Wolves captain Roger Johnson believes Molineux has become ‘hostile’
Monday 24th October 2011, 11:00AM BST.
Wolves captain Roger Johnson today claimed Molineux has become a “hostile” place for Wolves to play.
Manager Mick McCarthy suffered abuse, while Johnson had to endure songs calling for Jody Craddock to take his place in response to the captain’s own struggle for form during Saturday’s 2-2 draw against Swansea.
The level of abuse suggests the return of the ‘Molineux Factor,’ which was blamed for holding the club back before McCarthy’s arrival.
Johnson said: “It’s very hostile – we were trying to keep the ball, playing from side to side and we were being booed for it. Some of the shouts I heard were below the belt.
“We don’t want to hear them and it’s not on. The fans have got short memories – they can have a pop at me for saying it, but we don’t need that.”
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Mr Johnson needs to remember that we pay a lot of money to watch him and his mates play very bad football
We have a right to an opinion. The best thing he can do is shut up and concentrate on justifying his ridiculously high pay packet
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Well said Roger, some Wolves fans do have a short memory – Under MM we have progressed more than at any point in the last 50 years, but thats all forgotten in the case of a few bad games. I for one hope MM is at the helm for a good few years yet – success only comes in two ways – long term stability or vast amounts of cash, and I for one am glad that the board are sticking by MM. We won’t win every game, and have to set our expectations inline with the stature of the club and squad….for me this is premier league stability over the next few years. The actions of some Wovles ‘fans’ hardly make Wolves an attractive team to join/stay with. Poor Roger must have wandered what he came here for! At the end of the day WE ARE WOLVES and the team need every single one of us to be behind them, to support them, encourage them and show them that we are worthy of their efforts on the pitch and off it. Over to you……..
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Although we played poorly on Saturday, I cannot see how it helps anybody to have the crowd booing their own players and manager during the game. No wonder we have the worst reputation for being fickle amongst opposition fans.
I was disgusted by some of the jeers and comments I heard around me. As the article says,it looks like a return to the bad old days where our home support helps the opposition and hinders and restricts our own players.
The team needs all the support it can get right now to help us through this bad patch. Anybody who just wants to boo and jeer – keep away or, better still, clear off to Sandwell and boo them!
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Our esteemed Club Captain should take a leaf out of Kevin Doyle’s book. “Everyone is frustrated and it’s not nice and you don’t blame the fans for being frustrated …”. Of course fans are frustrated, watching yet another desperate relegation struggle unfolding, having been told upon survival in May that the club set it’s sight on two to three deals that should see us reach for the next level. At the same time, we see a manager who apparently only wants happy clapping-fans, having for years acted aggressively towards fan-criticism of players clearly not up to it. I certainly do not support booing and abuse during matches, but can’t help feeling that the manager and some players bring this upon themselves. For how long shall we have to keep up with sub-standard players in defence (“McCarthy ruing defensive mistakes…”) and some players having their names set in stone on the team sheet while others are dropped for ages after an indifferent half? The club should clarify if it only wants McCarthy supporters to attend the home-matches.
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Shut up Johnson. You will never ever be the player Jody is. I do not ever recall Craddock slating the fans. You have only been here a couple of months and your form is terrible. Who is responsible for the poor defending that led to the goals – certainly not the fans!! Even John Toshack and Dave Jones severely criticised your positioning, saying they would never put up with that.
The fact that the game was turned round despite the criticism shows that you are talking garbage. Clear off back to Birmingham.
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Unfortunately Roger, the goals aren’t on the sides, which probably explains why we are leaking so many goals.
It might explain why your side-kick Berra was stood by the halfway line when the second goal went in.
Dearey me, I thought he was supposed to be a defender.
Did you watch Norwich Saturday night Roger?
What a breathe of fresh air that was after watching you and your team earlier.
But then it’s ALL down to management isn’t it!!
All week you are coached to go sideways and backwards, so when the opposition score the managers game plan has gone out the window.
Time for a change. URGENTLY
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And here comes the player backlash….
Johnson you are the biggest under performer! Watching you on Sat’ you were strolling around like you couldn’t care less. This is why you are getting the reaction from the fans. Show a bit more passion and comitment and you’ll win them over! And what was with the comdey clown act to try and clear the first goal? looks like you slipped no a banana skin!
I support the team and MM but you guys are making it very hard to at the minute!
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It’s quite simple Mr. Johnson. Molineux belongs to thousands of Wolves fans who will be hostile to everyone who is a threat to the clubs future. The threat at the moment is a second rate manager and an owner who is too blind to see that.
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We need to be a progressive club … our signings have not given us the ability to keep up with our rivals let alone become a mid-table side.
It’s not all Micks fault but we do need to change something ….
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The fans have got short memories, you have only been here a short space of time and barring 3 games you’ve been rubbish Roger…… What was that for defending against Swansea by the way?? We let in 2 goals a game at the moment……..
Roger, people were calling for Craddock as we look more solid at the back when he has been playing before your time here. Not a pop at you so please get over yourself. And yes, as fans can remember a time when we looked better at the back, before you even came here. So memories cant be too short.
You earn your place in a team Roger, lets give Jody a go, cant be any worse can it?
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I tell you what Roger, just try to do your own job instead of blaming everyone else.
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Delicate little flower Johnson should start repaying the huge amount of money that was invested in him this season instead of moaning about the fans who have a right to express thier feelings about performance. Shut up and prove us wrong!!!!!
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strip this idiot of the armband – all iv heard this last couple of weeks is that fans this and fans that – well johnson reality check – you and your team-mates pull your fingers out and start to earn the money you are paid and we will stop moaning – £38 a ticket to watch that???? trouble with wolves players, staff etc think that the fans cant critcise !!! joke of a club!!! sack mad mick now and get mark hughes in!!!!!!!!!!
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Shut the door on your way out Rog…..
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Unfortunately, Johnson is right. Confidence is an important part of any player’s game.
Don Goodman was right on Sky, when he remarked that Wolves fans had to take a share of the blame for poor performances on the field. It has been that way for donkeys’ years sadly.
It’s not all the fans, of course, just a vocal minority – but “empty vessels make most sound”, as the saying goes…
No wonder such nonsense occasionally gets to MM, resulting in his sarcasm and anger.
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Johnson, you have got a cheek coming on here slagging the fans off, we pay your wages and if you played like a captain, we would not be in this mess.
The Blues fans were right, we brought the wrong defender, we should have got Dann not you.
You are a disgrace to the shirt
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What Johnson has to realise is we pay his wages! And on that performance on Saturday we should be able to give his wages to local charities. He was atrocious, the fans have every right to condem that team because they were pathetic. Yes I agree the played side from side but the word that just opitmises his sentence is we tried? They couldn’t put more than 2 passes together! I disagree with the booing of McCarthy. But I agree with the booing of the players! If he was to work in any other frame of career which was customer based he’d be payed to take abuse! And on £60000 a week he can sit down at the end of the night and take what ever we want to give him. He was at fault for both of Swanseas goals and the calls for Jody Craddock made me giggle but also made me think of how solid he actually is! He deserved to here that? Yes fans can call you heroes one second and villains the next because we have that power too! If he doesn’t like it he can go and play for a lower league team like he did before? Or go back to blues and enjoy second rate football doesn’t bother me! His attitude reminds me of Freddy Eastwood. Big ego huge reputation and so far he’s struggling to deliver.
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Whilst agreeing that it’s not on to abuse the players while they are playing – and I believe most of the abuse was aimed at MM for his stubborness in the way he persistently saya it’s not time to panic and change things. It was nearly 6 defeats on the bounce – change has to be made. Mr Johnson also has to accept that despite his clainm that they tried to keep the ball and play it from sisde to side (forwards would be better mind)Swansea had over 60% of the possession and they were the away side. I will support Mr Johnson and the rest of the team like I have for many years and will not boo them whilst they are on the pitch, but, like I have said elsewhere I have th right to be critical on these boards (assuming the moderators allow me to be critical !!)
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If you were as confident on the pitch as you obviously are in the press we wouldn’t have half the problems we currently have. You are at this moment in time a total waste of money and you need to put that right before you start mouthing off.Your personal inept display on Saturday was the major contributor to our downfall.I don’t condone by any means what went on with the crowd on Saturday but I think you need to keep your mouth shut and do your talking on the pitch for a change. Also a change of attitude is required. I personally would strip you of the captaincy and drop you from the side until you start to perform at the level you were purchased for…..
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well said johnson, but now pull your socks up and inspire the team. As captain you need to be more critical of the players on and off the pitch.
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for once andy keep your mouth shut, u have only been here 5 mins and u think you are the ‘bee’s knees’ well son let me tell u u aint !
the word ‘donkey’ comes to mind , you are so full of it it is laughable no wonder blues got rid of u, taking a swipe at the people who turn up every week is like shooting yourself in the foot mate and the sooner you keep your mouth shut and do the talking on the pitch the better ,only then you may win over the fans
would hate to have you next to me in the trenches as im an ex squaddie in fact if you opened your mouth like you do to the e+s then i wud have shot u myself
rant over
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Here we go again……..
Do your job properly Roger, no one will get on your back then…..!
To concede a goal like the 1st one on saturday was a joke, a straight chipped 15 yard pass beat us. Oh and who was marking the player that scored…..hmmmmmmm I wonder….!
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I agree with Roger Johnson on this one.It is rediculous and not very bright to treat players like that.They can`t help it if they keep getting picked when they are not playing well,they need the fans to gee them up.
The problem is McCarthy,he just is not good enough,hasn`t got a clue on tactics,obviously is unable to instill confidence into payers and insists on playing his favourites and playing them wherever he can fit them in.It really is time for our Chairman to stand up and be counted.Mr.Morgan,GET RID OF THIS IDIOT NOW ,NOT WAIT UNTIL WE ARE IN THE BOTTOM 3 AGAIN.Bring in a manager that can do the job,Martin O`Niell is looking for a club.ACT NOW MR.MORGAN.
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I agree with what our Captain is saying but I can’t help but think he needs a bit of PR advice at the moment.
I’ve been critical of the manager in the past and stand by my opinion that, unfortunately, he’s taken the club as far as he can. That’s not being disrespectful of what he’s achieved. He will go down in the history books, quite rightly, as, first and foremost – a success.
However the time has come for a change because of a number of key decisions he’s got wrong. Giving Johnson the armband for one.
Johnson is certainly not living up to the billing he got when he signed on the dotted line. For me, he’s not a captain. He is a vocal, confident organiser but that doesn’t mean he’s the right person to have the armband.
He’s not playing well, he’s new to the squad and I think, at times, his attitude has done little to inspire the team or endear him to the fans.
This is the second time in a few weeks he’s had a pop at the supporters. For me, both justified to some extent, but surely he needs to either keep it shut or tone down the strength of this comments.
A major, major part of the success of this club in recent years has been the spirit and bond that’s been built up between fans and supporters. Our captain’s comments recently seem to be taking a ‘them against us’ type stance. In the short term and long term that isn’t going to help anything!
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Sorry Roger but you are wrong. The fans weren’t having a go because the team were trying to hold onto the ball – the reality is that Swansea held onto the ball and no Wolves players were even pressuring them to ge it! We need to get the ball before we try to hold onto it! Coming out in the press and slamming the fans is not going to help any harmony within the club and it’s supporters. People were chanting for Jody Craddock because your confidence appears to be shot and the fans want to see changes in personel to make a difference. How would you feel if you were sitting on the bench watching a defence conceed 2 goals a game – surely you would want to get on the pitch to make a difference??
