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J**n McG**lay would be certainly be one, for reasons we really don't need to rake up again (what were you thinking ref? He's GOT to go!!!!).

H**ri Cam**a (currently missing open goals for Greek giants Panetolikos in his bid to be African Footballer of the Year 2012) has got to be another, and B*b Ta**or is the obvious candidate from them lot down the road.

You could probably add Gl*nn Hod**e to that list as well, for essentially making me temporarily fall out love with my football club.

His laissez-faire attitude to managing Wolves, coupled with some of the mind-numbing dross served up on the field over a year and a half, was one failure too many for a lot of supporters who left Molineux and never came back.

But a fair few of us should have been putting pennies in a swear box in the past couple of weeks, because Hod**e's name is being mentioned with increasing regularity.

Comparisons are rife between the style of football he employed and that currently used by Stale Solbakken, with memories of Carl Cort being employed on the right wing suddenly fresh in the memory again.

A fair comparison? Well there are similarities - both enjoy possession-based football at a fairly pedestrian tempo.

Solbakken though places far more emphasis on organisation and he allows the players to go more direct if needed.

But the question for me is, do Wolves fans have the patience to allow his ideas to grow?

The noisy boos which greeted the full time whistle against Charlton last Saturday suggest not, and if that's the case then we could have a turbulent few months ahead of us.

Sometimes I think you could take a few thousand of our supporters (from which stand, I'll let you decide) and plonk them in the Emirates for a season and they'd be screaming at Jack Wilshere to "stop messing about and get it in the box", or Mikel Arteta to "play it FORWARD you idiot, not back" within five minutes.

Patient passing football is generally frowned upon at Molineux - as a collective we generally like our football played quickly and directly, with wingers flying down either flank.

That's because we've been brought up on tales of the 1950s, Hancocks and Mullen and all that, and the winger tradition continued with Norman Deeley and Dave Wagstaffe right through to Michael Kightly and Matt Jarvis in recent years.

Wingers are in our blood and while Solbakken employs two himself, they're not the key players in his formation and aren't constantly fed the ball to get a cross in the box.

So when players like Karl Henry try to keep possession at all costs instead of launching it wide, which sometimes means playing a short pass to a team mate or - shock horror - playing it backwards - some fans get frustrated.

This of course creates extra tension in the ground which gets to the players, who often retreat into their shells, start taking an extra touch here or there and become indicisive for fear of supporters getting on their back.

You see it time and time again, week after week.

But, just three months into the season, I fear that Solbakken will not be given enough time or patience in which to implement his ideas.

We've got to remember that he's introducing a seismic culture change at Molineux, trying to teach old dogs new tricks in the unforgiving and relentless rollercoaster of the Championship, where anybody can beat anybody,

We've seen tantalising glimpses of what may lie in store if he gets it right, with some eye-catching one-touch stuff and wonderful movement shown against Barnsley and Crystal Palace in particular.

And the sturdy defensive organisation he's attempting to give us was evident in impressive away wins at Peterborough, Ipswich and Blackburn.

Solbakken demands respect for his achievements at Copenhagen - he knows how to construct a winning team but it can't be done overnight.

Let's be honest we're ahead of schedule points-wise, with 21 from 13 and in eighth place, as this season was always likely to be one of consolidation with any promotion run a bonus.

As Hod**e showed, playing in a certain way doesn't necessarily equate to success.

His ideas weren't misplaced, they were just implemented badly.

He made dreadful signings, whereas Solbakken's signings have shown signs of promise (the anonymous and therefore currently not judgeable Frank Nouble and Georg Margareitte - who's going some way to being the new Isaac Okoronkwo and/or Steven Mouyokolo - aside)

The system or style of play doesn't earn you success - it's the players who embrace those ideas. Otherwise Crewe Alexandra would be in the Premier League.

So until this is Solbakken's squad - and not a mix of McCarthy's "getting a shift in" players and some new technically gifted foreigners - he deserves our respect and our patience.

Whether he'll get that is another question entirely, but I for one hope he doesn't become St*le Sol***ken in years to come.