Fist of fury! Ikeme could miss rest of the season after punching wall in anger at Wolves comedy own goal

By Paul Collins

PUBLISHED: 04:30 EST, 19 March 2013 | UPDATED: 11:47 EST, 19 March 2013

Wolves keeper Carl Ikeme is set to miss the rest of the season after breaking his hand punching a tactics board in anger over his side's calamitous own goal at the weekend.

Ikeme let the ball through his legs after defender David Davis passed it back to him in the first half of the clash with Bristol City.

The keeper had a furious exchange with Molineux manager Dean Saunders at the interval and did not appear for the second half.

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Own-goal! Ikeme looks on nonplussed as the ball trickles through his legs into the net

Own-goal! Ikeme looks on nonplussed as the ball trickles through his legs into the net

Foolish: Ikeme was devastated but he had no one to blame but himself

Who is Carl Ikeme?

Ikeme, from nearby Sutton Coldfield, came through the ranks at Wolves after joining as a teenager and has been sent out for loan spells at Accrington, Stockport, Charlton, Sheffield United, QPR, Leicester, Middlesbrough and Doncaster (twice).

He started this season as first-choice keeper following injuries to Wayne Hennessey and Dorus de Vries and has kept his place, making 41 appearances.

Wolves, who had Dorus de Vries between the sticks after the break, gave their survival hopes a shot in the arm by battling back to win 2-1 but they could now be without stopper Ikeme for the remainder of the campaign.

The 26-year-old faces at least a month on the sidelines and Saunders has been forced to bring back Aaron MCCarey from his loan spell at Walsall.

Saunders said after the game that Ikeme had injured his hand during the opening 45 minutes. But the Wolves manager aired a fresh version of events today.

'After the game I didn't know he had broken his hand,' said the Welshman. 'I have tried to protect Carl and the club and keep everything that went on in the dressing room within the dressing room.

'I am forever rollicking the players and what is said in the dressing room doesn't normally come out of there. I just tried to  protect Carl after the game because with the situation we were in it wasn't something I wanted to talk about.

'I wanted to protect Carl and protect what goes on inside the dressing room but now it has all come out I have a responsibility to let the supporters know why he's not available to play.

Howler: Ikeme can't believe what he's done

Howler: Ikeme can't believe what he's done

'Carl was frustrated at making his mistake and has punched the tactics board which is only cardboard but there is a metal bar at the back of it which has damaged his hand. He has not meant to break his hand - Kevin Doyle kicked the corner flag after scoring his goal and he could have ended up breaking his foot!'

Saunders added: 'Every single one of us has punched something or pushed something out of frustration but you don't expect to cause  yourself injury.

'I'm not sure whether he will be out for the season but it will be for some weeks. He is our No 1 goalkeeper and will probably feel more stupid about it than anyone. I've spoken to him and he can barely talk to be honest with you, he's that disappointed.'

Wolves legend Steve Bull said: 'It certainly was a very silly mistake by Carl which led to the goal and nearly cost us a vital game.

'I can understand the frustrations and anger that he would have felt about everything following the half-time interval.

'But he was being silly because his hands are the tools of his trade and it’s now cost him by being out for what looks like the rest of the season.'

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Is "honey, London" below a troll or what? I've seen her on a few articles spewing about "19 out of 20 articles" on here being about men. Deary me, isn't this like the ONLY place us men can come and relax without high levels of estrogen? Geez. And this goalie is a joke surely.

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Wasn't his fault a dodgy pass back

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It just goes from bad to worse for Wolves

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Honey, London, The problem with watching women's sports is that the average man sitting in the stands could get on the pitch/track/court and match the female "athletes"! - Benny Blanco , The Bronx, 19/3/2013 16:03 Really Benny, you could match the times and distances by female athletes, nice to know we have future Olympic champion there, the English women bowlers would soon have you heading to the pavilion and knocking your bowling to the boundary, the football team would run the average man ragged after ten minuets or so and as for the female cyclists! Even our swimmers would sink you mate, credit were it is due you do not get international caps for nothing, you do not break world records by being rubbish.

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should have kicked his head instead, idiot!

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What a plonker,I hope they do not pay him while he's on the sick.

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Is this dm's special week on goalies?

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Some might same at least he cared enough to so be annoyed...but what a daft bloke!

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Honey, London, The problem with watching women's sports is that the average man sitting in the stands could get on the pitch/track/court and match the female "athletes"!

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Honey, London 14.17 - the reason most articles are about men's sports is simply no one is interested in women's sports. look at the England football, rugby and cricket teams playing in WORLD CUPS in our own country last year. No one apart from family was at the ground so why on earth would any of us watch it on TV or read about it?

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