Wolves unlikely to sign more players
Thursday 28th July 2011, 11:29AM BST.
Wolves manager Mick McCarthy today admitted it was “unlikely” the club would make any more signings before the big Premier League kick-off.
McCarthy, who must move players out before bringing anyone in, has had his phone glued to his ear this week trying to wheel and deal, with a midfielder top of his wishlist.
But the manager has seen Liverpool’s Jay Spearing pledge to fight for his place at Anfield, while Michael Johnson is poised to rejoin his former Manchester City boss Sven Goran-Eriksson at ambitious Leicester.
Asked if he was expecting more new faces before the start of the season, McCarthy said: “It’s unlikely, unless we can find a gem from somewhere who’s good with both feet, who can head it, who’s quick and who doesn’t cost anything! We don’t know, but we’ll keep looking.
“There’s still quite a lot of time to go in the window actually and who’s to say there might be someone leave and someone else come in?”
McCarthy insisted none of the ‘family silver’ will be sold, although Richard Stearman was today linked with a move to Saturday’s opponents Ipswich.
The Wolves boss said: “It won’t be Matt Jarvis, Kevin Doyle or Steven Fletcher. But something might happen. I’m not expecting it, but it could.”
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Keep lookin Mick we still need one or two to have a fighting chance of mid table ish ish!
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Still need a flamin left back!
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…..at very least
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Left Back!
Left Back!
Left Back!
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At least we have bought Quality but I feel that we are still one or two players short of being a midtable Prem team.The Big White Elephant Stand should have been shelved for 12 months in order to free up cash for much needed reinforcements .
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the squad isnt nearly strong enough for another season…bottom 5 again for wolves..
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why dont we improve our scouting network then? It seems like we only buy from home nations
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u would hope that before the transfer window closes that we would get someone else in. I think there is an offer for Dann on the table and Blues are holding out for more. Loan players should be loaned with a view to a permanent move if both parties r happy, that way they have some heart in it, we have seen that with O’hara.
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Well this story is dissapointing if its true. I was expecting a left back and possibly a centre midfielder to come in. I think this is the 3rd time this summer Leicester have out-bidded Wolves for a player. Roll on the new season.
WOLVES AY WE
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Will we ever sign a decent left back (the last one was Derek Parkin from the 60′s) or is it to accommodate Stephen Ward who is not a left back!
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great news dont worry about our leaky defence our new one man defence will sort it all out oh well another season worrying about the end of it , please sign a left back and another central defender for our sanity and to help keep your job MM
out of darkness cometh light
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We are not the only club that hasn’t brought in many players – there is still time, plus 2 loan options that we can also consider – Realistically I can only see Mick letting Keough, Hoff and Vokes go Im happy with the way the club is being run, especially when you see what happened with the blues.
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What are we all worrying about?…..Mick has quite clearly stated the team he picked against Celtic is going to pretty much be the one starting the season, therefore he has found his new Left Back in Richard Stearman!!!
YET ANOTHER PLAYER WHO YOU ARE WILLING TO PLAY OUT OF POSITION MICK RATHER THAN PAY 2 POXY MILLION FOR RIDGEWELL. HAVE A WORD, POT KETTLE CALLING PEOPLE NUMPTIES MICK
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A real statement of intent…………..I fail to see why the stadium is subject to huge change in order to accommodate what?? If Roger Johnson becomes injured it’s Craddock and Berra……..the team won’t change it will be another season to mirror the last…..very dissalusioned…….
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Very poor transfer window.
I’m gutted to be honest.. I thought the club would have seen that the squad isnt good enough and effectively we’ve signed ONE player…
WHERE HAS ALL THE MONEY GONE ?
I can tell you, on a new ground!! Thats why we’ve got no debt yet, because of course we will have £15 million in debt when the ground is finished
Disgusted by the way the club is run. a complete lack of ambition from the Top. I am now a firm believer that Mick knows his targers, he just doesnt get the backing to go sign them!
I’m impressed with the Baggies , they are showing real ambition. Our chairman is more interested in building homes on green belt land.
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Why is a Midfeilder on top of your wishlist. Its a left back we need.
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I would like a left back and central midfielder signed but if we didn’t its not the end of the world but we could struggle again this season.
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Left back and centre back urgently needed…come on Mick, surely you can get someone in on a loan or a free? SIGH.
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Great – another main target lost to Leicester.
Mick reckons we will be interested in any great players who cost nothing – just about sums us up.
We have lost USA and brought in some fella from Swansea, I’m not convinced Johnson was the right CB from blues to buy and all our other targets have turned us down.
Sorry lads, but I can’t raise the optimism and enthusiasm for the coming season that some of you can – we were nearly relegated last year and have done almost nothing to improve whilst our rivals have.
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Now is the time to take advantage of the Blues cut prices.
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could get Dann & Ridgewell in then our defence would be complete in my opinion.
But let’s not get carried away and relise the books do have to balance and players need to depart but anymore come in.
I’m just annoyed that we still haven’t got a left back in and were going into the new season with the same defence apart from Johnson(quality signing by the way).
If the Baggies manage to take Foster,Dann & Ridgewell off the Blues for cut prices then what a bit of buisness that could be.
Still lets not moan and get behind whatever the eleven are come August 13th…..
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10 spot on
the club seems to be run for Ward
Looks like starting the season with the same squad all but 1 outfield player.
MM is a yes man does not care about WW
Only cares about what position the love child plays, Can no one see that Ward is not up to the standard.
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The clever money is on a move away from Wolves by Kevin Doyle, who i would suggest will not want to fight or play second string to Fletcher, and with O’Hara, Hammill, Ebanks, and Volkes all still attached to the club, expect him to leave soon.
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So basically, nobody wants the likes of Maierhofer, Keogh and Vokes so we’re stuck with them! And cant buy anyone else until they’ve gone!
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The budget’s gone on improving last year’s squad by one player- Johnson. Still feeling confident Wulfies?
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We have done well, so far in the transfer market, but as others have pointed out, we NEED A LEFT BACK !
Competition to Henry may also help !
Is Ridgewell still available !
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Desperate for a LB and CM …
Come on Mick Jez stop penny pinching and get the job done , we are going in the right direction now , just don’t go waiting and relying on the transfer window in January if it all starts to look a little desperate ….
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Not quite true with Derek Parkin. We signed Andy Thompson in the 80′s and he was quality -although I admit may not have been able to hack it in the Prem.
Mick pulled the plug on that Scot left back as said he was not better than Ewok/Ward – need to trust in Mick on this one although it means he cannot have been much kop!
