Wolves close to Premier League loan striker
Wolves are moving closer to finally landing a striker now that a number of Premier League clubs have safety in their sights.
Manager Dean Saunders is awaiting the go-ahead from two top-flight clubs to make his move for centre-forwards once those teams have beaten the drop.
He said: “I’m still looking at maybe getting one or two in – I’m trying my best to make that happen.
“There are a couple of teams who aren’t prepared to let the players go who we want until they get another point, or that type of thing.
“We’re in talks with three or four Premier League clubs – that’s what we’re trying to do right now.”
Football League clubs have until March 28 to loan players in and Wolves have signed two so far – both defenders, Reading centre- back Kaspars Gorkss and Liverpool left-back Jack Robinson.
But Saunders has wanted another striker virtually since he arrived at the club in January, and missed out on Birmingham’s 14-goal top scorer Marlon King, while they were linked with Reading’s out-of-favour forward Simon Church.
The club have kept an eye on Norwich hitman Simeon Jackson for some time, although it is understood they are now eyeing bigger front men.
Asked what type of players he was after Saunders added: “There’s a mixture. We have got a list of players we’re trying to get in – it’s a case of ‘if we can’t get him, we will get him, and so on’. We’re waiting on that.”
Saunders is unlikely to allow anyone to leave the club on loan, apart from players who have little or no chance of playing.
He said: “We have got to the point now where unless a player is a million miles away from the team, I don’t think we should be loaning anyone out now."
Meanwhile, sources in the North-East say Wolves scouts were at Gateshead’s Blue Square Premier 3-0 win over Hyde on Saturday.
Their target may have been Gateshead’s 22-year-old right-sided midfielder Josh Gillies, who has scored 10 goals this season.
Comments for: "Wolves close to Premier League loan striker"
Floggers
DS you are so Deluded.
Morgan please sell.
New Owner...appoint new CEO
DS please Resign
Adam
what great support our club has!!! bravo (hint, sarcasm!)
liam
Its not Dean Saunders is fault think about it with the past 3 managers which the players have been rubbish what has been the common denominator
Players Under Performing
Jez Moxey (which has nothing to do with our poor form other than buying new players which with the players we have we should be a good side)
Steve Morgan (again nothing to do with the teams performance and giving £20 million for a transfer budget is better than a few prem teams which he has done ever since his arrival its not his fault no one wants to come. The only thing he has done bad is sacking Mick McCarthy and building a stand without us securing a premier league place)
Referee's (Referee decisions stopped us getting a massive 16 points last season which could have kept us up and now they are doing it in the championship as well)
Defending (we have a right go at our defenders because they carn't defend but they do alright in some cases but carn't continue throughout the match and make mistakes however we dont have much shots against us its because the team is getting older now and we need new young talent who has better stamina then the old ones thats why the other players did brilliantly in the championship last time because they were young talent)
Goal Scoring (We have a lot of chances but we cannot find the net which is troubling for a side like us the managers tactics have been working but the players carn't take advantage)
Fans (Constantly on the back of the players which is understandable but it does bring moral down dramatically which would also say a lot. Also the fans parliment is wrong its not like there decision is going to do any difference all they will get is answers to questions that any Wolves fan would have noticed anyway)
Past (Players from the previous championship season were about 22 now they are older however all the players who are inform are about 22 including Davis, Sako and Siguardsson maybe rotate and play Margretta (carnt spell his name) or Boukari and Peszco who never had a chance in the first team because of injury and become forgotten players)
My Hands are Sore From Happy Clapping
Absolute tosh Liam.
Deano = 1 win in 11.... Very poor
SM wrongly appoints DS very poor.
JM , well we dont need to go in to that.
We are doomed as a club with all you blind blinkered fans.!
Old Gold'n'Black...
Tis you, perhaps,who is blinkered if you think Morgan going is opening the door to another rich oil baron or Sheik who will throw money down the drain. Granted it's not pretty at the moment & this season has been awful at best, but when will we ever learn to 'support' the club not just the team.....Morgan's good for the club but a football man he's not, he's a businessman....Moxey is good with the finance....what's needed is a director of football who can deal with that side of things within the framework of the club, I would say Grayham Talyor or wilkins, curbishley..................suggestions welcome.
Jake
Well said Liam. Someone with a brain. Morgan wont forget the likes of those on here slagging their own team all the time.
Liam Kennedy
spot on liam!!!!!!
the main reason for our demise is henry should never wear a shirt again coz of discipline and injuries.
also how can wolves players be conditioned in such a bad wy 6 hernias last year thats shocking.
Bazrat
Floggers please crawl back under your stone
gold and black in the veins
no matter how you at it its a complete shambles from the owner to the players and everything in between, fat lady isnt singing yet but shes on stage and about to start !!! love the way everyone seems to be blaming each other for the mess, the fans dont make the decisions that have caused the mess so clearly the clubs fault no one else. the fans wouldnt be disgruntled if it was / had been run properly. off to see milton jones on friday at the civic, but also going to the mol on sat, talk about mixed emotions in the space of 24hrs, happy to possible depressed, at least i can tell someone good one liners during the match !!!
old golds worth more
There appears to be a fatal flaw in the way we are going about waiting for this/these premier league strikers! The report says the premiership clubs won't release players on loan until they are safe, which suggests to me we are talking about Reading and co. Well by the time these clubs feel they are ready to let players go on loan, it will almost certainly be near the end of the loan period, which is a little over two weeks away. The flawed part is, by then we could be even deeper in the mire then we already are, with no time or games left to do anything about it. We should have got someone in as soon as this loan window opened, if we couldn't, then at least tell the fans that straight away. Instead we have been waiting for what seems like ages for news of a striker loan signing, and as usual nothing has happened until this belated report.
JIWAL
After watching Wolves' u-21 heroic display with 10 men for 80 minutes (against a Manure side containing Anderson and Smalling! )..I would be immediately drafting in Cranston at left back ( he was superb)... Jack price in midfield, and Macalinden up front...they all sweat blood and never stopped running. Jamie Tank will awesome at centre half and but for Ismail's daft lunge at Smalling we would have beaten them.
