Wolves talk to Thomas Hitzlsperger
Friday 22nd July 2011, 11:30AM BST.
Thomas Hitzlsperger has held talks with Wolves – but it remains to be seen whether he will sign for the club.
The former Villa midfielder was at Molineux for discussions with manager Mick McCarthy yesterday but the man nicknamed ‘Der Hammer’- for his ferocious shot – left without signing or having a medical.
A free agent after activating a relegation clause in his three-year contract at West Ham at the end of the season, Hitzlsperger is also the subject of interest from Fulham and Premier League new boys Queens Park Rangers and he wants to speak to them first.
And McCarthy, who wants Liverpool youngster Jay Spearing on a season-long loan, is still looking at different signing options and Hitzlsperger fits his criteria of having Premier League experience.
Just eight days ago, the 29-year-old escaped a driving ban after claiming he needed his car to drive around the country to look for a new club.
Instead, Hitzlsperger was fined £750 and was given six penalty points by Bury St Edmunds Magistrates’ Court, after driving his Range Rover at 107mph.
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Ey oop, numpties.
Now let us put this left back question to bed once and for all. We don’t need one. Simple as. Wardy and G-Unit have got it covered. Proper grafters both of ‘em. More than capable of putting in a decent shift down there.
As for another midfielder? Love ‘em. Love ‘em, me. You can never have enough midfield grafters warming the bench. Keeps the boys out on t’park on their toes. Graft levels drop, off they come and one of the bench warmers might get a run out. If I ain’t been able to shoe horn Wardy in there, that is.
Roll on August 13th, I’m fairly raring to get right into a good old ding dong relegation battle, me. Got them Spaniards first, mind. All technical ability and flair, but where is t’graft? I mean, who ever heard of a Spaniard putting in a decent shift?
Before I go and give the lads a good shift to get stuck into, thought I’d tell you I got Jezza in the hot seat after another midfield benchwarmer (see above). His name is even an anagram of putzashiftin!
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Good player………still rather have another CB and a LB please.
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“Just eight days ago, the 29-year-old escaped a driving ban after claiming he needed his car to drive around the country to look for a new club.
Instead, Hitzlsperger was fined £750 and was given six penalty points by Bury St Edmunds Magistrates’ Court, after driving his Range Rover at 107mph.”
Regardless of who he ends up playing for, this decision stinks. He should have been banned – just like anyone else from any other walk of life. He chose to put himself out of work by taking up the relegation clause in his contract with West Ham so the need to drive around looking for work is immaterial.
What an example to set, huh?
Disgraceful.
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Dont muck about and get him! remember him at villa great player, just think of him and ohara in the center choo choo!
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merlin a typical negiative wolves fan allways knocking what we do,please stay away or fo to sandwell
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Number 1. Jog on my friend over to sandwell not wanted. In Merlin we trust!!!
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1- PRAT!
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Hitzlsperger has got to justify his remarkable let off so, yes, he is now on tour. I expect Mick said he could drop in for a cup of tea if he wanted to. I can’t see this one going anywhere. We don’t need him. Now if it was a decent experienced left back dropping in for a chat ….. red carpet, best china ….
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Merlin I think we need a player who’s name is an anagram of I Love Wolves.. Find me one of them, or another John De Wolf and I will be happy.
I still feel we need another striker, besides a central midfielder.. I must admit I am impressed with Danny Batth, he outshone Jody Craddock at the Walsall match for me, so we are alright for central defenders.. Not sure about left backs, though. Let’s hope Mick finds what we need.
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Is he really what we want to replace Henry? im not so sure. Think he will get 10 games a year at most. Just not worth it in my opinion. spend the money on a left back first. If we have more money then yes strengthen everywhere else. Im sure that if we spent 50 million, then we could all find the weakest player, and want a better one. weakest position now????? LEFT BACK!!!!!!
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# 1 – I thought it was pretty funny
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Bit disappointed with McCarthy’s comment that we had finished buying last week.
We have added ONE player to our team that escaped relegation by the skin of their teeth.
As good as Johnson is, he needs help at the back and it ain’t gonna come from Berra.
As you all know O’Hara was here last season and helped to keep us up.
WE STILL NEED 2 or 3 QUALITY PLAYERS TO KEEP US OUT OF THE DOG FIGHT.
