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THE Champions League and the Championship look unlikely for Villa and Wolves after Mick McCarthy's relegation strugglers came close to upsetting Martin O'Neill's top four hopefuls. Despite never losing to any of his local rivals during his claret and blue reign, O'Neill hates derbies – and he will like them even less after a frustrating display against the Molineux men yesterday afternoon. John Carew opened the scoring early on and then grabbed a late leveller after Mick McCarthy's battlers took a sur]]>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 7:36:00http://t.love.com/311084841Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:20:00http://t.love.com/311066190Sat, 20 Mar 2010 18:08:00http://t.love.com/310976429
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy believes he will have to save his players from themselves in the survival run-in. McCarthy, who was set to name an unchanged side for a sixth successive game at Villa today, had a slight illness doubt over winger Matt Jarvis but otherwise a fully-fit squad, including Dave Edwards, who made his comeback in the reserve against Arsenal this week. The only absentees are long term casualties Michael Kightly and Matt Murray. ]]>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 8:37:00http://t.love.com/310960183Sat, 20 Mar 2010 6:44:00http://t.love.com/310832179Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:47:00http://t.love.com/310725330
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy insists Saturday's trip to Aston Villa holds no fears for his side. McCarthy takes his side to Villa Park, live on Sky Sports 1 & HD1 , aiming to boost his side's survival hopes and end Villa's unbeaten run in 2010. Wolves have won almost as many points, 12, on the road as they have done at home, 15, this season and McCarthy is optimistic of getting a result at Villa Park. "We play well away from home. Look at how we played at Tottenham, Everton, Wigan and Stoke," said McCa]]>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:59:00http://t.love.com/310691517
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has closed 'Maierhofergate' by urging the Austria international to prove him wrong. The manager toed the club line at yesterday's press briefing by questioning the validity of Stefan Maierhofer's scathing criticism of him in quotes attributed to the giant striker in an interview done in the former Rapid Vienna's homeland. But McCarthy nevertheless challenged Maierhofer to take his frustrations out on Championship defences during his loan spell at Bristol City, where manager G]]>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:28:00http://t.love.com/310674176
Wolves defender Jody Craddock has called his new contract offer a "dream" and would give him the incentive to "finish the job" to keep the club in the Premier League. The 34-year-old is the club's oldest outfield player and turns 35 in July, when his latest one-year deal will have expired. But Craddock has been one of Wolves' best players this season and boss Mick McCarthy has been so impressed, the former Sunderland stopper has already earned another extension. ]]>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 9:28:00http://t.love.com/310653579Fri, 19 Mar 2010 8:28:00http://t.love.com/310617256Fri, 19 Mar 2010 6:23:00http://t.love.com/310605434Fri, 19 Mar 2010 5:34:00http://t.love.com/310599597Fri, 19 Mar 2010 5:11:00http://t.love.com/310383777
Wolves boss Mick McCarthy has confirmed that veteran defender Jody Craddock has been offered a new deal. The 34-year-old, who is currently the club's longest serving player, is out of contract this summer. McCarthy insists that he wants Craddock to stay regardless of which division the club finds themselves in next season. ]]>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:32:00http://t.love.com/310349208Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:49:00http://t.love.com/310331095Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:12:00http://t.love.com/310326551Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:00:00http://t.love.com/310242019
Villa favourite Ian Taylor is putting his money on Wolves' first visit to B6 in over six years ultimately proving a fruitless journey this weekend. Sorry to manager Mick McCarthy, but I can only see one winner at Villa Park this weekend – and it's not his Wolves team! All derbies are big games – but Saturday's match would be huge even if local pride wasn't at stake. ]]>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 7:58:00http://t.love.com/310204735Thu, 18 Mar 2010 5:58:00http://t.love.com/310006896
Men in white coats at football clubs used to sell programmes and burgers. Now they're scientists and mathematicians and allowing footballers to play into middle age when once they would be opening pubs. Imagine the scene: the Mars Bar FA Cup Final of 2017. ]]>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:58:00http://t.love.com/310002148
After a relatively quiet midseason period, there is reason to believe the managerial merry-go-round is about to start again. I review here my reasons and suspicions—and speculate about who will be the next manager to go. Hull relieved Phil Brown of his duties following their loss to Arsenal last weekend, and a run of four losses in succession. ]]>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:45:00http://t.love.com/309951246Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:19:00http://t.love.com/309840244Wed, 17 Mar 2010 7:57:00http://t.love.com/309801425
Stefan Maierhofer has voiced his frustration at not getting many opportunities to start this season. Wolves manager Mick McCarthy decided to loan the giant Austrian out to Bristol City earlier this week so he could play more regularly. Maierhofer has made just two starts and seven substitute appearances since moving to Molineux from Rapid Vienna last summer. ]]>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 5:52:00http://t.love.com/309550169
Newport Gwent Dragons have suffered a triple injury blow ahead of Wednesday's Magners League clash against Connacht at the Sportsground. Lock Adam Jones (hand) and back-rows Lewis Evans (thumb) and James Harris (knee) are out. The Dragons are also without Wales squad men Luke Charteris and Danny Lydiate and have called in Toby Faletau and Newport captain Andrew Coombs. ]]>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:58:00http://t.love.com/309511911Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:29:00http://t.love.com/309440969Tue, 16 Mar 2010 7:56:00http://t.love.com/309438216
Wolves goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann is hoping to agree a new contract with the club "soon" after revealing talks have progressed well with boss Mick McCarthy. The 37-year-old's one-year deal expires at the end of the season along with fellow veteran Jody Craddock, who turns 35 in July. McCarthy would like to keep both players on current form, although the finances of such deals will be dependent on which division the club are in next season. Hahnemann has been a steadying and calming influence since ]]>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 7:50:00http://t.love.com/309438215
With it being almost 30 years to the day since Nottingham Forest defender Dave Needham and goalkeeper Peter Shilton got themselves into a comically almighty tangle to gift us our League Cup win at Wembley, it was appropriate that Burnley's Tyrone Mears and Brian Jensen should display such an appreciation of football history. They combined splendidly to allow Matt Jarvis to play the role of Andy Gray and help himself to an open goal that could be as vital as that Wembley winner. The victory at Turf Moo]]>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 7:50:00http://t.love.com/309315337Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:26:00http://t.love.com/309182053
Wolves striker Stefan Maierhofer has joined Bristol City on a 28-day emergency loan. The 27-year-old Austrian striker has swapped places with Chris Iwelumo, who returned to Molineux today after a successful month on loan at Ashton Gate. Maierhofer's loan is due to expire on April 11 and will take in seven games, starting with tomorrow's Coca-Cola Championship clash at Plymouth. Since arriving from Rapid Vienna in a £1.8m move last summer, Maierhofer has made just two starts and seven substitute appe]]>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:07:00http://t.love.com/309104177Mon, 15 Mar 2010 9:19:00http://t.love.com/309084691Mon, 15 Mar 2010 8:20:00http://t.love.com/309081088
Mick McCarthy today insisted Wolves still have it all to do in their survival battle despite Saturday's welcome win at Burnley. Wolves' 2-1 victory at Turf Moor lifted McCarthy's side three points clear of the drop zone with nine games left. Trips to Villa and West Ham in the next 10 days will ensure Wolves players will remain focused to beat relegation. ]]>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 8:12:00http://t.love.com/309066711Mon, 15 Mar 2010 7:20:00http://t.love.com/309049367Mon, 15 Mar 2010 6:20:00http://t.love.com/309044074Mon, 15 Mar 2010 6:02:00http://t.love.com/308940845Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:02:00