Football can be a simple sport.
Winger crosses the ball, forward puts it in the back of the net.
It’s been so long since that’s even been an option for Wolves, I was almost too shocked to celebrate.
I don’t care if it came off Sasa’s head, shoulder or any other part of his considerable anatomy, the only thing that matters is he was there.
From the Everton defender’s body language, the message was clear – ‘How am I supposed to deal with this guy?’.
We saw similar at Old Trafford. He unsettles defenders and creates chaos in the penalty area.
It’s precisely what we’ve been missing and the reason that the Austrian must play every minute he’s fit enough to be considered.
Without him, we’re still playing in front of the opposition almost hoping something opens up and, as we know from considerable experience, it usually doesn’t.
To Fabio’s credit, he got into good positions himself today but squandered another clear run on goal and mistimed his run for the finish he did manage to guide beyond Jordan Pickford.
He’s still not enough of a focal point to effectively lead the line on his own and with Matheus Cunha anonymous, we didn’t ask enough questions. It’s Sasa and one of those two for me.
Pedro Neto showed an admirable amount of effort and tenacity, which was ultimately rewarded with the assist for the match winning moment. It was a superb cross too.
Jose Sa made some huge saves to keep us above water when it felt like the momentum was swinging towards the home side and for that I think he has to be Man of the Match.
The performance generally was probably the worst of the three we’ve had, lacking any of the energy or purposeful attacking we saw against Utd or Brighton.
But when you get the result, none of that matters.
Simple really.
Why did we Look like Lage was still the manager? Sa was incredible today.
I’ll take the 3 points tho frfr
As usual. You won’t get me complaining when we get a win when we didn’t look like Brazil. If you want to say we were rubbish today and ‘lucky’ to get 3 points maybe you should look what happened at Old Trafford when we were great and got fuck all. It’s the premier league. It’s away from home. It’s 3 points. So Sa made saves. That is what he should do . Massive win. Should do everyone a load of good. Players. Coach. Fans. Take the win. Move on. Wolves ay we !
I fully agree Thomas. Sasa proved in his cameo appearance that he presents a real threat and warrants his selection. I believe that he could well form a potent strike partnership with Cunha, if the two are given the opportunity to develop a partnership.
Having regard to Silva, yet again he demonstrated that he is not of Premier league quality. How many more open goals is he going to miss to prove this point ?
Not our best football of the season but no-one can criticize the work rate and commitment throughout the team. Now we have something to build on.
Looks like the master tactician Di Zerbi not so brilliant after all. It’s football. Out foxed by dinosaur Moyes.
Yeah! Dinosaurs ruled the world for 150 million years, humans circa 1. I still don’t get why we were so open against them giving Mitoma the freedom of the park.
brilliant goalkeeping display today
wins breed confidence!
u t w
One word Sa.
KTF
Bueno & Ait Nouri as a permanent arrangement perhaps ?
Two defenders policing the left flank must surely seal it up as a source for too many crosses, even if their attacking prowess needs work still.
Cunha waste of time. What is he a forward , attacking midfielder , nobody knows. Looks like his performance against ManU was a one off
Missed Brighton then?
Hallelujah.
Who cares about how bad we were Everton were worse, they failed to score and we’re all well aware of the difficulties that failing causes and everyone here except Jeff have been for the last 3 years.
We’ll take the 3 points, move on and then take the £60 million coming from Man.City for Nunes, but rest assured folks not much of it will find it’s way into Mr O’Neill’s hands. Suspect the deal will be completed late Thurs. when “negotiations” have been completed,
Presume repayment of loans to Fosun doesn’t have any effect on FFP regs. as it’s a Balance Sheet rather than Profit and Loss accounting issue so we (ie Fosun) should be about £150 million to the good for both FFP and loan repayment purposes by the end next of week but we won’t have much of a football team.
Looks like loan signings ad freebies. Let’s hope Hobbs, O’Neil and co. can pull enough rabbits out of the hat to ensure there are at least 3 teams worse off than us come May ’24. Tonight it looks as if there might be.
If Nunes wants to go and doesn’t want to play for the iconic gold shirt hecan do one. We don’t want him. I am sure Fosun will re invest some of the money or all of it. GON said this week there is no need to sell. If he wants to go sod off. Let’s get someone in who wants to play for Wolves.
Never wanted to be here in the first place, only marginally more enthusiastic than sourface Guedes. But don’t kid yourself that the incoming funds will be reinvested in the team any time soon.
O’Neil says what he’s told to.
This is an asset recovery operation from Shanghai.
And why has Mendes gone missing?
