Chelsea 3 Wolves 0
Saturday 26th November 2011, 5:10PM GMT.
Sorry Wolves crashed to their eighth defeat in 10 games as they proved little more than fodder for Chelsea.
First-half goals from John Terry, Daniel Sturridge and Juan Mata had the game wrapped up by half-time for Andre Villas-Boas’ side.
Wolves were simply no match for their hosts, who went into the game with four defeats in seven and back-to-back home losses.
But Chelsea never looked like surrendering this game as they quickly established control and didn’t have to get out of second gear to inflict a fifth straight away defeat on Wolves.
The result, though not unexpected, was every bit as emphatic as it sounded and was as one-sided as the 4-0 thumping Chelsea dealt Wolves two years ago.
It cranks up the pressure on Wolves and boss Mick McCarthy for next Sunday’s home clash against the manager’s former club Sunderland.
They will have to do it without midfielder Karl Henry, whose fifth booking of the season on his 29th birthday means he is suspended.
A rare bright spot for Wolves was the debut of 17-year-old Anthony Forde as a 75th minute substitute for Ronald Zubar.
McCarthy made four changes from the side that lost 2-1 at Everton last week.
In came Zubar, George Elokobi, Matt Jarvis and Steven Fletcher as Richard Stearman and suspended duo Jamie O’Hara and Stephen Hunt made way.
Kevin Doyle joined the latter two in losing his record as a Premier League ever present in 2011-12 after being ruled out with a knee injury picked up in training on Thursday.
McCarthy’s selection meant there were changes to all four flank positions, with Stephen Ward pushed on from left-back to wide midfield to accommodate Elokobi.
It looked a solid enough line-up, but the players themselves down hugely with some awful defending for the first goal.
Goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey made a superb, full-length save to deny Raul Meireles from 20 yards and, from Juan Mata’s resulting corner, Terry got away from Roger Johnson to guide a tame header that somehow squeezed into the bottom corner of the net.
Ward had Wolves’ only effort of the first-half with a firm, rising header from Jarvis’ centre that flew over.
But Chelsea were always in control and doubled their lead when Sturridge, who broke Wolves’ hearts in the 94th minute at Bolton in February, tapped home after Mata beat Zubar far too easily to cross from the left.
Sturridge was next to threaten. Showing all the hallmarks of a player oozing confidence, he unleashed a rasping, angled shot from 25 yards that was fumbled over by Hennessey just before the half hour mark.
With seemingly nothing to lose, McCarthy sent on Sylvan Ebanks-Blake after just 35 minutes for Nenad Milijas and reverted to a 4-4-2 formation in an effort to ask more questions of Chelsea.
But instead it was the Blues who were next to threaten, as they made it 3-0.
This time it was the unmarked Mata who was allowed time and space to steer home left footed after Johnson got caught napping on the halfway line to lose a challenge to Didier Drogba.
Drogba retrieved the rebound off Christophe Berra from his own shot and passed back to Ashley Cole for the cross.
The second-half continued in much the same vein as the first – with Chelsea well on top.
A full-blooded volley from Ramires brought a fine diving catch from Hennessey, before an angled drive from Drogba spun wide as the space opened up in front of him.
In between, the lively Ward, now playing right midfield, poked just wide with Petr Cech to beat after Fletcher superbly split Chelsea’s defence.
Yhere was action at both ends and Hennessey produced successive point-blank blocks from Sturridge then Mata before Ward, who again ended the game at right-back, saw a goalbound shot go the same way against Cech’s legs from Jarvis’ cross.
But it was too little, too late for Wolves in a game where they probably haven’t been as outclassed all season.
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Not to worry, the happy clappers will provide another batch of 40 quids next week. Keep smiling Moxey. Money for old rope eh?
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Well well well looks like you got it wrong again Michael. Admittedly no one really expected the win but at least get them to show a bit of effort.
Your team selection sometimes is a joke I swear you put the names In a hat a draw them out apart from ward Henry and Doyle of course. Oh well on the bright side at least it’s one game closer to you getting the push.
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Sunderland could be the undoing of Mick x 2.
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Mick please do the decent thing and put us out of our misery.it is so obvious that you have took this club as far as you can. I sincerely thank you for what you have done for us but everything is now in place for this great club to move on to the next level. and before everyone starts thinking I am talking europe and top ten finishes I simply mean to not be in a relegation battle every year and put up with the type of football we currently have to suffer!
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‘Delighted with the performance – thought we should have had something out of the game – we won the first half of the second half – pity the bus didn’t turn up – numpty driver.’
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AGAIN! GET RID OF MICK MCCARTHY. BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. NOW IS AN IDEAL TIME. NEW MANAGER, DECENT LOANS IN THE WINDOW ETC
COME ON…SURELY EVERYONE AGREES?
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Not too much damage done with the other results favourable. Other sides will get thrashed and it sounds like we kept going and had a few chances. Please consider when most of you try to slaughter Mick again after losing today that Chelsea players cost over £150 million. Next week is a level playing field-today was not.
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Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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Noooooooooooooowwwwwwww.
Utterly muppet Mick.
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Hope I’m not being fickle but that was as poor a performance as I’ve seen under Mick. What more does he have to do to get sacked??
Shocking team selection, tactics and coaching.
Mick out.
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Poor selection, poor tactics, poor performance, poor management, poor captaincy. Says it all really.
I’ve had enough of MM. His continual selection of favourites and plain old dumb loyalty means same in,same out. He’s always managed to get the team to put in a shift even when he has selected the wrong team and tactics. Now, we’re going through the motions.
Why does he continue with Berra and Johnson? I’d rather see Craddock. Ward wide left? someone tell me. Clueless.
Great stand!
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Ok first of all i didnt expect much from this game as it is Chelsea away. But compare this performance with the one of last season at stamford bridge. There i thought we could hold our heads up high and at least say we gave it a go. Today however we just look devoid of any attacking threat at all and i beginning to question whether or not we knew how to get out of our own half!!
Once again today mick has proved that he also has no idea what his best squad is!! Whats happened to Doyle all of a sudden was he injured today? It infurates me that we just seem to be on repeat every week of late. Question is when will pressure be applied to mick and his mad methods? Surely morgan and moxey for that matter must not be content with the manner of which we are going about games. I have never been a follower of McCarthy admittedly but i have never booed him yet i do think that it is time for a change. Ive held back on saying this for a while to just give him a chance but after being called a numpty, mindless idiot and then been subject to this drivel. Something has got to give! We need change and we need it now! Or at least something fresh to kickstart us!
UTW
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We are going down,sack MM he has lost the dressing room.
Morgan are you gonna say or do something, your silence is starting to wind me up.
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Another shocking performance. I could not understand what Mick’s tactics were other than not to concede an early goal.
Plan A was over in 5 minutes and as usual there was no Plan B so the match was over in 5 minutes.
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Time to go mccarthy. Elokobi at left back says it all really. Ward at left wing when we have got hamill who is an out and out winger?Ttactially inept and time to go. We need to go
to the next level and you aint capable of taking us there? Sort it out morgan and bite the bullet we are becoming a laughing stock!
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We might aswell not bother going out to play at the moment.
No Tactics
No desire
No belief
No fight
The only good thing about MM teams is the heart and desire, weve lost both.
Get him out now or the only people in the north bank next year will be steve jez and the reserves.
Good luck selling your early birds in january Jez.
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MM wiil say “Look not many teams are going to come to chelsea and leave with points,we made it difficult for them considering we had some of our most important players out,Doyle and o hara to name two along with stearmen,club like us can not be without a goalscorer like Doyle and a midfielder who is not only a tiger but our most creative and imaginative player.”"So on the whole alot of positives to take away from this game,as for the fans who are stupid enough to say we should be doing better at Chelsea,need to get real and not forget the strides made by this club under my stewardship,what counts is we stay in this league,and our performances in the last 9 games or so have deserved better at the same time showing that we do not have to panic and that we will be safe easily.”.
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SACK the useless,miserable,excuse filled Manager; Sack the duplicitous,’heads in the sand’ Board; Not one player deserves a place in the side,the Manager and his team of ‘Coaches’ have driven out of them what little talent they had; Major problem with Johnson and his attitude; There may be trouble ahead !!!!!!
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Dreadful, how bad can we get? Muppet will be delighted and Mox say we are fickle. How much longer do we have to suffer this uninspired, predictable dross. SEB, Elokobi..WHY???. I rate Milijas, OK he hasn’t been great, BUT he finally gets a chance, makes a couple of mistakes and he’s off in the 1st half- Muppet never liked him so that will probably be his last game for us. Still we have Henry and Muppet’s championship babes and we will be back in the championship where this THICK IDIOT MUPPET IS AT HOME. GET LOST MICK!!!!!!!!!! Just decide to go Xmas shopping instead of wasting my money on this rubbish next week.
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Hard to find words to describe that performance by Wolves, the first goal was MM’s fault, no defenders on the posts…why. Johnston was terrible, how can he be made captain, he is a waste of money. Last season we got 12 points by beating Man U, City, Liverpool & Chelsea, thats not happening this year, where will these points be replaced from. Time for major changes, I will be surprised if we stay up, we are one of the 3 worst teams in the league.
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A must win next game against Sunderland, no 3 points next Sunday well I don’t think they would sack Mick but there’s not much sign of things being turned around so far, so then we as fans have to accept the worse.
Apparentlly Johson had words with Mick during the game well that’s what radio said.
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We were awesome Chelsea lucky first half and totally outplayed them second.
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Dreadful, how bad can we get? Muppet will be delighted and Mox say we are fickle. How much longer do we have to suffer this uninspired, predictable dross. SEB, Elokobi..WHY???. I rate Milijas, he finally gets a chance, makes a couple of mistakes and he’s off in the 1st half- Muppet never liked him so that will probably be his last game for us. Still we have all the accident prone poor quality players like Henry and Muppet’s championship babes, and we will be back in the championship where this THICK IDIOT MUPPET IS AT HOME. GET LOST MICK!!!!!!!!!! Just decided to go Xmas shopping instead of wasting my money on this rubbish next week.BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
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Just had a peep at the new Stan Cullis,magnificent,a folly I think Mr Morgan. As for MM, if he could just solve this scoring thing he would have it cracked!
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Do the decent thing Mick. Walk away while we’ve still got a chance of salvaging something from this season. I used to love the way you called a spade a spade, now when we are awful you say ur ‘delighted’ Well I’d say delusional.time to go mate thanks for everything but we can’t afford to go back
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Would be good if MM fell on his sword. Would not be nice for all the supporters to be calling for his head. However if he does not then Morgan open your mouth for a change and sack him!
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What an absolute joke,I am sick and tired of this inept drivel.This is the lowest i’ve felt as a Wolves fan since 1987.No tactics no skill,no effort,no pride.Disgusting.
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Come on Steve, get Keegan in. The two of you can sit in the office and talk about Liverpool all day long, just as long as you turn our club into a half-decent side. Love ya Mick but enough`s enough!
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It’s not the loss that hurts so much but the manner in which we lost. The performance was indicative of the why Wolves are being managed. Too blame the players entirely is wrong. The majority of this squad was assembled by McCarthy. The planning is his, the training is ultimately his responsibility! When we have managed to scrape a win the happy clappers are all out praising McCarthy but where are they when we Wolves put in a performance like today? I’m not expecting Wolves to be top 5 (yet) but these performances are embarrassing.
