TRO Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 54 minutes ago, Shropshire Lad said: The thing is, this has been said a few times now “they didn’t look that great”. They still picked up the three points. They are beatable, that’s been shown to be the case. I don’t see them collapsing. I think when people were talking about the winter period being hard for them, I think it was more the threat of injuries from games in quick succession, rather than “ooh it can be a bit nippy round here”. They may have a little off spell where they may drop a few wins in a row. But not enough to prevent them from achieving promotion. How they get on in the premier league will be interesting. Their movement and efferevescence will see them through in general....last night a bit flat overall, but still capable of securing a win. conversely, we have resilience now.....just look stale in the last third going forward. due to the blunt attack, sadly our best hope of points is soak it up and hit them on the break.....I don't see that changing unless, we get some players in who can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 22 minutes ago, TRO said: Their movement and efferevescence will see them through in general....last night a bit flat overall, but still capable of securing a win. conversely, we have resilience now.....just look stale in the last third going forward. due to the blunt attack, sadly our best hope of points is soak it up and hit them on the break.....I don't see that changing unless, we get some players in who can. Wouldn't that approach be better suited to a team that had a very dangerous striker but little else (like us last season with Kodija). Since we don't have a scoring striker our best bet should be to have as much ball as possible and create as many chances as possible for said striker and our other attacking players. IMO we have players good enough to do that in this league. A midfield containing Adomah, Hourihane, Snodgrass, Grealish, Green (when back) Lansbury... not all at once obviously should be able to do it against most opponents in this league. While having Jedi, Whelan or Onomah to do the holding role(s) Relying on soaking up pressure and hoping to hit them on the break relying on a 19 y.o target man with rather poor finishing is both strange, overly cautious and unnecessary. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 I tjink they will do better than west brom next season. How depressing west brom vs wolves in top flight while the second city derby in championship 10 years ago who would have thought that? Cheers lerner bloody cretin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 26 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: I tjink they will do better than west brom next season. How depressing west brom vs wolves in top flight while the second city derby in championship 10 years ago who would have thought that? Cheers lerner bloody cretin West Brom could be bottom of premier league tonight No guarantee to stay up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 18, 2017 Share Posted December 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Zatman said: West Brom could be bottom of premier league tonight No guarantee to stay up Hopefully that be awesome if us and wolves went up. That would be hilarous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy81 Posted December 19, 2017 Visiting Supporter Share Posted December 19, 2017 17 hours ago, Demitri_C said: Hopefully that be awesome if us and wolves went up. That would be hilarous That would be perfect. Well, with Small Heath going down too it would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 26, 2017 Share Posted December 26, 2017 Watched the Ronaldo story and Mendes said they chose United as they offered 50% game time and this is what he recommends to his young players to gain experience. Then would work on big deals after that progress Just wondering if that was his sell to the guys joining Wolves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 You have to admire this wolves side. That was a very impressive win. Honestly i think they are better than some premier league sides. They are not unbeatable and have some weaknesses but they are good side. Been very fortunate with injuries though mind you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeAVFC Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 5 hours ago, Demitri_C said: You have to admire this wolves side. That was a very impressive win. Honestly i think they are better than some premier league sides. They are not unbeatable and have some weaknesses but they are good side. Been very fortunate with injuries though mind you. They have had some injuries, they had Boly out for 2 months and Helder Costa out until October. Nowhere near the injuries we've got but they've still had them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Linked with PSV Dutch striker/wide forward Jürgen Locadia on SKY Has 9 goals and 6 assist in 15 games for them this season. £10m or there about apparently replacing Nouha Dicko who's been sold to Hull And no, he is in fact not owned by Mendes but by SEG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 1 hour ago, sne said: Linked with PSV Dutch striker/wide forward Jürgen Locadia on SKY Has 9 goals and 6 assist in 15 games for them this season. £10m or there about apparently replacing Nouha Dicko who's been sold to Hull And no, he is in fact not owned by Mendes but by SEG They can afford to spend big now, it would be the biggest bottle job in this league if they didn't go up now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 (edited) 21 hours ago, Demitri_C said: They can afford to spend big now, it would be the biggest bottle job in this league if they didn't go up now Yup They got £3.5m for Dicko, if the get Locadia for £8-10m it,'s not a huge outlay. Edited January 1, 2018 by sne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 1 hour ago, sne said: Yup They got £3.5 for Dicko, if the get Locadia for £8-10 it,'s not a huge outlay. We could even afford them prices 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Very jealous of them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 12 hours ago, Demitri_C said: You have to admire this wolves side. That was a very impressive win. Honestly i think they are better than some premier league sides. They are not unbeatable and have some weaknesses but they are good side. Been very fortunate with injuries though mind you. They will stay up comfortably. I think that's the difference. When they went up under Mick they were just happy finishing 17th and weren't interested in building for higher. With the present structure they've got the opportunity to establish themselves like Bournemouth and Watford have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 22 hours ago, sne said: Linked with PSV Dutch striker/wide forward Jürgen Locadia on SKY Has 9 goals and 6 assist in 15 games for them this season. £10m or there about apparently replacing Nouha Dicko who's been sold to Hull And no, he is in fact not owned by Mendes but by SEG Would be an outrageous signing for this league. Does make you jealous when we've spent more than that on Hogan and McCormack, even Kodjia because this guy is twice the player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 He'll be pretty confident he's playing in the PL next season. We just can't compete with the Wolverhampton Wanderers of this world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 7 minutes ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Would be an outrageous signing for this league. Does make you jealous when we've spent more than that on Hogan and McCormack, even Kodjia because this guy is twice the player. They target technically gifted players, first and foremost. We target workman like figures.....nothing wrong with that, but at our level, thats usually all they have.....its just not enough. Hogan and McCormack has been systematic of have how this club has been run for many years. If i was given only one piece of criteria to criticise our club for over the years it would be player transfers. It think it has been the single most factor in holding us back.....just my opinion. If I was Xia that would be a major focus for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Davkaus said: He'll be pretty confident he's playing in the PL next season. We just can't compete with the Wolverhampton Wanderers of this world. But they have been stuck down here for some years, must have been envious to look across at WBA getting promoted. They looked at us being sold and put 2 & 2 together, as we did. They have just got their act together and so far, its working. Edited January 1, 2018 by TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 6 hours ago, Dr_Pangloss said: Would be an outrageous signing for this league. Does make you jealous when we've spent more than that on Hogan and McCormack, even Kodjia because this guy is twice the player. Holland not calling him up genuinely surprised me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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