General Wolves News

[Elephant Pyjamas]

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We're miles off that, even though Wolves fans have now decided to talk about Ruben fucking Neves in a pejorative sense.

Yep, I keep seeing this. It's so weird.

 

[Kenny]

I am hoping GO has pulled a Kenny Jackett here

"Yeah Dave is injured and has no chance of starting Saturday".....plays Saturday and ruins the opposition plans as they had not worked on how to stop his late runs into the box. Masterplan.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Starts and stops, IMO.

It starts with the fear of relegation (last Jan window for evidence), and stops when that stops (this January window for evidence)

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

It's a massive risk with Fraser, for me. He has looked completely out of his depth apart from 20 or so minutes in the cup replay v Brentford.

Most of the time he looks completely lost and it isn't a critisicm of him. He is just very young and very raw.

He has the fans on his side at the moment because he's through the academy and a local lad (and so he should) but he really isn't a credible option for me to start. He should be out on loan but clearly failing that he is good for 10-15 mins here and there but that should really be it.

I just don't see it with Fraser, however the game he performed well in I didn't see, so that's probably why.

If Fabio had performed like he did on Saturday he'd have got dogs, but I appreciate they are coming from a different standpoint.

 

[Mel Evo]

Rui

Saiss
Coady
Boly

Doherty
Neves
Moutinho
Jonny

Adama
Raul
Jota

Just to match up our current formation.

I reckon Semedo (but you'd lose goals along the way) and Neto out of the current lot would get in that team. That's it.

We're miles off that, even though Wolves fans have now decided to talk about Ruben fucking Neves in a pejorative sense.

If you like you can listen to whole podcasts debating which out of our current and this line-up midfields and attacks they'd rather have and concluding that 'it's just too tight to call'. I mean, they actually say this. As if when we finished 7th and did all the other things we just got lucky. It's completely bananas. I'd be happy saying they get the owners they deserve if I didn't have to live and breathe it too (and yes, I do have to).

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Which podcast are you referring to? I listened to the Talking Wolves one last night where they talk about this and they only picked Neto from the current squad? They did debate about Lemina or Moutinho but plumped for the Neves/Moutinho duo unless we were playing Watford or Palace of that era.

 

[Tony Towner]

Tbh for the balance of the side and the job expected of him I'd have that version of Doherty over Semedo if we are playing a back 3.
If you went for the 352 line up, which I still think was our best under Nuno then you'd have Cunha ahead of Donk and a debate about Jota vs Neto

 

[Mel Evo]

I just don't see it with Fraser, however the game he performed well in I didn't see, so that's probably why.

If Fabio had performed like he did on Saturday he'd have got dogs, but I appreciate they are coming from a different standpoint.

I'm completely willing to believe it's my own perception, though I genuinely can't think why I'd be biased towards him, but I did quite like what I saw on Saturday, within reason. He just looks like a strong footballer to me, and he won his fair share of battles in what was definitely a rough enough game. He absolutely made the mistakes that have been catalogued on this forum, but they seem understandable and the kind of issues he could iron out, whereas he seemed to have presence on the pitch that was good for someone so young. I'm quietly impressed, even though he shouldn't be the option we'll have to go to for the rest of the season. Fabio is just another molineux bollard whose paint has sadly peeled away.

 

[Tony Towner]

I'm completely willing to believe it's my own perception, though I genuinely can't think why I'd be biased towards him, but I did quite like what I saw on Saturday, within reason. He just looks like a strong footballer to me, and he won his fair share of battles in what was definitely a rough enough game. He absolutely made the mistakes that have been catalogued on this forum, but they seem understandable and the kind of issues he could iron out, whereas he seemed to have presence on the pitch that was good for someone so young. I'm quietly impressed, even though he shouldn't be the option we'll have to go to for the rest of the season. Fabio is just another molineux bollard whose paint has sadly peeled away.

I thought he was as far off as Fabio, just in his case it's understandable and to be expected

 

[Mel Evo]

I thought he was as far off as Fabio, just in his case it's understandable and to be expected

Yeah, well, you're probably right. I can feel myself wanting to see things that perhaps aren't there. We'll see in the more distant future I guess. Hope we don't set him back in the months ahead.

 

[Tony Towner]

Yeah, well, you're probably right. I can feel myself wanting to see things that perhaps aren't there. We'll see in the more distant future I guess. Hope we don't set him back in the months ahead.

The gaps I saw should come with experience, played a bit on his heals, didn't have the anticipation with his runs, fell too easily for their shithousery into giving cheap fouls, played safe presumably because of nerves. All understandable. With only u23s football behind him expecting to learn that on the job in the PL is a huge ask

 

[Wilf Wolf]

There’s precious little evidence to support any view of Fraser. Not surprisingly he tried to do the basics right on Saturday and broadly speaking did ok. That won’t be enough going forward and until we see what he’s like with a little more playing time under his belt I think it’s a case of some people views are subjective not objective.

 

[YoungWolf]

just like when Raul got injured and it wasn’t Fabio’s fault that he became our only senior striker, it isn’t Fraser’s fault that he’s not ready to impact our first team when we have few other options. We can get by with Hwang, Neto, Sarabia - we just have to hope one of them doesn’t got injured. They (the club) are lucky in a sense that we aren’t in a relegation battle and as Dan says, we’re never troubling the top 7/8 as we simply aren’t that good anyway BUT it stinks that they’ve allowed us to get into this situation.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

BREAKING: Sky Sports News understands Wolves' Matheus Cunha is unlikely to play again this season after suffering hamstring injury against Brentford on Saturday

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

That seems a long time for a hamstring injury?

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Tom King has signed a new 3 and a half year deal with an option for a further year.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1757812877820362978

 

[machin05]

Still, good news about the chocolate oranges

 

[The Bear]

That seems a long time for a hamstring injury?

Pure speculation.

Even grade 2 tears are usually 4-8 weeks. Hopefully he'll be back by then. Can't see it being grade 3 as you can barely even walk on those.

Silver lining alert - At least that means other teams might forget about him or have fitness doubts and not bid for him in the summer.

 

[Kenny]

Tom King has signed a new 3 and a half year deal with an option for a further year.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1757812877820362978

Mr King seems to have decided to retire from playing

Will presume he is a decent coach and Cutler likes him as part of his team.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Mr King seems to have decided to retire from playing

Will presume he is a decent coach and Cutler likes him as part of his team.

Being the back up who will never play is a very specific role, he'll do all the drills, step in when the Academy need them, support the main two keepers (we need at least one better one this summer).

City have done it with Richard Wright and Scott Carson for years, Liverpool even got Lonners to do it (presumably made Kelleher etc look away when he kicked the ball).