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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2880 on: December 23, 2021, 11:47:49 pm »
it's nice to have another snide in the squad (Milner and Robertson are the only other ones I can think of)
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2881 on: December 24, 2021, 07:26:52 am »
https://twitter.com/i/status/1472591103912296467
Ohhhh he wears the number 20
He will take us to victory,
And when he's running down the left wing, he'll cut inside and score for LFC,
He's a lad from Portugal, better than Figo dont ya know
Ohhh his name is Diogo
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2882 on: December 24, 2021, 07:38:39 am »
https://twitter.com/i/status/1472591103912296467
Ohhhh he wears the number 20
He will take us to victory,
And when he's running down the left wing, he'll cut inside and score for LFC,
He's a lad from Portugal, better than Figo dont ya know
Ohhh his name is Diogo
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2883 on: December 24, 2021, 08:31:35 am »
It's funny these comparisons with Suarez. His gait and short backlift when shooting reminds me of Robbie Fowler.

I like that he has "Diogo J" on the back of his shirt ... he's our Diogo Jaradona ;D

Yep same he reminds of Fowler. Just a knack of scoring
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2884 on: December 24, 2021, 12:33:50 pm »
does anyone think that he be this fucking good when he signed?

seems like almost every player that joins us improve and become better

Remembered that some analysis and wolves fans saying he heading is a bit poor and not a consistent goalscorer.

There seems to be an improvement in both already. and he is hardly the finished product.

Be interesting to see him maybe pair up with divock and bobby once AFCON start.

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2885 on: December 24, 2021, 12:35:20 pm »
does anyone think that he be this fucking good when he signed?

seems like almost every player that joins us improve and become better

Remembered that some analysis and wolves fans saying he heading is a bit poor and not a consistent goalscorer.

There seems to be an improvement in both already. and he is hardly the finished product.

Be interesting to see him maybe pair up with divock and bobby once AFCON start.

Not even a little bit but then I always had better things to do than watch Wolves more than twice a season.
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2886 on: December 24, 2021, 04:00:46 pm »
does anyone think that he be this fucking good when he signed?

seems like almost every player that joins us improve and become better

Remembered that some analysis and wolves fans saying he heading is a bit poor and not a consistent goalscorer.

There seems to be an improvement in both already. and he is hardly the finished product.

Be interesting to see him maybe pair up with divock and bobby once AFCON start.

No way, definitely exceeded all expectations. My favourite thing about him is that he is so direct, he just wants to take the shortest path to goal. Also love the bit of snide, you need that to win stuff

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2887 on: December 24, 2021, 04:10:47 pm »
does anyone think that he be this fucking good when he signed?

seems like almost every player that joins us improve and become better

Remembered that some analysis and wolves fans saying he heading is a bit poor and not a consistent goalscorer.

There seems to be an improvement in both already. and he is hardly the finished product.

Be interesting to see him maybe pair up with divock and bobby once AFCON start.

Nope
the mad thing is no one was really talking about him as a target for anyone ….

when it was rumored and you looked at his underlying numbers you could immediately see why we were interested but he’s improved since he’s been here … the most significant difference now is he’s playing almost exclusively as a 9 and has become one of the best 4 or 5 in the position in the world

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2888 on: December 24, 2021, 04:13:07 pm »
Just a shame when we buy Joao Felix he'll be moved onto the left of the three.  :D

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2889 on: December 24, 2021, 04:20:32 pm »
Just a shame when we buy Joao Felix Haaland he'll be moved onto the left of the three.  :D

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2890 on: December 24, 2021, 08:48:56 pm »
does anyone think that he be this fucking good when he signed?

seems like almost every player that joins us improve and become better

Remembered that some analysis and wolves fans saying he heading is a bit poor and not a consistent goalscorer.

There seems to be an improvement in both already. and he is hardly the finished product.

Be interesting to see him maybe pair up with divock and bobby once AFCON start.

Not at all, didn't know too much about him. From what i'd seen a good, quick and direct player but didn't scream consistent goalscorer.

His confidence is what I love most, he'll miss chances and lose the ball and sometimes even drifts out of games a little but he's a bit like Luis in that he's constantly moving, always finding pockets of space, running off his man, breaking into space, looking for the next yard of space.

I think he's starting to understand his teammates a lot more and you can see it in his linkup play. Right now he looks full of confidence and the second he steps foot on the pitch he's on the move. The guys positioning is something else, he reminds me of watching Dennis Rodman, he was always that man who would be in the right positions when the ball fell from the basket, reading where it was heading and moving towards that position while everyone else ballwatched. Jota seems to constantly be shuffling half a yard watching play unfold and adjusting for where the ball was headed

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2891 on: December 24, 2021, 08:57:10 pm »
The guys positioning is something else, he reminds me of watching Dennis Rodman, he was always that man who would be in the right positions when the ball fell from the basket, reading where it was heading and moving towards that position while everyone else ballwatched. Jota seems to constantly be shuffling half a yard watching play unfold and adjusting for where the ball was headed

The master of this remains Origi, who doesn't do anything as vulgar as movement. The ball rebounds several times in unexpected ways, but falls precisely where Origi has positioned himself. Jota may deal in game intelligence, but Origi deals in fate.
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2892 on: December 24, 2021, 10:45:42 pm »
I think I've watched at least 90% of our games since Jota joined and been to half a dozen of them.  I always thought he was predominantly left-footed until he took his penalty with his right foot  ::).

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2893 on: December 24, 2021, 11:13:58 pm »
I think I've watched at least 90% of our games since Jota joined and been to half a dozen of them.  I always thought he was predominantly left-footed until he took his penalty with his right foot  ::).