Wolves Forever
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Living in Chelsea I got a lay in rather than the usual early start and with hindsight I should have stayed in bed. We were woeful in the first half and played ok in the second when it was all over. I wouldn’t honestly expect to win at Chelsea but this is our third season in the prem and we should at least be well organised and pose them a few problems. MM was defender so how come the defense was and is so poor. The report above says it all with respect to the game.
Where to for our team? I think we need to look outside of the UK as the fact is, the standard of football coaching here is far below other countries. Dare I say it but Germany is the obvious place to look and a few more foreign players wouldn’t go amiss.
At least today I had a five minute journey home via the pub rather than 3 hours and £90 in petrol.
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Mick must shuffle the playing positions like a pack of cards. Who knows what position the players will be in. Wayne for centre forward I think, let’s give Ward a crack at goalie, what could go wrong, you never know Mick may stumble onto a formation that actually works!
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Mick you`re even killing the pub trade!
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Did’nt really expect to get anything from todays game to be fair, we were missing 3 of our decent players. what’s baffling is that instead of replacing Zubar who was struggling with the pace of the game which is not his fault with Doherty, MAD MICK brings on Forde to shift a left footed player to right back?
Mick do the honest thing and resign, you’ve taken this club as far as you can. we need some fresh ideas in the coaching department because the tactics are predictable and with them already sussed by every team we play is it any wonder we are looking toothless in the final third?
i wonder if Steve Coppell would be interested in the job?
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No.12. You are so right. It’s time for the owner to step up and do something about this. If it were in any other business, the owner would step in and start taking control. It seems that even our owner does not have the balls to step forward and answer to the mass collection of disgruntled clients (us, the fans!). Morgan, do something now. It is more than apparent that Moxey is nothing more than an average bean counter and the person in charge of the engine of the business (the team) is horribly out of his depth!
Stand up and be the chairman. In any other business the client is always right! Do something now before things start to implode!!
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I normally trust that a guy who has played and managed at the top level, sees the players every day and has a team of scouts and coaches to advise him will have a better idea of what team to play than me. Today I am not so sure.
Now we have to decide – do we want to fight amongst ourselves and with the club and go the way of Blackburn, or stand together to beat Sunderland?
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Last season, despite our regular beatings, at least opposing or neutral fans were telling us we were too good to go down based on the football we were playing. This isn’t happening this season – in fact, it’s the opposite. This is an embarrassment and quite frankly, I’m getting bored of watching them.
It annoys me to feel like that but my passion is slowly but surely being sucked out of me by football I don’t enjoy watching, tactics and team selection that I simply don’t understand despite having watched live football for over 40 years and I’m starting to wonder if those Saturday afternoon trips to the DIY store that I’ve avoided all my married life might actually be the way forward.
Thanks Mick
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Captain Johnson asking MM “where do i play the ball”…..couldnt make it up its so comical
Once again, if it wasnt for Wayne in goal it could have been 6 or 7 and i can see some team making a bid for him come January.
Nice to the youngster come on for the last 10 minutes…dont expect another game tho son..(see Doherty)
Some players must wonder why they bother signing for the club if, when players in their position are suspended/injured, instead of getting picked they see players put in that position that dont belong in that position…beggars belief.
Poor Management
Oh well lest us not forget…he kept us up (albeit by HAVING to play fletcher when he didnt really want to)
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1 up top suited us last season,it doesent this season has to be 2 when will you realize this,too negative mick yet again.elokobi and zubar get rid along with yourself and clipboard connor.everyone has a level you have done a great job for us over the years but you have reached your level. do the honest thing and resign if you love the club and we will respect you more
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Three wins in 13 matches. When the E & S describes Wolves defending as “awful” we really do know it’s all over! Remind me, what position did the chief clown play in?
The sad but brutal fact is that several of this team are not and never will be good enough. Even Ferguson couldn’t make a team from them and no amount of arrogant, mindless bluster from MM can disguise the poor decisions that have been made.
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Well it doesn’t really ‘Mata’ does it, as we wasn’t expected to get anything from this game. But once again our best player and so far our player of the season, imo was ‘young’ Wayne Hennessey, this lad gets better and better, and as been the difference in keeping the scores down to single figuresin most matches, and keeping us in so many games this season. Yet again he’s made ‘three/four’ top class saves to give us a fighting chance yet again today. I was disappointed that MM moved Ward (who is not my fav-player but as does better this season)from LB to midfield, meaning he changed both full backs. yes Zubar was forced, but i think Elokobi hasn’t played enough games to play against quick top players like Chelsea have? Why didnt he just make one change in defence, and play Edwards,for(O’Hara)Henry,Milijas as the three in midfield, and play Hammill / Jarvis for( Hunt ) on the wings? Mick seems to tinker to much ,when he only needed to make the odd change, and leave Ward who ive said as played better at LB, but know he moves him from LB to LM, then RM, then finally RB? What was that all about, then we’ve got him and Johnson having a row during the match. I still think again imo that Karl Henry should have been left as Captain, he had done nothing wrong to take it off him. And Johnson as done nothing yet to show he’s worth the armband. It sounded like Fletcher did ok holding the ball up ,bringing players into the game, yet MM says he cant do it, but he did it today, and agaisnt a top team like Chelsea? Has i said yesterday the Sunderland game is another one of the 1 of 10 games we must win,that McCarthy says we need to stay in the BPL. I said after the Wigan game, it was a great result for us, but we cant then go on another run of only one win out of about ‘seven/eight’ matches,as that is relegation football. And if we do then McCarthy must go, ‘no ifs or buts’ or it will be to late for a new manager to turn it around. But i will say McCarthy was never given enough funds in the summer,SM/JM thought buying just Johnson/O’Hara ,would do us,and ‘save all the extra cash’ and if we was in the middle half of the table in January, SM/JM could save it,and MM came out and said im happy with my squad? Ive never heard a manager in 54yrs years of watching football say that? Then JM says wev’e got money to spend in January, in that case it should have been spent in the summer, when decent players would have come, but they wont come when were down the bottom sruggling to stay in the BPL, as most BPL players dont like scrapping ? UTW: AND 3PTS NEXT WEEK:
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I suppose it is a question of what tactics do we employ out there apart from huff and puff and that all important good shift. I’m still gobsmacked to hear theboard thought we were stronger for one signing. we really have to admit where we are and do something , please……..come on wolves
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I think the whole club has now gone stale, We have a great ground developing but not a team top match it, Look at the teams and managers we used to have where at least we`d`turn up at away grounds and have a go, We`d be a division below these so called big clubs but we`d turn up and have a go, Could you imagine Bully having to do what Doyle is being asked to do , Mc carthy is now devoid of all any pro football ethics, I am now even beginning to even question going to watch it at the pubs on away days, I used live for my matchdays and now i dread them.
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How many more times are we gonna suffer MM being interviewed after the match as a losing manager? It’s offiacial we are the bitch of the prem league! We ship goals and points like a demented idiot! Has he no shame? Has Morgan and Moxey no pride?
It must have cost a small fortune to go to Chelsea and watch that dire performance yet again.
This protest next week is going to be massive from what i hear. Hopefully we may get a result or if not it may be ironic if we lose to Sunderland and MM is sacked. That club is his nemisis!
If we get three points next week we will gain a few slots but we need another result the week after to maintain it.
The new stand looks impressive, unsure wether we will fill a new larger ground in the fizzy!
Come on you wolves!
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No doubt Mick can’t fault the effort of the players – like last week and in every game we’ve lost recently, complete rubbish!!
Just heard him say he can’t take the credit for not letting Chelsea score in the second half – you couldn’t make it up!!
He is starting to insult our intelligence, time for a change!!!
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Bob Wolf: tell your crazy friend Bob Wolf that he’s not “fickle”. To be fickle you must sometimes be positive about the club and then get on the lads backs. Your baggie friend Bob Wolf NEVER said anything good about the club, ever.
The only good thing about this match is that we only conceded 3…could have been alot worst looking at the first half.
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I haven’t written to this forum for years but today I was ashamed to be a Wolves supporter and I had to tell the world – and Mick.
No doubt McCarthy is proud of the way we played!! Go away Mick! Admit you’ve lost the plot and give someone else a chance.
Today we showed we only know one way to play – kick it up the middle to Doyle. When he was missing today all they could do was pass it sideways or backwards! Just as Mick told them no doubt? We were pathetically disgusting.
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Living in Tampa Florida I have to watch the team on the Telly. The viewing has been more and more difficult to take as our performances have been decidedly turgid for way too long. Today, I thought we would have a real go against a Chelsea that has been disappointing of late. Instead, we started dismally and when the second goal went in I turned it off. That is a first for me but the lack of quality of our displays is beyond belief.
Hennessey made a top top save and was rewarded for his efforts by his defense giving Terry a free header from the resultant corner kick. Our keeper is becoming consistently our man of the match and I would not blame him if he turned in a transfer request. Were we being kidded on when Johnson was signed for several MILLION pounds? He has been a complete waste of space and certainly should not be the Captain.
MM needs to resign – personally( and I hate to say this) I think we are going down this time and our only hope is to shake up the organization before we get to the Christmas log jam of games.
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42 and others
Go ‘om, save ya money rather than drinkin.
whats ya computer fer
Go ‘om get it for nowt on yur computer.
Save yer ‘elf and ‘appiness.
Gives us real supporters more space :)
We will stay up again
All together now We will…….
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I think we are seeing the beginning of the end for McCarthy,he looked a dejected person today.
We swop one up front for another, which will never work, we play Milijas away which dosen’t seem to work, yes he was caught in possession, but again was played into trouble by Henry, I cannot see what on earth McCarthy sees in him, granted he played few forward ball in the second half, but we lost the game in the first half, he again pushed a player to the floor got booked and complained to the ref.
We mess around again with the team then when two down we change it and play two attackers who we cannot get the ball to, Edwards was again totally ineffective.
The LB position is changed again, and as |I said before Zubar is no RB.
It would have been more except for Hennessy, we did get 3 shots on goal this week, and looks like he has told Hennesy to throw the ball to our own players.
The most disturbing of everything is no desire, no effort, and cannot set the defence up still after 3 seasons in the PL.
It is time for a change, quicker the better or it’s relegation
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Thought Chelsea made Wolves look like a Sunday league side .mick says they were going to rough up Chelsea what happened? The second half saw more fight but agree with some guys here Doherty would have been good along with hammil .wolves should have had a go from the off, the confidence is low in defence so play more attacking footy.
Last point guys the only reason mick is still here is Who the hell would want the job and who would you get in seriously?
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I wonder were all the happy clapping morons are what excuses will you give and dont say we were not expecting to win we never even tried
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The drivel on here is saddening and pathetic, and from so called Wolves fans !Get a grip and realise we are what we are so stop moaning and back the team and the manager !!
