Yeh, first time he's missed a penalty in a competitive game.
Both great players and finds by Sevilla. I really want Carlos, sadly it seems every top club wants him, and Sevilla have rightly priced him at around 50 mil.
Yeah, unfortunate that they use Mendes sooo much to acquire their targets from Portugal, they definitely line his pockets handsomely. I remember being shocked Neves went there when they were in the championship, like “why wolves?” Don’t hate them like I do Leicester though.
I think Wolves at the moment are playing interesting stuff but are still fairly innocent. When you play them it's easy to appreciate how well they do what they do and how coherent it all is. But if they were challenging for titles or CL places more often I think we might think differently.
They already are in the Champions League for next season. In fact every team still in it has qualified to next years CL group phase.
and in the cold light of day is finishing 7th and QF of a second rate competition really worth the amount of plaudits they’ve got? I mean they finished below us for a start and we all know how woeful we were this season.
Fucking good trick though.
Wish they could employ people with insight into world football, football doesn't start and end with just the PL.
It does sound like an incredibly easy gig to be a pundit or commentator in the English game. It's why some pundits really stand out, Neville for example but also Jenas and others, because they don't just see it as coming into work and giving whatever 'hot take' comes straight into their minds.Sevilla is a very decent team, Lopetegui has got them playing great stuff, crazy that Benega is going to Saudi after the tournament ends, he ran the show tonight, can still play at a very high level. Always a well-run club, Carlos and Ocampos cost just €15M each, Munir just €1M (that's 3 players for less than we paid for Sissoko), Joan Jordan €14M.
Infuriates me how little research these so-called analysts do beforehand, the only insight into Ocampos (who would walk into most teams) they had, was that he played with ex west ham Payet at Marseille, same with Suso, only insight his struggle at Liverpool
I don't understand how they get away with being so anglo-centric. In our shows in Norway we know that the viewers know most of what is to know about the top English sides, Man United and Liverpool especially, so the broadcasters and pundits always have a mantra of preparing extra material on the team those big clubs come up against, whether that be in the PL or Europe. It's so much more rewarding for United fans to see what they're up against and who to watch out for than seeing some clips of their play for the milionth time.
I was wracking my brain as I typed. I think Lee Dixon was involved but can't remember whether he was a mocker or the mockee. It was "banter" equivalent to Boris Johnson's "girly swot" jibe.
