As we know so little about most of these players any snippets that we spot are of interest. I just came across this on Cavaleiro...

Wolves’ club-record signing has a worrying history with injuries but Portuguese journalist Tom Kundert believes he could thrive in England.

Portuguese football expert Tom Kundert has backed “aggressive” Wolves forward Ivan Cavaleiro to be a big hit in the Championship, providing he avoids the injuries that have dogged his early career.
Wolves paid a club-record £7 million for the talented Portuguese forward, who started just seven Ligue 1 games for Monaco last season due to a recurring back problem.
And Kundert believes Cavaleiro, who has earned two caps for the senior Portugal side, has the perfect style to succeed in the rough and tumble of the English game, as long as the injuries don’t strike once more.

“At his best, Cavaleiro is an aggressive, bullish player who makes things happen in attack,” Kundert told HITC. “But he’s not the best finisher and he’s been unlucky with injuries.
“He could do well at Championship level but I have my doubts that he’ll reach much higher. Staying injury free would be a good start.”

Whatever Cavaleiro’s impact at Molineux, Monaco have made a huge loss on a player they paid 15 million euros for last summer, according to A Bola.
The 22-year-old remains highly rated in his homeland after starring for the Portugal side as they reached the final of the Under-21 European Championships last year, scoring in a 5-0 thrashing of Germany.

comment by Hunterdon xiàn de láng (U11551)
posted 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
On my way to cape cod and stopped off in Rhode island and just had amazing timing as they just launched that stealth destroyer whilst I was there, largest in the world and probably the ugliest!!!!

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It's all good though !

Can't help but feel if we had started with the team from the huddersfield game the same posters would be complaining that WZ wasnt giving the new players a chance. And if we start with the same side tomorrow the same posters will be complaining gladon is playing not bod.

And if we start with whatever preferred XI those posters have in mind and we draw or lose a couple of games they will be complaining that we bought ola john/saiss/whoever else and havent given them a chance.

It is massively optimistic to think we'd have a new manager, new coaching and 12 new players all come in throughout august and expect us to have our best team sorted by the first week of September. It is also massively optimistic to think some fans will quit moaning for a few weeks and support a developing squad.

The situation in a nutshell

Cavaleiro struggled to get into the game in the first half on Saturday and did look rusty. But there were some promising signs in the second half and I think him, Costa, Teixeira and Oniangue stand a chance of all coming good. Gladon was poor so we will have to see if he improves.

We know already that Bodvarsson and Borthwick are excellent signings so getting a team where more than half are better than last season is a real possibility. And we haven't seen Saiss, Silvio and John yet. Add to that Mason and Coady look much better with these players around them

Ditto.

Small changes = fine

Wholesale changes = Walter out

If Big Daddy for instance was not ready after a midweek game in Ukrane then rest him....that's fine

Obviously, having no pre-season was not Walters fault but tinkering for tinkering's sake will only end up with Walter on the dole, and Wolves in mid table

I want more than that

Did you see this ? Dirty fecker.
http://www.expressandstar.com/sport/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2016/09/12/fa-to-investigate-alleged-elbow-on-wolves-paul-gladon/
If it's old news soz.

comment by gbwolf IV - the takeover (U17280)
posted about 3 hours ago
Can't help but feel if we had started with the team from the huddersfield game the same posters would be complaining that WZ wasnt giving the new players a chance. And if we start with the same side tomorrow the same posters will be complaining gladon is playing not bod.

And if we start with whatever preferred XI those posters have in mind and we draw or lose a couple of games they will be complaining that we bought ola john/saiss/whoever else and havent given them a chance.

It is massively optimistic to think we'd have a new manager, new coaching and 12 new players all come in throughout august and expect us to have our best team sorted by the first week of September. It is also massively optimistic to think some fans will quit moaning for a few weeks and support a developing squad.
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Absolutely correct.

I don't care if Zenga changes every position if we win. I also don't care if he changes none of the players if we win. I do care about him meddling with the team when we don't win. He therefore leaves himself open to criticism.
Unfair? Possibly, but's that's the life of a professional football manager who is paid a fortune to get results.

Yay

Cyp, in the real world of football, you're not going to win every game. You seem to be very early in your criticism of Zenga, after only a handful of games.