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This guy is only good at upsetting the fans because he in not very good on the pitch and MM made him a captain!!!
WHAT A VERY POOR PLAYER AND A TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY!
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Getting paid £40k a week, driving a Bentley and then playing like a Sunday League player in front of the hard-working fans paying his wages is what’s ‘Not on’ Roger!!
Then to top it off having a go at them when they’re not happy with your schoolboy defending and lack of leadership!
2 points from 7 games – is that form not worthy of some changes?
Bob’s been saying it all along and was slated after the good start to the season, but the same weaknesses have resurfaced;
- Poor defence and lack of pace at the back
- Too many players out of position
- Ball lumped up to 2 small players and not retaining the ball
- Wingers not up to the task
- Crab playing in midfield
- O’Hara believing own press
- Squad too small to make changes
- Vokes not given a chance: he changed the game by winning the ball in the air
- Hammill belongs in Championship
- Ward ripped to pieces by pacey winger (again!!)
And to top it off Jez too busy running the Birmingham Half Marathon to do sack Mick on Sunday morning!! I saw him walking (on my way home after the race) at the 10 mile mark and told him to get rid of Mick.
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Suggest you let your football do the talking, remember he came from a team that finished below us last season , says it all!
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Roger I think you need to concentrate on upping your standards on the pitch instead of trying to be mr controversial. The fact is you have been poor recently and a lot of the goals have come from your errors. When interviewed on tv recently you said your dream was to play for Chelsea. This was a real insult to your own fans and the club and I wouldn’t be surprised if it has not gone down too well with the players. Its not all about you !
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As I posted yesterday on Teamtalk: Hope all the socalled Wolves fans who left in the second half only to reappear looking extremely stupid feel proud of themselves. Many fans had a really poor game yesterday just like MM and most of the players.
Not good at all that the players and the fans give each other the F-finger. COYW.
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I was appalled by the reactions of some of the fans, when MM made the substitutions on Saturday. Its MM’s job to put on who he thinks fit and when he thinks fit, if the crowd don’t like it then tough, he (and not them) is the manager. MM did himself no favours when he allowed the fans comments to get to him and swore at them, he knows darn well that in this game, once you lose the fans your in big trouble. Having said that, to many players make all sorts of upbeat comments through these pages prior to the match, and more often than not these upbeat intentions disappear as soon as the players step onto the pitch. So much so that numerous fans have commented on these forums that the players should put up or shut up, I’m very surprised that MM hasn’t banned them from making these pre match comments! I think MM did a good job getting us into the Premiership, and keeping us here for the last two seasons, but, and it is a big but, this game is entirely results driven, if you don’t get the right results then inevitably you lose your job. I admit that I have become more and more disillusioned with the team, it started mid way through last season! We do not seem to have (or been capable of) making any steady progress, in fact I believe we have actually gone backwards. I think that MM should resign as I would hate to see him sacked after what he has done for us over the last five years. At least by resigning he can leave with his dignity and reputation relatively intact. Failing that, then how about he moves upstairs as Director of Football or some such fancy title that clubs seem to invent these days? If the powers that be insist on keeping MM as manager, then for Gods sake give him a large enough transfer fund, so that we can get some class players (more than one this time!!) in during the January window!!
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To those of you who have taken exception to what Johnson has said can you think of something more original than ‘we pay your wages’? It is completely irrelevant to whats going on at Molineux this season. If you dont want to pay his wages then either stay away or if you have a season ticket then dont renew. Otherwise, listen to what he says, think about the effect it has on the team and try and use your brains to see how we, as supporters can support our team better through a difficult patch. For pitys sake whats the matter with us?
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There were plenty of boos for Johnson, because of his poor play and mouthing off at the fans before the game (this will only make it worse). There was booing at Mad Mick for his inability to have a plan to combat Swansea in the first half (do they do any research into how they play???) and also taking ages to make the subs, I disagreed with taking Hammill off but the subs worked in the end.
All this fans have got a short memory is non-sense, yes Mick has been great in getting us to this stage, but in his third year at this level we haven’t progressed.
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“We were trying … to play the ball from side to side and we were being booed for it.”
You don’t say.
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I would rather have silence than booing/jeering.
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Sorry Roger but the fans have had enough of players under-performing, saying in the media ‘we will do this’ or ‘ we will do that’ but end up doing next to nothing. The fans also do not subscribe to Mick McCarthy’s total disrespect of their views or advice because he is so pigheaded he believes he is the only one who knows anything about football!
YOU as a player do not like to hear the kind of derision currently being handed out and that’s fair enough BUT the team is not performing as it should and 5 successive league defeats has made fans wonder what the hell is going on.
The shouts for McCarthy’s head have not suddenly occurred this season, the fans have been frustrated for some time now with him. If it is not his choice of players, it is his substitutions and if not that then his tactics or his comments such as ‘ … is the first player on the teamsheet’, the list just goes on.
Yes it could be said he got it right on Saturday but he was damn lucky his substitutions came off (but why wasn’t the team that finished, the one to start?). Any other team but Swansea would have shut up shop and successive league defeat no.6 would have resulted – And you wonder why Wolves fans are so hostile?
The way to change the atmosphere is for you players to sort yourselves out and get results. Defeats are part of the game but not 5 successive league defeats, that is totally unacceptable unless that is you all want to find yourselves playing Championship football next season and with a ground half empty!
Still, you wouldn’t have so much hostility then would you for there would be far less people to shout comments at the players and at Mick McCarthy – if he was still at Molineux by then that is!
Finally what Mick McCarthy has achieved at Wolves is history. This is a results game and history wins nothing but results will keep us in the Premier League and hopefully Roger Johnson you understand that?
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morgan will never sack mick needs a change fresh ideas i hope morgan does sack him but cant see it
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RJ lol get over yaself man you aint that good and you`ll never be in Craddocks mould.
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Bring back greg halford!!!!
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Wolves fans are just fed up of putting up with crap excuses and poor performances.Why do we have to accept the fact that wolves are not good enough with the current squad to finish higher than our previous premier league finishes before.We play with no desire and the players seem to accept we are a bottom six side.The manager does not install any fear into his team and thats why we play so negative,he needs to go now so that a premiership manager can make the adequate changes in the january transfer window and put henry ,berra and stearman on the transfer list before its too late.
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The odd apology for underperforming from a player would`nt go amiss. It seems to me there is too much arrogance showing from the poor performing manager and some of his chosen stars. Get a grip mick,get your nose down and win a few.
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Mr Johnson – please leave our club. When you show some performance you might get some credit.
Can we ship him out on loan, he seems to be disruptive vs the fans, and is he affecting the players? the defence is the worst we have seen since Mick took over –
Johnson out -
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oh by the way RJ how about doing your talking on the pitch for a change! your the quietest skipper i`ve never heard.
An example was when Dyer was down with an injury you just stood there like a mushroom with your hands on your hips instead of talking to the players around you.
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Get over yourself. Yes you are the captain so you should be sticking up or the players but not at the expense of having a pop at the fans. Again. 5 previous defeats and 2-0 down at home to Swansea justified the booing in my opinion. Don Goldman saying the fans need to shoulder some of the blame is ridiculous. If they can’t take it then boo hoo. I’m sure your pay packet more than makes up for it. The only player to come away with any credit is Karl Henry, a wolves fan if im not mistaken. He was our best player by a mile, maybe because he feels the same as the fans.
Stop making excuses, although in your defence you are having to play with stearman and Berra who are just useless. Doherty and craddock in their place please.
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With all the abuse he gets… I’ve never seen Karl Henry have a go at the fans… take note Roger
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I do think we go over the top at times yes it’s a game we should of won and we did play badly. But McCarthy insists on playing certain players the defence hasn’t been changed all season and with 5 losses should have been Stears isn’t a right back he gets turned too easily. Hammil looked good shame he went off and without Fletcher we don’t look like scoring. Milijas and Adelene should replace Henry and SEB play a middle three of O’Hara, Milijas and Adelene at least while Fletch is out.
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couple of questions for the boss of the dross,first mick did you get the “something special” against swansea you wanted and secondly do you think anyone in the ground doesnt have a better idea of team sellection than you ? the “Hostile ” approach is aimed at YOU, you are the one instigating this rubbish,if wolves players are feeling low its because of your insane selections,can you imagine how fletcher felt when “Wardy” was being seen as a better striker than him,how adlene and millijas feel when parks player kelvin gets the drop over them week in week out ,only to come on and perform brilliant and still be dropped for the next week.hope you are hounded out soon.
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ok Johno,agreed about being behind the team and not slagging individuals
theres a guy 2 seats from me who’s as vocal down the moll as you are in the press,I could have swung for him the comments he was shouting at you on sat
but he was correct in his rantings,you need to find a bit of form sunshine!
I’m fully behind you,MM,the whole team but people in glass houses….why slag the fans for slagging you?
if I was doing my job badly I’d expect some stick
sort it out lads and concentrate on your game rather than the press
we know its not going to be easy,we’re Wolves!
if we stick together we’ll be grand
UTW
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I booed on Saturday and the resons for doing so are simple.
A defence with no recognised full back.
A winger totally drained of confidence.
A centre forward nowhere near match fit.
His strike partner trying to do the work of two/three people.
The best player for getting under the skin of the opposition (Hunt) on the bench.
Two wingers yet no big man in the middle.
A complete lack of alternatives.
This squad is nowhere near up to the task. You went into the season happy with it Mick. Can you see why we boo?
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So we should play Jody in the league next Saturday against some of the fastest forwards in the country? I don’t thnk so.
Johnson has not done well but slagging him or anybody off during the game doesn’t help. Confidence is not high just now but mutual recriminations just makes it worse all round. The whole defence has got the jitters not just one player
Mick will have to decide who he plays and I guess the Carling Cup ofers a few opportunities to experiment. people can be ‘rested’ not dropped. Zubar used to be a centre back and it would be good to see whether his inclusion in a central role offers us anything. Anybody know how Stephen Myakolo is doing out on loan? Matt Doherty also seems to offer a different option.
I also think we need to revisit (yet again!) ther issue of 4-4-2. I just don’t think we can play it. At the very least we ought to have one forward in a less advanced position. But I am not a football manager and would have failed to get us where Mick has got us in the past 5 years.
Come on you Wolves!
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I would like to see Craddock return and be given the captaincy but with Johnson and not instead of him. Hopefully he could then concentrate on his game instead of shouting his mouth off.
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Passing sideways & backwards towards henesey may look good on stats for possession roger.but we ain’t going anywhere as for swansea passing & moving forward no big kicks from there keeper theirs a difference
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Shut up moaning Johnson.You’re a loser,you got Blues relegated,and if you don’t improve you will relegate us also.I am sick and tired or your whinging-we pay huge money to see you repeatedly underperform.Get out LOSER.You are not fit tp play here.
Go Johnson,shut up and go.
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I think he has a point. Morgan, Moxey and Mick have built a fantastic business based on loyalty, good decision making and long term investment. I see no reason why this should not continue. They haven’t become a bad management team overnight just because the team is going through a bad patch. Of course there are the usual football manager experts who think they know so much more. Frankly, I respect your right to an opinion but I regret that you have been given such an enormous forum on which to put it.
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Pure rubbish football and the fans are to blame ? What pish.
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Roger Johnson is more keen on declaring his support for Chelsea than he is in winning any fans of the club he gets paid by !! Its quite obvious you are not one of us Roger – but at least play for the club like a professional should. You will do yourself no favours by slating the long suffering fans – remember that !!
