Revolving door at Molineux

Well, those three strikers... ok if they leave, even thought we could keep Keogh...... but Milijaš ? Remember the last match against Tottenham, he was great then. I think Milijaš is the best competitor for O´Hara in central midfield, that we have.

Ad Mant raises the problem we will face if we adopt Crete Wolf's suggestion of offering SEB to Birmingham as part of the payment for Dann. It will leave us very short up front, especially if Arsenal put up silly money for Doyle. It won't happen but if it looks like a deal is being made (no matter how crazy), Wenger will have to drag him over my dead body first. Of course, we would buy in a replacement but who could replace Doyle? Don't answer that question, lovesW!

Would,nt let Seb leave Banksy if Doyle was sold,but that wont happen so I think it makes sense IF we get a good deal on Dann.

What's this then? Three strikers and a classy midfielder out, without any mention of possible replacements whatsoever, and elsewhere calls for Upson, Evans, Bassong, Dunne. Gladly the aim of those whose vision matters is not to replicate the Catenaccio Inter of the 60's or the boring Arsenal of a decade later. Only Wallace fits in with the medium/long- range policy - long, in his case, all the better. And forget about Dann; MM has implied one CB acquisition will do. Had Jez been serious about him, he would have struck a double deal with Brum. Jody, Berra and Stearman along with RJ will cope, will have to cope. As the commanding figure he is known to be, RJ should take charge of eliminating those mistakes. I will be the 'enfant terrible', Southbank, and answer that question with a short answer - Long. But don't get me wrong. I want Doyle to stay, as long as MM gives me his word that he will not be deployed as a lone striker. Otherwise, the answer is Long.

hello lads just joined RJ is brill signing and would like to see other CH plus LB as well names Evans, Upson, Bassong.As for LB why not try for W.Bridge on loan Man City pay half the wages.For Holding Mid Fielder why not try for Owen Hargreaves.As for A.Keogh and S.Vokes not good enough for Prem sell at any price to get off books.As for the Hoff give away.

Welcome , Kiawolves. Sharp. Great! No more defenders, except for Wallace - apart from the present, one also 'for the future'.

If we are going to sign a quality LB and a second CB, we had better brace ourselves for the departure of one of our star players. After the RJ signing Moxey made it clear that the club had to balance the books. I'm worried that management will take the cheap option and bring in Upson on a free. Incidentally, has anyone calculated how much money we would receive, if we managed to unload all the players surplus to requirements? According to my mental calculation, it would not amount to much, certainly not enough to purchase Dann or Bassong, leaving aside the cost of a LB.

LovesW i agree if a stupid amount for Doyle comes in ( which it wont ) then we would have to seriously look at it , my point to you is Shane Long ? is that the best name you could come up with ??? , everyone says we want premiership proven players and you come up with Long hahaha , hes average in my eyes and thats as a championship player ! , Blake banged the goals in but as a footballer hes not the best and thats why he struggles in the prem ! the days of poachers are long gone at the top level , you have to have an all round game !

I agree with you about Long, Oddjob, especially the analogy with SEB. It's completely different banging in the goals in the Championship and doing the same in the PL.

Being practical, we should chain Doyle up to a Molineux goalpost and not release him for anything less than the sum Liverpool paid for Carroll. Even that would not be enough because to us he is irreplaceable. I see he scored a great goal today.

Oddjob, MM HAS been following Long, and there is interest, at least as far as reports in the papers go. I guess it would all be in the eventuality of Doyle leaving, and, how many is it, 5 Ireland internationls already at Wolves? And do not worry about having a go at me if feel you have to. I agree with all the rest that you say, and I don't say that to deter you having a go at me. As to the other strikers, Keogh and Maierhofer are on the fringe, Vokes seems to fit the (once-super) sub role adequately, and SEB ever waits for his chance to start, which leaves Fletcher as the only central striker. His goals contributed significantly to staying up. Why he was not utilised until the end of the season, MM only knows.

