General Wolves News

[Tony Towner]

So would the Watkins past the post miss and the Coady off the line against Leeds before they scored count?

By the way, I'm not knocking Sa and will continue to eat humble pie in saying that he was a downgrade on Patricio.

I think so yes

 

[PuntsWolf]

The save against Cash was massive and obviously the one against Watkins 1 v 1 was too. Those two saved us points without doubt and that isn’t the first time. We were comfortably the better team but have still needed our GK to bail us out to an extent.

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

The Cash save is so underappreciated I think and probably depends on where you sit [no not with your opinion of him, in the ground I mean ]. His speed off the line to get as close to Cash as he did and at the same time keeping his silhouette full size was brilliant.

 

[YoungWolf]

Without wanting to go all stats nerds (I’m not clever enough). For keepers post shot expected goals is a bit better to see how they are performing.

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His 36.7 still makes him worth about 10 goals stopped this season which is still really impressive. Some of that is luck in some senses of course but also his good form. It’s not sustainable though. So hopefully people aren’t harsh on him when in all likelihood he doesn’t quite achieve the same next season!

 

[Johnny75]

The Cash save is so underappreciated I think and probably depends on where you sit [no not with your opinion of him, in the ground I mean ]. His speed off the line to get as close to Cash as he did and at the same time keeping his silhouette full size was brilliant.

Reminded me of peak Schmeichel

 

[PuntsWolf]

The Cash save is so underappreciated I think and probably depends on where you sit [no not with your opinion of him, in the ground I mean ]. His speed off the line to get as close to Cash as he did and at the same time keeping his silhouette full size was brilliant.

If that’s Rui he stays on his line, Cash takes a touch and probably smashes it in. No one blames Rui but we lose the points.

 

[Kenny]

If that’s Rui he stays on his line, Cash takes a touch and probably smashes it in. No one blames Rui but we lose the points.

Then to flip it, the Leeds 2nd goal is probably saved by Rui as he hasn't gone on a double mad dash and is in position.

Absolutely love Sa he is better than I thought and I was one of those in favour of his signing as well. You just have to accept he will do things that are not totally normal at times. Leeds game apart, when he does go off he is the calmest person in the Stadium and generally deals with the situations.

 

[PuntsWolf]

Then to flip it, the Leeds 2nd goal is probably saved by Rui as he hasn't gone on a double mad dash and is in position.

Absolutely love Sa he is better than I thought and I was one of those in favour of his signing as well. You just have to accept he will do things that are not totally normal at times. Leeds game apart, when he does go off he is the calmest person in the Stadium and generally deals with the situations.

Nah they scored the first attempt before it hit the bar.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Nah they scored the first attempt before it hit the bar.

Plenty of time to take it down with Rui rooted to his line and the defence all over the place.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

The Cash save is so underappreciated I think and probably depends on where you sit [no not with your opinion of him, in the ground I mean ]. His speed off the line to get as close to Cash as he did and at the same time keeping his silhouette full size was brilliant.

Agreed, when he first started coming for that i thought "what are you doing, stay on your line" but the presence of Sa seemed to totally put Cash off his effort.

 

[Doctor Doog]

Perhaps the sight of him just puts them off their shot. He's pretty scary looking, and they've probably seen pictures of his dogs.

 

[redvictor]

Very good article on Bruno Lage here. Worth a read for sure.

Inside the mind of Bruno Lage: The teacher turned coach - a football and U2 obsessive

The Athletic has been to Portugal and spent a day at Wolves training to find out what makes Bruno Lage tick - he lives for football

theathletic.com

 

[darlowolf64]

Carl Ikeme paid a visit this week

 

[SSB]

Carl Ikeme paid a visit this week

Just watched it. Brilliant stuff.

 

[Carsy]

Reminded me of peak Schmeichel

The amount of saves big Pete made just by making himself big and the ball hitting him was huge. The star jump save on his forearm always springs to mind - had a vcr of his United career back in the day. Loved it

 

[sycophantia]

Carl Ikeme paid a visit this week

Quality

 

[WarwickWolf]

Conor Coady really is the best of us.

 

[Tony Towner]

"Hi Tim,
You know those behind the scene interviews we've given you recently?"

Hwang's still a bargain at £11.9m, Wolves just need to learn how to get best from him

After a blistering start for the club, Hwang's form has tailed off in recent months, but Lage remains full of praise for the forward

theathletic.com

 

[Jack Regan]

"Hi Tim,
You know those behind the scene interviews we've given you recently?"

Hwang's still a bargain at £11.9m, Wolves just need to learn how to get best from him

After a blistering start for the club, Hwang's form has tailed off in recent months, but Lage remains full of praise for the forward

theathletic.com

My favourite part of having an Athletic subscription is marking all Tim's articles as "meh" this one is particularly full of nonsense.

 

[Tony Towner]

I had an Athletic subscription before they started doing football, so Tim is a foc add on to me. His pieces fall into one of 3 camps
A) Behind the scenes insight which tends to be interesting and informative be it written in his 'style'
B) Tim does football, usually lacking in understanding, but does have access to a decent databank of stats
C) Tim does what the club wants to secure A) this comes in Twitter posts and articles like today. Should be treated like the puff pieces they are.