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26 Jan 2025 10:20:22
Anders Christiansen at Barcelona is available as they need to clear players out for Rashford deal.
Played for Chelsea always remember him been a grafter and winning his aerial duels.
His wages are high (apparently £170k pw ???) so this may be a problem or maybe we go for a loan for the rest of the season.
Interesting that Barcelona are actively trying to overload players in January.
1.) 26 Jan 2025 15:59:16
Thing is are we actively looking for players, seems very quiet on incomings
2.) 26 Jan 2025 17:34:23
What player with any ambition would want to sign for a Championship bound club with no leadership and negative mentality.
Back to where we were before Nuno possibly a worse position…complete disinterest from owners
3.) 26 Jan 2025 17:35:50
…an insult and affront to all loyal supporters!
4.) 26 Jan 2025 18:31:51
Obviously would be far far better than anything else we have in the back 3 at the moment but I very much doubt we could afford his wages or that he would be willing to swap Barcelona for Wolves permanently.
Perhaps a loan with them paying a (large ) chunk of his wages?
5.) 26 Jan 2025 18:38:54
Wolvo1963 there's two situations in my opinion one is we are and have treated the transfer window as we were before January looking for defensive reinforcements and a midfielder which were Vitor's targets.
Its a bit patronising to say are they actively looking? As they were keen on Danso but Man Citys signing of Khushanov has stopped that deal in this window. Unless Wolves move in with a deal of £25m+ probably closer to £30m- I can't see that happening. We were after Veiga supposedly which seems like we have missed out to Juve again this may be because Cambiaso is moving to City (don't know for sure but Pep is really keen on him for big money £70m+).
So to bring one cb would normally be good business but with the injuries and suspensions we have has as well as some tough fixtures in January I think we have to have a little bit of patience.
Everyone would agree that Manu Silva looked the type of player we needed but we were beaten by the opportunity that Benfica had to offer or he may have been a fan since he was young.
We really do have to keep our heads as in an ideal world we need a cb and a midfielder come next Monday 3rd Feb.
The other situation is that Cunha's fate is almost sealed and that was why the rumours were in overdrive last week. So maybe the club are finalising deals for his replacement still a cb, midfielder and a forward. Not saying I agree with this way but it could be a possibility if 5 clubs are offering £80m+ it probably would be good business for us if we have the right players to come in. Emphasise on the 'if'.
6.) 27 Jan 2025 09:32:08
Cunha is playing like he wants out, if that is the case we need to sell him and move on. I have seen this before with players not wanting to be at the club and destroying the morale of the other players. we need fighters not cowards.
7.) 27 Jan 2025 11:00:35
He was walking through the game on Saturday making sure he didn't get injured. To say the best he gave 50% commitment to the cause, yes I know people will say he is the best player we have got but it will certainly not add to the squads attitude when they can see a player just going through the motions. At points it was like watching walking football there was urgency, structure absolutely nothing.
8.) 27 Jan 2025 11:15:20
Nail on the head baza
9.) 27 Jan 2025 12:47:02
Baza - totally understand your comment but who would be left?
Why would any Premier quality player want to remain associated with a club that is being run like this one?
If we don't survive this year then most of the first team squad will leave anyway and we may well drop straight through the championship to the lower leagues even before you take into account the very real possibility of a 10 point deduction for going into receivership!
Madman - agree that in normal circumstances signing one premier league quality player in Jan would be good business. But in normal circumstances a serious premier league team wouldn't be going into the January window 3 or 4 players short of an acceptable premier league 11, (before injuries and suspensions), and at least 7 or 8 short of a premier league quality squad.
So these are not normal times and sadly we are not a serious premier league team and may well not even be a premier league team for much longer!
We in fact, as you acknowledge, only have a week to save the future of the club so not a lot of time for patience/keeping our heads.
I personally think it is easy to sell high quality players like Cunha but I, like you it seems, am far more sceptical that we are capable of bringing the required quality and quantity the other way.
