Maybe Nuno wants a bit of end product rather than a few flicks? MGW has been very disappointing this season.
It was Lage that Morgan fell out with, not Nuno.
I only did a quick google but could only find articles where MGW praised Nuno or vice-versa. Nuno recalled him from Swansea in the January '21 transfer window and played him a fair amount for the rest of that season. I'd guess that Lage sending back to the championship didn't please him greatly.
Shunned Bornmuff at home this Sat to see my non league team, Brigg, at Wombwell. Pleased by my decision now.
With a Portugese in at Olympiacos (Carvalhal) and Marinakis acquring Rio Ave in Portugal as well, I'm sure there will be a load of Gil Dias types arriving in Jan. Hope one is a mobile forward.
If Nuno has a line on the next Raul Jimenez that would be helpful. Also, one would hope that the fact that he's a goalie by trade will have at least some impact on our problems between the sticks.
Player manager keeper?
This sounds like something close to what Cooper was trying to achieve at the start of the season: totalfootballanalysis.com/team-analysis/al-ittihad-202223-their-tactics-under-nuno-espirito-santo-scout-report-tactical-analysis-tactics#:~:text=The%20main%20objective%20for%20Nuno%27s,break%20down%20the%20defensive%20block
Whether Nuno tries to bring that version of his style or his previous approach will be interesting. Played 343 in his first three seasons at Wolves but 4231 in his final season there (because they couldn't score without Jimenez) and at Spurs and, it seems, in Saudi.
As ever, interesting to see who gets excavated from the patio. Maybe something like:
Vlachodimos - Williams, Niakhate, Murillo, Toffolo - Sangare, Mangala - CHO, MGW, Elanga - Wood/Origi?
I don't understand the obsession with playing 4 at the back when the squad is clearly better suited to 3 - most of our centre-halves like to get forward, and most of our wide defenders are better suited to playing wing back than full back.
Connor Coady became an England international under Nuno, I would hope to see an immediate return to the side and to form for the club captain. I think that absent a fully fit Felipe, Worrall / Murillo / Niakhate is unquestionably our best group of starting centre-halves. That said, I think Boly played a fair amount for Nuno at Wolves.
Now is Harry Arter's time.
Not my obsession. Just pointing out that Nuno has played 4 at the back in his last three seasons.
I tend to agree with the impact on the defence but, in most formations, if you play 3 at the back, Gibbs-White ends up out wide because Wood is even worse if he plays the Keinan Davis role (unless you played MGW as a false 9 behind Elanga and CHO but we tend to go long too much for that to work).
So our bid to recreate the World Cup-winning England U17s is over, to be replaced by Mendes' Portuguese money-makers (for Mendes anyway), part II.
Not been this disillusioned since Megoo was announced as the new manager (even surpasses replacing Psycho with Dougie fcukin Freedman inside half an hour).Where's Carvalho these days?
Olympiacos bench with Omar.
And Biancone. And Scarps.
Return of the Scarps????!!!!!
Chicago: Dusting down the old
Skateboard shirt.
