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On July 24, Wolves hosted Manchester City and won the preseason friendly, 5-1, behind an Andrea Branzani hat trick, as well as goals from Johnny Gorman and Kieran Gibbs.
(note: all Friendlys are simulated)
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21-year old Striker, Andrea Branzani (80 OVR, $20M value) has been sold to Real Madrid for $40M. $24M from this sale has been allocated to the transfer budget.
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17-year-old CDM, Phil Simpson (67 OVR) has been sent on a season-long loan to Dagenham.
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On July 28, Wolves drew at Real Sociedad, 2-2. Sebastian Torres and Elkeson scored for Wolverhampton.
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On August 1, Wolves completed the preseason with a 2-0 win at Molinuex Stadium over Bari. Jack Sampson and Leigh Griffiths scored for Dominic Kinnear's side.
Griffiths hyper-extended his knee during the friendly and is expected to miss about a week.
Wolves will visit Brighton & Hove Albion on Tuesday, August 9 in a Capital One Cup tie to open the 2016-17 season.
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A look at the roster going into the season's opening match:
Starting XI
GK De Gea 84
RB Cavanda 81
RCB Munoz 83
LCB Juan 82
LB Gibbs 81
CDM Mantom 77
RM Torres 76
LM Gorman 72
CAM Elkeson 81
RS Sampson 77
LS Griffiths 74
Substitutes
GK Ikeme 68
CB Seoane Antelo 79
CB Johnson 71
CDM Westwood 72
RM Niarkhos 71
ST Cassidy 72
ST Nouble 70
Reserves
GK Alvares 63
LB Flood 70
LB Rossini 68
CB Parrish 61
CDM Sartzetakis 69
LM Forde 68
CDM Stephens 68
CM Chadwick 67
CM Severn 67
RM Sau 65
LM Elliott 65
ST Hines 66
ST Berni 64
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CDM Simpson 67
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Pos Player - Age/OVR/POT Country
??Bjorn Nebel - 14/50-70/63-89 Germany
GK Mike Digby - 16/54-76/76-94 England
GK Nathan Coulson - 17/54-62/76-86 England
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Sebastian Torres drew a straight red card in the twelfth minute, leaving Wolves with ten men for the final 78 minutes of their Capital One Cup match with Brighton & Hove. The match, however, wasn't decided until Wolves conceded in second half stoppage time giving Brighton a 2-0 win.
Torres will serve a one-match ban on Saturday, when Wolves host Coventry City to open the Championship League season.
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Goals by Leigh Griffiths (45') and Elkeson (86') could not overcome numerous defensive lapses and Wolverhampton lost their home, and league, opener to newly-promoted Coventry City, 3-2.
On Tuesday night, Wolverhampton will visit Crystal Palace (1-0-0) and Sebastian Torres will be back in the lineup after serving his suspension for the sending off against Brighton & Hove.
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Elkeson equalized, from Danny Mantom, at 71' but a late goal by Crystal Palace (83') gave Wolves a third consecutive loss to start the season, 2-1.
On Thursday the club announced that they had completed a transfer to bring 26-year-old Striker Alexandre Pato (89 OVR) from AC Milan. The biggest purchase in Wolverhampton history, Pato signed a club-record-shattering 5-year deal worth $300k per week after being purchased for $23.5M.
Boss Dominic Kinnear said that Pato will debut for Wolverhampton this Saturday when his club hosts Middlesbrough (1-1-0).
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Alexandre Pato made his presence felt immediately by scoring a first half brace, but ultimately Wolves conceded twice in the second half to draw against Middlesbrough, 2-2.
In the 14th minute, Pato took a pass from Johnny Gorman, made his way past a defender, muscled through two more, and slotted a 12-yard strike into the bottom right corner.
In the 45th minute, Pato wove his way through the defense from the opposing goal line to the left corner of the 6-yard box and rifled a shot into the top right corner for a 2-0 lead.
Middlesbrough converted a set piece at 57' and then equalized at 84' for the draw.
On Tuesday night, Wolves (0-1-2, 21st) will visit Blackburn Rovers (1-1-1, 14th).
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A fourth loss, without a win, was the result of Wolves trip to Blackburn. The 3-0 defeat has many questioning the chemistry among Dominic Kinnear's squad, as well as the ability of the wide midfielders.
On Thursday, the club announced the sale of 22-year-old midfielder Anthony Forde (68 OVR) to Southampton for $1.3M (his exact value). The board has allocated $775k from the deal to the transfer budget.
Wolverhampton also announced, on Friday, that they have completed a transfer for Mohammed Abu (80 OVR) from Manchester City in exchange for 21-year-old midfielder Cillian Elliott and $7.5M. Abu, 24, will play LM for Kinnear and step into a starting role immediately. His deal is 3 years and pays $80k per week.
On Saturday, Wolves (0-1-3, 22nd) will host Leeds United (1-0-3, 19th) at Molinuex Stadium. Expect Abu to debut for the club.
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Another blown lead and another loss for Wolves on Saturday as a second half collapse saw a 2-0 advantage turned into a 3-2 loss to Leeds United.
Alexandre Pato converted from the spot at 8' and Sebastian Torres scored from a direct free kick at 38', but it wasn't enough.
To make matters worse, Elkeson suffered a bruised shoulder and will miss 1-2 weeks.
On the positive side, Mohammed Abu was very sharp in attack in his Wolves debut.