02 Aug 2023 19:23:40
Rumour that Nunes is attracting interest from Psg.
I would keep him as I still think there's a player there.
But could be two players with FFP over us.
1.) 02 Aug 2023 20:29:22
It only counts for two if we actually get to spend any of it, no danger of that so far! ?
2.) 02 Aug 2023 21:31:38
No truth in rumour about PSG and Nunes, but far fetched that one!
3.) 03 Aug 2023 09:38:41
PSG's head of recruitment (Luis Campos) is Portuguese. They're apparently on the brink of bringing in Goncalo Ramos from Benfica, who would join fellow countrymen Danilo, Nuno Mendes, Renato Sanches (tho he might be heading out) and Vitinha (remember him). Would Nunes be a realistic target for them. maybe
4.) 03 Aug 2023 11:28:59
Could be something in it SBF - £60m please, then we can have Elvedi, Scott (if not already gone to Bournemouth) and Hugo Ekitike (all ready at PSG) and/or Kamaldeen Sulemana - he is quick!
5.) 03 Aug 2023 15:25:04
Sell and buy 2-3.
6.) 03 Aug 2023 16:48:15
No truth I'm afraid, said to be a misprint that got out of hand. Abit like someone on here thinking Liverpool wanted lamina instead of Lavia from Southampton.
7.) 03 Aug 2023 18:18:28
Good. We don’t want them buying any Wolves player if it’s on the Jota terms.
8.) 03 Aug 2023 20:13:09
The 'Jota terms' are standard procedure for sales these days. Unless your buying for someone for their release fees (where it often had to be paid in full) then all payments are staggered in such ways as it helps both clubs ?
9.) 03 Aug 2023 22:42:11
Were be starting prem no manager he's not happy at all
10.) 04 Aug 2023 03:05:06
I think Shi should GO and Fosun should bring in someone who knows what football is.
11.) 04 Aug 2023 10:41:18
Totally agree he has done nothing but prove he is out of his depth and was easily led by Mendes to put us in the same financial mess he got the Chinese owner of Valencia into.
Guangchang this is a massive mistake you have made and it will affect the value of the club regardless of the fire sale to improve the balance sheet. A club devalues automatically he gets relegated
12.) 04 Aug 2023 12:54:40
They saying now we're going for spurs defender plus midfielder could cost £25 mil plus and they say we haven't got money this is nothing to do with ffp it's to do with their investment and they want money back in their pockets it all stinks out fosun
02 Aug 2023 19:22:33
Third bid for Alex Scott.
Personally feel he is worth £25m as long as wages fit into our new streamlined wage budget.
Could be worth £100m + in 3 years time.
1.) 03 Aug 2023 10:01:25
Have we got 25m? Seems we're offering IOU's and fortune cookies
16 Aug 2021 12:36:24
Diawara linked from Roma.
That would be a tidy buy and give our midfield more flexibility.
1.) 16 Aug 2021 13:50:48
He is reported as not wanting to come. Don't want another Cutrone and Mir.
2.) 16 Aug 2021 15:03:42
Bruno said {Sic: Rafa Mir} "I need to talk to the player. I need to feel if he has the ambition and motivation to play for us and belong to our pack. To wear our jersey. If he feels that, it’s welcome, if not we need to find a solution for him and also for us.
We can be here working hard, talking about offensive and defensive strategies, but the basic is to have ambition and motivation to be better every day as a player and also to help the club and team be better every day"
So can't see him wanting to go for Diawara if he has no interest in coming.
3.) 16 Aug 2021 17:17:52
I don't know how true those rumours are tbf. some say wolves are lining up an offer of 15 mil and other reports have us asking for a one year loan. It would be great to have him, but I don't think his heart is playing in the molineux.
4.) 16 Aug 2021 21:09:14
Its a rumour lads none of us know the ins and outs of the deal.
