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Wolves interested in James McFadden
Monday 5th September 2011, 10:35AM BST.
Wolves today admitted an interest in signing free agent James McFadden.
The Scotland international is closing in on full fitness again, after undergoing surgery in the United States on a cruciate knee ligament injury.
McFadden is available for nothing after Birmingham decided against taking up a two-year option on his contract, which expired in the summer.
And that has alerted Wolves, who have been seeking to boost their striking options with Sylvan Ebanks-Blake injured following the departures of Andy Keogh and Stefan Maierhofer.
Chief executive Jez Moxey told the Express & Star today: “I would say we would be interested in speaking to any player who is out of contract who we think might be helpful to us.”
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Could be a good signing did alright for brum would deffo take a chance on him
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I believe that James McFadden could be an ideal player to fill the one gap in the squad of 25, providing there is no doubts about his fitness? He would not go straight into our first team but as he can play upfront and a more withdrawn role, he would be a good player to have coming off the bench!
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i would snap him up,
he was a very goos player for Everton and indeed for Brum, his form wasnt so great in the last year he was playing but if we can get him 100% fit and get him back to his best he’d be a quality signing!
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or a GOOD player even!
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I will not watch us if we sign this joker, he is one of the worst players I have ever seen.
How about playing hammill, he is not a striker anyway so how will he provide cover for SEB?
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Certainly appears to tick the boxes – injured, on a free, and, from a relegated club, what more could we ask.
Free airlift to and from training – done deal.
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Good player who would improve the team. Can’t see it though, for the many strengths of MM, he does not seem to play people who don’t fit into the team ethic/put in a shift and have strong personality. Not sure if Mcfadden fits the into the type of player MM wants. And why would MM do that when he has brought steady, assured progression. Shame because he would be appreciated by the crowd.
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I think he would be a decent signing for free. He would have to do quite a lot to prove his fitness and to usurp one of our front 4 (Doyle, Fletch, Hunt, Jarvo) but he would provide a skillful and, more importantly, a different attacking option to what we already have.
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As a back-up for the main strikers I suppose it would be worth signing him on a short term contract. Doubtful he would be selected ahead of Fletcher, Doyle or Ebanks-blake.
Similarities of the Marcus Bent saga?
However, I thought it was too late to add to the 25 man squad until January.
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Skillful player- I like him, so no complaints!
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It would certainly keep Jarvo on his toes.
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If true, Grace did break the news a few days ago.
Why do we want to sign another player with injury problems, want someone to be able to fit into the side when required not wait for half the season as we did last year
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He would be better cover than vokes so why not.
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By the time this fella is fit our very own “SEB” will be back…If we can get him on a pay as you play contract then it’s good.Otherwise no need to get him in as he wont be in the team for the most period and if he does manage to get in he is injury prone.Moxey and his “NUMPTIES” looking for a “FREE FIX”.
Get over it “MOXEY” you aint all that you will find the current players will get you out of the deep “STUFF”.
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Young and Hungry.
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Better than nothing I suppose,but I still feel we should be aiming a little higher.
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9) He is a free agent and any of them are available. Mikkel Forsell is another one, for example.
Aston Villa and Celtic are sniffing.. so this may not happen.
5) I have not got a clue what you are on about? He was a very good player for Everton and has also proven himself for Scotland and Blues – the latter to a lesser extent due to injuries!
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isn’t the window closed? or can we still get free tranfers?
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This is the equivalent of scratching around for some leftovers after the harvest has been picked.Nevertheless,if he is fit I think he would be a decent player,playing just behind one striker.Our squad is one short,and this is probably just posturing ,to give the impression they are trying to fill the gap in the squad.I will be very surprised if we would meet his wage demands. Next two home games are very important,must build on the good start,and certainly must not drop any points to QPR.
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Mr Moxey, surely you told us you’d done all the business you needed/wanted to do? :))
And, as someone points out he’s crocked, cheap and knows how to go down ….. just the lad? I wouldn’t have thought so.
Fingers crossed for the remaining internationals and every hope we still have a first team available for the weekend – if so, how about 2-1?
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Id of gone for Sturridge on loan from Chelsea personally, but what do I know.
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13. How would you know?
