Thanks for taking the time to post mate, a Wolves fan came yesterday and said similar. I'll echo some of my thoughts concerns that I gave to him to you and see if you have a different outlook.
To what degree do you think the loss of Jimenez and Jota really did for you last season? We had a similar drop off when losing Lukaku and Barkley. How much of the drop off would you attribute to those 2 players?
My concern is exactly yours though. Wolves in their 2 great seasons got 59 and 57 points respectively. Do you think he hits a bit of a glass ceiling at that point? As we are currently coming off a season with 59 points, and the concern would be, is he capable of getting any higher than that? Did you get the sense at Wolves, if he was given more time and backing he could get much beyond that?
Yes, Jimenez was a great loss, but it was Oct/ Nov when we lost him to his horrific injury and the football at the time was still a little poor up until this point to be honest, yes with Jimenez we would have scored more goals and gathered more points and possible Adama would have had a target to try and cross to. Jota was struggling to even make the first 11 towards the end of his Wolves career. It did not help going into last season with one recognized centre forward, who got injured but even if he was fit, we would be nowhere near the top 6.
You would need a crystal ball today if Nuno could have gone higher, be honest we have some good players –good attacking players, players who would get into the Everton team, so it’s not all down to personal. The time was right to move forward, it is a gamble. I’m not sure Everton are after a safe pair of Nuno hands at this point, Nuno is very much Wolves answer to
David Moyes. I wish Nuno every success in the future but it was just turning stale at Wolves, lockdown would not have helped, stuck in the delights of Wolverhampton with his family in Porto, it was noted he had not seen his wife for a year – this would have a personal effect any most people.
