Mouyokolo could have Wolves future
Thursday 30th June 2011, 11:05AM BST.
Wolves will recoup their £2.5million outlay if Steven Mouyokolo leaves permanently – but the defender may still have a future at Molineux.
The 24-year-old returned to his native France yesterday on a season-long loan with top flight side FC Sochaux with a view to a permanent move.
Wolves also stress the departure of Mouyokolo doesn’t mean they are any closer to signing top target Matt Mills.
Mouyokolo cost £2.5million from Hull when he signed a four-year contract just over a year ago.
But the centre-back struggled with niggling injuries and failed to force his way into manager Mick McCarthy’s plans, making just two Premier League starts in a total of seven appearances in all competitions.
The speed of Mouyokolo’s unveiling in France yesterday afternoon following a medical surprised Wolves, given that the paperwork still hadn’t been completed last night.
But Wolves believe it is a move that suits all parties and are confident they will have a better player in 12 months’ time.
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Just seen on some other fan sites that we’ve been linked with the former Sunderland captain Lorik Cana …. dont know if its true!!
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Can’t see this myself……… think we need better options and if we could get 2.5 mil back i think the club would bite your arm off!
Defo need a new centre back (or 2) and I think Mills could be worth the punt. I have seen so many people knocking him on here but lets not forget Dann and Johnson were from outside of Prem, as was lescott , Richards back in the day so lets hope its a gem of a signing IF it ever comes off!
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Hmmmmmm…. Very slow on Wolves incoming transfer news this week, I don’t like it. Heard that John Arne Reise is looking to cone back to the uk, could be worth a go if wages are reasonable
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Sorry i thought we were ment to be bolstering up our deffence not lettig all of the go…
first manciene now mouyokolo !
so i hope we are close to signing someone and just telling E&S the oposite so they dont spread the word to other clubs…
… if there really not close to signing someone then god help us as we only have two recongnised centre halfs now and one of them is 36 and carnt be expected to play a full season.
STOP MESSING AROUND AND PAY THE MONEY !!
WHY ARE WE HAGGLIN WITH READING OVER 500,000 ? IF HE’S 4 MILLION THEN PAY 4 MILLION AND GET HIM IN !!!
WE HAVE MADE OVER 60 MILLION IN TV RIGHT SINCE IN THE PREM SO WHAT ARE WE MESSING ABOUT AT ??????
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Its the calm before the storm…..Transfer Window officially opens tomorrow.
Hold on its gonna be a rollercoaster, with several teams chasing the same Centre Halves, trust in 3Ms, trust in them!!!
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Never really had the chance to settle due to the injuries, so we never really got to see if he was up to the task.
If we recoup all of our outlay or he returns a better player then it’s a good move for everyone.
1. Can’t see Lorik Cana coming, i seem to remember the reason that he left Sunderland was because he couldn’t settle in England. This could have been wrong mind.
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tell you what will happend with mouyokolo, will go out on loan to them, loan will finnish they will send him bk cos they wont pay 2.5 million for him, then we’ll flog him on the cheap cos he’ll only have 2 years on his contract and is injury prone and not good enough anyway….
shud of flogged him now and used the extra money we dont want to pay to bring in Mill’s !
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Rumours as cana worms.
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I pray we have a least one replacement in mind, surely we are not daft enough to get rid without have a replacement, you look at mouyoloko 2.5 mil, halford 2 mil, surman 1.2mil, the hoff 1.8 mil, milijas (to an extent) 3mil, voles£??, hill £???, the other centre back who went to Norwich on the cheap, that’s alot of outlay for rubbish and weekly wages for this rabble must have been around £100,000 between them, I know mic has also brought well, but my point is, cmon, buy proven players if we want to make it up the table, granted fergie has brought some clowns at man u on big money, but as with Ohara, solid money for a solid player, u t w
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OMG!! Mills Wolf its fans like you that are sooooo naive, i bet you want someone like Yeung or Ridsdale dont you.
Trot off we are a respectable well run club which will not pay over the odds for players.
Well it starts at £500,000 then the next club like Blues then expect you to pay £3-4 million over, theres £3.5 million you could have put to another player!! DOH!!
