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09 Aug 2024 20:43:36
E&S reporting H Bueno going on Loan to Feyornord (sorry about the spelling). I think Bueno is great, but this must mean that we're keeping RAN for at least another season.
1.) 10 Aug 2024 07:40:42
I agree BW1 but am more concerned about this development than the sale of Neto (which we all sensed was happening in this window).
Now we have lost for 2024/25, Neto, Kilman and Bueno. They are all left-footed and all possess excellent left-footed pass and cross skills.
If RAN gets injured (currently) he will be covered by a right-footer. It feels to me that we need to add a left-sided player with a sweet left-foot to restore some balance to the squad.
2.) 10 Aug 2024 09:58:33
Who is now the back up LB?
Toti? Surely not Doherty?
Transfer window is still open but after losing 2 players yesterday we now have lots to do.
We have bought 1 player who should, (R. Gomes although potentially a major downgrade on Neto?), start but lost 2.
When it comes to depth as well we have sold 3 first team squad members and bought 3, (Doyle was alrady here).
It all looked so good on Thursday just a new starting CB and maybe if greedy a back up CB and GK.
Now you have to add a back up LB and potentially a starting WF?
When ever we start to build a good team we make a major error and cut our own legs off!
Just imagine if we hadn't paid to get rid of Jota, (the swap for Fabio and Hoever costs us millions pa!).
Jota, Cunha, Neto
Mario, Gomes
RAN, Toti, Dawson Yerson (or Kilman) Semedo
Sa
Is not a Europa side but a Champions league one!
Of course if the club was run properly from a finanical point fo view ( or we hadnt bought Guedes!) we could still have Neves as well!
If and but the two greatest players to play the game.
But self inflicted.
Only two/three players different from what we can still put out this year but our best 2 and both at the sharp end where the game is won and lost!
3.) 10 Aug 2024 11:52:26
All valid points TFIOG but maybe things might look a little different after 2 or 3 purchases in the next few weeks? I just hope the replacements aren’t all youngsters and we fall into the Southampton trap of 2 years ago.
Clearly the powers that be have looked at the Brighton model and thought ‘let's get a bit of that’. The difference for me is that I suspect we have gentlemen’s agreements to let certain players leave in certain windows and the buying clubs benefit from having the likes of Mendes advertising the fact rather than have our players being head-hunted at highest prices.
My feeling is that RAN and J Gomes will be offered out next summer and they’ll be aware of the fact and push for it eventually. Looking at the prices we are consistently receiving for some very good players, you have to worry that we’re a bit lacking in financial and commercial acumen.
Also has GON been rewarded with a pay rise and contract extension for a good 12 months’ work or because he is willing to work happily under the constraints of consistently losing his finest tools?
4.) 11 Aug 2024 13:59:21
NES - great to see you posting again. Don't disagree with anything you say, certainly with respect to not buying exclusively unproven kids from overseas - for every Neto there is a Fabio.
But will we buy any proven experieinced Prem players? I very much doubt it nor probably can we afford to do so, (often), as other clubs tend not to sell cheaply.
However if Toney is really available for £30m (?) we should have bought him yesterday!
With Cunha injured, (how long for?), I don't see where the goals come from - fear Hwang was a never to be repeated purple patch, Larsen looks well off the pace and none of the others, Guedes, Sarabia, Fabio, Sasa, Podence or Gomes R have a track record of scoring regularly in the Prem.
And at the back if we think Doherty, (until Semedo returns at least), Yerson and Toti are 3 of a Prem back 4 we are deluuded. (Surely given our weakness at CB we have to play 5 at the back and pray that Dawson recovers - or perhaps buy a new CB of his ilk!)
We are seemingly expecting Yerson and Gomes R to do a lot of heavy lifting this season
With 5 days to go to the start of the season it is v hard not to acknowledge that the squad that finished 14th last year is now no deeper but a lot weaker! Note as well that we only finished that high as Neto, (and to some extent Dawson), carried the team for a few months - see last year's results for the veracity of that statement.
I, unlike the bookies and many other "experts", don't actually think we are likely to down as we still have a number of high quality players albeit the squad is too small and dreadfully unbalanced - shock horror!
