Most Exciting Wolves Player You've Seen

[Highlandwolf2]

There have been several Best Player type threads on Molmix, which have made for good reading/debate, but what about most exciting player?

Jota must be up there I guess but I would also propose Peter Knowles and Dave Wagstaff, who both had the ability to get fans on their feet whenever they had the ball.

Other suggestions?

 

[Deleted member 4124]

Adama Traore.
Obviously, the end product is not always there but I always get really excited when he’s on the ball.

 

[paulhick]

Another vote here for adama. As soon as he starts off on a run your on the edge of your seat. I truly believe there is a world class player in there once he has sorted out his last touch.

 

[George AlooGobi]

Several of the current squad

Going back a bit, Jarvis and Kightly at times. Keane, Bully, Dennison

Not many leap to mind, sadly. Tends to be players who go past others or come up with bits of flair and skill. Until now I've not seen many at Wolves who fit the description

 

[The Runner]

Definitely Jota in the current squad. Derek Dougan back in the day.

 

[Snorbans Wolf]

Robbie Keane when he first played for us - would try stuff that all older players simply get coached out of them.

 

[WalsallWolf]

I would go with Traore out the current crop. He runs past players that easily, that quickly he actually makes me laugh.

There is undoubted anticipation and excitement when he gets on the ball from the crowd.

Imagine if he had an end product?

 

[Erick1011]

Bakary Sako for me. He was amazing and he could score from anywhere

 

[De Wolfs Mullet]

Tim Steele

 

[Shirtliffs shinpads]

Eric Young

 

[RosehillWolf]

Mike Small

 

[Oldspice58]

Ruben Vinagre

 

[Pagey]

Traore at present, if he could just develop his finishing, final ball, he would be class.
He just brushes past people, reminds me of Asprilla from Newcastle, nobody knew what he would do next, including himself.

 

[wolvesultra]

Mo Camara

 

[Ironfistedmonk]

Robbie Keane, the impudent scamp

 

[Tojo the grass]

A nod in the direction of Sako from me, he provided raw excitement in very grim times and had an Exocet launcher of a left foot.

 

[Danny's day out]

Peter Knowles

 

[Wenlock Wolf]

I think it's relative to the other players in the team at that time .... even an average current player would look exciting in a team of say 10 years ago.

Overall I'd say Robbie Keane .... we could all see how fresh and different he was to anything else at the time.

From today's squad, there are just so many .... Moutinho .... Neves .... Jota ..... as a former CB myself though I'd have to go for Big Willy Bolly ..... my god that man has got ice running through his veins! We've been lucky to see some top CB's over the years but he's by far the best I've ever seen in a Wolves shirt.

 

[Tezthewolvesfan]

Steve Bull.....Because 9 times out of 10 he put the ball in the net

 

[Wolf316]

Another vote here for adama. As soon as he starts off on a run your on the edge of your seat. I truly believe there is a world class player in there once he has sorted out his last touch.

Fortunately so does Nuno.

 

[Big Mack]

Henri Camara. African Player of the Year.... nearly.

 

[Mugwump]

Stephen George Bull.

 

[Ponty]

Got to be Bull. Whenever he got the ball witjin 30 yards of goal you knew he could do something special. Lost count of the times when in his prime he ran past two defenders on the edge of the box before smashing it in.

 

[Highlandwolf2]

Mike Small

Don’t be silly. Poor mans Billy Rafferty.........

 

[AndyWolves]

Jota for me

When he starts one of those runs you just know something is going to happen

Villa last season, man u this season as examples

 

[Snarlingwolf]

Peter Knowles, without a doubt.

Dave Wagstaffe, without another doubt.

You never knew what PK was going to do when he got the ball, not even his own players sometimes.

The one abiding memory I have of Peter that epitomised the blend of incredible skill and sheer impudency that he possessed was a home match against Newcastle United in the late 60s..... (I’ve recounted this on MM before, no apologies for repeating it!):-
Racing clear from about the half way line, avoiding Newcastle’s “offside trap”, he approached the edge of the penalty area, at the North Bank end, with just their keeper to beat.
What he did next just stunned me.
Instead of picking his spot and shooting, he stopped. He turned around with his back to the goal, flicked the ball up into the air and scored with an overhead kick!!
Jota is the only forward IMO so far that has come anywhere near to Peter Knowles in terms of that sort of “impishness” and confidence in their own ability.

