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Mick McCarthy hails his boss Steve Morgan
Monday 6th February 2012, 11:00AM GMT.
Mick McCarthy today thanked Wolves owner Steve Morgan for his support and revealed he owes him a debt of gratitude.
The under-fire boss hailed the Molineux chairman after Wolves’ 2-1 comeback win at 10-man QPR on Saturday – which lifted them out of the Premier League drop zone.
Morgan gave the players an unprecedented dressing room blast after last Tuesday’s 3-0 defeat to Liverpool to indicate he was losing patience.
But the boss insisted Morgan’s support has never wavered and he continues to back him. “We’ve won three games in 22 and I’m still here as the manager of Wolves,” said McCarthy. “Let me tell you that’s some level of support so let’s not forget that.
“When everyone is writing negative stuff about me and Steve he has been as supportive as anyone else. I owe him a debt of gratitude for that.”
The win eased the pressure on McCarthy ahead of Sunday’s Black Country derby visit of Albion.
Wolves moved above Bolton into 17th, just five points behind Albion after their 2-1 defeat to Swansea, but McCarthy preached caution.
“It’s nice to spoil someone’s party for a change,” said the boss, who is waiting to discover the extent of Emmanuel Frimpong’s knee injury after the midfielder limped out in the first half.
“We can drag West Brom in this week but they can move further away from us as well. I am positive but we’ve got three points against 10 men and are not going to start beating our chests about it.
“It’s a real tough game for us this week and a really important one because it’s against our neighbours.”
Matt Jarvis and Kevin Doyle sealed the win after Bobby Zamora had fired Rangers ahead – before Djibril Cisse was sent off for lashing out at Roger Johnson. It was substitute Doyle’s first goal since October and just his third of the season and McCarthy saluted his striker.
“I’ve said I heard a tennis player talking about how they can find a good shot when it’s needed,” he said.
“But sometimes they can fall beneath the standards they’ve got and it’s the same with footballers. A good footballer like Kevin Doyle has always got it in him.
“He’s had a tough time and it’s just not been happening for him but he was fabulous on Saturday.”
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Super Mick<3 FWAW /\_/\
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Why tinker, Foley is best at right back Stearman is not.
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How sweet. We’re all friends again!
If we lose on Sunday, sack him.
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Lot’s of positives indeed. I really hope we can start to climb up the table now.
I sensed over the break we couldn’t spend Steve’s millions if we tried, due to the fact that many players do not have the stomach for a relegation battle and simply steer clear. We have got to climb to attract…
Huge Kudos to Steve for bringing in Bassong on loan.
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A good 3 points.
Let that galvanise players and fans alike. This week we need to be as one and destroy The Boggies at Molineux on Sunday.
This is HUGE!
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At least it was a start but without being too negative remember we were getting a footy lesson until the sending off and OK it was a last ditch effort to play 3 strikers, which worked andhope to goodness it gives them a confidence boost to enable us to get 3 points over the ‘Baggies’ on Saturday,otherwise we will be back to where we were after the Liverpool match
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Well done to Morgan what a top bloke he is backing mick when it could be easy to sack him like other teams would have i always thought mick would turn it around hes a great manager abit like fergie but without the arrogance!
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Sorry I should have said Sunday afternoon for the Baggies match
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SACK THE IDIOT ANYWAY
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good god mick why dont you brown nose moxey as well as morgan ask him what his real intentions are at wolves ?
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The Cisse sending off might not just have turned the game against QPR it may have turned the season. We’ve missed O’Hara’s guile in midfield and we certainly needed Doyle back in form. Maybe Bassong can steady that vunerable defence of ours and maybe Jarvis can maintain the form he showed at Loftus Road. We shall see when the Tescos roll into town.
Rather strange to see all three strikers on the pitch at the same time, but, well done MM for your tactical switches. Don’t think we’ll see the same on Sunday, mind !
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3. petenuts, you are of course right, that if we do lose to albion, he should be sacked, but if we win then, he should at least be given till the summer and then sacked.
with 14 games left, and two away games after albion we need fighting spirit and we could yet survive, utw.
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We have won 3 games in 22 and I am still here, wouldn’t look good on his next CV.
Why is he still here with a record like this?
Only Morgan knows.
One interesting article by MccCrthy In the national papers this morning is that is was Conner who decided to change the team at half time, not him
So what is he exactly being paid for?
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Bring Frimpong in for Edwards and keep second half line up for Sundys derby game. Still not convinced about Edwards although MM obviously likes him. I was stuck in the QPR end on Sat and Edwards gave a silly ball away on the edge of the box in the second half that Bassong managed to clear up. Bassong looks the part though, quick, reads the ball well and has the poise to get the ball down and play it, something we have missed since good old Dean Richards. He could well prove to be Mcarthys best signing, looked better than Onuaha for QPR.
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Hennessey, Foley and Bassong in BBCs/Garth Crooks’ PL team of the week – maybe a statement of defensive improvements and also regarding the RB issue? Well done all three and the rest of the team. Give us a repeat the coming weekend. UTW!
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2 – jamie rielly.
Did you go to the game on Tuesday night??? Foley was absolutely dreadful and deserved to be dropped from right back (albeit to centre-midfield).
Furthermore, Jonsson was awful and without another holding midfielder available, it was common sense to put Foley in.
Great result on Saturday boys!!! Super kevin Doyle and super Jamie O’Hara are back!!!!
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3 Peanuts
You aspire to join the ranks of Richwolf64′s elitist 5% don’t you, you little tinker ?
Unfortunately, your spot of backhanded sarcasm falls well short of the required standard.
Keep watching, you’ll get there one day.
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2)Jamie Rielly.
You are right of course and this is one of his worst failings, he has to tinker instead of makimg some radical decisions, which apparently Conner did on Saturday.
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The important game for fans is on Sunday time for favourite players to be put aside for the good of the club Hammill needs to be at least on the bench we have had too many good players overlooked and not given a chance ie Mark Davies,Andrew Surman etc and now Hammill.
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Crickey.. I just despair. If he doesn’t go at
the end of this season then surely nothing can depose him. The most wretched of records at this level and he’s still in a job.
Anyway, had a wander over ‘Morgan’s Folly’ at the weekend aka Compton Park.
