Nathan Collins

[Cousins78]

Thur night/friday announcement then

 

[wolvesaywe]

The Percy/Fab double lock

He's a Wolves player

 

[WickedWolfie]

Medical today - Fee agreed at £21m

Wolves agree £21m Nathan Collins deal as medical set for today

Sources have told Football Insider that Wolves have agreed to sign Burnley star Nathan Collins for £21million as medical is due for today.

www.footballinsider247.com

If this can be believed

Percy and Romano saying the same... GERRIMIN!!

 

[Kashmire Hawker]

"Ladies and Gentleman: WE GOT HIM!"

https://twitter.com/x/status/1546788021412007938

 

[Jefe]

Collins could well be a key component of the puzzle if he lets us switch to a back four. Excellent work Jeff, Scott et al (particularly with what seems like a reasonable fee), but you can't rest on your laurels. I saw a tweet about a week ago that suggested Collins was the only player on our radar, which won't be enough for us to progress IMO, even if we keep our other players.

 

[Matt]

Excellent to get someone in.

 

[Jefe]

Interesting tweet from a Burnley fan:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1546791544249892864

Future captain material? Might this be with an eye to phase Coady out of the side?

 

[Black Country Wanderer]

Collins could well be a key component of the puzzle if he lets us switch to a back four. Excellent work Jeff, Scott et al (particularly with what seems like a reasonable fee), but you can't rest on your laurels. I saw a tweet about a week ago that suggested Collins was the only player on our radar, which won't be enough for us to progress IMO, even if we keep our other players.

Absolutely we need another CM and striker on top of what we have currently

 

[thommo1984]

Excellent, excellent signing!

Nice to see Nixon get shown up as the cretin he is too, interested to see his excuses today haha

 

[JH1902]

Stoke City captain at 18, features for ROI in international matches, scored a cracker for them recently and adapted well to the Premier League with Burnley all whilst being 21.

We've got a good un on our hands here I reckon.

 

[wolfgar]

Know quite a few Stoke fans and a couple of Burnley and feedback around him has been universally positive. Not often you get that.

 

[Bawtry Wolf]

I presume this will be a Sellars signing and not a Jorge placement. Therefore, according to some on here, as Sellars doesn’t know his backside from his elbow and is the worst Technical/Football Director to be appointed to any club ever in the history of football, Collins will be rubbish and will play like the kid picked last in the playground. Alternatively it might indicate that Sellars is looking in the right areas.

 

[clivewolves]

It reminds me of when we sold Lescott to Everton. I had no doubts he would be successful. Burnley fans seem to have the same opinion of Collins.

 

[Perton Wolf]

About time we signed a CB! Good start to the window.

 

[Joshwolf218]

 

[Krispy Kreme]

Burnley fans saying they need a centre half so I'm really surprised we didn't try and use Sanderson as a make weight in this deal.

Maybe Burnley couldn't guarantee him the playing time.

 

[Kashmire Hawker]

Here's a story from The Athletic, after Burnley snapped him up from Stoke City last Summer on his rise through the ranks

The making of Nathan Collins - 'a perfect Dyche defender' who analysed his matches aged 13

Nathan Collins could become Burnley's record buy - those who have worked with him says he will thrive with the step up to the Premier League

theathletic.com

 

[Northampton_wolf]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1546798972265795584

As i thought they want it done today so he is on the plane

 

[MontyR]

Burnley fans saying they need a centre half so I'm really surprised we didn't try and use Sanderson as a make weight in this deal.

Maybe Burnley couldn't guarantee him the playing time.

Someone mentioned that Sanderson had a few offers but didn't want to leave the West Midlands.

 

[Kashmire Hawker]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1546798972265795584

As i thought they want it done today so he is on the plane

Pete O'Rourke says he's currently having his Medical done. We ain't messing around!

 

[WKFWolf]

Pete O'Rourke says he's currently having his Medical done. We ain't messing around!

no faffety faffing then

 

[Asthmatic Wolf]

This seems like a fantastic piece of business. Let’s follow it up with a b2b midfielder and personally I think keep Fabio, and that could be just the refresh we need.

But a b2b midfielder has been and remains the number one priority.

 

[Sussex Wolf]

Pete O'Rourke says he's currently having his Medical done. We ain't messing around!

The Athletic article he referenced is a good read on Collins. Worth a read if you have access. Sounds like a superb addition.

The making of Nathan Collins - 'a perfect Dyche defender' who analysed his matches aged 13

Nathan Collins could become Burnley's record buy - those who have worked with him says he will thrive with the step up to the Premier League

theathletic.com

 

[bennymacca]

Burnley fans absolutely gutted and universally say £20m is a bargain. Very pleased with this move. Coady, Boly providing senior experience together with Kilman and Collins while Mosquera and Gomes are vying for a spot. seems like real strength in depth, even if an injury/suspension or two come along

 

[Chisels_n_ommers]

He's such a good dribbler. Didn't get to show it with Burnley data wise, although even though his numbers were low he was like miles ahead of Mee/Tarkowski in the same system which is great signs.
He seems to be a really good "smooth" lateral athlete as well.

