Chelsea 2-4 Wolves: Verdict Thread

[Lupo]

Yeah he thought he was too good for the Championship, he has form since then for walking away from jobs to 'better' himself

 

[Kenny]

Yeah he thought he was too good for the Championship, he has form since then for walking away from jobs to 'better' himself

Hull - Watford was fair enough I think.
Watford - Everton is probably something he regrets

Did turn down a huge Saudi offer in the Summer

 

[Lupo]

Just looked up the message from Butti - basically 'My sunglasses are Oakley... hahaha they're not cheap as your friend said '

Accompanied by a picture

 

[North Shropshire Lad]

Hull - Watford was fair enough I think.
Watford - Everton is probably something he regrets

Did turn down a huge Saudi offer in the Summer

Any manager is going to take the Everton offer if manager at Watford. Despite Everton being a car crash in recent years, they are a proper football club from a proper football city with a real fanbase. Watford is in reality never going to be anything other than a small, unfashionable club in a city where they will never be the biggest or best team (or even in the top five biggest or best teams).

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Rob Edwards learning from the master here

 

[Lupo]

Rob Edwards learning from the master here

Walt looks like he's spotted a 'bird' in The Crown and is giving Rob lessons on how to approach a beautiful lady

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Think that's from the 0-4 against Barnsley. Grim stuff.

I wonder if Walt is still barred from The Crown, the crazy bastard.

 

[Alan]

I don't remember him being Lage levels of bad, but then it wasn't as easy for me to watch us in that league.

 

[Lupo]

Missed that game, was over in Italy at the time following the score on my phone in disbelief. Then went and beat Newcastle at their place a few days later

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He was just a nutbar, it was never going to last. Fleetingly we'd look quite good (we won at Newcastle under him) but other times just a mess. Used to constantly change the team (and not just 1-2 players here and there, fucking loads of them, all the time) for no reason. Poor Dom Iorfa used to go RB->CH->sub->out of the squad->back to RB and restart the cycle.

 

[Alan]

Missed that game, was over in Italy at the time following the score on my phone in disbelief. Then went and beat Newcastle at their place a few days later

That when Teixiera nearly scored a worldy?

He looked a real find for a hot minute there.

 

[Kenny]

Walter was just insane. He followed up that disaster by beating Newcastle away from home.

Permanent squad rotation - You could be MOTM one week and not even on the bench the next. Good game as a DM? Next week you are our #10.
Then of course offering out goalkeepers from Burton etc. Never knew what was coming from him

 

[Lupo]

Think that's from the 0-4 against Barnsley. Grim stuff.

I wonder if Walt is still barred from The Crown, the crazy bastard.

Turned up in his Wolves gear and trainers, bouncers wouldn't let him in and he tried to fight them was the story - never got that entertainment with Ken!

Should have worn these instead...

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

I don't remember him being Lage levels of bad, but then it wasn't as easy for me to watch us in that league.

He was worse than Lage!

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He was worse than Lage!

Despite him clearly being a couple of cards short of a full deck, you sort of had to like Walt. Never ever a suitable manager and I'm not sure I'd like spending *huge* amounts of time with him, but there was an endearing quality to him.

Lage was just a fucking wanker.

Also Walt was the original David Coote hater. Went ballistic at him after Villa away.

 

[Wolftone]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1754268594093928806

This is a hallmark move for us, drag the opposition over to one side of the pitch then play it backwards and switch the ball to the other side. We've attempted it numerous times the last few weeks.
Players breaking their necks to get into the box is good to see and is resulting in us making more chances and scoring more.
Lemina, Doherty, Semedo, Ait-Nouri, Doyle all scoring goals recently. Brilliant.
Sa's distribution has improved.
Our dead-ball tactics have improved markedly too since GON took over.

 

[Lupo]

When Walt was first linked after Lop took the Spain job I was very much of the wtf opinion as his managerial record was poor but then I always regarded him as an Italy legend and in those early Fosun days there was something surreal for me to see someone of Zenga's ilk at Wolves though he would have been better as keeper than manager!

 

[Alan]

Despite him clearly being a couple of cards short of a full deck, you sort of had to like Walt. Never ever a suitable manager and I'm not sure I'd like spending *huge* amounts of time with him, but there was an endearing quality to him.

Lage was just a fucking wanker.

Also Walt was the original David Coote hater. Went ballistic at him after Villa away.

"The ball is never out, the game is never over"

Admit I'm a sucker for that shit.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Ye olde writing about Walter.

ARRIVEDERCI, WALTER

Head Coach departs after 87 days in charge There's very little that's 'normal' about Walter Zenga, even in the context of the often absurd world of football. His CV is varied to the point of being borderline outlandish, his demeanour and persona are a world away from his straitened predecessor...

oscillatingwildly.substack.com

Does include me inexplicably bigging up Cameron Borthwick-Jackson, for which I can't apologise enough.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Despite him clearly being a couple of cards short of a full deck, you sort of had to like Walt. Never ever a suitable manager and I'm not sure I'd like spending *huge* amounts of time with him, but there was an endearing quality to him.

Lage was just a fucking wanker.

Also Walt was the original David Coote hater. Went ballistic at him after Villa away.

Yeah I liked him, and what an incredible playing career (one of our most decorated managers?) but he was a terrible football manager.