Don’t agree. If there was a massive need to sell Fosun would have took the 47 mill on offer. They didn’t. If you look back over their history they never have done. The times Neves was going but he never did. Until he wanted to. Fosun have made it clear. They are commited to Wolves. But they are also playing within the FFP rules. 2024 marks the end of the current 3 year cycle within which you operate. Fosun have also made it clear flexibility around spending will re commence at the start of the new cycle.
And I believe we have fairies at the bottom of the garden. Fosun gave up on us 3 years ago and both Nuno and Lopetegui saw though them.
No they didn’t. Haven’t. Fosun have given a commitment. I might be in a majority of one but I believe they still see Wolves as something they believe in.
Sa was immense. Sasa was great. Get in there big lad. Everton are bad. That is good news
There is no 3 year cycle.
I understand it as being a 3yr period, so forever rolling…
So I worry we’ll get the same next year
We’ll said Cheesy. Despite blindingly obvious commitment to the cause Fosun continue to get mud slung.
They’ve never been shy when it comes to putting their hands in their pockets even if some of their shopping was Tesco own brand at Harrods prices.
If there are financial problems they have nothing to do with Fosun’s willingness to spend.
Some folks always need a scapegoat Prawny, let’s hope they keep off the back of the players. Confidence in the squad must be fragile atm.
Fabio desperately needs a goal and Nunes will need replacing with a similar line breaker if we are to survive this season.
and adama
The rather sad comment about you not enjoying the win below, PJB, was to be posted following this comment, which is a a trifle of a downer on win day. you get my drift. 1 lv.
Oh really PJB. Stop being a conspiracy theorist and get your calculator out.
You can criticise the quality of the spending but not the amounts
Spot on COD He arrived as a supposed wonder kid, but truth be told he`s done little to show any evidence of this. Rather he appears to think that he`s too good to play for us.
I say sell him now — on the basis that Shi allows a decent proportion of the incoming cash to strengthen our squad.
Do I detect the hint of a smile there PJB? 1 lv
Always a smile for 3 points Rasta wherever they come from.
Hey PJB. Please ignore the next comment, posted after this. bad reception. 1 lv
On no, Just a frown turned upside down.
Fair play, even 3 points cant tempt you away from the ‘continuing catastrophe’ that is WWFC.
When you’ve had to suffer the ignominy of ‘successive relegations’.
Please Jah No.
The opportunity to celebrate a tooth grinding victory over you’re possibly more inept and surely more pissed off scouse neighbours, seems to pass you by.
Give it a rest. 1 lv
A clean sheet away from home. Apparently this was a six pointer. Wolves won 1-0. Our centre forward scored the winner with his second touch of the game after coming back from a bad injury. Given that we also should have a point from Old Trafford, I really can’t see how any Wolves fan can complain. It looks like we’ve already sussed out how to play away from home so now we need to have a bit of faith and support the lads when we’re playing at Molineux. Very fine margins. Give O’Neil some time and I think he’s going to be a good choice to take us forward. Not convinced Kilman is the best choice or even a good choice as captain, but hey-ho, let’s give him some time too, eh?
So Sasa scored with his face. I don’t care. We scored a goal and we won.
I’ll take it if we can steal matches like that. It’s the points that particularly matter at the moment, especially in our case.
Come On You Wolves!
At least Sasa shouldered the responsibility of scoring.
Sasa scored ….but Sa won us the match. If that makes any sense. World class saves
Funny old game football ??, worst performance , yet 3 points, should have played 3 in middle, God bless u all , wolves aie we , rip Crooked house pub. ??
Funny old game football ??, worst performance , yet 3 points, should have played 3 in middle, God bless u all , wolves aie we , rip Crooked house pub. ??
Football ay it. Fine margins Any game in the prem could go either way. If it’s your day it’s your day. Today was ours.
Tepid 1st half…
Semedo and sa were both brilliant.
I stopped looking at half time
….went home
Asset stripped and looking like lacking in confidence..
They came through with a brilliant goal thankfully.
Can’t be easy
Greetings Cultured Supporters of WWFC.
I shit you not, 3 fffkin points.
The ball hit our Sasa and went in!! Simple game indeed Thomas.
Shout out to Clive, friends and fam, the SEG is visible from here. Just the nasty sort of win he must have enjoyed.
Worth it for the expression of exasperation on the face of Mr Sticky Toffee when that aberration crossed the line. The smurfs trooping out the door. Put that in your statistics.
Sasa might have to improve on his current tariff of £18mill / goal, though that one, his first ever in the PL after his year out, and 3 points , may be worth £2mill he would argue, along with his manager.