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Mika Vayrynen (30), former PSV and Heerenveen finnish international midfielder (CM). He has lot of continental (CL also) and international apps under his belt. Scored 15 times in international’s matches. I think he’s better than most of our central midfielders (not O’Hara).
And he’s is out of contract now!
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@ Grace – I am impressed! Could you now let us know Wednesday’s lottery numbers?
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A decent player who did well at Blues, so no worries on that score. I always worry about importing crocks into the club, though, because we’ve had more than our fair share in years past.
Probably worth the risk in McFadden’s case but only because he’s available on a free.
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28 year old striker bought by birmingham for 5 million from everton january 2008…
cruciate knee ligament injury…aug 2010… birmingham wanted to re-negotiate his contract dependant on appearances, but could not reach agreement….
career stats….297 appearances…64 goals…
if fitness could be proved could be a good back up when sylvan ebanks comes back…utw
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Typical Moxey,Cheapo cheapo cheapo.That said if he is fit may be a good back-up.
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Im surprised nobodys come in 4 him especially a championship side. Maybe he wants big wages. He is a cheap option but could be a good one if he gets fit and stays fit.
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defo think e’s worth a try with vokes and ebanks only striker cover i think this could be just what we need to improve our squad depth and so what if he’s injured a bit look at stephen fletcher out for fair amount of last year and still scored 12 goals in league and cup combined so why are people seeing it as a bad thing, he’s on a free and we need a prem quality striker, bring on spurs i fancy a 2-0 win for micks mighty wolves :)
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when he is good he is very, very good and when he is bad he is a lazy huffy waste of space. one time scottish hero who does not always put in a shift but with good management who knows?? good for a freebie!
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Once a dodgy knee no way, let him go and play with his knee for another team not Wolves, we want players with two good knees not a good knee and a bad knee, his good knee could turn into a bad knee then we would have a player with two bad knees
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There is no question – if he does get fit – that the ex-Scottish international can mix it within the high climbs of the Premier League. However, he is a luxury player, not altogether the “put in a shift” hard-hat grafting type that Super Mick espouses to his liking. Nevertheless, he would be worth a look, and maybe running the rule over his play, say, a week’s worth of training at Compton will help decide. Regardless, even with SEB injured, we have options more so than past two years in the League, with a more versatile squad to pick from. And let’s not forget…Wardy can play anywhere and pull it off! Come on you Ward moaners, chuckle a little!
UTMW
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I would take McFaden, he is similar to Fletcher, and would enable us to play a similar style if he ever played for us.. We cannot expect the best players in the world now the transfer deadline is over, so McFaden on a free is good enough for me.. A contract till Christmas, with an option fr the rest of the year would be good..
If any of our strikers get injured , we will be thankful of this deal.. You cannot rely on SEB coming back in a few weeks. Doyle and fletcher could get injured in that time.. Doyle usually comes back from Ireland injured or with some worry. So best have another option in place.
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Surely this would solve the scenario of having to put Ward up front and putting George at left back if there were injuries??
Better than Vokes, wouldnt cost anything and if injury prone wouldnt be missed due to fletch and doyle, so i cant see a negative here really.
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21) Sturridge on loan? Do you not think that Bolton would have gone straight back in for him – if available? I hazard a guess that Chelsea would not want to loan him out and probably will give him game time this year.
As Kenny Hibbitt scorcher has pointed out, his record is not bad and he is a totally different player to what we have and can play in various positions.A useful player off the bench!
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24,
06,21,24……………..lol
I wish I could mate, I wouldn’t be at work now!!!!
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If true it’s a wonderful reflection on the club’s level of ambition. A player who is free and probably damaged. Why don’t Moxey & his management team have a look in Cash Converters, they could probably find something cheap and very secondhand there too.
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Would be a good addition to the squad. Can create and score goals out of nothing. Something we don’t really have at wolves apart from O’hara maybe. He would add international experience and grit to our team. was 5 million only 3 years ago…
I’d sign him up and take a gamble on his fitness. We had to wait a bit for Hunt but it was deffo worth the wait.
Also….Wish everyone would stop being so negative about our policies. We are in the best position we have been in for over 25 years. Im sure most of you would prefer to be struggling so you had more to moan about and call for managers, chairmans and moxeys head…….. Bottom of the championship when the 3M’s took over. Now we are premiership and investing in the club, ground, training facilities, players.. We have spent £12million plus on 3 good players.
