The happy days are here again, hopefully no more repeated arguments, transfer thread

[SA Wolf]

Firstly, Collins does seem very vocal.

But secondly, most teams don't have a Coady, and a lot of them manage fine! While he's a great character, footballers don't need to have basic instructions shouted at them all game, despite what Coady and the people who sit behind me seem to think.

I think you are doing Coady a disservice if you think all he did was 'shout basic instructions'. He was more than that. He was a great character, loved by all within the Wolves' dressing room and a catalyst, linking the foreign players to the club.
All who know Conor (and I don't), describe him as an organiser, a team man, a consummate professional, and a great personality.
Above all of that, despite what some think, he can play football - you don't get to play for a Premier League club and the national side, without being able to do so.
In my opinion, we are missing someone with the leadership qualities of Coady in the dressing room. I'm not sure at the moment how we will replace what Coady brought and hope that we don't regret sending him out. Neves, for all of his skills, doesn't strike me as a natural leader.

 

[VancouverWolf]

A striker and, if I’m being greedy, a left back and this is a 9.9/10 window.

It can’t be 10/10 because we weren’t ready before Leeds and I won’t forgive Jeff for that

You won’t forgive Jeff?
Well, that’s big of you.

 

[Oh When the Wolves]

onto a striker asap

 

[Wolfy McWolf-Face]

A striker and, if I’m being greedy, a left back and this is a 9.9/10 window.

It can’t be 10/10 because we weren’t ready before Leeds and I won’t forgive Jeff for that

Really? Its been suggested that Nunes would never sign before the 15th. Should we have thought sod it and got Palinha instead just so we could play Leeds with a new signing?

I'm sure Bruno would have wanted players earlier but would rather wait for the right ones.

Don't think Jeff will be losing sleep over your forgiveness. Especially not for 0.1/10 impact

 

[CologneWolf]

In my opinion, we are missing someone with the leadership qualities of Coady in the dressing room. I'm not sure at the moment how we will replace what Coady brought and hope that we don't regret sending him out. Neves, for all of his skills, doesn't strike me as a natural leader.

This is just a part of the evolution within the squad that needed to happen, that many of us have continually called for over for the last 6 months. However, naturally it will be a divisive topic.

You may disagree, but Neves captained Porto in the champions league as an 18 year old. There are many that must see something in him.

 

[SuperGran]

A striker and, if I’m being greedy, a left back and this is a 9.9/10 window.

It can’t be 10/10 because we weren’t ready before Leeds and I won’t forgive Jeff for that

Surely it should be nunes and Guedes that you can’t forgive? I doubt it was Jeff holding the transfer up. Maybe we should have walked away once we knew they wouldn’t be ready before Leeds ?

 

[drewsie]

It can’t be 10/10 because we weren’t ready before Leeds and I won’t forgive Jeff for that

Really?

So if a player wasn’t or aren’t available because of various reasons like the selling club is looking at replacements and won’t sell until they have, or the player is looking at other options, that’s Jeff’s fault is it? Ridiculous comment! Have a word with yourself mate. Surely it’s better to wait for the right player? Or would you have said “sod it, get Palinha in cos Nunes is dragging his feet”?

I’m getting to the stage where I’m starting to really dislike a lot of Wolves fans. Their sense of entitlement and arguments boil my ****!

The amount of brain dead idiots on Twitter last night spouting off because Wolves hadn’t announced Nunes was embarrassing. I’m really not sure how some folks get through a day.

 

[Bryce]

i will happily forgive Jeff for holding out this window for marquee signings. I am still ****ed off it took 4 windows but I am very happy if the tide has turned.

 

[Flump]

I think you are doing Coady a disservice if you think all he did was 'shout basic instructions'. He was more than that. He was a great character, loved by all within the Wolves' dressing room and a catalyst, linking the foreign players to the club.
All who know Conor (and I don't), describe him as an organiser, a team man, a consummate professional, and a great personality.
Above all of that, despite what some think, he can play football - you don't get to play for a Premier League club and the national side, without being able to do so.

Yes - I said he's a great character!

In my opinion, we are missing someone with the leadership qualities of Coady in the dressing room. I'm not sure at the moment how we will replace what Coady brought and hope that we don't regret sending him out. Neves, for all of his skills, doesn't strike me as a natural leader.

I think Neves also has something about him - didn't he captain Porto occasionally before he even came to us?

I think in England particularly we're too quick to conflate loud and shouty (and weirdly, tall) with being a good captain. My point is really, that while I think Coady is a good captain, I also think it got a bit over-hyped because he's such a visibly (or perhaps audibly!) good captain. There are plenty of good captains who aren't like that, and yet have the respect to drive their team on.

Also, the post I was originally replying to was talking more about his organising of the back line than the captaincy itself - now unless our defenders are headless chickens, I do think some of the stuff he shouted was a bit redundant.

