Furious Wolves fans mounted a pitch invasion, hurled insults in the direction of owner Steve Morgan and chief executive Jez Moxey, and smashed up the dugout after defeat to Burnley left them on the verge of back-to-back relegations. This lad didn't want to miss out just because he was in a different stand than the [.
A successful relationship between a football fan and a club chairman is surely built on faith and
trust.
If so, Wolverhampton Wanderers chairman Steve Morgan clearly has some ground to make up.
When Wolves avoided relegation from the Premier League on a gut-wrenching afternoon of high drama
11 months ago, Morgan took to the Molineux pitch and declared an intention that our club wouldn't
be in this position again.
A successful relationship between a football fan and a club chairman is surely built on faith and
trust? If so, Wolverhampton Wanderers chairman Steve Morgan clearly has some ground to make up.
When Wolves avoided relegation from the Premier League on a gut-wrenching afternoon of high drama
11 months ago, Morgan took to the Molineux pitch and declared an intention that our club wouldn't
be in this position again.
Goals from Junior Hoilett and Yakubu powered Blackburn to a 2 nothing victory over Sunderland.
With this win, Blackburn look poised to stave off relegation quite comfortably.
The question to ask of Blackburn fans who have been baying for Steve Kean's blood.
"Three bloody deep, bloody long tunnels will be dug: Tom, Mick, and Harry. One will
succeed!"
With the club squatting down their in the 19th rung and tensions rising as a result, Wolves
players are reportedly going to be shown a ‘secret' exit door out of Molineux if the post-match
hostility that marred their 2-0 home loss against Blackburn rears its ugly head again.
In life, one thing we can count on is that we all ultimately answer to someone. In the last few
weeks two men who have enjoyed taking the back seat this season have now been thrust into the
footballing spotlight by owners desperate for some sort of reaction. Terry Connor at Wolves and
Roberto Di Matteo at Chelsea have been given free (okay, maybe not is Roberto's case) reign to take
decisions that will make or break their clubs this season.
As much as they try to paint a glossy picture over the whole situation I think it's fair to say
that the Wolverhampton Wanderers board made a complete hash of their recent manager appointment
process.
I'd go as far as saying that they wouldn't lose much more dignity if they'd rang Mick McCarthy
up and offered him his old job back.
After all that fannying around with Alan Curbishley, Brian McDermott, Walter Smith, etc, Wolves
have formally announced that Terry Connor, Mick McCarty's former assistant, has been appointed as
manager for the remaining 13 games of the season which, you can safely assume, wasn't the plan when
they sacked Mick a fortnight ago.
By all accounts he's a decent guy, is Mick McCarthy. Unfortunately for him, such personality
traits are seldom considered to be of great importance when deciding whether to keep the manager of
a football club in his position, and his departure from Molineux after one of Wolverhampton
Wanderers' most embarrasssing results of recent years comes as little surprise.
The 5-1 defeat to West Brom was the final straw for Wolves owner Steve Morgan and he has sackedÂ
Mick McCarthy after five-and-a-half years in charge at Molineux.
A statement on the Wolves web site read:
"Wolves have today announced that manager, Mick McCarthy, has left the club with immediate
effect.
After they were well and truly trounced 5-1 at home by West Brom yesterday, a result that put
them back in the bottom three, Wolves have sacked Mick McCarthy an announcement that I actually
expected to come before close of play yesterday truth be told.
How bad was Wolves' 3-0 home loss to Liverpool on Tuesday? Andy Carroll scored the match's
opening goal. That's how bad. It was his first league goal since October. Liverpool scored two more
second half goals to leave Wolves with 18 points from 23 matches and slumped over at 19th in the
table.
Time can be a great healer. A decade ago, Wolverhampton Wanderers continued to labour under the
moniker of being "sleeping giants". It was a nickname that contrasted strongly with what looked at
the time like a near-pathological inability to scrap its way into the Premier League and an
albatross around the necks of players charged with living up to these expectations.
Hazing the new guy Note: This was written yesterday, but didn't post for whatever reason. Sky
Sports is reporting that Wolves have finalized their long-expected signing of Jamie O'Hara from
Spurs. Owner-chairman Steve Morgan has revealed Wolves still have other targets in mind this summer
after completing their move for Jamie O'Hara.
Wolves chairman Steve Morgan has vowed that his team will come good and has tipped Irish
international new-boy Stephen Hunt to prove a major hit.
Former Ireland boss Mick McCarthy takes his side to Wigan on Saturday reeling from three successive
defeats that have seen them ship five late goals, after leading in two of them.
