Carroll celebrates with Bellamy and Henderson...Liverpool put three past a lacklustre Wolves side yesterday at a freezing cold Molineux. Andy Carroll got himself on the score sheet whilst Wolves struggled to find a goalscorer at all. The win moved Liverpool into 5th in the table.
Wolves had less worries than originally thought injury wise as Frimpong ended up being able to start in midfield for McCarthy's side.

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I'm awfully late, I know, and haven't commented on the Bolton game. I will do that later, but can say that it was a game of two halves, simply because McCarthy opted for the far-fetched solution to the inner-midfield problem by putting Ward in the role. He didn't find the right position and that made [.

The visit of Wolves over the last two seasons has produced two wins for the boys in red and white keeping clean sheets on both occasions. Although Wolves have some robust players McCarthy tries to get them to play football.

He is one of the few managers who I like listening to in post match interviews as he rarely complains about decisions and outcomes of games, choosing instead to inject some humour in his "call a spade a spade" approach to cross examination.

Is no tactics at all better than the wrong tactics? That was the question that manager McCarthy seemed to pose tonight at Molineux against Manchester City in the League Cup. The positives of the game was that our manager started some of the now fringe players that could be options for the starting eleven in [.

Wolves are at war. Unfortunately not on the pitch against other teams, but let's hope it spreads to that aswell. In my humble opinion both parties got it wrong. McCarthy for not bringing the right team on from start and the 'mindless idiots' for voicing their opinions in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Premier League: Un weekend di fuoco Di Raffaele Cautiero La nona giornata di Premier League presenta finalmente il match-clou della stagione, la partita dell'anno, un crocevia importante per il prosieguo del campionato: stiamo parlando di Manchester United-Manchester City. Il programma si apre però gi Sabato alle ore 12: 45 con la sfida tra i Wolves e lo Swansea: la squadra di McCarthy vuole

Despite very accomplished strikers in both teams the game ended a goalless draw. suprising? Not, really, both McLeish and McCarthy thinks safety first and strives to get all the players to defend all over the pitch and get behind the ball. The first twenty minutes or so it looked like either or both of the [.

Despite very accomplished strikers in both teams the game ended a goalless draw. suprising? Not, really, both McLeish and McCarthy thinks safety first and strives to get all the players to defend all over the pitch and get behind the ball. The first twenty minutes or so it looked like either or both of the [.

In the second part of this two-part article, Guest writer Ryan McCarthy continues to explore the influence and ideological impact of club legend Kenny Dalglish since his return to the managerial hotseat at Liverpool Football Club.
Read part 1 here
These days it has become common practice for television cameras to zero in on Dalglish for his reaction when Liverpool score, which is usually arms rising to the heavens; a smile as wide as the Mersey; caught up in the infectious unbridled, childlike joy of the moment.

The Sun is pretty much useless. Four of the words are necessary, the other two are polite accessories. And if you're taking it too seriously, there's a place at the end of a short plank for you.

However, occasionally very occasionally they do provide something worth noting.

Football's low key celebrations: McCarthy, Mourinho, Liverpool, QPR and more

Low key celebrations when a proper knees-up is in order

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The New York Red Bulls secured some sorely needed midfield depth on Friday after acquiring Guadeloupe defensive midfielder Stephane Auvray from Sporting Kansas City, sources told SBI on Friday.

The Red Bulls are trading a 2nd-round pick in 2013 as well as an undisclosed amount of allocation money to Sporting KC for Auvray, who had fallen out of favor with SKC weeks ago and was no longer in the team's plans.

Liverpool poised for McCarthy move

Dalglish keen to beat Chelsea and Arsenal to Wigan kid if pay talks fail

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Wolves eye moves for Jay Spearing and Daniel Ayala

Wolves are weighing up a loan bid for Liverpool midfielder Jay Spearing, 22, but will have to sell before they buy any more players this summer. McCarthy is also keen on Liverpool's Spanish defender Daniel Ayala.

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Lineups

Revolution: Reis; Tierney, Coria, Soares, Alston; Feilhaber, Phelan, McCarthy, Nyassi; Mansally, Lekic

Bench: Shuttleworth, Barnes, Loewy, Boggs, Guy, Koger, Schilawski

Union: Mondragon; G.

Dwayne De Rosario came back to haunt his former club the Red Bulls, who traded him for Dax McCarthy just a few weeks ago, scoring the winner for his new club DC United last night.

Starting Line Ups

Fire GK Johnson D Anibaba, Cuesta, Gibbs, Segares M Nyarko, Pause, Husidic, Oduro F Chaves, Nazirit

Bench : Conway, Ristic, Robinson, Bone, Paladini, Barouch, Ferrari

Revolution GK Reis D Barnes, Coria, Soares, Alston M Tierney, Joseph, Phelan, Nyassi F Mansally, Lekic

Bench : Shuttleworth, Loewy, Guy, Kinne, Schilawski, Sousa, McCarthy

Let me first say that I'm delighted. The first back-to-back victory for Wolves this season and it came at exactly the right time. This was also the first win for manager McCarthy at the Stadium of Light and the first home and away win against any team this season. Hand-on-heart, though, Wolves didn't play well [.