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Oh no, not another one who might want more than the minimum wage? Surely the scouts have been round Ireland and found at least one or two village teams with reserves that need more game time?
After all, it’s so much cheaper to get them on loan than invest in quality people like the Hoff, Halford, Moyoukolo etc.
Merlin, your words brighten my day. At least you can see beyond the mist of old-gold nostalgia. Perhaps we could get Knowles and Wagstaffe back on pay-as-you-play deals?
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No. 1 comment from No.1 poster. Love or hate his angle,it’s highly amusing and not so far from the truth. See we went to sleep on Lee Wallace. Good move there from the back room staff. Does the manager seriously believe we can go another season with the left back situation left out of the permutations? Oh I forgot, we’ve got Stephen Ward. Even so it’s a huge amount of expectation to put on the new boy Johnson. Oh dear Oh dear.
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Quality player and we need him, he will certainly improve us.
Sign for wolves Thomas you wont regret it!
UTW
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This is a good signing. Totally unnecessary of course, when we need a left back and a striker (a stuck record, I know, but no less true for it), but encouraging nonetheless.
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Dosent exactly fit the “young n hungry” profile, may be a good addition but was injured for a long time at west ham when he first signed for them.
If we dont appear to be keen on spending money do we not have amy good youngsters comming through the ranks?, cant remember the last 1 that Merlin gave an opportunity too.
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….But it proves that there is movement behind the scenes and that should satisfy the impatient ones in here. UTW.
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Good player.
We keep going on about defensive options but it’s the midfield where games are won and lost.
Ideally we want a good defensive midfielder to act as that rock in front of defence that the sea has to go around.
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Would be a decent signing, but i wont be losing any sleep if we start the season with the midfield and attack we currently have. I do agree we need a quality left back, so hopefully we can find someone before the season begins. I think the squad as it currently is, is more than capable of picking up more points than last season though, providing we dont pick up many new injuries.
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The knocking is gettin a bit borin now merlin, Takk come on you never drove over 40mph give the guy a brake ffs, He’s a good player worth looking at.
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Great player…Him & O’Hara will smash the CM, with Jarvis, Hunt/Kites on either side, Fletcher and Doyle upfront!
442!
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Hitzlsperger is a very good player and Spearing played a lot of games for a successful Liverpool side under Dalglish. Does this mean that someone out of the midfield area might be on his way? We have some deadwood here and must get rid of players like Maierhofer and Keogh as soon as! We definitely need a left back but irrespective – with a player like Johnson – he is bound to have big influences on the likes of Zubar, Batth, Stearman, Berra, Elokobi and Ward! We know what we need but once again need to point out that MM has to work within the strict wage structures. People have suggested the likes of Wayne Bridge in the past? It will not happen.
Can so called Wolves fans stop moaning and having digs on here at the players and management? It only gives the likes of Jack the Hat and we only need one half, a bit of ammunition. They have enough concerns themselves and would you want to support a team with a ramshackle ground, not much money and support and sing church hymns?
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He would be a quality signing. Combative and has a great shot on him. Good competition for Henry. For some reason I cant see him signing though, not sure if he fits the young and hungry ilk that McCarthy (rightly) loves
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1. Pwat!
In Sandwell its pwonounced ‘Welegation Battle’!
And it’s your boys who’ll be in the bottom Fwee.
Say you pwayers.
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Top Numpty, AND YOU HAVE SEEN WALLACE PLAY HOW MANY TIMES? He has just missed months with an injury for a start.
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john wolf 66 (from yesterday) first apologies for carrying this debate over to todays posts but i was unable to respond yesterday!
But i couldn’t let this go after all i think it is must that you are identified as the “prat” and not me!
First of all, has MM or club said they are after the 2 lpool lads? nope! just e&s speculation and secondly, 2 unproven players in prem is NOT going to solve the LB and CM issue even if it is true! plus the very fact MM has publicy said “he is happy with the squad if no one else comes in”! is that not a major oversight by MM?
Now to the walsall game, i made the point of playing his best team for 45 mins and also said (if you can read) that i understand that it cant always be done due to injuries (duuuurrrrrr) so thats 1 point you make that is invalid!! your other point about you saying id expect MM to play the returning internationals aswell???? he did you numpty head! for 45 mins which is my point! ur best team for 45 then mess about in other 45!
