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

[White Wolf]

I liked Siggy, thought he was a talented player when he signed. Very inconsistent but sometimes he was very composed on the ball, strong, intelligent in his play - thought there was some real potential. Maybe if Stale had been given more time and brought in some more players to help him then things could have gone better, who knows. Saunders wasn't keen and some disparaging comments about the guy was clearly his effort to to show that the new regime was here. I'd certainly rather have Siggy than Jake Cassidy though that's for sure. I really can't remember what he did during League One except for one moment that sticks out to me - iirc he played a very nice pass to set up Foley when we beat Swindon at home? Otherwise, I have no recollection. Totally anonymous when he came back in 2016 but the team was a joke then, no striker would have succeeded the way we were playing. No ill feeling, just a bit of a shame the way things went.

SEB was a great Championship striker. Loved him in the Championship, my first favourite player. Such a good finisher. Unlucky at the start in the Prem and then thought he struggled with confidence a bit? Goal against Blackburn helped turn things around, he was good the following season. Decent return on goals - really good finish when he scored against Sunderland in that comeback, wild celebrations.
I'm another one who thinks we would have stayed up if he didn't get injured. Reckon we would have got 4 points from Burnley and Huddersfield at home and Charlton and Bolton away with him playing. In the long-run that wouldn't have been good though as Saunders would have stayed and we'd have been trapped in that horrible hell for a season.

 

[Parkins left foot]

SEB was extremely good value (not the best we have done compared with Bull & in recent yrs Moutinho)for what we paid.

Noticeable on the videos that he has a short backlift before shooting so the keeper has no time to set himself - will have brought him some of his goals. Without injuries would have been a competant lower PL player, but don't think he had enough to go above that level.

Siggy had the attributes, but not the application or any real interest in playing & the managerial shifts didn't help.

 

[Lycan]

I was at Charlton as well. Think I was about 6 or 7 rows back but when Henry scored I ended up so far forward I could almost touch him. :Icon_lol:

One of my favourite SEB goals was the winner against Sunderland at Molineux. Do NOT give Ebanks-Blake that kind of room in the box, he almost took the net off.

Last season at Molineux news went round that Sylv had scored on his debut for Telford (?) and an Ebanks-Blake chant went up in the South Bank. I think that shows you just how loved he still is here.

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[Kenny]

One of my favourite SEB goals was the winner against Sunderland at Molineux. Do NOT give Ebanks-Blake that kind of room in the box, he almost took the net off.

Was that the one around 30 seconds after Seb Larsson had missed a penalty he dived to win?

 

[Lycan]

Was that the one around 30 seconds after Seb Larsson had missed a penatly he dived to win?

It was fairly late on to win 2-1 I think. The relegation season.

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[Kenny]

It was fairly late on to win 2-1 I think. The relegation season.

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So no then.

Still a great 30 or 40 seconds of emotions was that.

 

[Derby Wolf]

It was fairly late on to win 2-1 I think. The relegation season.

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I thought it was the first season and we won 3-2?

 

[Kenny]

So no then.

Still a great 30 or 40 seconds of emotions was that.

I think I am even getting the scorer wrong for that and it wasn't SEB. Really worried about my brain over the last few weeks

 

[Derby Wolf]

I think I am even getting the scorer wrong for that and it wasn't SEB. Really worried about my brain over the last few weeks

Had to look this up as remembered we played Sunderland in the 09/10 on the final day of the season and won 2-1.

10/11 was when SEB scored the goal Lycan describes and the 2-1 in 11/12 Fletcher scored both.

 

[Kenny]

I have reached that age where events just merge into one.

Off to the knackers yard I think

 

[Lycan]

I thought it was the first season and we won 3-2?

Yeah, you're right about that now I think about it.

Add few other quality SEB moments

- That goal against Bristol City where he was practically on his back when he volleyed it in

- The overhead kick against Millwall

- The winner against QPR

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[YoungWolf]

I thought it was the first season and we won 3-2?

Was actually the second season

 

[Derby Wolf]

Yeah, you're right about that now I think about it.

