Jez Moxey in warning over Wolves sales
Saturday 30th July 2011, 11:31AM BST.
Chief executive Jez Moxey today admitted Wolves may still shed more players – despite preparing to lose their 12th this summer.
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing’s six-figure sale to Peterborough and the loan of Carl Ikeme to Middlesbrough – both expected to be sealed this weekend – will take the number of departures from Molineux to 12 since May.
Mendez-Laing’s sale is the sixth permanent exit with Marcus Hahnemann, David Jones, Greg Halford, Nathan Rooney and Johnny Dunleavy, while the loans of Michael Mancienne and Geoffrey Mujangi Bia expired.
In addition to Ikeme, Steven Mouyokolo, Danny Batth and Scott Malone have already departed on long-term loans.
The club are still keen to offload Stefan Maierhofer, Andy Keogh and Sam Vokes while trying to bring in at least another signing.
Just three players – Jamie O’Hara, Dorus De Vries and Roger Johnson – have come in and Moxey admitted he “doubts” whether they will make a major splash again in this transfer window.
But Moxey stressed the process was all about making the squad leaner and giving fringe players a chance elsewhere.
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Great to see the new stand taking shape. Agree with Moxley that we need to move on several of the fringe players but I hope that it’s a smokescreen about no more signings. I still feel that if we could get Dann in to parner Johnson and also Ridgewell for knock down prices from bankrupt B’ham, Hilts on a freebee and a couple of loans then that would give the club the strength in depth to comfortably take us to mid-table without the nail-biting finish to last season or constantly looking over our shoulders.
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Why don’t we bat Keogh and Vokes to Brum?
They have not a got team to put out.
If albion can get rid of Carson for a price we can get rid of our weaker players.
The starting line up V Blackburn is basically the same team as last apart from Johnson for Mancinne and berra for Craddock.
Thats a depressing thought
AND WE STILL NEED A LEFT BACK.
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We still need a Quality LB to strenthen the defence bearing in mind that we will probaly lose Elokobi and Guediora for six weeks in January to the African Nations Cup.
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i watched Maierhofer play in a friendly against Kidderminster Harriers last knight,i thought he was a different class, great in the air & a great first touch with his head and feet,i really think hed be an asset to Wolves this season,please try to keep him, yours HOPEFULLY Mr E.P. Doherty
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left back nuff said
out of darkness cometh light
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Great article full of quotes and detail.
Well done E&S another journalistic triumph.
I think its pretty obvious we want to offload some players lets hope its not Stephen Ward or Karl Henry.
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A major splash would be nice but realistically a decent amount spent on a left back would be most appreciated – and deperately needed!
Reducing the numbers is necessary at all times not just now so no surprise about that news but then transfer fees for those players need to be of interest to other clubs otherwise the likes of Keogh and Vokes will forever remain on the books and as they will figure very little, that is purely a waste of valuable finances.
Get to it Jez!
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Unbeleivable statement to make, the club will languish in the bottom three all season again as one player different to last season IS NOT ENOUGH.
GET REAL WOLVES AND BACK THE MANAGER YOU HAVE SO MUCH FAITH IN, DON@T DO TO MM WHAT YOU DID TO DAVW JONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I appreciate the need, and sense, in adopting a prudent approach towards the running of our club – but I would feel a great deal happier if we could bring in the desired LB and possibly another CB in readiness for the season ahead. Loans or whatever. From what Jez says, we can forget Dan.
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Sorry – I meant Dann.
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I certainly hope the club stick to their promise, players out, then players in. As for Maierhofer, Keogh and Vokes, I think there is little chance of clubs matching anywhere near our vaulation, so at the end of the day it could be a case of accepting a more nominal fee or worst case scenario, cancelling their contracts.
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So can anyone please explain if the O’Hara and Johnson deals that we paid out was far less than the reported 7 and 5 million and the 12 players that have left the club. Why do we still need to offload before we can bring in any new players. surely we have money still set aside for transfers.
Is the pot empty the 3ms have done a great job in running the club i would never want this club to overspend and go in the same direction as the blues. but if they think we can cope in this league and finish mid table with the defence we have then they and anyone else will be in for a huge shock.
we need a L/B that has to be our priority before the start of the season then we can kick on.
U.T.W
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These messages have been comimg out for a couple of months now, we are going into the season without having sorted out the defence apart from the one purchase.
