There are exceptions but imo the standard of football punditry in England is desperately poor.
This clip is a great example of how enlisting an expert can really lift the coverage and give knowledge to the viewer, rather than the usual "well they just wanted it more" bollocks.
Nuno has made a personal donation of £250,000 to help combat food poverty in Wolverhampton during the pandemic.
New initiative launched by club called Feed our Pack. Nuno: "I wanted to give something back."
Incredible gesture. Full story ⬇🔓
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"Wolverhampton really means a lot. You don't find out that you're going to fall in love with something until you really feel it.
"Wolverhampton is a place that I love."
Nuno Espirito Santo, May 23rd 2021
Genuinely quite emotional, as I'm sure so many of you are. The decades of mediocrity and underachievement, the pain, the heartache, Bolton and Palace in the play-offs, successive relegations, forever failing to live up to those great Wolves teams of years gone by.
No more.
You don't wanna qualify for the Europa League they said. Too many games they said. Thursday nights and Sundays they said.
October 3: Besiktas 0 Wolves 1
October 6: Man City 0 Wolves 2
Romero came back from Qatar angry
Villa - 🟨
Palace -
Arsenal - 🟨
Man City - 🟨
Fulham - 🟨
Man City 🟨🟨 (🟥)
Milan - 🟨
West Ham -
Chelsea -
Wolves -
Milan - 🟨🟨 (🟥)
Diogo Jota is spending quarantine playing Football Manager and has taken Telford United to the Premier League in 2029 which I think we should all take a moment to appreciate.
Now then. After 7 years my time as Wolves reporter ends today. I know, don't cry.
It's been the honour of my life to report on this club. Thanks to everyone who's read, listened and watched. Been a laugh ay it.
Starting a new role with
@TheAthleticUK
soon as a London writer.
𝗥𝗨𝗕𝗘𝗡 𝗡𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗦 dials 9-9-FILTH and scores a WONDERGOAL. Traore's cleared cross comes to him, he chests the ball and unleashes an unstoppable, ingenious and thunderous volley into the corner. 20 women in the crowd are now pregnant.
And there it is
Pep v Leeds (7-0): "I give credit to the victory. Every opponent knows what it means to play against Leeds.."
Pep v Wolves (1-0, ten men): "They didn't want to play."
Rui Patricio was well enough to go home last night, didn't require a trip to hospital. Said to be relaxed and chatty as he left the stadium. Driven home by one of the medical team.
Wolves are keeping a close eye on him, he'll follow all the usual post-concussion protocols today.
Never seen anything quite like it.
The Nunolution ends here. Have followed this club for 30 years and he took it to heights I thought I'd never see.
Best manager for a generation. Memories to last a lifetime.
Excuses made by big-time bosses versus Wolves
Guardiola: "Ball was rubbish"
Pochettino: "We were tired" (despite winning 4 games immediately before and 2 games after)
Klopp: "It was windy"
What next? Fireworks too noisy? Centre circle not big enough? Mascot looks shifty?
Official: The new C̷r̷y̷s̷t̷a̷l̷ ̷P̷a̷l̷a̷c̷e̷ ̷E̷v̷e̷r̷t̷o̷n̷ ̷F̷e̷n̷e̷r̷b̷a̷h̷c̷e̷ Tottenham Hotspur boss is M̷a̷u̷r̷i̷c̷i̷o̷ ̷P̷o̷c̷h̷e̷t̷t̷i̷n̷o̷ ̷A̷n̷t̷o̷n̷i̷o̷ ̷C̷o̷n̷t̷e̷ ̷P̷a̷u̷l̷o̷ ̷F̷o̷n̷s̷e̷c̷a̷ ̷G̷e̷n̷n̷a̷r̷o̷ ̷G̷a̷t̷t̷u̷s̷o̷ Nuno Espirito Santo
Ruben Vinagre is set to leave Wolves, looks like he's off to Olympiakos.
I'm told Wolves will sign French left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri, aged 19, from Angers to replace Vinagre in the squad. Loan deal with an option to buy
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Massive boost for Wolves as Raul Jimenez pens a new 4-year deal
Jimenez: "It didn’t take much persuading! It was easy for me to say yes because since the beginning, this is what I was looking for.
"Wolves are getting the best out of me - and I’m giving Wolves my best football."
Conor Coady is the only outfield player in the top leagues in England, Spain, Germany and Italy to have played every single minute of every single league game for the past TWO seasons
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- "With your Wolves connections was it extra special to win at West Brom?"
- "Yeah it was."
Batth man of the match for Stoke tonight, brilliant performance. Great to see him doing well.
Seen a few tweets about Wolves being shite or bottling it today. Not sure how you can bottle it away at Chelsea? You don't just walk into the top 6, Wolves were in the Championship two years ago. They've had more games than anyone. Massive achievement to finish 7th again.
➡ Highest win % in Wolves' history
➡ Shy Nuno changed his manner to embrace fans
➡ £250k donation helped families in crisis
➡ Staff in tears on his final day
How Nuno transformed himself, a club and a city to create memories to last a lifetime
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Raul Jimenez suffered a fractured skull, Wolves have said.
He's now "comfortable" in hospital where he'll remain for a few days under observation.