UTW…. show some support… or go down walsall, plenty to moan about down there. :)
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We need 100% fit players not what have spent hundreds of pounds having their joints tied together with bits of string and bits of wire.Wolves is not a pantomime you know
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some of you on here say in Mick we trust but then slag off his signings. Make ur miss up……
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Because he’s scored goals at pl levels vokes won’t ever do that, I know he hasn’t been given the chance but there’s a reason for that.
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Still buzzing after promotion in 3 seasons, and surviving the notorious 2nd season.
Now looking to push on with a squad that is improving all the time, and with us 5th with 7 pts from 9 at this early stage. Happy times.
Only 4 out of 20 premier league clubs named full squads of 25, not sure why so many found us only naming 24 a big issue?
Congratulations to Doyle and Wardy on being selected for the Republic v Russia, Wardy is developing nicely as a left back, both at premier league and international level. Just hope they don’t pick up knocks!
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I think before we make any further moves into the transfer market we should ask Jack the Hat!
He seems to know everything there is to know about football and in particular the Wolves!!!!!!!! LOL.
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In fairness Grace, if you were that good the Albion would’ve been relegated last year….!!!
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Cant understand this one, yeah as a forth choice striker he might be worth a punt if he can get fit and hungry to challange our other strikers but….
… There has been alot better bosman, free transfers going to other clubs e.g i would of prefered Jay Both or even Kevin Phillips !!
so why now decide to pick up the dregs no one else went in for ???
Oh well, as long as we stay injury free i think we can wait till Jan to add to the squad now personaly….
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No thanks, always injured. My everton mate said you dont want him, useless !
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37) So what is your take on Man City and Owen Hargreaves then?
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a waste of time and so are you moxey morgan and thicko no idea
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There are a number of free agents around after the window shut, that’s what the 25 man squad rule creates, it’s nothing to do with Jez the Pie doing things on the cheap.
Both Everton and Blues fans rated this guy, and I think we have all seen that he is very skilful when he’s on song. It’s just the injury record and I agree with 30 sar0dev, he can be lazy, but, maybe Mick can sort that out.
5 MikeQB “one of the worst players you’ve ever seen”. How can you say that…. it’s just nonsense?
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A decent player a few years back, but come on wolves, I thought the days were gone when we sign has beens n crocks! if we do bring him in i dont really see the point, would take ages to get him back up to speed with the prem, by then SEB will be fit, also the lad Griffiths must be a little puzzled, as to am i! when we signed him he was the next best thing since sliced bread! he has never had a look in! If you are good enough your old enough! there is plenty of teams playing there youngsters in prem if they rate them high enough! Vokes is another, if i hear he is one for the future once more ill scream, he has been with us 4 years ish if he was ever going to be good enough in MMs opinion then he should have a got the odd game!
Personally i dont think he is good enough for prem & its correct not to try him in the games as it could cost us vital points, so the question is…. why have him on payroll?
We have some great kids but they never seem to get a chance, shame! but i cant grumble as things are looking rosey for us on and off the pitch!
Happy Dayz!
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See the boggies boing are suffering from second season syndrome . Anyway McFadden would be ok back up for nowt.
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Bring back big Chris O…..or even Keogh, both of which could fill this spot.Or go after Emerton who has left Blackburn on a free
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37 – You referring to De Vries, O’Hara and Johnson with that comment?
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crowfish my friend…I think Griffiths was bought just in case we were relegated and had to offload doyle, fletcher, jarvis etc. Although time will tell, he may not quite have that extra ability to step up, similar perhaps to SEB.
And reading the artice again, Mr Moxey does not mention McFadden. I am sure that if a good quality free transfer became available and fits the criteria laid down by the club then funds would be found.
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43) Too true. According to Jack ‘One Eyed’ the Hat, Wolves cannot play football! Funny that they were played off the park first half at Molineux last season then, was it not?
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No no no. I’d rather see Ward play up front and move Elokobi to left back. Keep ya money in your pocket.
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31 darlo wulf
Do you have a thing about knees?
If Mcfadden can prove his fitness, then useful backup player.
See what he can do till end of season if we get him.