It was not pretty at times, but a second half penalty from Shalrie Joseph was enough to give New England all three points against a game Vancouver side tonight at Gillette Stadium..

With the win, the Revs move to 3-3-4 and 13 points while the Whitecaps fall to 1-5-5 and 8 points.

First Half
The first half ended scoreless in what was a pretty drab affair to be honest.

I'm relieved! In the 11th hour Wolves showed their fighting face and got the result needed and most wanted. A very much deserved win in the most important game of the season. I must admit to wrinkling my nose a little at manager McCarthy's' starting eleven in the game. It was a big surprise that [...

Matt Jarvis never played for England's under 21 side. That probably didn't come as a huge shock to him – he hadn't been called up for the under 19s or the under 17s either. But this week, at the age of 24, Jarvis was named in Fabio Capello's squad and will surely become the 1,173rd man to represent England at senior international level.

Fergie was right: The media did try to get Rooney electrocuted - they wanted him hung up by his genitals. Predictably, the BBC Match of the Day pundits did their level best to get Rooney suspended following the events at Wigan on Saturday. Rooney definitely caught McCarthy with his arm and even die-hard Reds fans will find it difficult to defend the United striker.

This was a classic case of the refereeing bias and incompetence in the Premier League, it is also a great example of how useless the FA are at enforcing the rules of the game. Rooney's assault on McCarthy was disgraceful, it was a premeditated smash with the elbow, a really aggressive and violent act, a clear straight red card offence, arguably it was one that merited more than a three match ban

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Last four head-to-head:
1-1 (a) 11.10.10
0-1 Wigan (a) 03.08.10

2-1 Liverpool (h) 12.16.09
1-1 (a) 01.28.09
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 1-0 Chelsea (a); 2-0 Stoke (h); 1-0 Fulham (h)
Wigan: 4-3 Blackburn (h); 2-2 WBA (a); 0-0 Bolton (a)
Goalscorers (league):
Liverpool: Gerrard, Kuyt, Meireles 4; Maxi 3; Kyrgiakos, Ngog 2; Cole, Johnson, Skrtel, Suarez 1
Wigan: Rodallega 7; N'Zogbia 4; Cleverly, McCarthy, Watson 3; Alcaraz, Gomez, Moses, Stam 1
Referee: Kevin Friend
Guesses at a line-up:
if 3-5-2
Reina
Kelly Carragher Agger
Johnson Gerrard Lucas Meireles Aurelio
Suarez
Kuyt
if 4-3-3/4-2-3-1
Reina
Kelly Carragher Agger Johnson
Lucas Gerrard
Maxi Meireles Suarez
Kuyt
Will Liverpool stick with three at the back?

By Chris Wright

Remember the desperate plight of Salvador Cabanas, the former Club America striker that was shot in the head from close range in a Mexico City bar back in January of last year?

Almost an exact calendar year after the near-fatal shooting took place, Cabanas has miraculously taken to the field again training with Paraguayan club Libertad with the bullet still lodged deep in the back of his brain.

By Chris Wright

"And finally, monsieur, a wafer-thin mint"

According to this morning's Daily Mail, West Ham's portly striker Benni McCarthy has now seen his 'fat fines' breach the £200,000 barrier after having his wages docked for a fifth time for failing to meet the club's 2.

Chubby striker's junk food fund takes a hit West Ham forward Benni McCarthy has been fined nearly £200,000 by the club for repeatedly failing to meet his weight loss and fitness targets. The tubby South African international had his £38,000-a-week wage docked on five separate occasions for missing his 2.

*New as in new and improved rather than newly-created, but given that players from throughout Southern California come to play at North Torrance's Columbia Park the five figure donation from two soccer organizations will benefit thousands of people. Full details here.

*A contrite sounding MLS will finally get around to releasing the schedule for the season on Thursday.

I'm sorry that I'm a little late with my post match writings, but there was a party last night and something to celebrate. Wolves reacted in exactly the way that everybody hoped for after the defeat to Bolton. I must admit that I was surprised and even more than a bit worried that McCarthy didn't [..

Wolverhampton Wanderers host Manchester United on the back of an away defeat to Bolton on Tuesday when a disastrous Ronald Zubar back pass allowed Daniel Sturridge to steal a 93rd minute winner at...
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In a previous article yesterday I asked the Wolves management if the signing of Adam Hammill meant that Matt Jarvis was going to be sold and/or there are no hope that Michael Kightly will make his comeback this season. Now I've got the answers from McCarthy and Jez Moxey (Express&Star). Mick: "When I spoke to [.

So, remember how Ryan Babel plays for Hoffenheim now? Turns out it's not an entirely done deal just yet, with friends claiming he's in Italy talking to Juventus, the Hoffenheim director of football saying they are yet to agree to terms, and Dutch media reporting that his agent claims Ajax is still an option.

The MLS Combine is rolling along, in Florida and while I was unable to attend to provide first hand coverage, there are plenty of journalist and bloggers enjoying the annual showcase of new potential talent. So for this week's Monday Morning Centre Back, I'm going to provide a link round-up of all the news I could find from this weekend's events in Florida.