID Wolves cads who offend your Blue and White yo-yo team.
Have Wolves or have Wolves not enjoyed more consecutive seasons in the Premiership than Albion now?
If so, are you big enough to give us a bit of credit for our success, or… are you going to allow this infalable fact knaw away at you until the men with white coats come and take you away?
Lets all see if Happy Baggie can respond with a compliment or a cheap quip!!
You may get the ‘Sour Grapes 2010/11 season’ award, depending on your reply, lets see!
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Tim
Blackburn Rovers have won more major than either Albion or Wolves!!
Chris
A lot of Albion posters do give credit when we’re faced with humility and rationality, ask some of the grounded Wolves posters like Wolves1877 and MalvernWolf. However when you’re faced with such unadulterated arrogance and attempted belittlement every day on these boards (see Tims’ blogs, all last summer, and Jan-Mar), it’s difficult to respond in a congratulatory manner!!
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Sir Lupi – yes you have one more consecutive season than us – so well done… now find another positive…. p.s You can’t have most seasons in the prem, most points, highest place, number of manager of the month awards or player of the month awards…
You may call that a “quip” – I call it facts…. but I’l take the sour grapes award if you don’t want it !
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19. Save your breath they are incapable of giving any credit, yet still call us bitter
17. Our cup final? Yes thats right isn’t it? Beacause now that we have beaten you, it’s ‘pah villa are our derby anyway! sniff…’ Pathetic the lot of you…
Where is this CONSTANT finishing below you? This season, yes. Season before?
Remember, we didn’t require a team to roll over on the last day to ensure survival…
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Oh sorry – you also won last seasons highest number of weeks in the bottom three – 27… congrats !!
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Thank god laughingwolf is not here telling us he signings.
I think our team should be
In
Bla
Bla
Bla
Bla (longshot I know)
Out
Bla
Bla
Bla
Bla (I hope)
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Good on ya Stafford Wolf
Melbourne VIC
Whoever we are, Whatever we do, Wherever we live…We are The Wolves.
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Chris
“Remember, we didn’t require a team to roll over on the last day to ensure survival…”
No, you needed one a fortnight before and your rivals to roll over on the last day.
You and Sir Lupi deride Albion, take pot shots at us, generally spend your time trying to claim a sense of superiority over us, then ask for congratulations…..on finishing some way behind us. No irony whatsover either. Are you two for real???
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22) I think you will find he refers to when we are in the same league you consistently finish below us, when was the last time you didn’t when in the same league? I know we haven’t been in that many leagues together recently because of us spending so many seasons in the top flight, sorry about that, but when you are in the same league, well, look what happens!
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And the award for ‘Sour grapes 2010/11 season’ goes too everybodys favourite message board detective nugget ………………….
**HAPPY BAGGIE**
Probably the only thing he has ever won!
3-1 Tesco.
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22. chris. Your lot didn’t even win your last game to stay up (thanks to Spurs & Man Utd).
Had Jason Roberts put away that second half chance for 4-0 you would have gone down as there would have been no way back from that.
Anyway, credit where it’s due, well done for staying up.
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Sir lupi – many thanks I couldn’t have done it without my supporting cast of dingle muppets so its OUR award !!
My other more in depth reply to you seems to have disappeard but I’ll just say well done on finding the one result in the last 15 years which supports your argument….
Re not rolling over – if you can’t win your last must win game of the season then someone must have rolled over somewhere – or do you now think you actually beat Blackburn ??
