Early season victories rarely feel this important.
But our spirited fight back against a well organised Charlton side was crucial after consecutive league defeats and the goings on behind the scenes.
And whilst it’s unlikely to evaporate the discontent felt by most supporters about the imminent loss of Richard Stearman, it was nice to see signs of life after our feeble outing at Cardiff.
James Henry had one of his better games on the left side of midfield while Kortney Hause and Ethan Ebanks-Landell also looked pleasingly dependable at the heart of defence, offering hope for the immediate future.
Nouha Dicko’s injury is a major setback and it’s worrying to think of a Wolves team deprived of his services. Few centre forwards can stretch a backline as well as our number nine can and it’s crucial that Kenny Jackett is allowed to re-enter the transfer market to cover for what looks like a lengthy absence.
Carl Ikeme’s early season woes continued as he came unstuck by a relatively straightforward attempt by Johann Berg Gudmundsson. The big man’s kicking was also dire and the psychological impact of his demotion to the bench is beginning to look worryingly obvious.
Performance wise, we can have few complaints. But any feelgood factor brought about by this victory is tempered by the baffling news of Richard Stearman’s sale to Fulham.
For a club that allegedly has ambitions to return to the Premier League, it seems strange to sell your reigning player of the season to a side to a rival.
Kenny Jackett may describe this as a ‘footballing decision’ but it’s becoming more and more apparent that Steve Morgan’s influence at Molineux stretches well beyond the boardroom.
The club’s insistence that they won’t sell Benik Afobe is now beginning to look uncreditable. If they’re willing to take £2 million for one of the best defenders in the division, can we really trust them to turn their noses up at a big money offer for one of its best strikers?
After the futile assurances that we would spend big to replace Bakary Sako, Morgan and Moxey are at real risk of undoing the good work of the last two years and transforming us into a team whose tendency is to look down the league table rather than up it.
The next three days are crucial and I’ll be crossing my fingers for better news, albeit more in hope than expectation.
The points are in the bag which is good news, however the real talking point for me is stearman. I think pretty much everyone on here is calling for an experienced centre half as the kids aren’t quite ready and will gift goals as kids do. I think a centre half is essential now if not two. We can’t get promoted by leaking goals and I can only assume there is no real desire to get promoted or we have a quality centre half practically signed and they are keeping the deal quiet. Having arguably the best striker in the league is pointless if we are gonna leak goals. I don’t believe for one second Kenny wanted to sell stearman so looks like the meddling is coming from the very top. I hope I’m wrong but I’ve got a feeling we may be destined for mid table finish if we don’t strengthen. I had high hopes for this season however they seem to be being replaced by reality I scarcely want to believe.
its starting to look kenny is slowly turning to be moxey and morgans puppet dont let them doit kenny. how can you seel your player of the season andtry to kid us you want premiership football
im a life long supporter of this great club but morgan has got to get his chequebook outand show the commitment he asks the fans to show.it costs me 100 pound plus to get up to a match so theres my commitment wheres the boards
My sentiments exactly Gold Wolf Sven, I have had words with certain individuals on this site regarding Moxey/Morgan to which I profoundly apologise (except as many who I still believe is a shit fan), no more, after selling Stearman it just makes me wonder about this “we want promotion”.
VLP won’t be much of a loss, but Stears!
Should have been ad mant.
Where do you start with this one?
Firstly the game itself and I’ll repeat a few things I said on Twitter in the immediate aftermath:
* James Henry was excellent. One of his best games for the club.
* Dave Edwards is the only player getting on the end of anything. He made vital contributions all over the pitch yesterday. We’d be much worse off without him.
* Afobe and Dicko were both poor by their standards and basically coasted. Afobe again very deep and not threatening their goal. Dicko, half arsed and a shadow of his former self. I don’t know whether he’s pining for his mate or just can’t be bothered, but he’s been a passenger for most of the season. Even his injury, which I hope isn’t serious, looked to be as a result of going in too softly.
* Le Fondre showed the requisite amount of effort and was rewarded. Good to see him and Ojo link up twice to create good chances and thankfully he buried one of them. His goals could be crucial, particularly if Dicko is out for months.
* The defence did ok, but I’m not getting as carried away as some are. There are still too many desperate slashes and swipes for my liking. Three of the back four got caught in possession in dangerous areas and the goalkeeper was again beaten softly. Nobody inspires confidence back there. If we’re going to stick to our guns and play the kids, I’m not necessarily against it, but it will be a bumpy ride and we’ll be muddling through for a while.
* Coady isn’t influencing games enough for my liking. A few people have said he’s having to do all the running for McDonald, but I disagree. McDonald does his share and is still the one pulling strings in the middle of the park.
On the Stearman sale, KJ’s interview above intimates that he has to sell if wants to buy and feels that by cashing in on Stearman he can reinvest and get a better balance in the squad. He talks about brave decisions and that’s a big one. He’s never been afraid of those and I admire his ruthless streak. All the best managers have that.
What’s disappointing is the fact he has to sell to buy in the first place. I know the club always live within their means but we’ve been pretty frugal in recent times and offloaded most of the high earners. Are the coffers really bare? I struggle to believe that’s the case.
Excellent article.
I don’t think anyone’s come up with a reasonable explanation for the Stearman transfer. Now I think Morgan is certainly no genius and his decision making is a real cause for worry, but I can’t think we can lay this one on him though can we? Why would he step in and say 2 million is enough for the player of the season? I wonder whether this has come from the player.
I’m not worried about Stears departure. Jackett is also considering using Iorfa central, and Hause is now an under 21 international. Jackett said in an interview that the money are getting reinvested in other parts of the team. My biggest consern is the club’ s decision on selling van la parra for lousy 500k. We don’t have an abundance of pacey wingers.
I agree about Coady, to me he looks like a CB playing in midfield. Doesn’t seem to have the legs to cover a lot of ground and always looks knackered after an hour or so. Food for thought maybe?
The decision to sell Stearman is one of the more baffling that I can remember. We already needed another experienced head back there. What sort of ambition does it show to flog your best defender to an average Championship side? He was a player who always had a mistake in him but cut that out to become a solid and dependable defender and leader. Real shame that he’s gone, bet he’s scratching his head a bit too. My optimism about this season is slowly draining. We weren’t particularly good yesterday but got the points, which is the main thing.
I’d like to hear Ben’s thoughts on the Stearman sale!
its about time the fans realised the real ambition ofvthis club,its happy ticking over in this league ,and producing players that we can make profit on .
its totallyt gambling on promotion but it is not prepared to go the extra mile to buy those couple of needed,we are being fobbed off and they are trying to covince us that therses enough youth here thaty arte good enough,all morgan wants to to say is look out there on the pitch we have a team of home grown players that weve produced,that is fair enough,but it has to be supplemented with quality experience to get out of this league,we were promised a replacement for sako .what we get is a talented liverpool player who is ahimself a gamble and dosent have match experience ,he certainly may shine in a few years but is by no means a sako ,this was a very cheep way to do it ,at the end of season ojo ,wil be back at liverpool,and we are back looking for a winger,its been clear all season our left side is weaker ,our team now is no stronger than last season,rest assured ,afobe wil be sold at end of season for 15 m,his value wil go up by end of season and thats all the club are waiting for,if they go up then great but if we dont then cash in ,this is what this club wil be about now.we spent a paultry 2.25 in summer and loaned three players,its good enough,and yesterdst showed signs are voting with therte feet ,i am not fooled by these clowns running this clubthere totally pulling the wool over our eyes ,all that mess before goyt brushed under the carpet,this club has no real intent and ambition .
Well said Sherwood Wolf!!! Why sell now with only a couple of days to replace an experienced player? Why to a rival
championship team?
Pleased with the win but starting to wonder what’s going on behind the scenes now!
In Kenny I still trust.
I for one am going to disagree with most. Whilst I appreciate Stearmans passion for the club and see that he gives his all, I’ve always thought he’s a liability. I describe him as ‘Bambi on Ice’, never looks comfortable…the truth is I’d sooner see him off the teamsheet than on it. I believe and hope that I’m correct in saying Kenny must have a deal in the pipeline. I actually can’t believe our luck getting a 2mil bid for Stearman.
The Van La Parra deal is more of a shock to me. But again, in Kenny I trust.
We need a replacement for both plus someone to cover for Nouha though!
Kevin jones and Crouch are topping my shortlist
Basically I’m with you, Wurzel Wolf. Since April I’ve been saying to my mates I would like to see Stearman converted to midfield. All I’ve got for that suggestion is ridicule! Like you, I’m not sorry to see him out of our defence. Although, personally, I would like to have seen him given a try in midfield before actually throwing him out of the squad.
That’s coming from one of M&M’s severest critics: Jez for being Moxey, and Morgan for doing nothing about him. I still think this club has a dark future until Moxey goes, but I’m with Kenny’s football decision on Stearman.
Wurz.
I tend to agree with you on Stearman. He gives his all but ultimately he can be shaky under pressure from strong, quality players. He’s not the only one, mind you. VLP I think is too erratic for Kenny. Unless Kenny has thrown in the towel and become a puppet (extremely unlikely) then this is the team evolving in Kenny’s grand design. Kenny really is a velvet-glove, iron-fist man. He would walk rather then be a yes-man. I remember a few weeks ago when Joe Gallen said that new signings were unlikely before the start of the season, and then we brought three in within a week.
Just can’t understand the sale of our most experienced defender, our vice captain and our current player of the year to a divisional rival? We’ve got a year option on his contract so it’s not like we NEED to sell either. Stearman and Batth along with Ikeme have been the foundation of the team for 2 years and he’s also a ‘Wolves man’ through and through and plays like he genuinely cares. Yes, in the past he has been prone to the odd clanger but since Jackett’s arrival he has come on leaps and bounds as a player and as a leader.