So me and wanderer in eire are prats!!!?
Maybe! but now what does this make you?
Answers on a postcard!
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He’s a very good player IMO.
If you get him, he’d be a cracking signing for you. I’m surprised no one has already gone and got him already.
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Knocker and Waggy? Yes please!
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He will offer goals from midfield,with that thunderous shot.Doubt we will get him though.Wages?
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what is up with you lot great player on a free and everbody moaning about a left back we could be linked with messi and noooooo we need a lb mick knows what we need he has kept us in premier for 3 years and everybody moaning his signings this year are excellent and im sure he will go and sign a lb but be patient!!no wonder mick doesnt read these columns you bunch of numpties
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Would be a useful addition to the squad IMO,but still think we need to strengthen the defence.
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Did they go sleep on Wallace? Or was it that Rangers reportedly offered £1.5 million and Wolves were going in at less than half that amount? And Wallace doesn’t have to move too far from his home.
Merlin is entitled to his witty sideways look at Molineux life. Makes a change from the obsessives who normally write on here.
Oh, and those of you who want to have a pop at other people’s posts ( 5, 6 ) – learn to spell and punctuate properly.
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Do any of you Numpties remember last pre season when Jez Moxey said “We are looking at strikers, but Stephen Fletcher is not one we are interested in” ?
Stop following the heard and let the club get on with it. Bahhhhh, Bahhhhhh.
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I’m sure he’ll get a better offer from Fulham or QPR & he’ll be able to stay in the London area. What’s happened to Lee Naylor, now there was a decent left back!!
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We seem to be still messing about, and comments coming via McCarthy reinforce my thoughts for months that not much more is going to happen, if we go into the season with no LB and Henry then more of the same will follow on from last season.
I do how ever have sympathy with Morgan about the wage bill of players we should move on, there dosen’t appear many clubs interested in our failed signings, which proves how bad they were and have landed us with the problem. 2.3M for the Hoff is just one.
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26 Breretonwolf. I wouldn’t even waste my time responding to the likes of TopNumpty. He’s clearly a Top Numpty because you don’t like what he says. As it happens his best mate is a Hearts fan and has been raving about the guy for the past eighteen months. Like a lot of other people have as well, which, surprise surprise, is why Rangers just bought him. YOU, it’s obvious, haven’t seen him play, be honest now.
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I hope he doesnt sign. ‘Der Hammer’ is a lazy useless lump who just keeps shooting whenever he gets the ball! Yes he scores the odd thunderbolt now and again but thats it, he won’t contibute to our hard working ethics and certainly wont help us cement a mid table finish.
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Not for me – a free agent who is injury prone and doesn’t add a great deal to what we already have.
Where is Morgans financial support for Mick ? Perhaps I just don’t get it and we will get the surprises we need after all. We need to buy a LB now as if we don’t it just knocks the purchase back to the January transfer window(inflated prices) or to next summer (higher prices) IMO Batth being marshelled by Johnson would be a great pairing and Zubar at RB seals up the centre and right flank.
If I was an opposing manager I would be focusing on attacking down the left simple as. Morgan would have funded and supported LFC manager allot more than he is WWFC
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A Left back please!!!!!!!!
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He would be a welcome addition to the squad in place of Mancienne.
So far we have swapped a Goal keeper for another Goal keeper. O’Hara was already at club(on loan admittantly). But we have lost David Jones, Van Damme, Mancienne from the wage bill so surely there is room for a few more players. A left back is a must.
So far we are only Johnson better off in my opinion and i fear another relagation battle on our hands.
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He’ll go to fulham.
Praying for more signings……………
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crowfish – I remember reading your comment and think that the response was a little over the top..
But as for you saying that its just E+S speculation, so is the speculation that we have to sell before bringing any new players in. All our transfer activity is speculation as the club dont release any news until its happened. As for Mick saying hes happy with the squad, what would you expect him to say? If he says the squad isnt good enough, not only would it have a negative impact on our current players who have helped us survive for 2 seasons in a row but would also have a negative impact with the fans if we do end up not being able to sign anyone else.
As for our friendlies, its common practice for early friendlies to be soley for match sharpness and fitness, Very little is done tactically, and you will probably see a more full strength team playing together in our later friendlies closer to the season.
