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****POLL NOW IN OP****Who do you want next?

If confirmed and it starts going well, I'll let you know that Benfica fans referred to that as Lageball.

I hope we get to refer to it as that again. Really hoping it goes well, I really appreciate Lage.
 
Bruno had a dream
To come to the Premier League
With Pedro Neto and a wonderkid from Porto
With four at the back
And 2 in attack
We're Wolverhampton
We're on the way back (hopefully not to the Championship!)
 
jdrodrigues said:
If confirmed and it starts going well, I'll let you know that Benfica fans referred to that as Lageball.

I hope we get to refer to it as that again. Really hoping it goes well, I really appreciate Lage.
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Too be fair your positivity towards Lage is the only thing keeping me going at the moment!
 
jdrodrigues said:
If confirmed and it starts going well, I'll let you know that Benfica fans referred to that as Lageball.

I hope we get to refer to it as that again. Really hoping it goes well, I really appreciate Lage.
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He replicates his first 38 games at Benfica with us and I will be 100% behind him...
 
Stan Hullis said:
Too be fair your positivity towards Lage is the only thing keeping me going at the moment!
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I'm apprehensive you know. We've come a long way, and it is risky. It can always go wrong, but that can happen anytime, anywhere, with anyone.

But I have him in very high regard. I think he's fantastic. Hope he brings with him the first season of Benfica and not the second though.

We'll see.
 
jdrodrigues said:
I'm apprehensive you know. We've come a long way, and it is risky. It can always go wrong, but that can happen anytime, anywhere, with anyone.

But I have him in very high regard. I think he's fantastic. Hope he brings with him the first season of Benfica and not the second though.

We'll see.
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Its all on you now, if it works out you'll be hero, if it fails.........
 
As this is pretty much a done deal, and I've talked enough about his coaching ability and that I agree it is a risky signing. I wanted to bring the following to the table.

In my mind, this is what I remember of Lage at Benfica:
Following the final whistle on the last game of the Portuguese Premier League, season 18/19, Lage went into the dressing room and after the trophy presentation and everything, he eventually came back with this shirt, presenting it to a full-to-the-brim Estádio da Luz:
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Jaime Graça was a Portuguese and Benfica old glory player. He died in 2012, but not before helping out Lage starting his career. In Lage's words: «Não é o único homem importante na minha carreira. Mas é também muito importante na minha vida.» 'He's not the only important man in my career. He's also a very important in my life'. He went on to thank some other personalities, including Carvalhal with whom he worked in England.

Here he was, smiling at the trophy he had managed to secure, against all odds. Benfica was trailing behind in February. He went on to win pretty much all games in the second half. Including a 4-2 win at Alvalade (Sporting stadium) and an epic 2-1 victory over Porto at Dragão. I pretty much had to be dragged away from my spot in the stadium that night. We were one of the last people to leave after the celebrations, and I was almost crying in joy and in a state of pure bliss.
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His last trophy for Benfica was the Supertaça, a cup game in which the victor of the Premier League and the cup (or the cup finalist if it's the same club) play against each other. Benfica smashed Sporting 5-0.
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Bruno Lage standing alone in the middle of the pitch prior to that game.

I was in the stadium in that game, home turf for me as it was played in Algarve. I will never forget that afternoon and night. Took this shot after the match.
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He's not the best manager. He might fail at Wolves, or might not. I don't know and I hope he's a major win for us.

But he's one hell of a man.
 
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It is nice reading some positive stuff on him.

My worry is there is huge squad work to be done to fit another manager, unless he plans to just continue with the plans to move 4231
 
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Dinowolf said:
No he hasn't
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Fab- Bruno Lage will join Wolves as new head coach, here we go and confirmed. He’s the frontrunner since the day Nuno was sacked and now the agreement is set to be completed - work permit will be conceded in the next hours. 🐺🟠 #Wolves


Also, just to annoy Deutsch more than anything, he has cleared up the sacking comment

"mutual agreement, of course / my fault as I was following Ancelotti press conference and tweeting Lage update. Sorry 🙏🏻😄"
 
So what's the exact Portugese pronunciation of Lage?

Is it definitely Large but with a softer ssszzzhhhh sound at the end.
 
Will be interesting to see the backroom team accompanying him. Wonder if they all just be offered our previous coaches houses to rent in Tettenhall? Maybe Nuno will have left him a note in his desk drawer!
 
The Bear said:
So what's the exact Portugese pronunciation of Lage?

Is it definitely Large but with a softer ssszzzhhhh sound at the end.
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Lá - je

Would upload an audio if I could.


Video starts with the journalist saying his name.
 
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