Hey Gazzbo how you feeling now? 1 lv.
It’s a simple game, and we are simple people. WWFC 6 points, Toffees -3 points. Says it all really.
1 lv & COYW.
Er 3 points Rasta. Been on the beer son ?
No Cheese, Ital, strictly roots and culture in InI corner. 1 lv
Proper 9 pointer.
Ok mate.
An important mini league victory today, the bottom eight clubs are already in place on the League table ,the positions might alter a bit, Palace and Fulham might join in but that’s the division we have to survive in. Sad but realistic.
Scrapping it out with Forest and Burnley for 13th spot I reckon. 1 lv
He was also our best player last week against Brighton. Did you go?
Apologies that was in reply to Sharmwolf’s post above
Assets stripping……FFP……..what’re ever the reason Wolverhampton Wanderers will be here long after Jeff and FOSUN they are just the owners for now maybe longer but one thing is for sure they won’t be here forever.
We are a club going no where fast and our sole objective will be avoiding relegation from here on in while Jeff and FOSUN are running the show.
Today we stepped one step closer to achieving there aim and ambition……survival .
What do you want ? We aren’t going to achieve world domination so you might as well put up with scrapping around 13th place. A club can only reflect its size in terms of FFP and we aren’t a big club within those perameters..
Agree – while some may argue it indicates a total lack of ambition I’m old enough to accept us being a mid table premier club who has the occasional cup run and occasionally bites the big boys in the bum . . . . . . well for this season at least.
Apparently, Man U want Semedo.
There are rumours they want to trade for that Star Wars guy – Wan Bissaka.
I was thinking of selling Semedo but just taking Obi on loan so we can get a replacement in January or the summer.
That way we won’t be short a rightback but can choose whomever we want for the longer term.
Sasa Kalajdzic.
6ft’7 of football heaven.
A poor game? Sa MOTM?
I don’t care one jot.
All that matter – 3 points.
Obviously the icing would be that we won AND played entertaining football and had a squillion shots on target. But nil points? Been there. Done that. No thank you. I want wins, not didn’t they play well but………
Well done lads; now let’s bag a win Tuesday and build some momentum.
UTW
37 more points.
Sa and Sasa, hotter than Piri Piri.
First 3 points, boost for confidence as much as anything.
We were poor and still won, some cliche about sign of a good side.
Gotta disagree with all the Fabio knockers, he gets into some great positions, would love to see him upfront with Kalajdzic. Silva will get it right at some point and the the floodgates will open imo.
Man City can fk off with their destabilising late bids, could’ve come in a month ago for Nunes, can’t blame him wanting to go but the timing (once again!) is critical and he’s not gonna be happy if they say no, it’s a lose lose for us. Hopefully we have someone lined up if it does happen.
How come Podence is all of a sudden such a bad egg, he was deemed ok before the pretend spitting incidence. He wants to go but so what. No biggy.
Bring on Blackpool, lets win the Milk Cup! UTW
Kevin Debunion was injured so Citeh looking for a midfielder.
They don’t care what they do to other teams to achieve their aims.
Matheus, you would be a bench warmer at Citeh and possibly lose your place in the national side when the Debunion returns.
Prove yourself at Wolves first.
He hasn’t yet got a place in the national side. Bench warmer there too.
If they needed cover for de Bruyne then surely they would have known that at the start of pre season Bard, unless they’ve had two player injuries in that position. It stinks.
True though, Nunes needs to improve some to even get close to starting for City.
On the subject of Podence, we need to get shut of him. Watched him in the warm up against Rennes with the other subs. Hands in his pockets with his hoodie on, not interested. Got fed up with him losing possession with fancy flicks and spending a lot of he game on his backside. Hopefully we get the deal over the line with Celtic for around 10 million.
Can’t make my mind up over Nunes, £60m is more than he is worth on past performances, but has started season well. If he goes there is not much creativity left in the squad.
It shows how thread bare the squad is when Hwang gets injured and the only option is Rayan. Knowing our ‘apparent’ FFP constraints why send so many promising young players out on loan e.g. Cundle, Lembikisa, Mosquera, Hoever, Chiquinho, Corbeanu.
There does not seem to be much depth in the Under 21’s, if injuries start to kick in.
Hopefully we can get some numbers through the door by Thursday.
My excitement at the performances against Rennes and United have been tempered somewhat by getting completely outplayed by Brighton and lucky against Everton.
Nevertheless vital 3 points. Well done Sasa!
Easy answer to your question Honley. The coaching staff don’t think they’re up to it yet .