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Johnson said: “It’s very hostile – we were trying to keep the ball, playing from side to side and we were being booed for it. Some of the shouts I heard were below the belt.
Did anyone see Wes Hoolahan for Norwich at Anfield on Saturday evening? Very rarely did he play a backward or sideways pass. He was always looking to go forward and be positive. I also saw the comments of O’Hara “The fans didn’t like the changes but they had the desired effect, enabling me to push further up and be in the right place to score. That’s not luck. That’s good management”
Surely good management is O’Hara playing further up field in the first place. The trouble is Mick doesn’t think thats his position, and that does concern me.
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I agree with Johnson……..yes he didn’t play very well, but it’s never going to help the confidence of him or his team-mates giving him a load of abuse.
Fans of other teams at my work think our fans were a disgrace at the weekend. And I agree with them. I didn’t enjoy the performance of the team on Saturday, but I enjoyed the performance of our fans even less.
And the Swansea manager is right saying we should have more respect for Mick.
Thank goodness we never listened to Bob Wolf and got the failed manager Ince in.
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This is taken from this article below. If you read it in full. he actually says hes not doing his job at the minute.
‘We were struggling because confidence was low after five defeats on the bounce but the gaffer changed things, we scored twice to end that run and we got a point. They booed when he made the changes but I hope they are looking at what happened and asking themselves honestly who was right in the end.
‘Fans are fickle and in the gaffer’s case they have short memories. He was a hero when we started the side with three wins on the trot and when he kept the club up last season. Yet here they are calling for him to be sacked.
‘They can have a pop at me, no problem, because I’m not up to scratch at the moment and accept that I need to start doing the job I was brought in for. You have to accept a bit of hostility when you are making mistakes, but the sort of things aimed at the boss were not nice to hear when you know how much work he puts into the club.’
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shut your mouth Johnson you carthorse
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R.Johnson,
Can you please do me a favour and watch your performance and the teams against West Brom and Swansea.
Then please somehow forget you were involved in these game’s and then see what you make of the performances of certain players.
R.Johnson if you were on the bench and watching those performances,would you not feel,that a change of personal is needed?
Would you thank your Manager for keeping you off the pitch when the defenders on it were making Basic errors week in week out?
Roger the fans are on your back because you have been very poor since your arrival.
Yes the first two games you looked good but this was more too do with the opponents just not turning up!
Hence why I never got carried away,in this league their are teams with inexperienced Managers and have spent less yet they seem to be able to perform like a “FOOTBALL TEAM”.
We in some matches have looked “DIRE” and lost as individuals and as a team.
Wolves fans are not the only fans in the country who express frustration this is done at all clubs.
Clubs that are winning week in week out still get fans on their backs!!
Seriously Roger do you think the Roger Johnson playing in the last two games looked like a premiership player?
Be honest Roger..
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I’m not sure what booing your own side actually achieves. It’s hardly going to encourage them and improve confidence.
I like many in the crowd was perplexed at the substitutions. Not so much Jarvis, who deserved to be taken off, but Hammell seemed to be the one forward player trying to do something. However, McCarthy was proved right.
I sincerly hope that McCarthy remains manager of Wolves. I really do not want a return to the days when we seemed to be part of a managerial merry-go-round.
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This bloke is a carbon copy of the last centre -half we signed from Brum.
Joe Gallagher.
Over-hyped,disinterested,didnt want to be here.
Probably end up the same way.Lasted for one season.
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Surely the way forward is to concentrate on improving confidence and start playing football again. I don’t know what has happened at the club but the lack of desire, getting back to defend, chase and harrying was non-existent at times on Saturday.
What MM needs to do is start players who have the desire and are proud to put on the shirt. Too many players are not up to it at the moment JARVIS for example should not be playing as he hasno confidence and spirit at the moment. GUEDIOURA & MILIJAS MUST START!
STEARMAN is not a full back so get someone in who knows how to defend. Stick with Hammill as he will come good.
BERRA is lacking in so many things at this level I don’t know why he is playing.
We really need a stronger backbone as at the moment we are leaking in goals all over the place.
Bottom line is the managert has to take the blame as it is he who chooses the players in the first place.
ITS TIME FOR CHANGE. IN WITH THE NEW OUT WITH THE OLD – Please Mr Morgan listen to the fans.
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”we were trying to keep the ball, playing from side to side”
I dont remeber this… Just players passing backwards and sometimes sidewards when the pass is on to play FORWARD!
Jamie O’hara didnt have the best of games but at least at the end he influenced the play by passing forward and making the run to get on the end of it!!
Johnson looks SO rubbish so he needs to stop slating the fans and work on his positional sense…
Hope Jody gets a go on wednesday night and keeps his place
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IF YOU ALL GOT ON WITH IT AND PLAYED GOOD FOOTBALL, FOR WHICH YOU GET PAID GOOD MONEY FOR,THERE WOULD BE NONE OF THIS BICKERING NOW WOULD THERE!!!!!!!
REMEMBER THE FANS PAY A BIG PART OF YOUR WAGES SO COME ON LADS AND LET’S SEE SOME CLASS FOOTIE PLAYED.
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ARE YOU A WOLVES SUPPORTER ????????
SUPPORTERS – LOOK UP THAT DEFINITION IN THE DICTIONARY BECAUSE LAST TIME I CHECKED IN MENT SUPPORT, NOT BOO OR ABUSE YOU TEAM, MANAGER OR ANYTHING FOR THAT MATTER TO DO WITH THE CLUB !!!
OUT OF ORDER IS RIGHT !
DOES IT ACHEIVE ANYTHING ? NO
DOEST IT HELP US STAY IN THE PREM ? NO
DOES IT SHOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE SCORE IS OR WHAT DIVISION WERE IN WERE STILL PROUD TO BE WOLVES ? NO IT BLINKIN DOESNT !!!!
I am NOT a fan of Mick or his crazy tactics, team selections or his poor backroom staff such as colouring book connor !
I am NOT a fan of the high ticket prices, poor in ground entertainment, shoody merchandise, empty promises and building a stand when were struggling to fill othe seats already.
I am not a fan of my team stuggling to compete with the likes of QPR & swansea, while being second to the ball most of the time and seeing SEB looking like he’s been at the balti pies all year…
BUT I AM A SUPPORTER ! AND I WILL SUPPORT, THAT DOESNT MEAN CLAPPING LIKE A MAD MAN BUT THAT DOES MEANT KEEPING MY FEELINGS TO MYSELF TILL AFTER THE MATCH NOT BOO’N AND LETTING MY ONE AND ONLY CLUB DOWN AS MUCH AS THE PLAYERS AND MANAGER AND BOARD ARE DOING TO ME !
AS YOUR SELF NOW, ARE YOU REALLY A WOLVES SUPPORTER ? OR JUST CLAIM TO BE ???
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I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE BOO BOYS AND THE BARRACKING FROM THE SOUTH BANK IS THE MINORITY AND NOT THE MAJORITY, I SUSPECT I SPEAK FOR AN AWFUL LOT OF FANS WHEN I SAY ALTHOUGH WE ARE OBVIUOSLY NOT HAPPY WITH THE PERFORMANCES OF LATE ETC I WOULD NEVER BOO THE WOLVES, I BELIEVE THERE IS A TIME AND A PLACE TO VOICE DISAPPROVAL AND DURING THE MATCH CERTAINLY AINT IT, IT ONLY SERVES TO TRAMPLE ON OUR ALREADY SHATTERED CONFIDENCE AND GIVES THE AWAY FANS A GOOD LAUGH AT OUR EXPENSE!! AS FOR THE MORON A FEW ROWS BEHIND ME IN THE SOUTH BANK WHO TRIED (AND FAILED) TO START A CHORUS OF “BORING , BORING ,BORING” JUST BEFORE THE SECOND SWANSEA GOAL WENT IN, I JUST HOPE THAT YOU FEEL LIKE THE COMPLETE T*AT THAT YOU SO OBVIOUSLY ARE, IM SO GLAD EVERY ONE TURNED ON YOU AND TOLD YOU TO SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP! TAKE NOTE AND DONT BOTHER TURNING UP NEXT HOME MATCH IF THATS ALL YOUVE GOT TO OFFER IN WAY OF ‘SUPPORT’.
UP THE MIGHTY WOLVES…FOREVER!
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Watching the game on ESPN2 in the USA, I did not get the senses that the fans were booing from the kickoff. They certainly ( and rightly) got frustrated after our first half display which was simply atrocious. I am not in favor of booing and slagging off the players as it is wasted energy. However, given our overall lack of results over two and a bit seasons at this level the fans are well within their rights to be turned off by what they are seeing on and off the pitch.
There seems to be no end in sight with yet another season of relegation threatening at our door and no legitimate progress to a higher level. Johnson has been made the Captain but surely he cannot deny his own performances have been way off base.
Our defending individually and as a team was unacceptable. Johnson was at fault on the first goal with his Kung- Foo kick instead of staying on his feet. And against Newcastle he was sold a simple dummy move by Gutierrez. These basic failings are not down to the fans but down to Johnson.
The interview with Doyle and OHara after the game on Saturday was very telling. Their body language and what they did not say suggested a lot is wrong behind the scenes. Doyle was not excited by his goal and Johnsons body language during the game suggested he would rather be somewhere else. If that is the case then Johnson needs to be honest and put in a transfer request.
We face City twice this week and after their pummeling of United yesterday this could be a very rough week for our team. At the very minimum the players have to at least show some fighting spirit as we cannot match City in terms of skill or creativity.
Whatever we think of the management we need to support the players on the pitch. I firmly believe there will be a point when management must ring the changes. there is too much at stake to doggedly stick with a management style that is not producing results.
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ARE YOU A WOLVES SUPPORTER ? READ THIS….
SUPPORTERS – LOOK UP THAT DEFINITION IN THE DICTIONARY BECAUSE LAST TIME I CHECKED IN MENT SUPPORT, NOT BOO OR ABUSE YOU TEAM, MANAGER OR ANYTHING FOR THAT MATTER TO DO WITH THE CLUB !!!
OUT OF ORDER IS RIGHT !
DOES IT ACHEIVE ANYTHING ? NO
DOEST IT HELP US STAY IN THE PREM ? NO
DOES IT SHOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT THE SCORE IS OR WHAT DIVISION WERE IN WERE STILL PROUD TO BE WOLVES ? NO IT BLINKIN DOESNT !!!!
I am NOT a fan of Mick or his crazy tactics, team selections or his poor backroom staff such as colouring book connor !
I am NOT a fan of the high ticket prices, poor in ground entertainment, shoody merchandise, empty promises and building a stand when were struggling to fill othe seats already.
I am not a fan of my team stuggling to compete with the likes of QPR & swansea, while being second to the ball most of the time and seeing SEB looking like he’s been at the balti pies all year…
BUT I AM A SUPPORTER ! AND I WILL SUPPORT, THAT DOESNT MEAN CLAPPING LIKE A MAD MAN BUT THAT DOES MEANT KEEPING MY FEELINGS TO MYSELF TILL AFTER THE MATCH NOT BOO’N AND LETTING MY ONE AND ONLY CLUB DOWN AS MUCH AS THE PLAYERS AND MANAGER AND BOARD ARE DOING TO ME !
AS YOUR SELF NOW, ARE YOU REALLY A WOLVES SUPPORTER ? OR JUST CLAIM TO BE ???
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It’s a bizarre world.
1 – does anyone seriously believe that shouting abuse at players makes them play better?
2 – does anyone slagging Johnson off remember that a few weeks ago they were blaming Henry and Ward. Some of you would be buying a new team every month.
