17 Nov 2024 13:23:31
I really don't understand Wolves summer transfer activity and I give three particular examples, Lima, Gomes R and Andre. I suspect the answer will be they have been bought for the future but after pre season at least Gomes and Lima must be really hacked off. Both performed well and neither gets a look in. If the team was doing well I might understand better but sadly not the case.

Andre was bought to start and had very positive reviews but now is nowhere to be seen. Does this imply that GON and Hobbs are on different pages. Time for a change as a no risk approach is not working and just wasting millions. If we don't perform miracles in the next 6 games then I fear we are down. Time for a change of approach and Manager methinks.

1.) 17 Nov 2024
17 Nov 2024 14:59:31
Totally agree we need a change

2.) 17 Nov 2024
17 Nov 2024 15:00:47
How do you think we will do against Fulham

3.) 17 Nov 2024
17 Nov 2024 16:49:09
I get where your coming from and I agree that both Lima and Gomes look like good prospects. The problem is that Semedo, whether fans like him or not, is one of our better performers meaning Lima will not get many chances. Hopefully he will use this season to learn his trade and will be able to replace Semedo if, as expected he leaves next summer.

Gomes I feel doesn't fit the current 352 system and will rightly feel aggrieved.

Andre should be in the team but who does he replace? Lemina or Gomes? Or does he play in the Conor Coady position as a kind of Sweeper/CB in front of a back 4.

It is a conundrum.

We also have Meupiyou to consider (if he ever regains fitness).

Let's see what GON has in store for them.

4.) 17 Nov 2024
17 Nov 2024 18:11:40
Why on earth did we buy another goalkeeper that at best is no better than what we already have?
The previous transfer window was baffling

5.) 17 Nov 2024
17 Nov 2024 19:27:03
Tim156, because Bentlley and King are not Premiership quality. Therefore no real cover, Johnstone may not be better than Sa, (though I personally think he is marginally better) be he certainly is no worse.

6.) 17 Nov 2024
17 Nov 2024 19:37:53
I would be starting gomes and Andre and drop Lemina who has been off the boil. They play together in Brazil so think they could form a good partnership. I would also play R Gomes as he has pace and puts in a great cross and was meant to be a replacement for Neto. I don’t think he would do any worse than our need for an attacker to help out Cunha.
Also given that we have atleast 3 players on 4 yellows I am sure we will be playing all those mentioned pretty soon.

7.) 17 Nov 2024
17 Nov 2024 20:56:53
Eastmidswolf, but we spent 10 million on a goalkeeper that's not a certain starter. Surely we could get a backup much cheaper or a certain starter for a little more. Given the imbalance in the squad, surely the cash could have been used more productively

8.) 17 Nov 2024
17 Nov 2024 22:41:53
Not sure where we'd find a premiership quality keeper (even an average one) for less than £10m. And we most certainly did need a second keeper, also I believe it was a surprise to many that Sa didn't go Saudi way in September.

9.) 18 Nov 2024
18 Nov 2024 00:07:38
I think both keepers are about the same, this season at least. Sa has more potential to be better but isn’t achieving the numbers of previous seasons and it seems Johnstone’s save percentage is a little better than Sa’s currently. Feels to me that Sa will be moving on and hopefully for more than £10mil so could be good business if it works out.

As for the others I’m sure they will get more game time, I’ve said it before but I don’t see many players that join a team and go straight in to the line up. Most players take time to adapt. Doesn’t mean Hobbs and GON are on different pages. Just means the manager doesn’t think the players are quite ready, like most managers with new players. For example, Brighton signed a load of players in the summer who don’t play every game. Does that mean their recruitment is bad? There was an article about West Ham recently where some fans are also questioning why their summer signings aren’t playing much.

10.) 18 Nov 2024
18 Nov 2024 11:13:57
Sa was and still may head for Saudi Arabia, so Johnstone was expecting to be first choice I suspect. Why any deal fell through who knows.

11.) 19 Nov 2024
18 Nov 2024 14:23:48
Sa very well might be gone soon. What would have happened if he left the last day of the window last summer?
You have to look at the situation when the decisions were made, not looking back with 20/20 hindsight.