The Definitive TWF Wolves XI Thread (1970 - present)

[Parkins left foot]

Munro
Lescott












Richards
Curle
Pollet
Mcalle

The last 4 are interchangeable with others - the first 2 aren't

 

[Nando]

Joleon Lescott
Dean Richards
Keith Curle
Ludo Pollet
Jody Craddock
Christophe Berra

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Frank Munro - My boyhood hero, not sure if I have mentioned it before...
David Woodfield
Ludovic Pollet
Joleon Lescott
Dean Richards
Keith Curle

 

[Quirkafleeg]

Not sure what's worse, nominating Hindmarch or not even naming six players

Joleon Lescott
Dean Richards
Keith Curle
Jody Craddock
Ludo Pollet
Rob Hindmarch

Six in now, oh and that goal at The Shit still gives me goosebumps.

 

[Torrevieja wolf]

Munro
Lescott
Richards
Curle
De Wolf
Pollet

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Six in now, oh and that goal at The Shit still gives me goosebumps.

In which case I trust Iwan Roberts will be making your list on the strikers...

 

[Trips]

Richards
Lescott
de Wolf (loved him, still got a framed photo in my house with him before a game when I was way young)
Pollet
Curle
Venus

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Munro
Lescott












Richards
Curle
Pollet
Mcalle

The last 4 are interchangeable with others - the first 2 aren't

John McAlle nearly made my top six, but he was too inconsistent. He formed a very good partnership with Frank Munro, but he was prone to dropping clangers, and big Frank couldnt rescue him every time. McAlle played over 500 games for Wolves, a magnificent achievement, but during the early seventies it was considered by many that another top class centre half alongside Munro, and a more consistent goalkeeper and we could have been challenging for the league title.

McAlle would have been the next on my list, but I could only name six.

 

[WolfmanOz]

John McAlle nearly made my top six, but he was too inconsistent. He formed a very good partnership with Frank Munro, but he was prone to dropping clangers, and big Frank couldnt rescue him every time. McAlle played over 500 games for Wolves, a magnificent achievement, but during the early seventies it was considered by many that another top class centre half alongside Munro, and a more consistent goalkeeper and we could have been challenging for the league title.

McAlle would have been the next on my list, but I could only name six.

100% agree with Frank

Munro
Lescott
Woodfield
Craddock
Richards
Hughes

The way this one will go it will doubtful if Munro will make it, which sort of proves my point. A lot of people rib Frank but Munro was seriously one of the top centre half backs in the early to mid 70s.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Another thing that is pertinent to this is that until Ardiles and Villa came to spurs around 1980 , there few few foreign players plying their trade in the top league or anywhere in British football. The 70s dominant teams were Liverpool, Leeds, Forest and they were British and Irish right through. That includes uefa cups , European cups, league titles, fa cups and naturally internationals. London centric was true for international recognition but so was the fact your team was winning. Clemence ,Hughes, Keegan were the first names on the England team sheet from Liverpool, Hunter Madeley Cooper, Clarke all from Leeds and at the end of the decade Francis, Shilton, Anderson all England regulars at the time from Forest. As a result the home nations were comparatively better in my view as their whole team played in the top league. Scotland's 1978 world cup squad may not have goit out of the group but they did beat eventual finalists the Netherlands and their squad was full of players from the top league in England. So it was even harder for Wolves players to get international recognitions as the competition was huge, much more than today. You could name 11 players from that era who had less than 20 caps between them and would still have looked a very good international side.
That is another reason why Bully was an exception as he was capped while playing outside the top division. Something that very rarely happened in the 70s and 80s

 

[Tony Towner]

Are people going to moan that their pick from the 70's hasn't made it for every position? Just make the side
Parkes, Palmer, Parkin, Munro, McAlle, Bailey, Carr, Hibbitt, Wagstaff, Dougan, Richards and close the thread.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Joe Corrigan
Paul Reaney. Tommy Smith Larry Lloyd Alan Kennedy

George Armstrong Stan Bowles Ian Bowyer, Gordon Hill

Frank Worthington Jimmy Greenhoff

That's a team from the 70s who won less than 10 caps Greenhoff Armstrong and Bowyer won none, but a team that would not have been bad to watch at all. Tough at the back, skill in midfield and goals up front. In total that 11 won less than 40 caps.

 

[Deleted Cyber]

Are people going to moan that their pick from the 70's has made it for every position? Just .ale the side
Parkes, Palmer, Parkin, Munro, McAlle, Bailey, Carr, Hibbitt, Wagstaff, Dougan, Richards and close the thread.

Who is moaning? It has been a lot of fun. You can't compare apples with apples though. Just imagine if flowers Wright and Williams were within scope. All would probably be shoe ins for anyone who watched wolves in the 50s

 

[Tony Towner]

You could name 11 players from that era who had less than 20 caps between them and would still have looked a very good international side.

This is the thing with the 70's, everyone says how strong the league was, yet we failed to make both the World Cups we had to qualify for. Was the standard really that good or was it just competitive?

 

[Tony Towner]

Who is moaning? It has been a lot of fun. You can't compare apples with apples though. Just imagine if flowers Wright and Williams were within scope. All would probably be shoe ins for anyone who watched wolves in the 50s

Bingo! My comment wasn't aimed at you

 

[Deleted Cyber]

This is the thing with the 70's, everyone says how strong the league was, yet we failed to make both the World Cups we had to qualify for. Was the standard really that good or was it just competitive?

I would say that the standard was good. Liverpool ,Forest won the European cup, Leeds reached the final Spurs beat Wolves in the eufa final, Rangers won the cup winners cup, Liverpool won the eufa cup. That's all in 10 years.A far stronger record than the last 10 and a favourable comparison with our golden age of man u and Chelsea wins.

Don't forget that in the early 80s Villa also won the european cup Everton the cup winners cup. OK the game itself has moved on technically and fitness wise, but British teams held their own or better in Europe in the 70s and all home nations under performed when it came to international football. The England team was worse than the sum of its parts.

 

[WolfmanOz]

Agree with Cyber-_-man - British club teams in the 70s to the mid 80s were very strong and often dominated the 3 European cups available.

As for the national team well in '78 they missed qualification on goal difference to Italy and then there was no 2nd chance or a play-off to qualify - we all knew what happened in '74 with the incredible game in '73 vs Poland (who actually finished 3rd in '74).

Even so the management of the England team was awful for most of the 70s, Ramsay lost the plot post 1970 and then Revie came on board and proved to be a disaster. Brian Clough was the obvious choice but he upset to many in city hall London FA to be given the job - the talent was there but players with flair and gifted ability just weren't picked.

 

[NE66Wolf]

Are people going to moan that their pick from the 70's hasn't made it for every position? Just make the side
Parkes, Palmer, Parkin, Munro, McAlle, Bailey, Carr, Hibbitt, Wagstaff, Dougan, Richards and close the thread.

Good shout!

 

[NE66Wolf]

Munro
Lescott
De Wolf
Curle
Berry
McAlle

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Are people going to moan that their pick from the 70's hasn't made it for every position? Just make the side
Parkes, Palmer, Parkin, Munro, McAlle, Bailey, Carr, Hibbitt, Wagstaff, Dougan, Richards and close the thread.

I have not noticed anyone moaning, just making their views known. I will be picking a player from that era as my number one choice in every position apart from goalkeeper.

And you have missed Jim McCalliog from your above team. Willie Carr didn't join Wolves until 1975 or 76...