I would be surprised if we did not get a couple of loan players in (LB and CM) before end of August.
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we need a decent left back, kieran gibbs on loan for a season , stephen warnock from villa, either of these. We need a CM cus karl henry is shockin. and we should just spend 1.25million and bring in DJ campbell who garuntees goals good cover for fletcher or doyle.
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I think one thing we may need to ponder is the fact that there are not, and generally continue to be noticeable in their absence, any left-backs out there who are qualitatively better than G-Unit.
Shame they closed the thread just as everybody was revealing their shin splints and ruptured anterior cruciate ligaments, it could have been fun!
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We have ADDED just one player, plus a keeper who looks like being third choice, to the team that was lucky to escape relegation last season.
If we don’t buy or loan at least 2 players we are going to be in yet another relegation scrap and maybe our luck won’t hold out this time.
Mr Morgan I saw the stress on your face during that last match, I fear I might be doing the same again this season.
ONE NEW PLAYER IS NOT GOING TO MAKE THAT MUCH DIFFERENCE.
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I agree Wulvzs! Konchesky might have been a good buy but was poached by a C’ship team.
Sad to see the Foxes seem to have more ambition than us!
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We need a left back McCarthy otherwise were doomed! It’s been going on for 2 seasons now. I cant believe he hasn’t recognized how bad Elokobi is.
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and here they are….satisfied?
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Happy with who we bought, annoyed we aren’t gonna add a bit more.
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Let’s nick Ridgewell from under their noses, 2 million is good value he has premiership experience we can loan George to the Albion! as part of the deal
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Hardly a surprise about no more signings. Reading between the lines the writing has been on the wall for weeks despite us being short of another central defender and a LEFT BACK. Just hope it’s not yet another year of struggle. Very disappointing.
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How depressing is this.. We are still in the premiership by luck more than judgment and the sooner McCarthy and Moxey realise it the better. Take a look at Steve Morgans face at the end of last season and if that doesnt show that where we are this season was in other teams hands I dont know what does.
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On wolves home page – it says Mick is NOT ruling out more player movement?
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be last day struggle again then whats he doing we need a left back gettibg fed up now what did morgan say time to kick on i know we brought ohara and johnson and free goalkeaper we need at least another 2 or 3 players in
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Left back ……….
Doesnt Charlie Mulgrew play left back.
Oh yes thats right he was never good enough.
Or did mick really sell the club as not sexy enough to everyone else …. well not as sexy as Leicester it seems.
Maybe if we all shout for a midfielder we will get a left back !!!!!
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With 86 minutes of the final game gone we were a Championship Club
We have only added de Vrites and Roger Johnson to that squad of Players
We will need the promoted sides to be as bad as they look, in order to finish just above the Relegation Zone.
If we achieve that then we will be another step closer to the long term plan
This season (like it or not) is all about treading water whilst the Club infrastructure is established.
Its a gamble
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I dont care, just want the new season to start, and to point out, this season wont be half as tight as it was last season i expect a 12th place finish and reach the 40 pts mark by feb, and having johnson will help the defence in more ways than one cuz he would be a good teacher for the likes of stearman and george as well as craddock teaching aswell.
People keep going on about the stadium but to get the quality we need improvements around the club need to be made, and more income, more to spend on players and wages, simples.
IN MICK WE TRUST, IN WOLVES WE SUPPORT !!!
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Where’s all the money gone? Stadium, some of it wasted in the previous two summer transfer windows and now we have two players on big contracts that’s where money has gone. Also the ones the club will try to move on nobody wants.
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If this is the best MM and JM can do, god help wolves who sadly are no more than a run of the mill premiership club with little or no ambition.
We’ll be on our way down before xmas after all one new signing wont save us. Spearman,Berra, Elokobi and Craddock, perish the though. look what happened last season.
MM should resign now and let someone else take over, some one with no favourites who is not frightened to upset the apple cart.
mind you with JM around, who would want the job anyway, hands tied with no funds.He should go before MM and the sooner the better.
JD(Wednesbury))
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Blooming heck. Some of you need to have words with yourselves!
We’ve done great business this window. A left back on loan and we’re good to go.
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I thought Jonson signing was great & showing our intent, but now if he gets injured ( as do all our new signings ie hunt,fletcher, zubar ect) we will start the season with the same team assay yr – ( cause wekas o’hara since Xmas) so as much as it hurts too say it I predict anther season floating around in the btm 6 & possibly a nail bitting finish like last year . Where the reinvestment of 3 years sky prem money gone? .I hope I’m proved wrong , in MM i Trust.
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I mentioned the Stearman for Ipswich link on the Jarvis injury page. Does he come into the family silver category or the bit of brass category.
I suppose Keough, Vokes and the Hoffmeister come under the rusty old iron category and hope some clubs make offers for them so we can at least add a couple more quality additions before the season starts, whether on loan or buy.
I can’t see Mick getting much money in transfer funds for that lot though.
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People.
This is expectation management surely.
We are not going into the season without a new left back, or atleast into September. NOBODY WOULD DO THAT SURELY – NOT WITH AN IQ OVER 50.
If he had said “we have money, and we desperately need xxx players” i am not sure thats a good start point for negotiation.
Up the Wolves.
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Dont understand this one unless this is another E&S made up story, apparantly we have onlt spen 7.5 million on Johnson and O’Hara and the Prem league is worth 30 mill at least a season. Then we would be fools not to spend any more especially with all of the quality free transfers there out this season.
Com on Wolves sort it out
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I know it is all about opinions and a quality left back for the right price would be helpful but it seems a number out there think Lee Wallace and others must be better than what we have without any evvidence for it.
There is no evidence that Mick is just trying to accommodate Stephen Ward as at left back. He purchased Van Damme last year and it was through no fault of his that Van damme didn’t settle.
I am not saying Wardy is the best but he simply is not as bad as some sections suggest – is Trappatoni also a misguided numpti playing Ward at left back?
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Richwolf – Every transfer window you moan, every transfer window you say we haven’t done enough, every week you’re saying we’re doomed, I remember your claim the early birds weren’t selling……… every single time the club, at every level, proves you wrong.
You bang on about ambition, ambition, ambition. I remember the clamour in January for our board to show the same ambition as Birmingham had. Well that’s worked out well for them. The board are clearly ambitious, but they have stated many times over & over, the ambitions are for long term growth…. not to simply blow a load of cash on short term player contracts who’ll come & go within 3 or 4 years & not leave the club anything to fall back on. The stadium is so crucial to increasing our revenue which in turn allows us to increase our spending, I really can’t comprehend why you struggle to see the importance of this. It’s not just about a few extra thousand seats, it’s the whole non-match day revenue as well.