Add few other quality SEB moments

- That goal against Bristol City where he was practically on his back when he volleyed it in

- The overhead kick against Millwall

- The winner against QPR

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A favourite of mine was when his momentum carried him off the pitch and run back on to score v Coventry too :icon_lol:

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

37. George Ndah

George Ebialimolisa Ndah (born 23 December 1974) is an English-born Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a striker from 1992 until 2006.

He played in the Premier League for Crystal Palace and in the Football League for Bournemouth, Gillingham, Swindon Town and Wolverhampton Wanderers. In 1999, he was called up to play international football by Nigeria, but injury prevented him from making his debut and he was never selected again.

He departed for Wolverhampton Wanderers in October 1999, brought about by financial problems at the County Ground. He signed for Wolves at a cost of £1 million. Unfortunately his Wolves career suffered an early blow when his leg was broken by Matt Carbon during only his third game, against local rivals West Bromwich Albion. He recovered from his broken leg and knee and groin injuries to resume his Molineux career in the autumn of 2000 and soon made himself a popular figure with the Molineux faithful – especially after his two-goal return in the home victory over West Bromwich Albion. Injuries again scotched hopes for a better 2001/02. Ndah made just one start that term, although he did score the winner in a 2–1 home win over Rotherham United in February 2002.

Despite missing part of pre-season, the striker enjoyed a brighter 2002–03. He made a total of 30 appearances in Wolves' promotion-winning season, scoring 11 goals. Ndah became something of a hero as Wolves progressed to the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, with him netting four goals in the first three rounds of the competition. After scoring the winner against Premier League side Newcastle United, he scored twice in a 4–1 win over Leicester City. One of these strikes, a fine solo effort, drew him to the widespread attention of the media. Injury again blighted the end of Ndah's season. He pulled up with a knee problem in the play-off first leg against Reading, which kept him out of the final. He later underwent exploratory surgery to try and solve the problem. Due to the rehabilitation period, Ndah missed the pre-season training camp in Spain and instead worked through an intensive programme at Lilleshall.

He failed to recover to the point where he was able to make any contribution to the 2003–04 season. He signed a 12-month contract extension in the close season of 2004 before heading off on the pre-season tour of Norway, where he played his first match in over a year but a catalogue of niggling muscle injuries again stopped Ndah from making his mark in 2004–05. However, Glenn Hoddle offered the striker a lifeline in the form of a new contract in the summer of 2005 and he enjoyed a strong pre-season. He made his first League appearance in over two years when he came on as a substitute to a standing ovation in Wolves' win over Crystal Palace in the first home game of the new campaign.

Ndah was a regular in the squad in the first half of 2005–06 and scored his first goal in two and a half years, away to Derby in November. However, he suffered a serious knee injury at Sheffield Wednesday in December and failed to make a return to first-team football. Ndah announced his retirement with immediate effect on 28 April 2006 due to another season plagued with injury. He came to the stadium with his close family and said a final goodbye to the fans.

 

[Tony Towner]

Liked George and respected his positivity when coming back from a series of injuries. Unfortunately like Matt Murray he wasn't made with legs that suited being a professional footballer

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I think he definitely could have been a Premier League player, would never have been prolific but he had a lot of positive attributes. Saw his debut vs Vale, if you'd asked anyone who didn't know which one out of him and Akinbiyi cost £3.5m then no-one would have got it right.

Disgraceful challenge by Carbon, it really was.

DJ fluked that partnership with Miller in 2003, he'd never have tried that by choice. Worked well though, they brought the best out of each other.

 

[YoungWolf]

I loved George! Probably my first favourite player as Jones stumbled across that partnership as Dan says

I saw the challenge on him for the first time recently, shocking!

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Yellow card that as well. Thanks ref.

This wasn't a red either a couple of years later.

 

[Derby Wolf]

Didn't this happen and then Jordao scored the winner to rub salt into the wounds.

Loved big George. The PNE goal was memorable, scored a great goal v (I think) Bradford at home.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Certainly did.

If that had finished 0-0 and nothing else at all changed then we'd have gone up on goal difference.