Wolves Rumours Archive January 10 2013

10 Jan 2013 22:13:36
Wolves to table a bid for Charlie Austin of Burnley and Frimpong choosing between Wolves and Ipswich after Arsenal have said he is free to go

Now thats who we should get charlie austin proven goalscorer young and hungry go get him the fans would love him another steve bull

If your reading this Frimpong, please come home to the molineux, we need you and you could become a wolves legend!

Really can't see Charlie Austin leaving for anything other than a Prem club..Why would he bother?

10 Jan 2013 21:46:10
3 players coming in. 3-4 going out. striker is the main area being looked at. also defender and holding midfielder
due in.

10 Jan 2013 20:43:10
Andy Webster from hearts coming to Wolves? how is he any better than what we already have other than maybe Stearman? He's not, none of the players we have been liked to excite me in the slightest apart from Jackson and Frimpong yet there is no solid indication we are after either of them. This is a nightmare it feels like we are stuck in the championship and looking at players that can't really get us out of it.

TDW

Why do people on this site always find negatives in things KMT!

The players we have been linked with are very uninspiring so far.
it has me worried more than anything but i suppose we have to trust the scouting network and DS's decision making. I doubt anything will happen untill next week as saunders needs to evaluate the players playing tomorrow and strength of our squad going forward. Hopefully see some big changes next week and the rest of jan with de vries, zubar, berra, stearman, mouyokolo (loan) pennant and jonsson all leaving. Things can only get better! IDM

Hibs fan in peace don't really watch use that much but webster would be a good aigning good strong player do any of use kmow what is happeningg with leigh griffiths

For god sake are all our fans negative moaning gits or what, has anyone remembered kightly for 50k from Greys if you pay professional scouts to spot talent you don't always have to chase high paid so called star names for millions. Get a life, you are ruining this site with your deluded perception of what makes a good footballer. Clue! it's not where they are from or how much they earn a week.

Hibs fan.. i've heard tht he's going back to your place for the rest of the season.

Hmmmm...Webster 5 years ago parhaps but now I'm not so sure. Maybe one season left in him, and Hearts need the money.

McWulf

10 Jan 2013 18:37:47
Frimpong is no longer wanted at arsenal....

Mcalinden will be involved tomorrow, best naturel goals corer at the club, deano said your team is only as good as your strikers.plus bringing in LM will give the supporters a lift.

Test arsenals resolve with a half decent offer, young hungry and talented with a point to prove, box to box midfielder who fits the Saunders blueprint.plus will be a nailed to be a hit with the fans.the realist.

What Mcalinden got to do with frimpong

Frimpong's contract runs out at the end of the ssn. so i don't think he'll cost much anyway? heard Arsenal won't be offering him a new one either..

I personly think the team.2moz will be
Ikeme
Foley
Margeritta/batth
Johnson
Henry
Davies
Ohara
Sako
Peszko
Ebanks
Playing a 4-2-3-1 formation wiv ohara makin runs into the box wot dya think

Disagree all you want person. his contract is up at end of ssn. FACT. (stupid bag!)

Johnson at full back? Go home mate you're drunk

Ikeme
Foley
Johnson
Margerita
Ward
Henru
Davies
Ohara
Peszko
Sako
Blake

Whoever picked the first team - you'd be a worse manager than Stale! Fancy only picking ten players.....

Frimpong is awful really, he can't even last a reserve match for arsenal

Ikemie
Foley margerita johnson ward
Henry. Davies
Ohara
peszko. Sako
blake

I would like to see Sako play off a lone striker. Ward isn't the best defensively and Sako makes him look even worse by not tracking back

Pretty sure it will be Johnson and Berra at centre half and probably Foley unless he moves into Midfield

I don't think the team will be much diff from what SS picked. Deano will give them a chance but hopefully not has many has SS did if we keep losing

Theres 11 players in a team mate cmon

Hard to see any change in the back 4 unless Margritter comes in. They've got us relegated once so surely lightning doesn't strike twice.

10 Jan 2013 18:29:27
also wolves tracking boyce irish striker

Delboy for RB, Rodney as CB with Trigger as the sweeper.

Uncle Albert in goal. Mickey Pearce on the wing.

Luvvly jubbly!

Cassandra to take over from Moxey because she's better with finances as she used to work for a bank, also hear that Rachel will take over the catering from Moxey's misses as well.