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One shot on target at Eveton, two shots on target today and numpty mick along with the fat controller think they’re doing great
Sack the idiot while there’s time for a decent manager to turn it around
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How can anyone be criticising McCarthy – the performance was far better than last week. Look at the stats – 2 Shots on target (yes 2!!), 41% posession. At this rate top 4 spot here we come. Sunderland must be quaking in their boots. I fully expect Steve Bruce to concede defeat ahead of the match.
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Who cares any more?
Morgan won’t sack him… what more can we do? Just stop turning up I suppose, because then Morgan might understand the pain he is putting us long-term supporters through!
60 years of watching Wolves and I never thought that I would prefer shopping on a Saturday than my trip to the Mol. I was raised in the Cowsheds and I have never felt so hurt, not even in the Bhatti era! At least we had Bully to give us hope… there is no hope coming from this regime!
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Jersey Are you real?Gornal wolf spot on m8 Didn’t even go in the pub to watch it ,Can’t watch it, It’s dreadfull,Mick said on an a pre match interview on Beacon he sleeps well at night I don’t I got Tesco’s across the road and next door to me and have allways enjoyed the banter with um ButI have lost heart because honestley I cannot defend the Mcarthy regime with no shots on goal for two matches bar a penalty any longer. Morgan sort it please before we are relagated.
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42, exactly how I felt today. Couldn’t face it. Worked in the garden, much more exciting. Truly sad state of affairs
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we have come so far after years in the lower divisions!! so,so sad to see it all go!!
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100′s on here every week, paying his wages, most saying thanks but enough now. Mick, please go….. I’d bet less than 20% of Wolves fans think we’ll stay up, poss less….. No quality, no application and no belief. Personally bored with ‘survival’….what happened to trying to win games, trying score goals for heavens sake… Bored, bored and errr bored….
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im completely and utterly depressed ,not that i imagined we would get anything today but that performance was as bad as last week when you would of thought an improvement was the least to come out of today , i truly believe that mccarthy has lost the plot and needs sectioning or alternatively just the sack would do …. i cant wait, boring boring football !!!!!!!!!
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Haha just rembering last season when we played stoke ,borin,boring boring well pot kettle black im fed up of watching performances like that shower week in week out ! We stayed up by pure luck last year and this season weve gone backwards ! Moxey u cant sell this as entertaiment we need to change now !
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What a joke n uno what I cudnt care less now iv got better things to di then watch tht disgusting performance!
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Morgan needs to come out of his cave and show that he actually cares for the club and it’s “Fans” The club is clearly struggling at the moment and he is nowhere to be seen.
I really do hope funds are made available in Jan like Moxey has said… I don’t like him and I blame him and Morgan for the state of the team.
I think Mick has been proven right though now, why he was refusing to play Milijas and Guedioura… It’s time for Milijas to move on now and Guedioura has shown he is only good as an impact sub. Another week and another reason to not like Johnson, what does he bring to the team? And how can be CAPTAIN????…. O’Hara for captain 100%!!!! I think we missed O’Hara today; him Ward and Hennessey are the only players showing top qulity and passion.
Any word on the silent protest at Sunderland? is it still going ahead?
Com’on Mick give us something to shout about next weekend!
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Absolutely disgraceful first half from Wolves.Some improvement in the second half though Chelsea had took their foot off the pedal.
MM says the team will play cautiously.Playing one up front necessitates having good defenders,which Wolves have not.It is difficult to see3 any light at the end of the tunnel.The Championship beckons and after we’ve been asset stripped,i can’t see much hope for them there.
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Truely dreadful team, football being exposed nearly every week as not good enough for the premiership,I was embaressed last season in that we stayed up while blackpool went down,but MM has managed to go backwards this season, which takes some doing,more performances like this and you won’t be able to walk around wolverhampton town centre without Wolves fans jumping off the top of buldings in despair.
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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
what is the jeffing point? i just dont get why we as fans are fed “we should be happy with what we are doing” why?
1 season of survival football was great!
2nd season of the same was ok
3rd season of same old shocking stuff is boring & tedious!
Fans are staying away in there droves not because of the recession MOXEY but because of the utter clueless rubbish our manager has us playing!
you would have ur new stadium full n rocking if it wasnt for this negative clueless drip in charge, we hardly even muster a song anymore its just so god dam zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
get him n clipboard out or prepare to lose even the happy pratters
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super result cant wait for next week lets hope mick gets the sack on monday and make my
xmas……the end is near.
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40 Tom
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We were awful today!!!
When will McCarthy learn one player in 4 different positions just doesn’t work, in a season never mind in one match!!!!
Poor management
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feel sorry 4 the fans who paid 50 quid to watch that rubbish i watched it in the pub and knew we,d got no chance as soon as i saw that big lump was playin a poor sunday footballer at best is elekobi .time 2 sack the incompetant idiot before its too late
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I think come January, Wolves will receive a huge offer for Wayne Hennessey, if he keeps this kind of form up, one which will be to high for the likes JM/SM to refuse. He must be the clubs most valuable asset by far, at this present time.teams like Tottenham,Chelsea,Arsenal etc will have been watching him this season and be well impressed by his solid top class performances.UTW:
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Don’t understand the recent calls for Keegan to come here.
Keegan is well known as a motivator rather than a coach which means that Connors job would be safe which scares the hell out of me.
One other thing i have to mention is that something called the BPL has been mentioned on more than one occasion (Tom Wolf). What is the BPL because my understanding is that top flight teams in this country play in the English Premier League.
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Number 26 You need a sharp reality check. The worst you’ve felt since 1987?? Were you in a coma for all of Hoddle’s time in charge? I won’t even mention the time we were managed by that Scottish idiot with the same initials as Mick. Things are bad but not that bad!
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I hate Saturdays/Sundays now.
Can’t wait for the day when I can pick up the sport section of the Sunday paper and enjoy reading it again.
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I hate Saturdays/Sundays now.
I can’t wait for the day when I can enjoy reading the sport section of the Sunday paper again.
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McCarthy you are boring us to death. Grey man, grey team. Go
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Beat Sunderland and Mad Mick buys some extra time by papering over the cracks. We can then loose the next 5 or 6 and remain in the relegation scrap and have another season of zero progres under this tactically inept idiot.
After 24 years as a season ticket holder I don’t think I have ever been as disillusioned with what’s going on.
I actually hope we loose against Sunderland and continue to loose until this idiot is sacked. Otherwise we will be in for more of the same, failing to compete, winning teh odd gaem and then staying up by the skin of our teath or going down and then being stuck with him again as he’s the cheap option for the club.
Profits will be down when the next round of season tickets come up for renewal as I believe we’ll have the biggest drop off we’ve seen with Mad Mick in charge!
McCarthy OUT!!!
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Having dropped and criticised a player for getting bookings, wonder what he will do and say about his first name on the sheet favourite?
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You know what? I don’t care anymore.
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I’ve been a Wolves fan for 52 years. I’ve followed them through thick and thin but there’s never been anything as abjectly worse than this, IMO. I know this post won’t get through to where it matters most….Steve Morgan….. so I’ll just have to settle for getting it off my chest.
Next week I can watch anything I want, from the Premiership backwards…..and I will, rather than be subjected to the embarrassing stupidity this manager is delighted with. Wake me up when he’s gone, please UTW
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I don’t think we can be surprised at the crappy results but I am getting bored to the back teeth with the regular soundbites Mick keeps tossing out. For someone who was a defender, we can’t defend. We don’t attack. We don’t really do anything right.
No one expected us to beat Chelsea, but some of the others we have lost against defy belief.
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i have a plea to all wolves fans who want mick out, do what is right and get the banners made and the chants ready because even if we draw with sunderland, (we aint gonna win), its still not good enough. Steve morgan can spend whatever the hell he likes on the training ground and the stadium but whats the point?, does he want a 32k stadium less than half full in the fizzy pop league or does he want a 28k stadium full to the rafters in the prem????. As a business man surely he can see the reasoning behind getting in a decent coach now and not leaving it to late. BPL = £40 per ticket fizzy pop is £30 at best do the math Mr morgan. We must also look to jez quigley, I mean moxey. jez ffs man grow some and use your head, your the one taking the flack you should be remembered as the man who helped turn us around not the moron who refused to listen.
anyways not gonna make 1 bit of difference to anyone concerned at wolves
utw
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An extremely excellent Henessey saved Wolves from many more blushes than the final score may suggest. And this is not a one off. Otherwise we had more of the same against a team admittedly far richer than wolves but can also be beaten as shown in successive showings lately. The team has again shown the consistent lake of fight and endeavour which, at least, one expects from a premiership team.The management has now to do their homework diligently as the situation is nothing less than desperate. Time is of the essence to solve the many problems which surround the place. And for goodness let no one describe this my sincere contribution as gloom and doom. I want to see Wolves retain their premiership status, that is all. Maybe some day we shall see a trophy as a consequence of this.
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No 42 – I think its an absolute fact that Bully would do a far better job of it than Doyle even now. There were times when Bully was up front on his own and he did a damn good job of it – and he scored goals doing it. Doyle doesn’t and never will! Can you seriously see this guy getting double figures in a season – and its nothing to do with the way Mick plays him. He’s the same for the RoI team. Spends most of his time out on the wing. I know he does some good work out there but he is supposed to be a striker – I used to think that meant ‘goal-scorer’. I’ve said it before, what’s the point of having wingers to put the ball in the box when our ‘star’ forward is out on the other wing? The reason for this rant is that, despite Fletcher’s performance today,which I thought was good, despite not scoring, whats the betting that he will be dropped for the next game in favour of Doyle. If he hadn’t have injured himself on Thursday he would have been in and Fletcher out anyway. Doyle should play in O’hara’s position or as a winger seeing as how he spends most of his time there. That way we could play Doyle and two forwards (will never happen I know because it makes sense). Facts are facts, Mick will NEVER rise to anything higher than a bottom five Premier manager and Doyle will NEVER be a top-class striker scoring loads of goals. He doesn’t even gell with other forwards when we have tried to play two up front. As long as we have got Mick leading us off the pitch and Doyle leading the attack on it, we are only going in one direction.
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This all really sets us up well for the January transfer window….
‘Hmmmm…Wolves, now that’s a team that are really going places, get my agent, tell him yes, I’m their man’
Dream on.
Clueless, uninspired and staggering on…
Stickwithmick?
Do me a favour, I think the correct term is stuckwithmick.
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Sack MM !!!!!
Please !!!!!!!!!!!
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This farce has got to stop now. Last season we were capable of taking points from the top four teams by some quirk of both luck and endeavour. This is clearly no longer the case. Despite our apparent “improvement” after three years in the premiership and the investment of around 10 million pounds in two players, I as a fan see no improvement at all. Instead I see a serious decline in the standard of play, creative input and of course, positive results. I am sure I am not alone in this. As a fan who has an opinion which differs to that of the manager and the clubs new captain I am a “Numpty” to the man who controls the the clubs financial purse strings, I am “Fickle”. To other fans who are as delighted with our performances as our manager appears to be I range from Moron to WBA fan. I’m seriously wondering why I support this club any longer. Am I alone in this? I think not.