Albion and ourselves appear to be run in a very similar fashion at the moment, I struggle how to see how you can be impressed with their ambition and disgusted at the lack of ours ?
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Saying that how do Evertonian’s feel they haven’t seen any such transfer activity so maybe we are expecting too much our club, we don’t have Man City’s oil fuel money budget and there are other teams who haven’t spent much WBA haven’t two free signings and thrid Foster is a loan but will be on reported 30 grand a week, Villa have only brought in one player and close to a second so maybe we should relieved to have two new faces and O’Hara in
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This is disgracefull watched the Celtic match on the internet we looked poor.Elokobi was terrible distibution was awfull the same old players carrying the rest.Berra should turn to WWF he was just wrestling with players.Celtic put their B team out and we struggled sorry to dissapoint but we are in for a long old season no ambiton by the board.
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We have Elekobi and Ward at left back. We have Zubar, Stears and Foley at right back. We then have Johnson, Berra, Stears, Craddock who all play at centre back. What Wolves need is a good deal on whoever they can get. We have a fair few utility players so in a sense we are well covered.
I think a midfielder is more sought after because after Henry and O’Hara we ain’t got anyone else. Guediroa and Edwards are injured, Milijas has a lot to prove still and we then only have wingers and strikers.
I would say midfielder is a bigger priority than left back due to the injuries we have there.
Also, this is to comment number FIVE and those like it:
The STAN CULLIS stand is being funded by cash which is set aside and nothing to do with the cash we have for transfers. I wish Wolves fans would stop believing and spreading fallacies in order to make your incoherent and unnecessary moaning seem true and well placed.
We have a strong team as it is, not a team that will break the top 10 but a team who will survive comfortably. Where’s the rush? And if we do make a bad start, Mick has time to get somebody in.
The three M’s could spend a load of money this season and get it wrong. They’ve upped their spending in accordance to the progress made since day one of the Three M’s genesis.
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All this talk is a smoke screen, I feel one more big signing is in the bag.. I watched lasts nights match, and all the payers did well, the only guy who should not of been on the pitch was Keogh, the guy should not have played, as his heart is not with the club anymore.. Best to give a chance to the players who are with us..
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Someone tell me this a wind up…..
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Thanks for the positive note Mick. At this rate you’ve got as much chance of staying the Wolves manager for the next five years as I have of winning the Lottery.
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ALSO, injuries have really been a stumbling block for us. I wouldn’t mind a few loan signings coupled with a long term signing of a good strong midfielder and if we get a left back in, then bonus. We’re more than well covered.
AND remember we have to assemble a 25 man squad, so Mick does need to offload somebody before we can sign someone else, otherwise we’re decent paying wages for a player to sit in reserves all season when they could be playing regular first team football and we could get some cash back off their sale or even loan out those players like Keogh.
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George is good enough and Ward can fill in as a squad player. Lets get behind the team, stop moaning and look at the bigger picture. The 3 promoted teams are going to find it tough, and the likes of Blackburn are yet to sign a player. We will be fine this year, safety once again is priority.
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Mick will let stearman go if he can seal a deal for leiceister defender sol bamba that is the only other possible signing. Maybe I mean maybe a midfielder no left back sorry
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Number 6. I’m afraid yome right, that is if weem lucky. Why can everybody see the problem except MM.Being funny with the comments won’t keep us up.
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Out – vokes, hoff, keogh
In – Upson, Ridgewell, Loan CM
Mid Table
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How many times have you heard clubs say a deal is not happening and then it happens, Mick has said it’s unlikely, not – we are not going to sign anyone. Everyone calm down!
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i wonder if eblakes and stearman will go
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When it comes to transfer dealing, Mick always plays his cards close to his chest. We all know that. This article doesn’t rule out more players – it is the slant the paper has put on it. I reckon we will see at least one more in before the window closes. As for Leicester, well they’re not in our League are they – and like one or two other clubs, may come to regret their dealings in the future.
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2 great signings in Jamie and Johnson, I think we all agree on that.2 more good players to come in and we could have a decent chance of being better than last season. Thing is the manager is blinkered to the fact that Elokobi/Ward/Berra/Henry are footballers.They are not!!! LB, CB, CM are still required– I think we agree on that.Come on Mick, finish the job!!Dont let the Tescos have a better team than us again!!
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Can’t believe no one will take M-hoff Keogh and Vokes, they could do a job in a middling championship club surely !!what are we asking for them ? should let them go on the cheap to get them off the wage bill ! just shows what crap signings they were. Has Moyocolo, or however you spell it gone yet ? if only we could move the dead wood on, then perhaps we could go for Ridgewell instead of leting them down the road get him, Brum are up the creek without a paddle and we could be harsh and screw them for another couple of deals Dann ??? anyway it seems a bit disapointing when we are not that far off a good solid side.
Come on me Babbies
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Hold on guys before you all start asking for micks head….This story isn’t a dead cert it is speculation more than likely!!!! Yeah the clock is ticking in the transfer window but isn’t it for everyone!!!
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Keep the faith with MM he knows better than you whether we need to replace Ward, and mick thinks hes fine so we better believe him than, Mick is divine..Mick dont like belligerent numpties.
come on you wolves MM is WOLVES
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Smokescreen or just the same old same old???
I knoew where my money would go……….
…..Relegation dogfight here we come!!!
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i love this. . . .
so tactical. . . . its an ‘inquire within’ notice. . . .
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Can`t see what your all harping on about,all doom and gloom.
What we need is more consistanty from the players we have got ,they all step up to the plate but drop off at the wrong time (Same with most teams)
A good injury free spell will get us there,you all seem to forget we had acadamy lads on the bench at one stage as most of team was injured.(around xmas time)
(That and stop letting in last minute goals)
Six extra points would of put us where last season!
Can`t wait for day one!
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FALSE PROMISES AGAIN
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Hows that feelgood factor now !!!! If this is true then are we really moving forward in the area we all care about i.e the football side ?
Sure we are being run well by a builder who is building … a new stand each season which will stop if we get relegated, a new training facility that we be the envy of the Championship and attract players who want to play in that league.
This reflects Morgans ambition and would he have done the same for his beloved Liverpool FC.
