So Mike Williamson has signed on loan for a month.
After selling our player of the year and captain Richard Stearman to a championship rival and replacing with this, then you’ll forgive me for being a little deflated by the news.
I.E. this whole scenario, like a few others in this underwhelming season, was completely avoidable.
After raising such concerns with the Express & Star’s Tim Spiers on twitter last night, I was effectively told to stop whinging and give the bloke a chance.
From this, a Pied Piper stream of invective followed, using a word that is banded about more liberally than the term ‘pant-wetter.’
Fickle.
Yes folks, it appears I am a fickle pant wetter.
The insinuation seems that any other supporters daring to express concerns over this arrival are also fickle pant-wetters too, and should gleefully celebrate the news as a beacon of progression.
Spiers tweeted this: ‘Getting lots of negative comments, saying NUFC are delighted. Well how many were pleased when Saville left? Doing a great job for Millwall.’
I replied with this: ‘It’s as if you’re suggesting Wolves fans have no right to be cynical. We sold Stearman for this? Should I buy some champagne?’
And then the religious cult kicked in, essentially blaming fans for daring to express their consternation on Twitter, as if the social networking site is fair game to amplify the opinions of the entire world – including ISIS followers – but not a Wolves fan questioning the loan signing of Mike Williamson.
One even inferred that we should be grateful, being as Gerard Pique didn’t fancy the move.
Don’t you just love being patronised? Or being called fickle?
Anyway, I won’t be booing at Mike Williamson as was implied and will be getting behind him as I do every player in a gold shirt I see.
I just had an opinion that this deal, coupled with the Stearman sale, is illogical.
I was wondering what your opinion was? Don’t worry, I won’t tell you that you’re a fickle fan in a glib statement of superiority, whatever your thoughts.
I agree we should’ve kept Stearman at least he was younger and a Wolves fan too!
Ben, we are club without a participating owner.
Our C.E.O. is a total failure.
The manager is a ‘yes’ man.
Our best players want to leave.
We are in a crisis with the possibility of floundering into obscurity.
Tim Spiers, like most journalists, is a propagandist not a reporter.
I saw your twitter comments and I agree with them.
Give me Stearman any day.
Let’s hope Mike Williamson proves me wrong.
Robin name the players that want to leave! When you say “best” players I assume you mean Afobe – who has gone on record has saying he is happy at the club and wants to gain promotion with the Wolves, or maybe it’s McDonald who has just signed a new contract, maybe it’s Batth, or just you making it up to prove God knows what.
Has for KJ being a yes man that’s is the biggest load of bollocks I have read off a Wolves fan in the last xyz years.
Has for Moxey, he is doing the job he is paid to do, if another CEO took over they would operate in exactly the same way if he/she didn’t they would be failing in their job but more importantly failing WWFC.
We are not a club without an owner, we are a club without a chairman!
Has for Stears it was a baffling decision, one made has we now know by the owner, I would have kept him, but he’s gone we can’t do SFA about it accept give Williamson a chance and support the lads/club and hope that no suitable purchaser is reading some of the anti manager, CEO, players, club, otherwise they will run a mile!
I didn’t mean to get your knickers in such a twist John.
We are all entitled to an opinion.
If KJ was not a yes man, would we have sold Stearman?
Yes, I think McDonald and Afobe want to leave a sinking ship.
Until we get a new owner/CEO I think there is only one way the club is going and that is not up to the Premiership.
Sorry if you disagree so vehemently, but there is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ here, just an opinion….
‘Has for Moxey, he is doing the job he is paid to do, if another CEO took over they would operate in exactly the same way…’
Has (sic) for that comment it is the most HYPOTHETICAL load of bollocks I have read in my xyz years.
Nobody can predict what injuries will occur during a season.
All the more reason to have kept Stears.
And what about if Stears had got injured!
Mmmm yes. I didn’t think of that. Maybe, while the loan window is open, we should get in 20players for each position. Just in case.
As a Newcastle fan, Williamson is a fantastic signing for any championship side, playing against lower quality attackers his experience will help massively. He’s one of those players not good enough for Prem but great for Championship.
I think Ben here is a bit too sceptic too soon. You can never be sure how players fit in with the other players or playing philosophy, but defenders usually finds themselves at home sooner than other players in other positions. In quality he’s probably up there with Stear’s, maybe even better.