Getting 12 (thanks gem) new players in and trying to assess them properly, can only be done in competitive league or cup matches. Training ground and practice matches will not do the trick I'm afraid. So basically, you and some others will have to be patient until he gets the right formula.

At least give the guy until the halfway stage before you throw him under the bus.

comment by Canis Lupus Cypri (U16330)
posted 9 hours, 8 minutes ago
Saw a shark on the crossing to Cape Cod, Cinci. Keep and eye out, it may still be there.
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One of the guys up here has photo's of a great white killing a seal right of race point beach about ten days ago, incredible stuff.

Saw a few seals this eve but no sharks or whales, though i am here for the shearwaters, terns and Jaegers more than anything of course.

Oh, and it appears i have booked myself into a gay hotel and am the fresh meat given the looks i am getting, being on my own isn't helping matters

I don't have a real problem with Zenga chopping and changing thing a little bit, especially whilst bedding in the new guys, but i do have a problem if we see Bod and other key guys missing on a regular basis.

Out of interest, for those on here that have complained about WZ making so many changes, who would you have picked to start last match? Who would you consider our strongest XI are?

Bod and Mason should be starting regularly for me.

I understand why bod was rested after internationals this time but that isn't the first time both have found themselves on the bench this season though and it is only six games in.

comment by gbwolf IV - the takeover (U17280)
posted about 6 hours ago
Out of interest, for those on here that have complained about WZ making so many changes, who would you have picked to start last match? Who would you consider our strongest XI are?
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I haven't a clue, gb. But then again, I don't see them every day, 6 days a week. I haven't arranged any friendlies for them, 5 a side games or 11 v 11. I don't have the contacts to talk about them with other professionals, have the authority to play some of them in the U 23 matches and don't know how fit they are.

All of this is available to Walter Zenga and despite this, he was unable to field a side who, together with substitutions was unable to beat a Burton side who until recently were a non-league side. The match was at "fortress" Molineux where the fans are supposed to give the home side an edge.

comment by wolfieintheSunshineState (U16306)
posted about 13 hours ago
Cyp, in the real world of football, you're not going to win every game. You seem to be very early in your criticism of Zenga, after only a handful of games.

Getting 12 (thanks gem) new players in and trying to assess them properly, can only be done in competitive league or cup matches. Training ground and practice matches will not do the trick I'm afraid. So basically, you and some others will have to be patient until he gets the right formula.

At least give the guy until the halfway stage before you throw him under the bus.
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Wolfie, you seem unable to accept discussion with fans who have a different opinion to you. You lurch from one extreme to the other and don't see the middle ground.
For example, show me where I have suggested that Zenga be "thrown under the bus".

I have criticised Zenga for failing to field a side capable of beating what will possibly be one of the division's whipping boys at home partly due to his penchant for chopping and changing the team.
I also have concerns that he is failing to get the team to start games quickly enough.

I recently praised him for his ability to change the pattern and outcomes of matches with his substitutions and halftime team talks and likened him to McCarthy in this respect. You conveniently ignored my comments regarding this!

Zenga's brief is to win sufficient points to get Wolves promoted. When he fails to beat "lesser" teams at home, he leaves himself open to criticism.
When he changes the outcome of games with his line-ups and substitutions, as he did against Blues away, he deserves praise and he got it from me.

I call it as I see it and I don't see the need to back myself into a position where I can't give praise or criticism as I think it is merited.

Burton got promoted from div 3 last year, a feat which we managed two years ago. They will pick up a lot of points this season, from lots of teams whose fans think they have a divine right to beat them.

Cyp, I've watched Burton twice this season and they're no "whipping boys" like you're suggesting.

I'm waiting to see how WZ copes with trying to juggle his players and find a formula that can work. it's going to take time and I think he's doing a good job right now.

However, by your own statement above, you've both criticized him and praised him, so where's your middle ground? I'm sure if he doesn't get the results you want, you will be one of the first to throw him under the bus, as you quickly did with KJ last season.

I can debate matters regarding players and the coach quite easily, but I feel it's wrong to jump on his back at a time when he's trying to figure out where his best players can play. Trying to appease 12 new players, plus the ones he inherited will not be easy. Give the guy a break and more importantly, give him time.