So the answers are already there, except we never give the kids a chance
JDG
It is these types of players who have been earmarked for the first team in Division 1 next season - if we are relegated. If we manage to survive, then we can still expect to see more players coming through from the reserve team.
Decca
Players with experience such as Baptistery if we stay up, plus these that you mention will play next year whatever league we are in, as we need to clean out the nervousness and hesitancy, and bring back the pride. This is possible with the kids, but the clear out is essential. Everything went wrong when Johnson arrived. Think about it.
Parlophone
Everything went wrong when they started building that new stand.Think about it.
St.Simon
Never give the kids a chance, eh? Except for: Cassidy, Doherty, Davis, Forde, Batth !!!!
Realistic Wolf
Excuse me but the only one playing is Doherty and that was through default as I recall. One game is not a chance.
Jack ♣ Hat.
Realistic Wolf,
One game is all it takes to know whether a player is ready or not I'm afraid. If near, then another game will make up the mind.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
knocker knowles
Attention Steve Morgan can you please get rid of this clown Dean Saunders and appoint BRIAN McDERMOTT before it is too late ?????????????
Loyal Wulfrian
Fingers crossed UTW
WBA78
take odemmunnie he would be ok for ya
Jack ♣ Hat.
WBA78,
I'll let you into a little secret, my club won't let him go.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
paul
YOU HAVE A STRIKER IN LEIGH GRIFFITHS!!!!!!!! GET HIM BACK YOU MUPPET
G&B
Leigh has burnt a lot of bridges at Wolves and has interest in playing for us I thought this was common knowledge to everyone ?.
oliver
no thanks bad attitude not needed
Phil Smith
Not needed..You having a laugh?
A goalscorer is exactly what we need.
We've got a shed load of players at the moment that either ain't good enough or with bad attitudes that don't want to know.
Leigh may have issues, but he knows where the net is.
Leon
The last thing we need now is a disruptive player.. I really don't know why people go on about Griffiths and Hammil, both have caused more trouble in their time than helped us in any way.. Both have got into hot water while on loan. You need players fully behind the manager, not players who are hell bent on destruction. Hammil did little while in our team, he has tidy feet, but did little for the team.
BOF
Plonkers not required
I hope we are not looking at big players like Crouch.
UTWanderers
Wulfrune
He's been sent back to Hibs on a season long loan with no recall. If Wolves attempted to claw him back, they would have a huge court case on their hands for breach of contract.
"Saunders, whose team were at Nottingham Forest this afternoon, watched Griffiths train back at Wolves in January after a stint at Hibs earlier this season before allowing him to return to Edinburgh for the rest of the season, with no recall."
Wouldn't it be better to arm yourself with the fact before SHOUTING your mute point?
Phil Smith
Would much prefer Leigh to an old and passed it striker with a Liverpool connection.
Why am I thinking Michael Owen???
Mills wolf
if they do sign owen..... then that will be it for me untill morgans left, the guy is NOT interested in football anymore, too busy feeding his racehorses and playing golf.
there would be only one reason we got him..... morgan liverpool love fest and his utter lack of what is needed at wolves....
Jack ♣ Hat.
Mills wolf,
Why don't you digest the above post before shouting your mouth off?.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
Roy
They cant get him back as there is no recall in his loan.
the student
dont want his bad attittude at the club would bring everyone down
bobwolf101
Agree with you on that one. He 'scored' again the weekend - was diallowed cause linesman hadn't got his glasses on.
Adam
Leigh Griffiths does not want to play for Wolves! he has publically slammed the club and has made it perfectly clear he wants to be in Scotland. his arrogance is paramount and we could do without his off the field exploits even closer linked to Wolves
lonewolf
He might have arrogance .......but unlike our lot he seems to be able to back it up on the pitch..
Spenno
We don't have a recall option on Griffiths !!!
Mills wolf
his arrogance ?
what about wolves ???
bought the bloke and never gave him a chance to show what he can do, just like we did with mark davies and you expect these young lads to put up with that when they need at least some playing time to progress.....
..... as much as i think Griffiths atidude sucks, i can see why him and other players who never get there chnce who later go on to outgrow this club think bad of it !!!
as for the no recall option then ANOTHER MOXEY mistake thinkin only of money.....
Wolvo1963
There is no recall on Griffiths
AYRWOLF
100% correct Paul, Leigh even scored a 40 yard free kick on Sunday bound to be on Youtube at least a yard over the line and linesman did not give it.
Wolfbane
Josh Gillies - the next Kightly?
gold and black in the veins
stand by for someone we have never heard of !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jack ♣ Hat.
gold and black in the veins,
It's not " Paddy Whack" the back is it?. Oh no.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
English Exile
Why...is he injured??
wolf at gate
Good news, but if we are not careful it will be too late in the day, we are rapidly running out of games, so I hope whoever he or they maybe, they can hit the ground running.
We also need to be a little more creative.
Another thought if SEB is not seen to be the man to get the goals, why are we offering a new contract.
Jack ♣ Hat.
wolf at gate,
Dead right, after tonight's results only eight games left. Five days for the loan window to close. The light coming out of the darkness is fading fast.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
chris h
We would not be in this mess,if they had signed a decent striker to lead the line,when they sold Fletcher for £12m,Absolute disgrace.We know Stale wanted one ,we know Deano wanted one 'since he first arrived'. Many other Championship sides have managed to sign strikers this season,why couldnt we?Hang your heads in shame Messrs Morgan and Moxey.
Wulvzs
So the striker should be in by the end of May!
Realist
Whoever we sign I bet he is INJURED!!!!!!!
Wv11
Renew early bird YES 0 - NO 3
We have not renewed season tickets ( 15 year holder )
Should the club have scraped this year early bird like the end of season dinner
Are u going to gamble at the moment we stop up the way the team is playing
The offer £5 tickets it can only be used if u buy a cup ticket or a other home ticket
£5 club shop this is last season with this top
£6 booking fee , WHY
Ticket price of 08/09 . I was better off then with work and money in pocket the now
We might renew when we know which div we will be in , or just buy tickets went we want
Bazrat
Renewed yes 4 season tickets wolves till I die.
