SouthManchesterTree
First Team Squad
I think the main issue is lack of depth in the coaching department.
Recruitment I feel is generally good, albeit there’s a bit too much of it.
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I think the main issue is lack of depth in the coaching department.
Recruitment I feel is generally good, albeit there’s a bit too much of it.
RianBrice
Viv Anderson
SouthManchesterTree
First Team Squad
If so that’s good as we don’t seem to have much of a coaching team - that’s been one of our biggest problems
Sandiacre Red
Viv Anderson
I asked my Work colleague who's a Home and away Wolves Supporter his opinion on Nuno and he's just sent me this.
YellowBelly Red
Viv Anderson
He starts with a clean slate with me. I hope that I am quickly impressed but he's following a club legend, and has big shoes to fill.
I wish him well.
I wish him well.
MC Plantpot
First Team Squad
Hope your work colleague realises they’re going to trigger the ‘of’ and ‘have’ debate on here now, SR!
Col
Has he singed yet?
Whoever is manager, be it old Santo Claus or somebody else, gets my backing. All you need to do, new guy, is pretty much keep us in the same position in the league come the end of the season. Don’t care about anything else!
Hungry Horace
First Team Squad
There’s no debate. Should have is contracted to should’ve which is why people write should of, incorrectly.
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Alf-engelos Mindminackers
The Artiste formally known as "Wanksy"
Poor ol' Nuno. Another great bloke about to get shafted lol.
MC Plantpot
First Team Squad
Cortez the Killer
Impressive member
Nuno doesn't look too thrilled to be coming.
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Ashley
Steve Chettle
Looks like he finally got around to seeing footage of our keepers and forwards in action. Poor bugger.Nuno doesn't look too thrilled to be coming.
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Dawg
First Team Squad
Seems i'm happier than most with Nuno coming in. Obviously gutted how it's ended with Coops, but this is a solid appointment in my opinion and I look forward to seeing what he does with the players. A fresh slate for a lot of them.
EmmersonForest4
Steve Chettle
I thought it be a manager with qualities that Cooper at least didnt have. Nuno to me dosent add anything extra to this team. Same formation, same plan all very much same same. Except hes a Jorge Mendes client
EmmersonForest4
Steve Chettle
In fairness I wanted Cooper but I did think Hughton was fecked over by recruitment. So maybe there is a lesson there for todays situation as well.I'm not happy with Nuno either but I remember when cooper came here I wasn't happy with him because I wanted wilder
Captain Sinister
Senior doom Monger
How long before the new Head Coach gets the sack on the back of more failed recruitment?
Cortez the Killer
Impressive member
PlayedOnGrass
First Team Squad
I really don't get all of this negativity about Nuno
Cooper did brilliant things for us - but his time was up. The results and statistics don't lie. We are lucky there are 3 really poor teams in the Premier league this year - and even that is no guarantee that we would stay up by keeping on the same path.
Nuno averages 1.5 points per game in the premier league - that is 55+ points per season. Wolves finished 7th and qualified form Europe twice - this is the upgrade/next step that everyone on here has been banging on about since we luckily scraped our survival at the end of last season.
Stop f***ing moaning and get behind the team and new manager on Saturday - I know I will.
Cooper did brilliant things for us - but his time was up. The results and statistics don't lie. We are lucky there are 3 really poor teams in the Premier league this year - and even that is no guarantee that we would stay up by keeping on the same path.
Nuno averages 1.5 points per game in the premier league - that is 55+ points per season. Wolves finished 7th and qualified form Europe twice - this is the upgrade/next step that everyone on here has been banging on about since we luckily scraped our survival at the end of last season.
Stop f***ing moaning and get behind the team and new manager on Saturday - I know I will.
SouthManchesterTree
First Team Squad
It’s a fair point
Imagine we’d managed to get a decent goalkeeper. I think we’d have about 6 more points.
Yeah, I thought that squad was doomed, it was awful and some of the teams we put out in the early weeks of that season were quite poor. I think Spence and Lowe coming in on deadline day was a bit of a gamechanger even under Hughton, they had an immediate effect in that Cardiff game.
But no debating Cooper still got levels and levels above out of those players than Hughton did.
SouthManchesterTree
First Team Squad
I agree he looks like a solid choice. Time will tell.
Brian Fantana
Viv Anderson
The small margins are everywhere aren’t they.
Beat Burnley and Luton at home and pick up one more point away somewhere like West Ham and we’re sat in 13th or something looking set to spring on. Its those early season home games results that have now amplified the current situ
I kind of agree with you, don't think he had a great set up and will benefit from walking into to crystal palace who will already have that set up and also think we will benefit from what nuno brings with him.
I think we would have needed to part ways eventually this or next season but I think trying to change the way we played lead to the poor results and forced a premature split
Good solid appointment and realistically probably as good as we could have got (despite some seeming to think we are a massive attraction).
He deserves to be given a chance but he needs to hit the ground running. It's not unreasonable for expectations to be a comfortable mid table finish this season with a top 10 next season, with a more possession based, attack minded football, as that's the criteria many, including it seems the owner, were judging Cooper on. So whilst he gets that chance he is definitely not going to be immune from criticism, probably fairly early in his tenure if things don't start well I'd imagine.
He's helped by having only a few games before he can bring in much needed replacements, the biggest issue being a main striker, I see from reports that he struggled at Wolves when his main man got injured, so obviously he's got a huge challenge in that regard unless Awonyi gets fit quickly, or the new guy flies from day one.
Good luck Nuno, you have a difficult job on your hands.
He deserves to be given a chance but he needs to hit the ground running. It's not unreasonable for expectations to be a comfortable mid table finish this season with a top 10 next season, with a more possession based, attack minded football, as that's the criteria many, including it seems the owner, were judging Cooper on. So whilst he gets that chance he is definitely not going to be immune from criticism, probably fairly early in his tenure if things don't start well I'd imagine.
He's helped by having only a few games before he can bring in much needed replacements, the biggest issue being a main striker, I see from reports that he struggled at Wolves when his main man got injured, so obviously he's got a huge challenge in that regard unless Awonyi gets fit quickly, or the new guy flies from day one.
Good luck Nuno, you have a difficult job on your hands.
Robertson
Viv Anderson
Yep. Madness. Same with all the claims of “failed recruitment”. A lot of these players have only played a handful of games, some have hardly played at all.
Though I’m not super optimistic about the goalkeeping situation.