14 Jan 2026 00:10:39
Madman - put this in a new thread as the old one will disappear off the front page and so you/others wont see my reply to your long and as always interesting/provoking and well argued post on transfers.
Re Toti it is not his lack of pace that worries me - although as you say a yard of pace in any position takes you a long long way - but his technical ability. In my view it takes him too many touches to bring the ball under control and he simply isn't very good at football or at least not in Prem terms. He will be fine in the Championship My opinion.
Re Trincao he - as with Fer Lopez and to some extent Guedes - may have been technically adequate, (Fabio isn't/never was), but Trincao lacked one major physical attribute - a heart! He was not like Podence or Sarabia and certainly was nothing like Jota.As JSL has beautifully demonstrated this year, if you lack heart/desire/professionalism/willingness to be here then no amount of talent will compensate. Trincao was a disgrace to the shirt and quite rightly was let go as soon as possible, My opinion.
Re the other sales can you look back on any of them and say the club did well there and clearly won the deal.
They took place over a long period and were made against a variety of factors - and of course not all deals can be won - but to be on the wrong side of all of them is not unlucky it is incompetent.
I won't, so as to not bore everyone, discuss all the players but for example the first Doherty could have simply been added to the initial list of obviously under priced sales with RAN, Neves etc. However he is a marmite player who never before or since that golden spell under Nuno has reached the heights he did. When he was sold though he was regarded as a top 6 player but was sold in a great hurry for a bottom 6 price.
Made worse by Wolves paying double that fee plus much higher wages for Semedo - a player far more technically accomplished and with more pace, (physical attributes), but sadly far less effective in both boxes.
He also left on a free - like Traore. How much worse can that be?I know you will say they can't be forced to resign but why didn't they want to resign?
Perhaps the players aren't as stupid as some people make out they are and they, as some of us on here did, could see the writing on the wall and wanted no part in the diabolical mismanagement of the club by Jeff or its toxic environment.
Plus what impact did it have on players like Traore carrying the team as he did in that last year of Nuno's sitting in a dressing room with a boy not fit to lace his boots but who was on far far more money!
Yes he was offered more money but only once his heart had gone and he wanted out.
How many firms have you worked in where you only got a pay rise offer once you resigned - too late!
Clearly contracts need to be carefully managed to avoid financial ruin but underpaying proven talents who are contributing whilst massively over paying unproven talents who don't/cant contribute is not the solution
Jimenez, (and Otto), was injury affected and who expected Jimenez to return to the levels he has other than Fulham. But again why did he recover there and not at Wolves? As the squad was dismantled and managers came and went the club became ever more amateurish - it has been a frequent comment that the players are unfit and don't train well. A few bad eggs such as Trincao and Guedes and it seeps in and eventually the whole squad is affected.But why is it still the case now?
I really hate what Jeff has done to the club and sadly I don't think many people realise yet just how bad it could easily get if, as is likely, Wolves do go down.
All this talk of recovery/reset and challenging next season is highly optimistic.Jeff claiming it is no real problem merely tells you how big a problem it is - if you don't know you are in trouble you will be in far more trouble very soon!
Sadly however as I have said before Jeff isn't here to run the club for the fans but Fosun and the difference is not that subtle and indeed is massive although his brilliance and the fans desire for success has meant that most still don't see it!
14 Jan 2026 11:03:13
Well Bloomin said future.
14 Jan 2026 18:42:13
Spot on Tfig.
14 Jan 2026 21:29:27
I loved watching Adama running down the wing but cannot forgive either him or Semedo for running down their contracts. Adama was on about £50k a week and wanted £150k a week to stay. Wolves offered him £100k a week (£20k more than Fabio) but for 2 years, he refused to sign. He eventually signed for Fulham where he gets just under £90k per week plus his massive signing on fee.
Likewise, Semedo had an offer on the table for a whole year and decided to leave.
14 Jan 2026 21:30:59
Hey TFIOG-Great post and always interesting to compare views.
Madman has written a 1500 word reply which is now an article entitled, Reassessing Wolverhampton Wanderers Recent Transfer Decisions and Squad Management
