Finished my first season with Wolves, I finished 7th, had a little blip towards the end of the season but still a respectable position, told board I'd finish mid table, so I was safe. Beat Everton in the FA Cup Final 1-0 with a goal from my new English youngster called.. Shemroy Hercules, coaches rate him at 4 and a half star potential, so I'm bringing him on for the last 20 minutes, looking to loan him out now though due to the arrival of Mexican, Carlos Fierro.
I lost on penalties to Man Utd in the Community Shield, was absolutely gutted to lose like that, but, we gave it our best shot, we did well.
So far I've played 3 games in the league, and 2 in the EURO Cup.
League games went as followed;
Spurs at home, beat them 3-2, with my goals coming from Wilfried x2, and James Rodriguez, who I also highly recommend, he's an AMC, but I play him on the left wing and he's deadly! Their games came from own goals from Berra and Fabio!
Chelsea away was the shock, completely dominated them, I walked away with a 3-0 victory! Goals from Berra, Jonas Svensson & Kites.
West Brom at home, battered them alllll game, yet Myhill kept them in it, thought I was gonna draw, got a corner in the 94th minute, up pops Berra with a bullet header to give us all 3 points!
My EURO Cup games were both against Jablonec, 1st leg I won 3-0, with goals from Jarvis x2 and Carlos Fierro, then 2nd leg I won 2-0, with goals from James Rodriguez & Wilfried.
So all in all, not a bad start to the season for us.
Made some more signings in the summer, these were just improvements, the pick of the bunch had to be a transfer listed Michael Essien, and at £4.4m, a snip, he's on £70k, which is what he was on at Chelsea so that's not too bad, other signings were;
Radja Nainggolan from Cagliari, I needed another midfield enforcer, as I felt Henry wasn't doing his job properly cause I was conceding a fair few, he's got the stats, and at 24, he'll last me a few years.
Danny Da Costa on a free from Leverkuson, just wanted backup for the right back slot, Stearman has made it his own but his backup is Foley & Zubar, neither of them do any good there unfortunately.
Bongani Khumalo from Spurs, wanted a youngish centre half who could replace Berra/Johnson for the cup matches/should they get injured.
Fabio on loan from Man Utd, left back spot has always been a beat weak for me, Ward's done a good job but wanted better, Fabio's done well when he's played.
Kevin De Bruyne from Genk, and again, more cover for the wings as Hunt is getting on a bit now.
Marc-Andre ter Stegen from Gladbach, an absolute wonder keeper! Highly recommend, he's young & quality, can only get better, for now he's only cover for Henners but will definitely be taking over soon enough.
Filippo Inzaghi on a free, signed him more to be a mentor for the younger strikers, he'll help them develop.
I highly recommend Wilfried from Vitesse, has a release clause of £2.5m, worth it, first season with Wolves, he scored 21 in 29 apps, and his value has risen to £7.75m, he's like a younger Drogba, I play him up front on my own, I use the classic tactics so doesn't play as a certain 'role'.