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What I want to know is how much are the 3M`S really doing about new signings.They seem to want to dictate to other clubs on transfers etc.It is time we were getting new players in now,2xCentre-halves,1xLeft-back and probably another midfielder to partner O`Hara.We can`t keep waiting for cheap`os to appear,we made that mistake before and nearly went down.Try giving the fans something for a change Mr.Morgan instead of conning them all the time.
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I would of thought Wolves would have had a signing or two lined up before approving this deal. That looks unlikely at the moment.
Like others have said surely it is worth paying a few million over the top now to get the players we want, than to let them slip through our grip.. Relegation will cost more than a few extra million to the club.. So please guys sort our defence out, so that we have a better chance next season.
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July 1st. tomorrow – I’d hope that things will happen swiftly from then on.
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we aint gonna miss moyokolo or manciene but i agree with millswolf stop peeing about and up the anti moxey
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Another poor defensive signing from Mick – latest in a long line of centre back failures. How many more is Mick going to sign before he gets it right? Stearman, Mancienne, Berra, Collins, Breen, Shackell, Zubar, Mouyokolo – all poor.
Two quality centre backs and we could be laughing next season with Flecther and Doyle banging them in upfront. But has Mick got the ability to spot a good centre half and will Jez pay the money??
Alternatively, could Ward put a shift in at centre back??
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Bob Wolf – just thought I would point out you couldn’t stop slating Fletcher at the beginning of last season. You also dismissed him as Championship last week.
Now you reckon he will be banging them in. Which is it?
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I’ve heard a lot on twitter this week about ptherclubs and there targets but as far as wolves are concerned, all I’ve heard is that Morgan expects a greT future ahead for wolves… Sounds like we are struggling to attract the players we are after and that Steve Morgan is trying to raise interest levels jn the club in order to attract them… I think we need to show a bit of cash as a statement of our ambitions in order to show players that we mean business, unfortunately I think that we live in times where if we appear to be keeping a tight grip on our finances, then others think we have no ambition or can’t afford to pay. It’s a proper Catch 22!
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Mills Wolf – we are not meant to be bolstering the defence, we are meant to be improving it. Like many people have said on here, there are players that just arent good enough for the next stage of our progression, and its pointless holding onto them. I didnt see much of Mouyokolo to comment, but with him being injured throughout the season, im sure the best option would be to give him football elsewhere, to improve his game, in the event that we either keep him or sell him on.
I wouldnt be suprised to see a couple more players depart, I think Edwards may be one of those players and if the rumours are true, possibly Berra. Either way, i think its good news that we have let a few of our defenders go, as it almost gaurentees that we will be bringing in replacements for them, and hopefully these replacements will improve on what we already have.
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Sorry Mills Wolf but the so called haggling you mention must be for a reason and my opinion is that Wolves don’t believe Mills is worth £4M!
Personally I think he is only worth a maximum of £3M, after all he is a Championship player with little if any PL experience and remember we came up with a defence from that division and we have been found wanting ever since.
Experienced PL defenders are needed and Wolves should be prepared to offer serious money to get them otherwise yet another season of relegation fighting will be in store and who wants another one of those?
I agree though that letting defenders leave before replacements have been brought in is plain stupid and it is hoped that McCarthy & co have lined up defenders who are considering what’s on the table and will sign very soon, otherwise….!
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Sorry about spelling…. Damn iphones
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i bet we will get dunne and upson johnson want come to the wolves so we get upson and dunne maybe mills iff were lucky or maybe get no one and stick with berra stearman
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The Gardner Sunderland deal seems to have gone a bit quiet? He would have added somehting extra to our midfield and I’ve been disappointed that that deal was so easily lost. Especially to a team like Sunderland.
Starting to feel anxious about the apparent lack of transfer activity.
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10. wOLFYTOR74
No, actually, i love the way our club is run and if you’ve ever read my comment before you’d know ive deffended how its run in the past…
what im saying is 4 million for reading player of the season and captian is what they want for the player then thats what id needed to get him ! Madjeski aint short of a few bob ya know so why sell him for less than that ??
naive ? no, realistic mate, look at the inflated prices the past two years !