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It could be worse, we could be a selling club like Wigan. What have they actually done this summer apart from sell N’Zogbia? You’d all be moaning then if we were in their position after they also survived by the skin of their teeth last season…
As far as some of the other teams are concerned, Blackburn are screwed with these owners of theirs and will get relegated, then there’s Norwich who are not a Premier League side and I think you’ll find this division is too big for them and they’ve been promoted far too early…
And that’s just three teams. There are other sides who should be a lot more worried than us. How many players have we sold or released in the last five years that were regarded as one of our best players and we were gutted to lose. Personally, I can’t think of any. That is very rare for any football club to say that (Even Man United) and I think Mick deserves an awful lot of credit for that!!
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Imagine last years team but with a fit steven fletcher, a fit kevin doyle, a fit steven hunt, a fit michael kightly.
Jamie o’hara for the whole season instead of a 6 month loan.
The addition of Roger Johnson and 3 poor teams promoted.
Elekobi played well last night and Ward is there for cover so why do we need a left back so badly? Hunt will run his legs off to track back and help out as well.
As for midfielders do we not have enough already? surely only Man City have more!
As for Keogh he is the ONLY player who can play Doyles position (in a 4-5-1) so i think we should keep hold of him.
Roll on the 13th August…… WOLVES AY WE!
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You say the building work is from ‘cash set aside’….. set aside from where ? Who is paying for it please tell us because if it is Morgan who has set aside the cash then I know where it can be spent better.
Wolves fans will stand in the mud up to their neck to watch a successful Wolves team play in the PL but not sit in the nice new seats and watch them in the lower leagues. Thats a historical fact
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Firstly please no-one get me confused with Richwolf……… lol
I would like to see 2 players come in to bolster the defence and fefensive midfield areas. Slightly annoying if we dont, but then again I supose theres no point in wasting money if players are no better than what we have.
I thought when Mancienne and Jones went we were certainly going to get a defensive midfielder in……….. who knows maybe we will.
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One again failed to acquire a left back, doomed to another relegation dog-fight
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Calm down folks
This is a smoke screen put up by the club so our targets are not pinched by other clubs.
Remember “we are not interested in Fletcher” by the Fat Controller, then hey presto we signed him.
We WILL sign other players, we just don’t advertise the fact to all and sundry.
The 3 M’s know what they are doing, so stop panicking guys and calm down.
Up the Wolves
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Well this was bound to bring out the numpties and nincompoops…..and it did. The usual lot are all there in resplendant glory.
If you saw the interview on Sky last night Mick was saying nothing in his normal tongue in cheek manner. I thought we all knew that ? Clearly some of us do not.
Johnson has gone on loan to Sven his old manager, (who currently doesn’t have his trousers round his ankles). Did we really want to take a risk on a long term injuree ?
Dann will move from Birmingham, but, not to us. Chelsea are sniffing round, as are Everton and Liverpool.
Ridgewell. I have to agree with other posters. He’d be one I’d go for.
There’s over a month of the window left. Expect some of the “deadwood”, as they have been disrespectively named, to go. Also expect some incoming players.
Impressed with the baggies eh ? The club that gave away their goalkeeper before they had a replacement? The goalkeeper the Tesco boo boys drove out ? Yeah, right !
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Tell me what left back we could sign???
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Looville Wolf – I agree with most of what you have put. Mick has gotten a squad together and kept it together. However if we had a real stand out talent people considered to be world class then even Mick couldnt stop them from going. The offers would be too good to refuse. Instead we have a hard working, young and talented team only a couple of players short of being surely a mid table team.
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74 Ireland’s Eye. You talk as though we are already in The Championship. We have progressed over the last four or five years like never before and we will continue to progress under the current stewardship.
Your comments about Steve Morgan are bigotted and uncalled for. Open your Ireland’s Eye and see what is being built here. Also change your sobriquet when it all goes right and you want to bask in the glory, otherwise we shall all know !
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This once again shows the lack of ambition that mcarthy has with this as well as targetting the top 10 in the next 5 years. With a stadium being built for 40,000 people how can morgan expect it to be full if were going to have these unambitious targets? Just hope this year isn’t going to be like last year or else we may not be as lucky as what we were on the last day of the season. I can understand offloading players before signing any other players but players such as Milijas shouldn’t be going this sort of player who has creativity and flair is a player which we need to build around not get rid of. Then again he’s not a mcarthy player, mcarthy wants players that are all about hard work and effort but this can’t be the case all the time we need a team with balance. Th
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That means there are players coming in then..
Watch this space but Robbie Keane in on his way here too if terms can wbe worked out…
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Dear God, this comments page sets new records for stupidity.
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All be patient pleaseeeeeeee…
Remember Johnson just a few weeks ago after everyone thought the deal was dead??
Talks in place with players as we speak..
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At last an Express & Star article based on an actual interview, wonders will never cease. But if you look at MM’s comments it clearly states that we are still looking and lets face it there is still plenty of time left. For me it would be stupid for a side in our position not to use the two loan deals available to us. I recommend young, hungry and talented lads from the top four clubs. Just look at Bolton and how well they have utilised this over the last few years. So where I would not be too bothered if we make no more permanent signings it would be unforgiveable not to use our loan options.
Incidentally has Sven Goran Eriksonn bugged McCarthy’s office, it seems they go for every body we go for. I think we could have some real fun there if thats true.
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Hi all
Been on the Celtic Forum today and they are all saying that our left back was run all over the place. Its a position that really needs to be filled.
As for Mick saying we need to move players on to get new faces in. if it’s that difficult to get rid of the fringe players it just shows what mistakes the club has made in the transfer market in the past
We need a quality left back and quick.
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Don’t believe all that you read.
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Come on all you doom merchants !
We have alot stronger squad starting this season than last, HUNT FIT, DOYLE FIT, FLETCHER SETTLED, O’HARA FULL SEASON, JOHNSON IN ! just to name a few plus points.
The teams who come up are not as strong as us so why over spend before the start of the season without testing the water first ? no doubht if were struggling by xmass then player will be bought in.
I would like a few loanies for sure which will happen, but why buy more players now ?
Some of you lots wouldnt be happy if we signed messy and missed out on Ronaldo !!
SUPPORT YOUR TEAM, YOU PLAYERS AND STOP EXPECTING A 10 TOP SIGNING EVERDAY AY !
WOLVES TILL I DIE, THEN WILL STILL BE WEARING OLF GOLD IN HEAVEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I have said it before and i’ll say it again we all need to be realistic. Steve Morgan agreed with Sir Jack to put £30m into the club and this he has done (and no it is not being spent in the Ground, those funds come from a different source).
Yes our turnover has risen due to TV money but we have spent nearly £50m on players over the last 4 years and recouped only about £5m.