10 Jan 2013 18:27:51
Wolves want to sign Hearts defender, Andy Webster.

10 Jan 2013 18:11:05
Ok everyone - Karl Henry - keep the armband or not? If not who should be our captain?

RJ or J-OH, could not do any worse. P.J.

Give it to our best player. Ikeme!

Ohara would do a good job

Good question? you would think Henry or Johnson, but were not sure who's stayin or goin. Perhaps Deano is thinking of bringing someone In?? Paul Tamworth

Not he should go.

Ward a true leader

Roger Johnson. Sell henry replace him with frimpong.

Johnson

If I was DS I would stick with KH until I was able to offload him then I'd be looking at bringing on JOH.

I like Doyle as captain. clever player, never gives less then 100% and loves the club.
M.Wolf

Sell Henry and replace him with Frimpong? they're totally different players. Henry is defensive mid. and Frimpong is attacking? no logic in tht at all..

Get de Vries back in the team

Don't think deano will change much tomorrow night KH will captain the side, doyles work rate will put him up there as a key player, be interested what he will make of Sako and where he plays him, maybe just behind Doyle?for a it of fun here goes

Ikeme

Foley
Johnson
Berra
Ward

Davis
Henry
Ohara

Peszko
Sako

Doyle

Sell KH because DD could be our dm with Frimpong bought into to go box 2 box or play am.

There is so much hatred for henry. but i think in a team with JOH they play well together. Obviously henry takes the defensive duties. But every top team has a player who is a bit limited in passing. At least he keeps possession!

How clever is that?.. What are you speaking about? Henry is barely a footballer let alone a cdm and frimpong has been given the cdm role for Ghana and arsenal reserves so I'm sure he's not that attacking more like. Box2box player

Frimpongz defensive muppet

Nor RJ. My reason. I think that when he came to us last year and was given the captaincy it was to much for him and it affected his game. From what I've seen he's had less pressure this year on himslef and played better. At the moment he is going to be my player of the season and believe you me I wouldnt have give him house room at the end of last season.
O'Hara will also be concentrating on his own game and his fitness so it would be unfair to give him added responsibility.
Whatever anyone says about Henry he is a Wolves fan through and through and I still think he makes a good Captain on the field.
None of us know what truly goes on behind the scenes and yes I too felt sorry for Stale but a change of some sorts was needed. We as fans are not in a position to do anything as its left to the 2 M's but perhaps one fan more closer to home did.
Has he done us a favour. Guess we'll have to wait and see!

10 Jan 2013 17:52:25
the press conferances and articles dean has done on website really excite me

talking of bringing an army type discpline to these players and he said i will shape them up, hes young he nows how they thing and work becuz of how much they earm etc but has stated hes boss! ive also heard rumnours one of the coaches hes bringing is ex s.a.s not sure if its true but by reading tht news post wudnt suprise me

alsdo abot brinign mal in to assist tony daley and work on nutrition for the players and doing more one on one work ~(hopefully stop us getting so many hamstring injurys due to tony daley) i think this will maake a massive difference in time

come on deano really excited about friday if we play well and lose without being slopppy ill be happy as shows signs of improvemtns even if the players look like they want to be here will be a step up but fingers crosssed 3 points

Bradley

Reminds me of the Stan Cullis days, bring it on. P.J.

Mal is the ex SAS soldier, hes working with Tony Daley

10 Jan 2013 16:12:56
Frimpong set to join on loan till end of season

Source?!

Wheres that come from? or is it wishfull thinking

Its ome from daddies

10 Jan 2013 15:37:09
DS to bring in james coppinger, simon gillett and simeon jackson

Who are they? {Ed011's Note - Coppinger players for Doncaster, Gillett is a midfielder for Forrest and Simeon Jackson is a Norwich striker.

If hunty any good y ain't mm tc ss played him at all or clubs bin after him? Hes rotten like the rest of the hoof it grafters! Until we axe all them hangers on from the squad we will only end up going back to mm era, which I doubt would even work to win championship now, im backing ds cuz im a wolf through an through but I personally prefer the likes of doumbia an sako an siggurdason as signings to the current persons been linked, can't c how anyone can slate sako yes form of late nt great but if you lot go to games an c who actually gets people on edge of seats ud understand. The guys been here 6months an made an scored more goals than everyone (bar silvan, who is a centre forward), the likes of hunty in for technique of sako is ridiculous!!!!!

Siewolf

Hope Coppinger is a leftback.

I hear a barrel being scraped.

Sounds like a candidate for the Pullitzer Prize for fiction!

At least under SS we recruited some exciting young overseas lads.

