You say it like its changed, it hasnt. What can he had clarity to?
You seen enough of him to be sure he isnt?
The latter 3 didnt cost £10 million between them hardly anything to worry about when we will probably make the majority of that back in loan fees and sales.
But do you think that was the original intent behind the purchases? It's a small outlay in the grand scheme of things, and you're quite correct, we aren't exactly going to lose anything. I doubt we'll even lose much on Cutrone or Silva, and may even make money if things take an upward turn for them.
Yeah but we bent over backwards to get that deal done, including offering the proposition of only £4 mill upfront.
If you look into why Fosun brought us you will see why and you will see why Mendes is a massive part of it (It was his agency that recommended them to buy us over other clubs). There is lots of it on the net with direct emails between Shi and Gestifute way before they purchased. They dont see the day to day success as a club as a return on their investment but more on individual transfers of players and wanting a network of clubs (which explains the links now with Familcao and Grasshoppers along with taking a shareholding with Gestifute). Those players, along with several others have been purchased to produce revenue, nothing more and nothing less. That isnt doom and gloom, its fact. The good thing is as a club, we are the jewel in the crown of their operation.
that`s correct.thought 35 mill.for jota was poor
£45m is cheap imv. Stupid sale and is at the root of the falling apart of our season since it sent a really negative signal out about the club's future direction.
Dunno, but life was much easier when Thelwell was around.
On your final point, living up here near Hull I remember saying on here to go for Jerrod Bowen. He looked a real player. WHU got him and he'll be a big, big star in the Prem. I'm sure we all know good Champs players but as a club we are fixated on the foreign market.
Not particularly a fan of Thelwell but I do think Shi takes on too much.
Said before, Wolves record on developing strikers is abysmal. Perhaps it is because the main emphasis is on being defensive with counter attack.
I've said this many times on this forum, we don't sign strikers with good goalscoring records. With that approach, we're not going to get proper strikers (with the exception of Raul, who didn't have a good goalscoring record before signing him anyway).
I've said for a while that Lucas Joao from Reading would be an excellent shout. 13 goals in 17 games this season so far. There have been numerous examples of players in the Champ going on to be hugely successful. Closest to home would probably be Keane and Lescott.
As much as my natural instinct is to, I cannot disagree with any of this !
This is a really good point. The reality was as a free scoring 23 year old playing in the championship he was still considered a risk as was Ollie Watkins (at time of transfer). Credit to the both them and their clubs for trying them out and persisting with them.
The difference between us and the top six is that they have several alternative strikers warming the bench ready to get on , we have none, apart from a kid and a reject.
Reject is a tad harsh
Yes, the famous Readingao from the Portuguese top flight! We also previously signed their superstar striker Kevin Doylinho a few years back.He's got the right sounding name. If we can just convince our owners that Reading is a less well known team in the Portugese or French league we may have a chance.
After all, as somebody said "we need to buy these players *before* they become superstars". Might be too late though as he's 27.
There has been some crazy posts on MM this week and this is another one added. @WolfInSheep'sClothing anybody would think you are spending your money. Divock Origi is a proven PL goal scorer for the Champions of the PL. a European & World Champion too.. Plus a Belgian International who are ranked No 1 team in the world. So you'd rather stick to 2 unproven novices than a PL pedigree player to buy in when it is so needed for us. Now we've lost Raul and only won 1 game in 9 now is it since?
PS. To add to that I didn't realise Divock Origi is still only 25 years old. I thought he was nearer 30.
Signing an experienced forward now buys the time to get those players fit and probably ensures survival
He really should be playing near every game at what ever level he is at at that age.
Is that the best reply you could come up with @WolfInSheep'sClothing
