Andy81

Yeah obviously loads of goalkeeper kits are yellow, so there's nothing in it, it's just slightly ammusing with the sponsor and all.

I expect our league form will drop off a bit too as a result, depending on who we sign in the next two weeks. Having said that the schedule isn't too different from the Championship where you're playing three times a week, and our team is relatively young so hopefully they'll be up to it.

And some people accuse Villa fans of arrogance!

He had an assist for the first goal. Played well last night.

Thanks for the replies, agree with them all. For clarification, the goalkeeper kit is amusing along with the sponsor because I think someone at Villa said something about emulating Wolves after promotion, that’s all, don’t be touchy, it’s just a funny coincidence.

Exactly.

Villa have needed to bring in a load of players this summer due to losing a load, but it’s not just local rivalry to question how well the new players will integrate and how quickly. As I said, you didn’t have a lot of choice, but I’d be concerned if I was a Villa fan. The goalkeeper kit is a bit of a laugh if it’s genuine though.

It’ll be interesting for sure, I expect our league form to drop a bit. The fact that we’ve let Cav and Costa go suggests we have some forward players coming in however. I’d expect them to be an upgrade too. Cav especially would have been useful in the qualifying rounds.

Exactly as I see it.

Some of the fans on there are a complete embaressment I agree. Don't let that thread fool you into thinking it represents the whole fanbase, only the noisy lot on there who don't seem to like Villa make up most of the posts, and there are a load of posts from Wolves fans who defend Villa and their recent transfer activity. Twitter is an absolute nightmare, niether team's fan base looks good on there. FWIW I personally think your transfer activity this summer has given you a great chance of staying up, which you didn't have before any signings were made. I think you need more goals in your team though.

Absolutely, agree.

Was a good final last season, only game I watched in the competition, but it's definitely a worthwhile break from the league for the teams down there.

Not keen on the texture, but the colour goes well with the sponsor which helps.

Love that Roma kit.

It's a bit weird about the MD, but it's not something to be overly concerned about without knowing the resons behind it. Apparently he was nothing to do with the football side of things, and it makes sense Fosun would want to bring in their own man.

Cheers!

While I'm here, any chance I could be given access to post in the gaming section of the forum? Looks pretty active.

I don't personally worry about Nuno leaving for a while, there won't be many jobs in football more suited to him. He's universally loved, which is something I've never known for a head coach, he has the complete backing of the owners, who are connected to one of his best mates who happens to be a decent football agent (not sure if you were aware of this or not ), and he basically has free reign at a growing club. Chelsea would have been an awful move for Nuno. They've just lost their best player, and it's up in the air as to if they can sign anyone or not, and even with all this he could be successful and still be sacked there and have to build his reputation up again. The other thing about Nuno moving to a bigger club is the emphasis would be on him to take games to the opposition and break them down, which is something of a weakness for Nuno teams. We struggled against defensive teams last season, and he had the same issue at Porto. With regards to the first season under Fosun and the appointment of Zenga, the takeover happened very late in the close season, and Wolves had very little time to buy a load of players, which happened in a slap dash way. The club thought they had secured Lopetegui, but he received an offer from the Spanish FA which he found hard to turn down. I think if they hadn't thought they had secured him they may have stuck with Jackett that first year, which would have probably been the smart move.

Costa looked a world beater back in 16/17 season, he pretty much kept us up on his own. I don't think he's ever recovered from his ankle injury and his confidence looks shot to me. If he gets a kick in a game he's pretty much done, but he still has it in his locker. Caused United loads of issues at Old Trafford last season, and scored a great goal at Wembley against Spurs. If a team can get the old Costa back they'll have a bargain. I hope someone does for his sake.

Cheers chap, I was only kiddin

I have to admit, Wolves fans online are acting strangely towards Villa at the moment. I think the poster above had it right when he said we see Villa as more of a threat, probably not next season, but the potential is clearly there. I expect in the next five years we'll be competing for the same players and new fans, so it kinda makes sense. And yes, Albion have battered us on and off the pitch for about 20 years. It's been tough. I'm glad we've been in seperate divisions for years now. I don't personally want to play them as I hate those games, and we generally struggled against the crap sides last year, so they'd absolutely beat us again. Anyway, decent draw for us yesterday, should be able to get through the first (2nd? This is all new to me) qualifying round.

We're all idiots.

Genuinely Wolves fans hardly ever thought about Villa before last season, at least since I've been following them. Not gonna lie, there seem to be a lot of Wolves fans who don't like Villa, which has surprised me, but I still expect they're dwarfed by the silent majority who don't care much. Most Wolves fans I know don't mind you at all, myself included. To be honest, there hasn't been a lot to talk about recently either, and you had an interesting end to the season.

Not a big risk at that fee but I always got the impression he was a bit one sided. Isn't his main weapon to cut in from the right on his left foot and just leather it? I expect Premier League defences would handle him quite well, but as I say, 4m is nothing.

Congratulations everyone! Always thought you'd do it from the start of the play offs. Let me take this opportunity to say that while there will be a load of Wolves fans treating Villa as a big rival now, they don't speak for us all. Can't wait for the games though.