I agree with most of what has been said. For me the centre of defence was the problem from the start, an area already highlighted by many last year and again pre season. Craddock is poor but I don't lay the blame squarely on him, I didn't think Mancienne or Stearman when he came on were much better, Noble was given way too much room for the goal although it was a class strike. Ebanks Blake didn't cut the mustard, one game does not make a season but he had chances which need to be put away, we need to sign another striker immediately. Milijas was very good, infact he was too good for our lot, they were a second behind him and a couple of mistimed passes were the result, his corners were crap, what have they been doing pre season. Jarvis had loads of ball, a bit more quality on the left and we'd have nicked it. Likewise Keogh, plenty of the ball, ran his socks off and got the crowd onside, however he will not score enough goals or create enough. Halford looked quite good, yet amazingly he's being knocked on other forums. Foley looks the goods, Henry was ok. So in addition to the obvious central defender we need another quality striker, a very good right back (despite Ward's versatility he'll be torn apart against the big guns), and a quality right sided midfielder. I think with Doyle and Kightly and a couple more key signings we may be good enough to stay up, if we don't get the injured players back quickly and strengthen in other areas we are doomed.
________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 16 August 2009 13:29 To: [email protected] Subject: [NSWolves] Re: [NSWolves] Encouraging performance, what we are lacking is that little bit of class / composure in front of goal. Far more positives than negatives. First goal was a screamer! Second Hennessey and Craddock were at fault, more so Hennessey. You could see he was mad with himself as he had coped well and come for a few crosses earlier in the game. We looked strong going down the left with Milijas, Jarvis and Ward playing well. Keogh had a very good game in my opinion, far more good things than bad things. He made a couple of wrong decisions when a better pass selection could have put SEB in for a chance but hopefully he will learn from that. One of the biggest positives to me was we had 9 shots on target and 11 off target! I'm sure Doyle will help us put more of these chances away. SEB didn't look up for it and had a poor game, should have timed his run for that header better. He will also be kicking himself that he didn't score early in the second half. Should have tucked that one away, all he had to do was lift it over the keeper's legs as Green was committed. Upton had him in his pocket for most of the game. What was he going on about with the Ref at half time? Hope MM sorts his ego out quick! Mancienne and Foley looked very comfortable and not out of place. Still think we need to improve Centre back, Left back and central midfield. MM knows this and will make some signings in the next week or so. Another good performance at Wigan should fine tune us for a surprise at Man City!! ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven Millward Sent: Sunday, 16 August 2009 6:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NSWolves] Re: [NSWolves] In all seriousness I agree with you. It was very encouraging. We looked PL quality in spite of only adding two players to last season's side (I'm counting Mancienne as part of last season. Milijas was a highlight for me. He created and nearly scored a lot. Halford's throw is great, and I thought he played quite well. SEB didn't look great to me. We played in a lot of balls in the air and he's going to be little use for that. I think we could easily have won on another day but we could also have gone down 5-0. Wigan on Tuesday isn't it? 2009/8/16 Steven Millward <[email protected]> Oh f*ck. So we're definitely going down then. Oh well. 2009/8/16 Marcus Chantry <[email protected]> 2-0 Definitely flattered West Ham and I definitely saw enough class in Wolves' play to give me confidence that we will stay up this season. The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way and should destroy any copies. Macquarie does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Macquarie. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Pig's pudding - it's a mon's dinner aer kid -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
