Wolves blog: Rock and hard place

Like many Wolves fans, I find myself between a rock and a hard place,

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I want success for my club; I just don't want Mick here to deliver that success.

So my fellow nuggets, where do we go from here?

I've got a lot to get of my chest, so you will have to excuse the length of this Friday's blog.

You could have turned up 60 minutes into the Southampton game and you wouldn't have missed a thing.

It was the worst first half of football I have seen in years.

We played better in the same fixture last season and ended up losing 6-0!

With Kyle on the pitch, Mick McCarthy embraced the long-ball tactic, guaranteed to drain the entertainment from any game.

And when he does employ this bewildering approach to the game, time and time again SEB was actually playing in front of Kyle; so how was he supposed to feed on the flick-ons from there?

We were hopeless right across the pitch. The midfield in particular was woeful.

Although the sarcastic cheers that greeted Henry's departure were unforgivable, he couldn't deliver a decent pass all night.

Elliott was an out-of-position passenger on one wing and Jarvis played too narrow and wasn't much better on the other.

SEB on the other hand is beginning to look a great buy; Mick's philosophy of buying every striker available in the country until one of them comes good has finally paid off.

Again Mick managed to pick the wrong side. Potter, who was in a rich vein of form, should have started instead of Henry, who has had a poor season and is obviously lacking confidence.

Keogh or Freddy should have started for Kyle, who should at best be given the last 15 minutes of a game in a John Hartson-type impact role.

And as for Elliott, did he contribute anything?

There was a definite quality difference when Potter, Freddy and Keogh were introduced into the fray on Tuesday night.

But even with four goals, a contentious sending off and a ridiculous penalty all condensed into the last 30 minutes; it was still a dire spectacle.

I think if you were to Google the words Freddy, Express & Star and Wolves, you would probably get more hits than for any other story this season.

His place in the team has been a massively contentious issue all season.

Some fans say that he doesn't work hard enough to get in the team, but others, and I include myself, say that is utter claptrap.

He is a captivating player and when he came on against Southampton he provided the one bit of quality in a sterile game; drifting majestically past three players.

I wouldn't blame him one bit if he went off to Forest on loan, scored a few goals and hopefully came back ready for the start of next season, where the new manager (fingers crossed) should give him a starting role with SEB.

I still think he would be the perfect foil for SEB. SEB is an out and out striker, a penalty box predator. Freddy would work brilliantly just behind him.

Mick would probably respond better if we all chanted Kyle, Kyle, Kyle.

You could imagine him turning to Freddy and saying: "I'm not being told what to do by these nuggets, Freddy you're starting".

But then what do I know? I'm a Wolves fan, and one that writes a column on the web, so I'm probably not top of Mick's Christmas card list.

George Elokobi is a raw talent. Athletic, built like a brick house and extremely rapid.

He does however look liable to make the odd mistake and it was his lack of composure on the ball that led to the corner that cost us the last minute equaliser on Tuesday.

But little George and Breen were certainly better on the night than the inept Collins or Foley.

We all know we should have signed a couple of centre halves in the window and Foley looks to me like his confidence has gone.

I'm beginning to really dislike Mick McCarthy. Why does he purposely dismiss fans views?

Is he as tactically inept as was shown on Tuesday night?

In my view he constantly picks the wrong side and I am sick of his arrogance and his favouritism mentality.

I think the fans were remarkably patient on Tuesday night.

We put up with over an hour of incredibly poor football, but there was no booing or negative chanting during the game and that was good to see.

But nearly 22,000 people had paid to come out in the freezing cold and watch football which wouldn't have looked out of place in West Park on a Sunday morning.

Mick's disregard of the views from the paying punter isn't just a diswgwace (as Roy Hodgson would say) it's also extremely insulting to you and I.

We have a large and in some parts very talented squad.

But rather than utilize the young enthusiastic, hard working players that brought us so much success last season, Mick's policy this season is to bring in ex-Sunderland journey men and construct a team where the players pick which position they are playing out of a big hat before kick off.

I've a friend who is a Northampton season ticket holder and he tells me that Little and Jones are rated very highly down at Sixfields, the fans absolute love them.

Now I know it's a completely different level of football, but I would rather see young players of this quality, gain experience in our first team squad.

It's obvious all is not well at the club.

Players seem only too keen to share their grievances with the media; Bothroyd, Ward, Henry, Breen.

Mick has probably lost upwards of 95 per cent of the fans' confidence and if his attempted scrap with Breeny is anything to go by, then he is starting to lose the players backing as well.

Moxey will back him because you could fit Jez's football knowledge on the back of a postage stamp.

So that just leaves Mr Morgan. Some say that he will have a difficult decision in the summer, whether to keep Mick at the club or not.

Difficult? I don't think so.

Difficult may be when attendances start slipping below 20,000 and the fans start voting with their feet.

Difficult may be that Mick's bizarre team selections see us sliding towards relegation.

For whatever reason, Mick has failed to deliver the goods this season.

Sure you can rest some of the blame on the player's shoulders. But Mick picks the team and organises training.

The next home game is the re-arranged frozen fixture of Scunthorpe.

And it may be that Mick prays for another cold snap in 11 days time.

Although Mick couldn't obviously care less, fans' patience is wearing thin.

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