Re: [Boo! Club towels are rubbish!] FW: ✍️ Welcome to Wolves, Boubacar Traore
You missed Pedro Goncalves who has scored 34 from 63 at Benfica from midfield On Fri, 2 Sept 2022 at 16:25, Tim Sheedy wrote: > If Donk goes to Villa and suddenly works out where the back of the net is > I will LOSE MY SHIT!!! Seeing as he scored 7 goals in 105 appearances for > Wolves (which is a poor rate of return for a midfielder - which is where I > think he played most games?). It does seem that players leave Wolves and > start scoring! I think Coady got an assist on the weekend, Silva is scoring > at will, Bonatini scores a lot. Wouldn't surprise me to see Ruddy get on > the scoreboard 藍 I did some analysis of goals scored by Wolves players > last season (both playing for Wolves and on loan) and most of the top > scorers were not playing for Wolves... Once again has me questioning the > Bruno system. Could also be that they were playing for shitty teams? > > I was reflecting on the fact that one positive if Wolves get demoted is > that I will save $15 a month on my Optus Sport subscription! > > > > > On 02/09/2022 3:54 pm, Steven Millward wrote: > > On the other hand, being a feeder club for Everton, Villa, and Forest > shows how far we've come > > On Fri, 2 Sept 2022 at 15:42, james graves wrote: > > Think it's a bad move getting rid of bonker play midfield and center back > great squad player . > Thats two players going to teams that will be hoping for mid table like > wolves , villa and Everton bad move for wolves I think > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2 Sep 2022, at 1:25 pm, Steven Millward wrote: > > I'd agree with all of that Tim. If things are going badly by 4.15 on > Saturday there will be a massive fan backlash. > > Most of these players could work for any manager, but Bruno specifically > said he wanted a target man and we've got the big man in. What I mean by > that is that this window must have been addressing what Bruno said he > wanted, so he has support from Fosun. But also anyone could come in and be > happy with the squad. > > The biggest "if only" is if Raul hadn't got his head smashed in. > > On Fri, 2 Sept 2022 at 13:09, Tim Sheedy wrote: > > So here is my take on what might be in store for the next few games (and I > am not saying I agree with this, just putting two and two together). The > upcoming games are: > >- Southampton at home >- Liverpool away >- Man City at home >- West Ham away >- Chelsea away >- Nottingham Forest at home (on 15th October) > > I am guessing that Wolves fan groups are aware that if we don't get a win > this weekend, our next winnable home game is on 15th October - and by then > we might have gone 17 games without a win. No one expects us to beat > Liverpool, Man City or Chelsea (even West Ham away will be a challenge). > Let's face it - Man City has a single player (Haaland) who has scored 450% > more goals than the entire Wolves team this season! > > Are the fans happy to wait until 15th October before they start calling > for Bruno's head? I suspect not. If we lose on the weekend I reckon there > will be serious pressure to sack Bruno. This is regardless of all his > purchases etc. The fans will make their voices heard and I bet are > currently working on banners etc saying as much. > > His only saving grace (IMHO) will be Fosun's stubborn pig-headedness - I > don't think they like to be told what to do by managers or fans. > > And as much as I want to support Bruno, I find it incredible that we have > the highest quality team in the club's history and we cannot score a goal > against a managerless championship side... I even am wondering if it is his > systems that stop us scoring goals. If you look at the fact that it was the > second half of last season when we stopped scoring goals - probably about > the same time as the players had really got used to his style and were > consistently putting it into practice. Why we think it is easier to take on > 11 players by holding up attacks and passing back to let the defence get > back in place I don't understand (Moutinho is often guilty of this). But at > the same time we seem to have a whole team of players who don't know where > the back of the net is... Even Podence's first goal of the season was a > mistimed shot that bounced strangely and accidentally went in... > > And I assume that Bruno is not solely to blame - surely Fosun has to take > some blame for not bringing in a recognised striker sooner. I am hoping > that Sasa Kalajdzic will provide that physical presence in the box that we > are missing. He seems to get a lot of his goals by being in the right place > at the right time. Same as Haaland really - few of his goals are > spectacular - he just puts himself in a place to score and never stops > running (check out how he keeps running onto his or his team-mates' shots > in case the keeper spills it - Podence, Traore etc take a shot and stand > and watch...). > > So again, I don't want to come across as negative. I just think that > saying "the wins will come"
