Who ever he chooses let’s hope we get some creativity from the play.

I bet he is well pleased with Johnson’s comments about the board was wrong to sack McCarthy, I would suggest he looks at the league table.

What the board did do wrong was wait too long before they took action, it leaves a new manager with a very difficult task.

Let’s hope that Morgan makes an early appointment so that whoever it is can prepare something before the next game.

If the new manager can get the defenders to at least defend corner kicks then that would be a major step forward.

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whoever gets the job lets hope they bring
a new number 2 cos clipboard been at the club for
too long needs new ideas give him a job with
reserves or whatever but please mr morgan dont
be a cheap skate and keep him cos hes cheap

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Paul Ince?? No way.

13 games left, we need Curbishley in! No one else of his calibre is available.

Will he want a 13 game contract?? Will Moxey and Morgan stump up the wages for him? Or the cheap option again??

We will see.

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None of the above send the pulses racing,timing all wrong,they should have stuck with MM or made the change earlier so that a new coach could get some of his own men in.
Curbishly is probably the best of a bad bunch,all have been fired or walked away.I think the idea of hiring someone for the 13 remaining games and then in the close season appointing a full time Manager is the way to go,UTW.

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NONE of us want BRUCE or WARNOCK.

Give us someone with ambition, someone is is up and coming and has learned his trade lower down.

Someone like:

Brendan Rodgers
Paul Lambert
Chris Houghton
Ian Holloway
Gus Poyet

BE BRAVE BE POSITIVE

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Warnock or Bruce I personally do not favour.

Curbishley seems to be a thinking man but how much of a motivator is he??

Ince we know him. He has a passion which will be greatly needed if we are to have any chance of escaping the dreaded drop.

Is there any way the two, Curbishley and Ince could be put in harness. Could be the answer!

Up The Wolves

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I think we need to get real here none of the suposed short list are any better than MM. Ask yourselves if Curbishly is any good why has he been out of work for 3 and half years? One thing is for sure is that Morgan will do it on the cheap as usual. No manager will ever achieve anything with the limit money available we simply won’t pay the wages needed to attract players to keep is in the premiership! I SAY MORGAN OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I wouldn’t be against Curbishley with Ince his number two. Ince knows the club Curbishley has the experience.

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Please wait a minute Mr Morgan and think deeply Curbishley Bruce and Warnock are not the remedy Chris Hughton is the man who will lead us to safety.

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Suppose Warnock or Bruce get the Job ???

That’s the early bird offer doomed.

I’m not the only one saying I will not be renewing my ST if thats the best on offer.

If i got sacked from my job for incompetency i very much doubt employers would be lining up to give me a top class job ???

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One benefit a new manager will have is that he can assess the ability of each and every player on their respective merits, and then choose the best player for each position.It is a new start for all the players and they must now produce the goods if they want to be picked. A tough job but there are a number of teams around our level at this time and I am convinced we can pull away from the bottom three.Sunday was terrible and a long drive back to beautiful Cornwall in almost silence with my lad, what could we say but a poor, poor performance. All our players must be aware they are playing for their future at our great club. All the best from a bright but windy Lanyon hoilday park. Jamie
Nb Mick did work wonders with what he had to start with, but that is history, we must look to the future.

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JonBoy – are you telling me you know for a fact the shortlist only contains the names already mentioned??? How do you know? Even the club have said any names connected with the club, bar Curbishley, is speculation.

So its ok saying Morgan out and all that rubbish but how about you wait and see what happens in the next few days rather than shoot your mouth off over news speculation.

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no no to bruce/warnock they are like muppet.

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Has to be curbs

but who ever gets it we must throw our support behind, need to create a proper atmosphere at molinuex and the north bank needs to wake up a bit.

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Please please mr Morgan not
Bruce or warnock, we may aswell stuck
with m m,both spent big in the summer &
were no better than us,must be curbishly
all day,if he’s the only 1 available

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No 14
If by Morgan selling out, which I believe will not happen, we could finish up in getting some foreigner(s) in and finish up like Blackburn and others.Remember the Bathi? brothers The bigger clubs will attract real monied people but I believe that Steve Morgan is the man we heed at the helm. OK he was slow to react in sacking McCarthy but Curbishly could be the answer. At least he will not be a hoof and hope merchant like Mick M. His teams have always played a pass and move type of football.
Whoever takes over though has an almighty task to save us from relegation but we would have gone down anyway with MM in charge.
Nothing ventured nothing gained.
I feel more hopeful now MM has gone. He was the right man for the job AT THE TIME but he just cannot hack it at the higher levels.
If he goes to Leeds he will get them promoted next season but afterwards? We will wait and see.

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16Dynamowolf

I like the idea of curbishley/ince. Still, I’d prefer Super Mick back!!

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What about sammy chung and sammy chapman, then we could have SAS along with ping and pong :-)

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Has to be Curbishley.

Hughton would be my second choice but I doubt he would leave Brum considering the magic he has done there.

I would love Ince as Curbs’ assistant but I doubt Incey sees himself as a number 2.

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Warnock or Bruce and you Moxey and Morgan can stick there Season Ticket where the sun don’t shine.
Everyone will be happy with Curbs thank you

Its taken far to long for these Morgan and Moxey to realise Mccarthy was way out of his depth in this league in so many areas of management at this level.
People go on about what hes done for the club yes he brought us up but by the looks at the moment hes played the main part in taking us back to where we started.
Vicious Circle which i predicted nearly 5 and a half years ago.
Lets all just hope we stay up, because if we go down we can wave goodbye to our better players.