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15) Total rubbish. Breen did a brilliant job for Wolves. Of the rest, Shackell and Mouyokolo contributed little or nothing but even Collins scored crucial goals to get us promoted. Let’s look at the other four?
Stearman – lacks consistency but still young and has the potential to be a quality defender
Mancienne – got called up to the England squad while at Wolves but right move not to sign him
Berra – put some great performances in against the big teams last season but may be on his way
Zubar – makes mistakes like Stearman but he is a good player
Mills, Johnson, Warnock please. Do not want Dunne under no circumstances.
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5. WOLYTOR74
and FYI, the markets been open a while now, its just that friday is when alot of players become available on free transfers due to contract running out !
You even admitted several teams are chasing for the same players so why risk loosing out for 500,000 ??
Connor wickham has just gone for 8 million rising to 12 and he’s a teenege unproven championship striker who wasnt even op goal scorer last year, SO YOUR THE NAIVE ONE IM AFFRIAD
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15 Bob Wolf
You mean the Stearman, Mancienne, Berra, Collins and Breen that set us up to win the Championship ? The first Wolves side to do so since Sammy Chung’s Golden Wanderers in 1977 ? ….and please tell me, when have you, or any of us, seen enough of Mouyokolo to judge that he’s poor….or Zubar playing centre half ?
The players you list have played their part in the rise of Wolverhampton Wanderers. I hope you’re not as ignorant about the next crop of players as we look to move upwards.
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bob wolf, agree with you about poor signings, even though shackell has just been signed for 1 million and we get 10 percent as a sell on,
zubar is not as bad as the rest,
and in answer to your last question, ward will only play if we get too many injuries this season, and mm will sign 2xcentre half, 1x left back, and a new defensive midfielder to replace karl henry after july 1st…..
and jez will pay the money because, morgan has recently stated he will not tolerate another relegation dog fight, utw
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spanish ray- the 3ms will do what they always have done get players in at the “right price” not at inflated prices like you and bob wolf would pay, that’s why we are a well run club and not bankrupt which is were you and your ilk would take us, clapham wolf the reason we lose out to teams like Sunderland is because they are prepared to pay over inflated prices/wages plus it’s not that long ago they were looking at admin and will be again.
Trouble is on these pages there are to many “fans” willing to knock the manager and players ie: Ward who they are not good to breath the same air, stop knocking and try supporting – you never now you might like it.
Wolves fans you ain’t.
Mick will save us – you are wasting your breath trying to talk sense to some of these morons on here.
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get rid off all the defenders and start a fresh thats what i say lol jonhson bassong warnock and mills spend spend spend all this waiting on breaking news on sky sports about wolves doing my head in lol wolves for ever
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22 Clapham Wolf. Why feel anxious? What lack of transfer activity?
We have already made 2 signings, more than most so far. We are not even in July yet!!!
I am sure there is plenty of activity going on, but it will be a while before deals go through.
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I am reading this board, and now I am sure in the knowledge that half of you are idiots –
almost teacher levels of stupidity are being shown here.
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24) Brummie Wolf, you seem to be angry with the world at the moment and disagreeing with every comment posted on here.
On a football issue, I think it would be foolish to let him go. We thought he was worth 2.5mill at some point and I can only recall him playing 1 game and we are short of defensive cover I think we should keep him. As far as Matt Mills if we can get him great but dont break the bank and if he does not want to come then thats fine as well.
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Didn’t rate him when he was fit to play. I hope the Rangers interest in Berra is true and they follow it up with a bid – he’s even worse.
So who to bring in? Johnson and Dunne to steady the ship for a couple of years would be my choice. Lots of prem games between them would and hopefully bring on a couple of younger players. Not sure about Mills – he looks slow to me.
Anyone fancy Joey Barton to play alongside O’Hara?
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We need someone like John Dewolf, if we signed someone like that, I am sure there would be a big buzz about the club.. Someone who can defend and chip in with the odd goal.. Someone who puts a bit of fear in the minds of the opposition..
