January 2024 transfer window thread.

[JadeWolf]

Don’t think we need a right back do we?

 

[SteveBullsKnee]

Why? Jota don't care about you

The judas didn't put a goodbye video to us on Insta for at least 48 hours. And I don't care if a huge amount of effort and thought had gone into it. No excuse and he deserves to be booed

How thins your skin??

Jota gave 100% every time he wore a wolves shirt and those booing him are pathetic

 

[wolfslair]

Don’t think we need a right back do we?

Who is the real long term competitor and serious replacement for semedo?

Doc is a good short term option, but he isn’t the future

 

[WolfLing]

The judas didn't put a goodbye video to us on Insta for at least 48 hours. And I don't care if a huge amount of effort and thought had gone into it. No excuse and he deserves to be booed

I'm with you. These sort of sentiments need to be done instantly, or they are worthless. Players should really have a video pre-recorded and ready to go during a transfer window, just in case.

Tardiness is just not acceptable in any form. A neighbour of mine once didn't post a Christmas card until Christmas Eve!! She's in her 90s and had recently been very ill, but it still takes the ****.

I ripped it up into little pieces and posted it back through her letterbox with some dog**** on Christmas morning. That'll learn her.

Now every time I see the old dear outside her house, me, the wife and our son all loudly boo her too.

 

[Loojay]

A defender. 4-2-3-1

But we've consistently played terrible with 4ATB, so surely a CB is a priority in that case...

 

[WISAW]

Who is the real long term competitor and serious replacement for semedo?

Doc is a good short term option, but he isn’t the future

He's literally the past lol.

Hoping Hoever continues developing into a decent understudy and at some point over the next year can challenge Semedo for 1st rb spot.

 

[bod101]

How thins your skin??

Jota gave 100% every time he wore a wolves shirt and those booing him are pathetic

100% every time? hmmm not towards the end

 

[AndyWolves]

I'm with you. These sort of sentiments need to be done instantly, or they are worthless. Players should really have a video pre-recorded and ready to go during a transfer window, just in case.

Tardiness is just not acceptable in any form. A neighbour of mine once didn't post a Christmas card until Christmas Eve!! She's in her 90s and had recently been very ill, but it still takes the ****.

I ripped it up into little pieces and posted it back through their letterbox with some dog**** on Christmas morning. That'll learn her.

Now every time I see the old dear outside her house, me, the wife and our son all loudly boo her too.

She got off lightly

 

[Teddy Ruxpin]

Booing a past servant of the club, over their perceived tardiness in posting a trite, PR produced, leaving video to their socials...

...what a time to be alive.

I must be a dinosaur but I find all that Social Media stuff is just fakery of the highest order. There's no sincerity in nearly all of the videos posted just some cheap PR.

Anyway I'm off to Twitter to monitor Wolves following numbers to see if a signing is imminent

 

[steve vena]

How thins your skin??

Jota gave 100% every time he wore a wolves shirt and those booing him are pathetic

Correct mate. I loved Jota , still do. People booing him should think of what he did for us.

 

[Black Country Wanderer]

How thins your skin??

Jota gave 100% every time he wore a wolves shirt and those booing him are pathetic

Whilst i agree about the booing,i cant agree he gave 100% towards the end of his spell here
He was moody and petulant and spent more time waving his arms around than trying to help his team out
Whatever the reasons for this i found it childish and was glad when he left in the end
He was a great player for us and i loved him for the first couple of seasons but, for me anyway, he soured that in his final weeks

 

[Bill McCai]

Which games?

 

[Arky_R]

I’d be more bothered about how moutinho just left without saying anything thought he has more class. Think he did eventually say something.
Jota was my favourite player of all the Nuno years and don’t understand the hatred. Isn’t some of the booing in jest? To try and get under his skin.

 

[Northampton_wolf]

Who is the real long term competitor and serious replacement for semedo?

Doc is a good short term option, but he isn’t the future

Hooever was pulling up trees for stoke initially, but yes i agree we need an RB

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

Maybe the previous manager dropping him and never speaking to him wasn’t getting the best out of him.

No? Not Saint Lopp? Surely not.

 

[wolfslair]

Hooever was pulling up trees for stoke initially, but yes i agree we need an RB

We also need someone who can cover this season for injury, suspension or loss of form.

The latter reason to get a senior ready back up player, we haven’t had since he signed!

 

[giantwolf]

He's literally the past lol.

Hoping Hoever continues developing into a decent understudy and at some point over the next year can challenge Semedo for 1st rb spot.

not sure Hoever will be the answer. Maybe a suitable understudy for a bit, but not first choice.... ever.

 

[SA Wolf]

not sure Hoever will be the answer. Maybe a suitable understudy for a bit, but not first choice.... ever.

It could be if the question is 'what's a **** Dyson'.

 

[Ebbo]

I’d be more bothered about how moutinho just left without saying anything thought he has more class. Think he did eventually say something.
Jota was my favourite player of all the Nuno years and don’t understand the hatred. Isn’t some of the booing in jest? To try and get under his skin.

Moutinho was the epitome of class for us, an absolute pleasure to watch particularly in his first 2 seasons. He was one of the most gifted midfielders I've ever had the privilege to watch in a Wolves shirt.

Genuinely, I couldn't care less if he failed to wave goodbye at the last game of the season or posted a video... not precious about it all.

 

[JohnB]

Booing a past servant of the club, over their perceived tardiness in posting a trite, PR produced, leaving video to their socials...

...what a time to be alive.

I must be a dinosaur but I find all that Social Media stuff is just fakery of the highest order. There's no sincerity in nearly all of the videos posted just some cheap PR.

Anyway I'm off to Twitter to monitor Wolves following numbers to see if a signing is imminent

Absolutely agree - social media is largely an act of how people want to be perceived rather than real life.