Such a shame that the most unspoilt and picturesque area in Wolverhampton is being bulldozed by Morgan’s scouse mates in the next few weeks.
However, I’ve decided to use next years season ticket money as part of my deposit on a new house there.
This has the effect of killing two birds with one stone.
One I keep the missus happy by buying a new house, and two, I keep myself happy by not having to watch the 3m’s dross week in week out.
Hey, if you can’t stop the builders, you may as well join them.
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THE QPR WIN HAS ONLY BOUGHT HIM A BIT MORE TIME!
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#15 – ulv
I just saw that article and yeah quite amazing that our defence has made the team of the week! who would have thought it!!
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The unfortunate injury to Frimpong and the resulting change to a 4-4-2 had more of an impact than the Cisse sending off; we were hopeless before the change and there was no way we were going to score.
The sending off allowed MM to take off the inept Stearmsn and repalce him with the rejuvenated Doyle; lets hope he can now get back to his best!
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@17 Fozzy Bear
If you don’t know that sarcasm doesn’t work in print, skippy, you’re not fit to lock horns with PeteNuts. Lotta mans tried, lotta mans failed.
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17 Fozzy
At least he’s not joining you in the bottom 5%. He manages to string a few witty sentences together now and again.
Do I detect a member of the ‘In Mick We Trust’ brigade rearing their ugly heads again?
I think we do!! Wow Fozzy, it’s amazing what a win can do eh??
Actually, I’m not convinced Wolves will go down this year. I have stated this before. I am 100% convinced though that Mad Mick should be sacked at the end of the season!
Roll on may.
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post 15 ulv ; are you having a laugh ? ‘GARTH CROOKS PREM TEAM OF THE WEEK ??’ GARTH CROOKS KNOWS NAFF ALL ABOUT FOOTBALL HIS FOOTBALL PUNDTRY ON BBC1 ALONG WITH KEOWNS IS A JOKE ALONG WITH YOUR COMMENTS !
now to matters in hand, a welcome win granted and fair play to the lads for it however alls it has done is brought the happy clappers out of the woodwork AGAIN and it has papered over the huge cracks again !, without the sending off we would have been hammered, without henry being banned mick wouldnnt have had the nerve to drop him FACT ! cant all you happy clappers see this ?
just because we beat qpr you think mick is now a tacttical genius along with o’connor
lets just see what sort of a genius he is come may when he is in the dole queue, yes i thank him for what he has done but he is a liability in the prem, the noose was tight round his neck but the stay of execution only prolongues our agony !
and to morgan any statement of intent on what the real future you have for wolves ?? and does anyone know when the next fans parlaiment is ?
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It’s only early Monday, yet the QPR v Wolves thread has already closed. Early closure of popular discussions on here seems to be the norm of late -but why? Ridiculous, Exp & Star.
We took three precious points off QPR (albeit as much by luck as judgement), but I’ll take that any day, thanks. Now show us some real appetite for the Steptoes game, boys. It’s a chance for sporting immortality.
I see Mick’s praised Steve for the support he’s received -which is in stark contrast to his annoyance at Morgan storming the dressing room, of course. Either Mick’s just started the process of brown-nosing his way around Morgan to retain his job, or the 2M’s have already kissed and made-up. Aaaw, bless.
I hate tiffs. If that’s what 3 points can do, maybe we should try winning more games more often? ;-)
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Credit where it’s due to MM on Saturday. Yes, he got the starting line-up wrong but he made the right changes at the right times.
It would have been easy for him to put another midfielder on when Frimpong got injured but he chose to change our shape as it was clearly not working. He then put Doyle on at half-time when many of us in the ground were, perhaps, expecting Hunt.
For all he’s done in the last 5+ years, MM deserves time and support during difficult periods like we have been experiencing – both from the Board and the fans.
UTW
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15 – I doubt it, Calamity Spears was playing at RB
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Good win but stil not good enough!
The facts are all there to see and the QPR game cemented the reason why Wolves will not move forward under McCarthy.
He started with 4-5-1 and put Stearman at right back, WHY?
Would Mic have bought SEB on and changed to 4-4-2 had Frimpong not been carried off?
Bought Doyle on for Stearman (see above) and when we got back in to the game at 1-2 should of reverted back to 4-5-1 and parked the bus as QPR came at us and nearly got level. I know its a boring tactic but hey at least its a tactic.
Steve Morgan should of stormed the dressing room in November after we lost 8 on the bounce. May be we mihgt not be in the pickle we’re in now had McCarthy been pressured to make some better team selections and employ better tactics. Its amazing what a good rollocking can do eh!
Bring on the Albion, i just hope we have ago
Up the Black & Gold
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let,s give that SCUTTER keith andrews a day to remember on sunday…
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PETE NUTS POST 23 that sounds like fighting talk where i come from mate actions speak louder than words lol !
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I’m always rather wary when the chairman of a football club comes out with a statement giving support to his manager. It’s bit like giving a glass of water to drowning man.
Nevertheless it does appear that the two have resolved their differences amicably and have drawn a line under the dressing room incident.
Just as important is the relationship between the manager and his players. If that breaks down then we really are in trouble. Fortunately from what I’ve seen and heard this is not the case at the club.
My own view about the turn of events at Loftus road is that I don’t think Hughes expected Doyle to be brought on as substitute for Stearman. That may have caught them a little off guard. A more logical substitution would have been Hunt and their half time team talk may have centred around that.
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Have to agree, I think the change to 442 made the difference, not the sending. Must start with Doyle, Ebanks and Fletch. Thought Doyle had his best game this season. Also thought Ebanks looked good again. Bassong had a good game as well.
But if we lose on sunday it will be doom and gloom again.
UTW
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All you Muppets who keep writing sack MM..Can you tell me who we replace him with?? And only sensible suggestions..lets see how many of you say Morgan or Jose…CLOWNS
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It’s good to see a chairman and owner who is loyal and his own person, unlike many in this league and some of our grissle-head fans.
I said after Liverpool that it was the next 2 games that matter and that’s still the case.
A win at the weekend and everything changes.
Mick is a great manager and the grissle-heads who constantly claim we are going down, get shown to be morons season after season. These people were calling for him to be sacked when we were top of the championship… fickle fools with no brain cells!