Wishful thinking, but I remember when John Dewolf and Don Goodman signed together.. Thats what we need to send a good feeling through the ranks..
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i think if he has got future at the club then why are we in the market for another centre back surely he aint any worse than what we are being linked with.
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32) Not angry with the world at all. Cannot tolerate unjust slatings of the club or players though. As someone who went to all the league games last season, can I point this out:-
i) When in the last 30 years have you seen Wolves playing at the top level?
ii) When have you seen a situation that Wolves are debt free and even making significant ground improvements?
iii) Last season we stayed up by the skin of our teeth but had worse injuries than anyone else – Doyle, Zubar, Hunt, Guerdioura were out for many games – and conceded a stupid amount of late goals
iv) We have money to spend and are linked with exactly the right players so far
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Surely, the only way Leicester can get Mills is by offering him more than Reading have supposedly done (£20k per wk)? I can’t see any other reason for him wanting to go to another Championship side, and, if he is keen to play in the Premiership, Wolves look the only bet at present …. but it’s early days yet!
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31 teacher levels of stupidity?
As a striking teacher, just wandered what your knowledge is on our stance?
Yes I’m not happy about having £200000 taken from me over the forthcoming years, however, more concerning is the effect that 67 year old teachers would have on my children’s education. The energy and drive needed to be a quality teacher is beyond most 50 somethings, let alone those in their 60s.
Sorry to misuse this message board, but most teachers care deeply about the pupils they teach and agonised over taking strike action today. We also want a profession fit for purpose for future generations.
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31.) Moxey’s hair gel
Would you like to elaborate on that ?
take it your angry that your stuck in detention with all the other naughty kids, regarding your teacher comment !
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I dont understand the other article stating that leicester may hinder us in our bid for Mills. Didnt the player himself say that he wanted premier league football. He clarly respects the club hes currently at so im sure he wouldnt leave them for any club also outside the premier league. The premier teams around us may be a serious threat to his signature but i cant see him leaving for more championship football.
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This player was well thought of at Hull and was one of the fans favourites. As we have only seen him play a few times it’s hard to assess his ability. Never seemed to be fully fit.
The deal is probably the best for the club and the player. If he can have a full injury free season in France, another assessment can be made by our coaching staff, before deciding to either sell him or give him another chance.
From what I read yesterday it seems that the Mills saga is moving in Wolves favour. If the player is not signing a new contract and has indicted that he wants to play in the Premiership, I think it more likely that Reading will sell rather than risk losing him in 12 months time for nothing.
However, if Wolves valuation of Mills is about £3m, he is being valued at a price similar to what was paid for Berra. He may prove to be better, but it’s a bit of gamble.
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I watched Mouyokolo against Notts County and Lee Hughes made him look dreadful.
I said that night, in fact I was amazed at how poor he was, that this lad is not good enough and wondered why Mick had signed him especially as we had just signed Fletcher (assumingly to play alongside Doyle) to play 4-4-2. We needed some quality at the back and it certainly came to haunt us as the season progressed.
Even the Hull fans did not rate him, but apparently he had a decent second half of the season.
Its all history now, but I would like to know why we signed this fella at all, especially for a modest £2.5m fee.
He and 4/5 other signings (Van Damne, M’hoffer, Halford, Marcus Bent, Shackell etc, have been a complete waste of time and money.
That extra £5000 p/week for Scott Dann sure looks like a bargin now doesn’t it Mr Moxey.
I hope its a lesson learnt when signing players for the Premiership.
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Steven Moyokolo is a good player, hampered by injuries and not given a chance by McCarthy.
McCarthy is building quite a reputation for signings that don’t work……costing us millions
You watch Surman next year at the Mol
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38 – so you’re striking today? Why aren’t you at a protest then to show your disapproval rather than on a computer commenting on a non-newsworthy item?
Admit it – this was an excuse to have a day off ahead of your 6 weeks hold from the middle of next month.
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I think if my memory is correct he was bought injured, if he was, first mistake, second mistake not getting him fit properly, third mistake not giving him a run in his position. Managers Fault, now we are lending him out why if he still has a future? We have wasted so much money on CB’s and as of today we still don’t have a new one or two!
