Its not a £50 million training ground project and never has been.

It’s a shame the E&S resorts to tabloid type headlines to try and grab readership.

It’s a £3 million training ground project.

Get your facts right. The remaining money is building a school and 50 new homes. The majority of the money is being spent on new homes in a conservation area of which the builders will make a massive profit from.

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Builder buys football for £10
Builder commits to spending money on club
Builder decides to plough money into rebuilding stadium
Builder gets money back
Builder sells club for a healthy profit

or am i just being cynical?

Doesnt the first team need investment?
Do the club regularly sell out at current capacity?
Do any Wolves fans think this is a misdirection of funds?

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yes morgan, thats the answer to our on field problems, the mistakes we make, the atrocious refereeing decisions, just plough 2 million more of your money into the ground which will be left half empty like your ambitions. We will have 20,000 crowds in a 35,000 seater stadium in the championship with this logic.

Give mick the 2 million to find another SEB, or go and try buy liverpool again, cus sure enough you would b ploughing money into their team if it was yours,

joker

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The guy’s priorities are totally wrong.What is the point of having”world class ” facilities if you are mid table in the championship?Juggling financial pressures???He is taking us for idiots! We have had 3 years in The Premiership ,Morgan was required to pump in £30,000,000 and Sir Jack wrote off the money owed to him. “Unique style and atmosphere of Wolves” what a load of rubbish!!

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Understand what your saying to some extent Aaran. however in recent interview in e & s tim nash he stated that he believed mick wanted two centre backs however didnt have the funds to do so as it was reliant on selling berra to rangers. if this guy was so ambitious the say 3m sale of berra shouldnt of mattered.

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Aaron, are you involved in the club in any way?
How do you know there was funds available?
Im sure if the funds were there, and we offered more money than Sunderland.. Then Gardner would have came..
NUMPTY.

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A delay in building the new Steve Bull stand,in my opinion,will be the right decision.Like many Wolves fans,I am delighted that we have achieved 3 continuous seasons in the Prem,but equally I am dissappointed that we have failed to sign the quality footballers that will keep us there in the longer term. The one consolation is that we are not in debt.The worst case scenario for me,would be stuck back in the Championship, with a barrow full of debt; due to the high cost of rebuilding a stand that in reality does not need rebuilding for at least 10 years.

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I defy anyone with half an ounce of common sense to suggest that Wolves under Morgans Stewardship have not made considerable forward progress.

Top numpties like RichWolf64 are in denial.

If in 10 years time Morgan sells the club with significant ground developments, a new training facility and secured Premiership football and makes himself a healthy profit who are we as fans to object to that?

He has delivered on his promises so far and earned the right to be respected not abused by the small minority that seek to undermine everything Wolves do or say.

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Sedgley Slayer

come mate you must be a happy clapper ,the reason morgans face was like that against blackburn was because if we had gone down we would have lost millions of pounds

surly he would have been better leaving the ground as was and investing in the team which would then create more of a demand if we are doing well

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I cannot understand the mentality of so many of the people who post on here. You really should be ashamed of your negativity. Years ago I remember the same nonsense about Sir Jack. He’s doing it as a tax fiddle, he’ll walk away with millions. Don’t you guys ever learn? The club was in shambles until Sir Jack and Steve ploughed their money in. For that I am eternally grateful. Brilliant stadium plans. I’m not 100% happy with performances on the field this year, but we have to remember we’re competing with the big boys now. Of course it’s going to be tough. The 3M’s have done wonders for this club.

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Morgan – you are a builder – then start with getting the Concourse and Toilets right first .

The gents are tiny and do not have function for a large crowd to get in or out.

Baby Changing Facilities everywhere but you have to wait 30 mins to take a leak – goon !!!

Sort it out or your new stand with World Class facilities will soon resort to the old South Bank days of a very wet and mildewed wall being the only facility available to fans who want to watch the match rather than spend their time queing

SORT IT OUT

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Its clear that the new stand wil be magnificent pity we cant say the same about the team or manager.

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7 robert perry – and your point? SM has ploughed £37 mil into wolves team since we got into the EPL, if it hasn’t been spent wisely then whos fault is that?

11 boom – and are you? its called opinion friend and everyone has one, and is entitled to their own.