This leaves us with a worryingly inexperienced back line now and whilst we can look forward to Batth returning soon, he’s hardly a veteran himself and may take a while to get going having taken no part in pre-season, or worse still, may even break down again. A good, proven, experienced centre half is now a must before Tuesday night, but I’m not holding my breath.
Another quality article Ben Rasmin.
Mid table for me unless Lescott is on his way…
There is obviously problems at the Mol.
Sako was brilliant for Palace yesterday…
How do you replace him?
Not possible.
We play much better and get better results with Price in the team.
Glad we won and ‘dangerous’ Dave got on the score sheet.
Not sure Afobe will still be a Wolves player on Wednesday….
I actually believe the Ms want to get to the PL and I think that KJ was given 3 goes at it…this year is going to be a punt only at the playoffs if we are lucky…IMO
Basics as follows..: we really won’t know our strength until DB is back and to me there is a reluctance to buy a defender particularly as everyone (but me) has blind faith in EBL..
Steers is no huge loss his timing and lack of athleticism in the air was not good ..his player of the year title was on deserved effort not his play..
It would make sense that there was ‘an other’ lined up to replace him straight away..Maguire to me would be us all winning the lottery…
Afobe is our real hope to get our goals and I’m assuming our midfield was strengthened and Ojo’s loan to create more chances ..Dicko was always our second man to score and now he is injured ALF has it all to do but he could surprise us all..
To keep up with the pack we need to
stop conceding and Ikeme it seems has got a confidence issue but if we continue to stick with him he should get back to form.
So back to the Ms..the promised land is based on points we achieve ..we could do this win at home, draw away
(And the odd away wins too)
My appeal is that we protect our concede part of the stats..(surprise surprise) ..we will have to buy / loan before DB is fit..unless EBL plays blinders and I don’t think that’s possible….ever.
KJ …put your case to achieve promotion…£120M is a fantastic weapon…
On a separate note ..I was truly heartbroken to see Sako go..for all the doubters about him and his lack of 90mins play.. look what he did to Chelsea in 20…
Tragic tragic tragic..
The match against Charton was not happy listening but great result and if we do make the frame we could say it started with earnest yesterday..
Just about…
Excellent summary Steve – couldn’t have put it better myself. It’s a pity you don’t sit next to me on my left in the South Bank. Lad on my right is a top bloke, but some of the the other numpties around me, who are occasional supporters do my head in with their constant whinging and moaning.
Worrying times though, let’s hope we get some good news before Wednesday and hope Nouah’s injury is not as bad as it looked on TV.
I suspect that the 2Ms have told Kenny that he has to trawl the loan market.
We shall see.
UTW!
Wokingham we need Maguire ..he’s only 22
Really very very good and would stabalise us before DB arrives… I really think we can score.. its the other end I worry about..
And what’s more if we are going to keep up with the top six then we need to close the back up inc our goalie..
It would be terrible if we were in a worse position at the end of the season than last year particularly with a stronger squad..(give or take Sako )
Nice words mate. I too have no issues with Stearnan going, but was amazed at how much we got for him lol. Will be interested to see how we go without him. I DO NOT see us getting a replacement for a while.
Well it’s certainly not a happy ship that’s for sure, Dicko proved that yesterday with his mardy ardsed demeanour, he strolled around as if he’d got his hand right up his bottom, MacDonald laid on a fantastic through ball down the Billy quiet and Dicko was nowhere to be seen. MacDonald gave him a round of fecks in no uncertain terms, he just shrugged his shoulders and carried on in his own sweet way.
Now call me old fashioned if you like but we’re paying his wages to entertain, if he’s got a strop on then let him do it from the bench, because yesterday he was no existent.
Rumours from the Mol say that there is lots of in fighting and dissent, so it’s going to manifest onto the pitch and cause the performances we have seen in the last couple of games from a side that started with promise then fizzled out faster than a damp squib.
It is what it is, Kenny is making the best of it, Kevin Nolan was in the directors box, apparently we’re in for a couple of fullbacks a midfielder and a forward, so if that’s true then Kenny is preparing for exits with replacements already in mind. The next three days will prove whether that’s total bullocks or whether there is genuinely a strategy and some kind of master plan. I would like to think the latter was true, if not then I think the crowds will drop away and that’s when the people at the top start to sit up and listen.
All the crap allegedly going on behind the scenes certainly helps me understand why our performances were poor over the last couple of games. But these are professional players (loud raucous laughter heard in the background) and they should play their hearts out for the colours, Stearman always did. Well, look where that got him.
Confusing?
Come back on Wednesday morning and the big picture will be a lot cloudier methinks.
Rant over, COMB’s
🙂
I hadn’t heard about the infighting and dissent, but it could explain a lot. As I’ve already written, I’m with Kenny on getting Stearman out of our defence: he has too many lapses of concentration and sloppy plays. But, if he was involved in the infighting and/or dissent, that might give Jackett a further reason to get rid of him. As we’ve seen before, Kenny can be very hard on troublemakers. Will McDonald be next? His criticism of the terms Wolves offered him for extending his contract was pretty outspoken: “The club don’t value me, and this is just a routine raise,” or words to that effect, was what he said. If that bred dissent, it would not be surprising.
McDonald is another one I have doubts about for football reasons. He’s a very good player, but he lacks leadership ability for a key midfielder. The best thing is to keep him and supplement him with a good leader, but I would not oppose replacing him with an experienced leader.
Happy to get the 3 against a side in better form than us.
Also, we must remember that many of our team are very young, and so will perhaps take time to gel as a settled unit.
I am confused by the need to sell Stearman, our player of last season. I know that there are many different opinions on him, but he’s a very long-serving first team player and has performed admirably.
That said, and I don’t like to say this, but we ARE a selling club.
In recent memory the most we’ve spent on players has been around the 4 or 5 Million mark on people like Johnson and O’Hara when we were in the Premiership, however over the years we’ve cashed in and made a lot of money on players like Keane, Akinbiyi, Jarvis, and Lescott.
I think it’s fair to say that we won’t compete financially with recently relegated clubs still receiving generous parachute payments, but as the club with second largest following behind Leeds in the division (and larger than several Prem clubs), I find it hard to believe that we need to ‘sell to buy.’
Whilst bankrupting us will satisfy no fan, it’s a feature of Morgan and Moxey NOT to spend freely. Even were we to sink the 2 Million for Stearman back into, say, a winger to replace Sako (if that’s even possible, as how do you replace a Premiership standard winger with a 2 Million budget and promise of Championship football?), we wouldn’t be competing with the Derby’s of this world who have stumped up for the likes of Ince and Bent.
It is early in a long season, but the lack of ambition financially is frustrating as normal – and that’s the key. We’re a big club which has potential to aspire to be promoted, and is equipped in terms of infrastructure and fan-base, but our board aren’t willing to take ANY risks financially.
So let’s let the kids bed in, and hope the signings we have made can step up and improve us to the extent that we can make the play-offs this season. I’d be happy with that to be honest.
I missed the game as I got on my usual train from New St & only found out when it was moving out the station that first stop was Stoke on Trent! So afternoon spent catching up with the score & getting back from Stoke.
Good to see us win & thank heavens for Dangerous Dave. But you can tell there’s lots of issues behind the scenes. It just doesn’t seem a happy place at all.
The Stearman sale was out of the blue, and there are all sorts of rumours of replacements etc or no replacements.
They praise the fans & want big attendances but there’s no openess & transparency from the Club. It shows on here does anyone really know what the masterplan is?
While I’d like to believe the Kevin Nolan rumour, it’s not the way we operate, big time Charlie, one last payday yadda yadda. Plus after shoving Stearman out the door for £2m I doubt we’d shell out his wage demands.
Re Sako we really should have put the 3m to replace him into his wages for the 1 year in a concerted effort to get us and him to the Prem. I dp not accecp that this would have caused disharmony re the wage structure (man utd pay rooney 300k+ a week and the lesser lights do not complain) – buts that’s past now we shall just have to watch what we have missed
as someone else said the management have a 120m carrot of getting into the prem and surely this is worth a bit of a gamble here and there
Re Stearman Kenny’s big gamble this perhaps the bids coming in for the kids from the Prem mean we have to give them a chance to play week in week out
Re Coady does seem to run out of steam after 60 mins
Re Van le Parra perhaps mid table championship standard and if we did get to the prem he would not be good enough
Re Dicko he definatly misses Sako hope the injury not to bad because when he plays he takes a lot of stick and allows the others to get chances
Re Dave Edwards to my mind he deserves his place with his work rate and commitment
Re Ikeme did nothing wrong hope he gets his confidence back quickly
Re Henry like him gives us width and he commits
Oh dear, where did all that post-last season pre-this season optimism go? Killed off by Messrs (perhaps that should be ‘messers’) Morgan and Moxey. The trouble really started last Summer when, after the euphoric turn around in fortunes as we raced to the League 1 title and with the fans back onside and that unique player/supporter bond that only Wolves seem to engender restored, what did they do? How did they harness that momentum? Brought in a couple of freebies in Rowe and Van La Parra and spent a paltry £1m on Saville. Nowhere near enough. We all knew we needed strengthening and so, I am sure, did Kenny. But no. Sure we spent £2m in January on Afobe but by then it was too late and we were playing catch-up. The horrendous November was the killer of course but that was brought about by that failure to invest and strengthen. As soon as Dicko got injured we were toothless – sure we had Cassidy, McAlinden, Doyle, Sigurdasson and the hapless Clarke but none of were either good enough or, in the case of Doyle in favour enough. Terrible defeats followed – Forest 0-3, Brentford 0-4, Derby 0-5 – which because of the negative effect on our goal difference as well as our points tally, not to mention our confidence, effectively meant the difference between the play offs and also fans.