I have renewed mine although
Decca
Renewed our two, because we are loyal. Doesn't matter where we are, we'll still turn up, because we are gold and black, same as we were at Wrexham, Torquay, and shouting across the south bank and being heard.
If you don't love the Wolves, don't go.
There is space up the road, licking windows
Bunghoolioo wolf
Renewed mine last night at 10 pm. Weighed myself and yes I'm worth £10 million. As I'm 100% gold through and through. It's a bit old though.
Grow up and either support in the stands, listen on radio, watch Gillette or do whatever. But stop blooming moaning about everything.
UTW
HughKoontz
Not allowing anyone to leave eh! He should buy all those bleeding our club dry a full tank of petrol and an A-Z of conference clubs to turn up for.
Selly park wolf
Give Leigh griffiths a chance DS and it won't cost the club a penny!
How ironic was it last night hearing the hull fans singing "Steve Bruce gold and black army"
If only Morgan had stuck to his guns that could have been us going second in the league last night!
Well done Morgan for several calamitous decisions over the past 18 months that could ruin our club!
Leon
The thing that gets me is that there were no more fans against the appointment of Steve Bruce than any of the last 3 managers we have had.. I am sure most fans would of took him over Terry Connor, Solbakken and Saunders.. It was just a smokescreen saying fans were in uproar about giving Steve Bruce the job, a few complained, but you will always get complaints as you can't please everyone..
old golds worth more
He can't give Griffiths a chance because he is on an unrecallable loan to Hibs until the end of the season. Let's not forget that this is the same Leigh Griffiths who tweeted about not being ar*ed (or words to that effect) about turning up for training during the pre season. Wolves fans were glad to slag him off for that, and then see the back of him!
Thehoffsleftsock
Hindsight is a wonderful thing, maybe Morgan can predict 6 numbers for say nite lottery too, I can guess 90% of us did not want Bruce, me included, a few blue nose friends wee offering to pay for taxi to get rid of him, dross and rubbish.
Leon
You can guess and 90% is so off the mark.. You never get full agreement over any choice.. I would guess it was closer to 50/50 better than the percentages who would of chose the last 3 managers.
brum wolf
Wasn't it the wolves fans moaning (just for a change) about bruce coming to manage our club?? Obviously morgan does listen to the fans and look at the mess were in now... The guy cant do right from wrong! He could buy messi and ronaldo and they'd still be moaning... And the poisonous atmosphere thats being created by the fans has leaked throughout the club onto the pitch. The wolves fans (not all of us) are there own worst enemy and just dont know it.
Bonkers
Leigh Griffis - watched him at the weekend and he would make a real difference. Morgan and Moxey are just too tight to bring him back. Just amazing really.
Bully1012
I'll say this slowly for you.......THERE........IS...........NO.............RECALL...........CLAUSE...........IN.............THE........LOAN..........DEAL. Ok Einstein?
fed up wolf
how much more BS is saunders gonna spill?? i was excited when he arrived but now i am startin to question his tactics, he spends more time spoutin to the press than he does on the training pitch!! if he was as good at gettin the team winning as he is talkin, wolves would be champions of this league not fighting a relaegation battle!!!
if wolves board have any sense deano would be gone, but it seems the board are happy with 1 win in god knows how many games,yes the players are the problem, but so is this muppett!!! GET LOST DEANO AND TAKE THE BOARD WITH YOU,
Balham Wolf
I understand Leigh Griffiths is now not allowed to return as the loan deal was for the rest of the season. That is the kind of decision making that has got us to where we are now. Its suicidal in my opinion and just daft. Griffiths is on fire , brimming with confidence and shooting from all angles and distances....... sadly our lot cannot hit the preverbial barn door!
GrEeN niGeL
Big Premier League striker ?
What about John McGinlay ?
wolves benalmadena
Why are we looking at the Blue Square Premier at 22 if he had been any good he would have been snapped up by now.
Surely the SPL is better class than the Blue Square Premier, but no Griffiths.
This shows the ambition for rebuilding a team next year players from non league football to make up the squad of Ward, Henry, Hunt, Foley, Edwards,Ebanks Blake, Bera, Stearman etc make up with the kids plus non league players as nobody will buy any of these.
We will Sell Sako. Siggy,Ohara, Johnson & Doyle to make up for the reduction in gate receipts and Moxey & Morgan will be happy and we may win a few games in league 1, there you are sorted, just wait and see.
We Only Need One Half!
benalmadena, your age point aint necessarily so, have a look at the Gareth McAuley thread on our pages.
We were looking at a striker from Fleetwood last year, Jamie Vardy, now at Leicester, ok, we never went for him, but a non league player being on a Prem clubs radar, it goes to show you need to think outside the box and widen your scope.
Going for established every time is no guarantee of success.
TreeWolf
I wouldn't wipe my backside with Leigh Griffiths.
initowinit
have you seen the calibre of scottish football your granny could knock 20 goals in leave griffiths where he is
Western Isles Scot Wolf
Pity Wolves couldn't!!!!
lonewolf
My Grannie would have a job ...she has been dead 45 years....
StaffordWolf92
Of course you're going to get a striker in dean shambles! We believe every word you say these days
Definitive Wolf
So we are waiting on some PL clubs acquiring a point or two more to ensure their safety before we can take a player or two from them. Meanwhile, regarding our own safety, we are running out of games - hope it's not too late before this/these guy/guys come in! I don't doubt DS is doing his very best - after all it is in his own long term interests to save the club from relegation. No point in carping now, we have to get behind them - judgement can come afterwards. UTW
Andy
Are we closing in on a new manager too? This one is a clown.
JJ
Stephen Fletcher.
Realist
JJ.I think the way things are it is more likely to be Stephen Fry!