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I love the fact that he doesn’t have a weaker foot. I wouldn’t be surprised if his next penalty he takes with his left.
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2894 on: December 25, 2021, 12:10:24 am »
I think I've watched at least 90% of our games since Jota joined and been to half a dozen of them.  I always thought he was predominantly left-footed until he took his penalty with his right foot  ::).

I'm doubting everything I've ever believed.

He is left-footed.

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2895 on: December 25, 2021, 12:36:56 am »
Didn’t think i could love him anymore until that ‘fuck off’ to the Leicester fans. 

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2896 on: December 25, 2021, 01:01:02 am »
Just a shame when we buy Joao Felix he'll be moved onto the left of the three.  :D

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2897 on: December 25, 2021, 01:23:12 am »
I love the fact that he doesn’t have a weaker foot. I wouldn’t be surprised if his next penalty he takes with his left.

If he doesn't use his head,he should be dropped,fined and put on the transfer list.
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2898 on: December 25, 2021, 11:35:51 am »
Yep same he reminds of Fowler. Just a knack of scoring
Yeah , agree. Suarez scored some crazy goals for us, like Salah does, and was a one man army for a while. Jota is much more of a poacher. Amazing at finishing quickly and on goal. Even Salah sometimes overworks situations or sends shots into the stands, but not Jota. He makes it look so casual, where scoring is no different from a 10 yard pass

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2899 on: December 25, 2021, 01:15:02 pm »


taken off reddit...pretty much devastating centrally. and almost perfectly balanced as it should be.

what a player we have

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2900 on: December 25, 2021, 01:30:42 pm »
^ Yes, he is genuinely two footed, and a boss header

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2901 on: December 25, 2021, 02:03:05 pm »
^ Yes, he is genuinely two footed, and a boss header

Which header was better? The one to Keita's shot, or the glanced through ball to Mane?
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2902 on: December 25, 2021, 02:28:12 pm »
^ Yes, he is genuinely two footed, and a boss header

Perfectly balanced as all things should be.

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2903 on: December 25, 2021, 04:41:04 pm »
I like that he has "Diogo J" on the back of his shirt ... he's our Diogo Jaradona ;D
That's because 'jota' is the Portuguese name for the letter J. So a purely literal direct translation of his name into English would make it James Jay (as Diogo, like Diego and Iago and Thiago, is a version of James)

Any Portugeezeer (or gal) reading 'Diogo J' out loud would actually say "Diogo Jota".

He literally has his full name on his shirt, without having his full name on his shirt. Given that, I'm just surprised he didn't sign for Everton!  8)
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2904 on: December 25, 2021, 04:47:29 pm »
does anyone think that he be this fucking good when he signed?
I knew very little about him, not having watched Wolves much (or any of his previous teams) but I was certain he would be phenomenal on the grounds that Klopp and Edwards must have seen something in his play, his style and his numbers to put up that much cash for him at a time when we weren't expecting to buy another forward after the Werner plan-change and the covid impact on our finances.

That he was a player not one person had mentioned as a possible target made it even more likely that he was a hidden beast waiting to explode, and that Klopp and Edwards had seen this and wanted to grab him before anyone else noticed.

I also loved the way the transfer reminded us that the Transfer Thread is mostly a crock of shit  ;D
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2905 on: December 25, 2021, 08:16:38 pm »
Considering the FU to the Foxes fans, do you think he starts when we visit Leicester?

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2906 on: December 25, 2021, 08:28:50 pm »
Considering the FU to the Foxes fans, do you think he starts when we visit Leicester?
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2907 on: December 25, 2021, 10:28:10 pm »
That's because 'jota' is the Portuguese name for the letter J. So a purely literal direct translation of his name into English would make it James Jay (as Diogo, like Diego and Iago and Thiago, is a version of James)

Any Portugeezeer (or gal) reading 'Diogo J' out loud would actually say "Diogo Jota".

He literally has his full name on his shirt, without having his full name on his shirt. Given that, I'm just surprised he didn't sign for Everton!  8)

Thanks for that, learn something new every day. Never knew those translated to James
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2908 on: December 26, 2021, 03:36:58 am »
Could be worse. Could have ended up with Werner!
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2910 on: January 14, 2022, 01:22:46 am »
Today may show us that Jota isn't a lead the line striker and will need a foil to play off of to thrive. Nor do I think we bought him to do that.

He was non-existent - for the most part.

It's going to be tough few games to find goals.

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2911 on: January 14, 2022, 01:36:21 am »
His best position is on the left. He has improved playing the false 9/9.5 role. He's decent at best on the right. Unfortunately due to personnel that's where he had to play.

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2912 on: January 14, 2022, 07:46:25 am »
Today may show us that Jota isn't a lead the line striker and will need a foil to play off of to thrive. Nor do I think we bought him to do that.

He was non-existent - for the most part.

It's going to be tough few games to find goals.
He didn't play as a striker though.
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2913 on: January 14, 2022, 04:44:08 pm »
Today may show us that Jota isn't a lead the line striker and will need a foil to play off of to thrive. Nor do I think we bought him to do that.

He was non-existent - for the most part.

It's going to be tough few games to find goals.
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2914 on: January 20, 2022, 09:24:07 pm »
Has been fantastic all night.

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2915 on: January 20, 2022, 09:25:09 pm »
Diogo go go go go go!
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2916 on: January 20, 2022, 09:27:17 pm »
He’s better from the left.

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2917 on: January 20, 2022, 09:32:20 pm »
Has been fantastic all night.

He so has. That second goal was genius - effortless for him :-)
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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2918 on: January 20, 2022, 09:33:23 pm »
He’s better from the left.

Left or through the middle. He's bog standard on the right.

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Re: Welcome Diogo Jota
« Reply #2919 on: January 20, 2022, 09:35:30 pm »
Ben White will be having nightmares about him tonight.
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