But we have hugely increased that risk and the £50m "excess" cash that we now have following the sale of Neto is lost in a few weeks in the Championship.
I hope we aren't penny wise pound foolish!
5.) 11 Aug 2024 15:57:29
In 5 seasons Neto made 111 appearances for us 51 of those came in the last 3 seasons, I can see the clubs thinking but would have rather left the sale until January to see if Gomes establishes himself first.
6.) 18 Aug 2024 11:57:34
Agree with many points above, running cost of club is huge, and yes we have the money from prem league
But it doesn’t cover it all and buying younger gifted talent before the rest, and developing them to full potential and making sales in profit is a huge part of the gamble. The issue with these players is when it doesn’t click and there value actually goes down and the huge wages they on whilst with have them drifting the wilderness is one of the biggest black holes in our finances. Ref (Fabio Silva) we lost a fortune when you take is wages into account and that’s just one player.
You want to make a positive change and impact for future and build a module to sustainably compete on top half of the league, then the ground needs to be redeveloped to a larger capacity and the football attractive. That is the foundation on which success and profitability can be built.
We have the fan base and future generations will be attracted to the club with a more attractive football leading to fans for life.
05 Aug 2024 22:20:09
Seems to have gone very quiet regarding Fabio. Plenty of rumours surrounding Podence, Guedes, RAN, Neto, Hodge, Cundle, H Bueno, but nothing on Silva. Very strange.
1.) 06 Aug 2024 06:59:09
Silva has so far cost Wolves circa £50m, including wages.
Shi extended his contract until 2026, so he can sit and collect another £8million as it stands.
This was a signing the CEO saw as his personal "project".
2.) 06 Aug 2024 08:20:20
Depends on which reports you believe.
Some say he's on £80k a week, others say £42k a week. The truth is, unless we see his wage slip or bank balance, we just don't know.
3.) 06 Aug 2024 09:28:53
I was thinking much the same thing Wandering.
4.) 07 Aug 2024 12:08:23
Where have you read that Rugeley, that Fabio was Jeff's personal project?!
5.) 07 Aug 2024 13:54:18
He said it in an interview once I think bullysboy, said something like it was his call to sign Fabio. Luckily he leaves those sorts of decisions to someone else now.
6.) 07 Aug 2024 16:15:07
Bully, when Silva first went out on loan, the E&S reported Silva saying that our CEO was very close to him, phoning him on a regular basis to see how he was feeling.
Now, you will have to look back to find that article, but it is definitely there!
7.) 07 Aug 2024 16:17:35
Yes, Goatmark, we have moved on, thank goodness. Hobbs and O'Neil doing a fine job on the footballing front.
8.) 07 Aug 2024 16:48:34
As you'll read on the Banter page I think the decision to sign Fabio was FAR more likely to be driven by Nuno and his best mate Mendes (who made a small fortune on it)!
Calling a young lad who's living in a different country to their home to ensure their well being is not something to berate someone for is it?!
I seriously doubt Jeff had even heard of Fabio until Nuno and Méndes suggested it?! As I've always said Jeff's biggest flaw was putting too much trust in Mendes!
9.) 07 Aug 2024 18:38:09
I know I am one of a small minority, but Fabio is still a Wolves asset. We have just one striker recently signed, who by the way has not found the net in pre season. So unless we are to sign a back up then Fabio can still be useful. The alternative is spend money we haven't got and gamb!e all over again.
10.) 07 Aug 2024 18:54:37
Oh Bully.
11.) 07 Aug 2024 19:54:57
Oh Rugeley! Fun game this! ?
12.) 07 Aug 2024 20:06:18
"It does not have to be to do with the cost of the player. It is about what you see in them and what you see a little bit ahead of them."
Nunos own words Rugeley the season we signed Fabio. Now I know that this is tricky for you cause it doesn't fit your 'Everythings Jeffs fault' rhetoric but this is a lad that was at Porto (Nunos old club) and was represented by Méndes. But I'm sure your right I'm sure it was all Jeffs suggestion! Priceless ??