Other players linked-
Oliveira from Porto
Ruben semedo from Olympiacos
Looks like they are in 4th gear now.
21 Jun 2021 10:00:31
Benfica's Gonçalo Ramos is also reportedly on Wolves' radar this summer. The 19-year-old striker has a whopping €120million release clause, despite only playing 93 minutes in the Portuguese top flight last term, and is believed to have interest from England.
O Jogo (via Sport Witness) claims Wolves are one of the interested clubs but adds that Ramos won't command a fee close to his release clause.
Ramos has primarily played for Benfica's B team over the past two seasons but he has scored four times for the senior team. He's well known to new Wolves boss Lage, who coached in Benfica's youth set-up before stepping up to first team level in 2019.
Lage wants 'new Ronaldo'
In addition to Ramos Wolves have been linked with Brazilian centre-forward Kaio Jorge, who is also just 19.
The Santos striker has been likened to Brazilian icon Ronaldo and scored four times in 28 league games last season.
A Bola claims Lage is an admirer of Jorge and that Wolves have 'already made a formal proposal in the region of €15million' to sign him.
Jorge has been linked with Arsenal and Chelsea in the past and looks set to move to Europe at some stage in the near future.
Tasty more attacking players.
1.) 21 Jun 2021 12:54:07
With all these teenagers linked to us, are we going to have a creche at the Mol? Maybe we will have Mothercare as our new shirt sponsor?
Come on Bruno, we need age and experience as well.
2.) 21 Jun 2021 13:55:22
Madman and Deep - I mentioned the Brazilian kid yesterday and he certainly seems to have some pedigree scoring a good few goals for Santos in Brazillian senior football. But of course we do need to balance out the squad.
At the rumoured €15m he is not cheap - although a screaming bargain compared to Silva who, despite a season in the Prem is frankly still an unproven kid - and we presumably have a limited budget. So far from certain that we can be splashing too much cash on ones for the future rather than ready to play hardened pros.
Consequently I m pretty sure we shouldn't buy both of these chaps - although of course the Portuguese lad's release fee of €120m is irrelevant I can say my house is only for sale at £25m but it doesn't mean I have will a line of buyers outside the door or that its even worth £2.5m.
I don't know the Portuguese kid at all but it would be interesting to know how he is viewed in Portugal compared to Silva as they are similar ish in age?
Given like Silva he has minimal experience I would hope that if we do buy him we structure the tranfer differently this time and don't pay more than a nominal sum up front with (potentially substantial) add ons for actual performance.
Although with the precedent already set it will be hard I would also hope that we pay wages in line with his experience and don't make him one of the highest earners in the squad as we did with Silva undoubtedly causing significant problems in the dressing room - Can you blame Traore for being unhappy when a lad not fit to clean his shoes let alone lace them is paid almost double what he is?
3.) 21 Jun 2021 14:12:52
Wonder who scored the most goals and had the most assists per minutes played.
4.) 21 Jun 2021 14:14:55
Future, when Mad Mick made his new signing, Roger Johnson, captain, that was the start of a terrible season resulting in relegation. The dressing room unity was well and truly upended. Johnson was not worthy of displacing the previous captain Karl Henry in seniority and wages. In the same way, paying big wages to a rookie kid now will lead to problems.
5.) 21 Jun 2021 14:21:47
Fabio Silva isn't on more than Traore. That's just stirring the pot with that nonsense. Where's the proof? Traore had niggly injuries all season and couldn't be relied on. The team got 4 results together with Sheff Utd and Fulham now he's world class again. I'd sell for 40m.
Disagree the club have brought good youngsters since the championship to see if they can develop and supplement the 1st team if sold. For example we sold Goncalves, signed Rafa Mir, Neto, Jordao, Shabani, Vitinha and Fabio Silva. All for sums between £1.5-£35. The club chases young players to improve the standards throughout the club.
In terms of experienced players it's difficult. We have chased numerous players the last few years including Zinchenko, Maitland-Niles, Ruben Dias and a host of others.