The only negative is that he hasn’t had much first team football. Given his experience he’ll hopefully find back to his best in no time.
100% agree we shouldn’t have sold Stearman for ‘footballing reasons’ the recent injuries and woeful defensive record this season illustrates the point.
However, much to my annoyance he’s gone and we’re left with a bunch of kids who are mostly injured. Williamson should help us through this period, so he is better then nothing.
However, in the wider context of selling our player of the year Stearman, this is a backwards move and another reason why I have lost faith in the current regime.
Hopefully they restore my faith soon, otherwise I’ll be labelled fickle too.
I’m back. I hacked into that little brown guy, you know, the slap yed who thinks he supports the Wolves but lives up North somewhere.
I promise to be good if you will have me back.
As for Willliamson. He is good and is not a replacement for Stearman but for the knackered Hause.
A clean sheet against the blouses then!
No worries mate…Brompton now he was a proper nutter.
You can run but you can’t hide GG!
We’e got unfinished business.
Absolutely ridiculous situation to be in which needs to be hammered home whenever the next fans parliament occurs. Who sanctioned the sale of Stearman? Did Kenny Jackett agree with the sale/ Did he even have a say in it? However you look at it £2M is a bad return on a prized asset.
Anyone who has watched us this season knows how EEB and Hause have both made bad mistakes which have cost us dear. It would be interesting to speculate how many more points would we have got with Stearman present?
Hopefully Williamson will prove an adequate replacement, although as you say it shouldn’t have been necessary.
We are not fickle, we are steadfast money-paying season ticket holders with a right to know what is going on with our club and who is responsible for a totally unnecessary transfer which even a blind person could see was going to leave us in difficulties.
I’ve been desperately searching for a word of that that(repetition of that) I disagree with, and I’ve failed miserably. So I’ll not bother posting myself. I’ll just say……see above.
If he’s a stopper on the ground and good in the air and can distribute to a wolves shirt then the blues match could be saved..
He’ll be 10 times better than EEL when he’s fit.. who would pass and head back to them continuously..
Give the bloke a chance..
Selling Stearman as we have nearly all said was a blunder. Dont know much about Williamson think he is a trier in the Neill Collins mould rather than a player with great natural attributes or talent. He may be able to ‘do a job’ for us.
The point i suppose is this is where we are now. With Morgan’s only interest being to sell the club even if the window was open i expect all incoming transfers will more or less have to be funded by sales. The paltry transfer kitty will be reduced even further and as with some other Championship sides a lot is going to come down to managerial ability.
We do have to give the bloke a chance but he’s certainly a:-
‘We’ve buggered up big time, who the Sam Hill can we get in by Saturday’ sort of signing.
He’s had loads of Premier League experience so he could well do a job for us.
But so could Richard Stearman.
And, come to think of it, so could Sam Ricketts.
As for fickle…
…If we were fickle we would have given up supporting Wolves a couple of seasons ago.
If anyone shows fickleness (I think I’ve just invented a new word there) it’s the Wolves hierarchy for showing such an abrupt about turn on their ‘youth only’ policy.
I don’t know a lot about him to be honest but I’m more than willing to give him a chance as house is not ready yet and I don’t think EBL will ever be. I read a jacket quote saying experienced defender’s are at a premium. Does this no baffle anyone else or is it just me. I’ve said all along it was a mistake to sell Stearman and I won’t be changing my mind anytime soon.
Stearman “didn’t” have to go! He was under contract and could have stayed!
Stearman was sold because the owner wanted the money, simple!! Can we stop going on about the stearman sale please!! He has left, gone! New signing lots of experience great for us at the moment, we needed it, won’t be the last before the weekend I’ve heard, up the wolves.
I’m fickle, years of broken promises years of being fed bullshit and lies and the Express and Fre tickets to the match Star can kiss my arse like they kiss Morgan and Moxeys . I’ve actually canceled the rag and that’s the truth because they never question oh yes Tim Spears ( any spare tickets going Jez ) make a half hearted attempt but as soon as the threat of a press ban is mentioned its, yes yes Jez which cheek first Jez.
They have been sitting on the fence for the last few years running with the fox and hunting with the hound ill never buy an Express and Star again.