3 – why does the club pick for comment a guy who made the crucial (and quite bizarre) mistake which turned the game against us.
I think Mr Johnson should keep his mouth shut this week,and those of you who slag off the team during the game should do likewise.
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2010
WDDLLLLDL 19th place Joint bottom 6 pts.
2011
WWDLLLLLD 15th place 8 pts.
This time last year we also played Man City next and Won. Why can’t we do it again.
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Roger Johnson it is well known if you cant handle the heat in the kitchen then get out,it does not mean you stay out,what it does mean is you stay out until you are ready for another go.
Too many wolves players have been under the cloud,too many wolves players dont get a look in.
This is the main reason for the frustration,players need to be changed after such inept performances and if this was done you will find the fans would show more tollerance with the knowledge the manager is trying to do something about the situation being created in front of us.
If we continue like this we will be relegated Roger ,take one guess Roger what you will do??
Yet we the fans will still be their supporting the team in the championship.
Roger you have shown that you are well used to relegation and jumping ship.
I honestly would not have bought you ,because you nature is of one who blames everyone but himself and then jumps ship!
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I want Mick out no matter what now, all I hear is players having a go at the fans, the manager having a go at the fans.. We have become the scapegoats for their poor performances.. They are not man enough to own up to their failings.. We need a fresh start with people who are willing to work with the fans, or at least not abuse us for having an opinion. In the mean time bring back Jody Craddock, he always gets us out of a mess.. I do see Mick losing his job with the Manchester City games coming up.. It always seems to go that way after playing teams with some connection.. I can see us losing both and this will only instil more anxiety amongst fans.. Which will mean the fans will have to be listened to as this is only going one way now..
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Ahh Roger me thinks you wont be around much longer with this atitude.
I can see a rapid fall down the leagues for you old pal because there cant be many interested clubs the way your playing #couldntlacecraddocksboots
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well said no 4 THE CLUB SHOULD CLARIFY IF IT ONLY WANTS McCARTHY SUPPORTERS TO ATTEND HOME GAMES.
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Blues Can we have half our money back please
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of course thats it, its the fans fault you couldnt clear a simple chip into the box even though you had 2 attempts,its the fans fault you missed from 6 yards at the albion,its the fans fault you cant seem to direct a single header towards your own team,too much talk in the papers and not enough action on the pitch.the crowd and the team will never galvanize with MM and johnson constantly in the papers making comments like this,never heard henry or craddock be negative about the fans.i cant see any way back now for MM or johnson,i can only see the divide between the fans and them growing wider.its a shame but the only way forward now is a complete change of management sooner rather than later
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Take the armband off him and stick it round his trap
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Johnson, our recent great defenders have done their talking on the pitch. I suggest you look up: John de Wolf, Ludovic Pollet.
To get a good idea of how you are playing at the moment, look up: Paul Stancliffe.
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The whole club had a terrible day on Saturday.
Players, Manager and Fans.
We can’t change the Players or the fans. We can change the manager but what will we gain by that. Nothing I would say, MM is the best we have had for many a long year.
We need to get all of us working together as one club, if we allow this to continue we are doomed. Look at Blackburn.
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I can understand the fan’s frustrations but I must say some of the chants were disgraceful. Look at the team which Mick inherited and look where we are now before slagging him off, he’s doing his utmost as are the players, hopefully this result will be the kick up the backside and that littl bit of luck we needed to turn our season. We seemed to missing that final ball again but I the players can’t win, we boo them when they keep posession so they lump it forward and lose it then we boo again! I will say though that I think it’s because we were playing a team who come up through the Playoff’s why it had such a reaction, there a good footballing side (which a lot of our fans wouldn’t appreciate) but they did make us look poor, fair enough if it was a Man Utd but we should be beating teams like Swansea, definitley need to cut out the defensive errors which seem to be costing us big time. And we are renowned for pressing the ball which we didn’s seem to do on Saturday.
But I’m keeping faith in Mick and Johnson to turn things around. Keep supporting the lads!
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Starting to wonder if Mr “big stuff” Johnston is up to the job of captain, he certainly did nothing on Saturday. Remember this…it doesn’t pay to get on the wrong side of Wolves fans. I think …just as blue’s told us he is the weaker link without S Dann.
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Has much as Karl as been poor one thing he as is true love for the club and fans,every tackle every move of his is done with every ounce of his blood,yes he is poor going forward and passes more to the fans then the players.
I would certainly have him as the CAPTAIN as he is a true “WARRIOR”.
He was very dignified in his behaviour after the rollickings he suffered at the hands of the fans,even though majority of it was not “DIRECTED” at him it was for “NUMPTY”.
He as gone out again and performed better in terms of breaking up play,in my opinion he should be one of our central defenders as the lad can tackle,above all he as shown more restraint in the way he tackles showing he as learnt from the last two seasons.
Karl got alot of stick from oppossing players and fans for being a “THUG” wich he never was,but he still recognised were he needed to improve and he as done by being in control of his tackling.
Karl also owes us fans nothing he was not bought for 5 million,or became the highest paid player and given the captains armband,instaed the armband was taken away from him!
Yet he as never complained.
Take a leaf out of Karl Roger you may just be ok.
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My short memory reminds me that Jody Craddock never abused fans like this and that he is a far better player than Johnson.. So bring back a captain that has served us well.. The first 3 matches of the season do not count now.. Villa, Fulham and Blackburn was all feeling their way into the new season, and we had a full compliment of strikers to work with.. If Mick had listened to the fans or even listened to common sense, he would of got another defender in and a striker.. Johnson and Stearman out.. bring in Craddock and Zubar please..
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and who made it a hostile” place?? You did Johnson with your Sunday league defending.
Get his armband off now and see if we can get a refund.
No wonder all the top clubs wanted nothing to do with him and Blues come running back to us with a cut price deal..
What Mugs Mick has made of us all…
Taxi for Mick pls now and let’s give another Manger enough time to do the Job!!
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Roger Johnson is not good enough for the prem and he`s beginning to realise this so he`s trying to deflect his own massive inadequacies by speaking out against the fans.
If he`s no good then thats not his fault, its just the way it is. The fault lies with McCarthy, he pursued him and spent big money on him without doing his homework. Fact is Johnson was poor last season without Dann, so if we buy any Birmingham centre halfs we buy Dann.
Woy down the road meanwhile notices that Northern Irelands skipper and Ipswichs supporters player of the years contract is expiring in June. So he tells him if he wants to test himself at the highest level theres a place he`ll be welcome. So McCauley exercises his right under the bosman ruling and Hodgson nips in and gets a no nonesense centre half to put next to Olson, all for nil pounds.
Question is did MM or anyone in our scouting dept. know about this guy, and did they know his contract was up in June?
McCauley is just an example by the way, there are a lot of players slipping through the net because I don`t think anyone at the Molineux does the proper groundwork.
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The truoble is with the Wolves fans getting all this bad press about the booing and such won’t this make players not want to sign for us, I bet Johnson wished he never had, they are on his back already ,I know he hasn’t been up to scratch yet but give him a chance,.that will never happen at Wolves, some fans do my head in..
George’s Vest I agree about Karl Henry (thought he as man of the match on sat) and what stick he and Ward have had to come and do it shows great character!
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I dont agree that fans should chant at the manager or the players but fans get frustated and pay a lot of money week in week out and which was such a very good start its gone down hill We have signed one player this season were is the ambition from the board showing that there want wolves to remain in the premier league .
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70..
A supporter wants the best for the team also and pays good money to watch them…
Sometimes you have to be Cruel to be kind and long term it will be better for the club if he goes now!!
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Well Start playing like you want to be part of our club then Roger. Then you will see all the fans getting behind you and singing songs about you. That’s just football Roger, you don’t get clapped and cheered for playing crap. And that goes for all the players. UTW
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RJ is right, but the problems here are far, far bigger than him. We have players drained of confidence by a management team who have no idea at this level. We were lucky on Saturday, nothing more – Swansea switched off and we never gave up. The subs were irrelevant in my view. But, yet again, I keep saying there is a lack of method and direction in the team – we have eleven headless chickens on that pitch most of the time and that is pure and simply down to two men, MM and TC.
And RJ should remember what the Blouse supporters said about him last season – seemed disinterested and was caught sleeping on more than a few occasions…..there’s a pattern here somewhere. I think JC should get a run back at centre half.
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The lunatics have taken over the asylum.
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sorry pressed wrong key should have been trouble…..
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ALSO….
Why is Hunt not playing? injured? I thought he would have played well against the Swans, it would have suited his style. Is he out of favour? I know he wasn’t playing good a few games ago but had a break now he may be ready to come back?
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MICK MCCARTHY PLEASE NOTE:
No matter how tough you think you are, Challenging “certain” wolves fans to a fight is a very VERY stupid thing to do, some of the idiots i know would be only to happy BELIEVE ME! not only does this show what a childish, petty, pig headed man you really are, but it also cements the fact that your losing the plot! fans are always going to do and say what the hell they like, YOUR THE PROFFESIONAL, YOUR PAID ££££’s NOT TO!, call us what you like but you are the one at mo looking like the NUMPTY!
Im actually 50/50 on you, as what you have done for our club is an amazing achievment, but all this hard work and rep you have built yourself is getting ruined BIG TIME! i think a new assistant would help you & maybe this should be our first port of call before we do something drastic, but there is not a chance you would have someone come in who had tactical knowledge and knowhow and have them try & tell you whats best! so your pig headed stubborness ultimately will cost you your job!
Shame really as i think we have a decent squad you just cant utilise it!
But remember folks, we could be in worse hands!
Oneil (dated, only buys british & crys off first sign of trouble)
Hughes (seriously???)
Martinez from wigan is your man if a change is to be made!!!
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77 – you may be right, but remember that when McCarthy, Hoddle and Taylor started they all had a large section of the crowd against them at the start. (I was pretty unconvinced about Hoddle myself!) A sizeable minority have been calling for Mick to go for 4 years!
Simply changing the manager will not guarantee unity on the ‘terraces’.
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Let’s face it… compared to other supporters around the country, the Old Gold army have always been a pretty fickle lot.
I’ve long been mystified at the eagerness of the boo boys to berate individual players or the team in general and find myself embarrassed when it happens.
Sure, ‘you pay your money and have your say’ – I get that, but booing your own team 20 minutes into a game doesn’t provide the ideal playing experience and we’re surprised when they falter.
I’m surprised at Johnson’s readiness to speak out on the matter – surely he hasn’t earned the right to be the voice of the club – not yet anyway? My opinion is that Mr Johnson’s confidence outweighs his ability at the moment and he’s become a little wrapped up in the inflated price tag he commanded.
This season is likely to be a long, long trek with some undoubted low points but five years ago we were booing them in the Championship, so let’s be thankful and get behind them with a little faith.
Let’s hope that RJ does his talking on the pitch in future…
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Roger all you have to do is look to your left and you will see another player who has been abused more than you. He says very little and buckeled down to try and improve his performance. He has done that. So please take note
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Absolutely unbelievable what this guy is saying!He has been here for two minutes! We, the fans have, put up with flannel from this club and some players for years! I know not everyone cannot be satisfied, but we have come to the end of our tether! This fan frustration is the result of the bull eminating from Moxey, MM, and lack of investment from an owner who is more like Bob the Builder! He is more interested in building houses on Compton than the inept team. We do feel aggreived, The amount of money it costs to watch such underperforming overpaid fops is unreal! The owner says nowt, Moxey says nowt! Wolves have a brilliant fan base! when we were in the fizzy pop we had gates bigger than more then half the premiership. If the new ground goes ahead anddecent players are invested in then Morgan will fill that new ground week in, week out. The fans attitude has not suddenly sprung up, it the culmination of months, years of false hope and total lack of investment in the team! In this league you have to spend money to achieve, okay some teams do not spend a lot but like Blackpool etc they go back down.