So onto this Summer when, with the excuse of too many high earners on the payroll preventing investment now gone – O’Hara, Johnson, Doyle and Sako – we waited for some sign of intent, of ambition or, let’s face it even a sign of interest would have been nice. Total outlay £2.75m on Wallace and Coady. So in two years we have spent less than £6m. Meanwhile rivals spend more than that on just one player. Rivals who are supposedly smaller clubs. Rivals who were behind us but have now passed us by. We are now able to be out-muscle by the likes of Bournemouth, Norwich, Leeds, Cardiff, Fulham etc. At this rate it won’t be long before we are getting done by Fleetwood , Morecambe and Accrington Stanley (who are they?). Of course one of the reasons is our wage structure which means we won’t pay what is now the going rate for wages. Of course no-one wants to return to paying huge wages for poor players again but the reality is that we have stood still and watched while others have zoomed past us. The reality is that they realise the time to get to the Money League is NOW and failure to do so makes the chances oif it ever happening diminish each year. The chasm being the ‘haves’ in the Money League and the ‘have nots’ is already almost unbridgeable and widens year by year.
On Saturday, as we were in Wolvo for the weekend, we went to the Wolves museum around midday. As we walked there in the sunshine we bumped into Kenny Jackett who, nice man that he is, stopped for a chat. We were all struck by how downbeat and, to be frank, negative he seemed. He reiterated that Afobe would NOT be sold but that apart everything about him seemed a million miles away from someone who is happy, positive, hopeful etc. Maybe it was the Stearman sale, which of course hadn’t broken at that time. Maybe it was the reputed training ground bust up with Dicko and Afobe (supposedly Dicko was asked to play wide right at Cardiff but refused and Afobe backed up Dicko which led to a blazing row – which might explain Dicko’s place on the bench at Cardiff and his onfield ‘absence’ against Charlton). Maybe it was the Afobe transfer speculation – again the word is that Afobe wants to go as he can treble his wages AND because since he joined we have gone backwards, not replaced Sako etc. Look at Le Fondre’s winning goal against Charlton and watch Afobe. No celebration, no running over to joyously jump on your team-mates backs. He just stood there then trotted back to the halfway line alone.
Things are very far from right at Molineux and, I fear, will not be till the messers sellmup and go.
But now, when Dicko is injured, they can’t sell Afobe until a new attacker is bought!
The news on stearman being looked at by Fulham was released on Friday morning.
Terrific message, Bedford Wolf. I particularly like, “. . . let’s face it even a sign of interest would have been nice.”
Great report and some fantastic comments.
Hoping kj uses his Watford connection to sign Vydra.Libe (Brentford)and whoever statistically is the best cb in the division,that would do me.
In yesterday’s programme Stearman was the featured player with the fans asking questions. None of us thought to ask: ‘Ever fancied living in West London?’
For now and until 18:01 on Tuesday I am prepared to believe there is a cunning plan. I can accept why it was opportune to cash in on Stears and wave goodbye to a winger who is fast but not much else. It feels late in the day to get a very sound winger – Jarvis anyone?- plus a high quality replacement for Dicko. But we shall see.
Finally I want to see more players in the box going forward. When Afobe goes on wandering duties he can hardly pass to himself and Dangerous Dave is supposed to ghost into a crowded box not be the first to arrive.
Two days left before I have difficulty keeping the faith.
I’m no huge fan of Richard Stearman. Although there is never any questioning his commitment, he was tried at the EPL level and found wanting. His susceptibility to making a game losing clanger and give away a crucial penalty was demonstrated on many occasions. And on top of that, (barely) never scored from set pieces or corners. Had we just won promotion to the EPL, I would have had absolutely no problem selling him.
But to sell him now, early in a gritty championship season, when it is evident our back line needs leadership and experience, is just incomprehensible. What the hell are they thinking? Are the finances really that desperate we had to grab those 2 mill? Really? Because if that is the case, we really may as well pack it in because in this day of football, sorry to say it, but 2 million is just change. Just the entry fee to play!
Sadly, this confirms there is no serious plan or ambition to return to EPL. Whenever a club official says that, just translate: time to start selling season tickets. Note Kenny’s words were chosen very careful yesterday in his interview. He did not say there is any replacement for Stears coming in. He said they will use the money to strengthen if and when they felt it was necessary. Nobody better is coming. Not now.
I don’t know what some of you are thinking with all the big names being branded around like Lescott. Forget it. It’s not going to happen. They can’t afford their wages. If they could, then we would have signed the umpteen players we allegedly missed out on in the summer (Wood, …). If they wouldn’t pay their wages, trust me, they are not going to pay Lescott’s.
Sorry, this regime is just interested in the business side of this. Profit. They are not interested in the football side. Just profit. As long as they make a profit, they stay in their job. They can keep the factory going producing young players that will eventually be sold. They invest the bare minimum to flirt with that promise of promotion so the gate money keeps coming in. Every now and then they will unearth a gem on the cheap and fool us into thinking that maybe this time we can build a team around that person and make a go of it. But they never invest in the rest of the team so the gem is sold or leaves and we start again.
We could have built around Sako, but now he’s gone. We could build around Afobe, but he will go. There is only one reason they are refusing to sell him so far. And that’s because they know they’ll get a lot more money for him if they hold on.
I just don’t get it. I was about to use some strong words comparing M&M to the Bhattis, but I’ll stop there.
We need a new regime.
GW
P.S. Oh, yeah, btw, we won. Whoopdy-bloody-do. We scraped a 2-1 home win. Let’s crack the champagne, cos we all know how hard that is for a Championship winning team like ours to do.
For the first time in my life I’m speechless!
Well, nearly.
Selling Stearman is a ‘football decision’ ??????????
It’s the first time that I can say that I think Kenny is talking bollocks.
And it looks to me, by his facial expression and his body language, that they are not his bollocks but those of a much portlier person or a red faced scouser.
With that, and talk of training ground bust ups, it seems that we have travelled back in time a couple of seasons.
How have things got so bad behind the scenes in so short a time?
The comments already posted on this blog have said most of the things that I wanted to say so I’m gonna shut up.
The two things that make me feel slightly happier are:-
1) We got the three points and
2) Robin didn’t get his wish that Dave Edwards should never play for us again.
There you are Robin, I had the balls to name you this time.
Thanks Doogooder….
Least he scored!
AND we won with letting in one goal Without Stearnan lol.
Oh dear, what a mess. I too attended the Mol yesterday and witnessed the lack of enthusiasm about the place. It really hit home when DD slotted home the equaliser, hardly any of the Stan Cullis Stand stood up and cheered. The main topic of conversation being the sell out by the powers that be, of letting our most experienced defender move to one of our rivals. Personally I would of preferred Stears to stay and Afobe to go. Either way, we the fans will not benefit, the club have now shown it’s ambition and lack of respect for it’s fan base. I have paraded myself religiously down at the Golden Palace each Saturday for the past 50 years, but yesterday, brought it home, that until we get an owner/Chairman with the same ambition that we saw in Sir Jack, then we will only go backwards. It was not a nice feeling leaving the stadium, with a win under our belt and the fans feeling angry and annoyed with the current situation.
The Board should be going out of their way to provide us with optimism and provide us with the information we need to make an informed decision on whether or not it is worth following a team that is not prepared to put the effort in for it’s fans. I personally will watch the next couple of days with hope, that the Board have a plan to bring in some quality and are prepared to spend some of the money it is hoarding – if the transfer activity is non existent then I’m afraid the club will have lost yet another fan and his Grandsons and of course the hundred pounds (plus) it costs us to go to each game.
I do not want to go to matches to listen to fans moaning and groaning, I want to hear enthusiasm for the team and see fans with a smile on their faces and be part of the crowd that jumps to their feet when one of our guys finds the back of the net.
OK, moan over, lets see what tomorrow and Tuesday brings and hopefully we can all meet again on the 12th with some new players and current players who will get us all to our feet as we show Bolton what a team with it’s fans behind it can really do.
A question for all you blogges out there!
RVLP
Stearman.
EBL
Doherty
Hause
Saville
Rowe
Edwards
In an ideal World how many of these players would we be playing if we had the cash and new balls fitted to the M&M’s.
That leaves –
Ikeme
Iorfa
MacDonald
Coady (I like him)
Dicko
Afobe
It is what it is and we’re learning the hard way that we have to deal with it, none of you are any more disappointed than I am but welcome to the wonderful world of Wolves.
48 hrs from now I don’t expect to be shocked to my boots, just more PR Spin by our w anchors at the top.
Add Henry to the second list and also Edwards, though probably for the bench (in an ideal world with a stronger team). Ikeme wouldn’t be certain to be in list 2 at the moment, but I’ll keep faith. What happened with Doherty? He was a great hope a couple of seasons ago and might have been in list 2.
The Stearman thing only makes sense if there IS a plan for replacement and that looks unlikely. The rest has been said above – it’s baffling, as is the apparent atmosphere in the club. And I note it’s £1M + £1M add-ons. Does that mean it might only amount to £1M if he doesn’t play every week/score 10/save 10/play for England/avoid speeding tickets etc etc?? An even worse deal. And as I write, I’m keeping an eye on Swansea beating Man U – how about that for a model, MnM?