Complacent is the word, very few takers for the poor players Moxey needs to get the money back from.
Hope they do sell Ward, Henry and Berra, maybe able to by a LB.
George & Stearman could make it with the right training and tactics, however we haven’t got a coach capable of doing that.
It will be interesting to see if McCarthy tries him with with our new CB and hopefully new Captain
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A quick look at the list above suggests a lot more deadwood on the books than was easily apparent. Even so, the wage bill last year in terms of % of turnover didn’t suggest wages were a problem, so that still leaves it a bit of a mystery (for me at least) as to why the purse strings are quite so tightly stretched at present. A long look at the books next time out might be interesting.
Whatever, Johnson seems sure the squad is a strong one, MM seems content, the other two M’s are seemingly sanguine, so let’s get ready to enjoy the party they feel sure they have fully prepared. Blackburn start quaking in your boots!
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i reckon its a smokescrean dont forget what moxey said about the johnson deal it was dead the next thing we broight him i agree get rid of keogh vokes and the hoff get hitzs for free and a coulpe of loans players in
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Lets pay top ‘dollar’ when buying and sell unwanted players cheap – makes a load of sense.
If only the club was run by the Numpties and not the 3Ms we could be just like Leeds and Portsmouth now!
4. Eamon – yes Maierhofer would be great in the 4th Division.
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Sir.Billy Quiet: I have to give you 10/10 for being one of the best wind up merchants in the business.
I read again you unwavering support for Mr.Ward.Who I will add is a great ambassador for the club with his willingness to “try”.
This is were it ends though has he is just not good enough for this league irrespective of the position he plays in.If you are the football expert you claim to be,then surely you will know this?
As for the article we will see.
I personally would like players “sold” rather than loaned out, is it because they are not good enough for the “championship”?
We do need to reduce the numbers and start having more quality than quantity.
We must sign a “LEFT BACK” this is imperative to our season.We continue to display the same issues as last season in defence.Berra,Stears and Elokobi must start to show a consistent level of calmness!These players can do a good job for the club.They have to cut out the “mistakes” the silly “numpties”!!
Go on the “WOLVES”.
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you can always see the weak areas in your team by thinking about who would be bought if the current squad was put up for sale. The like’s of doyle,o’hara,fletcher,jarvis etc would go somewhere else in the prem. I’m sure our current LB would still be here so we need to improve there. So would Ward and Henry….if they went,it would be down a league…..or to a promoted side. Im not anti ward and henry…the lads can do a ‘shift’ and sometimes rolling up your sleeves is whats required..but wolves are trying to get stronger and they are now backup players at best…these sort of players will keep us near to the relegation zone if they play too many times next season. Lets hope for a couple of more new faces. Good luck the lads for the new season
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8 Mine’s a pint
Why are there people like you who seem to think that O’Hara is not a new signing ? He was on LOAN from January. Remember ?
We now have O’Hara for the whole season as well as Stephen Hunt and Adlene Guediora. In case you didn’t notice, rather like last season, there are points available between August and December.
We have also signed a new goalkeeper to replace USA. He had 25 shut outs in the Championship last season and as we know first hand, after many seasons stuck down there, that’s impressive.
Now, along with Roger Johnson I make that five ‘new’ players we are starting the new season with (you could add Fletcher to that after his unfortunate start 12 months ago). Plus another one or two still to come in. We all know that the board and management don’t broadcast their transfer activities. Stop getting wound up by the media
Finally, It was Sir Jack who (quote) “let Dave Jones down” not Steve Morgan. I think we all understood his Golden Tit outburst after a series of managers wasted his money. (I leave out those idiots who verbally abused and spat at him)
Now go and get that half empty pint topped up.
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billy quiet why dont you go and support the steptoes you idiot
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Maybe Hoff is worth a chace as 4th striker, but main issue is a left back, not having a competant left back destabilises the team, as others have to compensate !
And atough tackling central midfielder, who knows how to pass the ball forward !
It’s not rocket science, let just hope Jez has a couple of surprises in the pipeline !
PS Just hope Roger Johnson, never gets injured !!!
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13 me
Yes, like I said, you could well be right
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Essentially all this amounts to is some seasonal pruning.
The players named that have left permanently would not have figured in any significant way this season.
The ones going out on loan may improve and ultimately be of greater value on their return. Possibly good enough to be considered for the first team.
