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

[Nando]

My favourite player before today's lot swept in. Absolutely loved him - I'll never forget that Charlton goal. Sensational.

 

[sycophantia]

Loved him, great finisher, great attitude. Think he could have been decent in the Premier league but unfortunately didn't get much of a chance due to the style we played and then the injury finished him off

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

So impressive how good he was off his left foot too. He could give it a proper smack off his wrong side. Makes it that much harder to defend against.

Some more:

 

[Deano]

Good finisher you could count on in the Championship, sounds like he wasn't the best character around the place and outside of football.

Shame he couldn't make the step up to the Premier League as he's probably one you'd have banked on in the promotion season.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Foley, Kightly and SEB were my three bankers when we went up. Arguably none of them did it.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

By the way I don't subscribe to the theory that we'd have stayed up under Saunders without SEB's injury. We were fucking horseshit.

In the grand scheme of things we needed to go down. Morgan wouldn't have sacked him if we stayed up and Christ alive, I shudder to think what he'd have bought.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

True - but that injury was pretty much the final nail in the coffin. Things were already looking very bleak, and when he got the injury I was sort of resigned to it.

 

[The Bear]

Probably his best ever goal (at Charlton) was with his left foot.

 

[YoungWolf]

Foley, Kightly and SEB were my three bankers when we went up. Arguably none of them did it.

Yep, and I was most confident about Foley I would say. Bloody loved Sylvan though.

Sylvan's record in the second Premier League season was good, his goals per 90 minutes ratio that season was basically a goal every other game. Really impressive.

Still furious about the tackle that finished him. He was what 27?

 

[Kenny]

By the way I don't subscribe to the theory that we'd have stayed up under Saunders without SEB's injury. We were fucking horseshit.

Well we had just won 4 out of 5 with SEB scoring 4. He got injured and we won 1 from 6 (and that 1 was against a team that got promoted!). So not too much of a stretch to say if he had remained fit and in the form he was in, that we could have gained 4 or more points easily from the 5 games we did lose. Like you say though, it was better we didn't because the following season would have been horrendous

 

[Derby Wolf]

Obviously the second Charlton goal gets all the credit but his first was a great finish too. The second was the best goal is seen in person before Ruben. Loved Sylvan, think he'd have done okay for where we were in the Premier but never really got a proper run and when he did score he'd be dropped soon after so never built any momentum.

A blessing in disguise he got injured as Dan alludes to. Overall though and for £1.5m he's got to be one of the best buys in my time.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

His goal against Newcastle (can't find a clip) in 2010 was brilliant. A proper Bully goal. Chest, hammer it, goal.

If we had a better midfield then maybe we could have made something of him and Fletch as a front two. Doyle, less so.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

That Charlton game rates highly in my list of favourite always. Amazing mental in the away end.

 

[Derby Wolf]

That Charlton game rates highly in my list of favourite always. Amazing mental in the away end.

Remember talking to Charlton fans on the train back to Marylebone and they described the away end as a blur when Henry scored. Properly gutted but were envious of the mental.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I was there with Vis, Wombat and DW I think. Vis went sailing past and the ended up about five rows in front

 

[Alan]

Looking back, Sylvan is my favorite player from the 2011/2012 team that got relegated. Tougher call in 2012/2013 as Sako was in that team.

I loved his penalties. Smashed them right down the middle every time. Made keepers look like they were diving out of the way of it on purpose.

Also a really exceptional athlete for his body type. He's a thick man.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I was there with Vis, Wombat and DW I think. Vis went sailing past and the ended up about five rows in front

Nah, I wasnae there man. I phoned you after.

I was with you at Palace the year before. A Jay Bothroyd masterclass that one.

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

When he hit it, it stayed hit.

Brilliant Championship striker, and there was some hope he would do well enough in the PL to make the next World Cup squad. Absolutely huge surprise and disappointment that the PL was a step too far.

 

[Pablowolf]

Was the picture of the corner flag splintering after being kicked one of SEB?

 

[AndyWolves]

Foley, Kightly and SEB were my three bankers when we went up. Arguably none of them did it.

Listening to the old gold podcast it seems like they all got screwed over by injuries

I don't think we ever saw them at their peaks in the premier league