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I would love to see something like Zola and Ray Wilkins coming in as Manager and assistant or Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as he’s tearing up the Danish league and Alex Fergusson has stated potentially ‘the most exciting up and coming manager in Europe’. New excting ideas and training methods.
The list composed so far does not get the pulse racing or motivates me in the slightest.
Why didnt QPR go with Curbishley?????? I think that says it all as he’s been out of football too long.
Worse case appoint Curbs short term on a 3 half month contract and re-access in the summer and appoint someone for the club to move forwarded.

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curbishley would be good, holloway could work look at what he’s done with blackpool, long term houghton would be excellent but i don’t think he’d leave birmingham, so i think perhaps wolves should go for lee clark as his huddersfield record is excellent. It would be nice for wolves to show some real ambition!

Please please not bruce or warnock, good managers but not right for wolves.

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Mr Johnson says don’t blame MM…the other 90% is down to the players.
Well, now its your chance Mr Johnson…get yourself and the players you CAPTAIN to start performing.

Its in your hands…sink or swim…a footballers career ain’t that long thats one of the reasons you get paid so much…but it will be there….good or bad for as long you use the word “footballer” or “Captain of Wolves” in your current or future CV.

Got it Mr Johnson?

Wherever we are
Whatever we do
We are The Wolves

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In the old days would he have ‘propellered in’ ?

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Here’s one from leftfield that has been mooted by a couple of the betting agencies.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

Young, already successful, learned the trade under Alex Ferguson, well-connected… Players would be honoured to play for him. He could be our Brendan Rogers / Paul Lambert.

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The best man to keep us up was the one we have just sacked! It may not have been attractive style but he still had the players on his side.

The only way I can see us with any chance of staying up is getting Curbs and put someone like Ince, Bully, Murray as assisstant. Someone who knows the club and who the players respect. Should make for a nervy end to the season but at least the fans who were calling for Mick’s head may actually get behind the new guy (but then again some people are not happy unless they are moaning)!

FWAW

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My choice would be Curbishley,but it would not surprise me in the slightest if he was offered the job and he turned it down.He gives me the impression he is not desperate to walk into any old job and when he learns about the financial constraints(wage levels) in place at Molineux ,I dont think he will be too impressed.

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Who ever we get in needs to have a massive clearout,there are only 3 players any good and johnson aint one of them.

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poor decision from Morgan & Moxey…gutless leadership from Morgan to do the firing from in front a roaring fire in his ski chalet.
a new man will come in and raise the level for a couple of games then it will be business as usual, dont forget you arent near the bottom totally down to the manager,the players have not performed at all.
I just hope that the fans realise that if you go down (and its looking likely)that they hounded out a manager who kept you up for the last 2 seasons, the summer is time for change not february when the transfer window has shut and a new manager inherits a side he cant add to.
I am a villa fan who is not happy with McLeish but silly protests help no one…i hope McLeish goes but in the summer when a new manager can bring in his own players and has time to put his own stamp on he club.

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Would love to see Curbishley come in with somebody like Ince as his assistant.

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WolvesAyWe – really?? The best guy to keep us up was the one we sacked??

Im not entirely sure what you are basing that on. When Mick even comes out and says the perfomance is unacceptable……….. when we have been consitant in underperforming the whole season……….

What part of the last 23 games suggests we were heading in the right direction? We were getting worse! Even Mick said most other clubs would have sacked him by now.

The board of the club could not sit and do nothing! It is sad, great bloke, had some great years, but the basis of the clubs decision is on the results of the team, and they were simply not good enough. I would say the performances were at times even worse than the results.

You just have to glance at Swansea and Norwich. Why are they performing so well? High paid players? Massive wages?? or can it be…….wait for it………… 2 great managers!

Im sad for Mick but I dont think many people can disagree with the club for getting rid, I would disagree with the timing however, this could and should have been done before the window. Id question that motive from the board first and foremost.

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IDM (42) I think you’ll find that Molde are in the NORWEGIAN first division!! I do agree though that he could be the answer if he wants the challenge. My personal preference would be Curbs with Ray Wilkins as coach. TC must go as soon as possible, he’s been the one constant figure through the last umpteen years of WWFC’s under achievements. Even though we’re in the Premier league, we’re not what I would call a successful club. We’ve stayed up for 3 seasons but only by the skin of our teeth!

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Good luck to Mick, good four years, best to forget the last 18 months. In the end poor signings cost him, had more money than most and wasted it. Like everyone else, don’t want any of the 3 “favourites”. We must look to the long term. Can’t see short term working, if someone does manage to keep us up, which is a big ask by the way, then surely they will be offered the job long term any way so let’s get the right man now.

For me the manager has to be young and hungry, not just the players, and he must have good experience playing or working for top managers and they have cut their teeth at lower levels and show great potential. Lambert and Rodgers are great examples of this.

I would go for any of Solskjaer, Hughton, Lee Clark or Poyet. If we are going to be short sighted, I think Curbs and Ince could work, it’s not like Ince is being inundated with managers jobs.

Must get rid of Terry Connor!

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Ally McCoist could well be looking for a job soon

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The more I think of it the more it makes sense to appoint “KEVIN KEEGAN” for the “13 GAMES”.
The players will have a legend to look at and he would immediately help them from any “MICK” hangovers,the fun factor is needed and he is the man for that,the media will immediately want wolves to stay up purely due to headlines “KEVIN KEEGAN SAVES WOLVES”!
Kevin is a small man but as a hugh name in the “GAME”….Kevin Keegan the mananger of wolves 1st game away to “NEWCASTLE” and his new team win “3-1″!