Some of the players bought have failed (I won’t list them) but others are worth significantly more than we paid for them (including the likes of Karl)
The salary bill has risen to now be around £25m which rises to £30m with insurnace, bonus, etc. The sad fact of heh matter is that most of our money now goes on running costs and wages leaving very little for new players. As each season passes the wage bill spirals up and the funds for transfers falls. Eventually you end up where the likes of Everton are; having to sell their best players to fund team building.
As a club we MUST build a larger ground, yes we will not fill it every week but the attractive games will fill it and so the ‘average’ gate will rise and the revenue will also rise in tandem
I certainly would not wish to go through the agonies of the last day of last season again but I am also a realist and accept that we will finish only a handful of points above relagation (probably 42/43) which will be progress on last season and so I will be happy.
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Mick needs to confirm or deny the following. did Wolves try to buy or loan the two guys that went to Leicester. If it was just a smoke screen then that’s fine, but if we actually wanted to buy or loan them and we were beaten by a CL club then something is very wrong and needs to be sorted out immediately
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RichWolf64 is a baggie like many on here as now true wolves fan would say that..
These school holidays lol
Also the money for the stand has been paid by morgan not prem money and Wolves were top class last night and no worries……
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Now the truth is out, I remember many who commented that it is only June and you are jumping the gun, well it is now August and still not the players we need, this has happened because of the poor buys made by McCarthy that no one else wants, so the wage bill plus loss of the asset price is an issue.
That’s the reason Morgan has had to stick with McCarthy as a new manager would want to spend more money.
The defence is poor and will remain poor, another let down to the many fans who are being asked to pay their hard earned money to watch players who are not good enough.
Very disappointing but hardly surprising.
I see some are already saying we would like this day, no we don’t but we did tell you so, how ever hard it is for you.
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Cuddly Dudley
Don’t need to see whats being built as I have sat in it for the last 15 years and been around it for another 15.
I state “.. if we get relegated…” which cannot be seen as talking like we have been relegated already as the word if means – ‘in the event of’
Finally can I ask you one question about Mr Morgan who still goes to Anfield to watch LFC.
If he was in charge of LFC would he have given Mr Daglish £7.5 million as he has MM then told Daglish to go around implying we have spent our transfer pot and are now look for freebe’s ?
We need a LB not a 1000 new seats
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I noticed Mick says things like we wont be selling Jarvis etc………. in every interview at the moment. This is supposed to offset a bit of criticism in terms of not spending much more.
He is saying not only have we added a few but also kept the best of what we have. He has a point there. A lot of new contracts handed out recently to keep our best players.
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we cannot start the season with George, if we do we’ll be in the same boat as last season, simple as that!
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As for McCarthy feels for Lennon, no one agrees with what has happened to this guy with the dreadful threats that have been made against him, but the man is a thug and his behaviour at the matches against other managers is disgraceful and should have been stopped long before now, that’s what McCarthy should tell him.
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LEFT BACK, NOW!!!!!!!!!! Please.
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You chose your words with an educated tongue. That is a sound head on wise shoulders. What honestly do people expect??? Lets retain, Premier league status and build from there. I would take the same situation as last year, so we can build again, slowly but surely. Morgan is a business man, he will get the club into a position, which could become a potential purchase for an overseas buyers. He will then sell, but lets face it that not the answer. Are we ever going to win the league? Are we ever going to qualify for the Champions league? It has taken Man City, close to £750m to get there, we will never have that. So lets look forward to a long and exciting campaign, taking us away from the daily grind of reality once a week.
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If we sell Stearman at all we would be stupid.
If we play the shirt tugging and constantly fouling Berra in preference to Stearman alongside Johnson next season – especially without giving Stearman and Johnson a chance to prove that it could be an ideal partnership we would be daft and myopic.
If we actually sold Stearman for the reported £1Million we would be absolutely freaking barking!!!
We got a million for that tweeting flop Halford – Stearman at 23 still has a great future ahead of him when given the chance to
gain the final experience he needs to avoid making the occasional error. I hope when he finally matures into the finished article it is with us rather than with another club.
It was only a few months ago that Stearman was praised by Mr Steve Morgan as one of our brightest prospects and given a new contract – so it would hardly make any sense to sell him – especially for a paltry million.
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Sorry Cuddly Dudley
I actually live in a place called Malahide, County Dublin. Out of the window is a small island on the edge of Dublin Bay known as Ireland’s Eye hence the sibroquet. I presume you live in Dudley…. but your not bigotted just opinionated
I don’t need to change this as in the end we all want the same thing for the old gold and black but just have diffrent opinions of how we achieve it.
Invest in the team is my opinion and if anyone can tell me these ‘other sources’ for the grond building please enlighten me.
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Quote from Mick about Mulgrew,
“Maybe coming to Wolves wasn’t sexy enough – I’ve no idea.
So Aberdeen was!
What a load of rubbish.
Another kid never given enough time.
Good luck to Charlie I say.
If he keeps up the good work he will be in the Prem soon and cost more than the 150k we got.
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Did you watch the Celtic match Rob telford? Elokobi was not run all over the place, I watched it on TV and the commentators was praising him, and most of our team.. I know Elokobi has problems , usually with his distribution, but he was not that bad…
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76:
I am getting genuinely optimistic reading that……
i just hope the injuries stay clear – i remember hoping Tony Daley and Geoff Thomas would make comebacks
I would just like to say something on the ground. I was flicking throug a 1973 program th eother day – sado that i am. Now, its not infront of me now but gates varied from 20ish, to 37 ish, not so dissimilar to now. Ok a pint of Ansells was cheaper than a Stella now, but the key point is that we miss the top end through small capacity. We could get 40k in the Mol for the big games no worries, not so different to the Viilllaa. I am in favour of the bigger ground, and it will pay for itself in the medium term.
UP THE WOLVES
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July 28, 2011 at 12:46 pm
What are we all worrying about?…..Mick has quite clearly stated the team he picked against Celtic is going to pretty much be the one starting the season, therefore he has found his new Left Back in Richard Stearman!!!
YET ANOTHER PLAYER WHO YOU ARE WILLING TO PLAY OUT OF POSITION MICK RATHER THAN PAY 2 POXY MILLION FOR RIDGEWELL. HAVE A WORD, POT KETTLE CALLING PEOPLE NUMPTIES MICK
Ridgewell was a left winger when he was first at villa, they made him centre half,now hes a left back
I’m suprised you want Ridgwell number 13 hahahaha
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Stearman
Berra
Ward
Elokobi
Maierhofer
Keogh
Vokes
Edwards
Any 4 of the above can go in my opinion to make room for other targets.