13.) 08 Aug 2024 06:48:58
Relax, Bully, relax. The footballing side of the Club is now in good hands.
14.) 08 Aug 2024 08:11:50
Not sure I've seen the words asset and Fabio in the same sentence before Ray!Couldn't even hack it with Ranges remember and was criticised from all quarters for his diving and cheating antics.
15.) 08 Aug 2024 08:33:48
Perfectly relaxed fella just bored of reading stuff that's been entirely made up to suit a witch hunt/agenda is all ??
16.) 08 Aug 2024 16:08:14
Although Larsen hasn’t scored in pre season he has set up three goals and looked good. Holds the ball up well and is strong and works hard.
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30 Aug 2024 17:12:17
Deal to sign Ajax Winger Carlos Forbes completed. Loan with obligation to buy £11.3Million.
27 Aug 2024 10:01:30
With all this unrest, negativity surrounding us at the moment Fosun should come out and make a factual statement regarding our financial situation re PSR and not allow the media to speculate. They should also outline future plans regarding The Stadium, investment, putting us for sales whatever I really don't care just tell us. I'd much rather us be put up for sale now and hope we get bought by someone who wants to invest in the team and stadium, than have this 'limbo' where we are simply treading water and actually going backwards. I genuinely thought there was a 'Wolves fans council' who met on a regular basis Wolves hierarchy to discuss plans, player sales, prospects etc. I don't expect our owners to come out every week to reassure us, I'm not that paranoid, but surely they must get a sense of the unrest with the fans and it can't be great for team moral and equally trying to persuade players to join.
1.) 27 Aug 2024 10:20:39
You are right Blackfords.communication with the fans is so disappointing.
It is so frustrating that our 3 Owners aren't questioning the way the dissatisfaction is being ignored by the local management.
09 Aug 2024 14:29:45
Well it looks as if Neto is off to Chelsea, so I expect we'll see a few in's now over the next week or so and hopefully that'll be the last of the outs.
My big question is how can Chelsea afford him. Last I heard weren't they facing FFP issues? and Please please tell me it's not a player (Broja) plus cash deal.
07 Aug 2024 20:04:24
The super computer has predicted a 15th place finish for us, just above Fulham and Forest.
Relegated are Leicester, Southampton and Ipswich.
I'm feeling a little more optimistic and think we'll finish somewhere 7th-10th.
1.) 07 Aug 2024 22:03:25
Is this the same Super Computer that predicted us to go down last season?
2.) 08 Aug 2024 10:58:11
2 weeks ago it was predicting we'd go down with Forest and Ipswich. Seems to have changed its mind for us and NF
3.) 08 Aug 2024 12:51:19
WO (above) has got me thinking now about us finishing above Villa. I’m dreaming of a top 3 finish now, if our stars line up ?
Be interesting to see how VAR affects teams progress next season, especially as no one else can moan about it! ? UTW?⚽️
28 Jul 2024 11:35:00
The injury jinx has started early. Cuhna ( hopefully not too serious), but Enzo apparently stretched off. I've yet to see this kid play.
1.) 28 Jul 2024 11:51:52
Enzo came on as a sub against Luton last season. He only played about 5 minutes but looked decent.
2.) 28 Jul 2024 12:40:52
Last nights match really shouldn't have gone ahead with that pitch.
3.) 28 Jul 2024 14:49:01
Enzo is out for 6 months after rupturing anterior cruciate ligament of the right knee.
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03 Sep 2024 13:55:55
Yes just read it. Top T**ser.
02 Sep 2024 11:10:51
I would go 4. It's a very tough run.
01 Sep 2024 11:14:44
Hi,
Just read your article and well written btw. I also think we had a decent transfer window and regarding buying kids in positions we don't need, didn't we buy 2 CB's. One from Chelsea and one from Nantes. If either or both look to be anything like Lima we'll have struck gold and whose to say either one won't get an opportunity.
01 Sep 2024 10:41:14
Yes, good to see Bellegarde on the score sheet. Thought he was great when he first arrived, but his form/confidence dropped. Hopefully he'll go from strength to strength now.
30 Aug 2024 16:49:57
Shame about Podence.