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CHRIS HOUGHTON for me.
Excellent motivator just look at the result against Wolves :-)

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Curbishley on till end of the season, I have no problem with that.
However who I really would like to see here is Chris Hughton.
Steve/Jez should be spending their time trying to get him to sign for us.
Surely they should be able to tempt him with our financial stability and the fact that it would be a long term position.
If the worst comes to the worst and we do go down, then what a challange for Chris to bring us back by beating Newcastles 102 point championship total.

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In my mind their is only one man for the job, a man who can change the course of any game who is decisive even when wrong(as he often is)stands up to chairmen and the press, has been the forgotton man behind the sucess of Manure, Chelski,Arsen nil and Liverpuddle, step forwward Howard Webb. Seriously Mr Morgan, get it right and not just someone on the cheap, Lets take one step backwards if we have too and appoint someone who may not save the season , but will move us forward again and play some good attacking football. So that we become a creditable force in the game and not the premier league whipping boys. The championship is our best way to regroup and progress long term. We certainly have the right players at present, with one or two exceptions we are not good enough for the top league in the world. On a positive note Thank god we are not Rangers.

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Dave (59)…great suggestion. Muscat to join forces with the former Melbourne Victory boss Mehmet Durakovic who is out of a job at the moment. Ince as technical director.

WolvesAyWe (52) you say…”The best man to keep us up was the one we have just sacked! It may not have been attractive style but he still had the players on his side.”

So how come Mr Johnson (Captain of The Wolves, a successor to Mr Wright) when asked
how much blame the players should take, he said: “All of it. The manager can maybe take five to 10 per cent but the rest of it is down to the lads.”

Not only does this show Mr Johnson’s lack of mathematical capability it also challenges your assertion Mr WolvesAyWe….what do you reckon?

Wherever we are
Whatever we do
We are The Wolves

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Feel for whoever takes over with some of the low life fans we have, fans like Spanish oaf,English exile,flying wing-error. And there ilk. Wake up,moxey has said it will not be an open check book, so the new man Will have to work under the same restriction has mick had to, whatever happens the boo boy scum that drag our club down will still be there, mick left with dignity, those that bood him acted like the gutter urchins that they are. Those outside the ground showed the world how low some fans can get – all mouth, wind and P.

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It’s clear who the fans want and I think Morgan really needs to take this into account. For the past Year and a half there has been a divide between the fans at Molineux, and it’s created a bad atmosphere which I think has really affected the team. The players look terrified. Curbishley is the man for the job. Lets get him in and get this club reunited.

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I am already feeling excited!Convinced Kevin Keegan is the short term solution,the players will feel like “SUPERSTARS” they will respond immediately and beyond their normal abilities.
The CROWDS will flock back the atmosphere will be never like before the “MEDIA” boxes will be full,imagine the “UNITED” game!!The frenzy would be great,the players will all feel unbeatable and this bubble could lead us away from relegation.
Since we have been in the premiership we have not “WON” 5 games out of 13!
He can do it!!!!!
But will he come??????????????

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52 get real, Mad Mick lost the dressing room as soon as Morgan went in after the Liverpool game

Happy clapper, even Moxey admits he’s gone cos we only collected 14 points from 22 games.

If you think he was the best man for the job you are a deluded idiot

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1,3,6
I agree with you.
If this was the start of the season, then maybe a younger manager like solkjear,ince,clark, hughton could be considered.
The board are looking for a manager to try to keep us in the premiership and to organise and get the best out of the underperforming players we have.
It has to be an experienced manager as they need to go straight in and get results. someone with experience of the pressure of managing a relegation scrap. Curbishley is my choice.
Who ever they appoint it will be interesting to see how some of Micks poor performing favourites fare like
Hunt
edwards
berra
foley
johnson
doyle

will a new manager give the likes of hamill, miljas a chance.

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5) Spanishray. We picked the RIGHT man last time. He did exactly what we’d waited all those years for, what a string of managers had failed, very expensively, to do(Dave Jones excepted, where the irony was SirJH never backed him financially). Unfortunately for Mick the Premiership was a bridge too far, but, that doesn’t make him a bad manager, nor a bad person.
14 Jonboy. Is there no bounds to the stupidity of some posters on this site ? Morgan out ! Really ? Here’s a chairman who has brought stability and progress. He’s made mistakes, sure, like his dressing room debacle and, allegedly, not backing MM during the last two windows. Would you rather have a chairman like David Murray ? Almost singlehandedly brought down one of Europe’s biggest clubs with reckless spending. Or some foreign owner to put us in the same jeopardy as Birmingham, Portsmouth and a myriad of others.
Heed what Woy said, Jonboy. Be careful what you wish for !
Good thinking by the board to take a short term choice with a long term contract as the reward.
Curbs is my choice, he nearly made England manager a year or two back….not that Wolves and England Managers mix too well.
51)Chris Hoggard I believe it was Ian Greaves,from Bolton

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SEEMS BENITEZ HAS RULED HIMSELF OUT OF THE PICTURE BUT WOLVES FANS WANT AND DESERVE A MAJOR NAME AND THREE BEING BANDIED ARE NOWHERE NEAR THAT CRITERION.

NO COME ON MR MORGAN SHOW YOU REALLY MEAN BUSINESS AND GET IN SOMEONE WITH CLOUT WHO HAS DONE IT ALL BEFORE.

WHO? WELL HOW ABOUT KEVIN KEEGAN, HE WOULD LIGHT UP MOLINEUX AND PROVE THE CHAIRMAN AT LAST MEANS BUSINESS.

KEEGAN WOULD ALSO SORT OUT THE WHEAT FROM THE CHAFF AND THERE’S AN AWFUL LOT OF THE LATTER ON THE PAYROLL.

