RunRickyRun Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Ah Walter Zenga - what a great 'keeper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Lost 4-0 at home to Swansea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted July 30, 2016 Moderator Share Posted July 30, 2016 First an agent involved in the takeover. Then the agent starts buying players for the manager. Manger is then sacked. Patsy manager appointed. I wouldn't be optimistic if I were a Wolves fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 1 hour ago, TrentVilla said: First an agent involved in the takeover. Then the agent starts buying players for the manager. Manger is then sacked. Patsy manager appointed. I wouldn't be optimistic if I were a Wolves fan. I have to admit I'm beginning to wonder if I was a little hasty with my judgement on this takeover. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Very odd appointment. Doesn't surprise me Jackett lost his job, being English and not really a big name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingsombrero Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 It's all got a whiff of Notts County about it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Shame for Wolves, looks like they could be part of a wider game of flipping players for Mendes' gain. That manager choice is just dodgy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 I still stand by my trust in Hollis to have picked the best deal for Villa, as I imagine these new Wolves owners would have been on the scene as one of the interested parties when we were for sale earlier this year. I could be totally wrong, but I hope I am right, it is just my gut feeling and it is all I have to go on at the moment. It would be gut wrenching if it were a case of Man City part two where our takeover is blown out of the water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Fosun are a massive company, if it doesn't work out for them with Mendes pulling the strings, they'll just part ways with him and try another approach. They're not going to have their name so closely linked with Wolves and let them be perennial stragglers in the Championship, for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted August 1, 2016 Moderator Share Posted August 1, 2016 I think they'll buy very good young players and spend a fair bit of money - appointing an agent to run your recruitment is increasingly a good move as managers become more and more about coaching and less and less about running clubs. I think Wolves will be a bit chaotic, but I think that looking at the way they're thinking of moving forward they'll be a bit like Watford - chaotically successful to an extent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Zenga claimed that Wolves is the biggest English team in Italy at his press conference 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, OutByEaster? said: I think they'll buy very good young players and spend a fair bit of money - appointing an agent to run your recruitment is increasingly a good move as managers become more and more about coaching and less and less about running clubs. I think Wolves will be a bit chaotic, but I think that looking at the way they're thinking of moving forward they'll be a bit like Watford - chaotically successful to an extent. Not when there's a conflict of interest IMO. There's too much of an incentive to distort transfer fees of your clients by engaging in phony bidding wars and too much of an incentive to try and 'flip' players in order to maximise your agent fees. I think there's a clear moral hazard issue. Edited August 1, 2016 by Dr_Pangloss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentVilla Posted August 1, 2016 Moderator Share Posted August 1, 2016 12 hours ago, NeilS said: I still stand by my trust in Hollis to have picked the best deal for Villa Why? He was there to get the best deal for Lerner not us as fans. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 44 minutes ago, TrentVilla said: Why? He was there to gt the best deal for Lerner not us as fans. Part of this nonsense belief that Lerner genuinely cared about the club and what happens to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 (edited) 9 hours ago, TrentVilla said: Why? He was there to get the best deal for Lerner not us as fans. Exactly, forget what Lerner and Hollis said. For me it was all PR b0ll0cks...it didnt get me romantically nourished Edited August 2, 2016 by Demitri_C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilS Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 (edited) 10 hours ago, TrentVilla said: Why? He was there to get the best deal for Lerner not us as fans. It's all I have to cling to, and I cannot be worrying about what might or might not go wrong with Villa's takeover compared to Wolves before it has had chance to all play out. Nothing more than that really. Edited August 2, 2016 by NeilS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 21 hours ago, sne said: Zenga claimed that Wolves is the biggest English team in Italy at his press conference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villan4Life Posted August 2, 2016 Share Posted August 2, 2016 They have signed Jón Daði Böðvarsson (Who played well at euros and scored against Austria for Iceland) for £2.7mil Good signing for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Benfica President at Wolves game today with Mendes. Deal for Talisca thought to be close. Some of the Portuguese press were reporting that the deal is that he'll be going to Liverpool eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted August 6, 2016 Share Posted August 6, 2016 Did well to pick up a point in the end but Rotherham one of favourites to go down. A long season of course but I don't see them in the mix for promotion this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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