Basically what im saying is you may or may not be wrong as different managers work in different ways, and who knows what the best method is, but i think you did have some interesting points.
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If people cant see we need a decent CM then they are blind. ‘Der Hammer’ is miles better than what we have apart from O’Hara in CM. Don’t forget we have one of the longest seasons in Europe so we need quality cover. He has proven prem experience.
People say we’re weakest in defence, but I can see this season that hopefully we will improve, but most of all our central midfield is shocking. Henry is known for his defensive capabilities, but how many times last season did he give the ball away or take up kung fu.
Come-on MM get him signed up!
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For those convinced we are overpopulated in CM can I point out we started with Henry and Foley on Tuesday. Milijas and Davis were on the bench. O’Hara will be fit for the season but I am not sure whether Guediora is really fully back yet. I think that leaves room for one more. Still we could just rely on a few pathetic cliches like no1. Those of you who have posted that you find this funny really need to get a life!
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35Wolfiesteve
July 22, 2011 at 12:25 pm
I’m sure he’ll get a better offer from Fulham or QPR & he’ll be able to stay in the London area. What’s happened to Lee Naylor, now there was a decent left back!!
Please tell me your joking about Lee Naylor? He was rotten when he played for us apart from the 1 in 10 games where he was brilliant and spanked on in the top corner.
all the other games he was pants
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We have to sign this player and pull out all the stops!
I would compromise left back from DeHammer, no messing he needs to be a Wolves player come next month.
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Dear Mick,
Please sell Doyle for 12 million and use the money to buy two quality defenders and it’s job done!
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1 Merlin. ho dear my door is always open you seem to have the same illness has Bobwolf and Jack the Hat Albionitous.
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Hitsels. er ger thingy, now theres an interesting thought, him and Jamie O, we could be hammering in goals from all over midfield !!, watch this space for for an unexpected LB ! (BUT DONT HOLD YOUR BREATH @ THE SAME TIME
COME ON ME BABBIES
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looking at the squad for tommorrow we only have room for one place in the squad.And it looks Mick has made his mind up he wants a central midfield player not a (LB)it would proably be best to send Edwards out on loan as he has not played a lot of football in the last year. So that frees up another body to come in.
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No to der hammer. Milijas is a younger better version anyway!
Give these players a chance. Guedioura is another CM who needs to be let loose this season. Guedioura, O’Hara, Milijas in a 4-3-3 would be my preferred line up and formation.
LB is the priority. Ward and Elokobi shouldn’t be first choice. I’d also like a CB but only if they’re to go straight in the team otherwise we may as well stick with what we’ve got and give Bath a chance.
a striker would be good too, someone with pace ideally! I’d love to get Sturrridge on loan but doubt it’ll happen as we seem to have no money left until we can offload players first.
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I am sure most London based players will want to join Wolves . All players want to join a club which brags about how little they pay the players. Gosh, staying in the premier league is made all the more wonderful by knowing we did it on the cheap
If we don’t get two quality defenders and a midfield that includes guile as well as tenacity we will go down next season.
At the start of last season Mick said he was pleased with the squad and look what happened. Pay what it takes to get the players we need.
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Leon
You want to sign a player whose name is an anagram of I Love Wolves??
How about:
Levi Le Voows
Viv Wool-Lees
Ollie Wovves
or even for your girls team (sorry i meant your other girls team)
Olive Vowels???
roll on the football………….sorry…….
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Johnwolf 66, Goodness me! do you think Crowfish is a pubesent teenager or some kind of young conservative Tory MP wannabe??
Crowfish, what a boring person you are, please, let me give you 10p so you can phone somebody who gives a monkeys chuff.
Moving on, I can’t wait for the season to start. Great signings, a great young squad with international recognition and Premiership experiance, a new state of the art training ground a huge new stadium on the way and a great board and manager,who are British and it for all the right reasons.
Oh and I forgot to mention, some rather tasty looking WAGS lighting up the place!!
50pt target for me this new season.
I bet them Boggies are soooooo jealous!!
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@1 Quality, again.
I’d say it was way too clever for a baggie and looks like the irony was lost on several of the posters.
Regards Hitlz, surely we need a left back?
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This player is just doing the rounds with his agent to get the best deal on wages. It is highly unlikely that he will end up at Wolves.