Matthew
Would love to see it, not going to happen
simon
why does Deano insist on just looking for loans from the premiership? This has been going on for weeks now since he did absolutely nothing in the January transfer. We are now fast running out of games!!!!
Also these prem players he's looking at will be low in the pecking order at their clubs and will have probably played very few games and be ill prepared for a relegation dog fight in the championship.
The two main weaknesses in our forward line are
1)we have no one who can hold the ball up and win headers - a big target man.
2)we have noone with real pace to run past people
Deano, you can find these men in the championship and lower leagues. The likes of iwelumo, kevin kyle are not hard to find and SEB scored a hatful of goals partnering iwelumo.???
The other thing is you stupidly let Griffiths out on loan and its your own fault your options are limited and you have to keep playing the badly out of form Doyle.
DancesWithWolves
Striker strife. My guess is that Leigh Griffiths has been contracted to Hibs till the end of season, so we can’t get him back yet. If so, that’s a major, major gaffe. Deano was whining that he only saw Griffiths train once. Well, who’s fault is that then? Deano could have had a good long look at him, maybe even, shock horror, played him a couple of times! The disallowed goal by Griffiths at the weekend had class written all over it. If Griffiths can’t come back yet, or Deano stubbornly doesn’t want him, then a good PL striker is an imperative, right now! Maybe we can’t wait for a PL club to be ‘safe’ before they let one go. What about one of the top teams instead, surely one has a striker knocking about that they don’t need at the moment? An attacking midfielder would be handy too.
Bobby Smith
I agree with every word. How nice it was to see a gold and black team play with passion and pride. More of the same on Saturday would not go amiss.
Brightonwolf
More spin than a washing machine....either way too little too late.
A decent Manager is what is required, Yes Man Deano can't even pick or motivate the EXTENSIVE squad he already has at his disposal.
Bleydh
Before you know what type of front man you want you need to know what style you are going to adopt. If we are to continue with the hoof and hope then a big man is a neccessity.
Reanswolf
What about central midfield?
Oh i forgot, Wolves don't bother with it do we (insert angery, frustrated but resigned smilie)
Genevawolf
I have seen a thousand opinions about what is wrong with the team. Deano seems to think a key problem is upfront. I think he has made smart choices so far with our defense, so I'm looking forward to hearing who comes in.
MARVELLOUS007
Sack this clown ASAP even more garbage out of his mouth why doesn't he just shut up .Get Adkins in quick before someone else gets him,or eat humble pie and get Solbakken Back
Wakey wakey
He can't get Griffiths back - he was loaned out with no recall clause. He is with Hibs until we sell him to them in the summer.
Mark B
We may not have a chance by the time people get things done.
Might as well draft in the youngsters as stated above and see where we are.
Mark bonkers moron
We need a big strong confident striker at the moment once hopefully we at safe then blood the kids we must blow the bank on someone if needs be
Sd
Heard it all before blah blah blah , what's the betting we see a headline ' prem start NEARLY signed for wolves' ,yet more pr bull
Shane
It has never been a better time to find a quality manager at the moment for Wolves - Brian McDermott, Mark Adkins and Paulo Di Canio are all available! We all know that DS does not have the expertise nor the skill to guide a team back to the Premier League (or indeed keep them in the Championship)!
Jack ♣ Hat.
Shane,
Paulo Di Canio won't look at a job below Championship level.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
We Only Need One Half!
This is Moxey and Morgan playing their mind tricks with you lot again, they are setting you up for a fall, don't believe the hype.
“There are a couple of teams who aren’t prepared to let the players go who we want until they get another point, or that type of thing."
So there's no guarantee anyone's coming, because on that criteria the window could easily be shut before this happens, there is only ONE more game for Premier Clubs before the window closes.
Then you know what Moxey will be saying via Saunders, the same as he did with MM, "well we tried to bring in......?"
There were plenty of good players out there during the transfer window, who could have done a job for you, if Moxey had wanted to sanction it, he could have.
Not good enough Moxey.
newbridgewolf
People still ranting at Morgan, Moxey and Saunders! Why was there only 50 people at the protest????
MAKE A STAND !!!!!!
because most wolves fans arnt stupid enough to actually follow it through while were still fighting to stay up....
.... once seasons over and fate is known there will be protests !!!
The Flying Winger
Believe it when I see it, perhaps Sir Alex is letting us have Rooney.
Midfielder also needed who can score some goals.
At home with some fairies
Whats the point in signing anyone the end of march on loan we'll be relegated by then.
Thehoffsleftsock
I bet all these prem strikers will be queuing up to come down the mol for a relegation battle, mmmmmm, when we can't even buy a free striker in marlon king, I won't hold my breathe for messi,
How nice would it be to say something positive for once, the woes of being a wolves fan.
U t w
snoddy
Peter Crouch then we can hoof it up to him hoping the ball bounces off his head into the goal
Paul
Why cant Saunders see, that its not forwards we need. ITS CREATIVE MIDFIELDERS.
Leon
No rush is there, they have had 10 weeks to find someone.. Pretty much sums up the approach of those in charge, when other championship teams have signed strikers on loan weeks ago.
Blogster
Pulis went back to Stoke.......Look where they are now
Johnson went back to Yeovil.....Look what's happened there since
Davies went back to Forest......Same again
You can probably see where this is going now, and I know a lot of you didn't/don't like him, but......Get MM back quick.....best manager we've had for many years.....Sacked only after a panic cos we lost by 5 deflected goals to that lot...If it hadn't been them, I reckon he may still be there now, and I'm convinced he would have turned it round even now. I will now stand back and wait for the barrage! lol
Mills wolf
no barrage off abuse of me mate.... best mnager we've had for decades especially working with in the law of these two clowns in charge....
id like us to get rid of half the squad like he did when he first cane and build with young and hungry again..... we have at least 10 young players here capable of playing same level as whats on offer right now at least given games and time play alot better !!
purewolves
Blogster
Your not going to believe this, but I am in total agreement with you. Knee jerk reaction who we lost to. I am also a firm believer that he would have kept us up had he have been allowed to stay. But he has gone and we can't keep harping on the past. I will always be grateful to MM for what he did for our club in getting us in the Premiership just a shame that we are in the position we are in now. At the time I think there were issues being made by a certain player who I will not name that caused the problems we found ourself in.