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40, Mick will save us, agree bout threat of loosing out to other prem teams not leicester.
Regarding other story on Mills…
just pay them the 4 million for Mills !
he’s a leader, player of the season for reading and better value from what ive seen of him the others we have been linked too
end of day Stoke have bid mega money for blues players and they said no, only a matter of time till they will happily pay 4 million to reading and snatch him off us !
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#33 Joey Barton?
No, thanks. Luckily it will never happen, in his own words he only wants a top 4 club anyways.
Defence is the priority, bolster the defence we can get through another season without the midfield being added to. Bolster the midfield and not the defence we may well(make that, will) struggle again.
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24brummierobwolves
Please read comments from
26Farmer Ted
with whom i agree.
The players mentioned played their part in the Championship.
At Premier league level, you cannot afford mistakes as you get punished.
You are making excuses for perfectly decent players, but not premiership players. They need to be moved on.
Not impressed that McMuppet may be going back to Sunderland for another signing. Is there an arrangement of some kind?
Taxi
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As it says in the blog above this one, “Richard Dunne, Matthew Upson, Jonny Evans and Sebastien Bassong are other names who have been discussed. Dunne and Evans have long been admired by Wolves manager Mick McCarthy, but he has never in a position able to sign them before”.
As a wolves fan I would be greatly happy to see one of these players signing for Wolves. I dont want Wolves rushing into these deals and offering stupid transfer fees and wages etc etc…….I doesnt matter how long it takes to sign players aslong as we get the right ones!
Anddddddd there isnt any rush at the moment to sign players as we have about 44 days until the Blackburn game. We dont want to end up signing these so called “PANIC BUYS” where we buy absolute crud players!
PS I also heard we were supposed to be signing Thomas Hitzleperger today but its probly just paper rumours AGAINNNNNN!!!!!!
WOLVES AY WE
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31 Moxeys Hair Gel – stick to the football and leave off the teachers.
I’ve spoken to striking teachers at my kids school this morning and none of them wanted to make their point this way – this gov’t would not listen and engineered this situation so the Mail/Express/Telegraph could get a bit of union bashing in to divert attention away from this gov’ts spending cuts. I’am at home looking after my kids and I wish the teachers all the best. If you don’t like your public services go and live in a country with low taxes where you have to pay for everything and see how you get on.
For the record I actually agree with you on your original point that most people on here know nothing about football!
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2 things
1 teachers this is not the correct forum to vent your anger this a football fans site
Brummie wolves
I guess im gonna get some stick from this but we did not deserve to stay up lastr season, we lost to the teams around us we got results from clubs that 9 times out of 10 we would have got beat, what im saying is that I dont want that to happen next season, its ok saying injuries etc but all clubs could and probaby would have the same excuse especially Birmingham
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with this ridiculous prices of players its time to search abroad for defenders now..
The market in UK is way overheated at the moment with Birmingham and Reading among other clubs turning down good offers..
Do the right thing!
UTW
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let muppet mick take his time getting the defenders he wants coz if his past signings are anything to go by god help us.mouyokolo,berra,stearman,elokobi,shackell,these lot are,nt even championship quality i hope he gets
bassong and johnson then a descent left back and gets rid of the garbage mentioned above.
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3 Si…. Agreed, if today’s news that John Arne Reisa is considering a move to Southampton, he would be worth consideration. He may not have the ‘Legs’ of previous years but his experience more than makes up for that. Watched him last season and whilst I initially thought he was overweight and slow, he was still there after 90 minutes and to be brutally honest was far, far better than anybody we put out in the defence last season.
It is quite obvious that the going rate for quality PL central defenders is way and above what we have offered for Mills, indeed far more than Reading are asking. Which begs the question, why are we trying to screw their valuation ? We want him to play in the PL, so if we are capable and truly believe we can improve him and the lad does the business we are quids in. Either we consider him good enough or we don’t. Sounds like this is a case of Moxey flexing is muscles and trying to be a ‘Big Shot’ In my honest opinion the lad is better than what we have and worth Reading’s valuation. Get it done !
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John Wolf
Well said I am on your side.