He’s not a bad player but we have a surfeit of midfield players already.
Whatever happened to the speculation regarding Jonny Evans? If we could get him to play alongside Johnson, I think we would have a formidable defensive partnership.
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Being based in Scotland I manage to get to half the wolves home games and spend the rest of the time watching hearts.Lee Wallace is no better than what we have and that includes ward,you forget about the poor standard up here,berra was a world beater at hearts,rangers can have Wallace not worth 1.5m in last year of contract and miss nearly all last season.
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My life
Things don’t change on here, some of you lot are as bad as the steptoes down the road.
MM will have a plan for LB, as he has been trying to do something about it for the last couple of years.
If we can get TH he would be a great signing & will also save us wasting one of our loan slots on the lad from Liverpool, not being disrespectful to him, but I’d sooner see a couple of young quick defenders come in on loan.
36, you’re like a broken record fella, always whinging about Henry, when are you gonna get it, its players like Henry that give the likes of OHara, Milijas & our other flair players the freedom to play, Henry is quality at what he does & that’s why he is so important to us, you obviously just don’t understand the game.
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I think its pretty naive to say that we arent any better off than last season apart from Johnson. First off, all our players have yet another year of prem experience which will no doubt help.
Next we have a quality keeper who helped get his team promoted, who could easily challenge Wayne for a first team place. I dont think he was bought in just for back up and doubt he would have signed for us if that was the case. Why leave 1 prem club for another if he knew he wasnt going to play?
And finally, even though we had O’Hara last season, we need to remember that we only had him for half a season and he had just come back from an injury. I think its safe to say that he will be an even better player having a pre season under his belt.
To put things into perspective of how much better we could do with a fully fit O’hara for a full season heres some interesting stats. Without O’hara we averaged 0.88 points per game which would have seen us finnish on around 33 points and we would have been easily relegated. With O’hara, we averaged 1.38 points which had we had him all season, would have seen us finish on 52 points. Now im not saying we will finnish on 52 points this coming season just because we have him for a full season, but the stats clearly show that he has the potential to get us mid table playing him for the majority of the season. So anyone saying that the perminant signing of O’hara wont improve our season is clearly deluded.
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Has anyone ever thought that Mick may just be waiting one more year to put our England U19 Left back in the team – Scott Malone? Why go out and spend 2-4 M on a player who maybe in 12 months time is not needed?
Think ahead guys come on get behind the team and managment.
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60 it may have escaped your attention but mr o hara is injured for this pre season with a calf injury so can you explain how he is getting a full pre season training?
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Re #1 Merlin Responds –
I think you’re hilarious at times mate. For whilst you do it with humour – you actually sum up what alot of Mick’s decisions say to alot of fans: Graft over quality, having blinded loyalty to certain players etc.
I’ve never been a MM critic, but the majority of us know where we fall short, and communicating this with a bit of humour does us no harm at all.
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Would be a welcome squad player and boost the quality (instead of Edwards and Henry), but I don’t think he is worth a big wage, c’mon up the wolves
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No 21 – we’re not talking 40mph, we’re talking 107mph in a Range Rover Sport – can you imagine the damage that thing would cause on impact at 107mph?
I’m not commenting on the quality of the player – I’m commenting on the fact he should have had a driving ban like you or I would have done. Frankly whether he’s a good player or not is immaterial as to whether he should have got a ban. He should have – end of.
His excuse that he needs to drive to find a job doesn’t wash when he exercised his relegation clause in his contract – basically he resigned from his job and put himself in that position.
No beef with whether Mick wants to sign him or not – however he should be travelling on public transport and not in his £50k+ tank of a “car”.
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Mick your a clown you’ve missed out…….sign him up rather than the rubbish you’ve been looking at in the championship.
sign him up and get rid of the rubbish in the first team if you can’t sell them then give them away…….COME ON YOU WOLVES !!!!
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lets do it.. . . sign sign sigh. . .
this time meets the ‘premier league experience tag’ not the young and hungry one, but comedy aside, we should get this done. what a coup if we do!
also this is based on the assumption that a LB is a given and i am sure there are negotiations going on in the background. . .
p.s. why dont we get some mutual terminations for some others we cant see? or give them, away for nothing to free up the wage bill (if we just cant sell them)?
