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[Deutsch Wolf]

Other than Dawson and a few other cheap punts I don't think we've made a signing that you'd call an unqualified success since Pedro Neto*, and obviously with his injuries it's difficult to say what sort of player he'll be next season. Podence I guess you could say given we'll presumably get close to our money back and he's at least scored a few goals, even if he is a horrid little scrote.

*A signing that I'm sure you'll remember I was 110% in favour of

Sa is probably a success even if he does drive me up the bloody wall.

We'll get way more than we paid if we sell him this summer (please do).

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

I was going to offer Sa but he really is bollock drop central this season

 

[Tredman]

Other than Dawson and a few other cheap punts I don't think we've made a signing that you'd call an unqualified success since Pedro Neto*, and obviously with his injuries it's difficult to say what sort of player he'll be next season. Podence I guess you could say given we'll presumably get close to our money back and he's at least scored a few goals, even if he is a horrid little scrote.

*A signing that I'm sure you'll remember I was 110% in favour of

That seems about right - though our business in the last window seemed much better (with Cunha very much TBC)

 

[Tony Towner]

Genuine question, it's shit but wouldn't most PL clubs have a similar list of shame?

Is it just par for the course to some extent...having plenty of misses as well as the odd hit (don't think we've had much of the latter for a few years)?

If you park Cunha for a moment as he hasn't officially signed then our Top 5 transfers are Nunes, Silva, Jimenez, Guedes and Semedo. Thus far we've got value from 1. It's not a good strike rate

 

[Del Woppio]

Yeah I was probably being uncharitable with Sa, but I'm a grumpy old mon so he's staying off the list for dramatic effect

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Guedes is the only definite disaster though

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Yeah I was probably being uncharitable with Sa, but I'm a grumpy old mon so he's staying off the list for dramatic effect

To be fair I think it’s an arguable point. He isn’t exactly Zoff and does some things that are epically dense

 

[Johnny75]

Guedes is the only definite disaster though

Hard to say both Nunes and Silva aren't as neither have had a contribution anywhere near for what we've paid.

 

[Johnny75]

I'm struggling to think of any player bar Raul who we've bought for big money who is a success.

All of our best purchases have been sub £20m

My original point still stands, those purchases have been a horrendous waste of money.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I'm struggling to think of any player bar Raul who we've bought for big money who is a success.

All of our best purchases have been sub £20m

That's just inflation though isn't it, Jonny at £18m nearly five years ago was huge money for a pretty unheralded full back (and over the whole course of his time here, has obviously been a success even if time is up now).

 

[Johnny75]

That's just inflation though isn't it, Jonny at £18m nearly five years ago was huge money for a pretty unheralded full back (and over the whole course of his time here, has obviously been a success even if time is up now).

I wouldn't have thought his price would've doubled.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He'd tip over into the £20m+ bracket though wouldn't he, comfortably.

It's fair to say that most of our business from 2020 onwards has been rubbish. And most club decisions over that timeframe too.

 

[Loki]

He was £27m plus £10m worth of add ons, virtually none of which we'll have met.

Nelson Semedo: Wolves sign defender from Barcelona in deal that could be worth £37m

Wolves sign Portugal right-back Nelson Semedo from Barcelona in a deal that could be worth £37m

www.bbc.co.uk

Did the add-ons include beating your man and putting in accurate crosses?

 

[Jinky]

Tbf, I could look down on you and I'm only 5'10".

You literally could!

 

[White Wolf]

That's just inflation though isn't it, Jonny at £18m nearly five years ago was huge money for a pretty unheralded full back (and over the whole course of his time here, has obviously been a success even if time is up now).

But we did loan him first, you could already see he was Premier League quality so that 'big money' was much less of a risk than pissing it up the wall on say, Fabio Silva.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Fosun signings split into Hit/Miss/Disaster (feel free to argue the toss over any of them, and not including any from 2023 as I'll be charitable and say it's too early):

Hit

Helder Costa
Romain Saiss
Ivan Cavaleiro
Ryan Bennett
Barry Douglas
Ruben Neves
John Ruddy
Willy Boly
Diogo Jota
Leo Bonatini
Alfred N'Diaye
Rui Patricio
Joao Moutinho
Adama Traore
Max Kilman
Jonny
Raul Jimenez
Leander Dendoncker
Pedro Neto
Daniel Podence
Toti
Rayan Ait-Nouri
Jose Sa
Chiquinho
Boubacar Traore

Miss

Silvio
Jon Dadi Bödvarsson
Prince Oniangué
Ben Marshall
Joao Teixeira
Richard Stearman
Andi Weimann
Roderick Miranda
Ruben Vinagre
Will Norris
Oskar Buur
Rafa Mir
Ben Stevenson
Benik Afobe
Bruno Jordao
Meritan Shabani
Leonardo Campana
Luke Matheson
Enzo Loiodice
Matija Sarkic
Fabio Silva
Marçal
Nelson Semedo
Vitinha
Yerson Mosquera
Hayao Kawabe
Jeong Sang-Bin
Hwang Hee-Chan
Nathan Collins
Matheus Nunes
Diego Costa
Sasa Kalajdzic (not his fault, obviously)

Disaster

Paul Gladon
Cameron Borthwick-Jackson
Ola John
Phil Ofosu-Ayeh
Patrick Cutrone
Jesus Vallejo
Ki-Jana Hoever
Willian José
Francisco Trincao
Gonçalo Guedes

 

[Sniffer]

We made money on Vinagre, Afobe and Mir so whilst playing wise they were misses, at least from a financial perspective they were a success.

I'll probably be in a camp of just one but Marcal did OK for what we paid and as a back up he filled in with a degree of competency.

 

[C.L.D]

Other than Dawson and a few other cheap punts I don't think we've made a signing that you'd call an unqualified success since Pedro Neto*, and obviously with his injuries it's difficult to say what sort of player he'll be next season. Podence I guess you could say given we'll presumably get close to our money back and he's at least scored a few goals, even if he is a horrid little scrote.

*A signing that I'm sure you'll remember I was 110% in favour of

Ciquinho was all positive before his injury. Toti was quite figuratively plucked from Grasshoppers to fill a gap and did well enough to be here.

Miss
Vitinha

Need a special "whiff" category for him. In hindsight another canary in the coalmine for things not being right here.

 

[Tony Towner]

I guess it depends how you define a hit eg Sang Bin wasn't ever going to set foot in Molineux and we made profit on him, so in terms of what the club wanted he's a hit. Afobe not the same but similar. Marcal delivered in terms of what we paid.

 

[Johnny75]

Pedro Gonçalves in the miss
Hugo Bueno in the hits