Great reply Paul …. that’s all the E and S are capable of …and that’s cosying up to Morgan and Moxey.!! I bet a month wages they don’t friggin pay to get in … cheapskates…
OK. So Morgan decides to sell stearman on impulse following losing sako on a free. He also apparently decides to impulse sell the club. Jackett has two options 1. to try and get fired which seemed apparent with some of the selections early season or 2. Battle it out and hope the new owners bring some money.
Equally I can see why wolves have not gone crazy with apparent over paying of players due to clubs desperately trying to reach the premier. As some will not get promoted and will suffer long term as a result. It’s a risky gamble.
Also re. Youth if like I’m sure a few of you think stearman is never likely to be premier standard, but will prevent the development of someone who will be, then
In order to develop a squad that may have half a chance of staying in the premier in the mould of Southampton hard decisions for the long term plan must be made.
Just a few thoughts…
I wish Mike Williamson all the very best in a wolves shirt but I can understand what prompted you Ben to make your views known. I actually don’t think it is williamson’s ability or otherwise that might leave some fans underwhelmed. It is the context of his arrival against the backdrop of stearman’s departure and the fact that even prior to hause and ebanks-landell injuries we have been crying out for a defensive addition and experience and the feeling that our board have been dragged screaming and kicking to make the signing. We are woefully short up front but how many weeks have passed since dicko’s injury without a replacement? The truth is not “we are looking but will only buy what cam improve us”, the truth is if you want to buy sell first. Why else would an obvious loan purchase like Gary hooper sign for switching and not even be considered by wolves. So, I’m with you Ben, I’m totally underwhelmed but not because I have anything against Mike Williamson in fact I’d love it if he was absolutely phenomenal if only to see how the wankers who run our club squirm out of signing him on a permanent basis come January.
Sorry switching should read SWFC !
Meanwhile Stearman, who faces his old team-mates when Wolves travel to Fulham next Tuesday, sought the advice of Fulham midfielder Jamie O’Hara when deliberating over a move to the London side.
So let me get this right then,
Richard Stearman was on contract and could have stayed.
Well this is his words when interviewed by the Express and Shite rag.
Quote:-
“I had a quick chat with Jamie and he had nothing but good things to say about the place,” Stearman said.
“I’d heard a few rumours that Fulham were interested earlier in the summer, but for the bid to be accepted did come as bit of a surprise. I had a great affinity with the club having been there for so long.
“I got on with the fans really well. It was obviously tough for me to leave but that’s football.”
Mike Williamson,
Well at least one Newcastle Brownie came on and gave insight on the lad, we thank you for that Tom and for your honesty.
As every other Wolves fanon this blog I shall give him every opportunity to prove his worth, if he’s any use at all he will be 10 times better than EBL and 9 times better than Doherty, so he hasn’t got to be that brilliant has he?
to be honest it’s futile making this comparison because it’s all ‘What If’ stuff.
When I first read that he wa coming on loan I was quite pleased … he’s a no nonsense player (don’t let me down Mikey boy) who I think will add that extra experience to the back four.
I did wonder what the salary arrangements were tho …is he on his NUFC wage or are they paying a part of his Wolves salary…. (I ask cos I bet his NUFC pay is substantially higher than our modest (No cringe worthy) offerings ….
I’m all for giving him a fair crack at it ..
Ben, Tim Spiers didn’t even know (or, worse still, decided not to report it) that Morgan has resigned his directorship and a new director was appointed. This is important and relevant news for Wolves. Nice but dim-Tim?
Obviously Stearman has been replaced by a younger player. Err, run that by me again.
I’ll say one thing for the lad, he’s certainly hoping to make an impact during his month long spell.
Moxey PR Spin or what, take a name out add a name in and it all looks Oooh sooo familiar.
http://www.teamtalk.com/news/williamson-targets-play-offs-after-joining-wolves?
Shirley Knot
Always thought Stears was a headless chicken and a liability. Great character.good money for him. This guy is a good player.
Hi Ben,
The point I was trying to make is that Williamson hasn’t replaced Stearman, he’s replaced Kortney Hause. And at a time when Wolves are shipping goals left right and centre, and indeed running out of defenders, to bring a guy with five seasons of PL experience, who’s played in big PL games and a Europa League quarter final isn’t the worst move in the world. Not as if there are many other available defenders with his experience. The Stearman issue is absurd, to be honest, but it’s in the past, and from where Wolves were a week ago the Williamson move is a good deal.