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Was a joke @wbabomber, obviously things have got so boring at the albion, you have forgot to smile… John De Wolf was a great player who carried the name of our team in our name.. I would be glad of another John De Wolf anyday.. A true Wolf man.
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62 Baggie – It may have escaped your attention but nowehre did i say a full pre season.Its only a slight niggle and he is already back in training so yes he will get a pre season under his belt. I would be more concerned with the news that your after hargreaves, do any of you seriously think that he will ever get fully injury free again. It would be understandable if his injury problems only started occuring while he was at Man utd, but he has been injury plagued his entire professional career.
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Grow up Baggie number 1..
Good player and LB etc will come just takes time as we found out with Johnson…
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Very clever 54…
Still feeling the pain of being beat by a girls team 3-1 are we?? especially as you were so sure you would send us down..
Hilarious and you couldn’t make that stuff up…
You know all about being hammered!!
Thanks again for the 4 points that saved us….
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I just can’t believe how many moaners are still repeating last seasons postings.
If you aren’t happy with Stephen Ward playing for Wolves get ready to be unhappy again next season…..but do us all a favour and learn to live with it! SW is an International experienced Premiership footballer, exactly the criteria we are looking to recruit!
Its pretty clear that the 3Ms are still looking to get players in so passing comment on or current squad strength (and limitations) is pointless
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Get this guy, pure quality and hits the ball harder than any other.
Hope young stefan doesnt leave the club, a quality guy who hasnt had a chance. Love you stefan you can cook me up a omlet any day.
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nice one merlin,its always good to have a bit ov fun on these boards and u bring a smile to me chops with ya lighthearted banter keep it up m8,now hitzlsperger do we really want him he,s a good player with a cannon shot but i think if he was gunna sign he wouldnt be talkin to other clubs so forget him,just get the defance sorted mick and then we will be ok everyone knows it was our weakest link last season and signing just 1 centre back will not help us so cmon please get anouther cb and a lb /\/\WE ARE WOLVES/\/\
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65 Takk, whats your problem, is it that you are jelous of a wealthy pro footballer ? or have you been banned yourself and are feeling a bit miffed. As a person who has got away with doin over 100mph on the M5, because of i pleaded it would affect my work i have every sympathy with him. He oviously wasn’t driving dangeoursly or he would have been banned, its good to know that Magistrates have a bit of common sense now and then.
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August 13th is still a while away so give the 3Ms a break. DANN want’s 35 grand per week which is around what we are paying Johnson. Pay 8 million for Dann and PX a couple of the not needed players on our books and we have got the CB situation sorted for the next 3 years. They’ve played together for the last two seasons and know everything about each other. We can get a LB on loan if there’s no more cash available and we still have movement left for a loan midfielder or a couple of freebees.
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In reference to the positions fans are screaming for (LB & CB) I have to ask if anyone watched the film ‘Fields of Glory’ when the guy says “they will come…” ? Well erm they will come! You all doubted O’Hara coming a few weeks ago and now ya moaning about “no more signings” lol get a grip and be patient! :)
As for Hitzlesperger I personally wouldnt mind him being in our ranks but think Fulham will be the club he chooses as they will pay the wages we won’t – besides i think he biding his time in hope Villa come in for him as he has stated in press he would hope to return there.
Love da Wolves!!
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In my opinion TH is not the answer id be happier if at the end of this window we had signed ridgewell and reo coker
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56 – Brian Law
It wasn’t irony it was sarcasm. Also it wasn’t lost on anyone, it was just tiresome drivel.
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6 points and £750 fine, hardly a slap on the wrist and it want like he’d been drinking.
in response to the first comment some people on here need to get a sense of humour.
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Saw Scott Malone down here Tuesday night in a friendly for Bournemouth another Squeak Parkin in the making and a season at Bournemouth will make him believe me
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Whatever happened to young and hungry? Don’t think he’s any better than we already have. Would prefer Collison or even Noble anyway. I like most fans see left back and another centre half as more of a priority, what about taking a look at James Tompkins?
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Maybe if we off loaded edwards we could accomodate him in our squad. He is a decent player and bags goals. Seriously concerned with the left back situation though, with ward and elokobi we are facing an uphill battle. Berra our left sided centre half will always be pulled out of position to cover them as will any other centre half we sign. We MUST solve this problem or really were no better off than last season.
