Rate the Transfer Window!

[WickedWolfie]

This is a hard one. I actually like ALL of the signings that we have made. The problem being, we had other much more pressing areas that were ignored (Central midfield and Central defence). I have scored it a 3, but had we got Sanches and Caleta Car/Botman I would have scored it a 10. Had we signed Dave Edwards and Richard Stearman I would have given us a bloody 6! That shows just how stupid I think we were to ignore those 2 positions.

Not sure about the scoring but agree the rest of it. Perhaps one or two astute free agents (but not Dave or Stears!) might at least paper over the cracks.

 

[whitnash wolf ex.dewsbury]

Not sure about the scoring but agree the rest of it. Perhaps one or two astute free agents (but not Dave or Stears!) might at least paper over the cracks.

leon was free but gone to bristol rovers now

 

[WickedWolfie]

leon was free but gone to bristol rovers now

My God, the third coming of Leon.... if that is the alternative then quick sign Dave and Steers lol....

 

[inaglasshouse]

What a Shiambles .. Bruno wanted 2 oven ready for every position, now he's barely got a good 11 with only a handful of experienced players to compete and cover. We will have to be lucky to survive and prosper this season.

 

[whitnash wolf ex.dewsbury]

My God, the third coming of Leon.... if that is the alternative quick sign Dave and Steers lol....

I miss the gloves now the cold weather is here!

 

[SoCal_Wolf]

What a Shiambles ... We will have to be lucky to survive and prosper this season.

Whoa...bold call in a bold font.

 

[CelebrityWolf]

4/10 for me. Trincao looks handy but ultimately covers the loss of Neto for now. Mosquera? No idea, not going to judge him on a few friendlies. But ultimately we need players to be hitting the ground running and to strengthen our obvious weaknesses and we failed miserably. We tried to add players and missed on just about all, it's a little embarrassing really.

 

[Hoganstolemywife]

For a club that prides itself on selling players for a big profit, I feel we need to be more savvy at selling players.

There is such a thing as a good sale. Adama - in my opinion - should have been sold last season when his stock was highest.

Failure to do so had the knock on effect of him being openly available for 50 mil this summer and led to the uncertainty of our budget.

That being said, I wouldn't have trusted Sellars to spend the 50 million. Probably just have bought 103 Man City Youth players.

Experienced DOF is an absolute must.

I don't know what point I'm making here but IM DOING IT WITH VIGOUR

 

[Rangiora Wolf]

For a club that prides itself on selling players for a big profit, I feel we need to be more savvy at selling players.

There is such a thing as a good sale. Adama - in my opinion - should have been sold last season when his stock was highest.

Failure to do so had the knock on effect of him being openly available for 50 mil this summer and led to the uncertainty of our budget.

That being said, I wouldn't have trusted Sellars to spend the 50 million. Probably just have bought 103 Man City Youth players.

Experienced DOF is an absolute must.

I don't know what point I'm making here but IM DOING IT WITH VIGOUR

Until Shi is prepared to relinquish control of everything he has no knowledge off, nothing will change.

 

[Hoganstolemywife]

Until Shi is prepared to relinquish control of everything he has no knowledge off, nothing will change.

Agreed.

Its always the way with autocratically managed companies. The one I worked for has scary parallels to Wolves. A despot who is 'head of everything'.

 

[Rangiora Wolf]

Agreed.

Its always the way with autocratically managed companies. The one I worked for has scary parallels to Wolves. A despot who is 'head of everything'.

The trick will be whether fosun continue to support this structure for the club or change it after this debacle.

 

[Hoganstolemywife]

The trick will be whether fosun continue to support this structure for the club or change it after this debacle.

If it's anything like my old place, there will be a quiet departure from the Exec Team within 2 months.

When things go badly, the first rung down always pay the price.

 

[wolfgar]

If it's anything like my old place, there will be a quiet departure from the Exec Team within 2 months.

When things go badly, the first rung down always pay the price.

No worries. I'm sure Saiss or Coady will be able to cover

 

[DPE]

OK who voted 10 haha.

 

[wolfgar]

OK who voted 10 haha.

We've suspected for a while that Jeff is on this forum. Confirmation

 

[Golden Oldie]

I would be surprised at any of the Exec's leaving. They had constraints on what action they could take, some posed by internal realities and some external. From a strategic standpoint they too will have hoped for better outcomes but will take the view we should survive until more favourable conditions dictate. It was in no one's interest that they failed to satisfy fans and followers expectations, but they had the tough decisions to make not the fans and followers.
If Wolves keep producing good football and start putting away clear chances the results will follow, and perhaps we will be a more attractive option to targeted players; at the same time selling clubs may reduce their demands if they feel we aren't desperate enough to meet them.

 

[Elvis Wolf]

It amazes me that two people voted 10!

And I was one of them SW.
Yo, Probably had too many 'uppers' at voting time!

 

[Elvis Wolf]

OK who voted 10 haha.

Guilty as charged your honour!
In my defence, Jeff promised me another Pink Cadillac!!

 

[Sussex Wolf]

And I was one of them SW.
Yo, Probably had too many 'uppers' at voting time!

Brave man for publicly admitting it mate!

All good. I’ve calmed down now, but think the club have lost a lot of good will and trust over the last few months. Unfortunate really as it’s been such a joy having Fosun and Jeff here before this turn of events.