IF YOU WANT SOME UNTRIED WHO HAS BEEN A MODEL PROFESSIONAL, JAMIE CARRAGHER SPRINGS TO MIND AS A PLAYER MANAGER.

OVER TO YOU MR M. YOUR CONNECTIONS AT ANFIELD MUST BE HUGE SO DONT LET THE FANS DOWN THIS TIME.

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Ironically, of what appear to be the three leading contenders, Neil Warnock, with his knowledge of the game and his penchant for gamesmanship, could be the most likely to save our skins in 13 matches, but, would any of us like to see him long term ? From the reaction so far, No !
It would also appear, now that the barriers are coming down, and some of the hacks, national and local, are giving us the low down, Jez isn’t the pantomime villain some of our supporters make him out to be. Seems he’s done a fair job.
One thing that was interesting from a couple of journalists. Mick wasn’t Morgan’s choice, he inherited him, and maybe his jacket was always on a shakey peg. They fell out a few times (like Old Traffordgate) but always kissed and made up. However, during the dressing room outburst he not only tore into the players, but, the manager too, in front of the players ! Bad move ! Their relationship was doomed from that moment.
It’ll be interesting to see who SM chooses and how long before the usual suspects on this site start their whinging.

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First job for new Manager, take the Captaincy away from Johnson, his performances have not even justified his place in the team this season. The last two home games have simply proven what a good solid job Karl Henry does and in my opinion should be given the armband for the rest of the season.

Like Roy Hodgson said on Sunday be careful what you wish for. It looks like our choice to replace Mick includes Bruce and Warnock, both recently sacked or Curbishley who no one else has rated good enough to employ for 4 years !

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It’s got to be Curbishley for me, with Ray Wilkins as his assistant.
Give them a contract till the end of the season then re-evaluate once we know what league we are in.

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So another (decent) prospective candidate (Hughton) rules himself out. Please, please, please, do not hire Bruce, Warnock or Roy Keane, all failed managers (and in Bruces case just as likely to jump ship if another job he fancies comes along). Give the job to Jody Craddock for the remainder of the season if we can’t get anyone good enough at the moment. I’d rather we got the right person in the summer then the wrong person hastily (despite what the two M’s say) signed now. Curbishley would only be my choice if he took the job until the end of the season, then we could see what he has or has not achieved, before deciding whether to keep him or not.

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Let’s just hope whoever gets the job gets better support from the Numpties on here than MM did.

MM took us up, kept us up and left when we are a Premiership club, I sincerely hope that we don’t look back upon these as our glory days.

Some Wolves fans need to take a hard look at themselves, support the club and stop the constant sniping at everything Gold and Black.

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When I reluctantly came to the conclusion that a change was needed, I suggested Ole Gunnar. I still stick to that. We look like going down whatever and having to rebuild – he could be the foundation of a new, fresh era. If Curbishley comes in, he has no longer got a backroom staff to bring in so presumably he would inherit what we have. Not ideal.

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SIR BILLY QUITE ; I WONDERED WHEN YOU WOULD COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK. I SEE YOU ARE STILL FLYING THE ‘I LOVE MICK’ FLAG STILL !! GET OVER IT FELLA ITS DONE , IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE LONG AGO BUT ITS PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO HAVE HELD THIS CLUB BACK, ITS NOT WHAT MCARTHY DID IN THE PAST ITS WHAT HE WAS DOING THIS SEASON ! FOR ONCE, JUST FOR ONCE WHY DONT YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND THINK OF MCARTHYS RECORD, NOT WHAT HE DID DO BUT WHAT HE WAS DOING IN THE PREM NOT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR GOD SAKE

AND TO THE IDIOTIC POSTER WHO SAID GIVE THE JOB TO JAMIE CARRAGHER ! ID RATHER HAVE JAMIE AND THE MAJIC TORCH THAN THAT BLOKE

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Sir Billy Quite and co

Can I just make a simple point?

The ‘numpties’ who posted on message boards are in no way responsible for Mick’s dismissal. They were simply fans expressing their opinions. In actual fact Mick enjoyed the solid backing of a vast majority of fans for most of the last 5 and a half years.

There was some dissent at the time of the Swansea game but even up to the Liverpool game he still probably had the baking of a majority of fans.

In the end he lost his job because performances and results simply weren’t good enough and the board (not the fans/numpties) made a decision. I doubt that any manager, at any club could survive a similar run of results culminating in a 5-1 hammering at home v their local rivals.

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80 – another pointless post in which you obviously think you sound tough – but you just sound thick.

I see Big Ron has suggested Strachen – and I think thats a decent shout – he has experience, he has character, players like him and he has passion….. he’s like a mini mick without the dreadful record.

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I do like the idea of Alan Curbishley (Manager) and Paul Ince (Assistant Mmanager).

Curbishley for his experience and intelligence, Ince for his passion & determination.

I think this could be the dream team, and the players would almost certainly respond to this dynamic duo, neither of whom will take any nonsense.

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Warnock no !!! worse record than mick
bruce no !!!! spend spend and no end product
Lambert, no. he isnt going to leave Norwich for a team worse off
Bully no !!! not experienced enough end off
Curbs yes, fits the clubs policy of budget and decent footy to watch
Wilkins, not on his own maybe with curbs or my next surgestion, Chelsea have never been the same since he went !!!
Hiddick, why not hes available as far as i know, has a proven track record and like mick has international exp
Ince, not sure good bet for the last 13 games and would be a great motivator but is the ego to big !!!

imo should have asked mick to step down at the end of last season, we all saw it coming but much as i admire loyalty in this day and age it could have been handled at lot more professional than it has, new stand for a ground we didnt and looks like we will never fill, why. love to hear the reason for this but we will never hear it. I hope for the clubs sake we dont implode but it looks like we are going to, worse case we go down, best we stay up by the skin of our teeth, but looking at the defence currently, worse case looks most likely. Dont want to blame it an individual, but since roger came in with got worse, making him captain and the high wages factor must have pissed off the squad, esp as he is dreadful. Bassong was sorting the defence on sunday till he went off, thats supposed to be your job roger, not a loan players who has been here a couple of weeks.