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who is this roger johnson bloke??he must be really good coz we paid 7 mil for him and made him captain-don’t tell me it’s the guy in the number 14 shirt who stumbles around the pitch like a bewildered baby giraffe…
love hennessy-another great performance this morning[oz time]
why was elokobi on the pitch??surely common sense to leave ward there-he’s really impressed me this year-
jarvis sprang back to life once he was back on the lefthand side-
terry actually gets over the top of another chelsea player to score-where were our defenders-oh that’s right 2 of them where marking the posts…
pretty much spent the 2nd half channel surfing the other 5 games on telly-don’t think i missed much..
good to see zubar back-it’s just a shame that we don’t have a good young right back we could of blooded with his first start tonite,seems like none of our youngsters have done anything to impress…
hennessy
doherty craddock johnson/berra ward
hammil henry[dm] milijas guediora jarvis
fletch
just saying….
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Surman and Elliot bennett why did try not get their chance? I can’t see how we are going to turn this round because we can’t rely on teams below us to keep being rubbish. Something needs to change
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Why do the half wits always blame Mick when a bloody magician couldn’t beat Chelsea with this team.
The owner needs to ask himself the question.
Are you are in the division to win games or to make up the numbers?
And if you cannot afford it then sell up. Although it is difficult to find buyers.
This team needs at least four new top class players to compete.
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that many players moved about and asked to do different jobs that they didnt have a clue. they looked dissorganised and despondant and by half time couldnt even do the basics .i like to see youth getting a chance but how must hammill of felt,hunt out, wardy played left and right and just to finish any confidence he might have forde chosen to come on ahead of him,
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THE MANAGER HAS CLEARLY LOST IT, whatever it was he night have had. No better than a Championship mentality with a basicly Championship squad. The man is clearly out of his depth in this league. Thanks for your efforts in the top flight pal but life gets better when you accept your limitations. Keep taking the powders and may the illusions your record speaks of be with you. It says volumes to me. Almost did this, almost did that. Almost got us relegated back to the Championship but Steve Morgan stepped in just at the right moment.
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I’m repeating myself but this is simply unacceptable.
I’ll not rant anymore but I think we really need to be Wolves fans next Sunday and kick off, show how disgusted we are with this. I really can’t take much more. I’m becoming detached from it all.
Please stop this, please….
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We will be fine. You’ll see. 17th place is already ours. Swansea will slide by us in the 41st minute of the second half of the last game of the season, thanks to a Roger Johnson goal. Mick McCarthy will be vindicated once again and we’ll have it all to look forward to again in 2012/13. It’s nothing if not nerve racking being a Wolves fan. Hoddle was right, we must have done something really bad in our past lives to have deserved this for fate.
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Its funny how he comes out and criticizes milijas when he makes a mistake but when one of his regulars makes one he refuses to criticize.
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Went to the game. Decided to stay in London for a beer and a bite to eat. Just home (midnight) feeling so sad and disappointed. Watching my team shouldn’t make me feel this way. But so poor, so dull, so second rate. Did they all really try their best, or is this as good as it gets? Feeling blue.
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This is Wolves 2011 business as usual. Ford has done well, as his reward under Mick he can now look forward to a nice long spell in the reserves.
Let me enjoy my breakfast and then watch the pub team at the park, definitely they will be playing win.
Utw
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Like many I have been saying we need a new manager for quite a while now. The team has lost all belief and sadly we are going down unless we get rid of the deadwood and make some radical changes. I can’t believe Berra is still playing at centre back, at best he is a good championship player but he is way too slow and lacks the skill to be a premiership player. There are others that are not good enough but I am depressed enough and the list is too long to keep bleeting on.
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Thank you mm very much for showing us numpties/idiots the way football should be played. We were wrong to be mad at you. youve realy shown us, we know nothing. That brilliant plan to park the bus worked !! chealsea were kept at bay for whole 7 mins. then we went strait up the field and could of with a bit of luck got the ball in thier half !! we realy showed any lucky person watching what skill pace spirit and effort we have through out the team.
mm please show us more of your brilliance how you move the players arround the pitch. confusing the opposition. they never know where our players might be next its know wonder they were unable to break through for another 22 mins.
Im on cloud 7 knowing your in charge of my team and tictacs are working, we will know dowt see more of your brilliance next week when we play them fools from the north east who did not relise what they had when they let you leave.
I can only wonder what we have in store next week, i wont be able to sleep with all this excitment !!
UTW
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Another embarassing performance – 1st half we were so inept as to just gift the goals to Chelsea. No one on the posts for a corner – I teach that to 10 year olds. Johnson should be ashamed of his marking ability. A pathetic effort. Wayne Hennesey is a very competent goalie – he has to be with that defence!
So – what players will be purchased – probably noen – Championship Football next year – its sertain. A shame for such a glorius club.
Wolves til I die – at this rate it will be sooner rather than later
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I didn’t expect us to come back with more than zero points today. But I do think MM and the team have been unfortunate somewhat. With the missing ‘suspended’ players, Doyle injured and a very very young goalkeeper who in my opinion is a lower league player (as he has no control or respect of the back four) should have kept the American, unseasoned SEB the odd were very much against us. Hopefully the results will get better from here on. But yes Craddack should be given a go at least. Nice to see Zubar back.
We’ll come good.
UTW.
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So our leader goes public and pretty much says we will go and ‘park the bus’ (much to the pleasure of those who have forked out £50 plus expenses to witness it).
So how do we go about this masterplan to scrape a miracle point against Chelsea? …a a very fragile Chelsea, an under performing, under pressure, in transistion Chelsea ?
Yep, that’s right….relocate your most consistantly performing ‘defender’ to the wing, thus weakening even further the puff powder back line which has already had to endure one enforced abscence. GENIUS !!!!
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Leaderless and clueless, how much longer can Wolves afford to keep Adolf in charge.With a back up of a team of Muppets even a blind man knows that the club’s failure to strengthen in the summer months was a ghastly mistake.
Out Moxey as well and the clip board charlie but has Morgan got the guts to sack em all, I doubt it.
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Terrible yet again stayed down in London for a few and met up with some mates who are fulham fans, you know what they said? Thank god that you and blackburn are in the league as we only have to worry about one more relegation place! Mm has to go people keep saying we are not gonna get anything from the top teams err we did last season so does that mean we are a worse team? And if we are where does the blame lie? Only one person for me. I like mm but we are in a tailspin now and if its not sorted soon we WILL be going down. Mick has fell out with the fans now it seems he has fell out with his captain. Well that’s what it looked like to me anyway the certainly looked like they were having a go at each other. We are becoming a laughing stock.
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hoof and hope, hoof and hope, hoof and hope…
there you go, thats our game plan for the remainder of our stay in the premier league.
and the muppet doesnt see the irony of calling us mindless idiots…
MUPPET OUT !
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Finally decided nit to bother using my ST from now on.
Abysmal selection – tactics- ideas.
We are pathetic and I am no longer able to overcome the the senation of nausea engendered by our4 performances.
The silence of our Chairman is deafening. Is this his vision for the future if so I am afraid after 63 years support for my Wolves I can no longer subscribe.
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Could someone please check all the hierarchy and scouts at the mol to see if they have a passport, I don’t think they have ever left the uk. I would normally be thinking January ‘could’ sort us out if we can get a couple of players but with this management I cant see it especially if they thought the side was good enough before the start of the season.
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Well my fickle and numpty friends are you all just keyboard warriors or do you really believe the majority want Mick out?
2.00 pm outside the Billy Wright stand on Saturday, lets see how many are willing to actually protest? or are you all just bluster and hot air?
You have had 5 years of Mick and we are in our 3rd season in the Premiership, and for some of you it has been filled with a constant anti Mick campaign.
Well now’s the time to act – as they say ‘put up or shut up’ if you want change show yourselves? lead the protest or are all these post’s just healthy debate?
Bet you could’nt muster more than 200 people…….
Stick with Mick.
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I cannot believe that Steve Morgan sits watching these sort of performances under a manager who, just does not have a clue in the big league, and then says nothing and does nothing.Steve,for gods sake stand up and be counted,get rid of this muppet before there is no way back from the dreaded drop.This is our third season back in the Premiereship and we are going backwards,by now we should be showing some sort of consolidation.He is a joke,GET RID NOW.
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A plea to all wolves fans before the match against sunderland everyone congregates by the billy wright statue and demostrate let them know our feelings they are so out of touch with the fans Mick out Mick out Mick out
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64 Ron Flowers you sum up my feelings and many of my mates who follow to!
YOU ARE NOT ALONE! What we are served up from the manager and the so called Cheif Executive is utter dross and can’t be allowed to go on much longer. I for one am looking for a way to make my feelings well and truly known. Its causing me to feel ill. It can’t continue. We going backwards so quickly. The pattern is there for all who are willing to see it.
Moxey out and take MM and clipboard with you!!
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If we go down this year I can imagine Steve Morgan taking a long hard look at the team and ground situation during his tenure.
His team will be no better than the one he inherited; it will be back where it started with him – in the Championship; circa £50m will have been wasted on players; he will have the same manager who can at best promise another five years of the same – up, three years of ungodly scrambling, down; the fan base will have been badly eroded; a potentially glorious chapter in Wolves’ history will have been ripped to pieces; but he will have one new stand and better training facilities.
As a businessman will he be satisfied with that? If the answer is, yes, he will be the most unusual businessman I have known or heard of.
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mick lost the plot, lost the players, lost the fans ,but moxey and morgan back him ,whats the point 35 years of my life wasted ,on this had enough GET MICK OUT NOW
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they got exactly what they deserved, NOTHING absolute rubbish
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Another out of form opposition played back into form by rotten, dreadful defending. A team of school boys wouldn’t have conceded the first goal simply by manning both posts at corners. “Goals change the course of games” – you bet.
Stoke playing 4-2-4 can keep clean sheets at this level because they defend properly most weeks and the centre backs are as good as anyones’. Not so Wolves, it has to be 4-5-1 to be competitive or get continually overrun.
After such early promise Johnson is looking a dreadful signing, and the decision to make him club captain looks ill-conceived.
Unless a couple of rabbits are pulled out of the hat in January, relegation beckons.
So disapppointing.
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Sorry 86 I’m that upset I can’t see straight. :-)
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GUTLESS OWNER & CEO
GUTLESS MANAGER & MANAGEMENT TEAM
GUTLESS PLAYERS
OH YES AND IT’S ALL THE FANS FAULT!
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Dazjevo
need a change look at bristol city now they changed their manager.thanks mick enough is enough
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fickle as i am just returned from Chelsea , whats left to be said , ROB 105 , says it all , The silence of our chairman is deafening , at least he cant be accused of being fickle . Can anybody come up with one plausible reason for retaining the services of the worst manager in premiership history .?
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Wolves were the pits at Chelsea, the Managers a complete fool, and the board have their eyes closed. What the hell can we do ?
Anyone know details of the planned supporters protest march before the Sunderland game, I want to be there
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Is it just me or as a club are we going exactly nowhere? In fact backwards!!! Read QPR, Norwich, Swansea. What’s going wrong with our club 3′M’s – take action NOW!!!!!!!!
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Admittedly, the magic from merlin the magician that brought us from nothing in the championship, to a 3rd season in the premier league hasn’t really shined through this season thus far, but ehh, last time I heard, a supporter is someone who supports their team through thick and thin, instead of moaning about management, unfurling banners, and telling the management who have worked in football for many, many years that they don’t know what they’re doing. I admit that the football has been far from the best that we can do, but I’m not gonna moan. I’m gonna back the wolves, as I’ve been doing for many years.