That just leaves Maierhofer, Keogh and Vokes to move on. I’ll be surprised if they are still with Wolves come the end of August.
Moxey plays a canny game. If you read between the lines, he not saying that there definately will not be any further signings.
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Spot on again Jez…
Also…Maierhofer is Premier class, he just needs a run in the team Like Fletcher did end of season…
Problem he has is that he’s not one of the Favourites, Fletchers goals saved us but if Doyle hadn’t got injured he never would have played such an important role for us in the run in??
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I agree completely with Post 15 Arnie. If we are to avoid another season of struggle in the bottom three we need an accomplished natural left back not some makeshift excuse for one. Elokobi simply isn’t good enough. Likewise Karl Henry would not be a regular in any other Premiership side, nor Wardy, although they all have plenty of heart. This is the prem after all and heart and a shift is NOT ENOUGH. If our club runs itself financially very well, then let’s see that reflected by playing to our strengths and not our weaknesses on the pitch.
WE NEED A PROPER LEFT BACK
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It’s going to be another season where we will struggle to get out of the bottom three.
We just don’t have enough quality especially when we get injuries.
It appears that leicester had more appeal for several of our targets than playing for Wolves in the Premiership.
I cannot understand why Danny Batth has never been given more of a chance, just like Elliot Bennett who is now at Norwich.
Who would want to give Mick McCarthy more money to spend just look at some of his signing and the money he has wasted over the last few seasons, most of them we would have to sell on at at loss.
Teams like Manchester City can afford to do that, but we should invest in quality players that will improve the team to help us to stay in the Premiership.
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I don’t agree with getting rid of our development squad players they are sopposed to be the future of Wolves. It seems moxey wants to balance the books and will stop at nothing to do so. I think it would be better to keep the Hoff get rid of vokes and keogh sign Hiltzs and get a left back pronto. forever wolves
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Moxey is talking as if we’ve spent £30 million or something. Let’s not forget we’ve bought in two players for a combined transfer fee equal to that of one player (Steven fletcher) a year ago. Surely to god funds should be made available for a left back and another centre half! Moxey himself said these were needed soon after last season ended, so why go back on your word? If Stearman goes, which shouldn’t be for less than £2 million as he has more Prem experience than Matt Mills we will have to bring in another centre half as we’ve already let Moyokolo go on a silly season long loan.
In other words, I’m pleased with who we’ve bought in so far but without further defensive improvements we are looking at another season of struggle.
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I think most Wolves people believe we are close to having a team that is capable of ‘fully’ establishing itself as a Premiership club – the likes of the Evertonians and Villa. Being close is IMO two good player purchases away and perhaps the odd loanee. Shipping 12 out does not automatically mean we save all the money on wages for them but surely the signal being given is that we haven’t finished our transfer dealings just yet.
But does Morgan as the money man have the ambition to secure this now with quality buys rather than hopeful punts.
Close but no cigar just yet
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Well McCarthy had to do it ward captain today!
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Definite smokescreen….wait for shock news this week for an unexpected departure of a WOLVES FAVOURITE…….May well be sylvan ebanks
D’ont be surprised to see some movement from the ‘Doyle’ camp very soon, as his contract is no where near as long as o.hara’s or fletchers
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I would like us to keep Vokes. He offers us something different to our current strikers and at 21 he is still only a baby in footballing terms and has a long way to go before hes the finnished article. I think it would benefit everyone if we loaned him out for a couple more seasons to further assess if he could break into our team. Lets face it, if we continue to loan him out, hes not exactly going to get any worst, and it could possibly increase his value.
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We still need a leftback, another striker (if Doyle and Fletcher get injured, who is going to score?), another midfielder (remember Foley and Ward had to play in central midfield) and ideally another central defender.
Someone tell me why the money is going on the ground? Do we really have another 10000 fans? If we have to upgrade the stadium, why not wait another 2-3 years until we are mid table, not scrapping for 17th place.
Is it anything to do with the Chairman’s other pastime???
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I really hope MM isn’t considering starting the season without a new LB. we’re so unbalanced on the left and a lot of our attacking play breaks down when the big lump gets a touch . Overall I’m happy with the attack but I still believe the defence needs some extra quality.