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Curbishley may have been out management for 3 and a half years but 18 months was a court case against West Ham.He has said himself he has had offers but obvioulsy not good enough ones. As I said before he is fresh, plays good football and he worked wonders at Charlton and kept West Ham up too. Also he wants the job, I think he can unite the fans too. By the way the Blues manager is called Chris Hughton.

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Get an up and coming manager in. Lee Clark has just been sacked by Huddersfield. Remarkable considering his record, 50% win record. Take a chance Morgan.

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Well I’ve always been a huge fan of Morgan but in the last few weeks he has really gone down in my estimation. Firstly he goes on a skiing trip on wolves biggest game of the season and he gets moxey to do his dirty work with regards to getting rid of McCarthy. I think the very least mad Mick deserved was Morgan flying back to give him the news in person.

Definitely think curbs is the man. His record for west ham was 101 points in 71 games which is alot better than the point a game or less that we are used too.

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Lee Clarke has left Huddersfield – Sky Sports.

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lee clark has just left huddersfield boss?? maybe its him as very promising young manager.

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Henners – form dipped a bit but still first choice
zubar – my god have we missed him
bassong – should have signed him instead of Roger the bodger
Foley / Ward, either but were both rubbish Sunday
craddock – Sunderland performance alone better than other wolves defender this season
Hammill – time to let him loose, why never picked i dont know
Kightly – if fit, but suspect another long termer
ohara – reason we beat QPR and our best play maker
henry – the only ball winner we have, give him the armband back ( different player as capt )
fletcher – the only Goal scorer we have no brainer
Vokes – never given a chance and pre season was winning everything for fletch to run on to
Jarvis – if he wants to play for England again needs to take players on, so negative against l’pools Johnson it made me furious, he skinned him every time last season, seems scared to take anyone on at the mo.

in our hands but imo will hinge on who is charge and who is captain, Craddock or Henry for me, but Johnson is no leader.Prove me Roger and i’ll bake you a humble pie but i havent seen your qualities all season pal.

off to newcastle and could be the last away game for some time, I like many other cant afford it anymore, early bird no chance mate, till you offer a discount to the masses of out of work wolves fans who currently go, thats a lot more than you realise Jez. ‘Moxey expresses shock at lack of season ticket sales’ can see the headline now.

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Mick McCarthy has shown us he is not up to producing a team of competing in the premiership,his style of football is ok for the championship but not premiership.
The players are capable of results,they have shown us that, they are as good as anything in the bottom 8,but only seem to produce if they put in a good “shift”. That cannot be done week in week out. We have to keep the ball more and have a more patient approach not bomb forward at every opportunity leaving exposed at the back. We need a manager who has experience in whats needed to play and stay in the premiership,thats Alan Curbishley for me.

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Welcome back Mr Morgan. I think you have made the biggest mistake ever in sacking Mick McCarthy. If you can find a manager more dedicated to the Wolves cause I will accept your wisdom. However, I think you have absolutely no chance !! You were WRONG to sack Mick and reports are filtering through that you DIDNT back him in the players he wanted to bring in. So – if we go down – its more down to YOU than Mick !! I stand to be corrected and would love to eat my words. We will see.

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Garry 58
‘…poor decision from Morgan & Moxey…gutless leadership from Morgan to do the firing from in front a roaring fire in his ski chalet.’

Couldn’t agree more. Thought my eyes were deceiving me when I read that Morgan was skiing in Europe on the day of the most passionate game of our season. That tells us everything we need to know about his committment to Wolves. Thanks for some good memories Mick – but, sadly, I don’t believe there was an alternative but for you to go.

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Still want Moxey out ay forgot the pie and pint fiasco.

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18wombourne wolf
Not just yourself, but your post shows the sheer arrogance of Wolves Fans that is witnessed by our Black country Neighbours.
Perception that Wolves are a bigger club and could go and get whomever was required.
GET REAL.
I will be very surprised should someone in work get the job.
Can only think of Ian Holloway who would relish jumping their current ship( ie exclude Houghton/Lambert/Rodgers) notice Lee Clark is now available, but after safer pair of hands.
Therefore my prediction is that it will come from Curbihley/Brucie/Colin W…(Neil Warnock)

Morgan himself obviously thought he was better than McCarthey, why doent he have a go himself???

TAXI

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streako my mate- thank you for putting my name forward! could you image it the first lady premeirship manager! what a shambles….

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I just hope this decision will be based on football terms rather than financial terms, so SM must take the lead rather than JM.
I would love a young up and comming manager in the Paul Lammbert mold but we haven’t got time for that. He has had nearly 2 years to get Norwich playing as they do. I also think short term contracts don’t work as any manager can just walk away if they fail (Shearer at Newcastle)
I also think that whoever comes in does not have that difficult a job to do. There are 5 teams down at the bottom and we are no worse than any of them. A new manager has to organise the back 4. Drop Johnson out of the firing line for Jody and get them defending in a staight line 6 yards further up the pitch.
We may have to sacrifice a RW so we can flood the midfield and just make us harder to beat. How good would a couple of clean sheets feel.
We have good firepower with fletcher and Doyle should play in Edwards position behind Fletch. Jarvice should stay out on the LW and be told to have confidence and attack his man every time.
I don’t think we are such a bad team but the management and tactics have been very inconsistant this season and that’s being kind to MM.
I hope AC comes in because I think we need something new and fresh for the future so that means a definate no to NW and SB.
Can we please stop crying over MM now, he has gone and deserved to. We have a good chance of staying up now if we get solidly behind the new boss. This is the biggest decision of SM’s football life, lets hope he gets it right !!

