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Nuno to leave Wolves

Couple of thoughts.
a)So was the style transition really Nuno's decision or enforced?
b)Did he only let Jota and Doherty go because of A
c) Zenga binned after 3 months, Lambert binned after stabilising and keeping us up. Nuno after one poor season - and that's very much relative, we'll still finish between 12th and 14th. Ruthless is fine, but do we trust Fosun/Jeff know what they are doing? I think next season is pivotal, fans will turn if we are bottom 6
I would say

a) If it was enforced he would have walked then.
b) So yes to this one but with added both players heads were turned and we know Nuno won't keep an unhappy player
c) Zenga was a disaster they at least put right. Lambert initially stabilised us then turned us into a huge pile of crap and thankfully 2 very very very late goals at Brentford saved the season. He also started to use his media mates and Jeff/Fosun don't take kindly to shit like that so rightly sacked.
What this change does do is remove all the positive stuff banked, having Nuno at the start of the season would have given the club a grace period after a fairly poor season with no fans. New man HAS to start well and if they don't Jeff/Fosun will get their first taste of what pissed off Wolves fans are like. They got away with it in Season one because they could cover the poor season with us breaking transfer records for Cav and then Helda. That won't cut it next season though
 
Actually that rings true.
I still want Nuno, but I can see what he said
 
I actually think he wants fans to enjoy the football the club plays, certainly wanna achieve something big too(some throphies)..it is a fine line between attacking/defensive play of course..but I got the feeling he wanna bring more positive football watching wolves
I think that's what you want Fred, you may have mentioned it once or twice.

If Fosun could bring in George Graham from 1991 and 1-0 their way to the title and the riches Europe brings they would.
 
Could of been worse remember getting Nuno in the first place was down to Fosun
 
I think it's the only manager I've not wanted to go.

Turner - sad after all he had done, but it was a couple of years overdue
Taylor - was taking us down, nice man but had lost it here
McGhee - tae fuck man
Lee - shame, but he cocked up recruitment and wasn't really good enough anyway
Jones - fuck off, rubbish
Hoddle - yes, well. Don't need to go into this one
Mick - was time up. Didn't know how to turn it around, we left it too late
Solbakken - players evidently didn't want to know, wasn't going to work
Saunders - we do not have the 10 days required to discuss this
Ken - did a great job to start with, very unlucky second season but I wanted him gone ages before he actually did leave
Zenga - joke appointment, only Wolves manager I've ever known be barred from a pub
Lambert - twat. Tell us all about when you played for Dortmund, Paul, not heard that one before

Ask me 12 hours ago if I want Nuno to go and the answer would emphatically have been no.
Agree with all those:
Barnwell - just a kid, but those older will say he didn't recover from the car crash and was a bit lost
Greaves - needed to go, ultimately took us down, but left with an ageing team
Hawkins - As above after doing a good job getting get us up
Docherty - Twat he didn't care, but being neutral you could argue why should he under the Bhatti's?
McGarry - Too young to remember him first time, so not emotionally investedThe die had been cast, but respect to him for walking out of the shame the club had become.
Chapman - Shouldn't have ever got the job, but who else would take it? Defined by playing Cavan, but whoever else he'd picked instead wouldn't have made a difference
Little (caretaker) - included him for a couple of reasons, firstly it felt like he was the manager and the official confirmation was just perfuntory and secondly because he's the only other one I've been gutted to see leave. Ultimately it was the correct decision, so hoping history repeats itself
 
If Fosun could bring in George Graham from 1991 and 1-0 their way to the title and the riches Europe brings they would.
So a time machine and a brown envelope stuffed with those £50 notes is all they need.
 
McGarry first time around was good - only other one to praise is Stan Cullis (& yes I am old enough to have caught the end of that - though even I don't go any further back)

Those after weren't at the same level.

Taylor did well for where we were & Mick for the first 3 years, but was on borrowed time after and should have gone a year before he did.

One or two others shouldn't be mentioned in polite society
 
Taylor was rubbish, left us worse off than when we started and nearly cost us our best player and club legend. Football was awful too.