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Wolves need to Dann , Ridgewell and Hitzelsperger
Those 3 would be good enough to guarantee a 15th place or above finish
What the hell are we playing at go get them now
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Still two quality players short oh fever side. Need another centre half, left back, and bit more quality in the middle. Maybe another 15 goals from somewhere might help too……
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Are they not our fringe players who av gone out on loan!!!!!!!!!!! Come on the lads next this year…………….
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Bit surprised with how Wolves have treated the young Sam Vokes TBH. Even fans deem him surplus to the squad. The boy use to score for fun down in Bouremouth – lower league yes, but most goal scorers don’t lose their natural ability. The boy is still very young.
Getting rid of Keogh, Maihoffer would be a good call – Mendez Laing is going. Why? Another Academy product shown the door – still can’t believe they have allowed Danny Batth go the Owls on loan, our best Academy defender since Joleon Lescott. I think Danny would be brilliant alongside Roger Johnson – talking of RJ – is it true he is now the team captain as some reports suggest, I haven’t seen anything official from the club & Karl seems to have taken it really well if true.
I keep seeing mentions on here about young Zeli – yet he never seems to be in Wolves squads. Is this kid going to make it or will he fall by the wayside like Mark Davies did for some other club Notlob to benefit from our Academy!
I like others would still like to see a LB & CB bought in as I think Berra will wrestle & shirt pull too much & get penalised! We should have enough players to interest Birmingham so we can deal for Scott Dann & Ridgewell if the latter doesn’t go to the Baggies.
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The wolves need a striker and a left back.
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Left back left back left back left back left back.
Man I hope the 3Ms are on the case here….we can manage with what we have in other positions, but there were countless games last season where we got torn apart down our left side…..plus it would be nice to relieve Ward of having to fill-in and allow him to focus on playing CF.
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We will do more than survive this coming term! Trim the fat, get lean and mean, Wolves!
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We’ve got too much dead wood that we just can’t sell, all bought by McCarthy. I like him as a motivator but we should help him out because he can’t spot a player to save his life. Moxey should look for someone like Albion have employed in that Ashworth guy. Tchoyi, Dorrans, Molumbu, Cox and Odemwingie cost about £4m between them, not because their managers are great talent spotters but one man has been taken on for that specific role, to find players. Hate praising them but if we had a similar position filled we might not be reading articles like this.
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Lets buy some players insted of seling?! I notice man city ar spending the cash, not long ago they were arond are level but nowq they ar showin ambtion!
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LEFT BACK ASAP
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Nothing has really improved on what we had last season. Only brought in
Three new players none that will make that big difference. Another
Window wasted in my opinion and Yet another season of spending our time
Fighting our way out of the bottom 3 and nothing higher than this will be
achieved because of lack of ambition on the part of the board.
Why spend all this money on a new stadium when we’ve been languishing
In the bottom 3 or 4 for the past few seasons.
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I hope he is jesting , if we do not have more new players how can they sell Stearman. Others like Berra, Craddock, Elokoibu maybe but if we are going to push on for a mid table position surely more investment is needed in the team. You can’t fill new stands in the championship.
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12 players might have gone, but how many of that lot actually made an impact last year for Wolves. Only Hahnemann, Mancienne and Jones really played any part, the rest are just kids who haven’t yet made it or players who weren’t that good anyway and are being moved on(good i say). Would be good if we could bin off Maierhofer and Keogh, both have been a waste of money and Vokes just can’t seem to break through either. Quality not quantity is whats needed.
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How can we justify spending all this money on the
Ground , when we have for the past couple of seasons
Spent in a major relegation battle. This coming season will be like the
Previous couple of seasons because all we’ve done is add two knew players
And they won’t change much . I wouldn’t mind spending it if these players were quality players but two of them are not quality exception o’ hara who is
Quality but we needed two or three of that quality , this just shows me the
Wolves board have not got any ambition and will continue on buying
Championship rated players.
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Defiantly time to stop hanging on to certain players now. Perhaps this was a back up plan in case of relegation which we know certain teams didn’t plan for. But some of these player are not even bench warmers any more and keeping them is just unfair.
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As usual, what this story reports does not represent what Moxey said in the slightest.
For those of you that will go over your weekly reading quota by reading anything other than this site, here are the highlights of the full comment by Jez.
We may sell some players.
We may buy some players.
He & Mick are constantly looking at ways to improve the playing squad.
If a good deal for the club can be done, the club will try to make it happen.
We do not have a sell to buy policy at the club.