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Urban Myth #127 – Steve Morgan didn’t back McCarthy in the transfer market.

Fact – £40 million in under 3 years is not a lack of backing. The likes of Norwich, Swansea and another club who’s name eludes me but for some reason the numbers 5 and 1 pop into my mind, would all have loved that kind of ‘lack’ of backing.

Proof – if Morgan didn’t back McCarthy than how is it possible that 2 players deemed superfluous to requirements by a certain Mr McCarthy, as they weren’t up to the standard required to be in his squad, are currently regulars in the Norwich midfield?

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Lee Clark just got fired by Huddersfield Town and he is only four points off the promotion positions in League One!!! He is highly rated and has a very good track record and has narrowly missed promotion in the past. And he has developed some good young talent which would maybe justify all the money we are committing to an Academy. It would not surprise me if MM ends up at Huddersfield being only a short trip from Barnsley!!!

It will be a complete lottery as to whether or not we stay up and I think we should find a Manager with a good team of coaches that will allow us to bounce back and provide stability and new thinking.

I am not sure that hiring a short term Manager with a review in the summer is the way to go. Who is to say that one of the people being touted for the job currently would stay here anyway if they pulled it off? We do not an egotistical maniac running the team, we need quality in terms of technical training , tactics and motivation.

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premiership!!!silly me…

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138 QBChris You make some sensible points but I would take issue regarding your view on short term contracts. Alan Shearer’s tenure was a disaster so there’s no way anyone with a performance like that was going to be offered anything. Plus the fact he had his mind and his wallet on punditry for the Beeb.
To offer a candidate the job for the rest of the season with the long term contract as a reward makes infinite sense to me. If he kept us up he still may not be the right man….and vice versa of course.
To those of you querying Curbishly’s time out of the game (not you Chris), you must understand he was involved in a long running court case with those awful people at West ham. He couldn’t take a job on, so your comments are out of order.

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Impossible to say of course, but I think Lee Clarke will go to Leeds.

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Streako I think your Caps lock is stuck?

Imagine what Clipboard is doing to the team right now he is on his own…. Not feeling to confident about the future of Wolves atm….

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RichWolf 64-you calling Sir Billy grump pot and kettle springs to mind!

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Neil Warnock as boss with Paul Ince as his assistant = 110 % commitment from every player in every game!

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Burton @53 – It’s Hughton, and he’s already said he isn’t interested.

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Nice of Mr Morgan to return to Molineux AFTER Mick has left isn’t it ?

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148 farmer Ted
Thanks for pointing ou AC’s court case which effectively kept him out of the game for 18 months. Since then he has turned down offers but he obviously thinks this could be a good job for him.
His record is so good that he was once shortlisted for the England job and has been able to take his time and wait for the right job because he is that well thought of in the game.
I can’t see any other candidates that stand up to him so I don’t know why SM is wasting time, he should be appointing him tommorow.I think he is probably the only one who could unite the fans behind him including all the ones crying in their beer over MM.
However being Wolves supporters we know that everything could go horribly wrong whoever we appoint, but as I previously stated I don’t think we are such a bad side and the next manager could become a hero in a very short space of time.
Looking forward to the NU match next week. It feels like the start of a new season !!

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With Chris Hughton not interested, we have to go with Curbishley. But we should be prepared to also bring in Ray Wilkins as his assistant to ensure our safety. The two of them know each other well enough and it would be worth the extra investment for a promising future. Stay away from Wild Warnock and Jay Leno!

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Firstly no ex England managers please.
Secondly I would make an approach to bring Keith downing back to the wolves. Solid down to earth guy who knows his football and is doing rather well for the club down the road.
Realistically I think we will be relegated as we do not have the players to retain the ball consistently and no doubt any new manager would want to work on this.
I would prefer an up and coming manager and stay with him even if we got relegation. To state we should go and get the likes of hughton/soles jar is arrogant in the least….I think they have higher ambitions in the coming couple of years.
Good luck to whoever is appointed.

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Mick WHO

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130 wolves mick and Sir billy quiet.
Please give us your footballing reasons why Mick should not have been sacked?
While you look for answers, bear in mind that football managers are paid big money to win not lose games and have a close look a micks winning record this season.
How many homes games lost 7 or 8 ?
Conceding 2 goals every game?
Spent at least 10 million in the transfer market??

Its simply staggering that after Mick spent 40 million over 3 seasons on new players and wasted most of it with 7/8 of the championship campaign players still in the team every week, you think Morgan should have given Mick even more transfer money.Why??

I wonder if any of you play football manager games like Championship manager on the pc or games console???.
Well I do from time to time and I can tell you that with Micks record you would be sacked in all of these games.

I know that you and many others have a strong affinity to Mick. But Mick is not bigger than this club. To put it into perspective Dave Jones was also at the club for 5 years.

Mick will be back in management and one day will come back managing the away team and will get a good reception. He did a good job but his future lies elsewhere so please move on.

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It’s got to be Curbishley. Cometh The Hour Cometh The Man!

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Curbishley being interviewded, Curbs + Ray Wilkins as number 2 would be good, or Ian Holloway as the wildcard.