The difficulty has been that the wolves squad was playing very good football so who would you push out the squad before the 2020/ 21 season? As a player you'd look and think I have no chance of breaking into that squad. On the flip side Wolves struggled to sell Wolverhampton to Zinchenko. Maitland - Niles wants to play as a midfielder. And Benfica probably wanted more than we were willing to pay for Dias. Plus City came in for him.
6.) 22 Jun 2021 07:20:40
Hi,
Thefutureisoldgold is correct in Silva is paid more than Traore.
I looked on google wolves players earnings.
Mouthino and Patricio the 2 highest paid £5.2 million (a year) and surprisingly Silva is the third highest paid at the club on £4.16 million.
7.) 22 Jun 2021 07:30:18
I wouldn't trust those sites Phil mate. Some of them say Silva earns £80k a week, another says £43k and another says £10k.
8.) 22 Jun 2021 08:14:48
Cheers Jas. ðŸ‘.
9.) 22 Jun 2021 11:04:05
All - Unless you have seen the pay slips you don't know for certain but whilst as Jas says various web sites have different levels the majority seem to indicate that he is the 3rd highest paid on between 80 and 90 a week with Traore on something like 50 a week.
Logic would indicate that this, Silva's wage, is likely to be correct. If you buy a player for £35m ie superstar transfer fee you don't put them on the same money as Owen, (circa 10k per week) even if they are a similar age and tragically, as it turned out, a similar stage of development. They go on a superstar wage, which at Wolves would be the 80 -90k a week level (slightly more than Semedo who I believe is the next highest paid - logical again given his transfer fee.
10.) 22 Jun 2021 11:27:18
I remember reading on one site matt Doherty was on 12,000 Sterling per week, that was two seasons ago. That is championship money.
11.) 22 Jun 2021 12:01:46
Tbf that's like any work place though. An employee from 20 years ago might have a better pension scheme. But the new grad might start on £12k more a year than when the experienced member of staff started due to inflation, qualifications etc etc. Traore was unknown and hadn't really proved himself anywhere. So 50k a week for a risk was right.
To attract one of the best wonder kids in Europe you will have to pay real Madrid salaries.
The difference is Traore was slumming it up in Middlesborough. Whilst Fabio was being nurtured and technically cultured in Porto.
12.) 22 Jun 2021 12:06:54
I would just also point out that Traore is ONLY still on that wage cause he won't sign a new contract! The club have been trying to renew since before Fabio arrived (I suspect for-seeing this problem) . If he won't sign a new contract then he can hardly complain about the terms on his old one!
13.) 22 Jun 2021 12:36:20
BB - guess it depends on what he is being offered. It might - don't know - but might also refelct his concerns as to where we as a team are going and his role in that journey.
Madman - spot on! The tragedy is that on the evidence to date he is probably not one of the best kids in Wolverhampton let alone Europe.
14.) 22 Jun 2021 12:37:27
Exactly Bullyboy. Where's the loyalty? We are the club that gave him a 2nd chance in the prem. Took him to a European qf, FA Cup semi final and the Spanish squad. Did any of his previous clubs do that?
15.) 22 Jun 2021 13:53:32
Future-of course you are correct and it could be either of those reasons (low offer or not convinced on the project) . But sometimes the obvious answer is the right answer and I suspect the problem actually is that he wants to play for a top four club! In fact like most players of his calibre (originally a Barce protégé) I suspect he's always been driven back towards that goal. I think it's easy to let everyone assume that he's not signing cause the club aren't doing enough when the truth is we have always just been a step along the way for him, just like we were for Jota. Not blaming the players, it is what it is when you sign high calibre players. But that doesn't mean its the clubs fault either ðŸ‘.
16.) 22 Jun 2021 14:40:44
BB - good post and of course agree. Secret for us then is to try and get the team and all our players further along that road until we are so close there is no point in moving ie we are a top 4 team!