No matter what happens, whether MM goes, wether the club gets sold, even if we drop down to league two or something, as a supporter, I’m going to support my team.
3 points next week. Come on the Wolves
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The club seems to run for Mad Mick and Ward
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Do you think that all of the comments we have written on this website are read by Morgan and Moxey?…..I think not.
Whilst I believe that it makes us feel better unloading on here, I do think it will serve us better to make our feelings known to the Board at the Sunderland game with a 5 minute chant of ‘McCarthy out’at a particular point in the match. Not at the end of the game or at half time as the directors will all be the Board’s suit having their drinkypoos but during the game.
If we don’t do this then, as we have all seen “nothing happens”.
The manager has to go. This slow drip drip of confidence within the team is obvious to see. Arguments between the captain and the manager on the pitch shows that the cracks are starting to show.
It has taken an outsider (Johnson) who has not come through the Championship route or on the ferry from Ireland, to show his dipleasure at what is happening within the team.
So lets give it a shout on Saturday lads. It must have an influence.
If it does not work then a stay away must be the next choice
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The thing is it is now a given that we will lose. We have!! taken about two steps back this season. We are looking like one of the worst sides in the league and this is one of the best squads i have seen down the molineux in my life time. Think that’s about as clear as i can make it sorry Mick you have been found wanting in every department apart from effort.
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Is there a worse player that Elokobi in the prem or the top half of the Championship for that matter???
Why move Ward???
They were playing on Elokobi & who can blame them everything they did in the first half come down their right flank
Johnson yet again at fault for 2 goals ain’t much better!!!
Just watched the game again & we were embarrassing to be honest.
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Wouldn’t catch me paying to see Wolves. Too many poor performances make it uneconomical to watch! Even trainspotting is better than watching Wolves lose week in week out.
As for MM the sooner he gets the boot the better. Results matter!!!
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Never though i would say this but i really hope next week we loose 10 nil
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Why bother? Blind faith isn’t an option any more. Perhaps we do need to go down and hopefully bounce back like Newcastle.We are stale and ineffective. There is a lot of crowing coming from upstairs about Premier League stuff, well if we were an stablished Prem team then perhaps we the fans would take notice.Let’s face it, we are at best a team who are good enough for the division below, that is players and management structure alike. From the Chairman down there is little Premier experience so my lucky lads “Fall back regroup and try again” before even going down the pub for 90 minutes of Albanian tele seems a bridge too far.Racked off the lot of yer.
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40) Albion fan, but I am not here to gloat, you are absolutely spot on about Wayne Hennessey, what I have seen of him he has been on top form. I do fear for you though if he has a few off days such has Carson had last season, or worse still gets a knock that puts him out for weeks!
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Hands up all those screaming that Doyle is no good and should be dropped ’cause he doesn’t score!!! Now leave the room please.
Having said that may I now paraphrase an old story which goes as follows:
A judge in a divorce court asked the couple’s ren year old son “with whom would you like to stay permanently son? Your mum or your dad?
Nobody replied the boy, they both beat me hard.
Who do you wish to stay with then, your grandparents?
No they beat me also. I wish to stay with the Wolves team because they beat no one.
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Poor Wolves, not a great performance, again effort could not be faulted but as we cannot compete with players we have to compete with organisation- we did not do that.
I am wary of the Mick, Moxey and Morgan out crowd because i think the club is well organised, financially sound and building for the future. It takes time. As a caveat, however, although the club infrastructure is excellent with the training ground and stadium plans and excellent medical facilities and back room staff, the team has started to suffer.
The most appalling display i saw was against Swansea, it was embarrassing, we were so lucky. I think a cool hard look is needed. I don’t want to go the same ways as Leeds, Bradford, Hull, Charlton, the Sheffield teams et al, ( remember where we were ten years ago) but the team now needs to progress as well as the rest of the infrastucture as we get larger and ambition grows. Mick is a legend, but can he achieve this? As he hit a ceiling?
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I remember the pasting Southampton gave us in championship but back then we kept chanting and supporting the team….why? Easy answer, there was fight, effort and attempts made to try something?! Question for the board……….how can you give the team and club the spark it now needs…… ..it’s pretty obvious when u think of it……perhaps you ought to hold a focus group with newcastle and everton managers!!! Don’t take it all out on mick though, moxley held stoke back for years and look at them now!!!! Mick unfortunately is a stubborn chap whos always managed teams at the foot of the premiership…….come on mr Morgan, how much longer can u afford to see your investment get wasted by these two?!!!!
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We got away with a thumping. It could easily have been a 6-0 or more. Once we lost the 1st goal that is it.I expect Milias to have played his last game for WW. He made a terrible, inept error to give away the ball for the passage of play that lead to corner from which Terry got the crucial 1st. Why have we not got the best out of Milias? Think his days are numbered now. Also SEB looked out of his depth and Edwards was anonymous. I was there feel low at such a dispiriting performance. I think we need some more variety and quality in our squad.
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The best thing about this game from a Wolves persective is the continuing good form of Wayne Hennessey. Clearly our man of the match.
It would not surprise me if one of the top 6 clubs make a move for him sometime in 2012.
As for Milijas, I just hope we can off-load him in January. Apart from losing the ball leading up to the first goal via a corner, he did virtually nothing (again)for the remaining time on the pitch. McCarthy quite rightly substituted him before half-time.
It would have been preferrable to have kept Ward at left back and not played Elokobi. Ward has been the one good consistant player in the defence this season.
Not sure what McCarthy is going to do at Monday’s training session to put matters right, but maybe a double dose of Major Frank Buckleys monkey gland treatment might help.
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It’s about time we heard something from Steve Morgan. These consistently poor performances surely cannot be going unnoticed and if they are he should explain what he’s doing with his time because he certainly isn’t spending any of it talking about our wonderful football.
Is there seriously going to be a demonstration before the Sunderland game? This manager cannot be far away now from being finished. The sooner we get someone else in the sooner we will have a chance of surviving the season. Confidence is gone. No new players would come to the club in January anyway. Come on MR Morgan, let’s here it from you.
PS Alan Curbishley anyone?
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Let’s not blame the players. If they are not up to it is not their fault. If we paid over the odds for them it’s not their fault. If they wander around the pitch not knowing what position they should be playing in it’s not their fault. If they are told that they played really well and just lost it’s not their fault. If they lack desire it is their fault but if they lack motivation it is not really their fault. Last season at times we played some really good football and lost at the same time we managed by sheer will to scrape results. I just can’t see any of that this season. So someone has to be at fault.
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134, Judging by our performances of late, if not for most of this season, Mondays training session won’t be too different from most others. Why would the manager want to change anything? We limited Chelsea to only three goals all game. The manager will declare himself delighted and advise the lads that a softly softly approach to the match against Sunderland would be the best approach. “Now lads, don’t forget, we’re the home team so it’ll be 4 5 1 with Doyler back up front after a good rest and we’ll try to hit ‘em on the break.Now Roger try and stay on your feet lad and put a shift in, I can’t ask more than that.”
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OK utterly depressed – even Sir Billy’s attempt to get the protest going 26 hours before the match next week didn’t make me laugh.
Even the loser getsomein’s inability to spell the word ‘lose’ didn’t raise a smile.
If you want to cheer yourselves up,look at the home fixtures for the second half of the season. Samaritans will be busy this week!
Still, by next weekend we can turn it all round -there are some poor teams out there – we can definitely finish above Blackburn, Wigan and Bolton.
If you want to go down so McCarthy goes, can you put it on record so I can remind you in 10 years when we are still in the Championship.
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GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO
All last week Mick has said “get used to it he aint gonna change” so please Mr Morgan Change him
GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO GO
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Mick you parked the bus at the wrong stop.need a new bus conductor?
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107 stick with Mick and get relegated… because that’s what will happen, he needs to go, he’s done a great job but it’s the end of the line.
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Just posted a comment on here not nasty just in humour of micks comments and then learn of Gary speeds death. Must make some of you on here making slurred remarks about our staff feel sick.
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So, as a numpty I will say my piece.
Mick has to go. I cannot see a way out of this mess: the team are falling apart. Johnson is arguing with his boss, the boss is publically attacking Milijas. I am sorry you Mickites but Milijas should be the fulcrum of our team and it and he are capable of so much more but Mick in his wit and wisdom has demolished the confidence the team has.
if a local council wants tio discipline someone they usually use the phrase that the worker has breached the trust and confidence between the employee and them.
Mick has breached the trust and confidencve we all had in him…or perhsp we are to blame?
Perhaps the fans have betrayed Mick as we are all numpties?
Mick, if he has any ounce of integrity or intelligence should see, whether there is a better guy out there, that he can progress no further. The Wigan result was a false dawn. How can any happy clapper say that 4 points out of 30 is good enough?
Mick’s record speaks for itself: he got us here and kept us here but that was despite his efforts and not becuse of them.
Why buy Milijas, Fletcher and a heap of others if he doesn’t want them? Who controls our transfer policy?
What the hell is happening at the club I have supported since 1974?
This is sad, so sad. We don’t mind losing and even being drubbed as long as there is clealry a plan and the players look like they are making an effort. Yesterday they looked like wasters and Milijas should not be made the scapegoat. he may have given the ball away but it is Mick who messed the club up.
Mick, please do the decent thing and Please go now for all our sakes!
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I still believe Milijas has something to offer Wolves, in my opinion his confidence has been destroyed like alot of the other players by MM. The reason is that he has no confidence in their abilities, but he’ll continue to play players that are out of form and getting beat week after week.
i don’t think that protesting is the way forward, but not turning up to the games would speak louder in getting our point across.
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I only saw the highlights but its the same pattern of many other games we have lost this season.
Very poor defending resulting in 3 give away goals.
Markers ball watching and losing their men in the box
poor possession- Giving the ball away in midfield far too easy.
Yes we got beat by Chelsea who were expected to win but this was a very good time to play them and really it was game over after 8 minutes.
Zubar should have been on the bench- how he can be expected after 6 months out to come back against chelsea I’ll never know.
Mick hasnt learnt anything from starting with a hopelesslly unprepared Kightly earlier in the season having been out for 18 months.
I think the 3Ms need a drastic rethink come january transfer. No inexperienced loaneees. Cash must befound to get in a decent striker,defensive midfielder and centre half.
I think Craddock needs to come into the team possibly for Johnson who looked all over the place, and doesnt play or lead like a captain in my view.
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Errr current theme here!! Coaching staff at Premier level leave a lot to be desired! very good championship coaches, but its been proved every season in the Premier. bye bye clipboard
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1. Chumpionship defenders
2. headless chicken as Captain
3. passing the ball sideways or back to the keeper
4. suicide passing to teammates
5. clueless marking at set pieces
6. playing our best players out of position
7. the same stupid mistakes week in week out
8. Negative tatics ( make us harder to beat do they, er no easier )
9. the squad is good enough to stay up ( no it flaming isnt )
10. a new stand for all the new supporters, er what new supporters, ( and did we really need a new stand ??? )
I could be here all day but it then this post would be to big. I would do a list of positives but i truly cant think of any, hang heres one, all the money i’ll save by not going any more , doh i bought i season ticket. truly dreadful time to be a wolves fan, can we turn it around, i seriously doubt it this time. Up the wolves
P.s Milijas knockers, who sold him short with a suicidal pass in the first place ?? and who was supposed to be marking Terry,i rest my case. Hardly his fault they scored then.