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Here we go again come on mick you where a centre half yourself Darren Ward Jason Shackell and now Mouyokolo do you no a decent defender or what saying that though i would have liked us to give him a chance with a good injury free pre season behind him it will b like the hoff deal all over again loan him out for the season then the club wont sign him so yet again another pointless deal and a waste of money bad deals by mick Halford the hoff Vokes Hill Bent to think of a few need to get rid of Elokobi Stearman Ward Halford Berra Vokes Keogh if we could sell these with the transfer fee buy a top class premier defender well we can hope up the wolves
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33 Fenwolf yes agree with u have been saying this b4 Joey Barton with O’Hara would be a great pair in the midfield bite and flair just what we need up the wolves
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Mouyokolo and Milijas on their way out??
Never given a chance by Mick..
He keeps Ward and gets rid of Milijas…
We are stuck with Mick again and can’t do nothing about that, but why keep making the same mistakes Mick??…
Scandalous….
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I can’t understand some people’s panic over how we haven’t signed someone yet, the club warned at the start of june to be patient, it’s now the 30th of june the day before the official opening of the transfer market and people are already losing their minds.
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It pains me to ask this but just who is Pillock responsible for the new kit ?? It is so bad I’m ashamed and my Grandson ‘aint getting one this season. Old Gold ? more like Lemon Delight. I can buy a hundred better looking kits on the streets of Bangkok that this mess, it’s a real cheapo and I bet the Tea Lady could do better.
Stick to wearing the proper thing guys and gals, this one is for fruit cases and the colour blind. The saving grace is that Moxey is giving a matching handbag with each purchase.
Oh! You Are Awful !!!!
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Think our scouting system realied to much on Taffy Evans.He was Mick,s foot-solder,and by McCarthy,s own addmission hadnt even seen some of the players we signed(except on DVD,s)
Dont know what role he plays now,or even if hes still with us.
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Wait a second… Steven Mouyokolo plays for us!??!
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44 I’m assuming your comments are tongue in cheek and not serious.
In case you’re interested, I cannot protest today as my son’s teacher is on strike and I’m looking after him and his fellow class mates who’s parents were struggling with child care arrangements.
I’ve spent most of the day logged on to the school network where I work and have tried to continue working, as the 8 year olds who I am looking after have been very content playing in the garden.
My first comment was posted after I had fed them lunch. This one during a coffeee break, if that’s ok with you.
Sorry for drifting off football matters, and I promise I will comment no more on teachers unfair treatmnet!
On footballing matters, people need to relax. Craddock, Berra and Stearman have been our 3 main CBs for the last 2 years and have we been relegated?
Berra has been given too much stick, because he lost form badly at the end of last season. Have you forgotten Liverpool away to name but 1 gargantuan performance.
I know they are not perfect, but 1 quality addition would be good, 2 would be wonderful and we’ve got plenty of time left to secure them.
In Mick we trust!!
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@51 Bilbrook
I think you’ve spent a touch too long in The Woodman today. Of course we deserved to stay up. How do I know? Because we stayed up! Everyone gets what they deserve in this game, matey! It’s a meritocracy, don’t you know?
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60 could,nt agree more mate its on par with the one a few years ago what looked kike it had tyre marks on it just cheap tat can,t wait to see the polo shirts and sweatshirts come on scrooge moxey descent supplier ie adidas,umbro or nike and descent players
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60
I couldn’t agree more, I was in th club shop on Tuesday to get my 2 daughters the strip & walked out in disgust.
Now, I don’t mind the design or even the colour, but the quality is appalling, ironed on badges, that won’t last 5 minutes flimsey cheap material, it is just cheap tat, nothing more.
This in the same week when those along the A41, release their new kit & have to say (though it pains me!!!) it will be the smartest I’ve seen them for years!!!! A quality kit by a quality supplier.
I’m astounded that the club expect our fans to fork out £40 this junk & the shorts are even worse @ 20 quid a pop.
No wonder we haven’t signed anyone, we can’t find any body who will wear this joke of a kit!!!
I try to back the club in everything that they do, as over the last few years most decisions have bee sound & sensible, but this is just ripping the loyal fans off.