Sad to see some negative comments about the E&S coverage. Not sure what people can base the newspaper being in Morgan/Moxey’s pockets on. We’ve been more critical than any other media outlet and will always hold them to account.
I’d like to think the coverage has improved of late with our new supplements in the paper, plus a daily Wolves page, and online we’re doing more than ever. I’m constantly looking to improve what we do and if anyone has any comments/suggestions please email me on tim.spiers@expressandstar.co.uk
UTW.
Read my comments above – if you have referred to us fickle for questioning the wisdom of the current predicament which in no small measure is due to the totally unnecessary sale of Richard Stearman then I believe you have shot yourself in the foot, and it is no wonder why fans may be upset with the E+S.
My father supported the Wolves from the 1950’s, he took me to Molyneux in the 1970’s I have supported them ever since – hardly fickle!
Pauluswolf,
I certainly haven’t referred to Wolves fans as fickle. As a supporter for 25 years before I started the job this summer, I’m well versed in what Wolves fans are. Ben outlined the comments made by me and him in his blog, then others waded in with comments about being fickle.
And I’m in total agreement on the Stearman sale which has, quite simply, been a debacle. One which has had a huge bearing on Wolves’ poor season so far.
Welcome Tim,
But you identify the problem when you say “it’s in the past”.
Yet another clanger dropped under the ever present eye of our esteemed CEO.
But, we’re all supposed to draw a line under it because “it’s in the past”?
Like squandering money on a white elephant of a stand?
Like failing to replace MM following our ‘must win’ loss to Blackburn?
Like seeing the club reduced to a laughing stock in their lack of succession planning, whacky races scramble for a new manager when Mick was shown the door with just 13 games remaining?
Like when ‘we won’t appoint a novice’ Terry Connor got the job?
Like all the other endless faux pas inflicted on our club by a 15yr CEO who claims he’s still learning??
Not some YES trainee on minimum wages but a, now, multi millionaire & ‘still learning’???
FFS Tim, how much more crap, how many more years of failure must we endure whilst the likes of Stoke, Leicester, Norwich, WBA, Palace & even the mighty Bournemouth prosper?
And when will the E&S publish a detailed, forensic examination of the Jez Moxey years instead of patronising us long suffering fans with meaningless platitudes like “it’s in the past”??
It’s nearly 60 years since my dad took me to my first match and, from day one, I fell hook line and sinker, head over heels in love with the best football club in the world.
When will we ever again see leadership of Wolves that aspires to do justice to a heritage that the current regime is not worthy to represent?
Scooped, my point is that a lot has been written and said about Stearman in the past two months and while Wolves continue to suffer because of A) the fact he was sold and B) no one came in to replace him, there’s only so many times we can go over the same points over and over again. For what it’s worth, and this has been said many times in the newspaper, the reasons behind the sale are nonsensical.
I feel your pain on the many, many years of underachievement. As I said, I personally and the E&S as a publication will hold the club to account and ask the questions that fans want answering. Whether those answers are satisfactory is a different matter, but we will always hold the club to account.
I disagree Tim you skirt around the issues and play both fans and club off against each other anything for a story.
You placate the fans with the odd direct question but never really ask the questions the fans want answers to for instance.
Why did Morgan buy the club.
How much does he want for the club.
Where’s this figure of £85 million spent on players come from, Where the proof.
How much has Morgan really invested of his own money into the club.
Is there a wage cap.
Has Jackett agreed to work with little or no funds.
Who decided to cell Stearman, did Jackett agree to it.
Where’s the money gone, Premier, sale of players ie Flecther, Jarvis.
And so on, and on and on.
Over to you Tim…!
I’m sorry you feel that way. Your ‘anything for a story’ comment is unfair and couldn’t be further from the truth but I appreciate that I’ve only been in the job for a couple of months and it takes time to change these perceptions. It does make me smile that fans think the tough questions aren’t being asked. And it’s not just as simple as phoning up Steve Morgan or Jez Moxey. In fact Morgan hasn’t done a football interview with the E&S for a couple of years, for a variety of reasons, and Moxey is far more in the background these days. Wolves are a closed shop in many respects and would rather say nothing at all to the media on the vast majority of occasions, even if it means they come across as not being transparent. But I can assure you I will be a voice for the supporters.
Tim, your in the newspaper/media world, who covered the story when Morgan done an interview in Wolverhampton Magazine who published that..?
