Wolves must progress

Thats a juicy prospect Blogger wolf... 2 additions that wold seem feasible and attainable... My fear - and its one of Micks negative traits, is his insistance and pig-headedness when it comes to playing his faves. Henry is undoubtedly one of them, and you will have to find someone else to replace if you wanted a Gardner on the teamsheet. Im hoping somehow that he;s seen the light with Berra and Elokobi, and 2 positions at the back a "Johnson" or two would be ideal would help us look less pathetic when the opposition attack. In Fletcher and Doyle - and, it has to be said, Ward - Upfront we're capable of some real clever attacking play, and nothing more needs said about the brilliance of 4 talented wingers in Jarvis, Junt, Hammil and Kightly.... if only we could play them all/ Lets see (and hope) if Mick can learn from this season

Ward had to play full back because Van Damme let everyone down , Cant blame Mick for that one , We all thought he was the answer when we signed him so personally i thought Ward did himself no harm filling in for us as we had no one else there besides George who we all know has his faults , Point the finger at the player sometimes and not always the manager ! , Sometimes signings dont work out and Van Damme has proved that , Henry has 1 sending off n 8 yellows in 32 games aint that bad really , theres a lot worse in the league , but its not his tackles im knocking , its his football ability , Thats why i think Foley holding as he is a very neat footballer and Ohara and Adlene would gain off it

Oddjob: credit where it is due, MM did identify areas of improvement a year ago and acted accordingly. He bought in JVD at LB and many of us, including me, thought that was an astute signing. Indeed, as the negotiations dragged on, I was worried lest we would lose him. The friendlies showed him up and perhaps we could have done further business then, though it would have been difficult and costly. Even so, MM could and should have something in January. By then, it was patently obvious that we needed central defenders as well as a LB but nothing was done. As a stop-gap MM might have tried out Mancienne in the LB position, as you have suggested, but I certainly don't blame Ward for the problem. Playing out of position, he did his best. Secondly, MM bought in Fletcher to operate alongside Doyle in a 4-4-2 system. It never got off the ground. Doyle was injured at the start of the season and Fletcher was put out of action in the Stoke match, a retaliatory foul for the one on Jones. It was a pity because in the first half Fletcher and SEB tore Stoke apart. Thereafter, systems came and went, as already described by someone else. Among the experiments was the one that paired Fletcher and Ward up front, even though it was forced on the manager. Helped by a resurgent Hunt (and a rejuvenated Jarvis), it worked. To sum up, MM made the right decisions last summer but for one reason or another (including poor scouting) they did not succeed. Over time, his purchase of Fletcher and Hunt have helped to save us, whereas the acquisition of JVD and Maierhofer hardly helped at all and arguably cost us points as well as money. At present, we cannot assess the value or otherwise of bringing in Mouyokolo. If he is good as you say he is, Oddjob, we may thank MM in the long run. The close season will provide an indication of that, that is, if he is injury-free. Clearly, MM's team selection was hampered by injury and the inability of one or two of his signings (and established players) to match his assessment of their capabilities but, nonetheless, they seemed bizarre at times. Over the years I have been pleased with MM as manager - after all, he replaced the Messianic Hoddle- but under his direction will we find ourselves in the same situation in May 2011?

What's the obsession with 442? Just how many other teams play that way all the time these days? We need options to play a number of formations, especially a version of 451 as so many other teams play it and then have a man over in midfield.