As for yesterday, I agree with pretty well everything Thomas and Rasmin wrote. Henry was excellent and at the moment should be first on the team sheet, though he’s not got his goal sightings quite right yet. Edwards ran his cojones off and I was delighted to see one of his loud abusers near me in the North Bank Upper silenced by his goal and his great last ditch tackle in the area, having run half the length of the pitch. Adobe was at sea, Dicko a shadow of his former self – I wonder how much his injury was due to not going in with his usual pace and power? Ojo gave a bit of width which, up until then was not easily achieved. ALF looked as if he could be a real irritant to opposing. Ikeme would previously have gobbled that Charlton shot. Otherwise the defence was OK, though not greatly tested by Charlton. Coady was not as good as reports of earlier games and MacDonald’s radar wasn’t 100%. Overall, promising shoots of recovery – no more.
And another thing…….I thought the North Bank quadrant was going to be used for away fans, but that never seems to happen. I occasionally like to see the game from the level of the Steve Bull Lower, but almost never get the chance – yesterday that section had a very small number of Charlton fans so it was a perfect opportunity. Why doesn’t it happen?
Your point about the Steve Bull lower is one I agree with. (Not that I don’t agree with your other points).
Apart from anything else, if there are only a few away fans it makes it look on the telly if the ground is less than half full.
Although, if the two in charge carry on the way they’re going, that might soon be the case.
One for Ben at the Fan’s Parliament, perhaps (or is that Thomas?!).
Also if you stick the away fans in the top right hand corner of the Upper North Bank the volume of their chanting is radically reduced.
Let’s make use of our home advantage!
IMO Stearman WAS our best defender……last season;he rightly won all the plaudits for his performances.This season I’m not so sure.Kenwyne Jones’ didn’t just out-jump him at Cardiff,he was head,shoulders and torso above him and to my mind he seems to be regressing to the old Richard Stearman,you know,the one who can’t run or jump and is too often caught out of position.I don’t really see it as a loss,more a piece of good business IF things are evolving in the background,ie,replacements by the end of the ‘window’.I have loads of respect for KJ and find it hard to believe he would just let RS go on a whim but I’m fully aware I may be thinking differently by Tuesday evening.
Well of course the story that KJ sold to Afobe to get him to sign for Wolves, that he wanted to build side around him, has thanks to the penny pinching of Morgan, been proven a load of bollucks. Not KJ`s fault I`m sure, but I`ve just played the video of the post match interview and he sounded absolutely pissed off.
On the pitch Afobe , Macdonald and Dicko looked pissed off, so getting a deserved win was quite remarkable.
Not sure what KJ can do next, maybe bring a couple of players in, but as for promotion – Morgan won’t fund it, so forget it. Sadly a season of miserly survival and player disposal, falling gates, and supporter indifference beckons.
My first viewing of us this season just a few thoughts.
1. I am very much against the sale of Stearman. He is a better centre half than Danny Batth. How can you suddenly decide to sell our player of the season. You need experience in theses crucial positions. Saying that I thought Ebanks Landell and Hause did well.
2. Adobe is a worry. He looked lacklustre and out of sorts. Could a bigger club coming in like Newcastle persuade him to sign rather than Norwich?
3. If the rumours are true about Dicko stropping about being played out of position against Cardiff what a Prima Donna. Can’t do with players like this, they are paid enough he should be thankful of getting a starting place.
4. Central midfield. I would play either Price or Coady sitting deeper with Edwards playing the more attacking role. We need to get him in the team but he is not a wide player. Not over impressed with KMac and would have him on the bench.
5. At least Ojo and Wallace look like good acquisitions and Tommy Rowe could be the surprise package if he is given a chance on the left side of midfield.
6. I can’t believe 2 clubs are actually willing to pay 500k for VIP. All pace and no end product.
The next few days should be interesting.
Sorry that should be Afobe! Liked the look of Le Fondre too. More of a natural goal scorer than Dicko.
Well, how to sum up. As you know, I rated Stears. We don’t know exactly what happened, but I think it’s simple. One can only sell players that other clubs want. With respect, we wouldn’t get much by selling Rowe and Saville (unfortunately). I never rated VLP, so I am not fussed about his departure. So, I am sad to see Stears go, but *IF* the money is used for new players, then OK.
Henry was great yesterday, he and Dangerous would be on my teamsheet anytime. I thought that ALF contributed more than just his goal, which he took well. Perhaps his arrival has added to the Dicko Doldrums too?
Dicko was lost again. I don’t think that he is in a strop. He is (a) missing Sako, me too mate (b) worried about his own place in the team. This malaise, epitomised by the Ikeme/Martinez thing and the training bust-up has unsettled him, no wonder. I blame Kenny for once, he probably caused the problems, he should be able to fix them.
Re the 2 Ms. Sadly, football is not a democracy. It is Morgan’s club, so he should be entitled to some influence. I don’t agree that KJ is a puppet, he has proved that he has the balls to make decisions.
Why wouldn’t M&M want promotion, sure they do. But, they don’ t believe that too much cash should be spent. The acquisitions to date have been astute and value for money. Like them, I am not a fan of marquee signings, but I do want to see new players in.
A good 3 points, let’s just wait and see. After 6 on Tuesday, we can all breathe a sigh of either relief or anguish. Personally, I hate the transfer window for the unnecessary pressure and uncertainty that it
causes.
Much needed 3 points,surprised about stearman’s departure,it wouldn’t surprise me if come tomorrow we sell Above too.
All this club thinks about is money not football,just think how much money he’s made since he pinched it off Sir Jack,he’s doubled his money with all the building projects he’s developed with moneies from the clubs coffers,and the money from stearmans sale will help fund the acquisition of The Royal Hospital site for yet more expensive houses.
I really feel sorry for KJ dealing with those two slimey pair of wankers.
I really hope I’m wrong but since he’s been here he hasn’t really invested in the team.
Meant to write Afobe..not above.predicted text a pain sometimes.
I don’t know anything about the legalities involving football clubs and owners’ separate businesses but I doubt very much Morgan would be able to use WWFC funds to purchase The Royal Hospital site.I stand to be corrected.
Not sure but if the WWFC part is privately owned, then it’s up to Morgan what he does with the cash. If however WWFC is wrapped up in all the other stuff it would be nigh on impossible to use the money for other things, unless of course it was bought in the other business names. Yes please note the use of plurals.
It’s rather silly to think that a ltd co (or Plc)
can pay for another Co’s property deal unless it is business connected under ‘articles of association.’.
If Morgan wants to financially transfer money from Wolverhampton wanderers (1990 ltd) he would either have to pay paye on personal directors earnings and give it or draw a declared dividend (taxable) and offer it as a directors loan.
Maybe you are right,but I wouldn’t put anything past those pair pri–,excuse my french.
My only worry is that KJ is getting undermined by the powers that be and we all know the way they work.
I think with Ojo and rumours of Flanagan in on loan we’re becoming Steve Morgan’s dream: an LFC feeder club. Dicko injured, who helped cover him and got our shape back on track? Leeds United’s new winger RVLP. Demoting Ikeme I totally agree was a cock up by KJ and I’m unconvinced by the new system. No new faces to followm bar LFC reserves.
Great report Thomas … The reality of how Blob and greasel are asset stripping the club is criminal (metaphorically speaking).
I’m puzzled to see Stearman sold but do understand the rationale. … What I won’t accept is no replacement into the team and someone who improves us … And that we spend 2 million doing it …by Tues evening!!!!
Anything less than this will just prove that we are top managed by a pair of wankers who don’t deserve to be custodians of this great club …
TUES is deadline day in more ways than one !!!!!!!
As for Sat … A thoroughly deserved win with Henry playing a key part. Golbourne impressive too…
I will reserve judgment and comments for 48 hours, I still have a lot of silver to sharpen!!
Even though we collected three points yesterday I can’t shake off a feeling of disquiet.
I’m in the camp that is totally bemused by the Stearman situation. He is one player who demonstrated a whole-heated commitment to the cause. Selling him so close to the end of the transfer window seems a strange decision. I don’t have any great expectations of money realised from that sale (and RVLP) being reused to strengthen other positions before Tuesday evening. More likely, we’ll be looking to the loan market to bolster the team.
Here’s hoping that we are in a happier position following the international break.
I seem to be in the minority but I see stearmans sale as a plus. When I heard they were getting 2 mill I had to chuckle to myself it’s almost like when they sold akinbye for £5 mill. Van la parra has had his time to prove and he has also left wanting no end product at all. These two players are weak links in a small squad. I just hope that we are not being sold down the river again and there is some grand plan. I have been told that the season we went up wolves were offered 6 mill for sako and Morgan refused in the hope he may propel us to the prem, so I don’t believe afobe will go. Experience and youth is what’s needed to get out of this league the first is what we are lacking but in that I mean experience that does not result in at least 6 unnecessary goals conceded per season and fouls resulting in goals.
I’m sitting in the sun on holiday and have just spoken to a Norwich fan and after a long philosophical chat he believed that we could well of been today where they are in the PL..
They had a better defence than us though (big lol)..
Their manager Neil can’t have a shit without Delia or Mr Delia (property bloke and asset builder) saying so apparently regarding players…
And thought we would cave in re Afobe…said wait for Jan..
I said bollocks our board are too infatuated with the club to profit play
with such a thought and we won’t sell any more players until we go up..
He thought we gave away our game to QPR (fu…ing right) and should be up the top..but reminded me that Norwich struggled early last year…
So Bloggites who DOESNT think we are going to make the top six then?
With all the shite going on and there’s loads of it I still think we are going to make it… Afobe is staying and we will concede less with our defence back in gear..
Who’s with me!
COYW
I am. I am a tad confused about the sale of Stears though without a replacement coming in first. That said, he is no loss to me lol. Time will tell.