As an example I'd like all public schools to close because state schools are so good no one would spend 20k a year to go elsewhere!
It will always be a compromise how long we can hold a player that is improving - can we improve alongside them so that the team is the right level for them. Can we build fast enough!
Until last summer surely no one could complain and I really believe Jota left on our terms not his but sadly as we have discussed till its boring the upward trajectory stalled and maybe Neves and Traore (and if he was fit Neto) now don't have the same degree of faith and are more easily swayed by other options.
17.) 22 Jun 2021 20:54:16
Yep agreed Future, the only way to get a seat at the top table is to earn it! But me thinks that takes a few more Adamas yet!
Just think of some of the talent Lec have lost just to get to where they are today, which is still only on the reserves list for the top four.
I know you know this Future, but (just saying:) it's a marathon not a sprint ðŸº.
18.) 22 Jun 2021 21:29:22
BB - can't disagree it will be incredibly hard, indeed (given the huge disparity in money at the moment and seemingly for the foreseeable) it may be nigh on impossible.
As you identify with Leicester no matter how many Adama's you have you can't bridge it simply by selling players but you must also buy v v well and develop a talent pipeline through your youth program. Even then as you say it does indeed take time and being patient is v v hard.
You must also make virtually no mistakes in the market neither sellling too early / cheap nor buying duds
However what we also need to do far far better though is develop the brand, especially overseas, so that the cash disparity declines.
Despite being v succesful on the pitch during the Nuno era our commercial revenues stubbornly refuse to grow.
I Did a post comparing our finances to Everton's the other week (when both clubs issued accounts) and although gate and TV money, due to our European run and league success, were v similar the commercial revenues were not only massively better at Everton but the gap was increasing!
Maybe Shi needs to stay away from the football side - wHere he appears to be clueless and focus on the commercial side where his performance to date has been woeful.
19.) 22 Jun 2021 23:00:44
So you want Jeff Shi to basically leave the club? The same Jeff Shi who convinced Jota, Patricio, Boly, Mouthinho, Jimenez, and Neto to sacrifice European football to join our project. Or the Jeff Shi who oversaw our biggest ever shirt and sponsorship deal and oversaw our growth in China. I mean, its not like a multi billion pound company have just plucked him out of the air. He is there for a reason, that reason being that he is good at what he does.
20.) 23 Jun 2021 10:51:09
The Future. Interesting post. I think there is some confusion over who is responsible for signings, investment and commercial revenue.
The fact remains we are still behind Everton, Leicester and West Ham commercially. There are many reasons for that but to even be saying we are trying to compete above that shows the inroads wolves have made over the past 4 years. The fact remains that we need European football as the bare minimum every year to close the gap on the top clubs in the league.
Now Jeff isn't in control of everything he is more like a puppet master. Overseeing every department and when each member of the team ask for investment or a change then that is made. Mendes is a close friend and advises which players are available and will work with the manager and Scott Sellars on players. Mendes is key as he knows when contracts end, when players are unhappy and which clubs need to sell and which clubs are ready to buy.
Scott is Tharyples replacement in my opinion. And a good one when you think he has developed Otawosie, Morgan Gibbs White, Goncalves, Burr and Sanderson. And due to his links at Man City was responsible for signing the young English goalie and Matheson in previous Windows.
It's also right to question Fosun, Jeff and Mendes. However the club was a shell when they took over. We had a proud tradition of being a championship team for the past 30 years. Albeit Jeff is responsible for closing the commercial revenue gap with those clubs I mentioned. Adding £200 per season ticket is one way. But the club did do things rather cheap over the 4 years under Nuno when you think 3 Europa group stage matches for £60 was one deal. Even home tickets in the corner were £25. Which is cheap when compared to Leicester, West Ham, Everton and Newcastle. For the football the club was offering.
