Quality of players is certainly a big part of it but nobody has ever suggested that we should be able to compete with the likes of Man City, Man Utd, Arsenal etc, but surely Mick must take some responsibility for the squad that he has built and the tactics that he employs.
He's spent 5 years rebuilding the team from scratch, there have been wholesale changes behind the scenes with management and coaching staff, introduction of more technology to monitor training and match performance. We have a new owner that is investing in infrastructure and to some extent players, yet what have we been able to show for it so far this season? We have just been outplayed and dominated by a team in their first ever season in top flight football, who 3 seasons ago were playing league 1 football. We were also very poor against QPR at home and West Brom. The team that Mick built isn't performing to the standard that many think they should be after 3 years in the Premier League; surely Mick is largely responsible for that? Him, Jez & Morgan said they were aiming for mid-table this season. Do you think we are performing well enough to get mid-table? From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven Millward Sent: Tuesday, 25 October 2011 9:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NSWolves] Is this an issue of the quality of the players more than the manager's ability? For example, Silva and Milner each cost about as much as our entire team. Silva's wages are 140k a week which is about 5 of our players. No. Of course not. It's all Mick's fault ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcus Chantry Sent: Tuesday, 25 October 2011 1:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NSWolves] The glaringly obvious difference between the teams being compared is that almost their entire 25 man squads are "complete" players than have the ability to defend, attack, pass, cross, head a ball and cover other players when they go wandering. Unfortunately, we don't have 1 player in our 25 man squad who can do anything other than play the position they were brought up to play (usually via the lower tiers of English football). Is it any wonder that players like Silva & Milner can wonder around as they wish when their team mates can easily slot in to any position and cover their wondering? Can you imagine Jarvis trying to slot into right-back if Stearman goes wondering around the pitch? Not a chance as he has no positional awareness or ability to tackle. This is the case for almost every position in our team. Mick is old school and buys/trains players to perform single functions, which is why so many of them look like square pegs in round holes when he tries to use someone to fill a position through injury. The style of players and the coaching methods used by the newer bread of coaches (Barca, City, Real Madrid etc) are polar opposites to the thinking of Barnsley lad McCarthy. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven Millward Sent: Tuesday, 25 October 2011 1:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NSWolves] Interesting article on "tactics". http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thefootballtacticsblog/2011/10/silva_and_miln er_add_guts_and.html On 25 October 2011 13:10, Marcus Chantry <[email protected]> wrote: No way!!! Mick McCarthy really is Mick The Magician compared to that prat Sven. It seems Mick is going to be given the opportunity to rectify the current slump and keep us in the Premier League so lets see whether he is smart enough to try different tactics and team selections or whether he's going to be pig-headed and persist with the same drivel. If we are going to change back to a 4-5-1 I think he needs to move Doyle into the hole behind a striker. Doyle is good at holding up the ball and creating space for other players but he is not a natural goalscorer (last weeks tap-in was not of his own making). Two hammerings from Man City in a week should be a good test for the fans and also Mick's temperament. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven Millward Sent: Tuesday, 25 October 2011 1:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NSWolves] I wonder if that is just a longer-term example of "he has the full support of the board" Sven is free now. Is he the man to consolidate us? On 25 October 2011 12:45, Marcus Chantry <[email protected]> wrote: At the end of the day, I don't think it really matters how much the fans complain. Steve Morgan categorically stated at the start of the season that even if Wolves were relegated, Mick would remain the manager. End of as far as he's concerned. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven Millward Sent: Tuesday, 25 October 2011 12:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NSWolves] I think the point is that an experienced footbal manager knows more about football than anyone in the crows, although most people don't agree with that. On 25 October 2011 08:44, LEESE Matthew <[email protected]> wrote: Sky must have failed to pan the crowd if the fella who wrote this believes McCarthy was getting stick from a minority. ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven Millward Sent: Monday, 24 October 2011 8:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NSWolves] Here you are, you spotty kids. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,,12040_7260955,00.html "But Mick then makes a couple of substitutions and the cameras focused on a bunch of spotty kids on the terraces. Basically their attitude was 'you don't know what you're doing' - foul-mouthed abuse of these substitutions which in fact coincided with the turning of this game in Wolves' favour. "Of course he knew what he was doing! Why would they be standing on the terraces and doing some other job and Mick be a Premier League manager - a manager of one of the top 20 clubs in one of the top football countries in the world if he didn't know more about what he was doing than they do? "People don't know their place anymore. This is the problem. People who don't know anything are shouting 'you don't know what you're doing' to a chap who quite demonstrably does know football inside out." On 24 October 2011 08:44, Rog & Reet <[email protected]> wrote: The bloke's a blowhard, his offer to fight fans was made in front of reporters without a fan in sight. If ever there was a time to offer someone outside it was when Keane slagged him off to his face. Of course he never uttered a word. As for a new manager I'd go for that Ferguson bloke. He'll be after another job if his team carry on performing like they did this morning. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Crowe Sent: Monday, 24 October 2011 8:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NSWolves] MM on his way out, lost the plot big time! http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/wolverhampton-wanderers/ 8844 020/Wolverhampton-Wanderers-manager-Mick-McCarthy-tells-fans-he-is-up-fo r-a- fight-following-protests.html <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/wolverhampton-wanderers /8844%0A020/Wolverhampton-Wanderers-manager-Mick-McCarthy-tells-fans-he- is-up-for-a-%0Afight-following-protests.html> Offering to fight the fans? MM has totally lost in my opinion. Who do you fancy as our next Manager Rog? Another one to add to the list could be that Paul Lambert from Norwich, they have tried to play football all season so far. Paul Crowe Sales Manager - Asia Pacific ConTech (Sydney Office) PO Box 3517 Rhodes Waterside Rhodes NSW 2138 Tel: 02 97396636 Fax: 02 97396542 Mob: 0406009562 Email: [email protected] Website: www.contechengineering.com <http://www.contechengineering.com/> -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rog & Reet Sent: Sunday, 23 October 2011 12:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [NSWolves] Sounds like you set the alarm for the wrong time and have mistaken Norwich for us. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven Millward Sent: Sunday, 23 October 2011 11:40 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NSWolves] I watched it this morning. I thought we played very well. No complaints. Some really good performances and a lot of bad luck again. On 23/10/2011, at 9:45 AM, "Marcus Chantry" <[email protected]> wrote: > If you had sat and watched the match I can guarantee that your reaction would be different Steve. I can see how waking up and seeing a 2-2 result might be seen as a positive because it's not a loss, but trust me the two late goals simply mask the fact that we were rubbish for 84 minutes. > > Molineux was about to be torn to shreds by the fans (those who were still there) but the late goals quelled that a bit. It still can't hide the fact that we were completely outclassed at home by a newly promoted team. It was only the bringing on of Milijas (and some other bloke) that made any difference and we stuck with the 442 formation with the subs. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Steven Millward [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2011 05:36 AM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NSWolves] > > It's all gone downhill since he took your advice and played 442 > > On 22/10/2011, at 11:43 PM, "Rog & Reet" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Kept the faith even after two back passes for Hennessey to hoof upfield >> inside the first 60 seconds. >> Mick'll get us out of this, he knows what he's doing. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Marcus Chantry >> Sent: Saturday, 22 October 2011 11:37 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [NSWolves] >> >> I'm so glad Mick is our manager. Keep the faith. >> >> >> The information contained in this email is confidential. 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