Just how good were/was/is/are (Wolves Edition)

[Deutsch Wolf]

A double hat trick, assists and goals.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I think this one might be rather positive:

26. Joao Moutinho

João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho (born 8 September 1986) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Portugal national team. Mainly a central midfielder, he can also operate as a defensive or attacking midfielder and on either flank.

He began his professional career with Sporting, moving in 2010 to Porto and winning 12 major titles between the two clubs combined. Three years later he transferred to Monaco for €25 million, conquering the Ligue 1 championship in the 2016–17 season; in 2018, he joined Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Moutinho represented the Portuguese national team at three European Championships and two World Cups, winning the 2016 edition of the former tournament.

On 24 July 2018, Moutinho joined newly-promoted English club Wolverhampton Wanderers on a two-year-deal for an undisclosed fee, reported to be around £5 million. He made his Premier League debut on 11 August, featuring 85 minutes in a 2–2 home draw against Everton. His first goal in the competition arrived on 22 September, when he scored from just outside the box with his weaker left foot in a 1–1 draw away to Manchester United.

On 14 May 2019, Wolverhampton fans voted Moutinho as Player of the Season. He played all thirty-eight league fixtures in the process, adding six appearances in their semi-final run in the FA Cup, the first since 1997–98.

On 23 November 2019, shortly after Moutinho had scored his team's opening goal in a 2–1 league win away to Bournemouth, his second in the competition, it was announced that the player had signed a new contract with the club keeping him at Molineux until 2022.

 

[BGreenWolf]

He’s alright.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Shares an award with Mark Rankine.

In all seriousness, he's one of the best footballers in the world. I absolutely adore him to an almost illegal degree.

I remember we rested him away at Fulham last season, we weren't playing that badly but lost a bit of control. He came on and just sorted it all out.

There are very, very, very few players I would swap him for. A brilliant player and gorgeous too.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I just think he is the best player I have ever seen in our colours. Sensational. Ridiculous skill, calmness personified and just never wastes the ball.

£5m . Drink that in.

 

[Deano]

Best player I've seen play for the club. His experience shows through every game, very rarely makes the wrong decision with the ball.

Delighted we extended his contract and think he's still got at least a couple of years left at this level.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

never wastes the ball.

Well, he did kick a corner straight out of play once :icon_lol:

I can forgive him though.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Summed up excellently by Dan elsewhere. Smirking Mings. Joao. Ruben. 1-0.

 

[MARKakaJIM]

One of those players you've known about for years, probably due to FM more than anything else, but perhaps never really thought about in any great detail. Made the lazy assumption of him being your typical lightweight continental midfielder who strolls around doing the nice stuff and occasionally popping up with a YouTube moment without ever really setting the world on fire.

Then he rocks up on your doorstep, well not mine exactly, and you see him first hand. Can be no mistaking his talent from that point, rarely does anything that flash but one of those players that just makes it look so easy. Always seems to be in the right place, always knows what's going on around him and just understands the game so well. His defensive work is ridiculous too, so many times he reclaims possession either sneaking a toe in on some bloke twice his size or just cutting off a pass and picking up the loose ball.

A real shame it's taken this long in his career to play in one of the real top leagues, he could have graced far better sides than he has.

 

[Kenny]

When we signed him I did have a doubt he would work for us. Ticked all the boxes of someone with a name coming for a nice end of career jolly, fair to say those doubts were blown out of the water. I knew of him and had seen him play but when you see him week in week out he is simply wonderful. An artist and I never expected him to be a cynical bastard either. He should pick 5x the amount of cards he does.

 

[Kenny]

A real shame it's taken this long in his career to play in one of the real top leagues, he could have graced far better sides than he has.

Thanks to a fax machine or something daft breaking, he missed out on a move to Spurs on deadline day a few years back

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Everton got linked with him every window for about three years too.

 

[Premier Quality]

He’s an absolute rolls Royce of a footballer. No idea why Monaco let him go, he’s fantastic.

If morgs can’t learn from him, then he can’t learn, amazing role model for the younger players.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

And they signed a load of shite instead. Standard Everton.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He should pick 5x the amount of cards he does.

Oh and absolutely this :icon_lol:

He gets away with murder.

 

[Paul]

Although only slightly touched on, but the bloke's a dreamboat !!

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

And apparently very humble. Does the school run and chats with other parents like just a standard bloke.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

He's the sort of midfielder I dreamt that we could have at Wolves when I was younger.

Such a pleasure to watch, I have to pinch myself sometimes when I see him on the pitch playing for us.

Edit* plus he smiled and waved at me the other month which made me feel about 5 years old!

 

[Tredman]

He makes up for all the years of watching shitty overated half arsed lazy powderpuff CMs.

Simply the best player I have ever seen at Wolves.

Edit - same, he quite often waves at us in the corner of the BW lower before corners. It’s ace.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

His engine for someone who is nearly 34 is fantastic. You wouldn't believe that he is that age, mind you his positioning and awareness is often such that he doesn't need to run that much.

Remember that Portugal's shit Ross's Dad from Friends manager tried to retire him then had to concede. He's too good.