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I have just read on Sky paper talk that if the TESCO’s lose on Sunday Hodgson will be sacked.
Come on lad’s do the business then we will see what the inveterate Jack with His Hat has to say on these pages about us “Dingle Dogs” as he calls us.
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Crawler !
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Streako. If there is one negative, totally blinkered and brainless person on here its you. Why do you bother. There are 2 types of people. People that achieve something like Morgan and people that follow. Sorry, there are 3 types. People that follow and then think they know better but cant actually do anything themselves.
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How 2-faced can you get.We just beat 10 men and we`re world champs?I don`t think so.If Cisse had stayed on does everyone think we would have won?I doubt it and once again McCarthy showed he doesn`t know what team to pick,why put Stearman in he`s not a full-back,mind you he isn
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MM our team won because you created an attacking format in the second half with three strikers.
Listen to yourself!!!!
3-3-4 that’s the winning formation.
Wolves is not a naturally defensive team, they are aggressive and energetic; don’t stifle it!
More attacking football, please.
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We was heading for a thrashing until Cisse got sent off. Our play was awful we could not mount an attack. Only luck saved us in this match, yes we are due some luck, but we was heading for a massive defeat until that moment. I still worry about us, as nothing has really changed.. I did say some weeks ago that Doyle should be played more as a winger at times, than just sit on the bench.. I am glad at least once that Mick tried something to change around our one dimensional team.
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well done lads for givings us 3 points now build on the result and got and beat the baggies sunday make us pride lads UTW
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Mad Mick is not going to get sacked. So put up or shut up! Collectively the problems this season boil down to not spending enough money, MM picking the wrong players, Clipboard and bad officials!
At the end of the day, we were lucky with the sending off – although fully deserved – but look at the Newcastle, Stoke, Arsenal games, for bad luck.
Bring on the Steptoes!
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Must win game on sunday.
W A W
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If the working population of this country had the same performance rate as you Mick, we’d all be on the dole.
Win on Sunday or P45 time, Morgan take note
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#27 – Ye Olde South Bank
I to mentioned this in my earlier post but E&S decided not to post it? suprised yours got though… censorship! Yes I was dissapointed the after match forum was closed so early!
#32 – streako Theres that undertone of violence again…. tut tut. And I doubt MM will ever be in the dole que even IF he is sacked.
#25 – RichWolf64
It’s a wonder you haven’t starting complaining about why Doherty didn’t play on Sat or Guedi =) lol Oh yeah… how was Hennessey for you this weekend? still want him to be subbed? haha.
O’Hara for captain! and can’t wait for Sundays game, gonna be mental!! need the win to catch the Tesco’s and hopefully sack there manager if that is true. I just hop ethe crowd are behind the team during the game and not show us up in front of the them lot.
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I couldn`t get a feed for the match on my comp,which was dash frustating, so proceeded to watch it on Radio 5live. But the giggling, smugly annoying Steve Claridge was getting on my nerves, so went over to talksport just to hear the scores as they came in. Thats it really, just wanted to tell someone.
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For all you fans that think Mick turned in to a bad manager over night you should think before you speak! He has dragged Wolves underperforming butts from the darkness of the championship in to a just about Premier league team albeit relegation contenders each year!
Nerveless he has been a great acquisition for the club and what ever happens his work effort, commitment and general attitude deservers some credit!
However he maybe a little too stubborn and Morgan a little too loyal – Mick’s talents are limited and if we do have the ambitions they talk about we must change the guard soon!
Mick stay with us until the end of the season, keep us up and resign – Morgan get headhunting our next leader so we are ready to hit the ground running.
Good luck boys for the rest of the season, lets stop the Mick bashing…..
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35 italian wolf, we may be clowns but you havent got a brain. So you think Mc Carthy is doing a good job and should stay and there is no one in our reach who wouldnt do a better job?Half the Sunday league managers could do a better job than MM who probably is the biggest premier league failure if you look at his track record. Not the blokes fault he just aint good enough. Who’s the clown?
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@32 Streako
What are you suggesting I do, throw punches down an ISDN line? Or are you suggesting we all meet by the gates after school?
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Why so many “yes we won, but…..”‘s? We won, we played excellent attacking football for 45 minutes (still against 4 midfielders and 4 defenders) and piled pressure back onto a club with a billionaire owner bankrolling dozens of new players and millions of pounds of over-deserved wages. Enjoy the good times while they exist for God’s sake!
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Well said Finchy – but it just shows how low some fans have gone when a fellow fan can even consider mentioning others showing us up.
We expect 100% of the team, so on Sunday we “must” give the same back, even if we go a goal down.
Mind you that’s the mindset of a lot of our fans – the season is only two matches long – wins against the unmentionables home and away.
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Right, our formation is 3 4 3 it is unstoppable formation the following is what do us good : Hennessy Johnson bassong ward Jarvis Ohara frimpong kightly ebanksblake doyle fletcher when balls get in box the 3 keep ball in box and score eventually and when they counter frimpong isn’t afraid to lunge Ohara keeping order and Jarvis and kightly getting ball in box all day long bassong is a linger Johnson stopper and ward all rounder and Hennessy is in a decent form so stick with mick till end. 15th or above or sack mick villas boas will be a available manager as Chelsea never keeps manager and also Steve Bruce is ok
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C’mon we don’t want to go down to the fizzy pop league. Let’s get behind the boys and Mick till the end of the season. Let’s get the lads to keeps us up.
Then sack him cos he’s not good enough for the prem, and that’s the fact.
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You know what I really hate? It’s people who LOL at their own comments. We’ll be the judge of what’s worthy of a LOL and what’s not. Planks.
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So Cisse,s had two broken legs in the past, so does that exempt him from being tackled…..
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Why is everyone saying if Cisse didn’t get send off we would have been murdered! how you know this? We could have come out in the second half and murdered them!stranger things have happened! That’s what football is all about who would have thought Man Utd would have come back from 3-0 down.I would just like to say well done Kevin Doyle, I love ya…
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I would of played Hunt RM and left Foley at LB, other than that I think Mick picked the right team and formation.
Three salient reasons as to why we were under the cosh 1st half was because we are nervy and down on confidence due to the poor results we’ve been having, the other reason was we were away from home and it is always tough. You can not expect any team to go to Loftus Road now and dominate from the off, QPR are no mugs as Chelsea found out.