The only deal Wolves made on Deadline Day was selling 18-year-old CB James Parrish to Carlisle United for $350k ($210k to budget).
Following the upcoming international break, the Wanderers (0-1-4, 23rd) will visit West Ham United (3-1-1, 7th), on Saturday, September 10.
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Over the Summer most experts agreed that Wolverhampton were a side that was destined to gain promotion to the Premiership this season. Dominic Kinnear was anointed by the media as the Savior of the club. Most pundits believed Wolves would win the league title.
Fast forward to September and we find a club in complete disarray following their most recent defeat - a 3-0 loss at West Ham.
Kinnear, in an effort to "take the club to the next level" made several moves in the offseason. They included not re-signing veteran leaders Adam Hammill and Jamie O'Hara, selling wide midfielder Albert Adomah (who led the league in assists last season) and striker Andrea Branzani (who was among the top scorers during the last campaign).
Many saw the moves as being for the best of the club. Afterall, Kinnear was able to bring in a world class star in Alexandre Pato, among his signings.
However, as the new season continues to plummet into the abyss, and as Wolves continue to own a relegation spot, the supporters are calling the savior by alot of other names.
You have to wonder how long the Wolverhampton Board will continue to back Kinnear.
It won't get much easier on Tuesday night as Wolves (0-1-5, 24th) host league-leading Derby County (5-0-1) at Molinuex Stadium.
It's time for Kinnear to gain some ground, or look for work.
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Jack Sampson hammered home a rebound in the 49th minute and Wolves looked the better side for most of the match on Tuesday night against league leaders Derby County. However, a pair of late strikes (84', 87') gave the visitors a 2-1 result and dumped Wolverhampton to 0-1-6 in league play.
To make matters worse, Ezequiel Munoz was lost to an ankle sprain and is expected to miss about 3 weeks.
Wolves will try again, on Saturday, to collect their first win of the season when they visit 19th-placed Bristol City (2-1-4).
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Mohammed Abu sliced a shot into the Bristol City net at 27', from Jack Sampson, for his first Wolves goal to give his side a 1-0 advantage. However, the theme of the season held form and Wolverhampton could not close the win.
Instead they conceded at 87' and settled for a 1-1 draw. Better than a loss? Yes, but not the kind of results that will get them clear of the relegation zone or save Dominic Kinnear from being sacked this season.
A synopsis of the season - minutes after Abu's glorious goal, he collapsed with a severe ankle sprain and is expected out a month. Abu's misfortune will, no doubt, re-expose Kinnear's paper-thin midfield in the weeks ahead.
Wolves (0-2-6, 24th) must prepare for next Saturday's clash with Sheffield Wednesday (4-0-4, 11th) at Molinuex Stadium without Ezequiel Munoz and Mohammed Abu available for Kinnear.
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Dominic Kinnear changed his club's approach, but got a similar result against Sheffield Wednesday.
Wolves settled for a 3-3 draw despite Kinnear switching his side's formation from a 4-3-3 Diamond Wide to a 4-2-4. The change moved Elkeson and Leigh Griffiths out wide on the wings and sent Sebastian Torres back into the deep midfield.
With four forwards in attack, Wolves got goals from Elkeson (17'), Alexandre Pato (45') and Jack Sampson (55'), but ultimately could not hold on for the ever-evasive first win of the season.
Torres chipped in with a pair of assists and Sampson had one as well.
With Saturday's result, Wolves (0-3-6) have moved up to 23rd in the table as they prepare to visit second-placed Reading (7-1-1) on Tuesday night.
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Finally!
After eleven matches, 10 in league play, Wolverhampton has it's first victory of 2016-17 after Tuesday night's shock result at Reading, 3-2.
Alexandre Pato (24'), Leigh Griffiths (40'), and Jake Cassidy (74') scored for Wolves on assists from Kieran Gibbs (2) and Luis Pedro Cavanda.
On Saturday, Wolves (1-3-6, 22nd) will host Burnley (3-3-4, 16th) at Molinuex Stadium.
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Elkeson (45') and Jack Sampson (81') helped lift Wolves to a 2-2 draw with Burnley in the Championship League. Leigh Griffiths assisted on Elkeson's goal, while it was Elkeson who sent in the late corner that Sampson headed home for the equalizer.
Wolves (1-4-6, 22nd) will visit Blackpool on Tuesday night. Blackpool (4-3-4, 14th) feature former Wanderer Richard Stearman who was sold this past summer. Ezequiel Munoz is expected to return for the league clash.
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Richard Stearman scored twice on Tuesday night, but the first was an own goal as Wolves beat Blackpool, 2-1.
Aside from Stearman's folly at 7', the Wanderers got the capper at 89' when Johnny Gorman, who came on late for Elkeson, slotted one into the bottom right corner from Sebastian Torres.
Following an international break, Wolves (2-4-6, 22nd) will host 23rd-placed Leicester City (0-5-7). The match should mark the return of Mohammed Abu from injury.
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Alexandre Pato (57') and Jack Sampson (64') scored the goals, Kieran Gibbs and Mohammed Abu registered assists, and David De Gea made 15 saves as Wolves blanked Leicester City, 2-0. For De Gea, it was his first clean sheet of the season.
With the result on Saturday, Wolves (3-4-6) have lept out of the relegation zone and into 19th place in the table. On Tuesday night, the Wanderers will host Watford (4-5-4) who are sitting in thirteenth.
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