21.) 24 Jun 2021 13:50:24
I wrote a lengthy response to these last 2 emails yesterday but somewhow it doesn't seem to have made it onto the site
so in summary
Madman good post
Jas I will paraphrase what I wrote then.
I want Wolves to do well - anything or anyone that hinders that progress should go and Fosun undoubtedly will think the same - they are after all a multi billion dollar conglomerate. If he continues to underperform he will be gone!
But has he underperformed
Specifically
1) Clueless on Football: He is an engineer from Shanghai who has worked in businesses in China that have nothing to do with football until he came here. He has no football background of any sort so it would be amazing if he wasnt clueless But the evidence is reasonably clear. Until last summer he seemingly had minimal involvement in recruitment, ( so I don't give him the degree of credit you do for the succesful transfers before he got involved) but but by his own admission, after key people left the club, he stepped up his involvement. This directly coincided with a major downturn in the succes or otherwise of recruitment - unless of course you agree with his embarrassing statement that Silva is a world class (i think he said number 1) 18 year old!
2) Re commercial activities the accounts of Wolves and the other clubs are available on the internet. You can point to the increase in commercial revenue from when we were a Championship club and you might believe that the current performance is acceptable or even good. But I don't, (although I accept woeful was harsh) . On the pitch Wolves have outperformed all bar the big 6 over the 3 year period, ( yes including Leicester whose trophies bracket our 3 year period), to Summer 2020 - the last accounts available - with a Euro quarter final an FA semi final and 2 7th places. Yet we remain stubbornly midtable in commercial revenues.
Am I being too aggressive and expecting Rome to be built in a day?
Maybe but this performance is impacting on the performance on the pitch and given as you say our obvious advantages with Fosun in China it is not anything to write home about!
Jas I totally understand your unwavering loyalty to the club and fully respect you for it but Shi is not the club merely an employee of it amd Wolves were a great club before he arrived and will still be after/ when he is gone.
22.) 24 Jun 2021 13:51:37
Madman - v good post.
Jas I want Wolves to do well and anything that hinders that progress should be removed so if Jeff continues to underperform yes he should go but it won't be me that pulls the trigger it will be Fosun who don't remain a multi billion pound company by allowing underperforming executives to stay in their posts.
Shi is merely an employee of Wolves, (and thus Fosun), who were a great side before he came and will be again after he has left. Wolves, Shi and Fosun are all connected but separate things and need to be viewed as such.
The million dollar q though is has Shi underperformed.
Madman has commented on the 2 issues above.
Whilst none of us know for sure it seems to me that Shi had little, (or at least less), to do with the recruitment process before last summer, a period that as you say was massively successful, and was, by his own admission, more involved - following the loss of Thelwell and others - during the transfer window last summer - which although you may disagree is now widely regarded as far less successful.
Re Commercial activities the numbers tell the story and you can look them up. Yes we have increased revenues from where we were as a Championship side but sadly remain stubbornly in the middle of the pack despite sensational performances on the pitch - Euro quarter finals, cup semi finals and 2 7th places far outstripping all bar the traditional big 6 including arguably even Leicester whose two trophies bracket our good years.
Should it be better? Well again that is a matter of opinion but until it is, getting closer to our rivals in and out of the so called big 6 will remain incredibly difficult as we simply don't have the money to compete in the transfer market or on wages.
ps this can't be done by increasing ticket prices Madman but must be done by increasing other commercial activities/ sponsors/ advertising etc etc.
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29 Aug 2021 20:20:18
Well that's the 3 games gone before the transfer window closes.
Signing Kwang gives us a good option as he is similar to Jota in that he links midfield and attack and can play any forward position.
Caleta-Car didn't play for Marseille today. 👀
Guessing Botman may decide to stay (as he played today) as Lille have champions league football.
Can't help but think a cm and striker is still needed.
Is Carlos Vinicus still available? Surely the best option as he ha splayed under bruno and scored 25 goals. Sure he coukd go for european football but he may just sit on the bench.