Agree 100% Honley on letting those players go out on loan, Hoever had a problem with Lage who seemed to have a problem with a lot of players but was deemed good enough for a start, Chiquinho was flying before he got injured so why send him out, why send any of them out though till the first team picture is complete, none of them are on big money wages so minimal risk. None of them are that young either only Lembiska is under 21. All of which were not part of Lopetegui’s plans so bad planning on Wolves part given all the negative noises he was making.
Podence wants to go but i don’t see why it’s a big deal and all the bad press, he wanted to go last season so maybe he’s pissed off nothings happened. There was no problem with him previous years. Glad to see him move on, he’s always flattered to decieve albeit he was joint top scorer last season. He was always main offender in the amateur dramatics dept too.
I went to the game yesterday and to be honest both teams were pretty poor and looked likely relegation candidates but we scored the goal and they didn’t and so the only thing that really matters is the 3 points. Hopefully it will give everyone a bit of a lift. Well done to GON and his staff on their first win and also the team for their first victory. Pleased for Sasa who delivered what he was bought to do and a mention for Sa who was excellent yesterday after having a few shockers in recent months.
Saw a goodly portion of the match on Total Sportek. My screen froze a few times, including when Sasa scored.
Pleased to see Wolves stick at it with Sa, particularly, putting in a fine performance. I, for one, would be happy for him to stay, despite the rumours flying around of a goalkeeping transfer merry-go-round.
Finally, a very happy birthday to Lord Twix. Here’s to a great day!
“Funny old game”, but thank goodness. Well done to the team.
Going to the game on Tuesday; Blackpool having a poor start as well.
I still feel unsettled regarding the upcoming season and will be glad when the transfer door is closed. I hope we take the cup games really seriously. It could brighten my outlook for one.
I agree Debenham. I would love to see the transfer window closed before the first game of the season with no January sales either.
This could give meaning to the rhetoric of the importance of “Academies” , ( such a pathetic term), and Under 21 squads.
How the agents, top clubs and players would hate this.
How much uncertainty would be removed for fans.
How much money would be unobtainable for agents.
How much sulking would be lessened by players wanting away.
How much less unashamed tapping up by clubs , targeting and turning the heads of want away players.
How much erased would be the vacuous nonsense from wannabe “sports writers” and third rate hacks , starting and regurgitating ill- founded rumour.
Here we are, fast approaching an international break and fans do not know
what their team squad will look like when the season resumes.
When the season begins, fans should know what they have spent their season ticket on.
Correct KW
As I recall had I to commit to my season ticket back in May and since then half a dozen or more senior players have left the club. No other industry I know expects payment up front before you have the product details.Daylight robbery.
Only Neves was universally accepted as going. The rest of them earmarked as off. Lop wouldn’t play Collins. And Coady was also a non starter. Adama wouldn’t sign a contract. What can you do . Make him. By which time GON came in. He has only been here 2 weeks and already the negative clowns on Twitter want him out.
And only Doherty has come in (on a free).
Woken up this morning to news that WWFC are going to sell Sa to Forrest. After his display yesterday against Everton I hope that after some deep consideration by all concerned they don’t ! especially for the derisive amount of money mentioned in the article .
With regards to the match yesterday we all seem to agree that the performance was not the best we have seen so far this season but the points are very welcoming irrespective of how they arrived
Hopefully we can start to give Sasha a little more playing time alongside Cunha or Silva
COYW
Major 3 points…Sa becoming a legend…can we please sell Silva
For f.a. and Mendes give the club a refund.
First of all, a very happy birthday to Lord Twix.
Facetimed him yesterday and we were talking about the old days of football and music in Wolverhampton.
Which brings me to the two highlights of yesterday.
Picking Everton’s pockets for three points, who cares how we played? We won!
And the Northern Soul Prom at The Royal Albert Hall.
If any of you bloggers of a ‘certain age’ missed it – watch it on catch up. A real treat.
Doog I was lucky enough to attend the Albert hall for the 2nd Prom and the brilliant Northern Soul gig. Wasn’t sure how it would pan out, but Wow it was incredible.
KTF
absolutely loved it
i used to be a disciple and frequented many a nighter
keep the faith
Happy days, or nights Matt, with Rob B & Andy Mossley
you know it
Happy Belated to Lord Twix and hello to the DOOGoders, hope all is well with you lovely people
Cheers Norsk .. hope you’re all good ..
Our worst performance and our best result. Weird.
Sa was magnificent and, certainly if Nunes goes, must not be sold. If Nunes is sold there is no financial imperative to sell anyone and, with the likely departure of Danny, money will be available even though time now is short.
Comments earlier regarding FFP and a three year cycle could possibly be explained thus.