I remember watching one of the Burnley games (I confess I can't remember the opposition) and he picked the ball up a couple of times and carried the ball deep into their half (the one time he even got a shot off in the penalty area, deflected for a corner).
And it was really noticeable and I remember thinking, he's a good un. He stood out.

If he played in a back 3 on the right side, his direct and positive play carrying the ball would really be a weapon (IMHO)

 

[Bugsy911]

Well done Wolves this is a very astute signing.

 

[Zico]

I remember watching one of the Burnley games (I confess I can't remember the opposition) and he picked the ball up a couple of times and carried the ball deep into their half (the one time he even got a shot off in the penalty area, deflected for a corner).
And it was really noticeable and I remember thinking, he's a good un. He stood out.

If he played in a back 3 on the right side, his direct and positive play carrying the ball would really be a weapon (IMHO)

Let's hope we've neutralised the sniper who took Stearman down.

 

[Skrilla]

“He did a lot of work during and after training and then we tested it in matches,” explains Elliott. “We would tell our full-backs to play really high to leave a lot of space, deliberately setting it up to challenge him so he could learn how to cope with it.

“The fact he has been able to play at right-back for the first team is a testament to how much his one-on-one defending has developed.”

That's quite a key excerpt in the Athletic article, given if we employ Lage's tactics from Benfica, the full backs will often play very high, almost in line with the forwards, so the two centre backs are far more exposed to one-on-one situations. One of the two holding midfielders will drop back to create a back three when building the play, but will move up and support the attack when the ball is in the final third, so if the play does break down, we will be far more susceptible to the counter. Kilman and Collins being good one-on-one defenders is absolutely crucial to the success of this system.

We saw a little bit of this system in last year's preseason, but I think it was against Las Palmas (a second tier Spanish side) that we shipped three goals playing with a high line and we never saw it again, which I think was absolutely the correct decision for damage limitation last season.

It'll be interesting to see if the back four is the way we go in the preseason games in Spain, especially with them trying to get Collins in before they fly to Spain tonight.

 

[wolfie_tc]

Super chuffed with this one (providing nothing untoward happens and he actually does sign..).

Don’t know much about him myself but everything I’m reading has got me very excited to see him next season.

 

[Supadavewolf]

no faffety faffing then

That's saved Rosehill posting...

 

[Glow69]

Gotta love ****ing patience

 

[WickedWolfie]

Interesting tweet from a Burnley fan:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1546791544249892864

Future captain material? Might this be with an eye to phase Coady out of the side?

He can fight Neves for the role....

 

[WickedWolfie]

I presume this will be a Sellars signing and not a Jorge placement. Therefore, according to some on here, as Sellars doesn’t know his backside from his elbow and is the worst Technical/Football Director to be appointed to any club ever in the history of football, Collins will be rubbish and will play like the kid picked last in the playground. Alternatively it might indicate that Sellars is looking in the right areas.

Cue comments about broken clocks etc, lol....

 

[Axle]

If his runs from deep are half as good as Emblen's then we have one hell of a player on our hands

Yeah and then we can stick him up front like Emblen. No need for a new striker . . .

 

[Deleted member 8455jwf]

Delighted, CB sorted.

2 more down the spine as long as we don't shift MGW then we need another wide attacker as well

 

[Beijing Wolf]

 

[Krispy Kreme]

Gotta love ****ing patience

She's a lovely lass is Patience

 

[Asthmatic Wolf]

That's quite a key excerpt in the Athletic article, given if we employ Lage's tactics from Benfica, the full backs will often play very high, almost in line with the forwards, so the two centre backs are far more exposed to one-on-one situations. One of the two holding midfielders will drop back to create a back three when building the play, but will move up and support the attack when the ball is in the final third, so if the play does break down, we will be far more susceptible to the counter. Kilman and Collins being good one-on-one defenders is absolutely crucial to the success of this system.

We saw a little bit of this system in last year's preseason, but I think it was against Las Palmas (a second tier Spanish side) that we shipped three goals playing with a high line and we never saw it again, which I think was absolutely the correct decision for damage limitation last season.

It'll be interesting to see if the back four is the way we go in the preseason games in Spain, especially with them trying to get Collins in before they fly to Spain tonight.

I’m sorry but such informative, evidence based and enlightening posts have no place on here.

You’re on the wrong forum.

 

[wolvesaywe]

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Non-White folk can urinate themselves as well you know

 

[WickedWolfie]

Non-White folk can urinate themselves as well you know

How the heck did you manage to bring an implication of racism into something that was solely intended to be positive?