We have had our share of misfortune with referees and so Cisse getting sent off for the same reason as Henry against Villa, served
as a bit of a leveler for me. So whether we would of lost, as most disloyal fans on hear keep bashing on about, it is completely irrelivant, 3 points in the bag is the only fact that matters.
The positives where there for all to see. Johnson was twice the player next to Bassong, which for me tells us why his form has been so bad. Playing next to Berra has had a negative effect on his form. As it is in any Golf 4 ball or any team sport for that matter, the higher level of quality your teamate is,it always makes you play better, its an unconscious respect and concerntration instict in sportsmen. You naturally raise your game when you feel you are lining up along other quality players. Look at the level Lescott and Keane even Gibson have achieved since they moved onto higher placed clubs.
One negative for me though was once again Edwards. He looks out of his depth for me. A great worker and tryer, but not enough quality on and off the ball. Too many errors in the middle of the park and infront of the defence. Frimpong, Henry and O’Hara are my three central midfielders. I have to say the same for Miljas as well, not good enough im afraid.
K
It will be a test of nerves against WBA. Key to Sunday will be taking this confidence from the QPR win into the game. If we are uptight, tense and nervy, Albion will smell our blood straight away and capitalise as the game goes on. Its imperrative we start with our chests out and take the game to them, as they too are under alot of pressure at the moment and they could bottle it if the going gets too tough.
Its our biggest game of the season this week, so lets get behind the team and manager and show everyone….
We are Wolves!
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#56 – PeteNuts
LOL =)
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We beat 10 men for gods sake with their star player sent off. It would have been another 3-0 to them had it been 11 v 11. So lets not get carried away here. The win may be just what we need to turn it around. But we slipped back to bad form after Wigan and Sunderland win so don’t get carried away happy clappers. Form is still terrible and a record run of defeats ever in the premier league. The win was nice but worrying times with a manager who picks worrying sides and plays worrying bunched up defensive tactics.
Long way to go yet. And a lot of luck needed too.
UTW
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22 games 3 wins – last win against 10 men who lost their top striker. Let get real here, we played QPR not Fulham, Newcastle or a mid table team, so did we really do well? We need 19 points to even think we are safe so that’s 6 wins at least from that 14 games left almost 50% wins to mainly 11 man teams – unlikely we will survive. Sack the man now!
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Frimpong didn’t limp out of the game. He was carried off.
Cisse did not lash out at Johnson. He grabbed him by the throat.
You are supposed to be a reporter on a newspaper. Please report FACTS!!
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24/25 Arrogant United
Together at last….
…and you’ve got a spearholder too (32) although he seems to have a problem with his numbers.
Step right this way for a bite.
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Petenuts-what does LOL mean? me being a little older doesn’t understand!!!!!I’ve seen it on lots of things thought it meant lots of love..I’m being a thicko again.
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looks like Frimpong is going to be out for a while.
Feel very sorry for the lad, I hope he makes a good recovery
This is of course the risk you take when you take a player who missed all of last season with serious knee injury.
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You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to realise that Wolves possess some excellent attack minded players who would easily grace most sides in the Premiership i.e. Fletcher, Doyle, Jarvis, O’Hara, Kitely, Hunt, Hammill etc. Therefore we have to play to our strength’s and play all out attacking football. Especially against the so called lesser teams. We ought to go for a 4-3-3 formation against the Baggies. If we sit back they’ll be all over us. So come on Mick. Let’s have a real go at them!
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So tired of hearing this 10 men rubbish… Arsenal couldn’t beat us when we were down to 10 men! what does that say about us? or Arsenal? Blackburn went 7-1 down when they went to 10 men. You negatives look for your evidence and repeat 10 times.
Yeah they were down to 10 men but look at there “Players” compared to ours, there wage bill there transfer money spent… surley they could have easily put a side a championship squad? even with 10 men….
BUT THEY DIDN’T.
Must go and fill my glass, it’s half empty again =)
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#65 – sue sometimes it does mean lot of love but mainly it mean Laugh out Loud, depends on the context.
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Frimpong’s season is over.
Looks like Henry’s going to get his place back after all.
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Fringpongs gone back to Arsenal and is out for the rest of the season a player you could see was a class above our own midfielders.Why havent we got players of his class after three years in the Prem maybe Hammill will get a run out now but Mick still favours players like Edwards who was shocking against QPR Tarradt when by him time after time like he wasnt there.
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Lets keep things positive lads. Get out there and get at the baggies on sunday
Hennessy
Foley
Johnson
Bassong
Ward
Kightly
Frimpong
O’Hara
Jarvis
Doyle
Fletcher
I like the balance of this team solid at the back with Bassong, 2 full backs can get up and down. A nice bit of steel in midfiel with the ‘pong’ as well as a bit of guile with O Hara. Finished off with new signing Kights and Jarvo (we know what they can do, plus a semi-confident Doyler and Fletch. 2-0 to the wolves..
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finchy think i may need to go to anger manangment classes, pete nuts feel free to meet me got to do my homework first but you can meet me and my learned buddies in southbank 10 rows from the ob box, feel free and we can compare notes i would love to see you LOL = LOTS OF LOVE STREAKO !!!!!!
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ALSO FOZZY BEAR IM NOT THE SPEAR HOLDER IM THE SPEAR CHUCKER,ANY MORE LIP AND YOU WILL BE NEXT IN LINE
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Every season fighting to stay up GREAT , get rid NOW
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Let’s move on and try and take this bit of form into the next match. Who’s it against, now ? We are not in the bottom three, we haven’t got the toughest away run in and with a bit of luck Doyle, Kitely, Jarvis and O’Hara are coming back from injury and poor form at the right time.
I think Henry is also a key part. He was wrong to get sent off, but, Johnsson and Milijas are NOT the answer.
Not a happy clapper by the way, I can see the short comings as well as most. Mick’s reign will come to an end eventually, it does for all manager’s (except a couple I can think of) What useful purpose does ripping up the bedsheets and scrawling ‘Mac Out’ serve ? Eh ? Don’t bring that sort of stuff on Sunday FGS.
Pity about Frimpong, let’s hope he’s back soon, he’s shown glimpses of real class.
