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    Awful news for him and NCFC. Might sound controversial but I thought he looked our best midfielder when made the team briefly last year. Hard to come back from such an extended layoff. Hopefully he will be able to.
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    Martin''s main problem in recent years has been lack of pace. No one can doubt his commitment or professionalism. He got moved from right back to centre half as in his later years at right back he has no option but to back off his winger about 5 yards for fear of getting beating for pace. The problem is he backs off to the edge of the 18 yard box and further which also allows the winger to get space to cross, inviting pressure. He isn''t a natural centre half and also finds himself dropping off the play to try and compensate for a lack of pace against through balls and balls over the top. Throw in the odd clanger at the back when on the ball and ultimately you have problems on both fronts which effects the confidence of those around you. Good Club man but ultimately the years have been catching up with him for a while.
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    Managed to sell them so no longer available.
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    Due to an argument with a ladder that fresh air and the ground won I have 4 tickets for sale for the concert on Friday night for face value. Happy to sell all 4 together or two pairs. 2 seated in the Barclay at £65 each 2 standing at £59 each Due to the late nature of this I am happy to discuss pickup/drop-off in or around City area. We live 4 miles South of Norwich but can arrange something today or tomorrow. Contact me and will DM arrangements. No touts.
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    In purely footballing terms the main problem he has at full back and to a lesser extent at centre half is his lack of pace now. He knows that one on one he is likely to get done for pace and so constantly backs off keeping 5-10yds and therefore allows the attacker to make much more ground either down the wing or towards goal than they should. There was a scenario on Friday where the striker was between the 18 and 6 yard box and he still wouldn''t get tight to him for the fear of getting skinned. Ultimately whatever kind of leader/pro he is his time is up. And he''s not the only one in that team. Lack of pace throughout the side is a massive issue.
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    Fair report Ricardo and most depressing all round. Impossible to pick a MOTM out of that team today but there have been very few games where we have dominated the midfield and possession and today was another example. I think we have probably overrated plenty of players on paper this year when the reality is very different. Thought Fulham''s no 10 was very impressive today as was the bald headed guy for Huddersfield both home and away. Sense we will need to change things up next year in all areas but Tettey is perhaps past his best and I think hopefully Louis Thompson might fill his boots next year but perhaps with more drive and energy, as he showed from his brief run in the team.
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    How are you related to him True Grit?
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    For those interested in gambling/analytics interesting article here on Bloom who unlike Benham does not court publicity http://uk.businessinsider.com/inside-story-star-lizard-tony-bloom-2016-2
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    The other example of a more quantitative based club are Brighton. Both Brentford and Brighton are owned by Chairman who head up highly successful football gambling syndicates, Tony Bloom and Matthew Benham. Both have staff of around 100 people analysing games across the world and both quantifying teams and players. In the same way as they look for ''value'' in gambling (e.g. something that is better value than the market perceives) they do the same in the transfer market and don''t pay what they think is too much for a player. Where Brighton are slightly different as they rely a little more on scouting than Brentford still and also have a bigger budget to work with. Whichever way you dress it up though if you compare the resources that the likes of Bloom as to work with at Brighton when it comes to player recruitment, compared to the 5 or so analysts who sit at Norwich you can see why they are likely to overpay for a player (they still might not be a success), and why this is a solid long term business plan/football club model.
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    Won''t be anything to do with the game at Stoke last year but whilst we are on the subject of betting something in my mind still stinks about Gary O''Neils sending off at Stoke last year. The value in odds terms of getting sent off in a game are huge and there was no reason to tackle someone as the ball was running off the pitch unless you had a reason to do so.
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    Good luck to Jez I hope he proves me wrong in a number of areas. 
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    His latest move at Wolves by the way has been to put a £1.50 booking fee on each ticket which has gone down particularly badly with the fans there.
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    Nuff - Just feel very strongly about it. This a critical time for the club in my opinion. We need to appoint someone who is hungry, with ambition. If we don''t return to the Premier League in the next 3 years the parachute payments stop and life becomes much harder again. I know a number of people in and around the club at Wolves and none of them have a good word to say about him other than that "nothing sticks to him, and his best skill is his own self preservation" I felt this was a real opportunity to plan for the future and think outside the box a little bit. I hope to be proved wrong but I couldn''t be more underwhelmed.
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    It''s a rehash of the EDP article but it is happening.
