General Wolves News

[Derby Wolf]

Neto should be Klopp's next purchase.

Just imagine the negotiations,

Hi Jeff we'll pay for Neto on terms that would make Brighthouse blush but as its you and we like you we'd recommend giving us 25% of the fee for Nat Phillips.

 

[Kenny]

Just imagine the negotiations,

Hi Jeff we'll pay for Neto on terms that would make Brighthouse blush but as its you and we like you we'd recommend giving us 25% of the fee for Nat Phillips.

They have to deal with Hobbs now so should avoid a buy now pay whenever you want deal

 

[The Bear]

I have Neto down as 7 assists this season.

I wonder if they're counting the Villa one that took a small deflection.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

You answered it - the deflection means no

 

[Johnny75]

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.

Sadly the owners have made it like this.

 

[Jinky]

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.

I agree. Sometimes a player is too valuable to sell. No amount of money replaces what Neto brings to this team. We’ve nursed him through long term injuries and paid him handsomely throughout. We would be idiots to flog him at the first sign of us getting some of the “old Neto” back on the pitch.

Arsenal can do one.

 

[Del Woppio]

I agree. Sometimes a player is too valuable to sell. No amount of money replaces what Neto brings to this team. We’ve nursed him through long term injuries and paid him handsomely throughout. We would be idiots to flog him at the first sign of us getting some of the “old Neto” back on the pitch.

 

[Jinky]

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He’s leaving it up to Hobbs now, mate. Our Jeff is spending all his time on his new E&S column and listening to The Beatles.

 

[Kenny]

Wasn't the original Fosun plan for Wolves - Buy promising players - build them up - sell for nice profit and help guide us to not requiring huge amounts from their own bank account.
So selling Neto for north of what we got for Nunes would fit that perfectly.

Obviously that plan got buffered a bit by Jeff becoming a footballing guru for a couple of years which led to us having to sell anything with legs in the summer but ultimately we are back in that position now. So any players that are impressing will likely to be sold if the price is right (no Klarna deals allowed).

Neto will go if he keeps this form up, we then have hope we have sorted out our shit behind the scenes and we have the next Neto lined up.

 

[AndyWolves]

Unfortunately selling Neto is part of the 'model' of how the club will operate. Selling players for high values is how we will finance buying future players, broadly speaking.

I don't agree with it, I don't think it's necessary given how much money is generated from being in the PL but that's how the club looks to be operating.

 

[Deano]

Wasn't the original Fosun plan for Wolves - Buy promising players - build them up - sell for nice profit and help guide us to not requiring huge amounts from their own bank account.
So selling Neto for north of what we got for Nunes would fit that perfectly.

Obviously that plan got buffered a bit by Jeff becoming a footballing guru for a couple of years which led to us having to sell anything with legs in the summer but ultimately we are back in that position now. So any players that are impressing will likely to be sold if the price is right (no Klarna deals allowed).

Neto will go if he keeps this form up, we then have hope we have sorted out our shit behind the scenes and we have the next Neto lined up.

That plan is not a very good one. It only ever works for a short amount of time and then you find yourself back in the Championship.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

We kept Kilman......

 

[Tony Towner]

We kept Kilman......

Because remarkably we didn't get offered what they felt his value was, not because he wasn't for sale

 

[Johnny75]

That plan is not a very good one. It only ever works for a short amount of time and then you find yourself back in the Championship.

Brighton are the exception to this so you'd think Fosun would be copying that model.

That means disposing of Mr Hubris

 

[NicholasG1973]

We have to be realistic.

Every club, bar Barcelona and Real Madrid, are selling clubs to a degree - even top four sides in the PL lose players they might not want to occasionally.

Neto is going to be too good for us if he continues in this trajectory and so it’s a case of when, not if.

The issue is what we do with the money.

It’s all very well selling Neves, Nunes and Neto for big bucks but, if it’s not re-invested in the team, the whole process becomes a waste of time.

All the while we are finding players like Bouba T, Gomes, RAN, Bellegard etc, we can become a stable Premier League outfit and build from there.

We’re not the only club that sells our best players.

 

[Deano]

Brighton are the exception to this so you'd think Fosun would be copying that model.

That means disposing of Mr Hubris

One of 2 things will happen to Brighton and that's that either they will stop being able to adequately replace the players they sell and slide down the table, or if they continue to do such a good job one of the big clubs will come and take their recruitment staff. The years have been littered with teams that are the new "team to emulate" but it never lasts long in the grand scheme of things.

 

[Del Woppio]

It's not the scouting staff that make the difference at Brighton, as Chelsea have discovered. It's Bloom and the algo he uses to identify the players in the first place

 

[Tony Towner]

One of 2 things will happen to Brighton and that's that either they will stop being able to adequately replace the players they sell and slide down the table, or if they continue to do such a good job one of the big clubs will come and take their recruitment staff. The years have been littered with teams that are the new "team to emulate" but it never lasts long in the grand scheme of things.

The latter has already happened twice. What you can't take is Bloom's algorithm/ formula

 

[Quirkafleeg]

GON special guest on Monday night football tonight.

 

[Carsy]

One of 2 things will happen to Brighton and that's that either they will stop being able to adequately replace the players they sell and slide down the table, or if they continue to do such a good job one of the big clubs will come and take their recruitment staff. The years have been littered with teams that are the new "team to emulate" but it never lasts long in the grand scheme of things.

You can’t help but like how Brighton have done it, however, it only takes a couple of poor transfer windows and they’re dragged into trouble. For how good Brighton are, they’ve finished 9th and 6th last 2 years. Before that, 15th, 17th, 15th 16th.

Teams outside the ‘big 6/7’ will always have seasons or periods when they do really well, then dip, which will either go one of two ways.

It’s very rare clubs in our demographic keep their top players for their who careers, if a big team comes calling they tend to go, eventually