We’ve done quite well in London this season. Cheered my weekend up despite England’s cricketers playing like a big girl’s rounders team.
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74 Streaky
Oh dear I’m so frightened I do believe I’ve plopped in my pants
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@73
Sorry Skippy, but that invitation is dependent on you possessing the ability to create notes, and therefore I am forced to doubt its veracity.
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47 Finchy
Yes I do lol Definately.. But hey, I never called for Guedi, I don’t rate him and never have.
I would rather recall Doherty anyday than see Stearman in a Wolves shirt again too!
Also, I did call for Doyle though, you must of missed that, or conveniently forgotten! lol :)
Ah well, back to the drawing board eh finchy.. at least your beloved manager Mick lives another day.
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=( sorry to hear about Frimpong, hope he recovers fast. Also hope we can get him next year when we are in our 4th PL season!!
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SSN are reporting that Frimpong will miss the rest of the season. This is a big loss as he was doing really well.
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WELL WITH THE INJURY TO FRIMPONG AND HIM HAVING TO GO BACK TO ARSNAL, AGAIN THIS JUST SHOWS THE LACK OF MONEY AND SIGNINGS IN JANUARY WILL TAKE US DOWN
THANKS MICK
THANKS JEZ
THANKS STEVE
YOU HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB SELLING SEASON TICKETS THIS SEASON WITH THE PROMISE “THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN” WELL IT AS ,AND I FOR 1 WILL NOT BE RENEWING NEXT YEAR
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VERY SAD news about Frimpongs injury, bad luck for Wolves. It is bound to mean that Karl Henry. will return next Sunday and that any impetus which may have been gained by the win on Saturday will go sideways. Oh dear, already we are down to ten men and a crab
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#79 – RichWolf64
You have missed my point, which was you slag wolves off but don’t even know who is in the current squad. And you wanted Hennessey who has saved us so many points this season alone, to be subbed. It just seems a lot of negative people don’t know the team that well but want to slag Wolves off for the sake of it.
I was in the que for the bog at half time during the Liverpool game and a knuckle dragging yob was saying I don’t know why he hasn’t got Guedi playing tonight…. he was already at Nottingham Forrest!!
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Big shame about Frimpong, looked a class act and would have been great with O’hara. Midfield is woefully weak again now and guess we are stuck with the well he runs around a lot Edwards. Ah well, hope the win will be just what was needed to turn our season around. However not being delusional, with MM charge nothing is likely to change. Nevertheless fingers crossed we beat the baggies.
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petenuts if you actually ‘did your homework ‘ and you actively went to the games then you will know exactly who i am and what im about , we can all hide behind keyboards and become cyber warriors but when it actually comes to ‘it’ will you have the nerve to front me ?, i very much doubt it my learned friend now toodle back to your mommy your nappy needs changing, stick to hiding behind your laptop because thats all you are good for
remember ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS !!
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77 Fozzy
Thought bears did it in the woods not in their pants. Glad you’ve put that plonker in his place. Needs doing.
Gutted about Frimpong we were just seeing how good he was.
Lets hope O’Hara has no reaction to his 90 minutes we need him on Sunday firing on all cylinders.
82 Lee.For the record we took 3 new players in the window. They wern’t free, they have to be paid wages. To blame the board cos a player gets injured is ludicrous. Sorry you won’t be joining us next season.
Is this the face of concern ?
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It doesn’t matter who plays or doesn’t if Mick McNumpty is still in charge for the rest of the season, it is his approach that is costing us points and keeping us at the bottom of the table.
His policy of being “hard to beat” and “solid” is, as Martin Keown rightly said on the BBC at the weekend, holding the side back when our all best team’s strength and talent lies in attacking the opposition.
Steve Morgan should know as a builder that when you hire a demolition company to knock a house down, you don’t let the demolition crew build the new house, you get someone better suited to do the job instead. McCarthy got us up, which vindicated his initial appointment, but he doesn’t have the experience or expertise to get a team into mid-table of the Premiership. His constant “fighter” and “graft” mentality means he will never have the ability to do anything more than ward off relegation, or select quality players over the “run around and close the ball down” players with limited technique like David Edwards, George Elokobi and Christophe Berra.
IF Wolves stay up they need to employ a manager who has a history of taking relegation strugglers and establishing them as solid mid-table sides. Martin O’Neil was a good example but I doubt he would have chosen to come to Wolves. Steve Bruce has a history of aachieving what Wolves need and would be a solid candidate,so would Alan Curbishley… others in the same category like Mark Hughes, Roy Hodgson and Chris Coleman have all recently found jobs elsewhere and SM has missed the boat.
IF Wolves go down then you may as well knock the Steve Bull Stand down and continue Moxey’s building project because only enough supporters will turn up to fill the other three stands.
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48 crunge try wiziwig.eu or vipbox.tv for the games ! i live in holland so its my only option thesedays ! just as stressfull ! come on me babbies !newbridge born and bred ! FWAW
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@86
Define irony: a man hunched over a keyboard blurting out drivel about having “the nerve to front me” while accusing somebody of being a “cyber warrior”. You are a profoundly tragic man, skippy, and there ain’t no homework necessary for me to make that assertion. I think I’ll survive not having the pleasure of your acquaintance any time soon.
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Great to see Doyle back in form. He looks very good playing off Fletcher. He’s a sniper and a poacher and he is qucker than most in reacting to rebounds etc in the penalty area..
What agreat three points, but I hope MM has learned something from this, and that is that we look much better attacking the opposition than we do trying to defend.
Even against ten men in the second half we looked clueless in defence, and that flying save from Hennessey, one of many that the kid made, was essential to getting us maximum points.
I thought Berra was unlucky to have to drop to the bench, presumably Bassong is left footed, because I still think Johnson is a liability and just looks so clumsy and flat footed.
Hopefully we can kick some Baggy Backside on Sunday and drag them into the relagation mire too.
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Ohh, Another failed strategy… , in the shape of our ‘Quality signing’ in the transfer window. Still we always have the cheap Egg option and Mick will be happy to slide Mr Henry straight back into the team
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86) We are all Wolves at the end of the day, so what is the point in trying to intimidate and argue with others with a point of view? Do you think that you are the only supporter that is well known and has been everywhere?
All that matters is that we stick together, beat the Steptoes and stay up!
