No idea myself either, Newcastle rumours were made a while back though.Not sure I see the market, Newcastle about the only club or perhaps a newly promoted one who plays a 3 at the back?
No idea myself either, Newcastle rumours were made a while back though.Not sure I see the market, Newcastle about the only club or perhaps a newly promoted one who plays a 3 at the back?
Go and have a look yourself, lazy *******.And they are...
Really interesting isn’t it? There’s very little data to suggest that Bruno can ride the wave of a crisis. The last time it happened he resigned.It's not a tough call. If Nuno didn't get away with last season despite three outstanding seasons in the bank Lage should be heading back to Portugal a week on Monday on a one-way ticket. There is no evidence he is the man to turn things around. The players clearly aren't playing for him, the defence gets worse week on week and we make it up as we go along when in possession. Teams have worked out how to stop us playing and he's got no answer to it. He plays Hwang repeatedly when a blind man can see he's not a PL player, he's been reluctant to play Silva despite Raul being very poor. Toti showed today he is a better option than Boly or Saiss and he will get better whilst the latter decline. As a coach he has no obvious redeeming features and he has reached the "don't know what to do to stop the rot" phase he reached at Benfica. Get rid or we'll go down next season.
And Podence.Ruddy, Saiss, Marcal, Neves, Joao
And Coady
The difference being that we did't have any money then, while now technically we do.Nearly 50 years on and the parallels with the early1970’s are uncanny. Back then, the club’s failure to adequately replace key players triggered a rapid demise and eventual relegation. If the club mess up recruitment this summer, a tough season could be in the cards. With Scott Sellars at the wheel I fear the worst.
forget the money, they are still parallels with today. Our last significant recruitment followed promotion in 2018. If wholesale departures do materialise this summer, we will face the consequence of recent barren transfer windows.The difference being that we did't have any money then, while now technically we do.
Need to say what you mean more clearly mate.Go back and read my post again, I think you misunderstand. We had a great team in the early 70’s on the verge of something special. But the abysmal recruitment that followed, i.e., failure to adequately replace Bailey, Dogan, Waggy, Parkes, McCalliog and a few others, led to relegation in 1975/76. Considering the success of early 70’s , that was a pretty rapid decline and one totally down to high-level mismanagement.
Need to read before you reply mateNeed to say what you mean more clearly mate.
Need to read what you've written before pressing 'post' mate!Need to read before you reply mate
You need to learn to read first 'mate'. It would save you a lot of heartache fighting with everyone on this forum.Need to read what you've written before pressing 'post' mate!
I’m sure you said that last summer as wellIf we can avoid the drop next season it will be a miracle.
To be fair my no.1 priority after appointing an untried manager to change the style of play without any real investment, was to avoid relegation.I’m sure you said that last summer as well
I’m sure you said that last summer as well
Unless something dramatic happens in either direction that next season we’ll be what we are again, a middle of the table premier league side.I predict as it is our objective…we will be saying it a lot
The problem with this is that with one game remaining Lage has improved on every metric from last season with arguably a weaker squad.It's not a tough call. If Nuno didn't get away with last season despite three outstanding seasons in the bank Lage should be heading back to Portugal a week on Monday on a one-way ticket. There is no evidence he is the man to turn things around. The players clearly aren't playing for him, the defence gets worse week on week and we make it up as we go along when in possession. Teams have worked out how to stop us playing and he's got no answer to it. He plays Hwang repeatedly when a blind man can see he's not a PL player, he's been reluctant to play Silva despite Raul being very poor. Toti showed today he is a better option than Boly or Saiss and he will get better whilst the latter decline. As a coach he has no obvious redeeming features and he has reached the "don't know what to do to stop the rot" phase he reached at Benfica. Get rid or we'll go down next season.
And there lies the paradox; it's actually been a good season, but it doesn't 'feel' like it's been a good season.The problem with this is that with one game remaining Lage has improved on every metric from last season with arguably a weaker squad.
More points, more goals scored, less conceded and a higher position guaranteed.
I agree with you that he shows worrying signs but the call isn't as easy as you make out in my opinion.
Because we haven't recorded a single win in the final 2 months of the season. If we'd have ended in better form and on a high it might have felt different.And there lies the paradox; it's actually been a good season, but it doesn't 'feel' like it's been a good season.
I was thinking more of the ralf fiennes quote from schindler's list lol.
