Wolves - More than just an ordinary promoted Club

#1 The Spine Strength

Wolverhampton's spine is more experienced than most Premier League teams

The backbone of the team consists of Goalkeeper, Center Back, Center Midfielder and Center forward. It is often stated that ”stronger the spine, stronger the team”. The Euro 2016 Winners Goalkeeper Rui Patricio and Midfielder Joao Moutinho along with club captain defender Conor Coady and Mexican forward Raul Jiminez bolster Wolves’ spine. As far as experience in top leagues of Europe is concerned Wolverhampton’s spine is far more experienced than many present teams of the Premier League.

The Euro 2016 Winner Portuguese duo of Rui Patricio and Joao Moutinho possesses a collective experience of almost 750 matches in top leagues of Europe. Club captain, defender Conor Coady is a Liverpool academy graduate. Coady is a leader and organizer from the back. He is responsible for Wolves’ defensive solidarity. The loan signing from Benfica, Raul Jiminez has proved that he has the potential to succeed at the biggest stage. The former Atletico Madrid player has a direct contribution in 5 out of total 9 Wolves goals this season.

Author’s take

When Wolves became the first team last season to stop Guardiola’s Manchester City to a goalless stalemate in a cup match, the whole world sniffed something special was coming. Later that season, the West Midlands Club bulldogged EFL Championship and earned promotion to the Premier League. Before the start of this season, it was a doubt whether Wolves will be able to keep up with the standards against the big guns as well.

Many pundits predicted the club to be a dark horse and Nuno’s team didn’t let them down. The Club not only mesmerized football fans with a beautiful brand of football but it also earned some noteworthy results. Draws against both the Manchester clubs and Everton makes Wanderers more than just an ordinary promoted team. The Club in gold and black has proved that it possesses personnel, skills, strategy, and fans to rub shoulders with the established clubs of the Premier League. After a run of first eight games, one thing is clear that is Wolves are here to make a statement- statement as a prominent football club and may be one of the biggest eight clubs in England.