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Finchy
I never ever slag off wolves and never have done.
The one and only person I dislike is MAD MICK.
And yes, I didn’t know that Doherty had gone but it’s hardly a crime, I was in London for two weeks and you’ll be suprised to know, you don’t get an E&S in London!
And by the way, I still think Henners makes far too many mistakes and yes, I’m not his biggest fan.
What I was trying to say, after 2 wins in 22 games that we should take a few risks and change things around. It’s not as though we’d be changing a winning team!!
That was before the season changing QPR win of course :)
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MM whilst you are in the mood to Thank,it may be a good idea for you to Thank majority of the fans and I dont mean the happy clappers.
Majority of the real fan’s realise how useless you have been again this season,yet none of us have gone out and demonstrated like they do at other grounds.
Other fans do this prior to even losing 7 on the bounce,or winning once since last year.
Some happy clappers say watch us go now because we beat “QPR” we are full of confidence..They forget before we lost 7 on the bounce we were unbeaten in three with two wins.
They forget they said the same when we beat Sunderland.!
I certainly beleive you brought us up from the Fizzy league and I am in no doubt most fans are grateful of you.
The question is how long do we have to remain grateful for that one season,as since we have survived but due to other teams failures especially the 1st season,last season we only survived 2 minutes from the end.
Against Blackburn last season we completed bottled it down 3-0 at half time!!!
The signs of your lack of ability at this level as been smacking us in the face on a regular basis,some of us have taken alot of punishment and some of us get kicks from being slapped the likes of Sir.Billy Quiet Noisy and a few others.
I wont let your inability smack me in the face anymore MM.(SORRY).
Some Happy clappers claim you should be Knighted as your tactics in the second half were brilliant,I say where have your tactics been for all of this season!?
It is obvious we were going to have to attack as we were losing and playing against 10 men,even a manager from the Non-League would have adapted an attack policy!
By your own addmission you say these players have been great for you hence why nearly all of them are from the Promotion team playing in the Premiership,in theory this is brilliant,but why is it that in most games they look as if they dont know each other?
Why have we not been able to develop a playing system in all this time!?
MM you are a decent man and did a wonderful job in getting us to the premiership,if you were any other person than Micko,you would in your summing up of the Wolves Manager say “The man is very lucky to have survived for so long with Wolves for such a poor record in the premiership,actually the worst record.”!
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I will still be flying over on Saturday to watch the game on Sunday,a game I beleive we are well able to win and win comfortably,I also beleive that we will survive but attitudes have to change and change now!!
Players out of form have to be dropped from the side.
Players have to play in their favoured positions,as most of the players are at best, only good in the specialised positions,so how can you put them in other positions.
Keep it simple and let the opposition worry about us,let them worry about Jarvis,Fletcher,Doyle,Seb,Hamill etc.These are good enough players to trouble most teams but you have to give them the licence to Attack!
No use being defensive,as the record quiet clearly states even when we park buses in front of goal we “LOSE”!
In relation to confidence,players should all have confidence in their own abilities not how the team performs.Players have to play well before they gain added confidence that comes from winning.
I beleive MM you need to give them this confidence by letting them now they need to be positive and not to fear, fearing as brought them nothing this season,so what is the point fearing?
Players also need to get out of the mindset that we are experienced at being in this relegation fight and it will do wonders,rememeber how we fell like rubble against Blackburn last season?
That as continued for majority of this season,is this because the players think they will avoid relegation as they have been in this scrap before?
They have to get out of the mindset oh we lost this game but we play Wigan next we will get 3 points,what happens we lose!!
We have to go out to beat every team and have the tactics right from the kick off not when we are losing!!!
You have been at the club for 6 yrs nearly and nearly have worked with the same players yet you still mess up every week!!
So come on you have your wishes MM, your at the club now go out and do what you get paid for getting a few wins,it may be an idea to have written in players contracts lose and you dont get half wages win and you get all your wages with winning bonus,may be then we may be able to beat wigan,Norwich Swansea Blackburn etc.
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I see PETENUTS is being exactly that, having to be the bully boy from behind his four walls!
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Tried picking on me the other day, ah well I hope he got plenty of kicks from it,to satisfy his lust for being a hiding bully.
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Gutted that we have lost Frimpong. The guy has real class but you never know, he may return on loan next season if we can stay up!
Jamie O’Hara hold the key to survival. He possesses the creativity and quality to make things happen and as long as he remains fit, I think we have a chance.
The only concern for Sunday is who plays in midfield alongside him?? Edwards may be too attacking minded (with O’Hara), whilst Foley or Jonsson don’t inspire too much confidence! I for one am looking forward to the return of Karl Henry (cue riddicule and abuse from the numerous numpties on here)!
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Oh WOE is “me”. WANDERER in “Eire” is “NOW” “having a pop” and I am FINDING IT VERY “upsetting.”
Sheesh kebabs, some of you would try the patience of a saint with your buffoonery. Here’s a tip: if you’re going to crack wise about my username, you get to go and stand at the back of a very long queue of very unoriginal and unfunny people. Good luck with that.
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@98 Wanderer In Eire
Lust? Sir, you forget yourself. To be honest, it was more like destroying a barrel full of fish with a bazooka.
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wanderer in eire-i haven’t read anything from the happy clappers as you call them saying we were going to fly from now on! just celebrate the fact we won a match or else what’s the point!
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Blimey.
There’s a fair bit of bickering on here today.. Calm down chaps, we did win after all.
Beat the Baggies and we’ll all be happy, won’t we??
Incidentally I find PeteNuts inoffensive. I think some of you need to take what he says with a pinch of salt and get yourself a sense of humour at the same time.
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PeteNuts et al- don’t worry, Mick and Steve had a scrap the other day, now rumour has it Mick’s been invited for a sleepover on Saturday- so I’m sure you can all be friends again soon.
Anyway- beat WBA, Blackburn and Bolton at Home, and Wigan Away on the final day, and we might just be treated to another summer of ill-founded triumphalism and smugness; Please God.