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What the heck was that offside trap attempt in the first half ?? if thats training ground stuff god help us !!!!!
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107, yes I think they do.
You as everyone on here are entitled to their opinion, and most posters have WW as their passion and dearly hope for a return to better times after so many years in the wilderness.
I am not sure if you are a wind up merchant, or a true supporter, I doubt whether many supporters will take up the silence or whatever people are proposing, but I tell you this that if Sundays game goes wrong then I think you will hear what the majority of the crowd think.
That’s if he survives till then because as I said he is in the beginning of the end game.
No one expected a result against Chelsea but my god the expectation was that we would give it ago, this was stifled by the manager then the desire and effort disappeared.
He has to go, and he has wasted £50 Million of Morgans money, he wouldn’t have got to that figure or be in a job by now if I was CEO.
Thanks to E&S for posting the comments on a Sunday!
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how can this team not put a player on each post for a corner? Seven minutes in and you concede the most basic of goals.
Sorry but I blame Johnson, he is captain and centre-half.
I coach under 7 and we put players on posts to protect the goalie.
Anyway I hope we can get something in the next 2 games as I am flying in on Thursday to see the Sunderland and ManU games.
Hope I bump into some of you at the game
Cheers
Charlie
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Noisy…your blind faith is commendable, sad but commendable.
If it was left to you Sammy Chapman would still be manager….
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Well we had one thing in common with Chelsea, they had Juan Mata, and we had his brother,
It doesn’t Mata.
I think regardless of whet they say the palayers have lost all belief. A lot of the team looked as though they did not want to be there today. There is no plan, no identifiable style of play. We have had what we asked for. We’ve seen Zubar start. We’ve seen Adlene start. We have seen Milijas start. We’ve had the lazy Ebanks-Blake(What a waste of substitution that was), come on as substitute. None of them have had any impact. Im surprised Milijas even went and sat of the bench, he will probably be gone in January. He was playing so deep, presumably under instructions, that the only type of pass that was an option was a long punt upfield.
You could start David Silva, Suarez, Chichurito and Van Persie and they would all look like bumbling idiots under this manager. Does he tell our players not to cross the half way line?
I find it interesting that one of the few players doing OK is Wayne Hennessey, presumably because Mick cannot ask him to do anything except play in goal.
As I’ve said before the sign of a good manager is that decent players improve under a good manager. Someone point to one who has improved under McCarthy. Something had better be done quickly, we look like the worst team in the premiership at present, and we probably are. In a few months we might not have that title as we won’t be in the Premiership!
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Sir Billy Quiet – well I owe you an apology… you were right all along – this IS dream football we are watching and Mick really is serving up some great stuff.
The way we are outplaying teams week after week is testament to Mick and his staff…. why didn’t I see this before.
From now on I’m with you pal…. how’s the song go…”If your happy and you know it….”
Anyway I’m off now to finish banging my head on this brick wall…… see you all next week for more fun and top class entertainment.
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ian holloway, your country, or the black and gold half of the black country, needs you to bring your forward looking style of football to molineux
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Awful performance from a championship level side. I went to the game and could just see the team playing with NO idea or gameplan at all. Not even parking the bus as it’s known, just 11 players who are stuck in a rut and have no insperation as the manager is clueless with football at this level.
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i agree with mick that ward is the best player he has worked with wish we had 9 more like him he is fast tactically astute good in the air and an eye for a goal and can defend
oh sorry i was dreaming again HE IS LIKE MOST THE OTHERS NOT GOOD ENOUGH
Lets change it before its to late get a new manager and back room staff and allow a few january signings and get mid table instead of rocketing to the championship
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A few points on the above comments
Stearman’s Sideys – trying to blame Karl Henry for Milijas losing the ball has to be a joke – it was not a short pass, he rolled his foot over the ball to move it away from his body (taking about as long as this site takes to read)
So far suggestions for a replacement manager –
Benitez – loves to defend and play on the counter, will need a lot of new players- very poor premiership managerial record considering
O’Neill – absolutely no chance he will come to any club not offering him a fortune to spend
Holloway – would be entertaining, how long before people notice he can’t organise a defence and managed a relegated team last year
Hughes – see O’Neill
English Exile – it’s the only faith I have,the rest of my like is more logical, I did quite like Sammy Chapman (definitely more than Tommy Doc). In more recent times I did want McGhee and Hoddle to go and probably Turner (albeit with a heavy heart). I think we sacked Taylor and Dave Jones too soon. I predict that if things carry on as they are Mick will go in mid-December and Jez will appoint in early Jan, giving the new manager (Gordon Strachan) no time to spend any money.
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I’m not sure where the quick open attacking play of Wolves in the championship has disappeared to. I know the prem is a different level but the swans and Norwich both manage to play far superior football with arguably less able players. Therefore you must conclude that the manager is at fault. I hate to target certain players but Henry either needs to improve or be dropped. He’s simply too negative and another creative playmaker in the centre of the park is important.
At the back big George has to go along with Berra. We need at least one defender who is comfortable on the ball and can actually start attacks rather than just hoofing it like a ten year old.
Up front sell SEB for couple of mill take a gamble on Maynard. We missed out on long so let’s not miss another gem. 9 times out of ten it has It has to be fletcher and Doyle up front !!!!
Time is ticking for MM. Time to turn it around or fall on your sword !!!
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R.I.P Gary Speed.What an absoloute tragedy poor bloke,makes everything else seem trivial to say the least.You’ll be missed x
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Once a Wolves supporter always a Wolves supporter, come what may – but when I discover we are about to play against teams waiting to come back from a bad run, or players that haven’t scored for two years, I get twitchy ….. know what I mean? (When I see these bad runs broken I also ask, “Why can’t that be us?” But it never is.} We have to beat Sunderland, another of those teams on an indifferent run. We have to. Surely it’s our turn?
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Just got back from a cracking weekend in London. Well almost cracking.
Warhorse certainly showed up the Carthouses on the pitch at Stamford Bridge.
I think we had “Bera” get rid of carthorse No1 who can go with “Joihnson” his foal. To “Ward” off the the other the other teams before we get into one Ellkobi of a mess and really Muckarthy it up all together and end up in “Moxley” playing a mouth Morgan for a living.
Well what do you expect a Wordsworth I ain’t but I think you get my gist!!!
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No one seriously expected us to win at Chelsea did they?It was the manner of the defeat that was the problem.For a start who came up with the crazy idea of not putting players on the line for corners.It was tried two years ago and didn’t work so why go back to a failed tactic?Secondly Johnson is making mistakes and seems disruptive.A change must be made.We have found out time and again Jarvis is better on the left,so why start him on the right? Most worrying of all is the lack of team effort.Mick says his players always give him everything,well they certainly didn’t on Saturday.Out of the last 30 points available we have gained only 4.The Chief Executive ,manager and team captain have in recent weeks criticised loyal fans who spend hours of their time and lots of precious money following the club.The owner remains silent.All in all it is a shambles.
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Get David Davis back from Scotland!
Get Liam Ridgewell in January!
Get some half-decent centre-half & full-back on loan freom Championship (Kisnorbo? Paul Connolly? West Brom got McAuley from Ipswich, have our scouts done any better?).
Get a tactically aware coach on the staff!
ACTION NOW PLEASE MR MORGAN!
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dear me we are in trouble, Elokobi in the side we must desperate
but i will still get behind them 100% at the weekend
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No 71.Stevepats. BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE.UTW:
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the sad passing of gary speed….puts all this sh..e on the back burner…
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90+ mins of cringing for the fans.
MM is doing his best only a fool would think otherwise, for this reason i will not stoop to personal attacks, how ever his best is clearly falling far short.
Wolves players have untill this season given 110% effort, i just dont see that anymore, I believe they have had enough as well as the fans of-
1) Negative tactics,
i mean come on does anyone really think that playing a solely defensive selection and formation against any top 6 team will get a result. Inviting a skillfull squad of players to attack at their will without fear of having to defend is a clear recipe for disaster…shocking
2) The squad selection was awfull, as all wolves fans that go to the games will agree our strength wide wingers peppering the box with crosses, not happened much this season..why?? negative play..were has hammil gone?, had been playing really well just before being dropped, that is just one point in selection, ward..what on earth? how many positions does he excell at in MM’s odd mind, you simply can not play a player in so many positions during one match..shocking.
The basic errors in defending exposed to the full by inviting teams to attack, coaching is shocking.
3) Untill Chelzky the erm.. tactical substitutions arriving in the 80+ mins of a game that MM claims to be master strokes (accepted he only claimed that once, it only worked once also), then why change the team in 80+ mins why not 40 mins or whatever…Shocking…
4) Other managers of other clubs that are playing badly or produce poor displays on the pitch and come under fire from the fans appologise to the fans publicly and strive to deliver better, MM lables his critics (paying wolves fans) numpties and dismisses them as not real supporters(hes been here 5 years the fans 40 years plus) shocking…
5) Mick as with your role at sunderland because you have no dignity and wont leave when you are so badly out of your depth, this is getting ugly, you are dragging Wolves as you did sunderland through the dirt.. Shocking.
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Well , the report was correct in that it was like the 4-0 of 2 years ago – we did not compete . I thought Hennessey and Henry came out of it alright but the defending was amateurish . It’s a corner – who would be the first person you’d think of marking – correct ….John Terry . SO WHAT HAPPENED ???? Centre backs marking each other ?? George had a nightmare . Ron played well until that run down the line…..he’ll improve with matches .Milijas , normally a favourite of mine , didn’t seem with it but to take him off for E-B was stupid as nowhere else was there a ( potentially )creative midfielder which E-B needs.Fletcher was given nothing to chase as he had two men on him all the time . Frankly , abysmal tactics . One bright note , at last MM “allowed” a youngster to be blooded . Forde did not look out of place and at 17 , should go far in the game – hopefully with Wolves . At least the other results went for us .
Up the Wolves !
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Is it only 99.9999% of supporters who want Mad Mick out?!?!?
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I’ve just scanned 155 posts and it’s made me unutterably sad, like watching a harpooned whale struggling valiantly, only to succumb to the inevitable. I especially feel sorry for those who travelled to Chelsea, and those who have supported the club for decades. It’s the hope that makes it so bad, only for it to be dashed. So, look forward to next week, you can all hope, can’t you?
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Please Mr Morgan, do it soon.
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Okay i can accept losing to teams like Chelsea who have far more quality than we have.
What i thought would happen is that we would slowly improve the more we stay in the Premiership. We seem to have gone backwards this season.
During my years of supporting Wolves i have seen many highs and lows, more lows to be honest but this trying to hang on and stifle the game all the while away from home is wearing a bit thin.
We don’t have the quality to keep teams out for 90+ mins with our defense as the lack of pace and positional sense gets exposed time and time again.
Top players in this country are out of our reach with wages and transfer fees so our scouting system could do with looking at to find and research the best of the rest.