I will never forgive him for it, but this player is now trying to turn a corner albeit that I am still not happy with him.
The only way we are going to stay up this season is if the fight they used to have when their backs were up against the wall comes back pronto. I have followed Wolves for a good many years too many for me to mention and have been their on good days and bad days and unless we do not want a occurence of 4th division football something has got to be done.
I am and always will be behind the lads 100% regardless but they have to get their fighting instinct back.
Jack ♣ Hat.
Blogster,
Mick won't quit Ipswich for division one.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
mossman
Can't think a striker from the PREM would want to work with this halfwit.
He talks a good game but surely even Morgan will see through it soon.
Wolfhound
Is it a coincidence that as the season ticket extra time closes so does the loan window.
WWFC-Me
It's got to be Robin Van Persie, surely Fergie has got enough points now to avoid relegation! Always look on the bright side eh?
Filthy Wolf
Every time Saunders opens his mouth an idiot speaks. So we wait until 'another' team is safe in the Premiership and then we might get the player?
Dean if you stopped changing tactics mid match it might help - and your tactics are more like tic tacs anyway.
Sadly unlike Reading we are stuck with this guy.
malvern wolf
I just wish some one would gag DS and tell him to get his head down and concentrate on keeping us up. Fed up with his clap trap now. Certainly knows how to talk a good job thats for sure.
pip
Hope the strikers name is MIRACLE.
yorkie wolf
Miracle? Hasnt the Pope just become available? Father Son and Holy Ghost in midfield and Jesus Saves in goal
Southbank23
this is all going to end bad. we had a decent striker in leigh griffiths. wolves arent willing to give the youngsters enough chance. we got no good wingers? zeli ismail was guaranteed to be a star in the future. we have a jamie tank who looked good in the reserves. we have a lot off good young players in the reserves that want to play for wolves yet DS picks the team that honestly seems like there not bothered on the position that were in and just go out and play for there wages. honestly if we lose to bristol city this weekend i think we should let all the youngsters in to prove they are willing to play for wolves and see how well they do! like villa, there young squad might be struggling abit but if they stay up next season they will fly i think cause they have built the experience... we need to do this and chuck all off the deadwood out! all wolves needs is a new start.. before we go sinking down the leagues!
GreatlysuperiorBaggies
Doubt they will publish this they never do unless its pro Wolves. I have to say I do have a lot of sympathy for the Wolves, this time last season you was in a relegation battle to stay in the prem and fast forward 12 months and your looking at relegation to the 3rd tier of English of football and also looking being the only team in the history of English football to be relegated twice from 1st to 3rd in successive seasons that one is some accolade. My brother in law is a wolves fan and I don't even have the heart to rib him about the wolves as I now always get that its a bit like kicking puppies vibe off him. Anyway my point is a side of me doesn't want the Wolves to go down as I miss the banter and the BCD so I am one die hard Baggie who will be hoping the wolves manage to stay up and come join us back in the prem because the BCD needs to be played in the premiership for the world to see.
Mills wolf (still pride of the midlands !)
WELL SAID USUALY INFERIOR BAGGIIE
I'LL like to add that ever god has it's day even diggles.
We WILL come back to haunt ya, were just waiting for the 2nd coming.... got any more steve bulls spare ???
On a serious note though, despite my in blood HATE for albion, id rather see all the midland sides in the prem !
we might be the first english team in history to drop twice from 1st to 3rd in successive seasons soon but it will also be the only one to come up so fast twice also ! ; )
enjoy your success for now mr tesco !
eddy killer machine
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt
PeteNuts
Ungracious AND illiterate. Quite a double whammy there, mate.
Jimmy Seville
Invest in the Youths,they are the future.
Mills wolf
wonder if any one fancies coming out of the wood work about moxey.... he's abused every one of us fans for years with his utter lack of respect and lies.....
Wombourne Baggie
So Deano is trying to sign a forward who can not get into relegation threatened premier league sides, that shows how far you have slid in 12 months. You would be better of playing one of your youth team players, who may show a bit of fight & pride in the shirt
PeteNuts
Or just opening up our contacts book and getting our by-far-and-away player of the year from Chelsea on loan and more or less being a one man team all season.
Yeah, I'm bitter.
worsdley
Last day for early bird renewal.
What a surprise on this day that we are signing a forward hoping that everyone will then get their season ticket.
Wednesday news=No strikers available better than the ones we got.
Its just lies all the time.(hope i'm Wrong)
bully123
I watched some of the Hibs game on Sunday I thought Griffiths was brill. He wanted the ball all the time. No wonder Hibs want to keep him. I know the standard of some Scottish football is not great but it is on par with our league 1 where we will be playing next year. If he came back we would bring him down to our level, why would he want to come back to the wolves. He looks like he is enjoying his football and scoring goals. If he came back Deano would probably play him at left back. Sorry Deano you've had you chance now time for you to go. Good luck on Saturday wolves because if we don't get 3 points we are going down.
D1 WWfc
Is it true that we gave sold less the 5000 season tickets ?
Orangevillewolves
I know I live thousands of miles away in backwater Canada, however we couldn`t score in the past 3 seasons.We sold Fletcher,Kightly and Jarvis for a wack of money. Why couldn`t use some of that for an out and out stricker. When we were last promoted we scored a basket load of goals and havn`t done so since. Everyone goes on about our defence but the ability to score goals helps them out. How many times do we score in the first 10 minutes then not score after.Morgan has to do somethingabout this or his mgnt team. Wolves should still in the top flight.