At the start of the season I thought we would be much the same as last season – fighting for 6th, no better, though I was occasionally carried along by the mood of optimism amongst the bloggers. Nothing has happened to improve that view, but there are still a few hours left…….
I am. Although I am seriously worried about the goalie situation. Great fan of Ikeme, but he’s definitly not been himself since his latest injury. We badly need Carl or Martinez (or McCarey or Flatt) to come up trumps. I’m basically an optimist, I believe cometh the hour, cometh the man, but my faith is being tested by this season’s goalkeeping performances so far.
So I am, but on condition the goalie man cometh!
Potentially a good win against Bolton could see us sitting 2nd in the league. That’s how bad we are, after all it’s only the 6th game, but we Brits do love a moan and non more so than Wolves fans.
And we do like to walk along the prom, prom, prom.
Where the brass band plays FO w b.
🙂
Mr Positive Stu! …I’m checking your thoughts there..2nd…? Yeah if the others loose ..keeping pace would do me for a bit..
3 wins on the trot would be good though….
Where’s this f..ckin defender then…
We will make God know’s how many excuses then hit the loan market.
Leeds are now saying RVLP isn’t a done deal by any stretch of the imagination. That’s the one I’d like to see go through and Stears fall through.
Agreed on both points, Stu.
Who was the blogger who recently offered to drive RVLP to Leeds himself? Hurry up and start the car son before they change their mind!!
UTW!
I am going down Fulham way, and have a spare seat.
Brompton I’m going to Fulham…
So is Stearman mate!
I be read that stears is bitterly disappointed to be being sold .
I would like to hear the truth or the plan …. One or the other for fucks sake !
Fo pulis
Absolutely right mate!
I thought that if Stears went it would be his decision. There’s been talk of him not signing a new contract and one naturally assumes that he is doing a McDonald and holding out for a big wage rise.
That doesn’t appear to be the case.
WWFC increasingly appears to be run like a Banana Republic with Morgan & Moxey acting like Saddam Hussein and Kim Jong-un.
They give no thought to the common people and feel no need to explain any of their decisions. All they seem to be interested in is squirreling money away for their retirement.
Oh! Please, let it be soon.
I ve just been watching the Dave Edwards interview after the game . He looks so pissed off , and when the interview turns to the stearman subject , he looks like he s got tears in his eyes
I’m like Doris Stoke’s husband.
I love a happy medium.
I’m finding all this speculation very disquieting. I know that few Wolves fans have faith in the two Ms, but as I’ve never met them I’m not going to slag them off or add to the gathering gloom. But I just can’t/don’t believe that either they, or KJ, have no ambition to get to the Premier League. After all, that’s where the massive money is. More disquieting are the mumbles about dressing room disharmony. Therein lies the path to league 1. I’m hoping beyond hope that after the dust settles tomorrow the team and everyone else can get their heads down and push on for a successful season. And let’s remember we beat the previously unbeaten Charlton on Saturday, after a couple of very poor showings.
Dalmatian Wolf.
Everything is rumour and speculation, but trying to read between the lines of everything does in part give some clue as to why our team plays excellent match winning football for 20 minutes to half an hour and can’t score with the best two finishers in this league, (not our words but that of all the pundits). Saturdays performance was against a very poor team on the day, Charlton did not play to the level of Hype afforded them pre-match, and Wolves were no fantastic improvement either. But they did come back from being 1-0 down so I take heart at that.
Kenny Jackett has gone public on official Wolves and stated, “he can wait for the dust to settle in this protacted transfer window, which without doubt has unsettled many players from many clubs not just ours with the obscene buckets of money being offered for mediocre players. Wolves are no different, If Stears does put pen to paper with Fulham then he is going to say, “I was player of the year, the fans favourite, Fulham have paid £2 million for me, I must be something special”. Yes he played his heart out week in week out and always gave 100% of what he wa capable of giving. But, a great player, Hmmmmm I think not IMO only.
The fault lies with the greedy men at the top, Sky, chairman of many clubs and in part stupid managers trying to cash in on the Golden Tit on offer, now the players are cashing in and who could blame them.
Take Albion for instance, ( please take them) Berahino went to press and declared he would never leave the shite but every day his name is bandied about, even today he is going to West Ham. It must be so hard for players and managers to concentrate on the job in hand, so the disruption on the field spills into the dressing room and then back out to the field affecting performances. Kenny has back tracked on so many statements it’s hard to believe a word.
I for one hope the FA sort this one out, it is a bif Feck up to say the least,deals should be done 1 week before the start of the new season so clubs and managers can get their teams fit and concentrating on the game.
Do I think this will happen.
My arse is a kipper….
Are we really in pole position for Swindons’ Nathan Byrne or is that just the Express & Farces’ latest concoction.He does seem to have that something RVLP lacked…………..pace !
Loads of hits about him coming. Sounds like a goer.
Word is that Stearman is only £1m up front and another potential £1m with various add ons. Bad decision in my opinion.
VLP to Leeds may have stalled – unlike everyone else on here, or so it seems, I like VLP and if he were ever to be given a chance and a decent run of games (three starts in a row is the most he’s had) I think he would be an asset.
Nathan Byrne? A bit like Accrington Stanley I am afraid (Nathan Byrne? Who’s he?). Mind you he hails from KJ’s current home town of St Albans so maybe Kenny knows something I don’t.
Not to be too controversial but I worry about having someone like Edwards as our captain or indeed in the starting line up even. I agree he works hard, runs non stop, chases every loose ball and lost cause and can pop up at just the right moment to score – in other words a typical Super Mick type of player. However I think as a footballer he is dreadful. He cannot properly control a ball, cannot pass and cannot beat an opponent with skill. At Cardiff he missed two great chances when it was 0-0 and against Charlton he lost the ball in a dangerous area in the lead up to Charlton’s goal. Time and again it is clear he is not on the same footballing level in terms of speed of thought as Afobe, Dicko, Ojo etc.
In conclusion as it stands if Stears and VLP go and no-one comes in our 18 man squad for Bolton will be selected from a squad of just 18 (including three loanees and a new signing with less than half an hour’s experience at this level) plus two kids yet to play a league game. Worrying times indeed!
Okay, so Nathan Byrne has arrived, and wow, what a buy he is. Well done and all that as I have no reason to doubt that he is going to be a big player for us. But, and it is a BIG but, where is Richard’s replacement? Have the two Ms and Kenny been reading too much of what I write on here and believe that if we score more goals than we let in then we win games and have they therefore assumed that they no longer need to concentrate on our defence? If they have they are WRONG, oh so wrong. There is a balance, and they are certainly not impressing upon me that they are understanding that balance. I wait in anticipation, and if no-one comes in, I will be eager to see how the season pans out and if we actually CAN outscore our opponents with our current squad thereby negating the requirement for a defensive supplement. A dodgy and risky path to take in my opinion.
We (Steve Showcase and I) shall hold you accountable.
🙂
lol. It’s all about balance mate. As you are fully aware, I never ever said we did not need another CB, I said that at the time our priority lay elsewhere, a striker and an attacking midfielder. Once we got those players in, we should then look at our defence too. You could argue that the club could have looked at the requirement as a whole package, but priorities have to be set. I am in some doubt now though, that with them selling Stearman, that they are not considering a replacement as a priority, and in my mind they should. Hey ho what do I know? But then again, what does Pieman and Scouseball know?
Isn’t it great supporting the Wolves?
He’s hardly Sako is he?
No, but I have watched him play and whilst I appreciate he is coming from Swindon and a lower division, I am quite impressed. How/if he fits in to our way of playing is not known, but I will be surprised if he does not turn out to be very capable. (Fingers crossed lol)
It’s cheap….
That’s true, but with Moxey and Morgan what else did we expect!!!
Do you know any “hit men”? lol
Brompto..just listen..if we are short on fire power now which would indicate that we might put say just one goal in or even two..do you really want to piss Afobe or whoever off by giving away one or two at the back…
Unless you think EBL is worth gambling on to save us..
Flying pigs…
We need a defender MORE now mate
That is EXACTLY what i said Steve.
Looking like it was Elliot Bennett from Bournemouth not the Villa Bennett , got it wrong, must be my age.
🙁
Ok, Hands up fair cop governor. Elliot Bennett (Norwich) easy mistake!!!
But what about the Joe Mason story, reports say Cardiff have turned down £4 million from Wolves, the pies will be going up if that one transpires.
Dicko out for 9 months! Yes that’s NINE MONTHS! So we won’t be seeing him again this season sadly.
So far today we have been linked with – pause for deep breath – Yann Kermanant, Obbie Oloure, Joe Mason, Lutkas Jutciewitz, Elliot Bennett, Nathan Byrne, Harry Maguire, Jonny Williams, Frazier Campbell, Uncle Tom Cobley and all (ok I made up the last bit) which suggests that a striker is on his way from somewhere to replace Dicko.
Well seeing as we have secured Byrne, how many if any, of the others will be incoming is anyones guess.
I’m impressed with your Intel Bedford..
Read NewsNowWolves mate, loads of good stuff on there.
Oh, oh oh it’s tragic,
You know
Le Fondre, Afobe, No Dicko.
Come on me babbies, we can still do this.
Yo, Brompto,
What do you know about balance, with your Clive sized belly??!!
Ha
Some are too easy!!
CLIVE SIZED? Mine is bigger than that !
Breaking news:Wolves have signed Terence Trent Darby. Well not fuckin really. Med it up ay we!
So then how many are we short…CH defender..left sided Sako replacement..Dicko replacement..