Wolves: "He has since seen his partner Daniela and is now resting."
Wolverhampton Wanderers will be the only West Midlands representative in the top flight next season. This has never happened before in the history of English football
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Luke Cundle just sauntering in with 96% pass accuracy on his full Premier League debut, highest on the field.
Showed composure, ability, discipline and intelligence throughout. Almost an assist with a ball in for Jimenez too. Fantastic. Another academy story to be proud of.
Patrick Cutrone
- Deal finalised between Wolves and AC Milan
- £16m rising to £20m with add-ons
- Personal terms agreed
- Flying to England today
- Medical tomorrow
- Wolves 6th in the table.
- Unbeaten in nine in the league.
- Only lost two all season (only unbeaten Liverpool have lost fewer)
- And that's despite playing 11 extra European games with one of the league's smallest squads
Young Brazilian forward Marquinhos has joined Arsenal.
A deal for Wolves to sign him was thought to be so far down the line that a loan to Grasshoppers was already being lined up for next season. Club has sought legal advice.
Surprised at the negativity on my timeline. 11th, eight games unbeaten, three points behind fifth (before later games), doing well in the chuffing Europa League, had to contend with injuries/players out of form but still grinding out results despite 9 extra games. Come on like.
Focus will be on how shite United were but Wolves deserve the plaudits. Took the game to them, committed players forward, played aggressively and intelligently.
Up to 8th. Second best defence in the PL. One of the hardest teams to beat in the country. Lage doing a fantastic job.
Coady...the first signing I wrote about as a Wolves reporter. Labelled as a worldie-scoring midfielder! Evolution remarkable, his position known as the Coady role and taught at all age levels at Compton.
Here's a befuddled/terrified expression in Shanghai. Just a wonderful human
Wolves have finished 7th in the Premier League.
It's the highest finish by a newly promoted team since 2001 when Ipswich were 5th.
If Manchester City beat Watford in the FA Cup final, Wolves will play in Europe for the first time since 1980/81
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Exclusive: Wolves are interested in signing Benfica and Portugal defender Ruben Dias. Initial discussions have taken place, player is a Jorge Mendes client. Would be a huge coup if they could land him
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HOLY HELL AND WHAT A GOAL! Trademark barge inside and then Jimenez takes £5000 worth of filth out his bank account with a disgusting flick back to Doc who superbly fires low past Bravo and Molineux has lost its shit mate, absolutely lost it.
It’s with a heavy heart that I can confirm in a little while I’ll be leaving the E&S after 10 very happy years. Been an absolute blast. Delighted to say I’m still going to be covering them Wolves full-time in a very exciting new venture – you don’t get rid of me that easily.
If you look at the three goals Wolves have conceded in their past TEN matches...
- 95th min Liv goal
- Pen that wasn't a pen at City
- Worldie FK
And today's back three cost around £2.5m.
Lage on Hoever injury: "I have too many kids in my team that don't work the way they should. And then when they come into the team, this kind of things happen. Injuries can happen, but this one happened because he's not prepared. I don't waste time with guys who don't work hard."
- A fabulous comeback victory
- A Jota goal
- Gibbs-White announcing himself
- Long throws
- A new formation
- Leander Dendoncker
What a night at Molineux. What a night.
Sarri: "Wolves were not organised, they defended very low, they didn't need any organisation in that case."
Poor from Sarri. Yes Wolves were deep, but you don't stop Chelsea from creating clear-cut chances for 92 minutes without being incredibly well drilled.
Classless comment.
- Drone stopped play
- 2 serious head injuries
- 19 mins of stoppage time
- Ref technology failed
- Red card overturned
- Another 7 mins of stoppage time
- 3 goals
- Traore disallowed goal
- Post match brawl
- Manager sent off
And at 5.29pm I think, I stress I *think*, it's over
Contact has been made between Arsenal and Wolves about the possibility of signing Ruben Neves. Looking more likely Neves may move on this summer with Wolves needing to sell big if they want to buy big
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Nuno: "Diogo is amazing. What Diogo did for us is absolutely fantastic. Things happen when naturally they should happen.
"He's going to the right place. He'll never be forgotten by our fans.",
An assured TV performance on Monday Night Football from Conor Coady tonight. Best thing is he's just being himself - nothing staged, no agendas or PR, just a nice bloke chatting eloquently about football.
Hard to imagine a better ambassador for Wolverhampton Wanderers
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Details to be sorted but there's a confidence that Wolves can sign Renato Sanches on loan from Lille tomorrow as per
@alex_crook
Deal proposed earlier today, Wolves looking to insert an option. Worked with Lage at Benfica. What a signing this would be
Full time Wolves 3 West Ham 0. The most dominant 90 minute performance I've ever seen Wolves produce in the Premier League. Absolutely magnificent, the lot of them. Sensational.
There'll be a lot of attention on that spurned Silva chance. Forget the price tag, the lad's a kid, thought he was great tonight, almost scored in the first half too with exactly the kind of move and shot he's gonna specialise in.
Surpassed my expectations so far tbh.
On his day Jota was Wolves' best forward. He has the potential to be a genuine superstar.
Last season "his day" happened too infrequently which is why he only started 2 of Wolves' last 6 games.
Liverpool are getting one hell of a player though
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