Three years ago we were at the height of the Covid Pandemic. Without any reduction in running costs, our beloved club along with many others was hit by a huge drop in income. Not Citeh, Chelski et al of course, but that’s another story.
After this year, the losses of 2020 are defuncted and we enter a period with more normal income levels, hence the mention of a three year cycle. This will, I’m sure, allow our owners to reinvest in the squad and fund the desperately needed rebuild.
The important thing is staying up this season.
I leave you kind bloggers with a little piccy entitled
‘Ivybridge Wolves enjoy a pre-match pint or six in the Combemere’.
FFP…FFS
Is anybody good at math/spreadsheets can draw up a table showing Ins & Outs over this 3 year cycle? At some point we must move out of the red into the black!
The spin seems- we got backing from Fosun but can’t spend through fear of being in the red with FFP.
FFS
Unless both EUFA and the Premier League have changed their rules without me noticing its definitely a rolling 3 year period as opposed to a three year cycle.
That’s the point Jim. The huge losses during the Covid shutdowns are scrubbed after this year so the three year balance sheet will look much healthier.
Hello fellow bloggers.
So we played bad and won eh.
Poor first half from both teams and not a good watch. Second half the game definitely opened up and I thought we were good value for the win.
Sa, a string of fine saves that on another day would have seen us get a hiding, but we didn’t. The fact that we didn’t is because all these ‘statters’ don’t count for naught, the only stat that matters is in the goals for and against and yesterday the goals for were on our side.
Hope Sa stays. If we have to sell more then Podence can go for me. Terrible attitude and a cheat. Always going to ground at the slightest contact and those annoying flicks and tricks I don’t mind seeing him depart at all.
Have no idea where we are heading this season but if we are to have any chance at all then please please give the Captains armband to Mr Dawson. Anyone who watched yesterdays game could see the terrific leader that Dawson is. Kilman has no voice or passion for the job or arguably the experience.
Nunes, if the price is around 60 that would be nice but I think a Jan sale for him would be better because a replacement is a must as our midfield spark is a shadow of its former self. Anyway ladies and gents enjoy the long weekend and savour that victory over the Ginja Ninja from Goodison, always love wiping the smugness from that man’s face (he’ll be gone by Xmas)
Norsk Wolf, what a great post.
We were rubbish and won, 3 points gained.
We HAVE to keep Sa, no serious back up in place.
Podence and Nunes – offload asap whatever Fosun want to do with he money.
Agree nothing against Kilman but no captain. Dawson, Lemina or even Doc for the armband.
BUT
The way this is going we are going to go into the rest of the year with the current squad of rag tag and bobtails minus Nunes and Podence and no further incomers. From what I see after 3 matches it might just still be enough to keep us up and allow Fosun to disappear into the sunset with PL status intact AND £150 transfer fees in the bank.
Bonus – FFP problem resolved.
The major comfort I have at the minute PJB is I think there are genuinely 3 teams worse than us that will go down. As long as we are not unlucky with a string of injuries. They have let too many of the youngsters go out on loan too soon. After spending so many decades in the doldrums from the mid 80’s onwards, I am still getting used to being in the Prem so whatever comes at us we take it on together as a team with a solid fan base. A team that has as good a chance as half that division of completing another season in the best league in the world and as the whole FFP issues gets sorted then we move forward together. They really need to get serious about expanding capacity as that not only means fans from far afield can get tickets on their rare trips into the UK but the revenue increase will allow us to have a better run against FFP. I would still like to know how all the other clubs evade this issue, or, if you have rich enough owners just ignore it. Still stinks of corruption but what can we do about that.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/karim-benzema-nuno-alittihad-saudi-30775404
“…Karim Benzema vs Nuno: Inside Al Ittihad feud including shock claim and refused request
Karim Benzema only joined Saudi Arabian champions Al Ittihad in June but the striker’s future is already in the spotlight following an alleged falling-out with manager Nuno Espirito Santo.
Karim Benzema was supposed to be man who’d fire Al Ittihad to a second successive Saudi Pro League title.
Instead, the reigning Ballon d’Or winner reportedly finds himself on the brink of being frozen out after only six appearances. Former Wolves and Tottenham manager Nuno Espirito Santo may’ve been gifted one of this generation’s greatest strikers, but he and Benzema haven’t gelled in Jeddah…….”
“….Nuno’s not having it
After a bright start to the league season and ahead of a clash with Al Riyadh on Thursday, no one expected this week’s headlines in Saudi newspaper Alsharq Al Awsat. A report claims Nuno has informed Al Ittihad’s board that Benzema doesn’t fit his style of play.