The problem we have if we dont strengthen the defence some more we are going to play 4-5-1 as we leak to many goals.If we could sign another CH and LB this would then enable MM to play Doyle and Fletcher up front and score more goals.I totally agree Doyle is brill player but only playing 1 up front we do not score enough goals and that was part of the problem last season we leaked to many goals and would you say that Fletcher was a better scorer last season as he only played a 3rd of the games that Doyle played.

totally agree but how much money would we lose if we went down and in the 2 seasons before we spent 18-20 million if johnson cost 7m thats still only 12m according to all reports wolves are in credit by 25.9mill surely we can afford another 6-7m on players because some we have are just not good enough keogh vokes berra hoff sell all more money to spend

... meaning one of the wingers, Southbank, your veil! You could argue it may as well be the midfield department, but it is not, for that would bring your untouchable # 2 under doubt. It is the wide men you are refering to: Hammill, Kights, Jarvis and Hunt. For one thing, you teasingly advised Jarvis should be sold. I would sell or loan out none of the four if it is positive football we want; in rotation or due to injuries two of them will supply the ammunition for Doyle and Fletcher. And I think my criticism of MM on this score at least, playing with one striker, is obvious because it has been a recurrent theme of mine, no veil, much as I have confidence in the man as a manager. You are one of the few, the only one I know of, who actually lived the glory days of WW as a conquering side, an attacking side; I myself just missed it. The Hibbitt, Waggy and Dougan era was the best I saw, but it was not great. It should be you clamouring for attacking play and to relive the glory days! - okay, to the extent the tactical Zeitgeist of the game would allow.

LovesW the best player in that era was Knowles and many a Wolves fan say he was by far the best player Wolves ever had , all be it for 2 seasons hahaha ( Bloody JOVO ) grrrrr , Southbank , I never meant Wolves had to sell to buy , I said if we sell Keogh and the Hoff then along with Halford and JVD we would have got back in 5.5 mi which has paid for O'Hara so that means Wolves really have only spent the report 6 million for Johnson ( yes thats the word with a million if we stay up on top ) the players that have left plus if we sell Hoff and Keogh means Johnson's and O'Hara's wages has not shaken the wages kitty and should have evened itself out , If anything all I have said shows Wolves have been pretty tight compared to previous seasons in terms of spending , So surely there must be money to be spent left in the pot , I just think Moxey and Morgan want a couple more off the books before buying , Mendez Laing/Keogh/Hoff/Batth on loan again , couple more kids like Winnall and Hemmings on loan too , the wage bill would drop even further , With all that surely another signing will happen , And if we are 30 mill in credit ( IF THATS TRUE ) it proves that spending 18m each of the seasons we have been in the prem does not effect Wolves as a business , Personally i cant see how we would be that much in the black , but Morgan has not become worth 400million plusmwithout being an astute business man and building something from scratch , And lets face it with himself and the other too M's the squad , the ground , the strutcure of the club is the best its ever been in my lifetime ( im 31 ) maybe the best its ever been , 20-25 players all willing to run through a brick wall for the manager , a good fan base , decent priced tickets , a club debt free , spending millions , top of the range training facilities , great time to be a Wolves fan , Wanderers til i die :-)

oddjob79 i agree but considering you get 750.oo for every place you finish in the league would you not agree that to strenghten the squad with more quality players is better than floundering around the drop zone if it takes another 6-10m on players would that not be better than going down considering after van and halford won sold if johnson was 7m we would only have spent 8.5m. m.m.m have to consider how much we make in prem or how much we lose going down iam not saying go daft but we need more quality not the champlonship players we are used 2 and that is why sometimes you have to bite the bullet but not go over board

As my wife is better with the household budget than I am (she recently asked me if it was really necessary to buy a WW season ticket), your grasp of the transfer sums might be better than mine. I worry that if we wait until we have unloaded surplus players, there will be no quality players left. Couldn't Moxey allow us to go temporarily into the red in order to acquire the players we need? And with all the money we have sloshing about can't we buy them anyway? As for your upbeat assessment of our club at the moment I whole-heartedly agree with it in spite of my general Eeyore approach to all things WW. It's a great time to return to active support of the club.

Oh and Rangers have had a 3 mill bid accepted and we all know Rangers cant afford 40k a week so he would have easily fitted in with the pay structure too , I think its a missed opportunity

I'd prefer to keep Milijas as he can come off the bench and do something out of the norm , Edwards like you say is a tryer and comes in with his fare share of goals too , lot of niggly injuries so i think this will be his last year and will be replaced next season , if we go down next year he will be ideal for the championship , but thats not gonna happen :-) , Keogh has to go , again a tryer but i think he deserves a good run in a championship side as thats his level !