The Steve Morgan Legacy

[Langers]

Ward and Kightly were here pre-Morgan.

That Barnsley game was utterly mental - one of the most insane celebrations I can remember when Reid scored!

 

[Tony Towner]

I would sum it up as an opportunity missed

 

[James]

Favourite game: Wolves 2 Man United 1 - it stopped Fergie going unbeaten all season
Least favourite game: Wolves 1 WBA 5 - the begining of our rapid downfall (in my opinion)
Best performance: 1-0 against Chelsea great defending and a brilliant performance from the whole team
Worst performance: Gillingham away... We were piss poor that night
Best signing: Ebanks-Blake
Worst signing: Dean Saunders
Best moment: Staying up and sending the blues down
Worst moment: being relegated to League one
Hero of the Morgan era: Mick McCarthy
Villain of the Morgan era: Roger Johnson

 

[Wolvensam]

I thought he did a good job here. He invested a lot of money - both on the pitch and off it - and I'm not sure the questionable managerial appointments were entirely down to him. We were something like the sixth highest spenders in the Premier League (when we were there) and McCarthy has admitted he stayed loyal to limited players and predominantly wasted the funds available on squad fillers and crap.

I'd probably criticise him for his timing of sacking McCarthy - it either had to be done at Christmas or not at all - and him storming into the dressing room half-time vs. Liverpool and completely undermining the manager.

In fact, I think the only times Morgan failed were when he acted with his heart as opposed to his head. Ironic, really...

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Favourite game : Wolves 2 -1 Manchester United
Least favourite game: Wolves 1 - 5 West Brom
Best performance: Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolves. A very good all round display.
Worst performance: Wolves 0 - 3 Peterborough United
Best signing: Sako
Worst signing: Holt
Best moment: Beating QPR to guarantee promotion
Worst moment: Relegation to League One
Hero of the Morgan era: Sam Ricketts.
Villain of the Morgan era: Mr Moxey.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Ward and Kightly were here pre-Morgan.

That Barnsley game was utterly mental - one of the most insane celebrations I can remember when Reid scored!

If you're picking timeline faults then this has to be the winner...

So - during Morgan's tenure, what was your

Favourite game: Wolves 6 Rotherham 4 - phenomenal game of footy
Least favourite game: The loss v fulham
Best performance: Difficult one. There were some brilliant performances in the PL, when we beat spurs 1-0, when we beat chelsea. Some good games v Man Utd too.
Worst performance: see #2. Directionless.
Best signing:. Mick.
Worst signing: Saunders
Best moment: Best moment was probably either promotion, and/or seeing us compete in some of the PL games under Mick. Most emotional moment was the game v Blackburn as the season ended. Possibly proudest moment was either Jarvis being called up for England, or seeing so many academy products breaking into the first team.
Worst moment: the debacle of 5 managers across a 12 month(ish) period
Hero of the Morgan era: again, Mick
Villain of the Morgan era: That fucking arsehole saunders to cockswinebag.

To add, Morgan meddled a lot in the champ season. I think he learned from that and stepped back. Takes a big man to accept and own up to that kinda responsibility and he did. I respect him a lot for that.

At the club a good while before Morgan!

 

[Langers]

If you're picking timeline faults then this has to be the winner...



At the club a good while before Morgan!

I missed that. Well spotted. SHAME on you, LJ!!

 

[Jack Regan]

Favourite game: 6-4 against Rotherham, completely bonkers
Least favourite game: Albion trouncing us
Best performance:5-1 against Forest
Worst performance: 0-3 Peterborough
Best signing: Sako
Worst signing: Halford
Best moment: Ricketts scoring to make it 5-4 against Rotherham
Worst moment: Saunders appointment
Hero of the Morgan era: Mick
Villain of the Morgan era: Saunders

 

[lemonjelly]

I missed that. Well spotted. SHAME on you, LJ!!

apols. The holy trinity :icon_wink: became a bit too inseparable for me.
Will change my answer to Sako.

In other news, despite a couple of poor lines at the beginning, this is a good article:
http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2016/07/22/comment-steve-morgans-wolves-reign-success-or-failure/

 

[So Long Architect]

On a similar theme, what would people's Morgan era Dream Team be?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

On a similar theme, what would people's Morgan era Dream Team be?

Hennessey

Foley
Craddock
Berra
Golbourne

Kightly
K Henry
Jones
Sako

Dicko
Fletcher

 

[Nando]

On a similar theme, what would people's Morgan era Dream Team be?

Hahnemaan

Foley
Stearman
Craddock
Ward

Kightly
Henry
Jones
Sako

Dicko
Fletcher

Subs: Hennessey, Berra, Iorfa, Jarvis, Ebanks-Blake, Doyle, Afobe

 

[Langers]

Hennessey; Iorfa, Craddock, Berra, Ward; Kightly, K Henry, Jones, Sako; Dicko, Ebanks-Blake

Subs: Hanhemann, Foley, Golbourne, Price, Jarvis, Fletcher, Afobe

 

[James]

Hahnemann

Iorfa
Stearman
Craddock
Elokobi

Jarvis
Milijas
Henry
Sako

Ebanks-Blake
Fletcher

 

[pr0sl0]

Doherty
Doherty - Doherty - Doherty - Doherty
Doherty - Doherty - Olofinjana - Doherty
Doherty - Doherty​

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Doherty
Doherty - Doherty - Doherty - Doherty
Doherty - Doherty - Olofinjana - Doherty
Doherty - Doherty​

No Edwards, seethe denied

 

[Langers]

No Edwards, seethe denied

On the bench with Ikeme and Ricketts?

 

[Nando]

Alternatively, the Morgan era horrow show:

Ikeme (15/16 version - otherwise OK)

Zubar
Johnson
Gorkks
Van Damme

Pennant
Doumbia
O'Hara
Boukari

Holt
Eastwood

Subs: J.Robinson, Mouyokolo, Jonsson, Harewood, M.Bent, S.Elliott, Maierhofer

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

On the bench with Ikeme and Ricketts?

Rohan was gone before Stevie M turned up. We could have a bench of seven Zubars.

 

[Langers]

Horror XI:

Ikeme (as Nando said, last season's version); Halford, Gorkss, Johnson, Clapham; Hunt, Jonsson, Doumbia, Pennant; Harewood, Maierhofer

Subs: Rowe, Zubar, Mancienne, O'Hara, Surman, Eastwood, Sagbo