The Live Match Discussion Thread: 2019/2020

[Paddingtonwolf]

Not really, when the implication is lack of ambition.

If we'd sold Neves we'd have spent more than 84

There are also ffp implications too

I guess so, but I am struggling to agree here. All politely obviously!

I think FIRSTLY you have to give Leicester immense credit and Manchester United huge opprobrium for that Maguire fee. United massively over-paid and got absolutely mugged, good player that Harry Maguire is. Phenomenal stuff by the Leicester negotiators to get every single last penny they wanted, and huge questions to United why they didn't pay the release fee for Ruben Dias at £24m less.

I am sure we would have spent a bucket-load more had we sold a prime asset, I agree. You need to pay for a replacement. Whereas Leicester didn't need to as they bought Soyuncu a season before (apologies for the lack of accents on the name!) in anticipation of Maguire leaving - that was astute looking at his performances so far.

I don't think there is a lack of ambition at Wolves at all. I am pretty confident we are getting through the group in the Europa. Get to January and offer the latter stages of that competition to Kessie who isn't cup-tied as Milan were binned off and we stand a very fine chance of getting him in my book. I still wonder if we also don't fire in the release clause on Dias or go back for Badiashile in January either. I don't think Dias has signed the new contract at Benfica (jrodrigues can no doubt confirm as our forum Benfica fan) and I could seriously see us getting a couple of big January deals in the door. That is surely what the Macquarie factoring and appeal for an investor is about - gets us nicely around FFP for a big January window.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Stones playing basketball is obviously okay under VAR

 

[Jabbawolf]

Man City struggling with a rainy day in Manchester.

 

[Kenny]

Villa using our template here. Let them have the ball and force them outwide and only leave crossing as the option

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

They're doing well, don't have our threat on the break though.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

They could get out of the Etihad with a point though. Defending well.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Sitter from Silva, I think City will score in the end.

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Fair play to Villa though. They are playing really well.

 

[Jack Regan]

Well that was ridiculously easy, Mings beaten in the air by Gabriel Jesus. Stirling clinical.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

20 seconds into the second half - Sterling scores.

 

[Kenny]

Shite from Mings. Beaten by Jesus on a long ball in the air and Sterling makes it 1-0, 20 seconds into the 2nd half

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Well that was ridiculously easy, Mings beaten in the air by Gabriel Jesus. Stirling clinical.

Why didn't he jump? Couldn't have got the Express & Star under his feet.

 

[Kenny]

Mings doing a Coady with a great clearance off the line

 

[Jack Regan]

Jesus really should make it 2-0 decent clearance from Mings. Still completely to blame for the first though, just let Jesus flick it.

 

[Jack Regan]

VAR taking 3 million years again...

2-0.

 

[Kenny]

4 million looks for something that is clear on the 1st look

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Why does that take so long, if you think Sterling is interfering then you'd be able to make that decision pretty quickly.

Right call in the end as he wasn't in the way and he didn't touch it.

 

[Jack Regan]

3-0!

 

[Monstrum]

absolute shitshow this fucking VAR. takes any excitement away from goals for me... stop the game, rewind and look for any offences, what a joke.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Cheers Gündogan, puts us back above Villa.