General Wolves News

[Wulfie88]

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Sa, Neves, Nunes and Neto (hasn't he heard that he's rubbish, ya nor) in the Portugal squad.

No Moutinho, Semedo or Guedes.

No Kilman for England.

 

[Deano]

Kilman definitely deserves to be in ahead of some of those CB's but Southgate is an idiot.

 

[Tony Towner]

Loyalty is all very noble, but it is now to a fault where Maguire is concerned

 

[Deano]

Loyalty is all very noble, but it is now to a fault where Maguire is concerned

Southgate says he picks on form but it only seems to apply when it suits. The "He's never let England down" argument falls down the same as "never change a winning team" if you're picking inferior players just because they've not yet made an inevitable mistake then its stupidity.

 

[Tony Towner]

He's continued to select Pickford on the basis that his England form overrides where his club form has been at various points, which I think is admirable and fair. I don't see how you can do that when the club form translates to being dropped for an elongated period. It compromises the integrity

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Pickford has been excellent for Everton for ages.

 

[The Bear]

Southgate says he picks on form but it only seems to apply when it suits. The "He's never let England down" argument falls down the same as "never change a winning team" if you're picking inferior players just because they've not yet made an inevitable mistake then its stupidity.

But does he mean England form or club form? I guess either, as and when it suits.

 

[PuntsWolf]

He was never going to get in this one, particularly after the Liverpool game got cancelled. Not enough chat or exposure to really put himself out there. Bet half the fans of other clubs don’t really know much about him. Outside chance he gets in for the WC if we/he plays well over the next batch of games, particularly with it including West Ham and Chelsea. Will boost his rep and get more chat in the media which is realistically the only thing that will gets southgates attention.

 

[Tony Towner]

Pickford has been excellent for Everton for ages.

Agreed, there were a couple of years where he wasn't though and Southgate continued to pick him. That's different to Maguire who can't get a league game for his club side.

 

[malta mick]

Great shame not to be called up, but at least its possibly saving an injury risk to him from the club pov

 

[Deano]

He was never going to get in this one, particularly after the Liverpool game got cancelled. Not enough chat or exposure to really put himself out there. Bet half the fans of other clubs don’t really know much about him. Outside chance he gets in for the WC if we/he plays well over the next batch of games, particularly with it including West Ham and Chelsea. Will boost his rep and get more chat in the media which is realistically the only thing that will gets southgates attention.

Which is mental really, when your job is managing about 6-8 games a year you should be aware of all of your options but what you say is right, the only way you get noticed is if you get some media attention.

Marcus Edwards has been very good for Sporting so far this season. I doubt Southgate even knows he exists.

 

[YoungWolf]

Marcus Edwards has been very good for Sporting so far this season. I doubt Southgate even knows he exists.

He definitely will do.

So close to a world cup I never expected Kilman to get the call up nor Maguire to be dropped.

 

[Deano]

He definitely will do.

So close to a world cup I never expected Kilman to get the call up nor Maguire to be dropped.

If he wants to call up Maguire it's up to him but he should stop pretending club form matters.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Joe Hodge in the Ireland U21 squad

Collins in the senior squad as you would expect

 

[AndyWolves]

Hodge looks like a decent player in the u21s. Next cab off the rank for a loan I reckon.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Hodge looks like a decent player in the u21s. Next cab off the rank for a loan I reckon.

He's a very tidy player. Small though.

 

[Johnny75]

Hodge looks like a decent player in the u21s. Next cab off the rank for a loan I reckon.

He's ok, not at the level of Cundle or Ronan yet.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I'd be fuming if I were Ronan. Just had a great season, got in the Ireland squad, there must have been *some* interest (SPL even if nowhere else) and yet he's still here. The manager blatantly has no interest in using him so great, that's no football for the rest of 2022. He's 24 now and far too old for that shit.

Whether it's Lage, Sellars, Jackson, Shi or a combination of any/all of them, it's really poor on our part.

 

[1986]

I'd be fuming if I were Ronan. Just had a great season, got in the Ireland squad, there must have been *some* interest (SPL even if nowhere else) and yet he's still here. The manager blatantly has no interest in using him so great, that's no football for the rest of 2022. He's 24 now and far too old for that shit.

Whether it's Lage, Sellars, Jackson, Shi or a combination of any/all of them, it's really poor on our part.

Totally agree . He has a future somewhere . He is a nice tidy player and knows what to do .
If they are going to keep him and put him on the bench - then give him 5 minutes here , 10 minutes there . Start him against Leeds in a few weeks and so on .