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well have you done your homework on me yet PETENUTS ? you are all mouth mate, at least i backup what i say/intend to do instead of writing incipient drivel on boards and hide behind keyboards, ive told you where i will on sunday please feel free to come and have chat ,pie and a pint, oh wait a minute dont think they do childs mashed up foods at molineux nor babies bibs, get a grip mate if you want to act the bigone on here back i up with what you mouth of with because as there alwys has been,one winner where im concernd, ask around and you will soon find out, look forward to seeing you sunday will ring my dummy
actins speak louder than words
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The debate about McCarthy & Connor rages on but if Wolves stay up then they will still be here next season – fact. If Wolves are relegated they may be given a further opportunity to get us back up.
But for me its not oh great we won on Saturday this will kick start our season again or OMG we lose to Sandwell on Sunday. No it’s much deeper broader and more fundamental.
It’s the style of Wolves play which is just not pleasing on the eye – unless they are cornered and then it’s gung ho as it was on Saturday.
Until the current pairing of McCarthy & Connor are separated by a Hip Op and surgically removed from their positions nothing will change. Yes we will experience the euphoria of a sweet win occasionally but IMO thats in spite of them not because of them.
My early bird money stays firmly in my bank until they & we are released from this stranglehold of negativity.
But oh please can we just enter Sunday on the front foot and go at them as we did against Villa in the first half and maintain that for 90 minutes.
LB
UTW
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WiE – what a tremendous load of complete drivel. Brilliantly finished with the line – “may be then we may be able to beat wigan,Norwich Swansea Blackburn etc.”
Let me just check – beat Blackburn, beat Wigan, drew with Norwich, drew with Swansea, . So you managed to find 4 games where we got 8 points from 12. Genius!
PS Streako – I would sack O’Connor tomorrow – if only I could find out who he was.
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Shame about Frimpong’s injury. He looked like being a regular in the team between now and the end of the season.
I see Streako is doing his usual charm offensive on here.If you have a problem with your temper then i myself did a course in anger management and will try these soothing techniques to make you a calmer person. QPR 1 Wolves 2. MM is still here. Hoped that calmed you down a bit.
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Yep – got the prediction about the score right last Saturday. 2-1 yes that is it we won.
OK, I missed off my meteorological model’s calculations for all the negative hot air and carp that you so called fans generate aka numpties. You all know of course that even the flutter of a numpty’s eyelids can make weather prediction difficult so this week I will ignore the weather.
I am sad for zeee young Frimpong – he will get over it but Stick with Mick is the only way! Who was it that brought you Frimpong, Fletcher? Learn from Arsene, do not criticise players ever!
Why are Wolverhampton folk so negative. Arsenal fans support the team if they win, lose or draw. Arsene he vents his spleen on plastic. Kick the bottle – please, it will help you cope.
Prediction this Sunday – will get back to that one later.
The rest of you try not to disturb the weather too much with your hot air about a lost cause. Put the hot air into supporting Mick’s Barmy Army, Mick is here to stay.
Must go, my bottle needs replenishment for my prediction.
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58sue.
Man U came back from 3-0 down, because to be a ref in the Premier League, you have to be a Man U fan.
4 pens awarded in 2 games say’s it all.
P.S. Hope Wolves wins are like bus’s you wait ages for one and then three come along together!
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101, Pete,
In vino veritas. I don’t know why you bother to keep replying to your antagonists but I’m sure glad you do!
Next time I’m passing the Newhmpton, I’m buying you a drink. I’ve a Cune Vina Real here, at present; an Oro vintage from 2005. Check it out pal, might cost you a twenty but your posts are all worth it!! Maybe even better value than a ticket to the MOL!!
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77Fozzy Bear
I thought Bears plopped in the woods and the Pope was Catholic.
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We’ve won three games in 22 and I’m still here as the manager of Wolves,” said McCarthy. “Let me tell you that’s some level of support so let’s not forget that.
no need to add to this. It speaks volumes for a incompetent manager and an inept chaiman!
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some of you , need to get out more.
so we were lucky to beat qpr? who cares.
if we beat the tesco’s would anybody care how we do it, or we only beat them because this happened or that happened?
the only people who would be upset if we win on sunday would be the baggies and mcarthy haters.
for the rest. utw. wwfc 2 tescos 1.
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BEOWUFF-Know what you mean about Man Utd but I meant that it wasn’t impossible to turn things around.
cisse red card-you’ve hit the nail on the head!
Sorry about Frimpong, I thought we would look a lot better with him,O’Hara and Henry in midfield, just our luck!
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#94 – RichWolf64 I never get the paper, I get my info from internet =) good thing about that is that you can access it from anywhere in the world… including London =)
Hennessey should never be dropped unless injured. We have no one who could replace his standards he’s a top keeper. The fact 20k+ fans sing his name on more than one occasion almost every game prove that.
Jeeezz whats with the PeteNutz bashing? Chill out peeps.
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@ Streako
Yeah, I asked around. Turns out you’re “that irritating twergus who thinks he’s hard.” One tip: you need a new username, because that one’s an open goal, you just stick the word “p*ss” on the end and that’s you nailed good and thoroughly, mate.
WHY do I always get the stupid ones having a pop?
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117-Petenuts
He’s had a pop at me(not on his own there) also but we’re both from Wednesfield so we have a stand off now!
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109 Wenger’s waterbottle
Good point about Frimpong, but, I have to disagree about Arsenal fans supporting their team win, draw or lose. Just listen to the recent phone-ins on Talksport, they are some of the worst for moaning. “Haven’t won silverware for six years bleat, bleat, bleat” Oh dear, doesn’t your heart bleed for them ? Weren’t they the supporters who were going to put black bin liners over the empty seats at the Emirates against Blackburn ? They didn’t in the end ‘cos they didn’t bother to go. (How about that for an own goal ?)
We even had Man United fans criticising Sir Alex after that recent blip. Just shows you all clubs have their own share of DHs supporting them, not just us.
117 Petenuts. You’re descending faster than a Jamaican skier the men’s downhill.
Answer to your question. Maybe even the “stupid ones” find you conceited
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@118 Sue
He’s a hero alright. The very dictionary definition of a keyboard warrior.
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wwfc linked with jordan rhodes, good in the air, gets in the right positions, but will another promising lower league striker be good enough for the premier next season.
by the way that cat on the pitch at anfield last night, went past more people in 5 minutes, than stewart downing has all season. utw.