It was added that the Portuguese coach hadn’t requested to sign the 35-year-old, who in turn feels that he’s being treated ‘unprofessionally’ by Nuno, leading to tension between the pair within the dressing room. Benzema is also reported to have requested the captain’s armband during his transfer negotiations, but Nuno eventually refused and gave it to club legend Romarinho….”
Last time i looked we were on our 4th manager since Nuno and he’s on his 2nd club since leaving Wolves and currently manages a team in a different continent…..
You need to move on John.
Move on? Some people here want him back. I just thought it was interesting.
Oh well, if you don’t you don’t have to read it.
just been reading about Nunes refusing to train
what a little shit he is
wolves could have got more money…. he could have played a stormer against liverpool and started a bidding war in the next window , but no … the petulant little jerk just puts himself first .
No honour or integrity
hope it goes horribly wrong for him
Nunes widely reported to be refusing to train to “force his move to Man City” through one year into his five year contract. Sums it all up really. Mendes rules ok!
Get rid asap, but hold out for our valuation, we know Citeh can afford it. And if not set an an example, sue him for breach of contract, damages and withhold his registration. Plus money up front (remember Jota!)
This one was always destined to end in tears as has Guedes already.
Recruitment shambles under Shi.
Fuck Nunes off. If he doesn’t want to play for us he can do one. And he will have a pleasant reception next time he comes to Molineux. Bollocks to the twat.
I couldnt have put it better myself ! and no one could !
God help the prick when he comes back to wolves .
What an absolute spoiled selfish ass wipe of a person !
True- let’s hope he does go to City ASAP so we can re- invest in this window.
He will get a ‘heroes’ reception when he returns to Molineux on 30 September- Pep won’t play him though if he gets wind of the bile that will be forthcoming from the faithful.
Ww
The realist (cynic) in me says that the “negotiations” over the Nunes sale will be concluded a few hours prior to the deadline – funds from MCFC transferred direct to Banco di Portugal (c.25% Fosun owned) with Gestitute (c.25% Fosun owned) commission and fees deducted at source and probably transferred to their Banco di Portugal a/c.
Which means good luck Gary in trying to bring the squad up to the required numbers with makeweights, freebies and wannabes. Hope we’re very, very, lucky with injuries or a have a couple of budding superstars at Compton.
Another Shi/Mendes mess. I wonder how many other players never wanted to play for us in the first place? No wonder we are in this ffp mess, £70m wasted on Guedes and Nunes. Mr Shi, hang your head in shame!
The same Shi/Menes shite that got us promoted. Two 7th placed finshes. Europa league. FA cup semi final.
The Dalrymple / Fosun liaison that got us promoted Cheeseburger. Follow he timeline and see when Shi really started to have influence and then track the downward spiral.
You can’t seriously think Fosun are a crock of shite. Best owners we have ever had in terms of promotion. Eiurope. Six seasons top flight. Takes some doing.
Never called them a crock of shite. They are Chinese business people; ’nuff said. And the best owners we we ever had won us 3 League Championships and 2 FA Cups. Local people and their record speaks for itself.
But that was before football became really tainted.
How is the £70 million wasted if we get £55 or £60 million back on Nunes alone.
When Guedes gets healthy, he will be sold for a slight loss or profit.
This is clearly what Jeff Shi had in mind so why are you surprised that it happened?
As a matter of fact, if we could to this every season, it would give us enough profit to actually sign good players along with these temp players.
What is unforgiveable about that fucker Nunes is that he will cost Wolves potential profit. All Pep has to do is to stick on his bid so far and wait for Wolves to throw their hand in this week. It’s revealing your hand at poker. If Nunes had played ball for a few days we could maybe have extracted another 5 or 10 mil on the transfer fee. Thanks to Nunes, Pep has us by the balls, he knows we can’t afford to turn the bid down, and if we did, Nunes will be no fucking good on the pith until the next transfer window. What goes around comes around Nunes.
And in the thick of all this no doubt Machiavelli Mendes is orchestrating “negotiations” while our devoted CEO Jeff is as usual nowhere t be seen hen something of importance is taking place.
So it’s Jeffs fault Nunes wants to f**k off then.
Nunes. So whatever happened to ensuring that when we buy a player he has the right mentality, part of the requirements during the Nuno era? When did that change? Gone with the wind, I guess! A bit naive I suppose.
However, Fosun own 25% of Mendes’s business so they gain when Nunes came to Wolves and now they gain again when Mines goes to Man. City! Looks like a conflict of interest to me! That’s 25% of the Agents fee each way!