15 sbq yes morgan has moved us forward with £57mil team investment BUT he has not delivered on his promise on a top ten team this season – Do you think we will finish top ten now? I hope you prove me wrong if wolves do…..doubt it though
This is the reason fans are fed up – £50+ million spent on team and no improvement, surely even you with the madmick tinted glasses can see that?

18 fletcher 10 So who is the poor team performance down to?

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I am 6ft 5 and just about squeeze into my Steve Bull Upper seat. My kness hit the head of the poor guy in front , yet I have to endure the guy behind kneeing me in the back. We are levered in. I have been to Arsenal 6 times where all seats are airline, padded seats with generous legroom. I sat in the new stand ( N Bank) and was stunned that they were no bigger than the Steve Bull Upper. I emailed Mt Morgan and Mr Moxey, with no reply. PLEASE let us have a little comfort, boys. I hope and pray that the service areas and quantity of toilets increases also. I spent all of Half time queuing for the loo with loads of others. The match day experience, once in ther ground, is currently to be endured. Oh, and why we are at it……………….PLEASE…………get rid of that useless, turgid, insipid, happy clappy nothing to do with Wolves “Hi Ho..” song. It’s crass!!!

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Now Bob the Builder has come out and spoken we can now all see that it is he that will not invest in players. He must live in an ivory tower if he thinks that this squad of championship, cluless, inferior, bunch of goons will keep this club in the prem!
An extra two mill on the ground! Bless my boots! He is unique i’ll give him that. He is definately not a footballing man. The source of most of the investment comes from fans. We pay a hoofing amount to be entertained on saturdays and have some success as well as drawing and losing, thats how football goes.
But on my childs life, how can he say that where we are is not acceptable it needs sorting out! Damn right it needs sorting out!
It’s as plain as the pimple on yer arse that this league is about money invested in the squad! QPR and the bottom three have seen the light and are willing to buy players. We have a sunday morning manager, jumpers for goal posts and all that tosh! Morgan needs to meet the fans not the prim buffoons that turn up for a staged managed Q & A session and not answer direct questions! Grab a microphone on match day Mr Morgan and go around the teraces and ask us! Listen to the TV pundits, even they think we will not survive another season without sound team investment, get yer head out of your builders bucket. Look into Mcarthy’s eyes and i guarantee you will see VAC & ANT! The lights are on but no ones in!
Spurs saturday! God help us!
UTW.

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22) There is no doubt in my mind that although we have been very average, you can safely add about 5 points to this years tally due to shocking officials. We have had it bad in the previous 2 years but nothing as bad as this. Also we have not dropped in the bottom 3 yet – although we could do very soon – and a points tally of 35/36 is probably enough for survival.
In answer to someone earlier, I think that you will find that Moxey held money back deliberately and Mad Mick was given a pittance to spend in the Summer. Must make a couple of signings and one about the £4/5m mark I suggest!

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Here’s a fact! in the first half of the season Swansea have kept more clean sheets than Wolves have in the last three seasons. Now tell me that’s progress!!
Mr Morgan is increasing the value of the club off the field to build his assets and probably sell for a profit further down the line. Probably not without selling the likes of Berra, Jarvis, Hennessey, Fletcher etc first and replacing them with cheaper season long loans from bigger clubs or championship players who’s value along with everything else can be developed.. A great business plan yes, but one that if prolonged will anger fans and deter them from attending.

Surely the function of a football club is to compete on the field not just off it. If you read Tim Spiers or Adam Bates blog our stats on field are currently the worst in the prem by a country mile and it is only because of the dire start of other teams that we dangle a point above the drop zone.

We are predictable to play against and tactically inept at times. Unfortunately that comes down to Mick and TC. I like the bloke I do but ultimately he is being kept in the job because of his agreement with the transfer policies of messrs Morgan and Moxey, and the fact that he would have to have an exit payment of probably a few million. I fear for the wolves, we need a spark to ignite the season otherwise the stadium could become a white elephant. A change is required onfield either in management or significant backing of transfers. This will show intent to the fans and in turn grow confidence in Mr Morgan, sadly Jez I think you’ll be waiting a long time before there is any confidence in you. lol

Investment onfield can only benefit the club as it will generate more interest from fans and more sponsorship and corporate investment which two of the MM’s seem to love. So Mr Morgan time to put up or shut up! The announcement of a further 2 million investment in a bar and restaurant was a PR nightmare today and extremely badly timed. let’s some some investment in the playing staff please.