KARLWOLVES
i too am sick of all the talk,when i used to play football. i was always taught keep your mouth shut till after the game, then you can gloat, make predictions. but it seems now everyone at wolves,besides the fat controller and captain morgan,cant wait to run to the express and star and shout there mouths of. either telling us stuff we are sick of hearing,who is coming to the club,what we gonna do on sat,we wont go down,the players are all in this together. for gods sake the lot of you SHUT UP,do your talking on the pitch we are sick of reading the same old rubbish. if somebody,besides the invisable man arrives at molineaux then we want to hear about it.
mcwolf
Couldn't agree more! Why the hell cant they all just shut up and do their talking on the pitch, the overpaid bunch of numpties!
Ye Olde South Bank
A missed opportunity there, Deano.
When asked: "what type of players he was after", surely our boss's reply should have been: "Erm, the type that score....what else?"
spanish ray
Morgan,WAKE UP,GET ADKINS IN NOW before it`s too late.
adelaidewolves
trouble is not only ds he can pick the team but players dont seem capable of playing for the club or each other too many over paid average footballers who because they played in the premier think they are worth more money maybe performance related pay maybe give some of the players the kick up the backside needed because if i wasnt doing my job i would be out the door with nothing come on you wolves get it sorted
oldgold46
sorry lads i think i can hear the fat lady singing, we are a total joke i see little hope in the near future not until money and money go, other than not in debt every thing else is rubbish from top to bottom and ds is as clueless as clipboard .
Ye Olde South Bank
I take your points. Unlike Connor though, Saunders hasn't yet cried during an interview on TV.
Mind you, that could all change if it goes pear-shaped against Bristol....and he'd only be joining the rest of us.
Jack ♣ Hat.
oldgold46,
Has Deanosaurus got any coaching badges, if so, up to what level?.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
Jacks mate.
For goodness sake Jack GROW UP.
WoLvEsMaD
Message to:,
Mr Morgan Please save our Club Sack Saunders...
Brian McDermott As new Wolves boss And Back him!!
Realist
Never mind Saunders. His first job should have been to sack MOXEY. Then instal a footballing CEO of the Ashworth ilk.
Perhaps then McCarthy would have gone earlier an experienced manager would have been installed, the rest would then be history.
Oh well!!!
newbridgewolf
I have asked a question a couple of times, it seems the moderators dont like it! Why were there only 50 prtestors if people still dislike Saunders, Moxey and Morgan? I would like to hear people's views!
Doyler!
A positive move i suppose but we also need an attacking midfielder like Frimpong. We would have some edge then. The likes of Henry would then be bench fodder until sold at end of season. We need consistency in managerial terms and bringing in a new manager now would be too disturbing.
So i think we should not be calling for his head. Lets not forget he has inherited a bunch of losers who, on paper should be doing far far better than they are. Quite possibly the hoof n hope style is probably all they know how to play which is what we played under Mcarthy. Lets give him more time and new players then we can judge.
UTW.
Sir Lupi
One thing is for sure, whichever striker we are trying to sign from the Premiership, it will be very underwhelming.
Im not getting excited, we are going down whatever with this Sunday morning manager.
Ben the disgruntled Dingle
Couldn't give a stuff Dean.
Same situation as our pathetic league campaign: WHEN we sign a player, then tell us about it. Until then keep your trap shut and get on with it. You only end up making more of a fool of yourself when - inevitably - nothing ends up happening.
Leon
Can we have a poll express and star.. How many would like to swap managers for Adkins.. Maybe one for how many would of chose Steve Bruce at the time.. Something to put all these arguments to bed..
That's a stupid comment,why would we want that
rich5wolves
I always renew my ticket but not this year................ Had it with the poor match day experience coupled with underachieving players, inept management and a board that is ridiculously out of its depth.
I cannot justify in spending the money blindly like I do every year when I have other things to save for this year. So thanks for the memories and when the idiotic decisions coming from the top of the club stop I will renew again. Until then just select my games when I want to.
Its a personal choice we all make to renew or not but those are my reasons and I've been a loyal fan renewing for 17 years, 18 if you count this season, but never been treated as if im stupid by the top brass before. So game over.
bozza
Is it strikers we need? I think it's a decent midfield and proper wingers. Not Edwards - he is not a winger!!!!
TRC WOlF
I know Dean has only won one games since being at Wolves but if the board do sack him and put Adkins in or Di Cano who to say they would keep the Wolves in the championship or do any better than Dean, plus they would have the same problems as Dean they would have to keep 39 player happy and 39 player cannot play and they would have to keep the player believing and get their confidence back. But Dean the manager now and Wolves need stability because if we keep changing mangers the player will not know what going on and Wolves are not Chelsea so we all need to come together and keep supporting and get behind them and hopefully we will stay up.
stevieG droitwichWolf
Blah blah blah blah blah blahhhhhhhhhhj !
Sorry DEANO but the boat has already sailed
We missed out on Fringpong Babtise Cambell Wood Philips & can't even get Griffths back even when we. Fans are paying his wages
Keep looking @ the Non - League players , & you'll have built team to contend for promotion next August !
Problem is we Wolves Fans deserve better than a Div 1 promotion Team !
Wardys Rugby Tackle
Keep the faith boys, Just need to sign a couple of props and we'll be sound.
porky
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP GOING ON ABOUT LEIGH GRIFFITHS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AYRWOLF
Why, the current lot are not worth talking about
Apathetic Wolf
Just read Nigel Adkins' Wikipedia page. He's quite good y'know.
RicoWolf
Another non-news story. Clubs are always talking to other clubs about players, even Premier League teams will be doing that now for the summer as their transfer window has closed. What Saunders and the others are doing is the bare minimum of what should be expected - other clubs around us have actually done better and brought in players - for example Sheffield Wednesday brought in Wickham from Sunderland who if my memory serves me right scored the winner on the weekend.
As well mentioned by a couple of others, we should also be absolutely looking at giving some of our younger players a chance. I'm fed up hearing about how good our youth setup is, then watching players go on to prove themselves elsewhere because they simply weren't even given a chance at Wolves.