The fans here are, IMO, the golden nugget to the funding of most of the Mol coffers. Give us a team and management to rave on about Mr Morgan. We know it will not happen overnight but if you do reconstruct and invest we will be right behind you. If we want to grow into a huge club then lets get going in the right direction. Players should keep quiet at the moment as they will only be shot down in flames.
The situation will only get worse as MM continues to be in charge if we do not raise the game. I have been a fan all my life and grew up in Wolvo. Only want to see us do well and aim for europe. You do have the fan base, it is achievable!
UTW.
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Remember when we lost to Southampton 6 – 0.
This was the press response – “Have you heard the one about the team which lost 6-0 and were applauded from the pitch?
Twenty-four hours later, and it would have been passed off as an April Fool.
Believe it, it’s true. And those Wolves fans so often derided for so-called fickleness and eagerness to criticise should today be taking a bow”.
No booing, no jeering, a good display outdone by a better team on the day.
Let’s do it again and see what happens.
If we join the “happy clappers” and are still in jeopardy come early bird renewal, then let Moxey know what we feel in no uncertain terms.
We cannot then be blamed for the clubs’ dire league position should that be the case. At the moment all the ‘Booers’ are doing is giving the club an excuse for the poor performances.
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I have real sympathy fro Roger Johnson who remains a quality player struggling for his best form. It is the job of every wolves fan to help him find that form.
He is also the Captain and it is his job to represent the views of the dressing room however good or bad they may be.
The Craddock chants could just have easily have been meant for Berra who surprisingly is escaping criticism but must take his share of the blame for increasingly woeful displays at the back. Craddock however is likely to be exposed for pace especially against the likes of silva and aguero and whilst I would not rule out change, maybe seeing Zubar come in either at centre back or right back with Stearman moving to the centre, our options are limited and we need to recognise that a change of personnel is just not possible mid transfer window so we have what we have and need to suport them in their efforts to improve.
It is the fans job to recognise that the manager is doing the best he can (and he has achievements to be proud of that we have all enjoyed)and get behind him and help play those players who are struggling back into form.
No manager/player will succeed against open hostility and ultimately it will be the same fans who lose out as it will be them that have not done all they could to avoid the worst.
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Hi all.
Just thought I would put my opinion in.
Let’s get started, I am not a happy clapper and have stated that I think Mick and Connor are not the answer going forward.
But I am a supporter and it finally dawned on me over the weekend, that we really need to lose the negativity around molineux. We are being our own worse enemies at the moment.
Any team coming to the mol, just have to go for it and get a lucky break and we are all huffing and puffing to the world.
If we don’t get behind the team regardless of what we are seeing(and I know that this can be hard going currently), then come the end of the season the club will blame us.
Let’s not give them the opportunity and support through thick and thin and get behind the team, regardless of what our thoughts are of mick, clipboard, moxey or Morgan.
we are wolves.
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Typical response from some, we pay our money we can say what we like, we pay their wages, blah blah blah. For the record you do not pay their wages and using that as a justification is a joke, in any other walk of life this behaviour would result in arrest.
Problem is Roger Johnson is speaking on behalf of the players who need our support at the moment and are simply not getting it due to idiotic expectations because we are in our third season in the Premier League.
He knows he is not playing well enough at the moment, yet some were lauding him as the second coming after the first three games, thus proving how fickle our support are.
I call all those not happy to resign their season tickets and Moxey to give them a refund as the negative impact they are having on the club far outweighs the relative small investment, comparative to total revenue, they make to it.
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Big Rog, I agree Molineux has become a hostile place but how dare you stick 100% of the blame on us!
We are just fed up of being served up such tripe every week when it is meant to be entertainment! players lose form! teams cant play well every game! we cant play great football every week! we get that! the problem is the fans can see the most obvious of fixes for alot of our bad play but MM just keeps on doing the same old same old! its so dam frustrating!
You say we have short memories!
My memory is fine, and id like to think im a “fair” fan
I think there was no better man than MM to get us to prem! and probably one of the best to have in a relegation dog fight! but now after being fed the “getting established” line from the boys upstairs we have to progress! under MM & TC we will not!
My memory tells me that we have had 2 relegation scraps out of 2 and heading for a 3rd or worse! the type of football being played has not improved and his tactics and player choices have arguably got worse! yet its us that are the numptys!
This is what makes our blood boil!!!
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always the fans fault or the ref, come on you are paid more in a week than most of us earn in a year take it on the chin and play to score goals and win matches.
Headless chickens never win matches.
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Well done Johnson, upset the fans even more!
Your the worst player i have seen this season
not worth the money we paid, unreal how over rated you are
Bring back Jody Craddock!!!
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Positivity breeds confidence its not rocket science. I was ashamed of the events at Molineux on saturday. We will always be in the lower reaches of the Premiership because we are trying to establish ourselves slowly and surely moving away from being a yo-yo club. The substitions completely threw Swansea and we very nearly got something from nothing. Its a building block to move forward and rebuild the confidence that has been knocked out of them by their own fans. It sickens me that you think booing the players and manager is going to help the side…. what do you want another 20 odd years in the Championship or a club that slowly improves year on year in the greatest league in the world? We dont deserve a 4th season in the premiership. Boo and criticise at half time or full time…. but for pity sake give them some support….cause this time next year we will have nothing but a half empty stadium, our best players gone and a bunch of journeymen who dont care about the club or the shirt they wear on thier back. Think back to the twoddle era you bunch of fickle moronic prats! My apologies to the fans that do SUPPORT the club, but this needed to be said! No54 bang on!
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The clubs PR department allowing players to get dragged into defending the indefendable (Mc Carthy) says everything about the way this club is now run.
This can all only end with one outcome if the club is to move forward. Morgans lack of action in getting someone in (ideally Lee Clarke, unbeaten in 39 league games at Huddersfield) is a total disgrace.
Sir Jack had the bottle to deal with unperforming managers who swore at the fans, high time Morgan followed suit.
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The “fans” should be ashamed of themselves. Why do you “fans” think we have an automatic right to become a mid table side? Teams like Wigan, Blackburn, Sunderland, Stoke have all been in the Premiership for longer than us, so why do we feel like we should be suddenly better than them?
The only teams to have been in the prem for less time than us are Swansea, QPR and Norwich. So to finish anything above 18th means that we are punching above our weight. Either by: a) spending more money than those around us (QPR). or b) managing ourselves better than those around us.
This isn’t easy – or do you expect other clubs to step aside because we won the league 3 times over a 10 year period. 60 years ago.
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Whether we like it or not, jeering fans will not inspire Wolves to play good football, and may even impair their confidence even more. Ok, the results lately have been disappointing but it is not going to help the team avoid relegation if they face nothing but hostility from their own fans. I know it is difficult to suffer in silence, and the price of a ticket seems that it is not worthwhile, but as a Wolves fan since 1949, I still have belief and faith that a great team will emerge. Hope for the best, and plan for the worst.
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Well said 79…
Who does he think he is and no wonder the top clubs didn’t want him..
We can all see why now..
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78 kiwi wolf , i agree mate, but too vent your feeling while the match is going on just makes us look like crap fans & give the away fans something to laff and smile at !
best way to show our feeling is either to stop going till things change so do a silent protest while the game is on !
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Its so very hard to get behind a team who are playing so badly(i dont agree with mass booing during the match) perhaps the players would feel better if we didn’t turn up at all!! after all they think its TV that pays their wages not the fans!
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TIME TO STOP ALL THIS FIGHTING BETWEEN FANS & PALYERS/MANAGER IS THINK…
NOT DOING OUT CLUBS REP ANY FAVOURS !
But Players & Manager either need to start perfoming and keep quiet or appologise for what seems to be sunday league football and poor excuses for it !
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Now I am unable to attend games, it is difficult to comment without having been present to absorb the atmosphere and take note of what was actually going on. However, our team should not be playing home games surrounded by a hostile atmosphere. I hope it wasn’t as bad as that. If it was, what chance do we have? I could not bring myself to boo the old gold, or the man who salvaged us from the Hoddle debacle. I’m not happy and something has to be done – but the fans souring Molineux won’t help
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What these booing oafs should remember is that it’s their performance in the stands that contributes to the players’ performance on the pitch. Start getting behind the team and the manager or shrink back into your own negative little worlds. We are all frustrated at the moment so there is even more need for players, management and fans to stick together.
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We are truly the most self destuctive club in the country. Only Saints fans come close to the ammount of abuse we dish out to our own. Why would anybody ever want to play for us? Our teams confidence was at rock bottom on the back of 5 straight defeats and was desperate for a break. We all knew it and look how we supported them.
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Personally I think Mick has taken this team as far as he can. He has done a very good job so far but the style of football doesn’t seem to have progressed since the championship days. Roger Johnson is entitled to his opinion but he needs to accept that making negative comments about his own fans will lead to some of them giving him an uncomfortable time next time he’s on the pitch. Looking at the Man City game at the weekend it is obviously a daunting prospect.Perhaps we should line up along the goal line and not move for 90 minutes. we might come away with a 0 0 draw!!
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Roger, go and read the autobiography of arsenals former great captain Tony Adams and watch some footage of him as well now there was a leader.
The only reason wolves fans are booing is that they can see another relegation dog fight this season. We have only beat blackburn and fulham and they are below us and we have not played the big teams yet!! The home form kept us up last year because we showed passion and desire to grind it out. We have not showed that so far, Qpr and Swansea played us off the park and showed us how to play. Yes it was a point and a good comeback in the last 10 mins but if we play like that at home we will be down by april.
Tell me roger, will you still play for us next year on half your current wage? No doubt you have a little clause in your contract about leaving if we get relegated.
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Err 72 – are you real???
I can’t stand the bickering between manager/players and fans. RJ has been as bad as any centre half MM has signed – worse than Berra on current form. Craddock and Zubar at the back when they’re both fit. MM is a likeable bloke and has taken us way beyond what was expected when he took over 5 years ago. Sadly I think he is tactically naive and cannot take us to the next level – but who else is there? (If I hear one more dimwit say Martin O’Neil I will scream – he’s not coming here!)
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I do have some sympathy with Roger on this occasion.There is a definately a culture of negtativity in certain areas of the ground. I myself have had to move away from from Stan Cullis NL3 in order to support my team in the manner without being branded a happy clapper. I cannot understand how these individuals think that booing and bad mouthing their team can in anyway help their confidence. The recent run of poor performances is very frustrating for all supporters alike ,but lets support them through this difficult patch but ourselves the best possible chance!!
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the fans were behind the team at the start of the game but the inept performance caused the divisions. booing of the team and manager will never achieve anything but at alot of clubs the crowd would have gone mental when the second goal went in against us, after five defeats. Mick has had to say he was happy with the squad as he was obviously told there was no more money available. that said his team selections, tactics and inability to sort out a dreadful defence are baffling. we were incredibly lucky on saturday as Swansea outplayed us for most of the game. Morgan wont sack Mcarthy and we are stuck with the players so we can only try to support the team and not effect their already fragile confidence. it would be like the Wolves to beat City in the league against all the odds.
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Roger – I am that wound up i have has to post to make a few simple points very clear.
I was booing and this is why: –
1) Stearman, Berra, Henry, Johnson are not of Premiership qulaity whilst they dont have the legs. (thankfully that is only 40% of our team!!!)
