Big Mick Wolves team - Irish players

**SunderlandBohs** · 21/04/2009, 1:10 PM

Originally Posted by drummerboy

I know Scunthrope received �150,000 bonus when Keogh and Wolves got promoted. How much do Bohs stand to make out of it (Ward)?

e100,000. Hows that for a quick detective work. Would have take Columbo hour to solve that one

**back of the net** · 21/04/2009, 1:19 PM

Originally Posted by EastTerracer

Delighted for Mick. Given the limited finances available at Wolves this is a tremendous achievment.

It is depressing that the promotion merits only a very cursory mention in the Irish media compared with Sunderland's promotion two years ago.

Whatever the rights and wrongs of the Saipan issue it is a shame that people seem to regard McCarthy as a "second class" Irishman of some kind. To me, he was one of the most passionate players and managers we have ever had (although he'd admit himself he was never the most skillful player in the world).

I still have the video of the interview he gave after the defeat to Italy in 1990 (still sweating in his kit). He was raging and continued to repeat that "we should have won this whole bloody tournament". No one Irish player has a monopoly on having that "winning mentality".

Hope Wolves stay up next season and that Mick gets the credit he's due.

excellent post EastTerracer

**Yard of Pace** · 21/04/2009, 2:22 PM

Delighted for Mick.

When I was a kid he came down to our prize-giving ceremony one year. The oul fella says he was an absolute gentleman, posed for as many photos as was needed all night in good humour. I was always appalled later at the vitriol he'd go on to receive over various things.

Kudos to Manc Irish Wolf for the great posts all season too. Great to have that kind of insight on here.

**dr_peepee** · 21/04/2009, 5:03 PM

Originally Posted by Yard of Pace

Kudos to Manc Irish Wolf for the great posts all season too. Great to have that kind of insight on here.

Defo.. Maybe we'll get Crafty Toe Poke back when Leicester go back up... That and maybe sign some Paddies!!!

Great to have Wolves up for obvious reasons...

**Hibernian** · 21/04/2009, 9:33 PM

Well done Mick fair play.

Delighted for him (and this is from me who has not always agreed with everything in the past he done)

Hopefully they do well next season that would mean staying in top flight in England. its going be dogfight for them but i think they can stay up..

i hear there getting 28 million which is not too bad

also backed them at start year so i suppose my thanks are just much from my pocket then heart

but all same

**lionelhutz** · 22/04/2009, 9:23 AM

Well done to McCarthy and Wolves.

Hopefully they can provide the same kind of shock results they did the last time they were in the top flight, ie beating Man United 1-0

**geysir** · 22/04/2009, 9:56 AM

The Wolves board are queueing up to take some credit for being smart enough to recognise Mick's managerial qualities.
Why we picked a Mick

'The (thick) fans wanted Ince but fortunately we the board were smarter'.

I won't mention the unmentionable S factor but that appeared to rate high.

Still, they pay high praise indeed to Mick.
“It was an illustration of a guy with charisma, character and determination. If a man can deal with that pressure with that sort of dignity then we knew he would be able to deal with the problems that would face him as manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers"

“Yet his integrity and humility struck a chord and I’m pleased that those are permanent characteristics.”

**Drumcondra 69er** · 22/04/2009, 2:43 PM

Originally Posted by geysir

The Wolves board are queueing up to take some credit for being smart enough to recognise Mick's managerial qualities.
Why we picked a Mick

'The (thick) fans wanted Ince but fortunately we the board were smarter'.

I won't mention the unmentionable S factor but that appeared to rate high.

Still, they pay high praise indeed to Mick.
�It was an illustration of a guy with charisma, character and determination. If a man can deal with that pressure with that sort of dignity then we knew he would be able to deal with the problems that would face him as manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers"

�Yet his integrity and humility struck a chord and I�m pleased that those are permanent characteristics.�

The headline is a fukkin joke on that article mind you.....

**smasher** · 22/04/2009, 2:53 PM

Really over the moon for Mick. A genuine guy who always stuck by his own principles. Pity we dont have more like him.

**geysir** · 22/04/2009, 4:00 PM

Originally Posted by Drumcondra 69er

The headline is a fukkin joke on that article mind you.....

the last part of the headline was edited out

'like a hole in the head'

**Manc Irish Wolf** · 23/04/2009, 9:38 PM

Originally Posted by Yard of Pace

Delighted for Mick.

When I was a kid he came down to our prize-giving ceremony one year. The oul fella says he was an absolute gentleman, posed for as many photos as was needed all night in good humour. I was always appalled later at the vitriol he'd go on to receive over various things.

Kudos to Manc Irish Wolf for the great posts all season too. Great to have that kind of insight on here.

Thanks YOP & Dr P. Know what you mean about Crafty Toe Poke - was planning to congratulate him last week, however forgot his pseudonym he'd been away so long. Pity, as I used to enjoy reading his Leicester updates. Hopefully he'll be back to give us more detailed insight next year in the Irish footballing hotbed that is the Championship.

**NeilMcD** · 23/04/2009, 10:42 PM

Congrats Wolves. I always had a soft spot for them first cause of the colour of their jersey when I was younger, then because of Robert Plant and then after that due to Mick Mc Carthy and the amount of Irish guys at the club.