And if it is the case that you don’t get access to Moxey, then were does the quotes attributed to him come from that appear in the E&S along with his picture and are you saying you make it up or you have a inside source the way your talking the E&S is banned from Molinuex and never gets access to Moxey, Jackett and the player…….the player the E&S are for ever doing player interview the last one was Batth spouting bullshit previous to that it was Kenny and Fortress Molinuex do you really think we are the naive.
The Wolverhampton Magazine is a sister publication of the Express & Star and the interview was predominantly non-football based. It was an interview about the Wolverhampton Youth Zone that Morgan has spearheaded.
Moxey does speak in the E&S from time to time and any quotes attributed to him come directly from the man himself, obviously. But he does deliberately speak far less in public than he used to, as I’m sure people will have noticed. Wolves choose to let Jackett and the players do the talking and from a newspaper point of view our access to them is fantastic.
It’s not Jackett and the players that can answer the questions the fans want you to ask. So why aren’t you trying to get to Moxey. The players carnt tell what the transfer budget is.
I kike most fans are fed up of players being wheeled out every time we are in the mire coming out with stupid stores with no point to them.
E&S have to much of a cozy ly in with Wolves.
Thanks Tim,
As long as you do ask the questions and publish them together with whatever answers you may receive, you can do no more.
But there is a perception amongst your readership that the E&S has fought shy of many of the issues raised on blogs like this.
Your arrival seemed to herald a new dawn and you have my very best wishes (belatedly) in your (not so) new post.
The sooner Morgan finds a buyer the better but the ghosts of our own Field Of Dreams will not find peace until the very ethos of the club is restored to what it once was.
Not any more to exploit short term, personal financial gain via housing developments, camouflaged community schemes that achieve planning permission on green belt land or any other consideration other than this;-
Making our, still, world famous football club the best dammed football club it can possibly be.
That’s definitely a perception I’m looking to change, Scooped. A regional newspaper has a duty to vehemently scrutinise its local football club. If there’s any issue you think is being ignored then please get in touch in future.
Will do Tim but if you drop in on here occasionally you’ll see we’re not exactly shrinking violets when it comes to matters Molineux:)
And I’m sure all contributors will be delighted to hear your mission statement – “to vehemently scrutinise it’s local football club”.
I’m sure you’ll find plenty to be getting your teeth into as the weeks and months unfold.
Keep the faith and keep that fire. God, how we need it.
Respect.
But will you challenge those answers, it’s no good just publishing them and saying ” there you are ” you should be challenging them and demand proof and if proof is not forth coming say so.
Well, irrespective of view points and opinions, well done to Ben for opening up the debate and well done to Tim for being prepared to enter into a dialogue and provide honest answers. Respect to both of you for the hard work you both put in.
Hi Tim
I know this thread has been superseded by the Blues preview but I’ve always been a bit behind (just think Corporal Jones standing to attention) so I don’t care.
I think it’s great that you have come on here to fight your corner and it would be even better if you made the occasional comment just to keep us abreast of what you know about the dark secrets hidden behind the Molineux front door.
However I think you’re on a bit of a loser about saying that things are ‘in the past’.
We know that and we know that they can’t be changed no matter how much we whinge and moan – and by God we will!
We would all like to draw a line in the sand and start again.
But the thing that I am most concerned about is that, even if we do, I am not in the slightest bit confident that things will change.
We seem to be stuck in a vicious circle of badly thought out cunning plans which make the people who run the club look like a bunch of headless chickens.
Manager and player ecruitment has been for the most part reactive rather than proactive (Kenny Jackett excepted).
Or in the case of a suitable replacement for Sako, not active at all.
Even the great stadium rebuilding plan has left us with an ugly lopsided North Bank that doesn’t keep the rain off. Not particularly clever from an owner who has made a living building things.
All that, coupled with the ongoing lack of investment, means that any line drawn in the sand will almost certainly be covered as soon as the tide comes in.
But fair play to you for putting your ahead above the Wolves blog parapet – I think you just about got away with it.
If you could please report in the not too distant future that a consortium lead by Robert Plant, Suzi Perry, Eric Idle and Noddy Holder are about to buy Wolves – we will all be a lot happier.
We’re all pretty reasonable people on this blog…
…Except when it comes to the club we love.
Totally agree, Ben.