My favourite memory of Waggy was against Chelsea at home (late 60s?/early 70s):-
He picked the ball up in the right back position (!! -he was predominantly an out-and-out attacking left winger with a wand of a left peg), dribbled past several players all the way up the RIGHT wing, cut inside onto his left at the edge of the penalty area and then smashed a shot into the net off the underside of the bar!!
We won 3-0, IIRC.
Those were the days, my friend

But I have a strong feeling that those days are about to return soon.........

 

[Contrarian]

Helda Costa during his first championship season. Didn't he score all 6 goals of the season? Went past opponents with ease, time and time again. That run against Liverpool in the FA Cup where he was only a few inches away from the goal of the century. At that point, I thought we had a future Messi. Very sad that it hasn't turned out that way.

 

[sportwolf]

For me, Jota is the best player to watch at Wolves since Peter Knowles. When he gets the ball on the turn you just know something will happen. One other player who I think deserves a mention is George Ndah who had a 3 month spell where you were just longing for him to get the ball - if only he wasn't so injury prone. All three unplayable on their best days.

 

[Tring Wolf]

Helda Costa during his first championship season. Didn't he score all 6 goals of the season? Went past opponents with ease, time and time again. That run against Liverpool in the FA Cup where he was only a few inches away from the goal of the century. At that point, I thought we had a future Messi. Very sad that it hasn't turned out that way.

Was just about to say the same. That bodyswerve goal against Cardiff was just fantastic. Sold half of the South Bank a dummy.

Traore is hugely exciting when he gets on the ball. His turn of pace and ability to beat players is genuinely breathtaking and worth persevering with.

Honourable mentions for Diogo, Kightly (so direct in those first couple of seasons), Sako (produced moments of brilliance out of nothing) and Cavaleiro.

 

[modenawolf]

Diogo and Adama already mentioned of the current side but I love Vinagre too: fast and skillful, whenever he receives the ball you think he can create something.

 

[glorybox]

Sako definitely

 

[Seenitallayi]

Diogo Jota.

 

[Pagey]

I always found sako could excite and frustrate equally, similar to Adama.

At times he would beat 3 men, then drop the perfect cross, or fire it into the top corner.
At other times, he'd beat the same bloke 16x , in the corner of the northbank/billy wright, then fire his cross into the top of the steve bull.

 

[Bankswolf The Third]

Never got the love for Sako, man could be as lazy as he could be genius and would do my head in quite a bit.
I would say for raw excitment Keane is top of that list obviously God as well but as Keane was a youngster at the time I was a kid it made you believe you could do it up until the point i got onto the pitch and realised I was rubbish
Soft spot for Ndah and Mo Camara who were pacey as anyone and out this currant crop Costa championship season 1 and Jota

 

[Wednesbury Wolf]

Peter Knowles, nobody since him has been better, in fact not really close.

I got 10,000 lines and the cane at school for putting several pictures of Peter up in the hall over the top of the list of notable pupils.

 

[Wednesbury Wolf]

Traore at present, if he could just develop his finishing, final ball, he would be class.
He just brushes past people, reminds me of Asprilla from Newcastle, nobody knew what he would do next, including himself.

That's like saying I've just bought a Fiesta and if it was an Aston Martin it would be fantastic.

 

[Optimistic Hove Wolf]

Back in the day I thought Steve Kindon was great when he was running at defenders. Always thought he should have been a prop forward!

 

[Wednesbury Wolf]

Back in the day I thought Steve Kindon was great when he was running at defenders. Always thought he should have been a prop forward!

Do you remember when he broke the Doog's cheekbone in the warmup before a match, the Doog was out for 6 weeks. Kindon had the knack of hitting the ball at 100mph even when warming up. He was similar to Traore though hadn't much of a finish although could knock the floodlights off.

 

[Pagey]

That's like saying I've just bought a Fiesta and if it was an Aston Martin it would be fantastic.

Fair comment, but at the minute he is an Aston Martin in limp mode

 

[Highlandwolf2]

Peter Knowles, nobody since him has been better, in fact not really close.

I got 10,000 lines and the cane at school for putting several pictures of Peter up in the hall over the top of the list of notable pupils.

Gosh - what a tough Infant School you went to...... Worth it though