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Is Alan Curbishley the Man for Wolves?.

It would appear from various polls and forum discussions that Alan Curbishley seems to be the early favourite to take up the Molineux hot seat. In view  of this we at Wolvesnews have put together a little resume of Mr. Curbishley’s Premier league managerial career! The following info has been adapted from information from the internet, mainly  from Wikipedia. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights )

Alan Curbishley led Charlton to the Premiership, via the play-offs in 1997–98 after a thrilling play-off final against Sunderland at Wembley The match ended in a 4–4 draw with Charlton winning 7–6 on penalty kicks (we think that Mi chael Gray, a short term player for Wolves was the one who misse d the deciding penalty).. Charlton started off their inaugural season in the Premiership well but unfortunately the finished very poorly and ended up back in Division 1.

Curbishley kept his job and with the  prolific Andy Hunt netting 24 league goals, assisted by Clive Mendonca on 9, John Robinson and Graham Stuart on 7 and Richard Rufus on 6, Charlton easily won the First Division championship winning 27 of their 46 league games to take the title with 91 points, beating Man City into second place.

In 1999/200 Charlton finished the campaign in a convincing ninth place – some highlights included a 3–3 draw at home to Manchester United and wins at home against Chelsea and Arsenal. The following season was similar in that the team reached as high as eighth at the turn of the year, but no wins in the final eight games brought them perilously close to the drop. In the end though, three draws from the last four games ensured safety in 14th place.

With backroom staff of Keith Peacock and Mervyn Day, Curbishley built a sound squad capable of holding its own in the top league with a good balance of experience and youth, with Chris Bart-Williams, Chris Powell and Graham Stuart alongside up and coming youngsters Scott Parker and Luke Young. It looked as if the team might make a real impact and five successive wins in early 2003 elevated the side to sixth, although defeat by Arsenal started a run of eight defeats in the last 10 games for a 12th place finish.

Charlton did very well in 2003–04 that they even threatened to claim a Champions League slot for a large part of the campaign, this eventually resulted in a 7th place finish by the end of the season. Curbishley continued to mastermind their consolidation over the next two seasons with 11th and 13th place finishes. During the 2005–06 season he also celebrated his 600th game in charge of the team with a 1–0 victory at one of his old clubs, Birmingham, in September 2005. Darren Bent scored the goal.

Curbishley was named by the media as amongst the favourites to succeed Sven-Göran Eriksson when it was announced in January 2006 that Eriksson would step down as England manager after the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Several British Sunday newspapers reported in March 2006 that Curbishley had been interviewed for the job of England manager by the Football Association. The post however eventually went to Steve McClaren.

The chairman of Charlton Athletic, announced in April 2006 that Curbishley would leave the club at the end of the 2005/06 season Curbishley denied that this had anything to do with being interviewed for the England manager post. Curbishley managed his final game as manager of Charlton away to Manchester United on 7 May 2006, which Charlton lost 4–0. After Curbishley's departure, Charlton suffered two relegations in three years.

After a short time away from the game, Curbishley returned to management in December 2006 when he was appointed as manager of West Ham United. After looking certain for relegation, he led West Ham to seven wins out of their last nine games, beating Blackburn Rovers, Everton, Bolton Wanderers, Wigan Athletic, Arsenal, Middlesbrough and a 1–0 win at Manchester United on the last day of the season, to keep West Ham in the Premier League.

The 2007–08 Premier League season was relatively successful for Curbishley, as he led the club to a top ten finish despite long-term injuries to many of the key signings he had made that summer, including Scott Parker, Craig Bellamy, Kieron Dyer and Julien Faubert. Before the start of the 2008–09 Premier League season, there was ever increasing speculation about his future at the club.

Despite the club taking six points from their first three games, he was unhappy with the club's transfer policy after key players Anton Ferdinand and George McCartney were sold without his permission, a claim denied by the West Ham United board of directors, and he resigned his post on 2 September 2008.

We at Wolvesnews feel that his pedigree is more than  good enough for us and if he can perform the miracles that he did at both Charlton and West Ham he will more than do! Whereas we accept that he has been out of the game for several years we feel that he still has the experience needed to get us out of this torrid position we find ourselves in. Not sure who else is freely available and would fit the bill, but two in employment come to mind that we at Wolvesnews feel could also do us well i.e. Big Sam and Chris Hughton, not sure though whether they would be interested or indeed if their clubs would let them go. Finally we would like to say a thank you to MM, for what he has done for Wolves let’s just hope that we can stay in this league as a fitting tribute to his near 6 year contribution.  Place your vote in the embedded forum below for the next Wolves manager.

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