 

[Greeno]

Pity our first two games weren’t Liverpool and City, but hey ho.

Fulham does feel like points dropped and Leeds wasn’t brilliant.

We’ve got a tiny bit of catching up to do now while we settle everything down - but it’s definitely going to be exciting!

 

[WickedWolfie]

Pity our first two games weren’t Liverpool and City, but hey ho.

Fulham does feel like points dropped and Leeds wasn’t brilliant.

We’ve got a tiny bit of catching up to do now while we settle everything down - but it’s definitely going to be exciting!

Not so sure about that. Two heavy thumpings may have put Guedes and Nunes off coming at all....

 

[Greeno]

Not so sure about that. Two heavy thumpings may have put Guedes and Nunes off coming at all....

Maybe, but Liverpool don’t look ‘at it’ yet do they? we might have raised our game and sped our own process up.

 

[WolfInSheep'sClothing]

Firstly, Collins does seem very vocal.

But secondly, most teams don't have a Coady, and a lot of them manage fine! While he's a great character, footballers don't need to have basic instructions shouted at them all game, despite what Coady and the people who sit behind me seem to think.

Defence is about organisation, they all do need to talk. I guess ultimately we will see.

 

[WolfInSheep'sClothing]

From keens article

It is understood that Wolves will now turn their attentions to bringing in a striker, with Raul Jimenez currently sidelined with a knee injury and Silva out on-loan in Belgium.

For me it's really bad that we let Fabio out before bringing anybody in. Was expecting a replacement a lot quicker than what we have got so far.

 

[Woolywolf]

La Premier League insiste en Maxi Gómez

Recent link suggesting in for Maxi Gomez

 

[Bryce]

Defence is about organisation, they all do need to talk. I guess ultimately we will see.

I said on another thread that in the absence of Coady , Sa and Collins need to step up. Sa is the natural gobby one so its on him principally, especially as he wants to command his area. To do that effectively he needs to do a lot of chatting.

 

[VancouverWolf]

Somewhere, in some zoom meeting or conference call, the mods are the MOST relieved about this window.

Cautiously, they can, slowly take off their flack jackets and for once, enjoy this transfer window like we all are.
They are Wolves fans too.

( and they do it without VAR).

 

[Bill McCai]

From 2016 to the present day, Wolves have spent around £450m on transfer fees. They have brought in 65 first-team players either permanently or on loan in that time.

Of that £450m, it is estimated around £330m has been spent on players who are either Gestifute clients, or are in the Mendes network (like the Talent Thrones agency run by Cardoso), or in a deal facilitated by Mendes. That covers 43 of the 65 players Wolves have brought in.

So Fosun have spent £450m on transfer fees since purchasing us six years ago. Combined with the initial outlay of £45m for the club itself that is an investment of around half a billion pounds. Sure, the club as an asset will now be worth much more than they paid back in 2016 - but it is fair to say we did not see this coming when selling the family silver to Bournemouth and Fulham back in the last season under Jackett.

 

[wolvesaywe]

So who had £100m+ net spend this summer on the sweepstake?

Think even the happiest of clapperers have been astonished by this window

And with more seemingly to come!

 

[WickedWolfie]

So Fosun have spent £450m on transfer fees since purchasing us six years ago. Combined with the initial outlay of £45m for the club itself that is an investment of around half a billion pounds. Sure, the club as an asset will now be worth much more than they paid back in 2016 - but it is fair to say we did not see this coming when selling the family silver to Bournemouth and Fulham back in the last season under Jackett.

Net spend will be somewhat lower than £450M though as we've sold players too.

 

[SquaddieWolf]

Right then, whose next???

 

[Bill McCai]

Goes without saying.

 

[oldgoldheart]

So Fosun have spent £450m on transfer fees since purchasing us six years ago. Combined with the initial outlay of £45m for the club itself that is an investment of around half a billion pounds. Sure, the club as an asset will now be worth much more than they paid back in 2016 - but it is fair to say we did not see this coming when selling the family silver to Bournemouth and Fulham back in the last season under Jackett.

Its also more than the previous 100+ years combined. And people still moan

 

[Derbywolf85]

Really?

So if a player wasn’t or aren’t available because of various reasons like the selling club is looking at replacements and won’t sell until they have, or the player is looking at other options, that’s Jeff’s fault is it? Ridiculous comment! Have a word with yourself mate. Surely it’s better to wait for the right player? Or would you have said “sod it, get Palinha in cos Nunes is dragging his feet”?

I’m getting to the stage where I’m starting to really dislike a lot of Wolves fans. Their sense of entitlement and arguments boil my ****!

The amount of brain dead idiots on Twitter last night spouting off because Wolves hadn’t announced Nunes was embarrassing. I’m really not sure how some folks get through a day.

Crikey someone’s a sensitive little soul over a throw away jokey remark aren’t they?

