The best ones are the ones who decide before they’ve even played. I remember signing Jiminez and him being written off after half hour for Mexico in a friendly where he played on the wing
We should play Tolu n Armstrong as a pair really....but our problem with doing that this season is it leaves us no option on the bench to change it.... probably rules us out in the last 20 mins of a game then...
Raul started off here bang average . Then scuffed one in at Everton and it was onwards and upwards from there .
Pace is precious that's where roddy will work in champ
You’re going to have to explain how Jiminez was bang average when he scored on his premier league debut.
They do seem to link up well
We can't play 4....going round in circles.. again.
And then added one more and a penalty against spurs up to December . 3 goals in 16matches in all competitions @30m obligation during which time he led the stats for missed big chances . At the time he wasn’t firing like he did subsequently.
Steve Claridge got so much stick on here, but we never played to his strengths, ball to feet with his back to goal. He’d spin the defenders and get a shot or pass off.
He certainly starting to look good value for us
Very generous. I'd say never wanted to come and it showed in every minute he was on the pitch.
I told my mate I'd rather still have Kevin Doyle on the walk to Molineux for the Chelsea game.
Think he got it mixed up with the Burnley goal which was his second goal for us i think…Very generous. I'd say never wanted to come and it showed in every minute he was on the pitch.
You can see Raul 'scuffing one in' at the end of this video too
Wolves 2-2 Everton: Raul Jimenez levels late as Wolves draw after Richarlison double
Raul Jimenez rescued a point for Wolves in their first game back in the Premier League in a 2-2 draw with Everton at Molineux.www.skysports.com
Not really as you worded that he was bang average BEFORE his goal at Everton, which was his first game
No I didn’t . I said he started bang average. You’re correct he scored in his debut despite missing an easier 1 v 1 ( video above) He then scored 1 more goal from open play from August to December . He also missed 4 or 5 big chances in that time according to stats and I remember many of us were a bit nervous at a 30m non scoring centre forward .
thats pushing things! he was awful. we had bully and keane and mcghee played bloody claridge in the semi. criminal. claridge was way way beyond his sell by and never scored for us
tbf rui couldnt kick
And he wasn't particulary great at collecting crosses close to his goal area either. But apart from those two minor issues he was more than great, and would never had played for us without those minor "issues".
I always think is inability to kick was overblown to be honest especially dead balls. We had a very rigid tactic to try and find Doc with almost every single dead ball, presumably as he’s quite big for a wing back and is good in the air. However that’s such a precision ball for any keeper. Had he been allowed to just thump it towards a CF he’d have been fine.
He also scored in the preseason friendly the week before. (was that celta / villareal?).
Molineuxmix existed back then?
No, he most likely means the express & star boards (later 'molineux mix', later shut down to avoid getting sued).
Played for Wolves in 98 so it won't have been much time between him playing and the original MM starting u, if any ..
Agreed. For some of the young uns who didn't get to experience it, this is what we were moaning about 25 years ago.
Those subject headings are glorious.
They don't seem to be missing him at all.
I love how FRAUD has made its way through the generations