So Sky reports that Nunes is not attending training sessions as a protest against his employers who are reasonably refusing to agree to an offer which is below their view of his value in today’s inflated market. He cannot get what he wants and so is stamping his foot and effectively striking.
A pity he did not strike on the field.
No doubt he is being advised by “his people” which probably includes Mendes.
I wrote earlier that he deliberately got himself sent off against Brighton.
It is certain that his move, engineered by Mendez, was intended to provide him with the opportunity to become acclimatised to the Premier and then jumping ship to move to a ‘big’ club. That is the world of football today.
I wonder to what extent Guardiola is impressed by such puerile behaviour.
It could be inferred that the man lacks respect, and integrity.
Several contributors on this site have already shared their indignance
and have extolled their critical views about Nunes’ behaviour.
Conversely, remember the young João Gomes’ behaviour. He had agreed to come to Wolves when his employer received a greater offer and tried to persuade him to move elsewhere. Gomez refused to go back on his word. I hope I am right in recognising his action as doing the right thing.
And yet, re Nunes, we can imagine the conversation between Mendes and Wolves. “ Sign this player for £x squillions and in a season you can move him on for a good profit,
%x of which will be my fee”.
The way players, agents and clubs conduct themselves is insidious.
As fans , we want and crave for top notch players who want to play for Wolverhampton Wanderers, and respect them. Money makes that almost impossible.
Ruben Neves I think is the exception to the rule.
Not just Ruben Neves Kw but the whole ethos that Nuno’s boys had; they really were all in it together along with all of us And then Jeff Shi took control and it disappeared in a puff of smoke,
And who was in charge when Nuno’s boys were top 7 ………….Jeff Shi…..
Blimey cheese, you’re not Jeff’s love child are you? :). Since Jeff has taken full control, things have taken a downward spiral, fast. Whilst we can all agree that we have seen some good times, the last couple of seasons have been on the whole, quite woeful whether that’s on the pitch, or off it. How bad do things have to get before people remove their rose tinted glasses, and see how bad things have gotten? At the moment there are 3 or 4 teams worse than us, for now. That is the only consolation I can see at this moment.
As I understand it, the Chinese economy has rattled Fosun.
They have decided that Wolves must sell players and that there is no money for buying.
The outcome is that the tide has turned and Chi is under instruction
to do exactly what he is told. Of course, he is no more a football man than are his employers football people.
There is little point in blaming Chi for the change in Wolves MO.
His job is to manage the balance sheet . Any replacement for him would be in exactly the same situation.
It is the edicts of Fosun that determine Shi’s Actions.
Shi is in between a rock and a hard place.
Indeed , it appears he is a difficult personality to warm to and his business transactions must have been informed by his advisers.
Now, he just has to obey his bosses.
Nunes is an absolute disgrace and is not fit to wear the old gold. The sooner he goes the better. We just have to be able to use some of the money to bring a few players in.
I know everyone has already said it, but just absolutely disgusted by the behaviour of Nunes. If we don’t get the money we want for this petulant idiot, I hope GoN lets him rot in the reserves and fines him every time he fails to turn up. What a total lack of respect for the manager and your team mates. Would absolutely love it if Pep had the integrity to tell him to fuck off as well. Who the fuck does Nunes think he is?!
Absolutely agree chap. If you remove everything else from the equation. And i fully resect different viewpoints on everything Wolves currently. What I can’t stomach is this sort of stuff. He must NEVER wear the old gold again. We are a proud club. We are built on hard work. This fuckin twat can fuck off and do one.
Mahrez did the same thing at Leicester before leaving and Guardiola never had a ptoblem with him although Leicester still didn’t let him go till 12months later.
I’m angrier at City than Nunes, De Bruyne was injured 2wks ago but lack of suitable cover would have been an issue prior to that. Nunes is an unprofessional prick but he is being played Man City, anywhere they go knocking they know the player will want to leave, and where is Mendes his agent in all this, shouldn’t he be advising him against this bullshit.
anyway ryan sit nori looked good as a ball carrying midfielder so strengthen the team and fuck him him off
Two things to say on the Nunes situation.
Let him go but make him repay the percentage of his inflated salary equivalent to the times he didn’t seem to give a toss while wearing the Wolves shirt.
Make sure he takes his bottle of ugly pills with him when he goes.
(That was a bit of a low blow but ‘Say it as you see it’ is my motto).
I wish we had the money and the bottle to tell Nunes we are suing him for breach of contract if he persists in being on strike. Do it and let him rot in the academy. He’s also ruining our negotiating power with Man City. Trouble is we’re backed up against the wall and will roll over for a tummy rub from Pep as I write.