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90 Farmer Ted, Yes it was Ian,came to me about 10 minutes after I posted.Least I didn’t say it was Jimmy! If you remember he was a good manager,but the Doog came in and sacked him.

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Comatose Curbishley??? I really cannot understand where people are coming from with remarks like that. As a FEW on here have already posted, you need to get a grip and just check out his managerial resume! Pretty Damn Good!!

For me.. He’s ideally suited for the Wolves.. and I get the feeling that he thinks that too.. But it will be how the job is sold by the board that could end up being the problem. I hope not.

On another note, whoever gets the job, It will be interesting to see how he addresses the defence & midfield issues we have with the current personnel.
When Stephen Ward is named as left back for the first game.. are the whingers going to be calling for the managers head? When Karl Henry is named on the team sheet, will it be.. How could he possibly do such a thing.. Sack him now!

We have the personnel that we have and if they’re the best we have, so be it!

13 games.. They’re gonna need that tweIfth man!! UTW

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Well we only have scraps on offer now don’t we? Should have moved for Martin O’Neill in November – we’d be looking at mid table at least by now!!

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Urban myth #356 – the Wolves job is a poisoned chalice.

So no manager would be tempted by say -

The ongoing investment in the team (40million over 3 seasons)

The A grade academy plans

Finances in the black

Large rewards for success

Support far more loyal than it is ever given credit for (how many Mick out chants were there exactly despite 18 months of fighting relegation)?

Loyal/patient board – the last manager who could legitimately claim to have been dismissed prematurely would be Graham Taylor (and then there were mitigating circumstances as he came with the ‘do I not like that’ baggage).

New ground plans (yeah well sort of).

Still don’t let the facts get in the way of the cliches.

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I voted in the poll for Curbishley,always looked upon him as a good manager.I remember that Charlton team with Scotty Parker running the show when they thumped us at the Mol in 2003.To be honest I was surprised at his interest ,but his elder brother,I understand from a comment in the Guardian site,is Robert Plant’s manager.Probably just a coincidence,but you never know.

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179 London Bloke
Could it be cos Curbishly said so on live TV?
And why is Wolves a poisoned chalice ?
Stable , financially sound Premiership club
Look at the other 70 odd Clubs in the pyramid and talk sense please

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Feel sorry for mick . Honest guy but had reached his limits for the prem league . The way some fans critisiced him was a disgrace . Wolves owe him a lot . My vote goes to curbs and Wilkins . Time for clipboard to go. 13 games to go so it’s all hands on deck . Time for our big money players to earn there money . They owe the fans at least . Come on WOLVES.

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189 how about you and Flying Nonsense?
A dream team if ever there was !

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Curbishley’s agent has said that an interview is imminent so E&S send these posts to the Mol pronto so as Morgan and Moxey are left in no doubt who the majority of fans want.
Interview Curbishley at this secret location and tell Bruce and Warnock that interviews are being held at Premier Inn, Skegness.

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Curbishley’s brother, Bill Curbishley manages Robert Plant, judas priest, the who amongst others. New manager should be Ole Gunnar Solskjar. It’s not just motivational skills required, a footballing brain, coaching skills & some fresh thinking wouldn’t go amiss. & this idea of a short term fix is ludicrous. If he’s good enough for the long term, he’s good enough fornthe short. OSG’s the man, but will we be brave enough.

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despite, flying nonsense and ye old, south****, backslapping each other on a job well done.

they and the other numpties never have and never will, know what has happened at wwfc.

another 20 years in the championship. you deserve it. a match made in heaven.

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I ain’t here to gloat at all as I really hope you don’t go down but I couldn’t resist the opportunity to ask those arrogant deluded fans of yours,not all but quite a few,who mistakenly believe that WWFC are “a big club” and love to tell us at every opportunity.
WWFC have a great history but how many years ago? Leeds Utd had great success,are they “a big club”?
When we parted company with RDM Chris Hughton was very close to being our manager,and he wanted the job,need I go on?
To all proper WWFC fans please don’t take this as gloating,just taking advantage of the chance to bring attention to their folly.
Hope to see you next season,cause when it good it’s good, sorry couldn’t resist,I’m sure you understand.
Adéu

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Kev in mallorca- we may not be a big club anymore but we’re bigger than you lot!

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@ Kevin in Mallorca

I do respect your football knowledge mate but in answer to your comment
Leeds are a big club and always will be. They have a massive fan base but have been financially been mis managed hence their position.
I have been all over the world and I can honestly say that everywhere I have been I have bumped into Wolves lads ( a fair few baggies too )
To me this constitutes a big team as well as your boys.
Just remember Man City a few years back in L1 and now look.
Adieu my striped friend.

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kev in mallorca-you started by saying we were arrogant thinking we were Real Madrid and our strip was mucky orange, In my opinion we are a bigger club than you but I’m a Wolves supporter so I would say that wouldn’t i!do you think honestly you’re bigger than us, purely going on supporters we are!Don’t want to get into a spat with you, thought you played really well on Sunday! Do you really live in mallorca? if you do that’s one thing I’m jealous of nothing else.

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well said Farmer Ted.. we do need each other to spar off.. I’ve a lot of albion friends and it’s all good honest banter between us.

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sorry kev in mallorca-it wasn’t you who said mucky orange and we thought we were Real Madrid it was another one of your clan..sorry..

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BRIGTET+TONLY

May I say its fans like you that are the idiots around here,

We were paying your super mac ALOT of money to do a job a job that he wasnt doing. The job he was doing is a job that needs constant improvement and to win football games. Mac was not winning games and our team looking at the facts and stats has NOT improved.
Facts my friend cannot be argued with.

