General Wolves News

[Kenny]

That tradition starts in 2024

 

[Del Woppio]

My first thought was with the families of the over weight Stone Islanders who are now gonna be getting twatted and ruin Christmas tbh.

It is a weird one though, suspect it'll annoy more people than it pleases

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I never thought much of it at the time but having Leeds vs Man Utd when they last did it - and I remember the game on Sky - was quite the bold pick!

We had Liverpool on Black Eye Friday in 2018 and I was fucking dreading it. Went off alright in the end but we didn't hang about afterwards.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

I have never once heard anyone say "I want to spend Christmas Eve with my family".

If you’ve got young kids you do. I love spending Christmas Eve with the kids, building all the excitement up for the next day.

If I didn’t have kids then I’d probably happily go and watch a game of football though. Mind you, if I didn’t have kids then I’d probably still have a season ticket!

 

[Wilf Wolf]

And I get it, that's a pain.

But no more so than any random individual fan could point to you on any other game that moves. It was a pain for me that Liverpool got moved to lunchtime as originally my plan was to go pub->game->pub->Dexys, whereas this way I had to go home in between.

Christmas Eve isn't universally sacrosanct is the point, it's a working day.

I undertook Standby for about 17/20 Christmas Days, my choice, but it was always sorted miles in advance. People will have plans and many like Tredman have family commitments. Kids before and on Christmas Day, football on Boxing Day has worked for years, absolutely no need to change it now.

 

[ROVERT47]

Fine by me, great way to enjoy Christmas Eve, I don’t want to come over all Bah Humbug but as I’ve got older the whole Christmas thing doesn’t do much for me. I’m an ardent live sport fan and always look forward to Boxing Day more than Christmas Day.

 

[YoungWolf]

Fine by me, great way to enjoy Christmas Eve, I don’t want to come over all Bah Humbug but as I’ve got older the whole Christmas thing doesn’t do much for me. I’m an ardent live sport fan and always look forward to Boxing Day more than Christmas Day.

Yeah Boxing Day is one of my favourite days of the year for that reason!

 

[Derby Wolf]

Brentford have ten days off before our game on Boxing Day owing to City playing in the Club World Cup.

Scenes when the PL don't move our game after making us play on Christmas Eve. Wouldn't be the first time after Liverpool/City in 2019.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

If you’ve got young kids you do. I love spending Christmas Eve with the kids, building all the excitement up for the next day.

If I didn’t have kids then I’d probably happily go and watch a game of football though. Mind you, if I didn’t have kids then I’d probably still have a season ticket!

Well there you go, I don't have kids, never wanted them and never will have them. So I can't put myself in that position.

I don't believe there is a cultural thing in the UK about Christmas Eve though, I've been around long enough to know that.

 

[jd1981]

Brentford have ten days off before our game on Boxing Day owing to City playing in the Club World Cup.

Scenes when the PL don't move our game after making us play on Christmas Eve. Wouldn't be the first time after Liverpool/City in 2019.

Wouldn’t surprise me if we’re the early kick off Boxing Day then told to just get on with it. Common sense thing would be us playing on the evening of the 27th.

 

[SSB]

Wouldn’t surprise me if we’re the early kick off Boxing Day then told to just get on with it. Common sense thing would be us playing on the evening of the 27th.

I have no issue with a home game in Christmas Eve. Getting to Brentford on Boxing Day is more of an issue.

 

[pavlosmacwolf]

For me, being a really old fucker, boxing day is a footie tradition, shame to spoil it.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Loads of times we haven't played on Boxing Day in the last 20 years

 

[BillyDee]

Paying ten times the norm for chocolate in a fancy box and an egg shape during Spring is also a tradition, doesn't make it a good idea.

 

[Wolvensam]

Fine by me, great way to enjoy Christmas Eve, I don’t want to come over all Bah Humbug but as I’ve got older the whole Christmas thing doesn’t do much for me. I’m an ardent live sport fan and always look forward to Boxing Day more than Christmas Day.

Same here. Quite looking forward to a Wolves game Christmas Eve along with NFL the same day and on Christmas Day. Do the family stuff until 6pm and then settle down with a drink in the peace for some live sport - sounds a great day to me!

 

[Derby Wolf]

Lovely view

 

[Templeton Peck]

So Maddison went for 50m? Neto is younger and probably has a higher ceiling. 75/80 if Arsenal come knocking in January?

 

[Tony Towner]

40m, but he only had a year left and Leicester didn't have a lot of choice after being relegated. Nobody will pay what we'd want in Jan, he'd be a good depth player for Arsenal, but injuries aside he wouldn't make their first 11, so they aren't paying that kind of fee mid season imo. If Nunes was 53, we shouldn't be taking less than 70 and seek more if his form and fitness remains where it currently is

 

[Johnny75]

Neto should be Klopp's next purchase.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Find it all a bit depressing speculating about when we sell our best player.

It went on for years with Neves, would much rather enjoy their performances and not worry about that.