 

[Hugh Jarse]

So, what ya reckon striker wise?

Can we afford to wait for Ramos, or should we try to get Silva or Batman in quickly?

I'm unsure as we'll hopefully get a confident and goal hungry Fabio next summer.

 

[WickedWolfie]

So, what ya reckon striker wise?

Can we afford to wait for Ramos, or should we try to get Silva or Batman in quickly?

I'm unsure as we'll hopefully get a confident and hoal hungry Fabio next summer.

Ramos and Fabio work well together for Portugal's U21s....

 

[Minimalist]

That’s 3 genuine first 11 signings, without losing any guaranteed starters.
Really couldn’t have hoped for more.
If the window closed now we’d have to be happy, an additional CF would be the cherry on the cake, but I’d still be content if that was us done.

I imagine a player like Nunes would make the 433 with a false 9 system work better.

 

[woop woop barmy army]

Apart from neves. Non of the promotion team are starters now. Guess this is on to the next chapter.

 

[Direwolf]

Witness the uncle George Masterplan in action.

The way this window has panned out it looks to me like uncle George had it all mapped out in detail for the club some time ago. He had the players lined up they all new which of their colleagues were coming and approximately when. Therefore they had committed beforehand with the full knowledge of what they were getting into and who was going to be with them. That is exactly why Moutinho signed back up, Neves is staying and MGW was not moving to Forest. We were asked to be patient, senior figures Guo, Mendes, Lage and Shi have kept repeating to fans informally do not worry we have it covered. Without revealing what was afoot their was little else they could really say?

The striker (and probably full back) I believe will be one of the final pieces uncle George has planned and pre-agreed. It is looking to me like it is going to be Ramos but if it's not it will be a top drawer striker.

Believe...... 'If you don't have a dream how you gonna have a dream come true'.

 

[Hoganstolemywife]

I'd have been happy with Batshuyi pre Leeds.

Not any more. I think we can go higher.

 

[stever]

I'd have been happy with Batshuyi pre Leeds.

Not any more. I think we can go higher.

Same here. No disrespect to Bats but we can't spend 40m on a top quality midfielder and then an average striker

 

[AlexWolvesHD]

Out of Dendoncker, Moutinho & Gibbs-White who do we think Lage would select as the starting third CM in a 433 alongside Neves & Nunes?

 

[rg4352]

I'd have been happy with Batshuyi pre Leeds.

Not any more. I think we can go higher.

I’m going all out optimism and hoping for Batman and Robin sorry Ramos!

 

[S G Wolves]

Out of Dendoncker, Moutinho & Gibbs-White who do we think Lage would select as the starting third CM in a 433 alongside Neves & Nunes?

Moutinho all day long...

 

[Kebab Warrior]

Out of Dendoncker, Moutinho & Gibbs-White who do we think Lage would select as the starting third CM in a 433 alongside Neves & Nunes?

Depends who we’re playing. But I’m biased and would have Moutinho all day every day.
Moutinho, Neves, Nunes. It’s like a dream. Not even a feasible dream. True madness.

I hope we remember this moment and treasure it. It won’t be long before we want Lage out because he only finished 5th…

 

[Chisels_n_ommers]

Out of Dendoncker, Moutinho & Gibbs-White who do we think Lage would select as the starting third CM in a 433 alongside Neves & Nunes?

Depends who you are playing.
Spurs are dangerous off set plays, so you'd want Donk for his height defensively in that one.

 

[Nige100]

What a bloody window with a striker to come. Last years meltdown wasn’t going to repeated and I can’t explain why I just felt all along players would come. And how. I didn’t expect the quality of player we have added. We’re shopping at the top table here of the best young talents around. With Fabio only going to benefit from a year of man’s football send Cundle to do the same and we have 2 proper talents on our hands for next year also.

Now I know the window isn’t closed and we may be targeted for the likes of a Neves, Neto, MGW out of those 3 and I’d like to keep all 3 the key is Neves if we lose the other 2 disappointing as it would be we would cope. Just got to get Neves to sign that deal.

COYW.

 

[WickedWolfie]

Out of Dendoncker, Moutinho & Gibbs-White who do we think Lage would select as the starting third CM in a 433 alongside Neves & Nunes?

Donk

 

[Sheffield Wolf]

Are we all looking forward to the transfer window at the start of the 2025-26 season? After 3 consecutive years of qualifying for European football, posters on hear losing their **** and complaining about how the lack of investment will stop us from ever winning the Champions’ League

 

[Derbywolf85]

Surely it should be nunes and Guedes that you can’t forgive? I doubt it was Jeff holding the transfer up. Maybe we should have walked away once we knew they wouldn’t be ready before Leeds ?

or MAYBE

We could see that my response is tongue in cheek and someone (mentioning no names) could develop a bit of a sense of humour on the subject?