Ps. If RVLP is back in the den KJ is just as likely to put him back upfront..(been done before)
On a more positive note ALF could and should take this as an opportunity..he’s no benchwarmer now..
We reap what we sow. For all the much vaunted “ambition”, we enter the post transfer window period with 2 fit established strikers, no effective replacement for last season’s top scorer despite having months to plan for it and a last minute sale of our players’ player of the last season. If I was being generous I would simply label it as incompetence but the reality is that there is a soul destroying intent behind what the senior officials of our club do. Morgan sees Wolves purely as a “profit centre” within his group of businesses – he has no true passion for our club, he is a charlatan. Moxey is astounding in his ability to hold onto his role (his only real objective) without making any tangible progress – in any other business he would have been dismissed as a CEO years ago but he suits Morgan’s purpose as a consummate deflector of flak. Thelwell- I could eat alphabet spaghetti and shit a better player acquisition and retention strategy. If ever there was a nonsense of a job it is his . Jackett – I’m sorry but the last few days have diminished him in my eyes. The statement that Stearman’s exit is for footballing reasons is laughable and sadly confirms him as a puppet – sorry KJ I think the question now is whether you have the bollocks to take us up and I think that question will start to loom larger and larger over the next few weeks and months too. All in all a very depressing and possibly defining transfer window for all the wrong reasons.
Well put suttoncoldfield wolf, end of the transfer period and this year we have lost
– our most talented player (sako)
– our player of the season (stears)
– our consistent forward threat (Dicko)
and WWFC have done NOTHING,
SCW that is without doubt the most concise, incisive and perfect summation of what is wrong at our great club.
I can’t add anything to it, it says it all.
Thankyou for putting into EXACT words the frustration and sadness I feel.
Well, now the dust is beginning to settle on another exciting, fun packed, in and out transfer window, I have to say what I reckon a lot of y’all are thinking, if KJ has any balls at all, he would quit.
It is obvious that he is just a puppet for the muppets, and for his own self respect he needs to resign, and then tell us all the restraints he has had to work under.
I really hope that Moxey and Morgan read this blog, because the disgust and hatred we have for you two is nothing like the shit storm about to descend from a great height.
You two have no earthly idea, despite owning/”running” the club for years, the passion and love us supporters have for all things Old Gold and Black.
As stated many times on here, it runs through our veins, and you fuck with The Wolves, you fuck with us.
The next home match should be boycotted 100% and we have to make those bastards hurt in places they will actually feel, not that a good kick in the bollocks wouldn’t be good for our souls, but the old saying, no sense no feeling applies to those twats.
Those morons seem intent on destroying over 100 years of cherished history, and their skins must be thick indeed if they think they will not feel the backlash of their incompetence.
Yet another chapter in their reign of buffoonery is closed, with no tangible change.
Unfuckinbelievable.
FO m & m
Great response CLive … not emotional … just pure fact and an honest view of where these two bastards have taken us.
I said many blogs ago that they have managed to surround themselves with YES men and management who theorise how the club should progress (Upwards and forwards in my view) BUT succeed in pissing off thousands of fans and bloggers with CHEAP POLICIES AND DECISIONS WHICH BASICALLY SAY ….. FUCK YOU LOYAL FAN IDIOTS AND LETS SCREW YOU AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
Well I for one am going to rebel … I’m not going to turn up as a season ticket holder every week to watch my club get screwed by those two shyster’s …. this season was to be a defining season for me and it’s been well and truly defined by those pair of tight arsed , money grabbing , wage stranglehold of a structure twats that ever disgraced the corridors of Molineux.
Neither give a toss about WWFC despite their documented promises coming from their fork tongued mouths…… I hope that when the fans have decided they’ve had enough of the lies and bullshit that come from ‘their’ within that they finally slide out of Molineux and leave us to back people with real intent and purpose ….. !!
You still up for a pint in A Parkview though mate?
Of course…. My anger will only be directed at Blob and greasel for the way our once great club is being developed ….. backwards …. if league position, and fan base is a measure of their continuing failings.
How Moxey continues to pocket his £1 million per annum salary , is , well frankly …. mind boggling….
There cannot be another CEO of comparable remuneration that continually fails to move the club to where I know it belongs….!!!
We overachieved last season and a decision must have been made,not to invest and push for promotion,but to consolidate our position in the league,and bring through young players buy in those with potential.In some respect l can see the rationale,but do you win anything with kids?As it stands l can name 8 teams who have better squads than us,and we are going down that same route as last season bargain basement loans@end of the month,to see us through to Jan.Another missed opportunity .
Yet another totally underwhelming transfer deadline day. It is all so f*cking predictable just like every other transfer deadline day in every other transfer f*cking window. We always try to do it on the f*cking cheap. We haven’t replaced Sako, we haven’t replaced Stearsy and we haven’t replaced Dicko. We haven’t strengthened and we are weaker than we were a couple of days ago. It’s a f*cking joke. We haven’t a f*cking prayer of promotion. Its the first of September and already I feel our season is over. Afobe to go in transfer window in Jan and we bring in an 18 year old from non league for the future. I am totally f*cking pissed off with the wank*rs that are running our club. There is a total lack of ambition and how many times have I said that in the last few years? Our recruitment policy is nothing but a recipe for sustained mediocrity. There is no f*cking semblance of ambition. We don’t even pretend we want to get promoted. I wish the two bugg*rs at the top would f*ck off so we could get someone in who was interested in success on the field. Copy the Swansea template, or Stoke or even those b*stards up the road. Why the f*ck is Morgan still here when he doesn’t give a sh*t? F*cking hell I’m p*ssed off.
i hear you.
i often wonder if its actually worth it at times. when you see clubs like stoke and *lbion slowly strengthening and progressing year on year you realise that it is possible without risking everything. Thing is, beetroot and pieman dont need to risk anything, cos they arent after success. They are after fast cash and the return on investment here at wwfc is like nothing they could get anywhere else.
the evidence is there for all to see
• no clean sheet but we sell our most experienced defender
• no sako – but instead of buying a replacmenet Kenny has to change the formation which served us so well last year
• drop ikeme for no reason whatsoever and put a loanee youngster in for arguably the toughest game of the season
• the dicko issue was of course unforseen, but it has highlighted the lack of depth we have.
the positives are of course, we didnt sell afobe (if holding on to your talent is considered a psotive) and we’ve brought some promising winger in from league 1. I hope the lad can defend too.
oh well, you reap what you sew – and with the current squad i think very few people will be expecting a premier harvest come spring.
Sometimes I just want to walk away. I also want to tell M&M how I feel today after another unsuccessful transfer window has ended. I want to tell those two muppets that I’m not supporting Wolves anymore; that after 60+ fuck*ng years I’m walking away and its solely down to you two tossers because you have let the club down and you have let the fans down. Not that they would give a flying f*ck. They don’t give a shit about the fans. And besides, the trouble is you just can’t do that, you can’t even think it. You can never walk away and you can never support anyone else. Those bast*rds don’t deserve the club and the supporters don’t deserve those bast*rds. I wish Morgan would just go but its probably too lucrative for him to do that.
If I’m honest I have not always been Kenny’s greatest fan. I see him as, at best, a championship manager. However, I always felt he was honest and had integrity. Sadly, after reading recent comments I am having severe doubts about him too.
Only one thing for it – get the DOOgooder on the radio again. That’ll put the fear of the Lord up them.
its wwfc or bust for me. i dont give two f*cks about the england squad. no Wolves, no football. so it’d be quite a sacrifice.
i seem to remember colin lee came out and criticsed the board in a radio interview once – he was gone shortly after.
no, im afriad the going is too good for beetroot and pieman … they’ll be around for a looong time, and we’ll be floating about in obscurity for about the same length of time
peace out steppenwolfe, i cant mull over this any longer it’s far too depressing
We sign a winger.
We sell our most experiences centre back.
We lose one of our main two strikers through injury for the rest of the season.
One of our three wingers does not leave as he was expected to.
We sign a winger.
Only Wolves under The Scouse Mouse and The Fat Controller could orchestrate such madness.
We sign a winger.
Quote from the new signing talks about the usual “joining a big club ” and massive potential blah blah blah. Mr Byrne – you have not joined a big club. You have joined an average second tier club. Had you signed 50 or so years ago you would be joining one of the biggest clubs in the world but years of mismanagement and failure to adapt to the modern game has left us way behind others. Add in the lack of investment from the current owner and I am afraid all you have to look forward to is mid table obscurity or being sold on for “footballing reasons ” ( this is M and M speak for a profit). Welcome to Wolves Mr Byrne and the road to nowhere.
Wow todays comments are excellent and from the heart.
Sir Jack will be spinning inn his grave.
BOOM! Berhahino in on loan till the end of the season!
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Seriously though I don’t think for one minute our business is closed this month. I expect us to pull in some experience on loan or from free agents.
Come what may I hope we will now be able to pull together now the dust has settled and some of the uncertainties have been resolved. I trust Kenny and his team to negotiate these waters once more.
ps. nice one Lescott, just as they began to think of you as one of them you switch to their ‘real derby’ rivals!
Slider.
I’m with you on this one, not many posts back I wrote about the Shite and Berahino, the poor deluded p*ick really thought he was going onto the gravy train and was well and truly sold down the river by the spin doctors. A very striking similarity to football fans all over the Country, and non more so than us poor deluded Wolves fans. But like slider I feel all the names being thrown around Molineux were genuinely on the wish list, Bennett from Villa chose Boringmouth over us, strange that he chose untold wages over a wage restriction. from tomorrow I do expect Wolves to start picking through the remaining names on the list and bring in loanees.