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I agree with everyone that says Clipboard Connor should also go.
I can see no better replacement than Jack of clubs. I am not too sure if Roy will let him go, but, surely it is worth a punt.

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I may be wrong here but is the only reason most fans on here dont like terry conner because he has a clipboard?

Im sure many on here dont even know his role as assistant manager but judge him soley on the fact he has a clipboard, which is laughable at best. I dont think ive ever read a single comment criticising him for anything other than having a clipboard.

Dont get me wrong, I feel changes need to be made, particularly to our coaching staff, as its evident that our players need allot of work, particularly on their passing and movement, but criticising a coach based on how you see him and not based on what you know hes done is very discriminative. You may aswell be saying get rid of him because hes black, because that is just as ignorant and moronic as many of you sound.

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214. Realist – I have to say that I have posted a number of comments about TC and having been down to training many times I know exactly what his role is and what his outputs unfortunately aren’t. Sadly these have all too often played themselves out in our first team games. There is a systematic failure of the coaching at Wolves from youth team to first team and it ultimately stems from two people, McCarthy and Connor. TC has outlasted three managers now (five if you count the end of Colin Lee’s reign and John Ward’s interim time as boss). Glenn Hoddle was told in no uncertain terms that when he came in there would be no changes to the backroom staff and we seem to have gone down that line for sometime at Wolves. You only have to look at Huddersfield – Lee Clark has gone and, yes, he brought in most of his backroom team, but they have gone too. It has to be a clean sweep for me, particularly when TC has proved he is not good enough at this level. The only problem I have with TC is he is not good enough as a coach – if he was we wouldn’t be making the stupid, fundamental on field errors that you wouldn’t even find in a decent Sunday league team. Standing off players, giving them too much time on the ball, no movement, passing sideways, losing possession in our own half, actually wanting the ball when there’s a throw-in – I could go on – and what’s worse is it hasn’t changed in many, many years. Perhaps there’s a common link?
I’ve said for some time that whoever has been responsible for the coaching should be sacked – one of them has gone. The other has to follow.
It’s got to be a clearout now so that the Board can actually demonstrate that they both understand the fundamental problems and have learnt from past mistakes.

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GreenWolf – I do beleive thats the first time Ive read something constructive about why TC should go, you make all valid points, and i do agree that the coaching hasnt been good enough, as our on field performances clearly show.
Its nice to read a comment about him that doesnt include clipboard.

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Backslapping each other? No. Flying Winger and I are just agreeing on certain points -not all points, as you rather misguidedly seem to think. You’ve got some sort of ‘Mick Complex’ whereupon nobody should post anything unless it gets your personal seal of approval. Another word for it is ‘pathetic’. Grow up, kid.

As it happens, I agree with many fans’ points from time to time -yes, even as varied a selection as SBQ, Sue, Streako, RichWolf, Wanderer In Eire, Johnwolf, Noisy, 100% Wolf, Silver Wolf etc…get the drift, here? I’m flexible and respect other fans’ opinions, whatever they may be. Maybe you should learn to do the same instead of coming across as a sourpuss simply because you didn’t like my candid opinion of Mick McCarthy. Had you taken the trouble to read all my posts (instead of having selective vision), you’d have noticed I gave Mick plaudits as well as criticism -and have done so on many past occasions. However, despite his good points, I’m glad he’s gone -sorry if that deeply upsets you (and I’m sure it does).

My views are -and always have been- ‘middle ground’. I’m not a so-called ‘Happy Clapper’ (as others refer to them), nor am I one of the ‘Moaners’ who -according to some- “hate Mick” and criticise everything the club does. I have a balanced view thanks to the two eyes I’ve got. Accordingly, my views fluctuate and are subject to change depending on circumstances. I’ve no hidden agenda, nor do I gratuitously kiss the club’s ass simply because they’re ‘my club’ and can ‘do no wrong’.

I’m quite happy to engage in friendly, courteous and sensible debate with anybody -who knows, I might even agree with much you say, too- but dealing with sourpusses who make snidey little remarks aint my bag because I’ve got better things to do. Go bug someone else -there’s plenty of genuine McCarthy ‘Haters’ out there for you to enjoy sniping.

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I was sad to see Mick go. Watched a video on the Wolves site a few days ago about the good times with Mick in charge – and there are quite a few!

However, the table and stats don’t lie. We have not been good enough and I can understand Morgan sacking him as we have made no progression since getting promoted and I hate the way we play football. We never make an attempt to get foreward with some threat about us. It’s just passing it sideways or backwards and I bet Hennessey has had more back passes than any other keeper in Prem history!

With 13 games left, we need a man that can motivate first and foremost. But I want to see us attack and play good football that is pleasing to watch just like Swansea and Norwich this year. Don’t be afraid to have a go at teams and defend properly. Be organised! I think Morgan needs to think about the future long term rather than just these next 13 games though. We need to survive this year and then push on next year.

I personally think that, out the ones available, Curbishley is the best. His record doesn’t lie and his teams play good football. If I had my realistic choice though, I would love either Chris Hughton or Ian Holloway. They are both exciting managers that like there teams to attack and are both generally good guys that would suit what we are looking for, especially Hughton. However, both have denied wanting the job so there goes them two! Paul Lambert would also be good but like Hughton and Holloway, he doesn’t want it.

All I can say is, Alan Curbishley would not be bad at all, I wouldn’t mind him one bit. But if Morgan wants somebody special, don’t be afraid to fight for them and don’t be afraid to pay. But Curbishley wouldn’t be bad at all.

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