My favoured targets are: Ridgewell, Hitzelsperger, DJ Campbell, Onouho on loan(not a target but ideal player for us with being versatile)
Wouldnt mind seeing a defence of:
Foley, Johnson, Onouho, Ridgewell
I believe we look safe with the squad we have but thats because the lower half teams are weaker than last year. We should be stronger than Wigan, Q.P.R, Norwich, Swansea, Blackburn and West Brom as we are now but i’d like to see us set our sights higher than that
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Flying Winger – what are those players not good enough for ? Premier League football ? despite this being our 3rd consecutive season ? despite us surviving a very tough league last year ? despite most showimg improvement last year from the previous year ?
Of course we need to move forward, and we have done with our activity so far, but to say they aren’t good enough before a ball is even kicked this season is ridiculous.
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15) The ground will not put us in debt at all but I agree that we should have spent a little bit more on much needed players!
As for Albion having more ambition? What? So far they have made two free signings from the Championship and are after a good but crocked keeper, Ridgewell – who I am not sure about and Long – who is not as good as Doyle or Fletcher… fact!
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watch the vidoes for last season will see well
over 50% goals came from left side we needed l/b
2season ago your words muppet mick play ward/
elokobi with berra infront of them we have big
problems. you signed all the players who nobody
now.
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WE CANNOT AFFORD TO NOT BUY TWO MORE DEFENDERS, YOU SAW HOW MUCH OF A STRUGGLE IT WAS LAST SEASON, DONT THINK THAT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE GOT JOHNSON WE WILL STAY UP, YES HE IS A GOOD PLAYER BUT ITS NOT A ONE MAN DEFENCE, WE DONT WANT TO BE IN OCTOBER/NOVEMBER THINKING WE SHOULDVE BROUGHT DEFENDERS, DO IT NOW BEFORE ITS TOO LATE, MOXEY AND MORGAN PUT YOURE HANDS IN YOUR POCKETS AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THISSSSSSSS, BEFORE ITS TOO LATE,WE DONT WANT TO BE IN THE DOOMED SPOT OF RELEGATION COME MAY, PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF THE CLUB, JUST SIGN TO DEFENDERS, RIDGEWELL, BASSONG, UPSON, THE SCOTTISH LEFT BACK FROM CELTIC, OR EVEN THAT BERTRAND FROM CHELSEA, WORTH A PUNT IF U ASK ME, PLEASE SOR IT OUT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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LEFT BACK, LEFT BACK, LEFT BACK.
For God’s sake Mick, buy a quality left back!
This is the third year on the trot we are screaming for a first class left back. Wardy and Georgy can only be back ups as their mistakes took us to the last three minutes of last season! Can we claim we stayed up on merit and not a lot of loads of good luck? Are you sure you want to jeopardise your staying for the next five plus years by keep showing too much stubborb faith and loyalty to players?Remember, LEFT BACK before midfielder or striker please.
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Thank God our club is not run by the posters on this website. If it were, we would have paid £8m for Johnson, not £4m. We would have bought Konchesky for £2m plus £40k a week for three years (that’s another £6mill). We would have bought Upson and Beattie, both of whose legs have gone and who are desperate for one last payout from some gullible optimist.
My favourite amateur manager is no 49, BilbrookWolves, who states ‘ the prem is worth £30million and we’ve only spent £7m’. How does he think the players and other staff get paid – from the fruit of the Catlecroft money tree, or the ghost of the golden tit?!
As it is, there is one club which won’t go broke (let’s all laugh at Birmingham and Leicester) – one club that won’t HAVE TO sell their stars to satisfy the bank (step forward Villa and Blackburn). It’s us – when the financial fair play rules and the economic reality of Sky achieving a monopoly hits, when the Arabs and the Russians get bored and prefer the weather in Spain, WHO WILL STILL BE STANDING?
Us and the Baggies.
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If MM truly believed Wallace was no better than Elokobi or Ward, why was he even considering him. It doesn’t strike of the truth or MM is even worse than I imagined and that’s pitiful.
LB needed, as most people seem to be suggesting and who knows where Dann is going!!
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Well, if we ain’t going to sign any more players one has to wonder why, if the guy is good, and I think he is, has Danny Batth been alowed to sign for Sheffield Wednesday!?
Yes, he’s young and needs experience. BUT, he would gain loads of knowledge from our new Mr Johnson. Can’t get my head around that one.
David Davies would me my choice over Mr Johnson. David is good at his level, but he would have more committment than Mr Johnson because David is already a Wolves player.
I also see Mr Mulgrew is doing well at Celtic. Well, you makes your choice and you have to stick to it, I suppose.
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1 Transfers: There are about 30 days to go in the transfer window,so maybe some others will come in.If not it will be a poor effort and could well be a turning point for all the wrong reasons.We have tempted fate once and got away with it,we should have learnt from this and strengthened the team.Johnson is a good start but there is more to do.
2The ground:it is nonsense to say there is no link between the £15m spent on the North Bank and the transfer budget.It is all about choices.Also people saying there is no link in current spend on players and and ground development should think it through.The owner will want to go ahead with phase two at an extra £20m,to help fund this he will need to maximise profits this season and one way to achieve that will be to cut the transfer budget.Footballers not bricks.
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RichWolf64 – Your comment about albion having more ambition than us by comparing our transfer dealings shows that your either an idiot or a baggie. Then again, last year you said West hams and Birminghams transfers were much better than ours, so i guess your opinion should be taken seriously.
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Am in barcelona, watched espanyol vs boca juniors, both of which had top left backs, espanyols was so good, it was worth writing a comment for :-)
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110, you of course are entitled to your opinion, perhaps you have forgotten the amount of goals conceeded by us last season, the times we gave away in the first 5 mins and the last five mins, the one’s that came from the LB position, the centre of the defence, that’s why I say we are poor and will continue to be if we don’t sign a LB CB, and have a new Captain.
Hope that clears up for you.
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I would point out that not signing anyone else before the “big kick off”, and not signing anyone else before the transfer window slamms shut are two very diferent things…
At this stage of pre season, would any new signing change the team selection for the Blackburn game?
Quality left back are pretty scarce at the mo, (Gashly Young for England!!!?) but am confident someone will be brought in before the window shuts..
My prediction: 46 points+, 13/14th place finish – PROGRESS!!!!
Keep the faith!
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New season same old idiots.