Didn't we beat Villa last month? It has been a shocking ending to a promising season though. Can't be denied at allBecause we haven't recorded a single win in the final 2 months of the season. If we'd have ended in better form and on a high it might have felt different.
So if the results over the last 10 games-or-so had been evenly spread over the season and the stinkers had been interspersed with our 15 wins and 6 draws and we'd still ended with 51 pts and 8th/9th place. Would that have been considered a successful season?Because we haven't recorded a single win in the final 2 months of the season. If we'd have ended in better form and on a high it might have felt different.
Yes, 2nd April. Lose next week, which is very likely, best part of 2 months. And 4 months until we get the chance to record another one!Didn't we beat Villa last month? It has been a shocking ending to a promising season though. Can't be denied at all
Good question. I don't know if it would be considered successful but it would be viewed a bit differently I think if there were signs of improvement late in the season and we were performing well.So if the results over the last 10 games-or-so had been evenly spread over the season and the stinkers had been interspersed with our 15 wins and 6 draws and we'd still ended with 51 pts and 8th/9th place. Would that have been considered a successful season?
I wonder what the opinion would be if our first three games had been our final three. So we'd been "unexciting", "boring", "uninspiring", whatever for 35 games, but still had 51 points, then we'd finished the season with three hugely exciting, attacking performances but scored none and lost all three 1-0?Yes, 2nd April. Lose next week, which is very likely, best part of 2 months. And 4 months until we get the chance to record another one!
Good question. I don't know if it would be considered successful but it would be viewed a bit differently I think if there were signs of improvement late in the season and we were performing well.
Yes it would have been viewed differently,and yes its still been a relatively good season,any top half finish in this league is goodSo if the results over the last 10 games-or-so had been evenly spread over the season and the stinkers had been interspersed with our 15 wins and 6 draws and we'd still ended with 51 pts and 8th/9th place. Would that have been considered a successful season?
Agreed.Yes it would have been viewed differently,and yes its still been a relatively good season,any top half finish in this league is good
Its the cliff edge fall off in performances thats the problem,with seemingly no desire to pull out from it
Almost 4 months of poor performances cant be discounted
Yes theres been the odd half a game where we looked much better,and that only adds to the conundrum
Why cant we replicate that kind of play more often and sustain the levels?
We genuinely dont seem fit enough,and over the last 4/5 seasons thats been our forte,finishing strongly no matter what,that has almost totally gone now
Either the training has changed , the players cant be bothered ,or the manager has lost the dressing room
All these things can be fixed,but it needs investment on a big scale this summer on and off the pitch
Im sure the owners can see this,its whether they want to throw the dice one more time,or let us gradually decline
Never easy to know how long to give a manager but given we’re in need of a significant rebuild I’d rather trust someone with a more proven record. The longer Lage has been here the more questions there are about his ability and the drop off in form of late has been dramatic both in terms of results and performances.The problem with this is that with one game remaining Lage has improved on every metric from last season with arguably a weaker squad.
More points, more goals scored, less conceded and a higher position guaranteed.
I agree with you that he shows worrying signs but the call isn't as easy as you make out in my opinion.
The away fans have had a few 'limbs' moments but molineux has been dismal all season. Even when we won we were usually hanging on by a thread at the end. And to put the top hat on it there was the Leeds experience, which still haunts me.
It's funny when you look how Everton's relegation battle seems to have galvanized the club while we sit in 8th place bored to tears
Personally i dont think a new manager would be any more of a gamble than sticking with one that has failed to progress with what he hasAgreed.
The big debate seems to be whether Bruno should be given the opportunity to oversee that large-scale investment. Would allowing a new manager with different ideas to do that be any less of a gamble?
Probably. What we have seen instead though is a trend of increasingly poor and apparently disinterested performances.So if the results over the last 10 games-or-so had been evenly spread over the season and the stinkers had been interspersed with our 15 wins and 6 draws and we'd still ended with 51 pts and 8th/9th place. Would that have been considered a successful season?
Molineux form:
19 goals, 9 defeats and in every victory (bar Watford) we've been clinging on.
A truly dismal season at home in terms of value for money.
I think what I see is group of players who know that either they, or a fair few that they've played with for the last 3, 4, 5 years are leaving and they're probably a bit sad about it. At the same time they've lost a few games which has knocked their confidence as well. They probably recognise it's probably the "end of an era" (for want of a better description) the same way us fans do.Probably. What we have seen instead though is a trend of increasingly poor and apparently disinterested performances.