John De Wolf
Win the next game that's all that matters at the moment. If we don't we're as good as down and I'd sack Saunders straight away and get either Adkins or McDermott before someone else does.
Brightonwolf
We should replace Saunders anyway, he aint good enough! Another one of Morgan's hairbrained schemes that has gone badly wrong.
SEASIDE WOLF
Sorry Dean, I'm not quite following this logic.
a - I thought you were expecting E Banks to slot in the goals. Does this mean you have no faith in him to do so?
b - Can our £6.5 mill star striker Mr Doyle not fill your requirements for goals? In which case, why is he still here?
c - as stated by other posts, why has Mr Griffiths not been recalled if he is such a prolific goalscorer?
eddy killer machine
We must have some of the dumbest supporters in the league,Leigh Griffiths cannot be recalled
Warren
Connor Wickham's loan spell at Sheffield Wednesday expires on Sunday, is it a coincidence that Saunders was speaking of waiting one more game???
I'm no expert on this, but are you allowed to play for three clubs in one season as long as the move is classed as an emergency loan???
Other than that, looking at teams who might want one more win in the Premiership, then Mladen Petric, Modibo Maiga, Maroune Chamakh and Simeon Jackson haven't been involved for their respective clubs??????
simon
after looking through the prem teams squads, most of the decent forwards players not in the first teams are already out on loan apart from maybe simeon jackson and frederic piqionne at west ham who i think are Deano's targets. Piqionne was on loan to Doncaster last year under deano.
That leaves young untried strikers with little or no first team experience.
I think he should be looking over all the leagues and not just the prem.
Lambert at Villa has shown you can sign some decent players from lower leagues.
wolfshead
This article prompted me to have a look at the Premier League table to see who might be "safe" at this point of the season. There's a whole bunch of teams from Fulham in tenth downwards on 33 points so I'd be a little surprised if any of them were counting their chickens just yet. And waiting until they're all in the coop is no good to us as that will take us beyond 28 March.
So Swansea in ninth with 40 points might be interested, then there's another team in eighth on 43, surely but sadly safe, and then Everton and Liverpool with 45 points each. United look reasonably safe at this point too.
So who from Swansea? Or maybe it's United, that Rooney chap looks like he could do with playing himself into the team.
Boz
We do need some reinforcements in the strikers department; SEB and Siggy look ok at the mo but Cassidy doesn't look ready for this level of football and Doyle needs a map to find his way to goal. Just hope DS can find a suitable loan signing before it's too late.
Old wulf
Remember Doyle in his first season at Wolves, he was a class act and could have got in just about any premier side. Then MM decided to play one up front and ran him in to the ground chasing lost causes. You could put Lionel Messi among these lot and he would look just as bad as them. No striker will do any good without service from midfield, and since when has Lenny Henry set up a chance for the strikers, O'hara is half fit, and Edwards i don't know what he does. A good creative midfielder is a top priority.
GrEeN niGeL
Adkins next Leeds manager
Next Wolves manager Neil Warnock.
ulv
Neil Warnock?! Oh my dog!
Curious
Big striker ?? Never saw enough of Frank Nouble, but he looked great in cameo last week.
Why did he have to go ??
Frantic Friday
What about Roy of the Rovers or Billys Boots they always seem to score a few important goals !!!
Simmo
All in favour of using 'the kids' however, not sure, fighting for survivial, if we were mid table, without a doubt I would throw them in.
I must admit that I cannot understand why we still have (apart from no one else wants them) players that didnt perform in the premier league, took the club to the championship and now quite possibly taking the club into League 1!!!
Thebigmon
Big prem striker......... Duncan ferguson?? Still better than the shower we watch week in week out!!!
rambler
Simeon Jackson, Marlon King and Simon Church.
Oh...my...God :-(
andyinstoke
Can't be long before utd clean up the league this season, maybe we are looking at getting Van Persie?
Realist
Back in the bottom TWO. AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!
Bully1012
Blah, blah, blah. Go home, you're drunk! There are 9 games to go, we're 23rd in the League. My club is a joke and this isn't helping. If we really wanted to stay in this league we'd have signed players in January, or offered clubs the right loan deals. My guess is we're 'penny pinching' and not offering to pay the full wage for someone who could get us out of this mess. We don't deserve to stay up......that's the club. The fans who are suffering do! Not that anyone at WWFC will pay any attention!
nigel wolfnut
I haven't taken up the early bird. Why? Because when the club sees how few have been sold the deadline will be extended - bet you. Now, as for the poll suggested in the E & S above, there was one but Saunders had been appointed by then. True, E & S gave options but how many fans when SS was sacked were shouting 'Go and get Dean Saunders!' In fact can anyone please tell me if they picked Saunders? It was O'Driscoll who was one of the fans favourites who was also available.Something went on with the appointment of Saunders that we don't even know about, but it has been a dreadful mistake as his limitations have been dreadfully exposed.
Morgan is not going to listen - well not to anyone who knows about football in any event. If he did he would sack Saunders and get Adkins, but his name is being linked with Reading. Barnsley have won tonight and we are back in the bottom three. Even if we survive Saunders has to go but can he take Morgan with him? That's where the problem is. We don't have a playing style, well we do, but we have several in the same game. only the players don't know what it is so we start lumping it forward - and do you know what? Some fans think we have improved
Jakie
Owners and Managers come and go but Wolves will go on! Will probably be around 5000 true Wolves fans next season supporting the kids, farewell to the glory hunters.
Since Johnson signed for Wolves its all gone Pete Tong, he even gets chosen over Danny Batth...........Saunders record speaks for itself.............please resign!
nesbit
Wow
Jack ♣ Hat.
The match against Bristol City is now, one hell of a showdown. The loser is standing on the trap door. So glad ALBION aren't in your predicament. Much more comfortable in the Premiership League top ten, must dash.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~J♣H.
Jacks strange comments
Jack. Your comments get stranger and stranger. You obviously thrive on
the position Wolves are in. You continue to post the most childish comments imaginable. But remember the boot has been on the "other foot" much longer than in has been on The Throttles facts prove it.