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A few on here have gone off track. It’s football I come on here for, not for other issues, e.g. strikes. However, as it has come up, why have a go at teachers alone? Why not bring in the others who are out -customs officers, job centre staff, driving centre staff, some court officials, et al. ? It’s not just teachers is it. But back to football, please …..
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65) Chadsmoor Wolf.
I presume you mean decent players and it was a slip of the fingers. We certainly don’t want “descent players”. The idea is to stay in the Premiership
Sorry don’t normally pick out other people’s mistakes, but, I thought this was funny under the circunstances, especially with teachers looking in !
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You’ll have heard now that Stoke have been in talks with Reading about Mills. It would appear they are playing the same game as us, and one or two other clubs, by putting alternative irons in the fire whilst we all wait for Birmingham City to get real !
Peter Pannu flies out to Hong Kong tonight with a more realistic price list for their players to show his major shareholder, and a “Get Out of Jail Card Free”
PS I still can’t get over their £8million valuation of Jerome….is it me ?)
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I agree with no.60 crockett48. Awful design and yet again the price could be classed as extortion. I brought the brand new England top for £18 (BARGAIN)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOLVE AY WE
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Grace, It’s not just a total rip off, the question of tradition and prestige is very important. As a PL club we need to present the players in the best possible manner. There will be better kits used in the Sunday leagues than this junk.
I’ll let you into a little secret…I was the first person ever to copyright a sports shirt textile design in the UK. Remember the Admiral kit, Leeds, England and many more. They were real quality and sold thousands of replica’s. Bootleggers were prosecuted and clubs made serious money. Have they forgotten this lesson and how easy it is to loose money, apart from the logo and sponsor ID this junk will be easily copied. Folks will not buy rubbish and whilst I fully realise how important it is to create ‘Off The Field’ cash, they will not do it buy screwing their faithful.
For Goodness sake, this is a premier league club and image is so important. I reckon they ordered this lot prior to the end of last season…………..for the Championship !!
Come on Moxey, stop being an outright tight ass.
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68) Bertie, I like your sense of humour
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Bob Wolf and others, Let us be fair to our manager.He wanted Johnson two years ago.He wanted Dann ,we had him having a medical with us.He wanted Carroll,and what a signing that would have been.Mick can identify good players,the problem lies elsewhere.
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48) Ask any Blues fan and Roger Johnson had some shockers last season. Furthermore, how many poor games have you seen Terry and Ferdinand have for England? My point is that all defenders make mistakes. Zubar and Stearman should definitely be kept!
51) A side that beat Man Utd – should have been twice, Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool and Villa, WBA, Stoke and Blues – from the local patch – definitely deserved to stay up!
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60) Agree with you.
Not only could you get better, and cheaper, in Bangkok, also in Chiang Mai where our Thailand Wolves Supporters Club are based.
It’s shamefull. We Wolves supporters out here are battling it out with WBA, Brum, Villa and (snigger) Port Vale (only 1) supporters in Pub debates.
Having been a regular at Molineaux since 1962 I now only get over to Wolverhampton twice each year, but I’ve seen this joke strip and it’s embarrassing.
Come on guys, 3m’s, give us something to be proud of.
Example:-
New strip design with the 3 wolves emblem.
2 respected (or potentially decent) centre backs.
1 fully qualified left back.
1 (more) playmaker midfielder.
But, DON’T, DON’T DON’T mess up the clubs finances by either paying over the odds or paying excessive wage demands. Tough call you guys, but that’s why you’re on the salaries you get.
Steve Morgan, our hero. (weren’t so sure at first).
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Grace.
Made by a Swiss company.
Famous for its cheese and cuck-oo clocks,what more do you expect.
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It has been reported on rumour boards that we have had a nine and half million pound accepted for roger johnson.He is supposed to be talking to us tomorrow here is hoping.
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74brummierobwolves
Yes but Johnston was poor without Scott Dann.
And now you are comparing Apples with Pears. How can you compare Ferdinand and Terry playing for England against Stearman in the same breath?
If you get enough points you will stay up.
