28 Jul 2021 15:10:04
any of the EDS any truth in pedro neto rumours and has he been looked at atleast past season or so couse if shaq and origi go one of saul bissuma or neuhous plus neto is decent business for me.
{Ed002's Note - Pedro Neto (LW/RW/S) At this time I am not aware of any approach to Wolves for the versatile Neto, although clubs may have spoken with his agent. Manchester United have watched him, along with Manchester City. Whilst I would expect Wolves to resist a sale a significant offer may prove tempting. Nuno may look to taking him to Spurs with him. And an offer from Juventus will be the starting point for his agent to try and extract. Wolves would likely not be interested unless something like £50M was offered. I am not aware of any approach by Liverpool who would need to make a major sale first I would think. It is unclear when he will be ready to play after injury.}
28 Jul 2021 15:46:09
Is he not out injured for another few months regardless of interest?
28 Jul 2021 19:30:04
Will these adama stories carry on 😳.
{Ed002's Note - Until he signs.}
28 Jul 2021 20:09:35
So you telling us he signing next week then ed002? 🤣🤣.
28 Jul 2021 20:22:16
Hopefully Adama signs a new contract at Wolves or elsewhere than with us.
28 Jul 2021 20:23:15
Ed002 you just let the surprise slip!
28 Jul 2021 20:59:08
Please ed002, don’t ruin my evening 😃.
29 Jul 2021 08:09:00
Out if interest Ed002, who would you expect Wolves would demand a bigger fee out of Traore and Neto? I'd much rather Neto myself 😆.
{Ed002's Note - Neto.}
29 Jul 2021 10:57:37
Does anybody know what colour Mercedes Traore will arrive in for his medical?
29 Jul 2021 11:35:47
Is there enough baby oil at the club for Traore? Need him slicker than slick.
29 Jul 2021 11:58:10
If his driving is like his shooting and crossing MK, he’ll drive past Anfield and end up in Tranmere.
29 Jul 2021 12:02:42
Don't need to worry about that Southern we are sponsored by Nivea.
29 Jul 2021 12:10:44
Thanks Ed002, that's my day ruined, Traore it is ☹.
29 Jul 2021 13:02:27
I think there's a player in Traore with the right coaching. I'd certainly rather him coming off the bench than origi or taki.
29 Jul 2021 14:45:56
Completely agree with you, RW. He intrigues me a lot if the transfer price and wages make sense. Salah's finishing improved last year (he was excellent), but prior to that, both he and Mane really flourished playing in a system that gave them a lot of opportunities to score. Someone who is athletic, aggressive to the goal, smart, and has a decent scoring sense can score in droves up front and they don't necessarily need to be the most clinical finisher. Traore's scoring record doesn't concern me much because I believe if he caught on to the system, he could be really dominant.
29 Jul 2021 15:07:16
There’s definitely not a player there, he’s literally got no end product. He can’t shoot, his passing is awful and his crossing is best described as “hit and hope”. Most of the time he runs the ball out of play or into blind alleyways. Even Harry Wilson has outscored him . If goals are the currency that forwards are judged on, then you have to say that Traore is a fairly poor one. The comparison with Salah and Mane is false equivalency as both Mane and Salah had very good scoring records prior to joining us, the same cannot he said for Traore, you can’t polish a turd I’m afraid. No amount of mental gymnastics is going to make this a good transfer.
29 Jul 2021 15:54:25
joke of a player, no no no.
29 Jul 2021 18:19:56
Does he supply his own baby oil? Maybe we could strike a deal with Johnsons to offset his fee?
In all seriousness I'm not a big fan but if he was relatively cheap (whats that these days? ), I would be happier to see him come of the bench than Shaq or Origi. that's not me saying he's a great player but more the bar is pretty low when it comes to some players, especially last season. It literally wouldn't be too hard to improve on and should be done as a matter of urgency.
29 Jul 2021 18:33:38
This might be Klopps third stinker of signing after Karius and Naby. Saw yesterday in Pep's training diary that Naby tried to hide out of view to avoid the press up punishment for his side loosing a training exercise . That and not learning the language suggest he is a lazy slug.
29 Jul 2021 22:44:53
more of a request for better knowledge than an outright commitment for or against AT joining us, and yes i think his goal output could be a lot better and his numbers are nowhere near what our players are producing at the moment, but I wonder if his poor assist record is more down to him not providing or the the person he is providing to not actually putting in the net. If he is providing the crosses and the striker is not scoring then that will surely bring down the assist record.
As wolves main striker Jiminez was out since November his replacement in the team may not have had the goal output that Jiminez had.
Again, I have not seen much of him and what i have seen he looks very menacing but I just wonder if the drop in standard of striker he was creating for would make a significant difference to assist ratio.
30 Jul 2021 05:21:30
Yeah, GR I think you're correct there. I'm not going to act as if I watch Wolves matches either, I'm going purely off stats, but they still offer an insight nevertheless.
In PL 19/ 20 he had 13 goal contributions (4G 9A) from 2604 minutes played, whereas in PL 20/ 21 he (only) had 5 goal contributions (2G 3A) from 2643 minutes, a clear downturn between the two seasons.
However, what VVVV said also holds true. In his last season at Roma, Salah played 2486 minutes and made 28 goal contributions (15G 13A) in Serie A.
In his last PL season at Southampton, Mane made 18 goal contributions (11G 7A) in 2606 minutes.
I know the Liverpool scouts look at much more in-depth data than I do, so take what I say with a pinch of salt, but I don't think Traore shows the same potential that Salah and Mane did.
{Ed0666's Note - Abraham is no better than Origi…