As the last point contradicts a lie that has been peddled by the E&S over the last few weeks, it’s probably worth repeating:
The club does not have a sell to buy policy.
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I am generally pleased with the clubs business in transfer window so far.
Roger Johnson alone will improve the team, let alone having Jamie Ohara for a full season. De Vries will be a very good number 2 (or possibly 3?)
Yes i agree we could improve the squad with a better left back option than we already have. (we could in fact improve every position couldnt we?)If however, one isnt bought in i will be more than happy that the squad has been improved again and will be strong enough to enjoy a successfull season in the premier league.
Trust in the professionals running the club, long term, steady, gradual progression is the sensible way ahead….and not short term boom or bust.
The future is Gold and Black :-)
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50. Spot on Kentish Wolf
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48.. How can we justify spending all this money on the
Ground , when we have for the past couple of seasons
Spent in a major relegation battle.
er cause Morgan owns a building co, and its cheap to build and buy up land at the mo, season 3 in the prem and we will show signs of improvement. 1st season is a stay up season at all costs, 2nd season is avoid second season syndrome and stay up, both achieved yet some of you still arent happy, suppose we should do a hull, blues and pompey etc etc and blow all the money we can borrow on players who wont keep us up then ! ho hum up the wolves !!!!!!!!1
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42. Frobo – you`ve hit the nail on the head. MM ain`t great in the transfer market.
Albion are finding all these gems at next to nothing because one man has the job of scouring Britain and the rest of the world on the managers behalf. Its something we should look at. Its a very continental system but it works because it takes the workload off the manager.
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Newspaper reports again this morning linking Jarvis with Arsenal.
Apparantly,Wenger concerned about ongoing injuries to Walcott and Wilshire.
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Wanderer in Eire
Just to let you know I have never said that Stephen Ward is an outstanding left back. He has however played Left Back regularly in the Premiership and is now an International footballer, also playing left back.
The only reason the club would sign a left back is on the basis that the one we sign is better than the ones we already have?
I would be ‘chuffed to bits’ if we sign a top quality left back – that being an established Premiership and International player (like Ward and Elokobi).
What I fiercly object too are the Numpties that feel it necessary to ‘Slag Off’ our players regardless of the 100% total commitment they have given to this club.
Yes there are clearly better players available in all positions but Wolves clearly can’t afford them without putting the club into financial meltdown.
The new stand is a well thought out part of the overall development of the club to make Wolves a sustainable premiership outfit, but once again some Numpties think this plan is wrong.
In fact some Numpties slag off everything that the Wolves (3Ms) do and say – these Numpties are not supporters they are at best followers and they need to do us all a favour and go away taking their negativity with them!
UTW
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First off stop going on about Scott Dann , He wants 65k a week , its a non starter , RIDGEWELL ???? oh please he is awful , Warnock is happy at Villa and part of McCleish’s plans , Konchesky if any good would have stayed at the clubs he was at , So can any of you Ward haters name a left back Wolves should have gone for as all the names you have come up with are either woeful or out of reach ! , This club was in a sorry state before McCarthy n Morgan took over , Its in great hands and run correctly , I’m glad we are off loading players and the likes of Danny Davis are getting a look in in the middle in pre season as did Danny Batth but hes way of premiership material ! , We have more than enough to aim 15th-11th next season and build again the following summer , Rome wasn’t built in a day , Some Wolves fans are so ungrateful and expect miracles , you have a well run club that is going places , Support the players that give there all week in week out , WOLVES AY WE !!!!
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Frobowolf – Kightly, Jarvis, Ebanks Blake, Karl Henry, cost us less than £2 million, and all helped us get promoted to the premier league. So yes we do have some talented scouts capable of bringing in some tallented players on the cheap. More to the point, do you honestly think that Albion have no dead wood in their squad?
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Sir Billy, I do not slag off our players,but I do question our priorities re the ground development.It will be good to have better stands of course it will,but they have to be paid for.The £15m for the North Bank will have come from profits made in the last two seasons or half of the £30 million,via Sir Jack’s deal.This money could have been spent on improving thr team.It is a question of priorities.It is phase 2 and 3 of the ground development,where the financial squeeze will start to bite.An extra £30/40 million that must be found from profits or by taking out a big mortgage.To add to that we must now pay something to finance the new training ground.It should be obvious to everybody that this will put a strain on team development.I think Sir Jack’s Molineux and training facilities were perfectly adequate,and we should have concentrated 100% on building the team.