TAxi
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38 (teacher) This is a WWFC blog, but as you are on the subject! I am a teacher and I love my job of 17 years, but I for one was at ‘work’ today not on strike!! I get a satisfactory wage, well in excess of the national average. I get countless holidays throughout the year, more than anyone deserves really. My pension is an outdated Final Salary scheme mainly funded by the country and every tax paying, hard working individual who will probably retire on a 1/5, 1/6 or even less of their final salary, but who will have paid in a great deal more of their pay than I ever have. I’m sorry but I for one will gladly do my bit to help out the economy and this country instead of bleeting on about how hard done to the teachers are…as should every Policeman, Nurse and politician for that matter. The only ones I would leave are the Servicemen and Women who actually may lose their life while doing their job rather than just get a paper cut or some verbal abuse from an unruly child or drunk A&E casualty…. Put up and shut up and get in the real world.
WWFC 4 eva (as the kids would say)
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to take up on 15 and 24.
Mick doesnt have a good record with central defenders,imv our best has been craddock (and he was already at the club when mick came)
weve seen
ward
collins
breen- good defender, just no pace
stearman- a championship defender
berra- mick waited over 2 seasons to sign him,cant really see why?
manciennce- signed as a central defender but played out of position in midfield most of the time??
Zubar- can play central but played as right back
As for mayouko. he’s not coming back, the signing didnt work out for us or him,like maiehoffer,halford,shackell etc.So lets stop playing silly games and move on.
I seriously think our premiership status will rely heavily on whether we can defend better than last season and for that the defence needs strenghening
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Yes I think Moyokolo does have a future with us. I don’t think he’s been given a fair crack with us and loaning him away for a whole season to me is just plain stupid.
As for Mills I gather we have made a £3 million bid which the Reading manager described as ‘way off’ – what an idiot, who does he think he is Bobby Moore? If we keep waiting around for bargains though we are potentially playing a dangerous game. We could end up with 30+ cast offs! We do need to show a bit more ambition, remember 22/5/2011?
As fans we are patient but this patience won’t last much longer, we want to see some action!
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I can understand Reading playing hardball with Wolves & Wolves not wanting to pay over inflated prices. What I don’t get is last season we pay (gamble) 2.5m to Hull for an injured Mouyokolo who remained injured all season – yet are now steadfast in only wanting to pay Reading 3m for a fully fit Matt Mills rather than the 4m asking price. I believe Mills would be an awesome signing as he is vocal & commanding in defence. Where do we have that trait now? I see cashed up Sunderland have been truly busy – not sure about 8m for Wickham, nearly as bad as 35m for Carroll & 50m for Torres!!
Come on Wolves break the transfer record if you have too & like you said you would if needed a few weeks ago.
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Crockett48-agree the strip is pants….looks real cheap rubbish..
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Crockett 48
Again I agree, what I should have said was, the design doesnt offend me (Iactualy like the round neck), I’m not particularly in love with it either, in terms of a strip design there will always be some fans that do not like a design or shade & that will always upset people.
What should never happen though is a strip being produced & sold that is as poor quaity as this & as such I can honestly say that I can’t think of a worse strip that we have produced for the fans in th 35 years I have been going to matches (Yes even worse than the ‘skid mark shirt & the Puma wolf head shirts, as they were well made).
As a club everything we appear to be doing at the moment is about improving quality, better players, training facilities, new ground etc, in my opinion this completely flys in the face of that, to the people who should be most important to the club & who shouldn’t be short changed, the fans.
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Swansea have got to the Premiership for the first time in their history and they have already lost their Captain Pratley to Bolton and their first choice keeper to us. They have a massive uphill task to stay up.
I think that we will sign Mills over the next week and I’d be happy with Evans, Johnson, Cuellar, Dunne or Bassong to partner him with Craddock as back-up if required. Also read that the Bertrand deal is looking likely which will be good. Also hoping that we can get Nigel Reo-Coker.
A few additions still needed to start the season with:
Hennessey
Foley/Zubar
centre back
centre back
left back
Jarvis
Guerdioura
O’Hara
Hunt
Fletcher
Doyle
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