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p,s Sir Lupi – Don’t call me a nugget – thats a special term between you and your manager…
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29. Thanks for the credit, however, if we had lost 12-0 to blackburn we would not have gone down, hate to be pedantic but we stayed up by one point, not one goal chap…
26. Warren, so you rolled over did you? Can’t say I noticed. You cannot compare us beating you (and Sland) with what Pompy did that year. they rolled over to ensure Southamptons demise, disgusting, and that was one of the reasons I was pleased Pompy imploded. I was working with two albion fans at the time and they thought it was hilarious informing me of singing n dancin with the POrtsmouth fans…
You also state that there are plenty of Albion that give credit, where? cos I haven’t seen one, not one. We all know you had a decent side last year, struck gold with odemwotsisface, played aresnal off the park (which I have to say even I enjoyed watching) thing is tho, as previously mentioned you lot are totally incapable of giving any credit whatsoever to us, we can, and do, do things right and get the right results here and there, but you lot cannot muster a well done between the lot of you…
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Why don’t you go for the biggest thumb sucker award you’d win hands down.
Though I do like the pre-season friendly quip, very good!!
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I tell you astounds me, the amount of Steptoes that come on here bristling with pride about how their team allegedly ‘rolled over’ in a local derby, because ‘they had nothing to play for’????
If that really was the case I’d be disgusted, not shouting it from the roof tops.
Utter nonsense, seriously you’re a joke!!!
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I see the Boring Baggie Bloggers have emerged from under their stone at last. It’s amazing what a good thumping at the hands of the Old Gold will do to shut them up. Face it lads you were an embarassment but to be fair we could not have survived without all those lovely points we took off you. Look forward to stuffing you again next season.
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22 Chris,
Over the last 11 seasons you’ve finished above us once dear boy, that amounts to 10-1.
Adéu
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17 Sebastian Melmoth,
Which message board is that then?
Adéu
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Well done for winning your award HB, but now you are begining to embarrass yourself repling, so im going to leave you alone for a bit, but before I go I would just like to ask where one result in 15 years comes from? or have you choosen to forget, didnt we beat you in a league encounter at Molineux in March 2007, 1-0?? and regarding the ‘nugget’ jibe, it was meant as an ironic hidden pun. Sorry you didnt get it, it probably wasn’t that funny in fairness to you.
Now rather than script an in depth unpublishable retort, go get some Brasso and shine your award, theres a good boy.
Ciao.
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Chris
I admire your honesty re: our Arsenal performance but I think you’re being clouded with this credit issue. Both on Albion boards and here I’ve read on numerous occasions congratulations from Baggies to Wolves fans and also numerous posts stating we wanted a top-flight local derby. I do agree that these are often drownded out with bitter and nasty ‘banter’, but I think it’s the same both sides, we don’t get many congratulatory messages either (isn’t it us that should be complaining??). It’s just about perspective.
Do I offer congratulations to Wolves? For stopping up? Isn’t that more minimum objective achieved rather than expectations exceeded?
I say well done for beating Man United, Chelsea and the sides you needed to at the end including us which links into the next bit…..
Graceless
Good of you to chip in with a swipe at the Albion, most unlike you….
In absolute honesty, I don’t think we rolled over against you, I think we treated it as another game (I thought we were no better against Villa in 1st half week earlier) and you treated it like the must-win it was. You got about us, gave us no time in possession, got a lot of balls into our area and (despite being aided by some shocking marking) fully deserved to win. So for that well done…..
However in that respect Grace, I’d say it’s you that’s been cheated. That high-tempo performance against us would’ve had a lot of teams on the run, where was it against Everton and Newcastle?
Also, there’s not a Wolves fan out there who can honestly say that once the game settled, we looked threatening and better in possession- Wolves were wobbling, hence the anxiety about the place. I look forward to renewing acquaintances next season…..
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Well done for winning your award HB, but now you are begining to embarrass yourself replying, so im going to leave you alone for a bit, but before I go I would just like to ask where one result in 15 years comes from? or have you choosen to forget, didnt we beat you in a league encounter at Molineux in March 2007, 1-0?? and regarding the ‘nugget’ jibe, it was meant as an ironic hidden pun. Sorry you didnt get it, it probably wasn’t that funny in fairness to you.
Now rather than script an in depth unpublishable retort, go get some Brasso and shine your award, theres a good boy.
Ciao.