We never change the same old cynisism spelling if a player can still plug a leak at the back why should 30 be too old ask sir alex if 30 is too old to get to grips with the champ we need grit and experience particularly in the back four if berra still won't sign this bloke could be his replacement give his place to someone who wants the shirt

Yeah, at least under STS we were linked to exciting young foreign players. We're now being linked to the likes of Coppinger.

10 Jan 2013 13:04:37
I was starting to gain trust for DS after seeing and reading his interviews. But now he has said he sees hunt as as crucial player and is PL quality! Hunt is nowhere near PL quality and Sako well and truly shadows him! I get the feeling we won't be signing. more foreign players like sako and co -_____- at least the rumours and signing were quality under stale and we were never linked to jobs worths from Ipswich! Go ahed paultamworth disagree but we all know you were never kean on foreign this and foreign thar

TDW

To much Negativity and we haven't had a game yet!! I will say it as I see it, whoevers in charge!! But I honestly beleive Deano will do a good job and if it means gettin back to basics so be it! Im not anti foreign but Sako apart the rest have suffered with injury and fatigue! Sako also needs to get his fitness levels up as he tires to easily. Paul Tamworth

Sako and Doumbia had blistering starts to the season, but both have faded badly. Getting in players who are used to this league is important.
The only Stale signing that I think will come good in the long run is Sigurdarson, who seems to have the fight for it that the others lack.

CallumWWFC

To be honest hunt was rubbish in the premier but he should be quite good in the championship so not sure how you can knock saunders for tht

I think what deano means by comment about hunt is his workrate and attitude if he can get that right hunt is a good player and would fire the team up unlike a certain captain henry

We knew this would happen though fans get on the back of a good manager results that don't go his way brings in talent because he has injures and deadwood back to square one bringing in lower leagues player once again because six month was obviously enough

Tdw I couldn't agree more siewolf

Hunt a a decent player who for some reason hasnt held down a place, despite some decent performances and without doubt will respond to the saunders way. Think we are about to see the best of SH in a wolves shirt.

How can you knock Hunt he kept us up the season before with a last min goal. He gives 100 percent....

You can't really say Hunt is a decent player. What has he done for us other than score a freak goal that kept us up? Last year in the premier he was terrible and he is 31 now and been out for ages with injury. I don't expect him to help us out at all, when he was fit he wound the opponents up but you have to remember he's a LM the same as sako is a LM and I know who i'd choose.

Paul your a fine one to talk about negativity! I'd like to believe you aren't anti foreign but you always seem to turn on our foreign players twice as quick as our British players. And I seem to remember you had nowhere near this amount of praise for Solbakken when he first came but yet he was a manager of the same sort of experience as Saunders is.

Right now I am saying things as I see, I won't be pinning my trust onto Dean just yet but when I hear him saying things like Hunt is a crucial player and rumours about him wanting to sign some player who is 33 and on the fringes at Ipswich that worries me.

Noway should we be signing 33 year old's because even if they can do a job right now our goal should not be to stay up this year. It should be to build a team ready to fight for promotion to the PL next year. And I'm sorry but a team full of players in their 30's might be able to get us up but no way can they keep us up. We need young and hungry home grown players or young foreign players who are desperate for a move to England to play in the best league in the world. Not players who are looking for their last bit of glory. Then they fade away into retirement when they get into the Pl.

TDW

Hunt hasn't held down a place because he's not very good, it's as simple as that.

Oh and CallumWWFC how can you say that Sigurdarson is the only signing by STS that will be any good in the long run? Both Sako and Doumbia are destined to play at the top tier of football, fighting for silverware. Then there's Peszko and Boukari who we have hardly seen anything from but both look promising. Not forgetting Margreitter who I can't really comment on as I have only seen him play once.

TDW

Deano is hardly going to say "Ward is crap" is he? Managers say these things partly to big up a player ahead of transfer activity or because the player needs to hear it. Might just do the job - he helped get Hull promoted didn't he?

TDW, Stale would of been better in Prem instead of Connor, the guy didn't know what was needed to get us out the championship. As for me bein anti- foreign? Il have van Persie, Torres vidic Suarez Ramirez and mata down here for starters!! I like Sako but his fitness needs improving, Doumbia is hit and miss, I hope Callum is right about Siggy, as for the others been injured to long to make a judgement. Deano knows the English leagues and IMO will get us back to the Prem! Paul Tamworth

Remind me how old was he when he helped hull get promoted?