Fortune favours the brave? Don’t make me laugh. We bravely signed a top talent in Nunes but as soon as a top four side comes calling, he’s history to Wolves.
I’ll tell you who fortune favours. The red and blue sides of Manchester. Look at two atrocious decisions at Old Trafford against Forest yesterday. And listen to the MOTD comments afterwards when announcing the Forest complaint. Compare the penalty awarded to Rashford to the penalty NOT awarded to Wolves at OT the week before. Clearly only one was a penalty but not the one awarded. A Forest player was red carded as well. No wonder Forest have now made two formal written complaints. Frankly it’s about time clubs like ours got together to raise hell against such decisions. We should all go on bloody strike.
Does anyone think Nunes signed without some kind of gentlemen’s agreement that he could leave before the end of the contract?
Maybe he feels Wolves are being unduly difficult with the negotiation and have set the price too high.
There was talk when he signed that he would only be at Wolves for a season so why is it suddenly a big shock?
It’s funny how now people are acting as though Jeff Shi is the good guy.
There are plenty of rumours about players Wolves are negotiating to bring in.
Don’t worry, these deals will be all but signed and when the Nunes deal goes through,
two or three players will be immediately signed – if the negotiations bear fruit.
It’s not as if this is the first time someone has been sold this late in the window.
The whole Nunes saga tells you everything you need to know about the Shi/ Mendes dynamics and who is effectively running the show. Fosun are a sizeable shareholder in gestifute , which is majority owned by mendes. In turn, Mendes is effectively wolves ( aka Shi and fosun) preferred supplier of players globally. Mendes is Nunes’ agent. In such a scenario, any half brained businessman would tell you Shiah’s lot of leverage over Mendes and that he should be influencing Mendes to keep his player in check. Instead Mendes’ player gets himself sent off and then goes on strike. It is clear Mendes rules the roost, Shi is his puppet and this, in a microcosm is why we end up increasingly with the dross from Mendes’ stable because Shi couldn’t run his own bath.
Bloody incest, innit.
Absolutely Sutton.
Incestuous doesn’t even get near!
Fosun playing both ends against the middle with their 25% holding in Gestitute and it’s a fair guess that most transactions are going through the Banco Comercial Português (26.7% Fosun owned). So the money go round goes round and round with WWFC a handy stopover for the numerous short (Nunes a classic) and long term Mendes clients passing through WV1. 3 bites at the cherry for Shanghai without starting on “associate club” Grasshoppers. How many players have we bought and “loaned” out to Zurich (tax free status) and sold on without them ever even setting foot in Wolverhampton. And who pays their wages? Bolla, full Hungarian international, the latest example.
Start counting the multiple commissions and “administration” fees for dozens of transfers over the last 7 years and it makes the £37 million they paid Morgan look like petty cash. And I’m sure all perfectly legal.
And Fosun apologists do some digging and look at the facts before you blindly downvote.
anyone seen Luke Cundle s goal in the l c against Palace?
what a beauty
If Nunes wants to go then go he will and at the end of the day why keep a player who doesn’t want to be here which is becoming a regular occurance.
I’m not sticking up for Nunes but……why wouldn’t he want to go……to a club with real ambition and real prospects of WINNING something not just survival being the aim year in year out.
If we had owners willing to invest a quarter of what City owners invest then yeah there’s a case to say why does he want to go……but FOSUN aren’t excactly pulling out all the stops both on and off the pitch.
I city City are expanding there stadium……what are FOSUN doing…….NOTHING that’s why he wants to go and he won’t be the last.
Well Cheslyn Wolves have nothing like the resources of a State with the fabulous wealth provided by oil.
As to why Nunes wouldn’t want to join Man City? Well how many starts will he get. My guess not a lot. He risks seeing his career collapse and he disappear into obscurity. Next stop Galatasary. It’ll serve him right
Rural Wolves haven’t a pot to piss in thanks to our owners 7 years on and we are fighting for survival and that will be the same next season.
City are European and Premier League champions I’m not asking Fosun to match City’s investment but the best we can do is an ex player on a free and a third rate keeper from Northampton.
And Fosun are the forth richest owners in the Premier League so don’t tell me they don’t have the resources ……..what they don’t have is ambition.
Cheslyn – FFP – for some reason doesn’t apply to Man City but it does to Wolves. So however wealthy our owners only so much can be spent. Another way the wealthiest clubs protect what they have
Sadly Rural, he probably doesn’t care about how many starts he will get. A full trophy cabinet and 150k a week will keep him satisfied. Money has almost killed the beautiful game.