mykeyb Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Will be an interesting season for them this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bielesibub Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 I saw this on the BBC website and thought what an amazing achievement it would be for Wolves if they could win - Made me wonder how many Villa have managed, closest I could find was a page from 2019 saying we were fifth best having won 1643 games and the best being Liverpool who at the time were on 1936 wins. (https://thefootballfaithful.com/premier-league-teams-most-wins-all-time/) Theres no mention of Wolves in the top five. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 The key there will be top flight 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 13 minutes ago, bielesibub said: I saw this on the BBC website and thought what an amazing achievement it would be for Wolves if they could win - Made me wonder how many Villa have managed, closest I could find was a page from 2019 saying we were fifth best having won 1643 games and the best being Liverpool who at the time were on 1936 wins. (https://thefootballfaithful.com/premier-league-teams-most-wins-all-time/) Theres no mention of Wolves in the top five. Great achievement but probably more lowerleague victories tham yop flight. Like comparing Steve Bull to Thierry Henry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 They made a good fist of it in the second half today but bloody hell Man City were brilliant in that first half. Can we not play our game in hand please? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy81 Posted September 22, 2020 Visiting Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2020 10 hours ago, Wainy316 said: They made a good fist of it in the second half today but bloody hell Man City were brilliant in that first half. Can we not play our game in hand please? Yeah City were scary first half. We probably should have scored more than one really, but we couldn't live with them. Adama was bloody awful too defensively. Constantly putting us under pressure. Still a decent start, and don't worry, I'm minding that gap 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenfly Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 35 minutes ago, Andy81 said: Yeah City were scary first half. We probably should have scored more than one really, but we couldn't live with them. Adama was bloody awful too defensively. Constantly putting us under pressure. Still a decent start, and don't worry, I'm minding that gap I was surprised to see him playing in defence. Does he do that often? It seems like a waste of his talents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy81 Posted September 22, 2020 Visiting Supporter Share Posted September 22, 2020 26 minutes ago, Greenfly said: I was surprised to see him playing in defence. Does he do that often? It seems like a waste of his talents. We basically have no right wing backs at the moment. He's done it before but not really to much success. Nelson Semedo should be announced today so he'll take that spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcTheObsession Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Having seen a bit of them last night, I see Wolves being somewhere between 7th and 9th this season. Arsenal clearly stronger than last year as are Everton. Think most likely them and Leicester battling it out for 8th. Be interesting to see how that goes down with the owners and fan base, whether its acceptable due to the size of clubs above them or perceived as a lack of progress if they don't improve on last season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 6 hours ago, AvfcTheObsession said: Having seen a bit of them last night, I see Wolves being somewhere between 7th and 9th this season. Arsenal clearly stronger than last year as are Everton. Think most likely them and Leicester battling it out for 8th. Be interesting to see how that goes down with the owners and fan base, whether its acceptable due to the size of clubs above them or perceived as a lack of progress if they don't improve on last season. I don't think their owners care about progression its more about cleverly milking money through transfers. I would imagine Nuno has the safest job in the Premier league. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Nice bit of skill from Podence for the goal, nutmegging De Bruyne I think. Seems they're pretty confident he'll step up and replace Jota. I see the 18 year old kid came on, did he touch the ball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Their XI really is quality, although obviously a RWB needed at the moment. Really don't know how they got away with and will continue to get away with such a threadbare squad though. You know if it was us with their team we'd have Jimenez ruled out for the season closely followed by Boly within a month or 2 of it starting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 21 hours ago, Andy81 said: Yeah City were scary first half. We probably should have scored more than one really, but we couldn't live with them. Adama was bloody awful too defensively. Constantly putting us under pressure. Still a decent start, and don't worry, I'm minding that gap You’ll finish above us tbf. I felt Wolves looked fairly decent. Man City were just on fire. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCDAN Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Just read on the BBC that Wolves are one centre back away from being able to field a Portuguese 11. Something doesn't sit right with me about that for an English team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy81 Posted September 23, 2020 Visiting Supporter Share Posted September 23, 2020 None of our centre backs are from Portugal, so we'd need at least three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 The being bothered by that ship sailed twenty years ago. It's odd that so many of one side could be from one country (and there are plenty of Spanish first language players in the squad too) but welcome to 21st century football. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy81 Posted September 23, 2020 Visiting Supporter Share Posted September 23, 2020 12 hours ago, KAZZAM said: I don't think their owners care about progression its more about cleverly milking money through transfers. I would imagine Nuno has the safest job in the Premier league. This is unlikely to be their motivation, the money Fosun make from other investments makes Wolves as a business a drop in the ocean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Doesnt bother me, Catania I think in Serie A a few years back had about 15 Argentinian players on the books 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, Andy81 said: None of our centre backs are from Portugal, so we'd need at least three. You have Roderick, so would only need one more Portuguese CB to fit a traditional back four. I imagine the point wasn't that Wolves could field 11 Portuguese players in their current system, just that they could field something like a 4-5-1 with only Portuguese players if they signed another CB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAZZAM Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 4 minutes ago, Andy81 said: This is unlikely to be their motivation, the money Fosun make from other investments makes Wolves as a business a drop in the ocean. Don't kid yourself. Any business is a good business if it makes money Irregardless of Fosun's own wealth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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