The only one that got me was Neves leaving video though.

Don’t mind a couple of Panto villains - Nunes and to a lesser degree MGW - so long as it benefits us not player/opposition.

Jota will always be a positive for me - Championship player, European star - left at a time that we were interchanging him starting with Neto and at a good price. Good luck to him and thanks.

 

[MotorWoden]

Don’t think we need a right back do we?

For me it would be the top of the list.

 

[Arky_R]

Moutinho was the epitome of class for us, an absolute pleasure to watch particularly in his first 2 seasons. He was one of the most gifted midfielders I've ever had the privilege to watch in a Wolves shirt.

Genuinely, I couldn't care less if he failed to wave goodbye at the last game of the season or posted a video... not precious about it all.

Good for you.
Personally think it’s nice touch to do.

 

[WickedWolfie]

A defender. 4-2-3-1

Yeah cos 4 at the back, at least with our current set of defenders, has been such a success every time that we tried it....

 

[Supadavewolf]

Hooever was pulling up trees

That's a hell of a suction power...

 

[Sussex Wolf]

That's a hell of a suction power...

He never blew me away…

 

[Very Proud (AKA Still Proud)]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1742859680303427740

You know exactly what has happened.

Step 1 Journo been told there’s interest for England in a player

Step 2 Journo assesses what tier this player is in.

Step 3 Journo goes to matching fishbowl and pulls out three balls

Bingo there’s your rumour.

We’re in Tier 3 right now along with Palace, Fulham, Everton, Bournemouth, Forest, Brentford and for good measure, Leicester and Leeds.

 

[Monk]

Just watched G O N on sky - basically said that we're trying to do something on incomings but very financially constrained which he knew when he came and has no complaints about and may have to have outgoings first. Sasa not going out just yet as quote" will be involved tomorrow "

O'Neil not expecting to be busy with transfer in January

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[NothingButNeto]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1742905360665510181

 

[Minimalist]

Don’t think we need a right back do we?

I certainly don’t think it’s a priority for this January window.
Though, as much as I’m a fan of Semado, I think if we want to play a back 4 we could do with a better defensive rb, and if a back 3 maybe we want a better attacking rwb.
Semado is neither, kinda like a midfield version of the position (which could be viewed as a good thing).

Also it’s possible we plan to cash in on him this summer due to him only having a year left and being on a high wage.

 

[FJRWolf]

I certainly don’t think it’s a priority for this January window.
Though, as much as I’m a fan of Semado, I think if we want to play a back 4 we could do with a better defensive rb, and if a back 3 maybe we want a better attacking rwb.
Semado is neither, kinda like a midfield version of the position (which could be viewed as a good thing).

Also it’s possible we plan to cash in on him this summer due to him only having a year left and being on a high wage.

I th nk its absolutely a priority, if Semedo gets injured or a ban we have no back up, don't say Doc, he's at best ok to come on for 10 minutes to see a game put. I see a viable RB as important as a forward.

 

[Woburn Wolf]

Who is the real long term competitor and serious replacement for semedo?

Doc is a good short term option, but he isn’t the future

I do not even think Doc is a short term option.

 

[stever]

What are our right back options in the U21s? Anyone coming through?

 

[QB Wolf]

What are our right back options in the U21s? Anyone coming through?

Marvin Kaleta, looks solid defensively, played really well in one of the game's I watched, but no idea if he's near ready to be honest, someone who watches them regularly required.

 

[BuzzWolves]

Marvin Kaleta, looks solid defensively, played really well in one of the game's I watched, but no idea if he's near ready to be honest, someone who watches them regularly required.

Yeah Kaleta looked really good the game I watched.

 

[lets all have a disco]

Marvin Kaleta, looks solid defensively, played really well in one of the game's I watched, but no idea if he's near ready to be honest, someone who watches them regularly required.

He has only just got into the u21 team in the last couple of months.... struggled a bit a first but got into it as time went on....

But obviously miles of first team contention...

 

[QB Wolf]

He has only just got into the u21 team in the last couple of months.... struggled a bit a first but got into it as time went on....

But obviously miles of first team contention...

He's only the average age of a combat soldier in Vietnam!

 

[Minimalist]

I th nk its absolutely a priority, if Semedo gets injured or a ban we have no back up, don't say Doc, he's at best ok to come on for 10 minutes to see a game put. I see a viable RB as important as a forward.

Well I don’t rate Doc quite as lowly as you do, and think he would be adequate enough to fill in if Semado was out, especially in the current system.
I also think Mosquera could be an option there and in a back 4 S. Bueno can apparently play rb.
Definitely something that can wait till the summer, imo.

 

[JadeWolf]

What are our right back options in the U21s? Anyone coming through?

Lembikisa is the obvious one. Then you’ve got Kaleta, Birtwistle and even Wes Okoduwa in the U18s who is a real talent. I wouldn’t say any are ready to throw into the Premier League just get, but there are players coming through.

 

[FJRWolf]

Well I don’t rate Doc quite as lowly as you do, and think he would be adequate enough to fill in if Semado was out, especially in the current system.
I also think Mosquera could be an option there and in a back 4 S. Bueno can apparently play rb.
Definitely something that can wait till the summer, imo.

Fair enough, we'll have crossed agree to disagree.

 

[giantwolf]

Lembikisa is the obvious one. Then you’ve got Kaleta, Birtwistle and even Wes Okoduwa in the U18s who is a real talent. I wouldn’t say any are ready to throw into the Premier League just get, but there are players coming through.

Yep, that’s the list… just to flag for those that don’t know… Wes Okoduwa is only 15 though.

Birtwhistle has been playing more attacking too to allow Kaleta game time

None are ready for the Premier League, Lembikisa & Hoever included, although they are closest