 

[1972 i began]

I was unsure to be honest...I first voted 8 because we kept Adama,and Ruben,and signed Ait-Nouri,bought in Mosquera and Hwang who have to be given a chance.Instead of writing them off before they've played a game.But then changed it to 6 because we day get a midfielder in and let Morgan gew out on loan.If we had got a top class midfielder in it would probably have bin a 9.

 

[SuperGran]

I was unsure to be honest...I first voted 8 because we kept Adama,and Ruben,and signed Ait-Nouri,bought in Mosquera and Hwang who have to be given a chance.Instead of writing them off before they've played a game.But then changed it to 6 because we day get a midfielder in and let Morgan gew out on loan.If we had got a top class midfielder in it would probably have bin a 9.

That’s what I scored them and why

 

[Elvis Wolf]

Brave man for publicly admitting it mate!

All good. I’ve calmed down now, but think the club have lost a lot of good will and trust over the last few months. Unfortunate really as it’s been such a joy having Fosun and Jeff here before this turn of events.

Yo, not afraid to put my head above the parapet buddy.
After all I was born in Tupelo Mississippi, which regrettably was part of the Grey Coats Confederacy .

 

[WickedWolfie]

Guilty as charged your honour!
In my defence, Jeff promised me another Pink Cadillac!!

That promise will mean that you get a bottle of Asda Smart Price water at best and nothing at all at worst.

 

[reanswolf]

I would have taken Ross Barkley on loan rather than getting nothing.

 

[oldsamdingle]

Why aint zero in the poll, These ****ing idiots have left us with 3 senior Midfielders till the next window, HOW IN THE NAME OF GOD CAN ENYONE DEFEND THAT, If Neves and Traore dont **** off in the next window they must be mad, may'be Pinocchio will tell them Fosun will bring in 3 or 4 quality players

 

[goldeneyed]

Up till deadline day 8 out of 10, after deadline day 6 out of 10. The letting go of MGW as well as failing to sign a proper CM or CB was just so poor. Not so worried about the CB for now because of Kilman's emergence and Mosquera's promise. But no cm is just unbeliveable while letting MGW go.

 

[goldeneyed]

I would have taken Ross Barkley on loan rather than getting nothing.

Anguissa who went on loan to Napoli with an option to buy for 17m euros was the one we really missed out on. Would have been perfect with Neves and an exciting player for relative peanuts. Perhaps Sellars has not heard of him?

 

[Wolowolf6]

I gave it a 4, if we’d have kept MGW it would have been a 5, if we’d have added a CM it would have been a 6 or 7 depending on the quality, if we’d have added a CB it would’ve been an 8 or depending on the quality.

I cannot, and will not get my head around the decision to let MGW go under these circumstances.

It's because he's going to be sold. As another poster put it yesterday, he's being 'fattened up for market', as it were.

The more time goes on, the more this becomes clear to me; our academy products (MGW, Giles, Sanderson etc) aren't meant for the first team. That's the remit of Jeff and Mendes to bring in players that will attract foreign markets, whereas the purpose of the academy is to churn players out to then be sent away on loan with a view to a sale.

I'd really like this not to be the case as (for me) it's not a particularly appealing way of running the club you love, but then again, the romance went out of football a while back.

 

[Rhoswolf]

In a reasonable mood with the cricket so given them a more than generous 3.

 

[Hawkguy]

Didn't want to start a new thread for this.

But there's another Canadian player I'd wager is headed to Europe in the winter window and I really hope we look at this one. MLS will be done and he's currently on 52K pounds per year. He's rated just under $3M on transfermarkt, although I could see him costing more like $6M. He brings something Wolves lack - he's an absolute destroyer. Players hate to play against him. He tackles with no care for his body and extremely hard, but it's almost always clean. He even looks crazy. Just turned 23.

Good coverage for Semedo though a loan in the Championship might be okay for the remainder of this season. He's a beast in MLS and consistently been one of Canada's best since joining the program.

He also loves the fans.

John Herdman, the Canadian National Team coach, profiles him similar to César Azpilicueta. Obviously not on that level yet... but that's still high praise.

Alistair Johnston.

Alistair Johnston - Player profile 2021

Alistair Johnston, 23, from Canada ➤ Nashville SC, since 2019 ➤ Right-Back ➤ Market value: $2.75m ➤ * Oct 8, 1998 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

www.transfermarkt.us

 

[VancouverWolf]

Didn't want to start a new thread for this.

But there's another Canadian player I'd wager is headed to Europe in the winter window and I really hope we look at this one. MLS will be done and he's currently on 52K pounds per year. He's rated just under $3M on transfermarkt, although I could see him costing more like $6M. He brings something Wolves lack - he's an absolute destroyer. Players hate to play against him. He tackles with no care for his body and extremely hard, but it's almost always clean. He even looks crazy. Just turned 23.

Good coverage for Semedo though a loan in the Championship might be okay for the remainder of this season. He's a beast in MLS and consistently been one of Canada's best since joining the program.

He also loves the fans.

John Herdman, the Canadian National Team coach, profiles him similar to César Azpilicueta. Obviously not on that level yet... but that's still high praise.

Alistair Johnston.

Alistair Johnston - Player profile 2021

Alistair Johnston, 23, from Canada ➤ Nashville SC, since 2019 ➤ Right-Back ➤ Market value: $2.75m ➤ * Oct 8, 1998 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

www.transfermarkt.us

Would be great if a Vancouver lad joined Wolves