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Might be worth having as back up and lets face it we are not gonna go all season without injuries !Mick may cure his sometimes lazyness, but what about his affect on team spirit ? or is that just being pessemistic, our team spirit could work on him tough one glad its not my decision !!! Hope we can keep the run going against spurs on Sat and not be on the end of a backlash from their drubbing against Man(sour) City !!!
Come on me Babbies !!
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21&35 You cannot sign loan players now the window is closed,you can however still sign unnattatched players.
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Prior before the transfer deadline,I thought the M’s were happy with what they had got?
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52 Angry Wolf. Emerton has left Blackburn because he’s signed for Sydney in Oz
Keep up to date FGS !
48 Vindaloopi. Justify that statement…if you can manage to string a few words together, that is
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Cuddly, The next time you see your mate Jez,please ask him,how much will it cost the Wolves for this new training facility,how will it be funded,and when will the club need to make the payment? Surely they should tell us this before asking for our formal support.They must think we are all sheep.PS also tell him it is time for a price cut on the pies.
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If he proves his fitness we will sign him, we can only sign players who are free agents, its obvious we need another striker which is why we tried to sign Hooper on loan from Celtic. He also ticks other box’s because he will cost nothing, and finally because we have not got a full 25 man squad. Personally I would pass, but beggars can’t be choosers I suppose.
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What’s with all the negativity regarding Mcfadden? i think he is a good proven player who would be great cover for doyler and fletch. imo he is much better than vokes and would be a decent 4th choice striker who can also be back-up for a deeper midfield role. Get him in on a season long deal. he is free after all!
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typical cheap deal for wolves.pointless waste of wages along the lines of castillo and bent (i know they were loans but still cost wages). will never play a game and in typical wolves fashion will get injured the second we sign him
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Surely we can do better than McFadden. Whatever happened to young and hungry?
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59) I am well aware of the rules but what he and I was referring to do was last week’s deadline day. Clubs like Liverpool were linked with Sturridge but I reckon he will play at least 10 games for Chelsea this season!
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52 angry wolf
agree with you about Big Chris (if we could get him), also Brett Emerton, but he’s back here in Sydney ready to tear apart the local league, so he’s not an option
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62 Chris. Not sure about this, it might well be Chinese Whispers, but, aren’t we in danger of losing our academy status unless we update the traing facility to new improved FA standards ? If that is the case we have no choice and no doubt the cost to cover it will be in the business plan over the coming years, depreciation and all that. I just hope we start to see some of the young talent coming though at last.
I’m off with Jez down the pie shop later on to ‘negotiate’ for this week’s supply. Don’t expect any discount, unless we can pick up some “past their sell by date” , or out of contract !
PS Keep your fingers crossed for Warwickshire we have a good chance of becoming Champions
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64 sedgley wolf, I don’t get the general negativity for what has been the best 5 years Wolves have had for almost 3 decades.
65 BarcaWolf, of all the good signings like Johnson, O Hara, Doyle, Fletcher ….need I go on? Why single out Castillo and Bent as typical Wolves fashion?
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Lets go for Hargreaves and Micheal Owen as well as McFadden we can all go to the mol and have a knees up.
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The latest news confirms Wolves are interested in McFadden when his fitness can be established, so any doubts some of us have expressed about his suitability etc, may yet be put to the acid test! One of those times when I can hope to be wrong and I will surely be happy if that’s the case.
Roll up you Spurs, let’s have you done and dusted!!
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65 Barca. So you would rather have gone into games without goalkeeping cover ? Castillo wasn’t required, but, can you imagine the criticism MM would have got from you and other cynics if we’d had to play a 17year old academy lad.
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Teeswolf, There is always room for improvement.We have done well,but there is nothing wrong in wanting better.The debate on players ability and performance is part and parcel of the game.Passions are high because people care.For my part I would like to see more clarity and financial transparency given the massive multi million outlays being considered for non core or essential work.
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chris hoggard – They have already told us the information you require. The training facility is being funded as part of a wider redevelopment, where homes will also be made available. The homes will be part of the funding for the development.
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Wolfhedd, I know all that.But if you know otherwise,how much must the Wolves football club pay for this.No one has said full funding will come from the project.It was made clear in the Express and Star that the club must fund some of the costs themselves.I would like to know how much,when and will the money come from Sky/tv revenue.
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