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72 I wondered how long it would take someone to mention that. What about all the goals he has cost us? surely u can see he isnt good enough to play left back? just because he has been capped by ireland 4 times doesnt make him any better. He will cost us
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59, It’s you that dosen’t get it as you put it, it’s exactly the players you mentioned inc the CB’s who he puts into trouble with his passing, He is not a Captain will never be a Captain, and is not good enough, he would be better playing for a rugby team!
New blood is required or we will get more of the same, which has been shown by the first two matches, I don’t care what team we put out if we conceed goals against these sides like we did, we will surely conceed once the season starts.
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Think this is a nothing story.. Waste of wages, imo…
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100 miles an hour is automatically classed as dangerous driving, which is why the default sentence is an automatic ban.
I would suggest that knowing this, and not being content to break the law by a mere 25 miles an hour as 95 is too slow, consideration should be given to allowing more time for your journeys in future…
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65
Get a life!!!
‘let him without sin cast the first stone………..’
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12 English Exile
Now count again. How many players has McCarthy signed since we escaped relegation ?
It ain’t one DH !
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a quality midfielder, i dont think we could afford his wages to be honest and fulham would be more attractive as they are in the europa league.
What are we doing to sign a left back and a partner for Johnson??
Yes I know Craddock will do a good job, but we need competition and to cover injuries. We also need a player to replace Craddock when the time comes.
I dont mention berra or stearman as i dont think either has improved enough over 2 seasons to be able play at this level consistently well.
we also need another striker and a defensive midfielder to challenge Henry, who is limited on the ball.
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He will go to Fulham, he’s their type of player.
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He must have thought he was back in Germany as there, no speed limit there
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If the remaining cash in the transfer war chest is prioritised for transfers and wages for players we need then IMO Hitzelsperger is well down the list. Yes he’s got a hell of a dig on him but O’Hara and Guediora, and Milijas if he’s still around, have too. There are positions we need to fill more urgently.
Agree with criticism of Magistrates over TH’s 107 mph. Looking for work is a poor excuse. He’s a foreign national, he had a job which he walked away from and he needs to thank God he didn’t end up like the Plymouth goalkeeper. There is no excuse, let his agent drive.
The emergence of academy players has been disappointing during Mick’s reign.I suppose we have to take the view that they haven’t been good enough or are not ready yet, but, it sounds as though David Davies has broken into the squad. He had some great reviews from Shrewsbury during his loan last season. Tomorrow may start to give us an idea what MM has in mind on formation.
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Please Jezz and Mick a left back is priority and perhaps another quality centre back Michael Turner from Sunderland would be great,Can’t see why the interest in this bloke Hitzelberger? Scores a couple of net busters a season but I feel the young kid from Liverpool would be a better option on loan. Aggresion ,Heart, passion, and most important of all a bit of a snotter, This is coming from Liverpool fans posts in another paper who know a footballer when they see one. O.K the kids supposed to be ugly but wasn’t Peter Beardsley
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As West Ham fan- Graft is not something I would associate with Hitz, he is a bit of a fairy- great shot but would not be worth the bother to sign- A great Defence is the Answer!
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All the best for next season!
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Please The Magician…..GET HIM IN!!!!! free transfer to….. a left back and another centre half of Johnsons ability and mid-table here we come!!!
Then next season…..who knows!??!
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We don’t need a new LB Gorgeous George Elokobi is all we need. The single handedly carried the team last year.
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Oy think of your own nick name. I’ve been kensleftfoot for years now on Wolves Mad site-I’m on the map. And dont try to say it’s a coincidence because that bullxxxx.
Kenny Hibbit is recorded as a right footed midfielder but I saw him nearly break the back of the net with his left stood on me stool in the North Bank and watching my DVDs here in Newport Gwent.
I wont sleep tonight-think of another
‘nick ed’name!!!
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HaHaHa its funny how ppl say all we need is a LB. Shut up!!!!!! We need another CB too Bera is a waist of time so is Elokobi and Ward. Also Henry is a waist of space who i wouldnt have in the walsall team. get rid of Henry , Elokobi , Ward , Bera , Craddock…….and then get in a decent CB and LB. THERE YOU GO JOB SORTED ….. no more goals conceaded and mid table ty!!!!!!