Gutted I don't get to say goodbye to Nuno. It's been quite a journey. From getting the team news of our friendly and us saying "Coady at centre half in a back three? Don't think so" to the last eight of the Europa League.

I think it's his call rather than ours, otherwise I don't see the sense in it.
 
Don't think I'll be able to watch those vids until I've had a blunt or a drink. Or both.

I still remember the announcement of his hiring so vividly as the moment that I bought into Fosun's ability to lead this club to a new level. They've now led us there, and it's time for the next step.

I will never look back on Nuno's time here with anything but the utmost respect and appreciation. More than a good manager, he seems

I went with 1 and then watched the vid. Now feel like I need 15 of 1 and 2. Might just have a cry in the bath instead
 
Little (caretaker) - included him for a couple of reasons, firstly it felt like he was the manager and the official confirmation was just perfuntory and secondly because he's the only other one I've been gutted to see leave. Ultimately it was the correct decision, so hoping history repeats itself
Really upset when he left. But as you say it was ultimately the right decision. At least they had already got Turner, this time it doesn't look like there is anyone lined up.
 
Members of the media making out Nuno was just another Allardyce/ Pulis and got lucky on a big budget. Called out Miguel Delaney for making throw away comments didn’t like it one bit. A typical mainstream journalist who mostly covers games v top 6 sides.
 
It’s not beginning to feel any better. This is genuinely upsetting. I just can believe he is going. All the best for the future Nuno. Wherever you end up, bring that team to Molineux for a pre season friendly so we can say goodbye properly. We’d probably sell out for that opportunity. :(
 
This is all a horrific dream, right?

This summed it up for me, and made me cry a bit more:


And for those who can't access it:

It was different from the start. The things he said. The way he said them. The way the players moved with the ball. The way they moved without it. This man born on an island off the west coast of Africa had come to save us. We all knew that. Nuno Espírito Santo had a dream, and so we sang about him having a dream.

Wolverhampton is framed as a grey place. Poor. Pessimistic. People like to laugh about the streets lined with closed shops and the train journey to Birmingham and the guttural accent. But Nuno painted the walls. Opened up the curtains. Let an old gold sun in. Molineux felt like how I think I remembered it feeling when I was a kid. Massive. Loud. Mouths full of booze, pie, love.

We played in a way that is painted on the inside of my eyelids. Coady deep. To Boly, wider. To Neves, tucking back in. To Coady. And then we’ve sucked you in. Coady shouts something loud and meaningful. The wingbacks go tonto. The forwards go like velociraptors. There was something graphical to it. I could draw it for you.

After bad results, horrific injuries, poor runs, his post-match interviews were like popping a chunky Valium in turbulence. Wait. Calm. A fizz that started in the feet. And then we’d pass through the storm and stick three past Manchester City. In-flight service, another three small beers, please.

Nuno got my dad back into ringing the radio to say nice things. He donated £250,000 of his own money to tackle food poverty in the city. He gave us that night in the FA Cup against Manchester United—Steve Bull in the Royal Oak handing out pints, the pissing rain, a collage of Goodyear jackets and Doritos shirts; a night that only a man who dreams can bring. He took us to Wembley. Europe. He made my mom speak about him in the voice she uses to talk to the cats. It’s the voice she uses when she likes people.

So, stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, silence the pianos and with muffled drum, bring out the coffin, let the mourners come. I don’t care about the score on Sunday. I just want to see him once more. Hand stroking beard. Eyes wise and electric. Everything different to how it was before.
 
Taylor was rubbish, left us worse off than when we started and nearly cost us our best player and club legend. Football was awful too.

Gutted I don't get to say goodbye to Nuno. It's been quite a journey. From getting the team news of our friendly and us saying "Coady at centre half in a back three? Don't think so" to the last eight of the Europa League.

I think it's his call rather than ours, otherwise I don't see the sense in it.
Sorry - erroneous post. Should have typed Graham Turner not Taylor (shouldn't have the same first name to avoid errors)
 
Kind of glad I won't be able to watch on Sunday, don't think I could cope with the images of Nuno at FT
 
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