Didn't see all the game but for me Traore looks so dangerous at this level his pace is electric and although he's not the complete player he will cause anyone problems.
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Commentator on MOTD just said that wolves had more Portuguese players in their team than Benfica and Sporting Lisbon. Wtf
Didn't see all the game but for me Traore looks so dangerous at this level his pace is electric and although he's not the complete player he will cause anyone problems.
I'd be much happier about facing a team with the one dimensional Traore in it than I would be with having to sort out how you stop Neves being a decisive influence.
Apart from their finishing, Wolves were good yesterday (the best of the four teams shown on Sky) and I must admit I enjoyed watching them.
Neves was class, I think both him and traore will both end up at top clubs.
It was noticeable that when Traore came on, neves' first thought whenever he had the ball was to ping it out to Traore as quickly as possible.
Traore is one dimensional, but he is that good as the one thing he does that he could be a danger for any side, if perhaps as an impact player. If he improved other aspects of his game then his potential ceiling in terms of ability/value is massive.
Traore is the only player in the league with more successful dribbles than Hazard.
I did try to find out if it was true before posting but couldn’t find it
Last time Traore played in the premier League, in a crap Middlesbrough side that were relegated, he had far more successful dribbles per 90 than anyone else in the big 5 European leagues. Think he was like 19 or 20 at the time.
His overall game impact at the time was minimal, but there is clearly something special there for the right coach to develop.
The criticism of him has been absolutely valid, especially for much of his earlier career, but the potential was obviously there or 3 clubs wouldn't have spent significant money on him despite little in the way of goals of assists .
In the championship last year he went past about 260 players in the thirty something games he played, the next nearest player went past about half that many.
Since Tony Pulis got hold of him at Middlesbrough he has raised his level significantly. A good season this year and he will be worth a lot more than wolves paid for him.
I suppose there's similarities with players like Zaha. You never would have guessed how good he would go on to be from his time with us, but the talent was there
I’ve always wondered why the billionaire Chinese owners selected Wolves for their project. Given their wealth they could have had their pick of any one of a number of Premier League or Championship clubs many of whom are bigger and have far more potential to grow than Wolverhampton Wanderers. No offence but a mediocre town in the Black Country doesn’t strike me as a likely place to realise your ambitions to become one of the biggest clubs in Europe, guess there must be a reason though
Portugese Champions League spot by Proxy next season.
They were interviewing Neves on the radio, the interviewer asked what's it like living in Wolverhampton, Neves reply was "it's not too far from Manchester"