January 2021 Transfer Window

[Deano]

If hes had clearance we should start him tonight, he won't have played a lot recently so it's important to get him match sharp as soon as possible if the plan is to use him in the coming games.

 

[Johnny75]

I don't know enough about the new rules myself, but am going on what I have read elsewhere. Like this -

Yeah, you must stop reading absolute shite. The rules have not been set in stone yet but if you want some actual facts instead of Facebook FaCkTs, here you go:

https://www.thefa.com/news/2020/dec/01/gbe-points-based-system-launched-011220

 

[Kenny]

Agree there. His movement off the ball at times was excellent. We just didn't have the players to find him. Or should I say, we weren't playing those kinds of passes and instead opted for the safer sideways pass retaining position. You're absolutely right that at times he looked pissed off - and rightly so.

Annoying as in Neves you have a player who could play those types of ball all day.

 

[Jinky]

Annoying as in Neves you have a player who could play those types of ball all day.

Not when he's holding hands with the centre backs!

But yeah, exactly, Neves should be constantly popping balls in behind for Cutrone to run on to. I hope we play to his strengths.

 

[Jinky]

Yeah, you must stop reading absolute shite. The rules have not been set in stone yet but if you want some actual facts instead of Facebook FaCkTs, here you go:

https://www.thefa.com/news/2020/dec/01/gbe-points-based-system-launched-011220

I'll give you one guess who wrote the article I had read...

Brexit means Wolves will continue to change the way they recruit players

The most forward-thinking clubs who adapt quickest to Brexit rules will reap the rewards. Wolves hope to do just that

theathletic.co.uk

Surely he hasn't just made all of that up?

 

[Kenny]

Not when he's holding hands with the centre backs!

But yeah, exactly, Neves should be constantly popping balls in behind for Cutrone to run on to. I hope we play to his strengths.

this was when Rubes was higher up the pitch. He would look, remember the rules and look out wide. Now we can't really complain as we finished 7th and got to a Euro QF but just a few of those passes a game would have been nice.

To flip to the other side of making those passes - if we do, Patrick is going to have to be shit hot on knowing every scoring part of his body is onside

 

[Johnny75]

I'd rather be trusting the FA than Spiers tbh.

 

[prawnking]

My 1 hope though is we do actually play to his strengths. So many times in his first stint, he was playing off the last defender and looking for the ball down the inside to play onto but instead we either went wide or back. He cut a frustrated figure at times. Hoping with the the likes of Vits, MGW or Podence playing off him he is more than likely to get a few of those balls each game

I hope this is the case too, but it will need some work and a change in approach. Going wide or backwards has been one of our biggest problems this season from an offensive POV, regardless of who's been in the team. I'd like Cutrone to stay in and around the box when appropriate and not come back looking for the ball constantly, for instance. Then at least Adama is crossing to someone when he beats three men

 

[Jinky]

I'd rather be trusting the FA than Spiers tbh.

A fair point.

(But seriously, surely Spiers has done some sort of research when listing players we'd have struggled to sign?)

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Have they changed managed during Cutrones time there?

With it being Italy, they changed manager a couple of weeks before Cutrone arrived...and then got rid of that guy in November so Prandelli could return.

It's even plausible that the guy who was in charge last January had never lined up him, could easily have been his predecessor and the deal was done.

 

[Tony Towner]

I hope this is the case too, but it will need some work and a change in approach. Going wide or backwards has been one of our biggest problems this season from an offensive POV, regardless of who's been in the team. I'd like Cutrone to stay in and around the box when appropriate and not come back looking for the ball constantly, for instance. Then at least Adama is crossing to someone when he beats three men

Depends on formation. In our more traditional 343 the centre forward absolutely has to come deep and link play

 

[prawnking]

Depends on formation. In our more traditional 343 the centre forward absolutely has to come deep and link play

But he's still a (the?) centre forward, so if he's linking play and the play develops into a situation where we need someone in the box to put the finishing touch to the passage of play, it should more often than not be him

 

[darlowolf64]

A fair point.

(But seriously, surely Spiers has done some sort of research when listing players we'd have struggled to sign?)

How long did it take Speirs to get a grip of how FFP works despite numerous links being sent to him? I'm not sure he understands it even now tbh

 

[Johnny75]

A fair point.

(But seriously, surely Spiers has done some sort of research when listing players we'd have struggled to sign?)

He's have been wrong on Marcal (club/ league experience being the main points accumulation on that) and he seems not to have read the PL and FA rules on signing the best talent at youth level.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Also we had to get a work permit anyway for Marçal. He's just Brazilian, he doesn't have an EU passport, so it's got nothing to do with this.

 

[lemonjelly]

I quite like MGW, and think he could be pretty effective if we continue with the 4-2-3-1 system. He's able to get into the box too. I was actually a little disappointed we loaned him out tbh, though understand why, and actually if he'd played all season and not had his injury think we'd really have benefited now.

Is no-one else at least mildly surprised Raul is doing "light fitness work" already? For me, that's the most positive snippet here! (from a perspective of his recovery/overall health more than anything else)

 

[YoungWolf]

The Athletic also understands that Eriksen was offered to Wolverhampton Wanderers, although the Premier League side has no interest in the 28-year-old, with a striker their priority (see below).

 

[Carrotdude]

That’ll go down well. Wouldn’t want to break our wage structure I imagine.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

More likely he has totally dropped off a cliff.

 

[Deano]

If he hadn't we would have no chance of signing him, he's only 28 so a good few years left for someone to get him back to his best.

Issue really is he could only really do the 10 role in a 4-2-3-1 so unless we are sticking with that formation rigidly he'd be on big money and not always playing you couldnt have him as one of the deeper CMs.