Sometimes my own fellow Wolves supporters make me cringe.
The ones that peppered the internet with comments calling for the manager to be fired after the Palace and Blues games, the ones that jeered at Keogh when he was going through a baron spell last season, and the ones that were chanting “4-4-2” against Liverpool before they saw how effective the 4-5-1 formation was.
It’s why, historically, we have been unpopular with other fans.
I’ll bet now that if ESPN runs a poll on which club has got the worst supporters in the league, Wolves will be near the top.
It used to be because we were the Championship’s big spenders, always insisting we should be in the top flight, but never managing to pull it off. When we finally got promoted, I know plenty of people who were pleased to see us drop right back down again.
Thankfully, our reputation changed a few years ago.
It was when it was announced that Sir Jack was not bankrolling promotion campaigns any more.
Mick McCarthy took over with only a handful of players on the books and very little cash to bring any more in.
He took us to the playoffs that season and the Wolves fans’ attitude audibly changed.
I was delighted to see supporters simply happy to have made the playoffs and it earned us respect around the country.
Since then a section of our fans have been eroding that respect though.
First by calling for Mick’s head when we missed the playoffs by a couple of goals 12 months later.
Then for calling for his and Jez Moxey’s resignation every time our form dipped in the season where we won the league.
This season, scour the discussion boards and see what some supporters say when we lose a match – it’s painful reading.
And it’s exactly what we don’t need.
What do people say about Stoke, Birmingham, Everton, West Ham and Portsmouth?
“Difficult place to go” or “cauldron atmosphere” are terms often used.
What do they say about Molineux?
“Keep Wolves at bay for 20 minutes and the supporters will soon be on the players’ backs”
Those names that pop up on discussions across the web when we lose are nice and quiet today.
That’s because 4-5-1 has delivered a win and a couple of draws in the 4/5 times we have used it, including completing the double over one of the best teams in the league this week.
I hope their silence lasts.
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Posted by Wolves in Canada on 02/11/2010
Completely agree with you 100%. Seeing how unbelievably stupid the Wolves fans can be makes me cringe. Like in 2007-08 when Stephen Ward was on the left wing, he was suffering from patellar tendinitis and had to get injections in his knee before he finally had to get surgery, people just assume he's not good enough even though the guy is injured! I mean this is someone who came to Wolves for 100,000 pounds in January 2007 and did extremely well, scoring us goals and earning Championship Player of the Month Award for 2007, and now cause he has some bad games with an injury he automatically sucks.
It's disgraceful to Wolves, and it makes the fans look like idiots.
Wolves fans should be grateful that we're more prepared for the Premier League than last time.
And if we fight off relegation, I'll be serving up the humble pie!
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Posted by Winky the Wolf on 02/11/2010
You have to realise how patient us Supporters have been and now as with the last season in the EPL you tend to get a bit anxious.
McCarthy has/will cop some stick regarding team selections. They'll probable create a rule named after him to stop wholesale changes, but it worked. We don't have the strongest squad in the comp and if by the last day we're not in the bottom 3 then God bless him.(As long as he keeps Keightly)
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Posted by Norton Wolf on 02/12/2010
Brace yourself for the "real" fans coming on here to inform you your a happy clapper.
I gave up my season ticket 2 years ago because of the incessant whingeing around me, it's the culture of self righteous season ticket holders who "support the badge" not the current regime that are the problem... don't believe it's just our club though...
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Posted by Razor on 02/12/2010
Agree with you up to a point. I've never been one for slagging off for the sake of it, but although MM did a great job to get us up with limited resources, some of his team selections this season have been mind-boggling to say the least. Indeed, his decision to change the whole team at Man Utd really did cause a lack of respect around the country and left me and many others totally embarrassed to be a Wolves fan.Likewise, the team selection at Palace in the cup was a disgrace and that 4-5-1 game didn't bring us a win did it? Again we would have lost some of the country's respect that night. The constant playing of players out of position is something else - he didn't do that in the championship and there's no need to it now, unless we have too many injuries. The narrowing of the Molineux pitch was another decision that has hindered us. He did it "because he didn't want to give the better teams room to play". That back-fired on us, because we are the ones who need the room, not Arsenal.
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