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blah blah blah; WWFC=CHAMPIONSHIP 12/13-14/15 then Div1 15/16-20/21 then Div2 21/22 then Div3 22/24 then Conference………………….
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@119
Faster than a Jamaican skier? Your similes need some work. Why Jamaican? Are you confused?
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Now we have lost Fringpong it might be a good idea to see if we could loan Tom Huddlestone from spurs a like for like replacement.
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sue : no stand off just being mature lol i see you havent changed and are still a happy clapper !
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125 streako
Yes I’m still a happy clapper as you call it! got my image to keep up!!!It’s nice to be a bit positive you should try it sometime!Now you are more mature,lol whatever that means!
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Come on you Wolves fans give your support next Sunday against the Baggies and get behind the team and the club, cheer then on for all you can give! That’s what I will doing out here in the middle of nowhere in Canada watching the match live on satellite TV! There is a lot at stake for this one so come on you Wolves fans don’t be negative! Come on you Wolves!!!!!!!!!!
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@125 Streako
Having a pop at the ladies now? Wow, your heroism truly knows no bounds! Imagine if we ever did meet, I bet you’d give me a right good thrashing. Or more likely get six of your knuckle-dragger mates to handle it while you tuck into your Bovril ten feet away.
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villa fans organising a mcliesh out campaign.
tesco fans calling for roy hodgsons head.
wwfc fans starting to fight each other.
arsenal thrash blackburn, and have’nt won a trophy for how many years?.
bloodshed in egypt/libya/afghanistan/iraq/syria.
the usa/europe economies in debt.
happy new year indeed.
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Typical! The Radio WM phone-in format has changed with footy ‘celebs’ being introduced. Last night, Steve Froggatt was singing Wolves’ praises regarding how far we’ve come since he and his team-mates consistently flopped. Fair enough; I’ll buy that -but there was no mention of the plethora of sub-standard players this club has bought, only to reject soon after. Hardly a rounded picture, Steve.
On Monday, we had David Kelly describing Mick’s tactics at QPR as “superb, wonderful, etc”(or words very close to that effect). Certainly, Kelly spoke of Mick in nothing but glowing terms. So, two ex-Wolfs in the space of 24 hours having their say on WWFC, with not one word of constructive or observational criticism to be heard. Well, that’s not good enough because debates should be all about balance. There again, what can we expect from one-eyed sycophants who have vested interests in keeping their former clubs sweet? The 3M’s are all accountable for the turmoil of this wretched season, yet if you listen to Froggatt and Kelly, you’d think everything was rosy in the garden.
David and Steve, your loyal defence of Wolves is both commendable and admirable. However, I prefer a spade to be called a spade. Don’t insult our intelligence by butt-kissing the Wolves’ hierarchy, please -just tell it as it is, without bias. Sure, I appreciate that you guys (as former players) enjoy the privileges of club hospitality and you naturally want to protect those benefits…but if you can’t speak freely and fairly, leave it to those who can. So far, it’s been nothing more than a 3M’s propoganda show, in my view.
Oh, dear…Richard Sneekes is Radio WM’s celebrity guest tonight. I guess that’ll mean Albi*n are on the verge of Champions League qualification, then…
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129 – (Milijas Winner)…and don’t forget the brewing Falkland Isles storm, thanks to those dastardly Argies.
It’s not all bad news though. I wasn’t the guy who lost £100,000 on Deal or No Deal ;-)
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130. ye old south bank. agree with most of your post.
but for a balanced view of your post i must dissagree with your assumption,
that if any ex player dissagrees with the current regime and the way they run the club, that they will some how lose any hospitality rights.
for example, john richards,steve bull,kenny hibbitt and many others have criticised wolves many times in the past, but still enjoy hospitality at molinuex.
you want folks to speak freely and fairly, yet because you dissagree with thier pro wolves view you think they are insulting your intelligence.
if you dont like the 3ms, thats fair enough, as im no fan of moxey, but dont let your memories of cullis,wright,broadbent,mullen,swinbourne, etc turn your undoubted support for wwfc into hatred for the current regime. utw.
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Ye New North bank
Like your name !like your sentiments.
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132 – (The New North Bank) Thank you for your reply. I’d better explain myself here, so there’s no misunderstanding:
On reflection, my (poor) choice of words were inappropriate, misleading and didn’t really express my thoughts adequately. Sincere apologies for that. What I meant to say (but failed to make clear) is that SOME retired pro’s often come across as feeling somehow ‘compelled’ (with notable exceptions, of course) to ‘toe the party line’ for fear of upsetting the club (or certain persons therein). I didn’t mean to suggest that David and Steve were LITERALLY afraid they’d lose benefits as such -merely that it could place them in an an awkward situation in having to ‘explain themselves’ at some future point, being the pleasant, nice guys we all know they are. They don’t strike me as being contentious or outspoken young men, so I heard what I expected to hear.
However, I’d much rather hear fair, critical analysis (with both pros and cons afforded the listener) rather than be fed a diet of unilateral plaudits being showered on the manager. That’s why I think it can be seen as “insulting” to people’s intelligence, my friend -especially when fans witness the ‘product’ on offer, first hand, every game.
We all know Wolves have looked dreadfully inadequate (and defensively a complete shambles) for nearly all of this season, so I believe ‘expert opinion’ should reflect the club’s -and particularly the manager’s- performance. Making changes brought the desired result at QPR, yes, but it doesn’t change the fact that Mick is a renowned tamperer who sometimes gets lucky, yet nobody (the press, Radio WM reporters or guest, retired footballers) ever question his bizarre team selections and make him answer for his decisions. In my 45 years’ paying support, I’ve never known any previous manager be as unaccountable and as consistently protected as Mick is. Still, that’s just my unbiased view.
Finally, I assure you that I do not have -and will not have- any “hatred” towards the current regime, so I don’t know why you said that. I merely question certain aspects of the club, nothing more, so please don’t confuse the two. I’m not satisfied with McCarthy’s performance since we gained promotion, nor am I a fan of Moxey or Morgan at this precise time, either. However, as a fair-minded person, my views are always subject to change, depending upon their performance, honesty with the fans and entertainment value provided. As football is, apparently, a ‘business’ these days, then fans are mere ‘customers’ and accordingly have the right to question the ‘product’ on offer. My love for WWFC will remain undimished, though, come what may.
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