Mick is wary of players outside the UK and Ireland and it’s a well known fact that he dislikes players that can sometimes be difficult to handle.
I like MM as a person as i think he is a honest and hardworking guy who gives his all for Wolves but we are so predictable at times it is becoming laughable.
Sad to hear of Gary Speed taking his life.
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107 Sir Billy Quiet:
Are you asking for a 26 hour protest from the Anti-Mick fans? ie; 2 o’clock on Saturday, untill kick off at 4 o’clock on Sunday!
If not did you get your Knighthood for a lifetimes service of being the “Village Idiot”!
If so it was well deserved.
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I am sick to death of all the negative comments about our team!!! Sure Mick may or may not have lost the dressing room but the only way to change that is to get behind the lads BE THE 12th man and make other teams aware that we are there (something that hasn’t happened recently). What good has it done to previous clubs getting rid of their managers half way through a season. What is the actual percentage of those who have managed to keep clubs up because I can’t think of many that have apart from woy in smethwick. I have asked myslef the question what would happen if we changed manager and my answer was still got relegated as he would have to work a miracle and with this threadbare squad something that I do not think is possible. I also thought to mysekf what managers are available O’nelly and Hughes (no they’re unreliable and chuck us in at the deep end by leaving at the start/end of a season). I for one would not like Mick to be sacked as he does have the good of the club at heart no other manager would take a roasting for his teams shortcomings. At the end of the day our next three home games are winnable which means we would be half way to the magic 40. I cannot see Swansea and Norwich carrying on like they are look at Bpool last season they were in the top ten also at this point. Truth of the matter is teams get found out after Christmas and we seem to do better. I knew from the beginning Johnson was not as goos as we had already watching him for birmingham ridgewell and carr were the best defenders there constantly clearing the ball away and sticking their feet in. Look at how bad Dann is doing at BBurn who also was meant to be one of the best defenders available in the market. For me another trip to White Hart Lane for a loan would be nice either Dos Santos (Attacking flair really good player) or Bassong (Good CB stacks above what we currently have) not going to the bloody Championship for players in bargain basement (Mccormack and Collins). I want to see some actual investment in the team Sir Jack Hayward was promised 30m of Morgans own money into the team but atm I only see money from the TV and promotion and staying up. HIGHER THE BLOODY WAGE BILL to. I for one am going to be right behind the team on Sunday. My team would be a 4-5-1
Hennessey
Zubes Craddock Berra (Better this season) Ward
Henry Edwards
Doyle O’hara Jarvo
Fletcher
Personally for me doyle is our best creator and can actually cross the ball for me Vokes also has to be recalled for some aerial presence and Batth has gotta get in the team some point next season (hes apparently doing really well at Sheff Wed and from the same town). Support to Fletch is a must as he can also create something. Come on lads lets do these lot from Tyneside and get in their faces from the off.
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Hi # 47 from Tampa. Atlanta here. I’ve watched and paid good money on the TV to see a team that’s given up. I agree with you 100%.
This team has given up because of the aweful coaching by Sick McCarthy. An absolute disgrace to the Wolves name.
Why can’t he just quit and leave us to try someone else. I would respect him more if he did.
I’m afraid that I cannot watch the games anymore. My language ( I swear like a drunken sailor all the time) I’ve seen high school and University teams in Atlanta play better than these, overpaid amateurs.
Enough said..
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Josh there from Teeside mate not Tyneside.
Like your team selection though. And as for Doyle. Spot on. He’s no striker.
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Who’s bothered about how bad we were on Saturday, it doesn’t really matter.
R.I.P. Gary Speed
Proper Player
Why???
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I agree time for Mick to go.
What next?
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Are we not forgeting last season we was bobbing around the relagation spots all year! this year we haven’t gone in it and with a win against Sunderland next week we will break away from the reli spots even further! To say Mick has disgraced Wolves and been the worst manager is disgusting from “Wolves Fans”…. Since I have been supporting Wolves I have never been witness to a more succefull Wolves team. These are good times as far as I’m concerned… growing up at school I would have loved to have talked about Wolves loosing to Chelsea in the Prem!
I think you need to look at yourselves and get real, did you honestly think we would be top half of the table after hardley any improvements to the team over summer? whos fault is that? I blame Moxey and Morgan, I’m sure Mick wants lots of players but he aint gonna get them!
It’s been said Mick will not go even if the worse happens so just get on with it either come to the Molinuex on Sunday and support or don’t bother…
Any anti mick parade out side my club and I will stand there and boo you all day long! Unless you turn up on Sat then I will laugh at you =)
2-1 to Wolves! Co’mon Wolves!!!
In Mick We Trust!!!
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No one was going to moan about losing to Chelsea so why didn’t we just go for it. Instead we sat back again which looking at the Everton game everyone apart from Mick knows doesn’t work.
Yet again confusing team selections. After the QPR game I thought Mick learned his lesson about moving Ward and starting with Elokobi.
I know instead of playing our young hungry winger who hasn’t put a foot wrong since we signed him and can deliver deadly cross into the box the Fletch we’ll jeopardize our defence so we can play our striker come left back on the wing instead.
You might as well sell him Mick because clearly you have an issue with Hammill because that’s the only reason I can think of why you didn’t play him.
I bet you and Steve Bruce will both have your P45s pencilled up before next week because I’m sure one of you will be going.
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3 POSITIVES FROM THE GAME:
1) HENESSEY WAS OUTSTANDING
2) HENRY IS SUSPENDED FOR THE NEXT GAME
3) MUPPET EDGES CLOSER TO BEING SACKED!
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I know they’re from Teeside its a wind up I used to have with an old friend (sunderland fan). I believe with doyle and jarvo on the wings we would do better as doyles delivery is much better then jarvo’s. For me that is our best team and would love to see it enforced. For me I’m going for a 2 0 win over them. They’re confidence is fragile too and we have the 12th man on our side. Hopefully its not the ref from on Saturday cuz he was just dreadful.
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I know the game is on Sunday, it was supposed to be a wind up for those Numpties that never go to the Wolves……….
Many of the posters on here criticising MM never go to games, watch it in the pub or just follow the commentary on WM.
Anyway I agree MM must go, so now we are all in agreement, what changes?
Protests, letters to the Chairman, banners in the crowd?
Come on enlighten me in how we now get rid of MM….
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Just watched highlights again…
Look at how much space Johnson gives the striker of the 3rd goal… Why does he back off that much? leaves him wide open. He really needs to get his act together!
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Sir Billy really has shown his true colours. The village idiot nicely sums him up.
I predicted before a ball had been kicked that Johnson was NOT the player to solve the defencsive problems of this team and sadly, I was right.
He’s hopeless. A legend in his own mind. Clearly making him Captain has gone to his head because I think he genuinely thinks he’s a good player. I honestly think Berra is actually better than him.
Okay, what we need to do..
Wave goodbye to Elokobi, Henry, Johnson, Stearman, Milijas ,Gueidora,Ward in January and get some quality in ( unlikley, most good players wouldn’t come here now).
So for now, bring back Jarvo and Hammil. Move Doyle to attacking midfield and play Seb and Fletch up front….
Bring back Doherty and Craddock!! Can’t be worse than what we have now!
Anything, just dont keep rotating the same players over and over again.
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Only one thing to say today RIP Gary Speed,nothing else really matters!
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RichWolf64
If I am the Village Idiot then your post (no 184) must make you my trainee…..
Sir Billy is now of the opinion that MM needs to go, so we are on the same side now!
Its pointless posting about tactics and team selection, the manager does that.
The Chairman/Owner picks the Manager so if we all want MM to go then the only person we need to influence is the owner and we won’t get anywhere by isolating Mr Morgan.
Steve Morgan has invested in the Wolves he is no fool, but maybe he needs a little push in the right direction.
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186 Sue. Spot on there. Perhaps we should all get on with actually getting a life instead of getting involved with this repetitive load of rubbish every week. Football doesn’t mean a lot to me today. RIP Gary Speed. Sympathies and condolences to your family
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My deep and sincere condolences go to Gary Speed’s family and friends. A very sad day indeed. RIP, Gary.
As for the Chelsea game, it was just yet another embarrassment to go along with plenty of others this season. A tame surrender featuring no ambition and schoolboy defending was hardly a surprise, then.
I’m genuinely sorry for all those ripped-off fans who made the trip to Stamford Bridge. Talk about paying out damn-good money for stale, old rope.
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first wolves fc is my heart , soul managers players chairmen come and go facts are we moving forwards no players have lost faith in mick sorry they have look at her results mr morgan please can mick not bring someone new in to help on training pitch do something mick please we can not go on like this on sunday the two worst managers meet at lest give me a telling off with the players
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Not a good result!
However, who was it that said “Manager loose games, players win them?”?
A few soundbites of common sense I hope!
Firstly, “I am not a happy clapper. I was born in Wolverhampton in 1947. I have seen good & bad times over many decades”
“We need to get behind the team – most of the posts I have read over the last 3 years have been decidedly against WWFC. This negativity mid season must cost us at least 10 points because it destroys the club’s morale”
“MM can only work within the budget given him by the board & those players willing to play for us. Given the vehement posting over the last 3 years, why would anyone want to join us?”
“I do not warm to MM – but I support him until he is replaced. Any replacement should be out of season and dependent on our Premier standing”
“The boo boys are destroying my club.”
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I suppose what we need most at this stage, Sir Billy #183, is a vote of confidence in the manager from the chairman. That nearly always seems to work.
Alternatively if we beat Bruce’s lot on Sunday then it’s 14 from 14 – hardly a hanging offence, posters.
coyw
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all il say is watch out on saturday i think we are about to see the anger of the fans and who can blame them its not fair the way we are treated if steve bruce is going because of his mistakes what about our manager he has been left to do how he thinks week after week we are the laghing stock of the pl and thats the truth come on fans be like sunderland and do your protests and make sure mr morgan and mr moxey hear them we have had enough we want a change now so as we dont go down in may utw
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The Real London Wolf
I agree with all of your posting but sadly I have lost faith in MMs ability to re unite the club.
His not a bad manager and has always worked hard for WWFC in the face of constant swiping from some Numpties from day one (how many were singing super Mick on the pitch after promotion and again the last two seasons?).
MMs problem is that he is now part of the negativity, his seige mentality has become as devisive as the Numpties moan moan moan mentality.
The players were optimistic at the start of the season but MM talked about another relegation battle and undermined their spirit.
Johnson has obviously lost confidence through the Blues relegation and he wanted a fresh start at Wolves but is now faced with a season long relegation battle, he just needs to adjust and will be OK.
Sorry to say but it’s time for change and Steve Morgan needs to act quickly to return the club to a positive footing.
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Just found time to quickly peruse the above comments. I notice that posts 42, 55, 57, 73 and 78 all share a common theme: Apathy. That’s bad, bad news, Wolves, because apathy is a real killer at any football club.
I’ve attended games for maybe 45 years but I see above that a couple of fans have a mammoth 60 and 63 years support behind them -which makes my stretch look pretty tame in comparison. So, when long-time fans such as these two people feel nothing but malaise toward their beloved club, Wolves really should take heed that the alarm bells are ringing loud and clear. Only a fool would not listen to disaffected voices such as these.