Strange as it may seem, I think Berahino may well now prefer to play for us than the shite right at this moment in time, likewise Kevin Nolan is stuck in nowhere land without a paddle in the shitstream of football, he may well prefer us over watching corrie.
I also100% agree with the comment above having drawn the same conclusion regarding Byrne and his comment on joining a Big Club, is he in for a feckin surprise.
As Wolves fans we are fed the same shite every day, every defeat brings forth the same pre-written script, every transfer window we are promised strengthening and building a strong base to go forward. Well losing Dicko has proved just how flimsy and shaky that base is, I bet there’s brown underpants around the Mol tonight.
I won’t be throwing my season ticket on the fire, but I shall pick my games, the season ticket is paid the money is gone but there will be games that I would have attended that now I shall say, “you know what, loyalty is a two way thing” when they start supporting Kenny properly I will resume normal service, until then they can kiss my Anorak.
Each one of us saw the first half hour against Blackburn, the first half hour against QPR and then again against Charlton, they have it in them but something behind the scenes is just not right and it’s spilling onto the pitch. 7000 fans against Barnet on the same night the shite had fuller terraces for their game, it’s just not happening and it stinks.
Clive I’m coming over in a weeks time get me some of those knives ready. Taggert there’s gonna be a murrda.
On a positive note, all you guys out there that invested in Virgin Media and BT Sports, the England U21’s is on TV on Thursday, Iorfa and Hause are in the squad.
See……
Wolves ay we.
I’m glad you told me, gives me time to move!!!
If you are anywhere near, give me a call and we’ll meet to plot the revolution!!
713 882 9816
A propos of almost bugger all, I see Stearman was fans’ and players’ player of the season at Leicester just before he joined us. Sounds familiar. I can’t remember the last window that brought lasting satisfaction. Must be my age.
It’s loan players or loan players then…
But….Byrne is a good purchase guys…We just need another 3…..
KJ must be wobbling…big time…
I was wolves before Morgan and money arrived Andy will still be wolves after they ve gone
You, me and many others mate. I chuckle at times because I remember having these conversations previously. Nothing seems to change. Okay, I do remember the good old days, but I also remember when I was posted to Aldershot and we played in the 4th Division when the Bhattis were on the scene. We came out of those dire times though, so I do not consider our current position being the end of the world. To be honest, and I know some fans will say that I am being negative, but I am happy for us to remain in the Championship as I like it when we win games. Okay, it is nice when you play (and beat) Chelski, Arsenal, Man City, Man Utd etc, but beating them is not what usually happens lol.
Having said that, to be the best you have to beat the best, so who knows, when (if) Morgan and Moxey naff off, we may get someone in who can build us up and get us to a level where we can start competing at the very top. I somehow feel that this will not be in my lifetime though.
Brompton you place that ticket for Fulham away mate?
I haven’t got a ticket for Fulham Stevie. I was being sarcastic (or at least TRYING to be sarcastic). I was responding to the post which I have copied for ease of reference:
“Wokingham Welsh Wolf says:
August 31, 2015 at 12:19 PM Wokingham Welsh Wolf(Quote)
Agreed on both points, Stu.
Who was the blogger who recently offered to drive RVLP to Leeds himself? Hurry up and start the car son before they change their mind!!
UTW!”
I then said:
“Brompton Wolf says:
August 31, 2015 at 4:27 PM Brompton Wolf(Quote)
I am going down Fulham way, and have a spare seat.”
I was suggesting that I could take Stearman with me!!!!!!
God, you are hard work mate …… lol
It’s just that I can’t get the gist of your advanced sense of humour Brompto..
Not a problem mate. Many people say that, so it must be my fault. I shall try and be more explicit in future.
Sad times just now, I think we just have to wait and see what happens now. I agree with you whole heartedly about EBL, but he is still young and (hopefully) he will get better. I say that as I dont believe he is going anywhere and will be playing regularly (gloom).
Still can’t get my head around the Stearman move though, especially when no-one was incoming to replace him. I wonder what is going around in their heads?
Hey ho, feck all we can do, other than what we have been doing since we were born …….. we am Wolves ay we!
I offered to drive him to Leeds but realised we needed his goal scoring abilities with Dicko out!
Too true London…the dust will settle..its points we want ..ALF chomping …EBL daunted..
COYW
Well, I’m back from my hols and am now catching up properly with the news from my team.
I kinda wish I hadn’t bothered. A couple of wins to celebrate but only what we would have expected last season.
I find it hard to fathom the loss of Stearman, but I also find it hard to understand the way many are up in arms about it. I always rated him and would always have put him in my first eleven. But many, despite last seasons heroics, thought he was overrated, unreliable and prone to expensive errors when under pressure. Many of these are now decrying the sale as a money grubbing exercise at the expense of the team.
With Nouha finished for the season, Byrne coming in and VLP staying are both important but Nouha at his best is a real tough act to follow. I can see Benik moving back up front, perhaps with Le Fondre, and Wallace playing in behind.
To sum up, the last few days have been scary bad, but I don’t share the view that the 2M’s want money more than promotion(’cause the Prem is where the real money is) and my faith in KJ remains undiminished. I think we will be there or thereabouts come seasons end.
I agree Stroker..the PL gives the Ms money to buy players with but their quest to asset share build with both Wolves Companies ..fill in the corners and play football managers games at the top.
Then they will sell..me thinks..an Arab or Russian will do nicely..then we go forth as Wolves deserves..
Question:
Why didn’t Moxey cash in on Afobe?
Answer:
Because if Wolves are offered over a certain amount for him it triggers a clause that
Arsenal can buy him back for twice what wolves paid, so approx £4 million.
What sort of idiot would agree to a deal like that? The idiot that has spent the whole transfer window begging Arsenal not to apply the clause thats who. Apparently if Wolves had paid a bit more originally the clause could have been removed but as usual were penny pinching.
Twas ever thus…
Very interesting.
Where do you get your info from Bully?
Well the windows shut and so is Mogans wallet as tightly as ever basicly spent what we got for Stearman. One point I would like to make about Stearman I NEVER critized his commitment to Wolves, just his ability and I wish him all the best.
We gained a winger who looks like he has what it takes to make the step up only time will tell.
Don’t want to drop anyone in it but the source is good
I thought we would sell Afobe.
Probably correct BullyIsGod.
Maybe the youngsters will get us to the play offs.
Dave Edwards seems a nice guy but, to me, his footballing standard is not great.
There has been no one near as good as Sako been approached, let alone bought!
Anyone with an ounce of ambition would have built on what we had last year.
Even our players can see that.
The fact the manager hasn’t resigned, after the lies we’ve been told regarding transfers, speaks volumes about his integrity.
Mid table at best…
Hope I’m wrong and we make the top two….
I agree with you on the general negativity there is with the less than great start to the season, and the nice guy Edwards tribute! But the guy is in the Welsh team tonight, fair play to him, and I really do think we underate him.
His main rpoblem has been a lack of fitness, and that is the main reason he did not get as many games as he could have done, but he held his own when we were in the Prem, scoring goals there as well.
I think he is a great ambassador for the club, and a real catalyst on the pitch making things happen.
If our goalies has not messed up big style maybe we would have had at least 3 more points now & we wouldn’t be so down in the mouth about the seeming lack of ambition of the owner and Chief Exec.
Still its good to see Skipper Dave playing on the International Stage for the 9th ranked team in the world! I for one am hoping he nicks one for them. COYW.
Well done Dominic Iorfa!
I’ve just read that he’s been drafted in to the full England Squad for training. I should think that Mourhino will be keeping an eye on him now Stones isn’t available.
I heard this earlier,5live sports news at 4 o’clock.Thought they’d had some duff gen but it seems it’s true !
Just our luck that he will come on for 5 minutes at the end of another, already won England match, and get crocked!!
It looks like you lot will have to do without my witty and pithy comments for a few days.
Shut up Clive!
The PMDG’er and I are off to Festival No6 at the beautiful village of Portmeirion to see a load of long haired oafs kicking up a racket while drinking too much Yellow Tail and indulging in some rather questionable cigarettes.
That’s us, not the long haired oafs. I expect they will all be on fresh fruit and pasta.
If I can’t get on the blog, put me down for a 2-1 win at Bolton.
Be seeing you.
Enjoy and have a spliffing good time. See you sometime soon (maybe).
Just remember that you are NOT a number!
“I will not make any deals with you. I’ve resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own!”
The Prisoner starring Patrick McGoohan.
You’ll all be pleased to know that I’m shutting up now re the CH position as KJ has made an announcement ‘that we are strong in that dept and have DB in training’..
Let the facts / GD decide then …he ain’t listening..so be it..he’s got more patience than me…
Not sure when we last had a clean sheet but I look forward to one and our progress to the PL..(and the cups)
Nothing less for me..
COYW
Last clean sheet was on 25 Apr at Wigan where we won 0-1, some 6 games ago (8 if you include cups).
Defending, so I’m told, is the responsibility of the team, not just the back five.
KJ Quote: ‘Dominic and Courtney are behind EBL in terms of development’
Well ok..Courtney H might be if you are blind ..but Dominic Iorfa is in the England squad for Christ sake..
KJ must of been pissed when he said that..E&S via Twitter…
I just read that on NewsNow mate. I post the clip here, not for you so much as you are fully up to speed, but for others to read too. Only time will tell, as you suggest.
http://www.wolves.co.uk/news/article/kenny-case-for-the-defence-2666697.aspx
I wonder how long it took KJ to memorize that speech!!
Anything from the sanitized site is highly suspect as to truth.
My bullshit meter is off the wall!!!
Clive… it’s like the Ms do the wheeling and dealing and then KJ has to make a statement to back up the reasons behind it ..