2) Our defensive capabilities are awful, we cannot carry out basicis such as marking and tracking runners.
3) We have no idea going forward, in terms of creating space and movement.
4) Tactics are non existent.
5) Good wingers but no big man, some of the crosses were ok but no one to attack them.
6) Are passing is dreadful.
The list could go but what is the point. We need to thank Mick for all his help but if this club wants to establish itself as a mid-table team, Steve Morgan needs to realise Mick’s capabilities. There are managers at other clubs struggling who deserve more faith, Martinez at Wigan & Coyle at Bolton because long term they will do well.
With Mark Hughes and Martin O’Neil out of work, now would be a good time to act.
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What we don’t know is the extent to which MM’s hands are tied by the restraints, re. funds for new players/wages, put on him by Morgan/Moxey. He is not the type of man to reveal such things. Morgan’s stance re. Premier League players’ wages indicates that we are always going to be amongst the minnows when it comes to this and, as such, will only attract a certain kind of player. Unless we get lucky with our buys, we are in for much of the same – at least for the foreseeable future. Perhaps that is why we have had players that when put to the test, couldn’t quite come up to the mark and had to be moved on.
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i do not boo, or cheer if people get substituted i am however concerned that these professional footballers are that put off by comments and boos. Are they that mentally frail that this puts them off there game. If this is the case they wont have to worry much longer as the quality of football we are witnessing will have fans leaving in there droves.They need to look at themselves and stop using fans as a scapegoat. Steven Ward is the perfect example of how to silence the boo boys through hard work and guts.
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It is clear to all that the team are obviously performing well under par at the moment.
As fans however we have to support the team. What amazes me is the fact that so many supposed ‘supporters’ fail to see that it is often fear of criticism or failure that leads to a lack of creativity and mistakes within the team.
Is it any coincidence that managed to beat so many top half teams last season, yet often failed to do so well against those around us? Has anyone noticed that this seems directly related to the ‘expectation’ that many fans have about the outcome of a game.
When we play big clubs we often support the team regardless, with nothing to loose as we are expecting the worst, often giving the players room to play creative attacking minded football. This kind of support clearly seems absent against teams we feel we ‘should’ beat.
Why exactly? We are in the top league in the world, anyone who knows should be aware that they have some decent players and newly promoted sides usually start the season in the ascendency.
The supporters who booed when the wholly ineffective wingers were taken off the pitch on Saturday, no doubt thinking Karl Henry should be removed, despite being our most consistent and tenacious player on the pitch.
Those wanting to oust Mick, who clearly have the memory of a senile goldfish, and who would you have replace him? Mark Hughes is jobless for a reason.
As much as we use the ‘players pay packet’ argument or the ‘bought a season ticket so I can moan’ card, its rubbish. The painful lows are what you take along with the ecstatic highs such as beating United, Chelsea and City last season, and I believe the players take professional pride in their game, regardless of money.
I believe it is the fans who have thrown in the towel way before any of the players on the pitch. The players performance is under par and they know it, and will hopefully rectify it. The fans however need to perform in a way that gives the club and players a lift when they most need it. But then there is no pressure on you, is there?
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Wolves Fans – What a Joke
You are meant to support not make it difficult for them
Look back in History -Wolves have been better with the crowd behind them, if you must boo – do it at the end
I have booed at the end of some games, Roger Johnson is a waste of time at the moment
I do believe Mick’s time is up, but he deserves our respect for what he has done for our club
Up the Wolves
Fishy Wolf
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Wolfie – Think you will find the fans were partly to blame for the second goal. After all, we were calling for the players to close down the ball, and then when the players did that, gaps opened up. Its sad to say this, but The fans wernt behind the team on saturday.
Mike Pearson – I think after about 10 minutes the fans were starting to get on players backs. Its not a case of conspiracies, but the simple fact that the confidence is obviously low at the moment. The players are struggling. People want us to play amazing attacking football, but that only comes with confidence. The best move of the entire game came straight after the first goal, and you could clearly see our players were playing how we know they can, with composure and class. In our first 2 matches we played like this for large periods of the game with the same players and management.
The simple fact, which nobody can deny is when a team goes a few matches without winning, the confidence is going to be drained. Is our losing streak our own doing? Of course its not, we deserved a point against Liverpool, and were denied by a dodgy ref, and we deserved a win against Newcastle and was denied by another dodgy ref. That would have been W,W,D,L,L,D,W,L,D. That would have been 12 points from 9 games, which potentially could have seen us sitting in 8th place. More to the point, whos to say that had we got those deserved points, our confidence would have been much higher, and we may well have got something against WBA, and a win against Swansea. I think we definately would have played better.
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Supporters? We had superb support as we rose from the depths in the 80′s, you would have been a brave man if you had openly criticised our team back then. We didn’t, we stuck together and got behind our team and the team responded. It all went sour when we hit the 1st division, expectations grew with the attendances and the boo boys appeared, safe in their new seats. What happened? Well, we all know. Now we are here again, and I have a terrible feeling that history could repeat itself.
If you want to moan, do it on your blogs, twitter or whatever, anywhere but openly in front of the media, visiting fans and teams. How demoralising is that? Support our team or stay away.
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My recent post said he resembled Kenny Everett.
He is now turning into the comedian with these comments.
Give the comments a rest roger, and geton with your job
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i tell u what,, roger is spot on,, at home the fans should be the 12th man and support the team win lose or draw, getting on their backs is no good for anybody. last season i remember the fans being supportive and the team had belief because of it when they were 3-0 down against blackburn. all you people saying roger is a poor player etc etc, you talk utter shite!!! hes proven he can do it at blues and every player has a down of form. i take it your all the boo boys saying this!!! if you want top qualiy football why dont u go and glory hunt at manchester united instead of bringing this club down!! with all you Arse****s making molineux this way, how do you expect to bring in quality players or even still keep players. by u bringing the place down there only going to think sod doing anything for the fans!!! grow up!!
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I still can’t believe some of the idiots on here, Mad Mick serves up absolute garbage and you still come on hear to defend him
Good job Mick’s got numpties like you following him or he’d be out of a job by now
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True Wolves 1 – Henry played well at the weekend, no need have a moan for the sake of having a moan.
When the “supporters” were singing “you don’t know what you’re doing”, McCarthy was making a tactical change that ultimatley changed the game and earned us a point, therefore, tactics are there, the fact you don’t see them suggests you didn’t understand them.
Why on earth do Martinez, and in particular, Owen Coyle deserve more time that McCarthy ? What a ridiculous thing to say. What has Coyle ever done to suggest that he do well in the long term ? Wigan have steadily got closer to relegation with every season Martinez has been in charge.
Support the manager & players, let them do their job to the best of their abilities in a non-hostile atmosphere….. it will help and they won’t let us down.
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The biggest threat to Wolves at the moment are the fans that would rather boo their team than back it, booing doesnt help, we need to to back the team 100% booing players and the manager is disgracefull behaviour, johnson is spot on Molineux as become a hostile place but to Wolves instead the away of team, there’s nothing better as an away team than to hear the home team being booed by their own fans, support the team or go else where.
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Yes, Johnson’s underperformed. And yes, we should put pressure on MM to have high expectations (even to the point to more than that which we are capable.)
But if any fan without even Sunday league experience truly believes that they can pick a ‘better’ team or ‘better’ tactics than someone who have worked professionally for decades, you need to look at yourself.
Yes, debate and muse. Have a perspective based on 10,000s hours watching football. Put the pressure of expectation onto MM (badly needed.) But these fans shouldn’t pretend that they have any authority on tactics or players beyond bellicose bantering in the pub or on the internet.
What MM has done is immense. ‘Better’ managers have failed. I remember watching Wolves vs Rochdale in the late 90s in a league cup match when we didn’t even finish in the play-offs (perhaps!) We had 15 shots on goal and didn’t score in the first half. We were booed off, and went on to win the game. That’s how I remember Molineux in the 1990s.
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i tell u what roger next time we watch you we wont think of all the 48 hours we have worked in a foundary in a week, of all the crap conditions we have to work in, of the basic wages that we pick up and the basic cars we drive
who the hell do you think you are ? you are know where near good enough for the blue square league mate let alone the prem !
it strikes me as you have created this problem by opening your mouth far to often to the media and you cant back it up on the pitch !
you have stated that your ambition is to one day play for chelsea ! what a great leader you are (not) you wouldnt even get in the chelsea boot room pal let alone the team
and you as a captain ??, captains supposed to barrate the players when playing badly, to fire them up, to get them going to bring togetherness and unity, what the hell do you offer this wolves team ? none of the said mentioned so christ knows why u were made captain
mick hasnt got the you know whats to drop u, ohara or doyle all 3 of u are useless at the moment so get a grip of yourself and start earning your corn, we arent all on £40k a week and drive bentleys, after your performances of late you shud be on £40 a week and made to walk to compton and the mol !
by the way mick mcarthy premiere league managerial record with sunderland and wolves :
played 123 games
won 25
a disgracefull record dont you think
mcarthy and johnson out !! (useless)
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What a mess! Never mind the result as such, look at the real rift that has grown between various supporter factions, the players and the manager. As has been written elsewhere, maybe it is time for Morgan to stop being Mr Invisible and come out publicly and explain clearly how this complete shambles is going to be sorted out.
The Man City games are going to be awful even if they play a second string team. There’s nobody in the Wolves defence who will stand up to the skill and speed they possess. So let’s use the games to try out new tactics or selections and use the inevitable failures as a springboard to a positive future.
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When average players ( I’m being kind here Roger) drive away from Molineux in a Bentley. Why would anyone be surprised at the fans reaction when they have stumped up a disproportionate amount of their income to watch playesr like him, O’Hara , Henry , Jarvis , Stearman, Berra etc be absolutely clueless. We are nailed on for relegation, awfuls tuff, poor players, rank bad management, and a silent Chairman. MCCARTHY AND JOHNSON OUT!!!
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The second goal yesterday had a lot to do with the fans being so negative in the build up. The wolves midfield and defence were holding them at bay and being booed for not pushing forward. The players foolishly let it get to them and pushed forward leaving a whopping great hole at the back.
I am not happy with the way things are going, but to behave like that is terrible.
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How very astute of you Mr. Johnson!
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Not The best way of dealing with a situation Rodger however, I have a little sympathy for him He has been poor in recent games but here maybe a reason why.
Last season.
Carr Johnson Dann Ridgewell
This season
Stearman Johnson Berra Ward.
Which back 4 would you prefer??.
Yes Blues went down but lack of goals seen them off not defensive weakness.
we can all see it I suspect Johnson can but why not the person that picks the team.
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I’m proud of how the majority of responses seem to be saying:
1) It is right MM is under pressure. He needs to be aware that this club has high expectations, no matter how unrealistic, thanks to its history in the 1950s.
2) That Johnson has underperformed.
3) That MM has done an immense job for which he will be remember fondly.
4) (This is mine…) That there is something about Wolverhampton itself which I think breeds negativity, and that negativity manifests itself in sections of the crowd. These people, while angry like the rest of us, have an entitlement akin to Paris Hilton, but without the looks…
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Don’t agree with the abuse given to manager or players during the game but can understand it. This is a game about highs and lows and passion. Every Wolves fan in that stadium is desperately passionate about the club, team and the result. Sad to say Rog you do not seem to share that feeling.
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Couple of points:
1.I do not pass the ball
2. I do not shoot at the goal.
3. I am not a defender.
I am a fan who turns up and watches highly paid footballers playing like a pub team. Making the same mistakes week after week never learning. If talking a good game was a competition then Wolves players would be champions league.
