Midweek, and therefore mostly useless, version. But certainly worth consideration for next week's
matches.
Injuries mount for Wolves
Striker Sylvan Ebanks-Blake is sidelined for a couple of weeks with a hamstring injury picked up
in Saturday's opening-day defeat to West Ham, while right-back Kevin Foley is also ruled out for a
similar spell with a medial ligament problem.
Portsmouth Football Club 5 April 1898 10 August 2012.
R.I.P.
Yet nothing is ever as it seems at Pompey. Beneath the choppy waters a constant storm wages on
the ocean bed. Whilst Pompey Supporters Trust holds itself ready to do a deal with players, charge
holders and creditors, the strange PR spin emanating from Fratton Park seems to be creating a web
of misconception and deception.
The darkest hour, optimists might say, comes before the dawn, to which pessimists might counter
by saying that one of English footballs longest-running financial seems to be approaching its
inevitable solution. At least, the rest of us may consider, we will at least have an answer, one
way or the other.
The video above shows a personal message from Portsmouth manager Michael Appleton to fans of the
club. When a club goes into administration, it is usual that all elements of the club pull together
in an effort to save the sporting institution. But this community spirit has not been lost on
Portsmouth's players this week, [.
Lovely little interview with Mick via The Guardian below in which he waxes on the ills of
Twitter. A cautionary tale of Twitter and social media in the modern and webcams, Elano battlefield
that is football, really, but mostly it's just nice to hear someone call out 'cocks' and 'twits'
and 'numpties' for what they really are.
At least a couple of our out on-loan players has played yesterday or today, so let's have a look as
usual. The Championship: Greg Halford is still suspended and watched the match against Forest away
from the stands. Portsmouth lost it by two goals against one. Andy Keogh didn't get any precious
playing time either, [.
Greg Halford has now signed for Portsmouth until end of season. He didn't, however, have any luck
with his appeal to a three match ban after a red card, so he will be out of play for a while.
Halford has been very succesful at Pompey with four goals in twelve games for them and [...]
Just one of our lads out on-loan has actually played in the weekend. Greg Halford in Portsmouth is
injured and spends his time twittering about that he wants to leave Wolves and play for Pompey in
the future. No wonder as he gets to play there and has been a success, scoring goals and all. [...]
The Wolves utility player Greg Halford out on-loan was injured halfway into the first half in the
Portsmouth top clash against Queens Park Rangers yesterday. The match ended as a draw with two
penalties after some controversy regarding referee decisions. The injury of Greg Halford will be
assessed soon.
According to Bill Howell at the Birmingham Mail, Wolverhampton are set to loan
out defender Greg Halford to Portsmouth for one month. Portsmouth
manager Steve Cotterill said,
"Something should have happened with Greg Halford on Friday, but to my annoyance it
didn't.
The 25-man-squad was presented by Wolves today and it looks like this: Marcus Hahnemann Wayne
Hennessey Carl Ikeme Kevin Foley Ronald Zubar Richard Stearman Jody Craddock Christophe Berra
Steven Mouyokolo George Elokobi Stephen Ward Jelle Van Damme Karl Henry David Jones Michael
Mancienne Dave Edwards Greg Halford Nenad Milijaš Adlene Guedioura Matt Jarvis Stephen Hunt [.
Everton take on Wolves today in what should be a battle at Goodison Park. The Toffees will try
to avenge a 1-0 loss after a costly blunder by keeper Tim Howard. Meanwhile, Wolves are looking to
build on their momentum after an all important opening match victory over Stoke, 2-1. The match
kicks off at 15:00 GMT.
According to the sometimes well informed local paper Express & Star four players have been told
that they can leave Wolves. The four now looking for new clubs are Andy Keogh, Stefan Maierhofer,
Greg Halford and Matt Hill. Je z Moxey said to the E&S: "We've had one or two enquiries about Andy,
but that's [.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Biggest Ins: Marcus Hahnemann, even in reserve, is an experienced goal
keeper who will help the young crop Mick McCarthy has. Kevin Doyle is a good depth purchase up top
while Greg Halford is a good right sided box to...
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Wolves' new boy Greg Halford has vowed to make the most of Michael Kightly's absence by
gatecrashing Mick McCarthy's Premier League starting line-up.
The £2million summer signing from Sunderland is set to replace Kightly, after the winger was
ruled out for the start of the season as he makes his way back from a broken foot and hip
injury.
English Premier League is one of the most difficult competitions in football and this especially
stands for the teams promoted from the Championship. Only once in the Premiership
history have all three promoted teams survived their first season and that happened
in 2001/2002 when Fulham, Bolton and Blackburn all avoided the drop.
The step from Championship to Premiership is probably the biggest step a team have to
make in football and Wolverhampton are obviously aware of this. Wolves made it to the
Premier League after winning the play-offs in 2003 but were relegated the following season and have
been unable to return to the top division until this season.
According to Chris Galea at Sky Sports News, Wolverhampton defender
Greg Halford admitted that he is not leaving the club this month. Halford
said,
"I definitely won't be moving during the January transfer window ... I'm 100 per cent sure about
that because I've done enough moving about to last me a lifetime.
UPDATE: According to Wolverhampton's official website,
Wolverhampton have signed Sunderland defender/midfielder
Greg Halford for an undisclosed fee. Halford signed a three-year deal with the
club.
July 2nd, 2009 According to ESPN Soccernet, Wolverhampton are
expected to sign Sunderland defender Greg Halford for
£2million.
1. The shock of the summer so far. Job seeking Michael Owen signs for Man Utd to the total surprise
of everyone. The striker will take take a substantial cut to his £110,000-a-week wages at
Newcastle to around £30,000-a-week, although he will earn a similar figure if clauses related to
goals, appearances and success are met.
1. Some one should have told the remaining FA Cup competitors precisely what was meant by the
'fifth round draw'. Four of Saturday's five matches ended level. 2. Chelsea will be thankful that
the sight of Guus Hiddink in the stands seems to have reminded Nicolas Anelka where the net is. 3.
Lightning doesn't strike twice when [.
Backed by the loudest supporters in the Premier League last season, measured at average peak volume
at 129.2 decibels, almost as loud as a jet, Sunderland will look to improve on last season's
respectable 15th-place finish. The Black Cats were the only newly-promoted team to survive in the
Premiership, an accomplishment in itself, but manager Roy Keane has made it clear through his
summer signings that he wants more from his club.
If this picture* - no prizes for guessing when it was taken - captured our only moment of joy at
West Ham, there would be no reason NOT to despair. Losing 3-1 to a very average team at this
stage...
As I had said, I wanted to provide the blow-by-blow account of the Hammers' first Premiership match
of the season. It took me a while to locate the right post for this but here it is.
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QPR Official SIte
QPR's fairytale start to the season came to a shuddering halt with a 3-0 defeat at a noisy Bramall
Lane.
Ex-Scunthorpe striker Billy Sharp did the damage with a marvellous hat-trick, as Iain Dowie's side
failed to use the momentum gained from last weekend.
Rangers were outfoxed and outclassed, as they failed to tough it out with the physical Blades, who
had a two-goal lead inside 12 minutes.