**geysir** · 25/04/2009, 12:19 PM

Very good long article on Mick by Vincent Hogan in the Indo today.

McCarthy happy to roll with the punches

On Trap
"What I see under him is a team that's going somewhere, that could qualify," he says.

"He (Trapattoni) has made us solid. Does he have the calibre of player available to him that Jack had? No. That I had? No. Yet, they're doing well and the players seem to like him. Listen, there's no rhyme or reason to some of the commentary in Ireland. There's such hoo-ha generated by one poor result. It's just barmy, crazy."

On Andy Keogh
Andy Keogh has been a revelation in recent games despite long being a target of fans' scorn. How did McCarthy shield him, as he always does?

"I make him feel important to me and the team," he says. "What anybody else thinks outside the group doesn't matter."

**Hunty's Flatcap** · 26/06/2009, 12:53 PM

Gleeson off to MK Dons permanently. http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/0...ed-to-mk-dons/

Probably a decent move for him, to a passing team who should be vying for promotion to the Champtionship. He was never going to get in to the first team at Molineux in the Premier League and there's only so long you can send someone out on loan.

**Manc Irish Wolf** · 29/06/2009, 10:39 PM

Looks like we have added another one to the ranks. Sky Sports have announced that we have a press conference arranged at 9.30 tomorrow morning to unveil Doyler as our new signing. Absolutely made up if it's true. Him and Blake could be a quality partnership - 10 goals a piece and we'll have a good chance of survival. Mick is definitely assembling a team for the future - state of the art set up down there now and Morgan wanted to buy Liverpool so looks like he means business. Doyler's only really had 3 or 4 full seasons as a pro and is getting stronger every game - can't wait to see him develop further down the Mol (Please God).

Hope Mick uses his Irish connections to the full and adds Duffer, Dunne and St Ledger to the ranks - nothing better than the thought of an Irish dream team down the Wolves.

**youngirish** · 29/06/2009, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by Manc Irish Wolf

Looks like we have added another one to the ranks. Sky Sports have announced that we have a press conference arranged at 9.30 tomorrow morning to unveil Doyler as our new signing. Absolutely made up if it's true. Him and Blake could be a quality partnership - 10 goals a piece and we'll have a good chance of survival. Mick is definitely assembling a team for the future - state of the art set up down there now and Morgan wanted to buy Liverpool so looks like he means business. Doyler's only really had 3 or 4 full seasons as a pro and is getting stronger every game - can't wait to see him develop further down the Mol (Please God).

Hope Mick uses his Irish connections to the full and adds Duffer, Dunne and St Ledger to the ranks - nothing better than the thought of an Irish dream team down the Wolves.

Hope it goes well there for him there and Wolves do well next year and get a few new faces in before the start of the season. Wolves will be the team I'll now be most watching next season in the Premierhip.

Good luck for next season Manc Irish Wolf.

**OwlsFan** · 07/07/2009, 9:57 AM

Originally Posted by Manc Irish Wolf

Hope Mick uses his Irish connections to the full and adds Duffer, Dunne and St Ledger to the ranks - nothing better than the thought of an Irish dream team down the Wolves.

Do Wolves have the money for such signings? Certainly would be three great captures.

**co. down green** · 07/07/2009, 10:30 AM

u16 international from Limerick now at Wolves

http://www.limerickleader.ie/sport/B...-of.5418813.jp

**bohsRap** · 07/07/2009, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by co. down green

u16 international from Limerick now at Wolves

http://www.limerickleader.ie/sport/B...-of.5418813.jp

Just reading through that link there and it mentions a player from Montserrat, playing for Udinese who may be eligible for Ireland due to a Grandmother:

Originally Posted by Limerick Leader

It also appears that Ballingarry could be about to offer Irish soccer another new international - 18-year-old Finntonio Yogue is a native of the world's worst international side Montserrat, but is eligible for Ireland due to his grandmother Catherine Shanley from Ballingarry. The west Limerick woman moved to Montserrat to work as a nurse in 1940.
Now it appears her grandson is attracting the attention of Irish soccer bosses.
Finntonio Yogue plays with Italian side Udinese, but has been linked to a number of top clubs including Chelsea and Arsenal in recent weeks.
In Udinese the teenager is coached by Gianluca Torrotti who is an acquaintance of Irish boss Giovanni Trappatoni and assistant Marco Tardelli.
It is understood that Torotti has made the Irish management aware that a change of a FIFA ruling may allow Finntonio Yogue to line out for the Republic of Ireland.
A motion from the Algerian Football Association, removing the reference to the age limit, was passed by 58 per cent at the FIFA Congress, opening the way for many players to get a second chance in international football.
The rule change does not affect any player who has played for the full national team as they are barred from switching nations.
Yogue has already played twice for Montserrat, but both games were international friendlies.
"Finn has the ability to play soccer at the highest level and this has been proven by the many clubs that have been enquiring after him," said Bradan Lifford, the coach who discovered Yogue.
"He's had a good month, scoring in the Udinese run in to the Italian youth competitions, getting the international news and now the invite to Chelsea," said Lifford.
It is believed that South Korea, Japan and Croatia have already been in touch with Yogue's representatives to offer him a trial, but his Irish family background has the FAI monitoring the situation.

Can't be true can it? Seems like another "Masal Bugduv" (google it).