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Wolfhedd. Think frobo and harrywolf have a point. The playesr you mention are all uk based and no scouting was really needed. Henrys no good, ebanks blake is not really prem class, kightly yet to prove his prem worth so thats just Jarvis that ticks the boxes.
Think what theyre on about is molumbu from Paris st Germain for 300K, odemwingie from russis for 1.5m and tchoyi from god knows where for 1.0m. We wulfies have to admit thats an envious bit of business.
When we try our luck abroad we get van Damme and the hoff, our scouts on the continent need to be removed from their posts!
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gresham, good point. But lets not praise that lot too much, even it does baffle me how they get all these good foreign players before anyone else at next to nothing.
Wolfhedd, please don`t mention `talented scouts` and `karl Henry` in the same sentence.
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Gresham. You have hit the nail firmly on the head when you say “try our luck”. Wolves scouting system has been pot luck/use a pin since the three M’s got involved. Can anyone out there name a Wolves player of the likes of Tigywinkie and Umpalumpo that has come through the scouting process?
I include the likes of Kightly et al in that scenario.
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gresham wanderer – I would prefer our targets to money grabbing foreign mercinaires any day of the week. How many of their players are going to want to stay should they get relegated, or should a bigger club come along.
As for suggestng Jarvis is the only player in the list that ticks all the boxes. Blake had a decent scoring record last season, and is easily a better player than Cox who was on the list of baggies players. Kightly may not have proven himself yet, but £25k for a fantastic championship player is still top class business. Henry may or may not be very good, (The england management seemd to disagree) But 2 consecutive seasons in the prem is more than any of those players in the baggies list have managed.
I agree that we could be looking further away and picking up some fantastic players, my point is, were not exactly doing bad with our transfers at them moment and contrary to what many people choose to believe, there isnt a team in the prem that doesnt make the ocasional bad transfer and that doesnt have any dead wood in their squad. I suppose we will see how well albions bargain players do soon enough based on whether they can avoid second season syndrome. But i cant see them having as easy a time as many people beleive.
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Where is the other centre back that we were supposed to be after and of course a left back.Moxey,why don`t you come clean and admit leading the fans on about purchases and say that you have no intentions in that direction,better still why don`t you go back to Stoke once and for all.Mick why don`t you try being a manager and telling the idiot that you need at least two players as described above,in fact don`t tell him demand.Moxey hasn`t got a clue on the football side so educate him .
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Wolhedd. Stop going on about the Albion, their lot must be loving it. Mind you woudnt call anyone who signs for Jeremy peace a mercenary, bit of a contradiction as they pay practically the lowest wage in the prem and to be fair to molumbu he has just signed a new deal.
Fact is we do need some quality and I’m sure there will be one more signing
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Those within the game know how difficult the transition is when attempting to compete with the levels of fitness, speed, strength and skill within the EPL. We have so far survived by more luck than judgement, whilst at the same time building up the attributes which individuals need to stay ‘In There’. It is so important to gain those improvements.
Why then are we sending a very promising central defender Batth to a Division ONE club, the Championship would not be good enough for his development whilst belonging to a PL team, so why on earth send him to the Basement ?
He should be at Compton training with the first squad, with outings in cup games. The net result of this stupidity is that upon his return he will be out of his depth, probably told he is not going to make it and sold on the cheap. Yet more youth investment wasted and talent abused by people who know no better. All for the sake of a few shillings saved by Scrooge Moxey and the old pals act between managers, how utterly sad and with little or no regard for the lad’s future.
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Crockett48 – I’m going to take a stab in the dark at this one and assume you’re not involved at any level, with the coaching of Wolves players, be it senior or youth. You, like the rest of us fans, therefore don’t actually have the slightest idea just how good Batth actually is. You say he should stay put & play in cup games. The chances are in the early rounds we’ll get drawn with lower league clubs anyway. He’ll benefit more playing regular league one football than just training day in day out at Wolves with just getting a few cup games against League one clubs under his belt.
If he is good enough, he will crack the Premier League regardless of playing League 1 or Championship football this season. It didn’t seem to hold Beckham’s career back that he spent a loan spell at Preston, or Tom Cleverley at Leicester then Watford, Chris Smalling made the jump from non-league Maidstone to Premier League Fulham in one year….. if Batth is goog enough, he will make it.
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Can Jez Moxey play left-back?
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