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Sir Billy Quiet fancies himself as Adrian Durham’s mini-me!

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70% of the people commenting on this article are an embarrassment to myself, other intelligent Wolves fans, the club and the city.

Steve Morgan is already a Wolverhampton Wanderers legend, just like his predecesor, Sir Jack.

If I was Steve Morgan and I read some of the above comments, I would feel like giving up on the club. Steve, if you are reading this, I am one of the sensible, wise people who appreciates your fantastic efforts.

Keep up the good work.

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22 English Exile – And yet almsot all the moaners said we didnt improve last season even though we finnished with more points because we finnished lower than our first season. Now all of a sudden we’re higher than we were last season but on 1 less point and we’re still not improving? Please tell us which it is? If its based on points total as you’ve just said, we improved on our first season last season, but are struggling so far this season, but if its based on position as many have said, then we have improved on last season so far.

I like it how theres allot of negativety to any building work that the club now does, just because Morgan might be making a little profit from it. so what! If anyone saw an opportunity to make more money that would benefit everyone involved wouldnt you do it? Its even funnier when people are up in arms about most the £50 million going towards housing development, yet its that housing development that is actually funding the academy development, so not only is it benefitiing Morgan financially but our great club also. suppose none of that matters to the conspiracy theorists that beleive morgan only cares about the money and not what league we’re in, Oh wait a minute, wouldnt that mean he has more interest than most in us staying and improving in this league, as championship football would see our income drop by over half just from the difference in TV funds.

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Sounds great, but I’m slightly worrried they by pumping this extra cash in, will mean the rest of the stadium won’t get finished as all the hospitality stuff has been added to north bank, steve bull stand looks v v dated now, please mr Morgan, build the rest of it, charge £20 adult and £10 kid and I promise u the golden palace will be full of 45,000 mad dingles backing the team, for the record,I’m gutted we missed out on robbie keane coming home, would have made a great right back by the time mad Mick and Blakey and his clipboard got hold of him
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Well, Im sure Morgan will make a lot of money from this £50million investment for the training ground, not sure how much it will really improve our team though, more about houses me thinks. Nothing wrong with spending money on the ground development, but again i think it was too soon, to think about spending sucjh a large sum of money on what will be a premiership ground, when were clearly not yet a solid premiership team. Yes, yes, im sure others will say about us being in our third season in the top league, but will we be making it a fourth, when the ground (sorry stand) will be completed???? we are not improving, got less points than we have at this stage before. I think such a massibve investment in the ground should of taken place when we are more stable at this level, and filling the ground much more often than we have done. Lets just hope we can get better this second half of the season. The ‘better’ players we have just haven’t performed. Hunt, Doyle, Jarvis and Johnson come on!

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Its all well and good saying the money should be invested in the team but to attract some of the better players, you need good facilities which is what is happening at molineux now. Lets not forget that Wolves were in a right mess before MM came along and we all talked about relegation as he shreaded the team to pieces but it worked and were in the prem so have some faith and support the lads.

Having said all that we could do with another centre back and a quick striker.

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As a season ticket holder in the Steve Bull Upper i wish they had developed this stand first. The facilities are crap and it takes forever to get in and out, i must sit in front of 27 Big bazwolf coz im forever getting kneed in the back!! Surely if they had done S.B first it would have increased the capacity more than the North Bank has on its own, and they would have replaced the oldest stand with the worst facilities. I am not a builder or developer but i am a paying customer who is getting fed up with being treated like a mug. I really dont think i will be renewing my 2 tickets next season as well as the cost of the tickets i travel from Cornwall. My local sports bar very often has live games on (inc Wolves) and i can drink and piddle in comfort. Nothing is the same as being at the Match but we are being treated almost with contempt, i wish Messers Morgan and Moxey every succes with thier CORPRATE plans !!!

Come on me Babbies

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Hello, anyone there? What happened to my informative, well researched post on the money-merry-go-round that involves shenanigans at football clubs and the spin that accompanies it? Stop being douche bags, PUBLISH & BE DAMMED !

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