Just thought you should know. Must fly!!
nij
This is all about money and the clubs determination not to spend any on much needed players.
Yes Saunders is the master of only opening his mouth to change feet but some sympathy for him here might not be misplaced. He has wanted a striker from day one and still we are without. The reason has to be the clubs unwillingness to spend the money required to fill that spot.
The refusal to sell Doyle and SeB had nothing to do with beleiving in them and everything to do with no wanting to spend what would be required to get in replacements. They chose not to make the investment, and would sooner plunder the emergency loan market.
Those that know this market realise that what you end up with is more than likely an unwanted player who is out of favour maybe out of form and probably unfit.
If you are serious about wanting to do all you can to stop the club you own falling further into decline the issue has to be raised as to why you aren't doing more to prrevent it. Why stand by and leave your chosen Manager without the players he requires, it makes no sense.
Admittedly if the club is broke and can't muster the money then the loan market is your last resort, but is that where we are, i would think not. So if not this is a conscious decision by the club to gamble yet again. Last season the TC appointment was a massive and stupid gamble which failed costing the club millions.
The football world stood in wonder at why the club would be so willing to stand by and not at least fight for survival, prefering then to take the cheap option and not invest in a proper manager.
Set against this backdrop there is no wonder the commitment and ability of our leaders is called into question, simple words of emotion look good but it would be far better for all if we had far less words and far more action, as they say talk is cheap something we now seem good at!
fat boy jamie
What about Roy Race of Melchester Rovers he's a good striker and scores loads of important goals.!!!
Jacks mate.
Reading Jacko's post's on here and his persistence to call people by childish made up names.
I have come to the conclusion that he is either deranged or of a rather childish mentality.
I think the latter anyone agree.
Kent Wilf
We arn't on the bottom not yet nearly though,
if we win 5 or6 we could save our bacon
I want we to stay up
dont know about you though.
its too late to get mick back.
Wombourne Wolf
After last nights results we need 2 wins to catchup and I don't think another 9 points will do it .I think the writing is on the wall and local derbies will be Walsall & Shrewsbury next season. What a shambles for a supposed Premeir league outfit.
Walsall kid
Wombourne, you haven't noticed what's happening at the Bescot then. 16 matches unbeaten, closing in on the top all the time - brilliant again v tramnere last night. Good luck over the rest of the season, but if you don't make it then please don't think for a minute Walsall be waiting for you in division one. We won't, we will have crossed on the way up.
bill Durban wolf
POWELL from Man U available
Davy
Could it be that players Don't want to move to a sinking ship, its not what you want on your CV
Muxton Wolf
Please stop complaining. I am as sad as you are with the situation, but give the boys and the manager some support. Never mind the owner and CEO, they don't go out on the park each game.
Outsider
I have a question. Can someone please advise me if the guy called Jack is a Wolves supporter?
He does seem to send an awful lot of comments to these sites.
DancesWithWolves
The omens don't look good. Sounds like the only striker we are likely to get will be Dean Saunders! What about Peter Crouch?
Or, someone from the Man United reserves? Fergie has, or used to have, a soft spot for Wolves, so maybe that's worth a punt.
stourwolf
We have beennhearing this since the window opened!!!! GET ON WITH IT - HAS ANYONE AT THE CLUB LOOKED AT THE LEAGUE TABLE!!!!!!!!!!!
Sad Cannockian.
The team has not been good enough for 3 years. Innefectual managers have come and gone without altering the demise and downward slide. This is more than CLEAR!
The Chairman, who also has huge business responsibilities elsewhere relies, as he does in all those other enterprises, upon a vital conduit of sound counselling from his expensive CEO.
In his other enterprises that system clearly must be working extremely well, That is why CEOs earn trust and large salaries, because their advice is truly valuable, productive and effective.
At Molineux the conduit and fund of sound advice has long been replaced by a sluice of ill-informed and destructive rhetoric being offered up as footballing wisdom.
The result of this has been and will continue to be, harmful and misguided direction to the Chairman which results in blame being laid at every door but that at which it should truly belong!
YES --our players are inadequate.............This was evident and should have been loudly advised 3 years ago!
YES --our managers have been imperfect....This, also evident, should have been diagnosed and advised!
Such advice, though clearly evident to most supporters, was either not given or not pressed home and thereby became harmful.
A radical rethink of this position by the Chairman is therefore, one would think, now absolutely neccessary and compelling.
It might be too late for this season!!!
The present set up can only result in our sad position being repeated next season!!!!!!!
wanderer
it makes me laugh every day i read this blog.
griffiths isnt better than what weve got and anyone thinking different rather is deluded by the position were in at the minute or theyre thinking that the scottish league is any good. in fact its rubbish. its the worst league in the world. every striker out of the champ or div 1 that plays in it look like world beeters. get a grip.
then people askin for di canio as manager is this for real hes achieved even less than the clown weve got in charge now.
we should have sacked mc carthy a year earlier than we did and then we might have attracted someone descent.
mc dermot aint the answer as why as he been sacked.(cause of not winning matches).
adkins might be our only answer as he was achieving good things only to be wrongly dismissed.
think carefully. griffthis a good striker / di canio a good manager. i think the majority would say no to both. as both aint good enough
slama01902
and now its all gone quiet cause there aint no one coming to save us we are doomed, still i got me ticket for next season WAW /\_/\
AYRWOLF
Your talking rubbish Wanderer, how come Celtic got to the last 16 of the Champions league then I doubt if this lot would get to the last 16 of the Johnson paints trophy, all a lot are saying is give Leigh a chance he surely can not be any worse than Doyle, SEB and the other so called strikers
celtic did but hibs wouldnt. youre deluded with scotish football its crap.
doyle would be in double figures in that league
bazwolf
This is desperate. The players are to blame and the failure to quickly bomb hem out askss erious questions qbout Morgan. You brought our great club to its knees. Mr Motivator Motormouth has not worked has it ? Neither has the advice from your Liverpool buddies. Souness next?