Soon to be managerless Wolves, seems there's been a major falling out, the bbc are reporting it, Gary O'Neill is in the frame to replace.

Edited by eagleman13 (08 Aug 2023 4.03pm)

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I think that's understandable. Andersen is a bit of an assumption buster in being a 6ft3/4/5inch Dane you'd expect a bit of a hard nut stopper but this is a bit of a fault in his game. Doesn't win anywhere near the headers I'd expect, not greatly mobile which I might expect but sometimes questionable in his positioning and defensive instincts. Instead, and ironically for me, his strengths seem to lie in his playmaking and general footballing ability from the back.

If you were looking at either, I think Marc might be the easier to replace in that we would just go for the stereotypical 'stopper' alongside Andersen who would still bring some physical presence. We'd also get more wonga for Marc (I suspect). If Andersen goes we lose that out, long ball and thta may be far harder to replace.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

He has just signed a 5 year deal.

Yes, I think you may be right. I've said it before and will don my tin hat here prior to saying it again, but I personally think both Andersen and Guehi, good players though they are, are relatively overrated.

As you say, the former doesn't punch his weight at all. For me, the latter is just too short for his position and has skills that would be better suited to a possession-dominating side who press high. He would then spend more time using his ability on the ball and his pace, which are his main attributes.

A centre-back for a side outside the top six is likely to have to defend the penalty box a lot more, where height and strength in the air matter. We have let in an inordinate number of goals following crosses from our right to the zone that Guehi and Mitchell police. It became apparent last season that opposition coaches were targeting that area, and may be a big part of the reason why we have switched from an excellent shot-stopping goalkeeper to a taller, more aggressive one.

As per my last post, my fear in selling either is simply that it will start the ball rolling and they will all want to go, through that seems an inevitable part of our current strategy anyway.

Edited by TheBigToePunt (08 Aug 2023 5.07pm)

Hall will hopefully be announced this week