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Because the big clubs are spending meggabucks on players, it is inflating the prices elsewhere.
(Simple Supply and demand).
However fans now treat an extra £1M here and there as chicken feed.
Smaller clubs like our own should stick to principles, as more and more Player saturation is occuring and bargains are beginning to appear.
Obviously crowd pleasing NOW is important but there has to be a balance, so there is a bright future.
TAXI
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78 – it was Field of Dreams
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86
Really???
Is that the case??
So you know better than the likes of McCarthy, Capello, Moyes, Warnock, Hughes, etc
All of the above rate him & have expressed an interest in having him in their sides.
Just remind what it is you do for a living again??
When you’re not whinging!!!
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Would be a good signing but dont think it will happen can see him signing for Fulham and has for being linked with the two players from Liverpool not sure about the lad in midfield and wouldnt even bother with the defender seen him on loan for Hull and Derby last season not good enough to play in the Premier and no better than we already have.I would like us to sign Danny Rose from Spurs on loan would be a good signing for the left back spot rate him future England player and for the other loan spot would like us to sign another forward up the Wolves
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We desperately need a manure left over, so why the delay, also a striker.
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Grace I’ve been away for 2 weeks and still the same old moaners are on The Flying Winger going on about Karl Henry and on a previous blogg Wanderer in Eire on about Stephen Ward , some things never change. Me I can’t wait till the start of the season my new seat in the Steve Bull..Happy clapping for me….
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good player but we need a left back asap why did MM turn down the chance to sign ryan bertrand from chelsea he says he wants young and hungry players so why didnt we take him.
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86, An interest yes, sums it up. You are getting very excited calm down dear.
107 I see the same from you, now there’s a surprise.
Incase you need reminding again, Henry not good enough.
Need LB & CB, will it happen probably not at least you will both be happy.
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Kens left foot, first, i’ve neva been on Wolves mad site so i wouldn’t have seen you. Second i origionally started posting as Kenny Hibbitts Pants but as very few of my posts got posted i came to the conclusion that it may have been taken as a slight against the great man, and possibly even thought of as a baggie sniper !!hence the change of name. Kenny was my Wolves hero as a kid in the 70′s and i bow to your superior knowledge that he was a mainly right footed midfielder (though as you say he did smash in some bostin left foot shots. I haven’t seen you on this site before so i have not really nicked your name ( its slightly different anyway) but i will go away and have a think.
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109 told 86 to calm down now thats himself hes talking to.
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109-same from me same from you at least I’m more positive then you.. I don’t need reminding anything it’s your opinion that Henry isn’t good enough,it’s not a fact..in my opinion he does a good job for the team,but it’s only my opinion! I’ll wait for the Henry haters now…
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@ 103 Film Geek lol thankyou!! Been a while since i saw that film so was trying to remember the exact title in my head…total fail..ty for your correction :)
Well guys Wallace is now at Rangers which dont leave too many names for us to go for that may be available…but Mr Carr? WHY?!?! So maybe Upson is on MM’s radar as a possibility. Also was hoping Batth be given a shot at first team – even as a sub to “blood” him in…as i hear so much good stuff about this guy n maybe he could be answer to our CB problem in time…just hope he aint wasted on loan all the time n ruin him like it seems to have done with Vokes…
Btw whatever happened to Zeki? (i probably got name wrong again lol) the young player we had (winger i think) that big clubs tried to snatch off our academy few years back…think he would be about 17 now? Not heard much of him in years…hope his potential is still being kept upto scratch….as hate to see our promising youngsters being wasted on loan for season after season then freed or sold…
Love da Wolves!!
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109
Probably not, but you know what I won’t be on here whinging about every damn thing the club does, like a spoilt brat.
I’ll just stick to supporting my club through thick & thin, which is quite easy at the moment coz there aint too much to moan about compared to the last 30 years.
Yes, we are not perfect but we are heading in the right direction & we keep showing a year on year improvment, but I guess this view will just make me a ‘happy clapper’ in stead of being a proper fan with a balanced opinion!!!
What a tool you really are.
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Grace-don’t think he likes us! I don’t mind being called a happy clapper isn’t that what it’s all about, the whole point to me is to go and enjoy yourself, sometimes it doesn’t happen but boy isn’t it great when it does..
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