Season 10-11 was his last season of being a good footballer since then he has lost yards of pace and done nothing.

TDW

Paul that is one of the first things you have said that I have agreed with. 'Stale would have been better in Prem instead of Connor.' Think Stale's philosophies and style work at the top level of football, he isn't really a motivator. You need a motivator who knows the English leagues at this level, but once you are in the premiership it takes more than motivation. Personally, I think we should have sacked Mccarthy after survival sunday when we stayed up by a point. That year wasn't good enough considering the previous year we finished 15th and it was clear Mccarthy did not have the tactical nous to help us progress. The problem then is the new man would have had one summer to change a team of Mccarthys players into comfortable premier league footballers, as we have just seen that is near impossible. I think the end of that season was the chance to play all our cards, new manager and a big spend. Instead we expanded the stadium, as if we were definately going to stay in the premiership for years to come!

10 Jan 2013 12:04:55
Word going round is Jackson from Norwich and a further Right Back/Centre Back to sign in window. No left back.

Fridays selection will fuel much speculation with who will feature in plans.

Saunders is to be employed more as head coach with a voice of the transfers comittee alongside the new lad and Thelwell, this much the same as A*#?*n operate with Clarke with Ashworth and his team. Meaning were a club with a strategy which incorporates the Manager rather than a Manager with a strategy which changes each time there replaced - Good move by Morgan. The whole approach means that Moxey will have limited involvement in team affairs and will focus on commercial side. One thinks Morgan may have lost patience with Moxey's lack of understanding with team affairs. Early vibes coming from the Mol give indication that Wolves will operate with quality not quantity and develop competition within ranks.

I hope this is true, especially the Moxey being left out bit of the transfers & focusing on the commercial side of the business.

Gibo. {Ed011's Note - Same, I worry how much Moxey has been involved in transfers, I'm pretty sure Jermaine Pennant said that he was a Moxey signing as opposed to a Solbakken signing, but don't quote me on that.

I think we have to accept that Moxey will negotiate the deals as he is the
money man which he is very good at.

Ed. I heard the same rumour. Pennant was all down to Moxey and not SS

10 Jan 2013 16:56:22
pennant admitted on twitter that he was a moxey signing

10 Jan 2013 16:58:09
Your right Ed, pennant was signed by Moxey!

10 Jan 2013 08:45:28
Wolves have joined Brighton in the race to sign out-of-favour Ipswich striker Jason Scotland, 33, on loan for the rest of the season.

Paper talk, hopefully No truth in it! Paul Tamworth

No thanks. Nowt better than what we already have

Why are we even being linked to this guy? I'm getting a bit worried by the standard of player we are being linked with. Too many journey men being mentioned. I'd much rather see the best of the lower leagues young players coming to wolves.

This is the kind of player we can expect to be linked to under Saunders. We're back in the Mick era of signing drivel and deadwood.

Hope you're not right. Is it Marcus Bent all over again? Don't worry, he won't ever get a game.

Don't be so negative! McCarthy got us players who got us in the Prem! If Deano does the same il be happy! What went wrong in the Prem was lack of investment and McCarthy puttin Square pegs in round holes!! The futures Bright The Futures Deano! Paul Tamworth

Don't be so negative Paul? What if Dean is all talk? He's clearly won you over with his (depressing) talk of wanting tryers. What if we're no better off at the end of the season or this time next year?

^^^ there was more investment than people realised whilst wecwere in the prem! More to do with the way it was spent than anything else!!

If this is true then it shows we have well and truly scraped the bottom of the barrel.

Big Dean was a striker.

Big Mick was a defender.

Expect different football onion heads.

If, Buts and Maybes?? Let's see what happens! We're all guessing at the moment! Paul Tamworth

Ok so McCarthy spent almost 60m on players during his Reign Albion spent 18m in same period.
Wolves spent 5th most in Prem during our 3 seasons under McCarthy and still fans say lack of investment.
I forgot Norwich, Swansea, WBA, Reading, Blackburn, Fulham, Southampton, Newcastle spend over 20m a year on players (not) while they were either in the Prem or are in Prem.
Poor signings by McCarthy should be the source of the blame apart from a couple Fletcher/Jarvis.

What I'm saying is Paul, you didn't stop moaning under Solbakken even when we did win. Now we have the even more unproven Dean Saunders in charge it's as if he'll win every game until the end of the season?

We couldn't defend under McCarthy, does that mean we won't score goals with Deano?