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keep it up Wulfs-this is hilarious.
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hes right we can have a pop at him. hes not good enough and hes the reason we’re doing so badly. maybe if he concentrated on doing his job then we wouldnt be in such a mess.
think its time for him to sod off back to wherever!! runnin out of patience with him.
#karlhenryforcaptain!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nice that our own players are worried/scared/ uncomfortable about playing in front of their own supporters – it might be better if we cheer for the opposition from now on, it has the same effect. I can imagine the phonecall “Mr Rooney, fancy signing for Wolves – they will match you wages and buy you a nice house”. “No thanks, I don’t fancy being derided by my own fans week after week”. If we go down it will be the fans that put us in the Championship not the players – Premier league club, Premier league ground, Conference fans.
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so disapointed with the lack of effort and back 5 seem to me that they have never played together before stearman already the butt of jokes on radio 5 will never ever be a premiership player soooo embarassing Mick give Doherty a chance or Zubar any body but Stearman
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Oh dear, oh dear. Some of the stuff coming out of the woodwork is teeth-gratingly sour. I agree that the fans exasperation with results and performances is producing some very counterproductive situations, but Roger Johnson is NOT the man to be complaining about it. He has not yet earned the respect of the fans, and should be fully aware of that. He has been exceptionally poor, and needs to concentrate all his time, thoughts and energy on retrieving the form for which he was bought. ‘Shut up and start playing better’…I cannot disagree with that sentiment.
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It still seems our Manager and captain have no idea why we are so enraged at the moment..
Perhaps both are as dim as one another..
For the next home match i think some chants along the lines of
“bought as a left back…he wasnt bought as a Left Back”
“right back he wasnt bought as a right back”
“square pegs round holes…..square pegs round holes”
“central midfielder….central midfielder (assuming AG actually gets on the pitch)
The manager might actually realise what position this players play then.
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Apart from the first couple of games Johnson has made it perfectly clear that he is disappointed to be at Wolves and as such he will be very little use to us which is exactly what we are seeing on the pitch from him.
Most players coming to Wolves seem to settle in quite well but a few dont. Steve Claridge and Dougie Freedman come to mind from the late 90′s. Jell Van Damme last season. Now add Johnson to that list. Strip the captaincy from him, put him in the reserves and ship him out in January (….if we can!)
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It would seem that Roger Johnson has now become the spokesman for MM and perhaps someone should tell him that we made into the Premiership with Dave Jones who like MM was not given enough money to survive. If he pops along to Jez Moxeys office after training then he can get briefed on the JM plan of how not to run a football club.Also If MM had seen Johnson play against Pavlachenko for Spurs in the final game of the season he might still be at Brum.
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I am so fed up at the moment and sick of all the bitching.
Something has got to give. I just don’t know what it is !
As for Johnson shut up !
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All, everyone who loves our club, get on with it, and show your loyalty every match day; eat your self-pride and be an example to the players and management on the pitch. They will be far better focused and geared up to perform their best. UTMW
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Roger Johnson says ‘we don’t need that.’
Nor do the fans who go home to their humble dwellings far and wide, while millionaires go home to their mansions.
Mr Johnson get a grip, a much better one than the fly kick you took on Saturday which started the rot.
This was a working man’s game, players were working men with trades and professions they went back to when their playing days were over. My sports master was a professional footballer for Notts County, I believe Bill Slater also had a ‘proper job’ from which he earned his proper living. All you and your mates have is football, so from that you are judged, and what you, and you in particular, have offered up so far is garbage!!
You should be ashamed but you are not, which damns you, and that is before you turn on the numpties, morons, peasants etc etc.!
I ask you all, without football where would you be and how much would you earn? Damn all is the answer for most if not all of you!!
Go rot,and don’t further disgrace the old gold and black!!
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No.3 ‘Keep the Faith’. Why would we or any other club want your fans, but I have to say that the in-fighting is fab. 2 wins and you will all be back pronouncing how good mick is. Act like normal football fans and support your team will you, all this stuff should make you understand why you are the laughing stock of the premier division.
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Stop moning support ur team sum of r fans make me sick go n support the baggies we dnt want ya bunch of idiots
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Number 2 …so you reckon Mcarthy has done more than Bill Mgarry, i dont think so, uefa cup final league cup final, 4th in top flight…!
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REALIST “People want us to play amazing attacking football”
Not so,,i just want to see players played in the position they were bought for…
I dont buy an ipod and then expect it to do the bleeding washing up.
Mick can stay for me IF he plays the correct players in their correct position.
Weve had years of these retarded team selections now.
Do the players need initals on their tops like flippin netball players for him to get it.
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Realist #129 I was at the match but also watched the live recording later, and at half time both Dave Jones and John Toshack were very critical of Johnsons defending for the second goal. With Toshack saying that Johnson leaving his man in the box, but then standing off the Graham, with his his hands behind his back was wrong. He should either close down completely or not go at all. They both also questioned what Berra was doing up on the halfway line and O’Hara just letting Graham run off him.
Toshack also said ‘the 2 wolves central defenders look comfortable with players coming at the front of them, where they don’t have to think too much. But don’t like players coming at the side’. They were both very critical of our defending but not one mention of the fans. They highlighted our defenders were marking no-one for the first goal. These are fellow managers who happen to have to have the same opinion as us fans.
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129..Realist wants to get real and look at the table…
Mind you if we had took all our chances in each game and not let any in we would be top of the league ha-ha..
But we didn’t so dream on…
Oh and Baggies yo aye much better just 3 points above us and weve been playing rubbish lol
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Mr Johnson, I have a solution to your problem.
The fans are booing and consequently putting you off your game.
Solution: The fans stay away until you start performing and winning matches.
Advantages:
1 You play to a silent Molineux until the team’s form returns
2 The fans don’t get brassed off watching rubbish
3 The fans keep their hard-earned cash to be spent on more worthwhile, enjoyable activities.
Win-win situation for all concerned. What do you think to that Roger?
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what a load of rubbish he needs to sort him self out or have or word with him self… send him out on loan until he’s good enough to play for the first team along with the other rubbish mick keeps playing week in week out…..
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what a load of rubbish he needs to sort him self out or have or word with him self… send him out on loan until he’s good enough to play for the first team along with the other rubbish mick keeps playing week in week out…..
MM must saked this weekend…………
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Suddenly £4m for Johnson looks like great business……….
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well said no1 son…… i like it someone who knows what they are talking about…..
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Quite frankly I am quite embarressed of some of you negative so called fans right now.
McCarthy is in charge not YOU!
How brainless are you to think by shouting negative comments and better
Just get behind the team, show some encouragement and support them for a change!
We are there as supporters not critics!
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You can only watch your team going 2-0 down at home so many times. Even with the comeback it’s hard to take. WELL DONE WOLVES FANS AT LEAST WE CARE ABOUT THE CLUB; 159 posts on this comment and rising!!!
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this bad run began just after mccarthy and henry give their opinions on a certain mr barton just like the last season after newcastle.they are amateurs and should keep their mouths shut.performances are not good enougth stearman who plays out of position, henry who does nothing to protect the back four,jarvis who is non existant,and hennessey who is lacking confidence should not be in the side.the cheers for the subs are aimed at mccarthy for not starting them in the first place,he has his favorites and keeps them in the side whatever.when he decides to change it he will be too late.we expect to be better than where we are after 3 years in the prem.why does he go from a 451 to 442 when its clear it does not work,i cannot understand his team selections,formations and tactics when its clear every numptie in the stands as he calls us can.i never jeered or chanted about him but i can only see him taking us back to where he began with us,so i thank him for doing what he has done for us but we need change mr morgan because if not the stands will not be worth building
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well said 163,
if mm and the team dont want our support lets all stay away and then perhaps mr morgan might make changes
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Johnson .. Bleep off back to Birmingham..
You are utter rubbish… a legend in your own mind perhaps.. but certainly not good enough to wear the old gold and black.
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Yes, everybody has a right to voice their opinion; fans, manager AND players. If your opinion criticises someone else, don’t whinge if someone else criticises you!
We all have a responsibility to do what is best for the club’s success (if we are genuine supporters). Creating a hostile (yes, it WAS) and abusive atmosphere at Molineux achieves exactly the OPPOSITE!
Yes, we do need some more quality players (CH, CM, LB & poss. striker)and yes, we do need to work more on playing the ball forward to feet, plus pressing the opposition more. How is being hostile and abusive going to achieve this?!!
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poor result saturday…
as for the gloating tesco gloaters on here since 2 weeks ago…..enjoy your moment for he who laughs last does’nt really get the joke…
i’m just glad not to be playing man utd next, oh hang on were playing man city who are scoring for fun,damn.
oh well might as well enjoy what promises to be another relegation fight.
dreaming of mid table obscurity…. utw
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Fact
Roger was one half, of an overated centre half pairing where the team got relegated…………………………..
RJ, you really are not any better than Jody Craddock. He reads the game better, and he’s no slower than you.
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On Saturday I left before the full time whistle for the first time and missed our two goals. I thought Swansea deserved to win. I like to see Wolves players try, so I am happy as long as the players put the effort in. Unfortunately what I perceive is either a lack of effort or something deeper. Five losses on the trot is enough to get most fans upset. At least we will have some players prepared to put in a shift in the cup game even if we do lose. However I fear for the league game as it will probably be same old same old.
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Mr Johnson should realise that comments like this only fuel the situation. People work really hard to watch their beloved Wolves and for less money in a year then he picks up in a week. Just wear the shirt with pride and not only for the money. I agree that it doesn’t help booing the players but give these people something to cheer about. Didn’t he watch the match on TV later; no I don’t think so, because all the pundits blamed him for the 2 goals. Just look at previous Wolves captains, you wouldn’t even be good enough to tie Billy Wrights or Jodies boot laces. Mr Johnson do your talking on the pitch and prove us all wrong. Make us proud of you and not ashamed.
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I’ve had a go at Mick on here several times for putting his own likes and preferenses ahead of whats best for the club, but the fans are a bit guilty of doing the same thing. Its quite right to have a go on here or anywhere and and have your say but on match day we need to be behind the team no matter what, we are supposed to be SUPPORTERS god knows its hard enough in this league as it is but if we are not together on match day we’ve got no chance!
COME ON YOU WOLVES!!!!
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Yes I do agree that Johnson looks like Kenny Everett but the trouble is he plays like a right Cupid Stunt!
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Maybe the best solution to the problem is to drop the overpaid, over rated, slow as hell Roger Johnson. Or maybe it might be better if the fans decided not to bother going and wasting their money on this tripe. Hang on, apparently we are not allowed to do that and should be ashamed of watching the pathetic crap being served up week after week at the pub rather than paying £40 for the priveledge and lining the pockets of an organisation that clearly has no respect for us. There is a saying in retail that criticism is vital if a company is to put right its mistakes and improve. Why is this any different with football, if you had shopped in tescos for twenty years and they doubled their prices and treated you badly, would you still shop with them, no of course you wouldn’t. So perhaps those prats at Molineux should remember who their customers are and treat them with respect.
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ahem……I’m sorry but the fans are the life blood of the club!
You say the fans showing their feelings is disrespectful and hurts – Well put that right and show a bit of dignity, humility and try to keep your own comments to yourself.
Kettle….Pot….Black
always wolves….
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158) your the idiot, why would we want them??? unbelievable arrogance as usual. Of all the stupid comments on here, that has to be the tops, well done! idiot.
