Nigel Allport

I wasn’t born in Eglwysbach but I got here as soon as I could - North 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 | @Wolves STH | FPL addict with a 22-23 OR: 2,549 🌎 | 92/92 ⚽ grounds done

[Nigel Allport @nigelallport]

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[Tim Spiers @TimSpiers]

Explaining complex tactics in a concise, authoritative, engaging manner live on TV - unscripted - is beyond most pundits

Emma Hayes is the best I've seen at this World Cup. Misogynists trolls hate it, which makes it even better

For @TheAthleticFC
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This song is literally perfect. It’s timeless, it’s vulnerable, it’s.. just beautiful. Like if you agree

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@NathanJudah @LiamKeen_Star Well played @NathanJudah … congratulations @LiamKeen_Star

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@talkwba @deakr01 😂

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@OpenEyeComms #WWFC name check 😄

[Nathan Judah @NathanJudah]

SIIIIIIIIIIIIII SENOOORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!

GIVE THE BALL TO RAUL AND HE WILL SCORRRREEEEEE!!! 🇲🇽

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[Nigel Allport @nigelallport]

Brilliant analysis, thank you! #WWFC @Wolves 🐺

[Concept Scouting @ConceptScouting]

𝘊é𝘴𝘢𝘳 𝘗𝘦𝘪𝘹𝘰𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 - what does the data say?

I’ve pulled Gil Vicente’s full 34-game league output from last season and the popular framing of Peixoto as a high-pressing coach doesn’t hold up. His side ranked 10th in the league for pressing intensity (11.2 PPDA) and won just 17% of their possessions in the high third.

The actual model is more interesting. A compact 4-2-3-1 that defends as a 4-4-2 mid-block, then builds short on regain - only 11.4% of passes went long. Barely any direct counter-attacking. They absorb, then attack through organised positional play, with heavy crossing volume (15.2 per match) and serious set-piece detail.

He’s also genuinely adaptive. Against Porto, Benfica, Sporting and Braga: 43% possession and a passive block. Against the rest: 51% and a far more aggressive press. Two game plans, one structure.

The number that matters for Molineux - in games where Gil Vicente held 55%+ possession, they produced 1.77 xG per match and won four of six. Limited sample, but it suggests a coach who can break a block, not just manage a game. In the Championship, that’s the entire job.

Trippier as the delivery full-back, Jimenez as the 9, André in the pivot. The pieces fit the model better than they fitted the last one. The question is whether a plan built on fine margins at Barcelos scales to being the hunted side 40+ times a season.

[Nigel Allport @nigelallport]

#WWFC
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SIIIIII SENNNNNOOORRRR!!!!! Welcome home @Raul_Jimenez9 !! 🇲🇽⚽️🐺

[Wolves @Wolves]

From Wolverhampton to Mexico City, he never left our hearts.

Welcome home. 🧡🐺🇲🇽

[NAG 🇺🇦 @Kingwolf84]

Heard really good things about these tours so well worth a donation to an amazing cause.... 👏👏👏

[Nigel Allport @nigelallport]

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@Wolves Well played @Wolves !! Bostin video too! C'mon me babbies 🐺

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@Madders10 👋👋

[Keith Cobbold @CobboldKeith]

André signs new contract! 💪💪💪
#wwfc. @Wolves

[Nigel Allport @nigelallport]

@Wolves Quality! Well played #Andre2030 and @Wolves

[WolvesFirst @WolvesFirst]

Spot on.

[Nigel Allport @nigelallport]

@MikeyBurrows At the end of the promotion season I wrote and said that “ your commentary had framed the season”. You are the very best - I’ll never forget your “Neves” and “Conor Coady has scored, Conor Coady has scored”
Thanks for the brilliant memories Mikey!

[Beki @BekiWolves1877]

This right here….. the absolute best there was 🐺 (eternal peace Diogo 🕊️)