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OOps, that should of couse have been Gashly Cole, not Young…
I once went on about Matt Bellamy instead of Craig, he might be a bloody good guitarist, but I’m sure he’s not on Man City’s books….
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i will come and play left back for ya mick 40 years old and will show that waiste of space how to do it !!!!! mr morgan think you better put your hand in your pocket and sort one out george is the biggest joke in the prem my 6 year old son would get past him walkin
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Someone who doesn’t cost anything Mick says. I think we can take it as read then that there’s no more money available for a left back and a central defender. We’ve only spent this off season the cost of Steven Fletcher! Not what’s required to avoid last season’s Houdini act. Realistically another season of struggle looms ahead I’m afraid and you always usually find one gem from the promoted three which I think will be QPR (along with Man City possibly the richest club in football). We will do very well to survive again this coming season without another couple of additions as I still don’t think even with Johnson our defence is an acceptable Premier League standard.
Come on 3 M’s, show your ambition ON the pitch not just off it. What’s the point of a great new stadium and academy facilities if we’re in the Fizzy Pop??
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I would be extremely dissapointed if we never followed up the shrewd signings of o hara and johnson without signing a left back. Berra and johnson will be constantly pulled out of shape covering ward and elokobi. mick has had since last october roughly when van damme was clearly on his way to scout for a left back. This should of been our priority in my opinion. I just hope this doesnt come back to haunt us.
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Has it occured to anyone, perhaps the problem of players choosing other clubs before the Old Golds, is that they have the same opinion of many that write on this site. THEY DONT WANT TO PLAY FOR THE MM, TC PARTNERSHIP.
IMHO THEY ARE CHAMPIONSHIP MATERIAL ONLY.
OR CAN THEY PROVE OTHERWISE? i doubt it.
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Moxey, Morgan and Mcarthy have very short moemories two seasons just missing relegation so what do they do buy one player from Swansea and another who was part of the squad that was relegated last season these pair will make a real difference I don;t think.
The club as no ambition, and come the end of next season we will be in the same position as the last two seasons but this time we could get RELEGATED.
Come on the 3 M,s put your money were your mouths are and for once but some desent players.
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I can’t reconcile this situation with the declared long term aims of the ‘Management[ which effectively require the club to
continue in the Premiership so that proposed building works can be realised.
In saying that I fully realise the dual loyalties the Chairman will/may have in keeping his building business interests alive during a recession, along with the need to keep a football club in the top flight.
The above article has to be newspaper talk, either that or the E&S providing propaganda for Wolves to assist their bargaining position(s). Anything else suggests the Chairman’s building interests are far from healthy and need propping up by the true reason for the club’s existence, which is that of being the flagship of a city and the inspiration for thousands of fans, both within and outside that city.
I still hope for two very useful acquisitions before the season commences, either bought or loaned.
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i still wouldve liked to have seen a left back in…liam ridgewell !!
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morgan has not yet invested the money he was suposed to as part of the deal in buying the club. he has only invested money from tv rights and players sold none of his own. he then invests into the stadium and houses which in turn will make the club more valuable and him more money. that was not what we agreed steve.
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if this is true and mm isnt going to sign anymore players then we are doomed,i watched the game against celtic on internet and the defence was shocking how we did’nt conceed a goal i dont know,bad finnishing by celtic i suppose but believe me there wont be bad finnishing in the prem bottom 3 all season at this rate and all the so called progress we have made will be wasted,i dont care what the board say players will not be sold even if we go down but player power will kick in and this team will be dismantled then lets see how long it takes us to get back up,,,,
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if we need to sell the deadwood to bring funds in for new players were in big trouble? simply because they aint very good and no one wants em and who’s to blame for that mad mick and his scouts who convinced the board they was world beaters,millions have been wasted on buying in bulk when it should have been used to buy a few quality players like we have done now with ohara and johnson but to little to late,,,,,
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Sol Bamba?
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guys i know we havnt sorted the left back situation out but to be honest i really dont think nxt season is going to be as hard as last season if we get 40 odd points i think we will b half way up the table and think about it ohara, hunt and fletcher only played a handful of games how many goals are they ganna create this season. blackburn will really struggle along with newcastle, qpr swans wba and norwich
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Don’t know if he is available but Michael Bradley at Moenchengladbach is a tremendous midfielder who would flourish in the EPL given half a chance.
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i have been concerned all close season of the transfer policy of the club, that is what our budget is and whether we had woken up to the fact that we are a premiership club and must pay prem wages to attract better players than we already have at the club..We continue to lack ambition but I thought with johnson we had finally woken up.
But this news means once again that were trying to stay up on the cheap.
with a minus 20 goal difference from last season, and from the season before the argument that berra,stearman,ward,foley and elokobi are good enough and will get better baffles me.
They have improved but cannot perform consistently well enough at this level and we must have additional defenders to the squad. Also if you want to improve our defence we need another defensive midfielder like tiote at newcastle who can tackle and pass a ball unlike Henry.
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Looking back at the last two seasons basically we concede to many and dont score enough.Cannot see this situation changing with the addition of Johnson and an extra half a season from O Hara.Bottom 5 again
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well thats it then a goalkeeper and center half
sold down the river again
the board promise a lot but never deliver
fizzy pop league here we come
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140 webbie I thought the targets were promotion to premier league in 3 yrs with MM followed by retaining premier league place the following 2 yrs. Both achieved last time I looked.
As a measure of that achievement consider the status of the 2 teams who were promoted with us!
These are happy times at Wolves. Enjoy.
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Meanwhile, Albion are also set to sign Blues defender Liam Ridgewell on a three-year-deal. The 27-year-old will cost £3m.
Read more: http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2011/07/29/latest-transfer-rumours-july-29-3/#ixzz1TU50Rwuo
we should be in on this! whats going on?
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***STOP PRESS****
also i wrote a note on here that the e&s decided not to allow so i will re-write again. . . .
look at the spin thart e&s put on this story – if you lokk at sky sports news the same comments say the opposite thing – this is a joke to get all og you guys jumping up and down ansd saeeing thuis online service they now have . . . .
ilmao
up the wolves!!!
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Mike 115 )
You clearly know nothing about maths or football, the prem is worth at least 30mill a year plus extra sponsership extra TV rev extra gate receips so lets take that up to AT LEAST 50mill so 150 mill over 3 years AT LEAST so that means we have approx and im being conservative 120 mill left for wages. I love it when idiots post on this site it makes me laugh. Nice on Mike !!
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Re left back I think big George was pretty serviceable last year, I’d just be getting Danny Batth back from loan as a backup, seems a pretty good prospect to me.