Re: [Boo! Club towels are rubbish!] FW: ✍️ Welcome to Wolves, Boubacar Traore
If Donk goes to Villa and suddenly works out where the back of the net is I will LOSE MY SHIT!!! Seeing as he scored 7 goals in 105 appearances for Wolves (which is a poor rate of return for a midfielder - which is where I think he played most games?). It does seem that players leave Wolves and start scoring! I think Coady got an assist on the weekend, Silva is scoring at will, Bonatini scores a lot. Wouldn't surprise me to see Ruddy get on the scoreboard 藍 I did some analysis of goals scored by Wolves players last season (both playing for Wolves and on loan) and most of the top scorers were not playing for Wolves... Once again has me questioning the Bruno system. Could also be that they were playing for shitty teams? I was reflecting on the fact that one positive if Wolves get demoted is that I will save $15 a month on my Optus Sport subscription! On 02/09/2022 3:54 pm, Steven Millward wrote: On the other hand, being a feeder club for Everton, Villa, and Forest shows how far we've come On Fri, 2 Sept 2022 at 15:42, james graves wrote: Think it's a bad move getting rid of bonker play midfield and center back great squad player . Thats two players going to teams that will be hoping for mid table like wolves , villa and Everton bad move for wolves I think Sent from my iPhone On 2 Sep 2022, at 1:25 pm, Steven Millward wrote: I'd agree with all of that Tim. If things are going badly by 4.15 on Saturday there will be a massive fan backlash. Most of these players could work for any manager, but Bruno specifically said he wanted a target man and we've got the big man in. What I mean by that is that this window must have been addressing what Bruno said he wanted, so he has support from Fosun. But also anyone could come in and be happy with the squad. The biggest "if only" is if Raul hadn't got his head smashed in. On Fri, 2 Sept 2022 at 13:09, Tim Sheedy wrote: So here is my take on what might be in store for the next few games (and I am not saying I agree with this, just putting two and two together). The upcoming games are: * Southampton at home * Liverpool away * Man City at home * West Ham away * Chelsea away * Nottingham Forest at home (on 15th October) I am guessing that Wolves fan groups are aware that if we don't get a win this weekend, our next winnable home game is on 15th October - and by then we might have gone 17 games without a win. No one expects us to beat Liverpool, Man City or Chelsea (even West Ham away will be a challenge). Let's face it - Man City has a single player (Haaland) who has scored 450% more goals than the entire Wolves team this season! Are the fans happy to wait until 15th October before they start calling for Bruno's head? I suspect not. If we lose on the weekend I reckon there will be serious pressure to sack Bruno. This is regardless of all his purchases etc. The fans will make their voices heard and I bet are currently working on banners etc saying as much. His only saving grace (IMHO) will be Fosun's stubborn pig-headedness - I don't think they like to be told what to do by managers or fans. And as much as I want to support Bruno, I find it incredible that we have the highest quality team in the club's history and we cannot score a goal against a managerless championship side... I even am wondering if it is his systems that stop us scoring goals. If you look at the fact that it was the second half of last season when we stopped scoring goals - probably about the same time as the players had really got used to his style and were consistently putting it into practice. Why we think it is easier to take on 11 players by holding up attacks and passing back to let the defence get back in place I don't understand (Moutinho is often guilty of this). But at the same time we seem to have a whole team of players who don't know where the back of the net is... Even Podence's first goal of the season was a mistimed shot that bounced strangely and accidentally went in... And I assume that Bruno is not solely to blame - surely Fosun has to take some blame for not bringing in a recognised striker sooner. I am hoping that Sasa Kalajdzic will provide that physical presence in the box that we are missing. He seems to get a lot of his goals by being in the right place at the right time. Same as Haaland really - few of his goals are spectacular - he just puts himself in a place to score and never stops running (check out how he keeps running onto his or his team-mates' shots in case the keeper spills it - Podence, Traore etc take a shot and stand and watch...). So again, I don't want to come across as negative. I just think that saying "the wins will come" is ridiculous. If you want to win, you have to start doing something different! And I really think this game on the weekend is crucial. If we don't win, Bruno will have lost the fans - even if Fosun doesn't sack him, it will make his life harder. You