Steers situation was laughable although not the end of the world from my prospective..the way it was done (and with Blog Intel we know what happened )plus its KJ being so disbelieved now….
Football reasons of course KJ..in Wolves case football team managing by remote..
How does MacDonald feel I wonder?
Completely underwhelmed by our (lack of) transfer activity.
Still, looking on the bright side, we don’t appear to have signed another Steve Claridge…
I can live with Stearman’s departure – 2m for an above-average Championship defender is good business. He was never going to cut it in the Prem. – but do we now fill that particular hole with a loan or wait for DB to return ?
Got an e mail off wolves asking me to vote for august player of the month .. I wanted to vote for stears but he’s not on the list .
Hahaha, yes me too and like you I wanted to vote for Stearman. In the end I plumped for Bright Enobakhare. Not sure why but it felt the right thing to do.
No new thread to write this – I am a fan of Kenny Jacket I think hes got about 80% of previous “footballing decisions” right but I cant help but feel he, and the club, have set themselves up royally here for a potentially big fall:
Struggling Bolton up next – if we harbour top 6 ambtions, these are teams we must be beating, and beating comfortably. If we lose, or we concede 2 or more goals then I believe the floodgates will start to open. There is so much ammunition – for reasons weve discussed ad-infinitum – that the pressure is definitely on Kenny now.
With any luck, Ojo will replicate his last perfromance, Lefondle wont be as big a flop as we think, our talented youngsters at the back wont miss an old head directing them when we’re under fire and Ikeme will remember that he is actually a very good keeper …
… good luck Kenny – its an even shorter fuse than normal.
Reference the e-mail from Wolves on Player of the Month, Iv’e just realised Iv’e done a terrible thing. I voted for James Henry, if he wins then he will be out the door for another “Footballing decision” oh dear sorry James.
I said in a post recently we Wolves fans should vote with our feet as this is the only thing that will gett the two M’s to sit up and take notice.
Here is the proof in todays Wolves news now.
http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2015/09/04/wolves-on-the-attack-to-win-back-fans/?
KJs (Ms) starting to gamble..on us lot and on future results I really think we’ve been hanging on for DB..
He’s a bit late coming but at least he’s coming..(said the actress about the Bishop)
All we need is Afobe to be lethal against Bolton and Fulham and the shows back on the road…
We need him mentally back in the fold..
One for my wish list….
Man United have signed Martial for a record fee and are saying,”James Wilson can go out on a year long loan”.
Wolves were after him a while back, what a bonus he would be, he played a blinder last night.
Come to think of it, so did Kortney Hause and Dominic Iorfa for that matter, well done the babbies.
KJs on the attack, Reads the E&S,He’s trying to win the fans back with his talk of attacking football.
The 2 Ms must be feeling the pinch with the crowds down to there lowest since 2000.
Its gonna take more than attacking football to bring the crowds back, perhaps the pennies dropped !nah! to tight for that.
Its not all about the lack of football, its the contempt they show to us the fans is the real problem, they think whatever team we put out on the pitch the fans will show up, but even last term the fans started to dwindle.
I just hope its a wake up call,I won’t hold my breath though.
Time to take a reality check I think.
Discuss
http://footballleagueworld.co.uk/opinion-are-wolverhampton-wanderers-being-cheap-or-is-it-good-business/#Jeo1rJgQdr4hS9pA.97
Fuckin wolves ay we. Went to punk gig slade rooms last nite. Support band Mutiny need a mention. Came on to the liquidator and the lad singin announed his love of the south bank. Angelic upstarts were fuckin ace. The hatred of ian duncan smith was brilliant.
England oh England a country so great a land so fair and so true, there wil never be any colours like the Red, the White and the Blue, classic love the Up starts gutted I didn’t know they were gigging local, jealous of you Cheeseburger I bet it was, a great gig seen them years ago at the Civic…what a night….!
Yeah 6 Min. They were great. Looking a bit long in the tooth and fat these days but ‘Police Oppression’ sounded as angry as ever. They finished off with that one. It was brilliant as a bloke jumped on stage and embraced the singer just after they started playing that song. They collapsed in a heap in to the bass player and security came running on to escort the fan away. They then played it again in fine form to the delight of the mostly mature crowd, but still able to rouse a decent mosh pit. Brilliant night for £12.00. I think The Buzzcocks are down the Slade Rooms on Friday 20 November. I will be there !!.
If work permits, and the wife ill try and make it, let you know…!
James Wilson, Wednesday Morning 9 am as the office opens. Yessssss please Kenny.
The lad is available, Derby and Wolves are in for him, come on the Wolves Misers.
🙂
That would be ambitious Stu but with Ojo that would be two gone nxt season as we would have yet another player to hand back …
He’s up there potentially with Afobe though…
Temp players ay we….
And Martinez and Le Fondre so that would be 4 loanees. Our current 25 man first team squad cost, by my reckoning, a total of £9.5m and I think less than half of them actually cost a fee. The gap between our – or rather Morgan and Moxey’s – idea of football finance and the real world is frightening. We spend £9.5m on a whole squad whilst clubs in the Money League spend five times that on just one player. As for the difference in wages well that’s just as bad with us paying £15k a week for our top earner whilst in the Money League they pay £20k+ for an average squad player. Fact is we can no longer compete financially and that means, sadly, we can no longer compete full stop.
ALL the more reason for Blob and greasel to Feck off …..
Report out today says Championship clubs spent 100 million in the summer transfer window!!
We made up about 2 million of that which we got back from selling Stearman..
Plain Stupid or Good business..
Our league position after 46 games will tell us
I stand corrected Bedford..4..
we are either clever in running the Clubs costs or stupid for not buying and bolting down players…
and as Nige says cometh the end of the season …
I reckon we will be in the play offs…
If we falter on the way…we’ll loan some more ….lol
#stability
Well it must be working guys,
Bob the bodger has just posted profits of £1 billion this morning.
Price of pies set to plummet in the next few games, as I alluded to a few posts ago they are now offering STH’s cheap Capitol One Cup tickets cheaper, they’re staring to get twitchy bums.
Can’t see us getting any better crowds though.
Wolves fans are not that gullable are we? Dohhh
Conned Ay We
Glad I am not a season ticket holder. I can refrain from attending matches without me wasting money.
With regards to loaning versus buying. I think this is where the difference in money between the two divisions comes into play.
Wolves are trying to gain promotion back to the Prem this year (we presume). If we use the loan market excessively, the heart would be ripped out of our team come seasons end, just when we need it most. But can we get enough quality in on permanent contracts to get us promotion anyway?
The way I see it is that when a team gets promoted to the Prem, they need to radically re-vamp their squad anyway, otherwise there’s only one way they’re headed. Back down. You can’t bring Premier quality players to the championship on permanent deals ’cause if they’re Premier quality, that’s where they want to play. Say you push the boat out and splash the cash for lower prem quality just to get you up. If you don’t make it, you still have to pay their wages and that way, financial ruin lies.
So with loanees, yeah you have to hand them back at seasons end, but you have to rebuild your squad anyway. And you have the promise of Premier league riches to do it with. If you don’t make it to the promised land, you hand them back and say taa very much.They’re off the books and you start again next term.
You pays your money and takes your choice I guess, but I’ve got no problem with loans as a means to an end.
Very philosophical Stroker..but prob true ..how many (of ours) would make it in the prem..? Afobe Dicko Iorfa DB KMac (fit) Coady..Henry (sub)Edwards (sub)Errrr..
Plus youngsters unknown..
Your forgot EBL mate!!!
I wouldn’t be quite so generous myself Steve. Afobe for sure. Ikeme too I would think. Some of the rest if you don’t mind struggling at the bottom but if you’re looking for mid-table ish as soon as next season, I’d think you’d have to improve on most of ’em. Iorfa, Wallace, Coady et al probably need another couple of years to develop into top players if they’re going to at all. And when you get to the Prem, a couple of years is too long.
I mean to say, Stearman was our player of the season, but no Prem teams came in for him, even as a squad, back-up player.
Stearman was certainly our player of the season, but in my personal opinion, that was due to his hard work and his commitment, not really based on his ability. He was an okay player, but most definitely not premiership standard in my opinion.
Very humorous Brompton re EBL my favourite player ..
Re all this and staying power in the PL it just shows what a state we would be in ..
Prob need £50M..daunting….
Get promotion and you’ve got it. And then some.
Wolfstroker..in theory.. if the Ms spend the Sky dough.. (Or fill in the corners and build)….
Only two more days to a new thread, match preview, and sanity returns!!!
Yippee Kai Ay, mofo’s!!!
Who’s just won the player of the month vote draw then?…meeeeee
A signed Ball from all the players no less….
How many will be there at the end of the season I wonder…
Jammy get.
Money brings money they say.
Keep you fit now playing keeps upee
By the way fellow bloggers got bored with my log on name ( Paul Featherstone) so I’ve change it after a surprise meeting with Willie Carr in HOME BASE St Johns Retail Park recently he was with his wife and unfortunately I was with mine, he was looking for a shower as was I when I looked up and said out loud ” that’s Willie Carr”
Willie Carr who Willie Carr my other half shouted at the top of her voice. Anyway said hello to him nice bloke just laughed, he has changed or aged a bit, then again he always looked older than he was.
So Willie this is in honour of our meeting.
I will never forget that famous, since outlawed, free kick performed by him and Ernie Hunt while playing for Coventry
It’s been outlawed? I’m so sad …
https://youtu.be/Wjq2xT-tx38
Cool name Paul. I like it. Shows a bit of class. Hope we show as much against the Trotters. Always a difficult side to beat – that bugg*r Lofthouse always seemed to bundle one over the line.