Seems to me that the big problem last year was that the defensive unit was not operating as one, get a leader in there to sort it out. i reckon Johnson fits the mould.
I know you will all call me daft but Lucas Neill is available on a free. He is proven premiership quality and a wonderful leader, just thought I’d throw it in and wait for the backlash.
We do have a pretty useful midfield and as long as we can stay injury free a pretty decent striking partnership, SEB was still a bit on the chunky side last year let’s hope that his pre-season was productive because he is a very good striker.
I actually love the pragmatic approach being taken by the current admin. The ground re-development will yield great times ahead for this famous club and make no bones we will be in the Premiership to enjoy it.
I can’t imagine any of you would wish the club to be in massive debt and taken over ny some filthy rich Sultan to use as a plaything for himself and family, then to leave us in the same position as we were in the 80′s.
Anywhere from 10th to 14th this year, we would have been in mid-table last year had it not been for some poor late goals.
Roll on the 3m’s & up the Wolves
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144 – Lmao, The idiot is you! 115 has it spot on.
Transfer Fees, Wages, Signing on Fees, Clauses inc App Fees, Staff Bonuses, Player Bonuses, League Performance, Bonuses, Stadium Maintenance Fees, Electricity Bills, Tax, Running Training Complex, Coaches etc etc.
It’s not as straight forward as we receive 30m, put in the bank and BAM lets all spend it on players. It’s goes into the CLUB. The money you get comes in monthly payments as well not all in one.
Love how people just add up the money you get for staying up then presume it’s the cash available for improvement on the team.
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I still reckon there will be more arrivals. Irrespective, if we had to go with what we have got, we are much stronger than at the start of last season. Roger Johnson and a fully fit O’Hara are class signings and De Vries is very good cover. I know we have injury concerns with Guedioura but surely we cannot have the misfortune of last season’s injury problems? Hunt and possibly Kightly will be like new players.
Furthermore, I would suggest that the 3 promoted clubs will struggle and the following will probably do worse than last season? Wigan, Blackburn, Albion, Bolton and Newcastle!
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Can’t believe what most of these comments are getting at…we haven’t signed anyone else because there’s no quality players available. The 3 M’s know what’s needed – they work with the team every day. We don’t want to sign anyone who’s no better than what we have. We really would have to steal a player who wasn’t happy at his club. Dann? How many clean sheets did his defence keep? M Johnson? Good for one or two matches only. Ridgewell worth a bid or loan arrangement. Ward or George will cut it at left back when needed. It’s goals that we need and we do have the strikers to do it.
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144 – Maybe you should follow through your maths logic. I would say that the average wage of our 25 man squad is now around £25k a week. That means £625k a week, that means £32.5 million a year, that means £97.5 million over 3 years.
On top of that spending you have all the other costs associated with running a club like agent fees, ground staff, academy running costs, coaching staff, office staff, gas, electric, water, council tax………. i’m sure there are many more costs as well
Flying Winger – you said they weren’t “good enough”, these players have proved you wrong for 2 consecutive seasons. I’m not saying that it wouldn’t be nice to upgrade our left back position….. but if we don’t, it won’t relegate us.
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oh dear another struggle looming,all shouting for a L/back i agree,i bet mad micks identified one or two but its the other two Ms who hold the clout.strap yourself in for another fun ride.utw
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When that transfer window closes and we all look back, I reckon that there will be at least one additional player to what we now have – either on loan or bought.
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Just because MM says it is unlikely we will sign someone does not mean we won’t. These are press statements. All they do is take the pressure off a bit and point the press to look elsewhere for a story…. Then we sign someone!! As for saying our current players are collexctively not good enough… Good enough for what? They have got us to the premiership and then survived there for two seasons beating a few notable teams on the way. I think they are never going to be good enough for the moaners who comment on these notice boards but they are good enough to stay in the prem.
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144 and 149 you are just the mentality of so called fans that will see us in the same old last day relegations battle of next season. Love you ambition and desire for WW to stay safe this season. I have heard that the Walsall ground is never full and they dont spend any money on players either possibly they would be a better club for you to follow
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153 – “So Called Fans”? Just because we ripped your post apart? No harm in making sure the club is in good financial state for the future.
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153 – You’re right, i do have an ambition not for the club to financially cripple itself again…….. we just about got away with it in the 80s……. but only just. I’m more than happy with the steady progress we have made in the last 5 years.
If you want a win at all costs mentality, i hear Birmingham don’t worry too much about things known as a “budget” and they usually have a few empty seats knocking around…. they also show great ambition by paying wages they can’t afford and getting in established players like David Bentley & Hleb, maybe they would be a better club for you to follow
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They say that now they have reached the season ticket sales target; If McCarthy thinks he has improved the first team significantly it shows how out of his depth he is; At least 2 central defenders, a left-back, quality play-maker and a pacey forward would have taken WWFC up two levels, but yet again it will be touch and go and having to abandon any chance of an FA Cup final appearance, a boost the club desperately needs to increase it’s profile here and abroad.
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that should be 154 and 155
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147 your prediction last season was hopeless Blackpool
Wigan
Blackburn
I suggest you shut up you dont know what your saying.
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sorry, but ‘you’re joking’ ur stupid, u know nothin, ur a typical complainer, get yourself together, MM knows what he’s doing. johnson is a great signing along with o hara. . you’re giving out about our rivals when one of them got relegated and we got 4points from the other, we’ve wanted to improve every season and thats what we’ve done. . im sure it wont be any different this year. . swansea, wigan, norwich down
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I don’t want to get into any arguments about the relative financial gains of being in the Premiership, but I did see two separate calculations at the close of last season which apeared to me to be reasonable efforts; one of them stated the minimum net loss for any side relegated to the Champonship would be £26m and the other report suggested £24m, so they were in the same ball park, and on that basis something around those figures should be available. (Always bearing in mind the ongoing costs that any signings will incur and which need to be factored in.)
However, massive building programmes may drain much of that £24/26m to an extent that the two signings may well be all Wolves can afford on new players until they have offloaded any driftwood.
Nevertheless,I do hope not as I’m sure the defence still needs some serious propping up,(along with a change in team tactics that don’t include things like passing the ball back to the keeper from the kick-off). If that isn’t done the doomsday scenario whereby ambitious players leave a sinking team could be with Wolves next spring, just as they are with Blackpool and Birmingham now!
Stll, I’ll suspend any further navel gazing exercises until then, and walk in hope even if now with reduced expectatation. Cheers.
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