Wolves predictably won’t listen, though, if recent history under Morgan and Moxey is anything to go by.
Never mind, there’s always the Radio WM phone-in at 7pm tonight. It’s another chance to hear disgruntled Wolves fans venting their spleen, and understandably so, too. Should make for interesting listening. Let’s hope the 3M’s tune-in, too. It might wake ‘em up a bit.
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Its time to go when even Sir Billy says times up.
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We were one of the lowest spenders in the summer transfer window taking into account what we recieved back from players leaving, and now its showing in the lack of quality in the team.
The great White elephant stand is not going too look so good half empty in The Championship.
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Ye Olde South Bank ,like you I have supported the club for over 40 years and a season ticket holder for most of them(fond memories of The Doog ,Peter Knowles etc) but I am becoming more and more disenchanted with the club. For what it is worth, my anger is not directed at the players (as I feel they are genuinely doing their best,unfortunately they just arent good enough),but at the people at the top.I think Morgan is running the club for his own personal ends ,and when he saw the offer that was on the table from Sir Jack,as a businessman,saw it was an offer he could not refuse.
The final straw for me was the lack of investment made in the team this year. I could understand it in years 1 and 2 but not this season.When we got promoted we were told that it was impossible for the newly promoted teams to attract established premiership players and reluctantly I accepted this point of view.This season however QPR have blown that argument out of the water.Therefore I have come to the conclusion Morgan ,for whatever reason, is not prepared to commit the necessary funds to enable us to establish ourselves in the division ,and if that is the case ,then he should sell up and hand the club over to someone who will.
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176 Brummie Nick
182 Josh
Sunderland are from Wearside……
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Cor blimey, It’s a bit doom and gloom on here. It makes me laugh how quickly the groups switch from ‘Happy Clappers’ to ‘Numpties’ on here depending on the result. Shows Jezmond is right we are fickle. A few posters have said they haven’t felt this disillusioned since 1987 etc,!!! Get a grip. We are in our third season in a row in the best league in the world. What do people want?EUROPE? CHAMPIONS LEAGUE??? You all sound like six year olds who can’t have a Milky Bar. At least understand that Chelsea are a top 10 european team and we’re just the little minnows struggling to make their way in the world. Look at Bolton…How many different managers in 10 years? And they are still in trouble. We have no divine right to this division and I for one think the future is still very rosy for the club as a whole. I think maybe some people should take a breath and reflect that it could be much worse. Someone said he couldn’t wait to enjoy winning games again…Well the only way that will happen is if we go down! Get used to it.
Mind you I do agree that Mick looked forlorn and clueless on MOTD. I don’t think his position can remain viable if we don’t start winning a few, starting with Sunderland.
Sorry for the long post…Also just a quick point…in 4 seasons in Prem we have only won 7 away games out of 64ish (0,2,4,1 so far)Did anyone really, seriously fancy 3 points against Chelsea???UTW Keep the faith!
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Time is up now for Mick, the clipboard Oconnor and Moxey. You are hanging on a thread. Please Please Morgan listen to the fans if you care about this club then do the right thing. We can find someone to replace Joe Jordan or McDermott would even be better than inept Mick. There needs to be money injected january, get rid of carthorse johnson and the other deadwood..keep hammill and doherty and ohara and foley and ward..and then release the rest so we can upgrade..Come on Morgan listen to the fans,. UTW
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1 Can someone at Express and Star ask Mick why for a no of corners was no one placed on both posts.It was the main reason we conceded the first goal. If it was the manager’s decision he should hold his hands up .
2 no 198 Robert and South Bank. It is about 48 years for me since I first started spending my money on the Wolves.I usually broadly agree with your comments,Robert,but I think you are being a bit unfair on Steve Morgan.He said when he first arrived he did not expect to make any money out of the Wolves.He seems a genuine bloke to me and does lots of fine charity work.As a builder I think he is too obsessed with building projects.Nevertheless, we have spent some money on players,I would have liked to have seen more ambition,but we could do a lot worse than having Steve Morgan as a owner.
no188 Teeswolf, I just thought Sunderland was up North.
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whats the point ,i have no doubt morgan and moxey will not ever sack mick , we can moan complain .but they dont litsen to the fans been a fan for over 35 years now,wolves in my heart till i die, but i do hope they see light because we are going backwords ,under mick either give him money in jan, or sack him .
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Brummmie Nick they’re from Wearside not Teeside haha
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185 – yes get rid of them all but dont kid yaself you aint gonna get much money for that lot of championship buffoons – then who are ya gonna get in for not a lot???
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MM is stuck in a rut with his tactics and selection and he needs to shake it up or simply go. I dont actually think its about buying new players, its about using these ones better. Some of his first choices aren’t delivering and he hasnt got a Plan B. Johnson is not the answer. In fact, he has made so many mistakes this year its untrue. I also dont think Doyle is being played in the right role. He is rapidly looking like Emil Heskey – great tactical awareness and creating space deep and in wide areas but NO GOALS! Also, I dont care if Jarvis has quiet half-hours, he should always start. He’s the one guy who might go past a full back, as he showed last season. As for the first-choice back four, has there ever been a more lumbering defence? And Ward and Stearman at full-back are jokes as attacking forces, except from set pieces. MM is looking clueless . . . Still, there’s an even worse manager to face this weekend. Bet we end up with Bruce at Wolves.
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Sir Billy, I agree with your thoughts on the manager but seriously don’t let it dominate your life. I bet the pet cat is close to doing one at your manor.
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205 – go away with your silly name….must be a Baggies Fan.
202 – Chris – I agree that the media fail to ask the obvious questions.
Must of the stuff on here comes from interviews on Wolves Website.
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I started going to the Wolves matches in 1950.aged 5.What worked for the Wolves over the years of success was the ability to find some gems from the youth set up.Now I agree with most posters that the current squad is woefully short on class ability call it what you will we do have some good young players both loaned out and still at the Mol.I would suggest that Batth, Malone Forde Gorman and Doherty are worth a run at this time.Lets face it they cannot be worse than members of the squad who have had plenty of opportunity and are clearly not up to it.
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sunderland is wear side
and ebanks blake wont ever cut it in the top flight
along with elokobi ward stearman edwards
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The truth is McCarthy is a dinosaur stuck in a timewarp from the eighties where sheer effort void of any skill would get you a result.It would help if he played his best players in their proper positions instead of accomodating favourites and changing formations to suit.Why does Hammill never get a start he surely would have made a better attacking option with Jarvis on saturday.
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You are correct Mick tinkering with the team is not the problem, the problem is the team was not talented enough to provide the challenge to the opposition with a view to “win” if you disregard the present and look at the previous form it should provide the answer, good job you don’t back horses for a living!!!
We don’t know where you are going although seventeenth place seems to be your favourite in the Premiership, very cost effective if you can maintain until the end of May.
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210 posts-
200 plus not happy
enough said
time for change
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£9 for two pints, no pints for the team, bring back Paul Cook to coach Milijas on betting and beer.
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The most worrying comment is Notts Wolves…..’I don’t care anymore’.
I almost agree…..it worries me, it should worry the club.
Change please. Now.
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I think we should adopt the way we were taught to play at school. The best form of defense is to attack. This would mean playing 4-3-3 Play Doyle wide right with Vokes and Fletcher up front . We need to get the ball across goal and have players to try and score.You cannot ever win by not scoring goals
I dont care how many goals the oposition score as long as we score more. The top teams in this league dont like being attacked so why do we keep letting them attack us. We employ a long ball game with nobody big enough to win the ball and even on the few times we do there is nobody there to capitalise on it.
Rant over UTW
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#166 Lord Thor – excellent summary of an ugly situation. Unfortunately MM will not see it this way (as usual).
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#173 Josh – I am sure you are behind WWFC all the way but on the one hand you defend MM and then pose many questions that MM really should have already answered on the playing field: Personally you query “what would happen if we changed manager and my answer was still got relegated as he would have to work a miracle and with this threadbare squad something that I do not think is possible”. If change is not made now relegation is highly likely with MM at the helm. The lack of motivation in performances is killing us. You are incorrect – Mick does NOT take a roasting for his teams shortcomings – the fans do (i.e., the numpties). If as you point out Johnson was not as good as we had why did MM make him his top priority? If the game is winnable on Sunday why go 4-5-1? Not a winnable formation against a very vulnerable team (then again are they more vulnerable than us?). I agree completely with you that Vokes has to be recalled for some aerial presence and that Danny Bath should be given a run. BUT MM will never do this. Think back to Liverpool and a promising debut at fullback …… never given another go!
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You’ve finally let them get to you Sir Billy very sad, try and keep the faith mate…
I know it’s not looking good at the moment but we must try and keep positive.
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207, SBQ
The reason the media have learnt not to ask the ‘obvious questions’ is because of the arrogant, aggressive, intimidating, mocking, bullying responses they get from the man if they dare point out a few home truths. It’s much easier to keep it all nicey nicey as not to upset Rent-a-Quote!
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199 bunghoolioo wolf. Best league in the world ! I don’t think so. It’s a great spectacle if you support one of the top sides otherwise very overrated. And overpriced. Don’t believe the hype.
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i would rather play eleven players with the majority being young up and comming and still lose than be dragged through this every week
senior players supposedly with no confidence
they should try real work and wages and see how they feel then
MM gives more to children in need than i earn
good on him i say but goes to show they all have two much money to care not a lot of motivation when your loaded anyway
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I have said this for a very long time that simply this manager isn’t good enough and his team along with after nearly 3 seasons in the premiership we have spent probably £50 million and this is the team we get. This is isn’t only ridiculous its an outrage as this team defensively and attacking wise are a joke where players such as hunt,henry,berra,foley and doyle just aren’t good enough along with dave edwards and most of the team. Only players I see as being good enough are o’hara guedioura fletcher jarvis and hammill because if they were played enough ie hammill milijas guedioura and fletcher they would be amazing. In addition with this mcarthy doesn’t know what his best team is after all this time of having the same team for a good few years and his tactics just don’t work because he is simply a good chamionship manager and nothing else. We want this club to build and be great like how wolves once were then this really isn’t the man for the job as every season it will be surviving relegation and do wolves fans really want that? Also does morgan really want it thats the question after spending millions for to make wolves a 40,000 seater stadium. How can we get 40,000 fans in when wolves are batt;ing at the bottom? What do the wolves board see as the point to sack him? Now? In 4 weeks? 6 weeks? If you ask me now is the time as this will give the new manager more time to sort out what rubbish is in our squad and give him enough time to clear out most of these average,mediocre, workhorse players.
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Utterly dejected. Didn’t expect anything from Chelsea but to lose without a fight accompanied by non-league quality defending…
I was totally disenchanted after the losing streak. Because the Sunderland game was re-arranged we went to the Wigan match instead. I was briefly revived but after Everton and now Chelsea am starting to lose the will again…
We have gone backwards from a team that escaped by the skin of their teeth last season…
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Funniest post on here is the one where Sir Billy Quiet is trying to wriggle out of admitting he didn’t know the match was on sunday. Winding people up who don’t go? Nah, you didn’t know when the match was.Hahahaha
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