51 hours and counting.
05 Aug 2021 18:22:01
Everybody nervous?
Personally watching the Villas deals. The signings of Buendia and Bailey are risky. Neither are proven in the prem. Bailey has moved from a different country.
Ings is a funny one. He is a goal scorer. However at 29 yrs old £30m seems steep and with his injury problems. I still reckon fabio silva will come good and double his value by the end of his contract.
Keep the faith!
The deals are been done. Villa are able to sign these players with the sale of Grealish. It doesn't look like the squad is running away from Wolves though. We are stronger than we used to be. And money isn't an issue.
The big sales need to happen so the movements happen further down the clubs.
I can see 3 decent signings before september. Palhinha, a cb and Carlos Vinicius. Plus a left back on loan and i'd be very happy.
If we got Gedson Fernandes or Bernando Silva (i know in my dreams) but apparently city players are up for sale as they want Grealish and Kane.
1.) 05 Aug 2021 19:33:09
Messi is available. If we don't sign him and pay him £500k a week over a 10 year contract, then clearly Fosun have lost interest in the project!
2.) 05 Aug 2021 21:21:42
That wasn't my point.
My point was the club will be working on deals. But bigger deals will have to complete before our deals can be done.
Everyone you talk to is nervous or apprehensive about the financial situation.
I have great confidence Fosun are running Wolves incredibly well.
I think we will sign 3-5 players to supplement the current squad. 3 decent priced players. And two loans with options.
I don't think we need to sell but I can imagine we will have to be creative. If a massive offer came in for Coady and we had a better player lined up its a no brainer. Same with Neves or Traore. If you are paying £30m plus for those 3 but we sign an established cb and add funds towards a midfielder we need surely that's gold business?
But I don't expect Messi, Lukaku, Kane, Grealish etc etc etc.
I expect clever reinforcements to our squad and to build on what we have achieved the past 5 years.
3.) 05 Aug 2021 22:36:11
Madman, I'm taking the P**s.
09 Feb 2025 19:41:12
Danso looks class think we may have dodged a bullet
04 Feb 2025 22:44:00
Yeah Abbey meant 42 points by end of the season. ?
Sounds ambitious but it is possible if the squad is focussed.
Boswolf I understand the point on the players being unknown. However I think it's clear we have lacked height for two seasons now. The set pieces were of growing concern so all 3 players signed over 6ft 2 shows the profile we were lacking in the whole squad.
03 Feb 2025 22:41:22
I have a feeling they have a forward sorted as well Rafa Silva would be good to replace Forbs.
03 Feb 2025 20:46:40
Yeah Abbey £30m spent on deadline day shows they had irons in the fire.
Danso and Manu Silva would have been cracking deals but weren't meant to be.
Where we would have taken anybody 4 weeks ago.
We seem to have a good squad that played well saturday with some players that don't want to be here moving on (Lemina).
I think the fact they have signed 2 cbs and a midfielder all over 6ft 2in tall shows the profile of player they were looking for as if they can keep more clean sheets or reduce the amount of goals conceded to 1 a game they have more of a chance picking up results.
32 points will be enough to stay up get behind the lads at Blackburn and Liverpool the next week let's get some good results and confidence going.Which has evaporated since Coventry last season.
Id challenge the squad to get to 4 points before the end of the season.
Ambitious but that's what motivates top players.and a cup run a free hit every couple of weeks with pack behind them.
02 Feb 2025 21:11:38
There were reports that Dansos salary doubled in 24 hrs Wandering. From £75k pw to £150k pw just to explain that is more than Cunha is on with his new contract (imagine it will have a survival bonus) but still that seems steep.
I agree with other posters if he wanted to come he would have signed over the past 3 weeks fair play for engineering that move to sit on the bench.
Not sure what the club could have done more. Seems like they were confident on Danso and Manu Silva but big clubs paid big money for the transfers.