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    See the previous thread on my thoughts on this matter but its a terrible appointment by the board that supposedly had brilliant recruitment consultants on the case and we have ended up with someone who is hated by the staff at Wolves, has overseen 15 years of mediocrity, loves taking the credit but not the flak, and unfortunately has been appointed as Delia and Michael are friends with the Wolves Chairman. From Delia and Michael''s point of view it makes sense for them as he has just overseen/got lucky with a massive overseas buyout and purely due to the age they are Delia/Michael will surely be looking to sell in the next 10 years. For the Club and more importantly the staff its a shocking appointment though.
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    Wish I shared your enthusiasm. I know a number of level headed Wolves fans a number of whom have had personal dealings with him at the club, one of whom text me to say ''horrible man'' really hope you don''t appoint him. I also gather the staff at Wolves are delighted to get rid of him saying he was horrendous to work for and was happy to take the credit but never the flak. He has upset them again recently I gather by charging them a hunky booking fee on each ticket that is bought. I hope I am proved wrong but I fear he is a McNally type character but without his skills.
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    Jez Moxey''s managerial appointments Dave Jones Glenn Hoddle Mick McCarthy Terry Connor Stale Solbakken Dean Saunders Kenny Jacket Doesn''t read well nor does the footballing position that he was leaving the club in before the Wolves takeover has come along, and the managerial appointments have got worse as time has gone on. Always been supportive of Delia et al but this would be a massive step backwards for the club.
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    Re the sacking of McCarthy those Wolves fans who know something about the game knew that he was actually doing ok with a bang average bunch of players. The appointments after him were horrific.
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    Every Wolves fan will tell you sacking Mick McCarthy was the worst thing Wolves ever did. Only decent thing he did was got good money for Jarvis, and Fletcher. That aside he was in charge of 15 years of mediocracy with dwindling crowds, and a club going nowhere. Would rather see a big name from business (a couple of whom I know have applied) rather than someone at the tail end of their career with little motivation.
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    Just no. Would rather have Jez Corbyn...I know a lot of Wolves fans have been laughing at this man for years at his appalling leadership, press conferences, dealings in the transfer market etc. If he ends up with us serious questions have to be asked of a) the board b) the recruitment firm we have used.
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    Worth recalling one of the Murphy twins if we can for cover at least? Would rather have one of them off the bench if 1-0 down with 10 mins left than putting someone like Dorrans on to try and get you a goal.
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    There is a very simple reason why the deadline for season ticket holders was set at 5pm on Wednesday as it is the same time as Club Wembley members have to take up their option on their seats.  Club Wembley was set up when the new Wembley was built and individuals/corporates had the chance to buy a 10 year debenture which offered them an automatic seat for every sporting event at Wembley.  The Playoff finals were not included in that package but instead the Club Wembley members have an option to purchase their seats for the game up until 5pm Wednesday.  The seat map for Club Wembley tickets can be seen below.https://clubwembley.wembleystadium.com/ClubWembley/ClubWembleyLevelGiven the timing of this and David McNallys comments this morning on hopefully obtaining some more tickets that the tickets not taken up by Club Wembley members will then be returned to each club for sale in their respective parts of the ground.  Once the 5pm deadline expires on Wednesday the club will know exactly how many more they have to sell.For what its worth I think the Club have done a superb job through sales process in such a short period of time, and are doing their best to make sure that the vast majority of supporters have the chance to get a ticket.  You are never going to please everyone but imagine the horrendous bun fight their would have been had they gone on general sale so early as they did at Middlesboro.If any Club Wembley ones are returned they are likely to be in the top price bracket.Hope this helps.
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    He might not have celebrated the goal but he was clearly pretty pissed off when his header didn''t go in when we were 2-1 down.  He put in 100% and played well.  Don''t see the problem myself.  He has never celebrated his goals in a over the top manner historically anyhow.  Get on with it.
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    I think we must have played in the same team as each other at some point Delta Bravo, and I agree with your sentiments in full.  Fair play to him for making the most of what he had but I think it helped that his dad was well connected at the club.  There were some very useful kids in that year group in local football (I was not quite up with the best of them!!), but it never failed to amaze how far he went when others more talented around him did not.
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    There is a mathematical argument Purple that we should have broken the bank for Hooper.  The chances of us getting relegated are between 10-13%.  Indeed given this present chance if it was considered, that Hooper for arguments sake, would have made the difference to definitely keep us up then there is a mathematical argument for paying around £4 million over the "correct" price for him given that there is about a £40m difference between us staying up and getting relegated in the first year alone (10% x £40m=£4m).Much depends on what % effect you think Hooper or similar might have had as to how much you should pay over the odds.In their wisdom whether right or wrong the board have obviously considered it prudent in the long term in their opinion for the benefit of the club that the money can be spent more wisely further down the line.  Time will tell.
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