Don't worry Paul Tamworth will revert to form soon enough! I still can't get over him wanting the quality signing Keiron Dyer! If that's the level of his football knowledge Dean Saunders must come across like Pep Guardiola to him! It's laughable!

I never wanted Keiron Dyer?? 5 years ago yes, but not now! Paul Tamworth

Mick spent 60 million? on who? he spent nowhere near tht! you list me the players he bought for tht? utter tosh!

Well Paul someone posted yesterday that we should show ambition and go out and sign Dyer and signed it off Paul Tamworth! Maybe you upset someone!

Jay Bothroyd Charlton Free 27 Jul, 2006
Jamie Clapham Birmingham Free 02 Aug, 2006
Karl Henry Stoke £100,000 02 Aug, 2006
Jemal Johnson Blackburn Signed 17 Aug, 2006
Charlie Mulgrew Celtic Signed 08 Sep, 2006
Stephen Ward Bohemians D. Signed 01 Jan, 2007
Michael McIndoe Barnsley £250,000 01 Jan, 2007
Michael Kightly Grays Nominal 02 Jan, 2007
Neill Collins Sunderland £150,000 05 Jan, 2007
Darren Potter Liverpool £250,000 18 Jan, 2007
Andy Keogh Scunthorpe £600,000 23 Jan, 2007
Matt Jarvis Gillingham £600,000 20 Jun, 2007
Darren Ward C Palace Signed 03 Jul, 2007
Fredy Eastwood Southend £1, 500,000 06 Jul, 2007
Total £3, 450,000

Stephen Elliott Sunderland Signed 17 Jul, 2007
Michael Gray Blackburn Free 25 Jul, 2007
Kevin Foley Luton Signed 14 Aug, 2007
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Plymouth £1, 500,000 10 Jan, 2008
David Edwards Wolves £675,000 14 Jan, 2008
George Elokobi Colchester Signed 31 Jan, 2008
Sam Vokes Bournemouth Signed 23 May, 2008
Richard Stearman Leicester Signed 25 Jun, 2008
David Jones Derby Free 27 Jun, 2008
Total £2, 175,000

Chris Iwelumo Charlton Signed 14 Jul, 2008
George Friend Exeter Signed 01 Sep, 2008
Matt Hill Preston Signed 01 Sep, 2008
Jason Shackell Norwich Signed 01 Sep, 2008
Christophe Berra Hearts £2, 300,000 02 Feb, 2009
Total: £2, 300,000


Kevin Doyle Reading £6, 500,000 30 Jun, 2009
Andrew Surman Southampton £1, 200,000 01 Jul, 2009
Nenad Milijas Crvena Zvezda Signed 01 Jul, 2009
Marcus Hahnemann Reading Free 01 Jul, 2009
Greg Halford Sunderland £2,000,000 03 Jul, 2009
Ronald Zubar Marseille £1, 500,000 04 Jul, 2009
Stefan Maierhofer Rapid Vienna Signed 31 Aug, 2009
Jelle van Damme Anderlecht Signed 01 Jun, 2010
Steven Fletcher Burnley Signed 03 Jun, 2010
Steven Mouyokolo Hull Signed 18 Jun, 2010
Stephen Hunt Hull Signed 21 Jun, 2010
Total: £11, 200,000

Danny Batth Colchester Signed 01 Aug, 2010
Adam Hammill Barnsley Signed 20 Jan, 2011
Leigh Griffiths Dundee Signed 26 Jan, 2011
Adriano Basso Bristol C Free 31 Jan, 2011
Jamie O'Hara Tottenham £5,000,000 21 Jun, 2011
Dorus De Vries Swansea Free 22 Jun, 2011
Total: £5,000,000

Roger Johnson Birmingham £7,000,000 11 Jul, 2011
Eggert Jonsson Hearts £250,000 01 Jan, 2012
Total: £7, 250,000

Grand Total £26, 875,000.00

Where it states signed fee was undisclosed.

Danny Batth came through the Academy! Same age group as Davies, Bennett, Winnall, Hemmings! In fact he captained the side and was here long before McCarthy! If you are going to be clever about something get your facts right!

10 Jan 2013 07:55:46
I reckon saunders will start with at least 9 of the team on friday that lost to luton and whats the odds that those who didn't turn and play for solbakken will turn up and play against blackburn

Dunno about odds but I do know that (1) we haven't much choice in our first team selections (Jonsson anyone?) and (2) if they turn their game on then that's surely a good thing.

Quite high. I'm not looking forward to seeing our players hoof the ball long again.