We need a cb and midfielder tomorrow I'd take any cb but feel 2 may be needed with the injuries to Dawson, Toti and Mosquera. That is me worrying Agbadou got injured as well which would be awful. The season has showed how soft the defence is with injuries.
We also need a midfielder I think Brazkhto would be amazing or Brownhills fingers crossed.
21 Apr 2025 15:59:08
TFIOG1thag is a harsh analysis of Wolves under Jeff.
How many players have actually failed since 2016?
Cutrone who's dad passed away
Silva (I think this rather harsh in his first season he scored the same number as Rooney in his first season in a different country and he was replacing Raul one of the best strikers in Europe at the time)
Nunes think the physicality is too much still a decent player and Pep signed him anyway.
Johnstone guess this was a GON signing
Guedes panic buy in summer 2022?
Hoever
William Jose
Successful signings under Jeff
Patricio
Sa
Ruddy
Semedo
Boly
Saiss
Douglas
Jonny
Dendoncker
Bennett
Miranda
Vinagre
Neves
Moutinho
Andre
Gomes
Cunha
Neto
Jota
Traore both of them :)
Trincao-did a decent job for that season we should have signed him.
Raul
Hwang not bad over the seasons
Lemina kept us up
Dawson kept us up
RAN
Marcal decent servant for a few seasons
Costa Diego and Helder
Cavaleiro
Bonatini
Podence
Trincao
Afobe fire power when we needed it.
Don't get me wrong they haven't all been as great as the European team of 19/20 season but they have been competitive over the years.
They addressed the issues in defence and the physicality this January.
We need a plan for the long term though Europe and cup runs that leads to wins are the minimum for Wolves. The Premier league is probably out of reach financially but careful planning and scouting could lead to Europe and cup wins.
05 Jan 2025 15:21:44
Interesting posts lads the reason Coady was sold was because the club wanted to move to a back 4 that was long written about at the time that was Bruno Lage's preference.
Kilman is a bit different in that I think he wanted to go towards home and felt like he had achieved and developed as far as he could in Wolverhampton. I actually have no qualms with that he was terrific for us and always served valiantly similar to Coady in professionalism.
The las summer I feel like GON and Hobbs wanted to impose their ideas on the football side again with a preference to a back 4 that had been trialled in certain games at the end of last season.
However this obsession with a back 4 in English football is baffling. As a club since returning to a back 3 since Fosun took over we have been promoted, got to a Europa league QF, Fa cup qf and semi final, stayed in the prem for 7 seasons. Each time we revert to a back 4 we drop down the league and risk relegation when Nuno trialled it in his last season with a strong squad apart from Raul and Boly being long term injured. Under Bruno who reverted from a back 3 to a back 4 which nearly relegated us and GON this season.
Don't get me wrong with the right cbs and full backs its possible but we also have great wing backs that work and help our attack we are in the top 10 scorers in the league even this season after some terrible results.
Also GON had his favourites this season Johnstone, Lemina and Bellagarde are three that especially come to mind.
And he had lost Andre, Sa, Doc and Hwang with his decisions over the last 3 months.
That's just looking in and at some of his decisions each week.
04 Jan 2025 20:39:57
Wolves win
Sa
Doc Dawson Bueno
Semedo Andre Gomes RAN
Guedes Larsen Hwang
Big responsibility for Guedes and Hwang to track back with Elanga on form.
25 Jul 2023 21:47:50
Would you spend £45m ona stadium with interest rates as high as they are at the moment?
25 Jul 2023 21:46:00
I think fans we forget that the players value decreases each year and the financial stronghold that keeping players on European football wages has.
I don't think we are in a financial mess this is smart business management. We need to cull the expensive players that haven't gave us anything for two years.
I believe the club has a plan. I'd rather see Alex Scott link up with Silva and Neto this season than Adam Traore again giving me neck ache watching his crosses or Raul not be able to score.
Time waits for no one and the club are right to move with the times in a sensible manner.