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32) You have not seen one Albion fan congratulate you on your escape, or give you credit for staying up, really? so if I can show you at least half dozen you will stop posting crap on here, deal? Or do you want to admit your wrong without me having to prove you are wrong?
34) who’s “bristling with pride”? strange that you are disgusted by that (if it were true, which isn’t) yet you are full of pride at being the biggest losers in the league how does that work then? you are not disgusted by a team bottom all season, and then finishes bottom of the losers, what exactly does it take to disgust you about Wolves?
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That’s better Steptoes
39, Settle into the game???
What after an hour when the ref gave you very generous Pen???
It’s a good job you did otherwise you’d have had the spanking you deserved.
41, Well that’s how it sounds, I don’t think you’d find too many of our boy’s on another teams pages after they had been given a hiding in the league trying to pass the game off as if it mean’t nothing & well done you can count, we did lose the most games in the league but we also won quite a few.
Lets just see what happens next year, look what happened to Blues, it wouldn’t suprise me if you lot regain your top spot in yo yo league.
Yo Yo instead of boing boing, quite similar really…………………….
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To all the tesco’s on here thanks for the 4 points!
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Hate to say it, but the Sandwell lot did better than us this season, irrespective of the fact they keep going down. Can’t see it happening next year under Woy either. Unfortunately..
But, 3rd consecutive season, and hopefully with our defensive issues sorted (please Mick!!!), I’ve got no reason to think that we can’t push on next term. Yes the 3 coming up look weak…at the moment, and hopefully the likes of Wigan will finally get the delegation they deserve, but as Blackpool proved, there will be more surprises in store.
And for all the numpties, a 3rd season in the top league, which all started on the threadbare hoddle squad MM inherited, he’s done a cracking job. And as long as he doesn’t do anything stupid like not getting the defence sorted, long may his rein continue.
I’m proud to support the club due to the ethos of the club that Mick has created. Just honest hard workers. Want to play? Work hard? Put the ‘shift’ in – fine.
Want more money? Having a moan? Bye…(sorry DJ, Hoff and jelle)
Up the wolves! Time to become part of the premier leagues furniture.
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Happy Baggie etal
As a Clinical Psychologist Dr Melmoth is witness to post-traumatic stress disorder/bereavement/psychotic episodes on a daily basis and understands what you are going through. It may take time, but there is help out there…you only have to ask.
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Well done, Baggies! You had a great season. We had a another type of experience, obviously, but none less exciting or interesting! We are both clubs, and individual sets of supporters who want the best outcomes from each season; we simply wanted to establish ourselves, if to dodge the “Second Year Syndrome,” and we did! You folks did more than survive your first campaign, you truly thrived!
Let’s all be happy! Save the testy, itchy-scratchy, down right “in-your-face” banter for BCD episodes, at least two to look forward to next season!
Cheers, one and all; we love our clubs and we can all find a way to get along and have a hold on one of the best rivalries in sport!
UTMW!
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2010/11.
An “I was there” end of season finale that will be remembered for years.
Beat Man Utd, Chelsea, Man City & Liverpool away.
Beat Villa, Blues, Stoke & Albion.
New stadium being built.
That’ll do for me for now. Now on to the next (hopefully more boring) season in the top flight…again.
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Quiet day on the baagie threads, I see.
@24 You’ve got some tasty names there, but I reckon you missed Bla Blah and Bla Bla Blah.
Both long shots I know but if we could change the wage structure and try and convince them that Tettenhall Rock is just like Alderly Edge, we might be in with a shout.
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To any genuine Wolves Supporter,
Just have a read of the crap the most of the above so called fans have written on a site that is supposed to be reflecting the plus points of YOUR season.
3 out of the first 4 are having a dig at us, how this bloke Chris can say the things he does is baffling he comes onto our sites counting how long it is before we mention the Wolves, what a hypocrite.
The main reason for the tensions between the two clubs, from our point of view anyway ,is the sheer arrogance of some of your fans.