It’s been a perplexing season on many counts and we seem to be a million miles away from where we were at the end of the last season. The Stearman thing was baffling at the time and time has only proved the folly of the sale.
Good luck to Williamson, hopefully he can do a job for us.
Does the club and the E & S really expect us to get excited because we have singed someone on loan, something that should of been done months ago, no it should of been sorted in the summer with a perminant signing and a STRIKER…….yes….no….don’t know…..don’t care…or have we got to be grateful for small minded mercies.
This is the smallest squad I’ve ever know apart from midfield it reminds me of my own playing days turning up at Fowlers Park only to find out we were a defender short and ringing round trying to get someone out of bed and drag themselves down to Fowlers on the understanding I would buy there beer down the pub.
Pathetic…… !
For me, it’s all down to counting the pennies: 1) Coady cost £2m, this was recouped by the Stearman sale. 2) Stears was player of the year and skipper, he may well have the cheek to ask for a pay rise in the next contract. 3) Heaven help us if he stays 10 years, we’d have to grant him a testimonial thus a big pay day for someone who had the cheek to ask for the going rate, no it’s not happening. 4) Yes, replace him with an academy product. Sod results NOW.
It’s almost as baffling as the Martinez deal, unless he’s a make weight in Afobe’s return to Arsenal, it makes no sense and may have upset the dressing room as the “Roger Johnson is the new skipper” did. Totally avoidable. hat an insult to Keems. Utter crap.
This becomes totally ridiculous should we sign Williamson permanently – for footballing reasons of course! If it is for more than the £2m we got for Stears then the lunatics really are running the asylum!
I wish him well though – my god do we need a clean sheet on Saturday.
Hi Ben,
I have given you big compliments in the past for some of your blogs and have asked about contributing to this website as I’m quite a regular poster on molineux mix (Thomas may remember me) and really enjoy the work you gents do.
Without wanting to sound too disrespectful what is that dross you have just sent me via email? I have happily recommended your blogs to other molineux mix members in the past because you write some genuinely interesting and amusing blogs.
That is just you letting off some steam about an argument you got into on Twitter with no information about our new loan signing, no stats about Williamson vs Stears just a ramble about Tim Spiers being an idiot and you not being happy with the result of a twitter feud.
If this website is going to turn into an opportunity for you to get back at people, wouldn’t it be better to get it off your chest on a forum?
I’d rather be taken off the email subscription for the time being gents.
Kind regards,
Alex
AlexWWFC
Please feel free to message me on molineux mix or here.
Alex, i’m sure Ben will offer his own reply but I would imagine it’s intended to stoke debate about our transfer policy, particularly over the last 6 months, and the E&S’s inability to satisfactorily question that on behalf of its readership. It appears to have had the desired effect if you read through the comments above, including from Tim Spiers himself.
It’s stuff like that that makes me cringe.
I am sure Mike Williamson’s ability or experience was never questioned, after all it isn’t HIS fault that our club have done what they have done. Mike is at not at fault here.
Tim Spiers has to tow the line, and seems to be almost an extension of their PR department. I stopped reading the E&S chip wrapper years ago because of the tripe that got printed.
People wonder why online journalism is taking over as a media form from the printed stuff, its because of piss poor journalism and the people who perform it.
The broadsheets where you still get proper journalism are the ones being hurt, but the E&S is basically a local tabloid, full of BS & spin.
Couldn’t agree more, Tim Spears might be a Wolves fan but he is also an employee of E&S saw will always write what his editor tells him to write full STOP….!
We seem to have moved from signing MW on loan for a month to the possibility of a permanent signing. IF he does a damn good job of shoring up the defence and bringing some experience and even skill to the team, why wouldn’t we want to sign him? Yes, it’s rather illogical in the context of Stears’ sale and yes, I’ve never quite understood the rapid ditching of Sam R. But given where we are at the moment, let’s pray that MW turns into a leader of men for more than just a month.
Ii likee Stears a lot, shame he went. We don’t know what happened, but it wasn’t Stears’ or KJ’s choice, not a first choice anyway.. I am adding this comment after the Blues match, so maybe Mike W is good enogh. As for Ben, wet pants or not, he is a sincere Wolves fan, who doesn’t care to dilute his passin for political correctness’ sake. Fickle, that is an adjective that can be judged in degrees. We can all be fickle at times, if caring means one is ficlke.
FPWs unite I say, Tena pads at the ready, Spiers!