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Seems some deluded people expect others to nod like them eh?
Well I have my own opinion which tells me what I see at the moment is pure garbage, in truth it has been for a few seasons.
Players and manager alike think they can do no wrong, however they are now feeling the heat and rightly so.
Get Mick out and then get support!
Any happer clapper just stay away :)
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Did we all forget the barren years going down to the 4th div as it was and very slowly moving up to the 2nd tier of football for all those years?Im 40 yrs old and apart from when i was a pre teen i had,nt seen wolves in the top tier consistently till now.League cup and sherpa van as good as a day out that was ,does it compare to a third consecutive year in the prem?Im not saying its all a bed of roses and i hate seeing us struggle but lets not make molineux another away fixture for our lads.If its not positive keep it buttoned.COME ON WOLVES THROUGH THICK AND THIN.
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Well, Jolly Roger, this page of comments alone
should be enough to keep you busy reading
until the midweek game against City. Better
puit a shiftin Cap’n cool if you intend to say
something else
inspirational to the E&S before kick off. Like
how you’re gonna give the fans something to
shout about tonight and so on.
I keep re-watching that fabulous attempt
at a clearance, or was it an overhead kick
you was attempting, that gave the Swans
their first goal. Classic Roger. Be warned.
Every time you open that stupid gob of yours
I’m gonna remind you of that great effort, at
exactly wot, eh skipper?
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Johnson is just a loose cannon who has torn apart the dressing room and the team spirit that has maintained Wolves during the McCarthy era.
His form is such that it hard to think of him as a footballer, let alone a £60,000/week player.
Mick, sort out this loose cannon now or loose the rest of the team.
Come January he should be on the transfer list and let somebody else try to manage that huge ego… way above the reality of his limited ability.
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Come on “fans”, do you wish to be in the Championship again?
Get behind the team you “boobirds”, show some support! They certainly need it at this time.
UP YOU WOLVES.
Toronto Wolf.
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As a long-time (1958) Wolves supporter I’m sad to see many of these comments. So many people commenting seem certain they know all the answers, while not accepting that their actions (on the terraces and in print) can affect the team negatively – including the prospects of recruiting better players. At the same time, many people commenting seem to be saying the players mustn’t express views – really? Taken also with the vicious remarks here about people who disagree with the critics, it all seems like a frenzy of self destruction. I can understand why ‘Baggies 4 ever’ says ‘Why would we or any other club want your fans, but I have to say that the in-fighting is fab’.
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Roger, you ain’t heard nothin’ yet. Molineux is notorious for its over the top expectations and Wolves fans for their pessimism. There’s a reason that Wolves fans have been negative and that’s decades of disappointment. When Dave Jones got us into the Premier League we were walking away from the Millenium Stadium and Sheffield United fans were reminding us tht we’d won. We couldn’t celebrate winning. We didn’t know how to compute that emotion. We were in shock. The script is that we get to the brink of success and spectacularly fail. In the play-off era, we probably hold some kind of record for finishing 7th. There’s a reason we’ve not had this for 5 years and that reason is Mick McCarthy. Why our fans would want to get rid of him is a mystery to me. Why we would get agitated at yet another useless centre-half is not.
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Whenever a manager or players resort to criticising their own fans you know that things are really getting desperate at that club. They should remember that, unlike themselves, we fans pay very good money to share in the joys and agonies of football at Molineux. Mr Captain and Mr Manager, put up and shut up. Let your performances on the field, and our position in the league table be your argument rather than those wingeing words.
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Jeez some of the vitriol on here is simply amazing !
Wolves are not in the bottom three and 2 wins eases any pressure, it looks to me that what Roger Johnson is actually saying, is that the team is being booed for attempting to pass it sideways etc, but this is the team attempting to keep possesion, you can’t score without the ball and nearly every Prem team now has improved with ball retention, look at Swansea and to Say Roger Johnson is rubbish is nonsense, he really can play and defend and is a strong minded charachter which is just what you are going to need
The fans must learn patience, if some fans want the team to ‘launch it`and are screaming and boing the team, then Wolves really will be in trouble but at the moment you are not rock bottom by a mile
Think about it, football has changed, the days of getting it forward quickly have long gone
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If we continue to create a hostile, abusive & divisive atmosphere at Molineux, who will want to play (or manage) here: the current players; the quality players we need to buy? No chance!
Emotions run high for those of us who love the Wolves, but, let’s keep a check on the abuse at games and make constructive criticisms afterwards.
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Wasn’t it obvious that we were chopping off our noses to spite our faces when we started jeering Henry in the Newcastle game. So now we have created a situation where the players are playing with fear with a section of the supporters whingeing and groaning. We will go down if our home form collapses. The support WW get when playing away is far better – lots of unreserved love of the team and unfailing backing of the team. The team is not playing well. Are we helping them by moaning at them? McCarthy and the team must be gutted. I say get behind the team that is picked and support them to the hilt. Moan after the game if you have to. If the atmosphere at Molineux doesn’t become more positive then we will go down. I am shocked some Wolves fans are behaving so stupidly. We are Wolves? It seems not all of us are.
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All the fans on here, for or against McCarthy, can you honestly remember the last game you went to watch a game and actually enjoyed it? Perhaps 1 maybe 2 games per season when there are a total of 19 played at home. The tactics, positioning, team selection, coaching, backroom staff are all average championship level. Sideways play and pushing the ball down the wings all game is basic championship play. Teams only have to watch us once to know how we play. There is nothing different. The amount of times it is played from Hennessey to Ward, Ward to Jarvis, Jarvis to Henry back to Ward, Ward to Jarvis for a poor cross to be put into a 5″ nothing forward who is outplayed by a tall centre half who clears the ball is ridiculous. Watch MOTD or Sky, watch another premiership team and watch them attack down the middle of the field, run at pace at the defence, runs being made passed the ball to get in behind the defence, wingers coming off the wing and making runs. None of the above happens at the wolves it is dull, boring, uninspiring, championship football and after 3 seasons of relegation battle football things need to change. Thank you Mick for taking us this far but we now need a Premiership manager who will use his technical knowledge and backroom staff to improve on our play and use his contacts in the game to bring in new faces in January, in the hope of achieving a finishing position above 18th.
Also with regard to booing the team, it doesnt work, Mick is stubborn and pigheaded, that is then reflected on his team who obviously buy into the MM regime and will support him. Simple solution, protest with your feet and don’t turn up, don’t buy the tickets, don’t buy the merchandise, return your season tickets and when the stands are empty things will have to change, panic buttons will be pressed and Morgan and Moxey (the money men) will need us back.
VOTE WITH YOUR FEET – DON’T GO TO GAMES
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I am 50/50 on this one I do not think that booing during the game will help but also how can this be used as a excuse that the players are not performing. There was no major hostility until we were 2-0 down and we drew 2-2 so to use this as an excuse is a joke.
I hope that for the next home game vs Wigan (which will be another massive game for us) we all get behind the team when they are on the pitch so if we do fail we can put to bed the excuse from the players and management that they are not performing due to the hostility from the crowd and if we do and please god I hope we do win then maybe we could use that as a blue print for all home games and hopefully get the results we require.
With regards to MM I personally believe we will not progress to the next level with him but do not want him forced out due to the good job he has done so would prefer that if a change is made it is made in the right way, that said the results and more importantly performances cannot go on like this much longer.
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If the happy clappers were so dismayed by the vocal antics of a minority, why did they not drown out the boos etc with there support for the players and manager. Without the South Bank there would be no atmosphere at Molineux.
I’m not saying I condone the chants but surely time has come for the happy clappers to show their vocal support, instead of sitting there ‘tut-tutting’ then coming on here condemning those who boo. If they are so convinced in what they say, let them prove it. Show us that THEY can turn around Wolves fortunes by their vocal support.
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We don’t want him back. We told you he wasn’t good enough anyway. He had a shocking second half of last season and looked well out of his depth.
Not so long ago I remember Wolves fans saying he was the missing link and would provide the steel in the back four. He’s not that good and never will be.
Looks like great business for Blues – a player past his sell by date.
See you next season.
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100 – Doyler – well said mate.
This club and it’s fans have seen far more lows than highs over the past 30 years or so and having battled to get back into the top flight, we are paranoid about giving up that status so cheaply. Based on Saturday’s performance we’re headed for trouble again and if people expect the fans to clap and cheer on the journey then they’re deluded. Utterly frustrated.
Have a nice day.
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Roger my old sunshine. “YOU AIN’T SEEN OR HEARD NOTHING YET”. Carry on playing like you are and the PROVERBIAL will hit the fan BIG TIME.
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we all know the result sat. it could be doudle figures with johnson and the rest of jokers in defence.this team is moulded in muppits defencsive way and cant for the life of them play attacking football ifear the bhatti days could well come back if this mad muppit continues at the helm cus this sureley will be a sinking ship never known a wolves manager slate fans so much the bloke is such a arrogant div
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Roger Johnson is not helping himself of his team mates with comments like this. It comes across as antagonistic. But he is taking the lead from MM who is talking in the same way. Fans don’t know everything but they do need to feel that the club/manager, are hurting like they are.
Fan get frustrated at the late changes as they know that whenever MM makes a change the game sees us start scoring, it’s been happening for weeks, it usually comes too late in the game though! My only part critique would be, Guiadiora has been coming on regularly, he has being doing well, he also helps moral on the pitch, when will he be given a starting slot.
I don’t agree with the negativity in the stands, it wont help, but over the last few weeks the team has come out and looked lacklustre, and unconnected with each other. The crowd does not have short memories- we remember the last game of the season, where we where kicking every ball, we remember the games where the team came out with virtually no hope of winning on paper then pulled out a blinding performance. The fans will get behind them again when they show willingness to fight.
We also remember the last time any stadium work was done and the jinx that was. We want the development, but football fans are superstitious!
I would like to say….Henry has had a lot of stick, especially as he passes back any ball he is given, on Sat he did try varying it- not everything came off but he TRIED!
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I agree with this comment to some extent. After the opening 3 games the Wolves fans were singing ‘Super Mick McCarthy’ and now we’re on a run of 8 PL games without a win the fans have turned completely. Some fans have to realise Wolves are going to go on these type of runs. We have only strengthened last seasons line-up with one player effectively in Johnson, so are we really going to improve our league position that much? I don’t think so. Some fans need to be more realistic. However, I don’t think Johnson should be talking to the press criticising the fans when his performances are below the required standard. Wolves fans need to get behind the team, booing the team after 30 minutes every home game isn’t the answer.
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What does R Johnson know ? Not a lot at playing centre half, yet he has the nerve to criticise fans. Perhaps some fans go over the top , but Johnson, McCarthy, Swain of the E&S and others fail to understand that Wolves having arrived, have been followed in a loyal fashion. For this privalage they willingly pay high prices in return for a poor quality of football in hope M.M would produce the goods.
What is not understood is why K.Henry lost his captain’s role. I am not a Henry fan,he just about makes the team but he did not deserve the humiliation from Mc Carthy or the booing of some sections of the crowd. Do not use KH ,If nothing else, he has been loyal to a club.
If the captain’s role had gone to a Wolves established player, who is another question, that move would have been understood. It was the method of disposing of the captain that has to be demoralising. Henry has lost some of his bite and without that, what else can he offer? Not many footballlers would have took his demotion in such a manner. For that, if nothing else, Henry should be be given some praise and not be sujected to any further hassle.
Not one local newspaper reporter or columnist has queried this move. Perhaps instead of poking fun at various managers, players and others, could they give it a go and find out the reason for his demotion?
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