All season they have been saying we’re going down,it won’t be long before you go above us,
even now after we’ve obviously had a better season than you the’re grasping for the high ground with your 3-1 victory and your 3rd year in the prem, what will it be next year if we both stay up? We’ve got 4 you’ve only got 3, na na nana na,pathetic!
If you go onto our site celebrating last season it’s full of comments on our season and good humour between the blogers, yes there are a few comments on the Wolves but you can tell they are not said with venom.
I don’t suppose this post will do any good, in fact it’ll probably give those mentioned
more reason to spurt the drivel.
To all propa supporters good luck next season,
let the games begin and let the best team win!
Adéu
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Bunny Warren (20) if the unadulterated arrogance and attempted belittlement (although generally I find it more than an attempt it seems very successful to me) is offending your delicate disposition, then some advice sweetheart….man up and don’t come on the site and where have you been for the last 1000 years? Wolves and Sandwell tend to be a little awkward in each others company (how am I doing so far?) I know not the origins of this special relationship, in fact I would like the definitive explaination from anyone please, but it is now part of Black Country lore. Live with it, and if the ambient temperature is a little heady kindly leave the food preparation area. (Come on now, surely that hasn’t caused you any distress has it?)
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Kev in Mallorca. I’m doing the rain dance as we speak.Lol. Good luck for next year and here is to more healthy debate, the quality may not be up to much but we ay knowed for our brayns am we?
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32. chris. So you believe that if you had been losing by 4-0 (or 12-0) Birmingham would have thrown caution to the wind & gone for the winner at Spurs & risk getting caught on the break in the last seconds of their season?. No?. Well neither do I (sorry for being so pedantic chap).
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Ain’t it funny how, when the steptoes are on the receiving end of some their own medicine they come across all hurt & that everyone else is talking ‘drivel’ & that they are really pleased we’ll be all playing top flight football again next year as it’s good for the area & the banter, blah, blah.
When on the run to the march at the Mol they spent all week telling us they were gonna send us down!!!!
Funny that???
LOL
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Breaking news….Kev in Mallorca has just applied for a Superinjunction forbidding all Wolves fans mentioning an “un-named team from Birmingham” in any board on the Express and Star.
This restriction will include any mention of a 3-1 victory and 4 points won against the “un-named team from Birmingham”.
This restriction will only be lifted until the “un-named team from Birmingham” beat the Wolves again. It is expected to be the longest court battle in legal history.
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Club of our size?? we’re potentially a huge club. We just don’t accomadate Wolverhampton but big towns as Dudley, Cannock for fan fanbase.
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If we had not conceded all the last minute and injury time goals we would have comfortably been mid-table. Not major surgery needed for Wolves next season – a left back, two centre halves and a midfielder plus O’Hara – and we will have a quality squad!
For the Tesco’s on here crowing. U had a great season but so did Blues the year before and look what happened? Firstly you will need to keep hold of your best players and that is always a problem for you due to lack of funds. I think that Odewingie will be a marked man next season. The defence is awful! A bottom five finish I reckon and Wolves will be mid-table. Time will tell!
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52. What are you whittlin on about? If my auntie had a pair she would be my uncle.. How can you be pedantic when you are wrong? If blackburn had scored again it would not have sent us down simple. If pompy had not thrown the game you would been sent down blahblahblah. Fact is we stayed up by one point.
Kev. Calling me a hypocrit really does take the biscuit when you consiider some of your posters, some of them, if memory serves, even you have criticised in the past (sir terry cantstringtwowordstogether). Not to mention the bad blood between our clubs is due to the sheer arrogance of some of your fans, thats a bit rich, you cannot see it can you? The wave of arrogance shifted over to you lot years ago (when you started beating us all the time, (please stop that, oh you have)
And why do feel the need to type adeu all he time? Showing off cos you live in spain? Well congratulations chap you have clearly made it
Adeu and all that..
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