If I asked you to name the big four in English football, chances are you would reply with Man
Utd, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea. You'd be wrong though. In fact, instead of the Blues, it is
Wolverhampton Wanderers who find themselves firmly cemented in the top four in terms of all time
results joining United, Arsenal and Liverpool.
The Chelsea Daily Drivel is a daily update of all the stories concerning our club, the rumours, the
opinions and more....
So here is the latest from around the web from Saturday 26th June - Tuesday 29th June 2010
including: Michael Mancienne, Deco, Scott Sinclair, Sam Hutchison,
Sebastien Veron, James Milner, Joe Cole and Florent Malouda
First to the news that Wolves are very keen on Michael Mancienne.
The Chairman of Wolverhampton Wanderers, Steve Morgan, Â can't wait for the season to start despite
all the World Cup hausse. He believes that Wolvs are on the right track with the new signings and
says to the Official Wolves site: "It's five new signings with Adlene and all five are excellent
players.
The Molineux faithful can be pleased with the efforts of their team last season on returning to
the Premiership under Mick McCarthy. With plans afoot to increase the stadium to a 50,000 capacity,
things are looking brighter for Wolves across the board. Now, McCarthy has begun to strengthen the
side to continue progressing upwards and onwards.
Wolves Chairman Steve Morgan yesterday told the Daily Express: "My hope for next season is that we
are not involved in any dogfight at the bottom and we kick on from here. That's about bringing
quality players in. But we keep our best players. Doyle is not for sale. Simple as that. He's one
of a [..
The Biggest Losers of 2011/12: Liverpool, Manchester United and more - originally posted on
Soccerlens.com
Despite a fantastically entertaining season with a raft of Premier League winners this term, it
has been a campaign to forget for some teams and individuals. Euro 2012, the Olympics and the
summer transfer window are approaching, and for some 2011-12 could not come to an end quick
enough.
So no need to spend the summer condemning Wolves for taking too long to appoint a manager.
No need to metaphorically burn your season ticket book in disgust at Wolves appointing a manager
from within.
And no need to spend the summer sifting through the English football baggage that would have
accompanied the appointment of a "traditional" journeyman.
So no need to spend the summer condemning Wolves for taking too long to appoint a manager.
No need to metaphorically burn your season ticket book in disgust at Wolves appointing a manager
from within.
And no need to spend the summer sifting through the English football baggage that would have
accompanied the appointment of a "traditional" journeyman.
It is hard to imagine two more unlikely Premier League bed-fellows than Mick McCarthy and Andre
Villas-Boas. One a sophisticated, multi-lingual wine connoisseur; the other a former bruising
Millwall centre half, born and raised in Barnsley.
But as McCarthy departed Wolves yesterday, the Portuguese may have sympathised with the
muppet-faced plastic Paddy.
According to the Express and Star, Wolverhampton boss Mick
McCarthy has the backing of chief executive Jez Moxey and chairman
Steve Morgan to bring in new players this January. McCarthy said,
"It's always been the same here with Steve and Jez .
UPDATE: According to Wolverhampton's official website,
Wolverhampton have completed the signing of Chelsea defender
Michael Mancienne on a season-long loan.
August 10th, 2010: According to Bill Howell at the Birmingham Mail,
Wolverhampton want to sign only sign MichaelMancienne on loan.
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MANCHESTER UNITED EYEING UP MOVE FOR ARGENTINIAN FUNES MORI
Alex Ferguson is eyeing up move for Argentinian Funes Mori
By Steve Morgan
MANCHESTER UNITED are eyeing up a move for Argentine wonderkid Funes Mori.
The strike sensation, 19, has been in brilliant form for River Plate and has already attracted a
whole host of admirers including Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Steve Morgan believes that Liverpool require a 'special purchaser' to rebuild the club.
Hong Kong-based businessman Kenny Huang officially withdrew his interest in buying Tom Hicks and
George Gillett's shares on Friday after growing impatient at the pace at which chairman Martin
Broughton and the board were conducting the sale process.
If Liverpool had a to-do list then its goals over the summer would have read, ‘persuade Steven
Gerrard to stay, convince Fernando Torres his future lies at Anfield and have new owners in by the
end of August.' So far, in the words of Meatloaf, two out of three isn't bad.
Those Yanks are still at it.
Trying to make a fast buck at the expense of Liverpool FC. With an outrageous asking price of £600
million, they are pricing the club out of the market.
Serious bidders like DIC and the Kraft Multinational business groups would love to buy into
Liverpool but they and other investors have baulked at the asking price demanded by the hated
owners.
