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title: "Wolves loan watch: Red card for Roderick Miranda, Rafa Mir makes brief cameo, Will Norris gets first league start"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Togher"
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published: "2019-11-06T07:00:27Z"
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# Wolves loan watch: Red card for Roderick Miranda, Rafa Mir makes brief cameo, Will Norris gets first league start

**In our Loan Watch feature series, the Football Transfer Tavern takes a look at how a selection of players from a particular club are faring whilst they are away from their parent side, and provide a brief update regarding their form.**

This week we take a look at a trio of on-loan Wolves players, two operating in the Football League and one in Portugal.

**Roderick Miranda**

While Famalicao are having an excellent season in Portugal’s Primeira Liga and [rescued a last-gasp point](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1396590/Live/Portugal-Liga-NOS-2019-2020-Braga-Famalicao) at the weekend, it hasn’t been a smooth campaign so far for defender Roderick Miranda.

On just his third start of the season, he was sent off 34 minutes into their 2-2 draw at Braga on Sunday night, having only recently returned from an injury that sidelined him for three games. \[[via TransferMarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/roderick-miranda/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/87856/plus/0/saison/2019/wettbewerb/PO1/verein/3329)\]

The 28-year-old will again be out of action as he now faces a suspension, although [promoted Famalicao](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-famalicao/platzierungen/verein/3329) are managing fine without him, still in the top three and with a six-point gap on Sporting Lisbon in fourth (as per [TransferMarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/primeira-liga/tabelle/wettbewerb/PO1/saison_id/2019)).

**Rafa Mir**

Nottingham Forest’s 2-1 win over Luton was the [fourth consecutive Championship game](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rafa-mir/leistungsdaten/spieler/361254) in which Rafa Mir made an appearance, but he only [came on for Lewis Grabban in stoppage time](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1381528/Live/England-Championship-2019-2020-Luton-Nottingham-Forest) at Kenilworth Road.

The 22-year-old striker has still managed just [one league start](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rafa-mir/leistungsdaten/spieler/361254) under Sabri Lamouchi, the defeat to Wigan last month, and with forwards [Grabban and Sammy Ameobi on the scoresheet](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1381528/Live/England-Championship-2019-2020-Luton-Nottingham-Forest) as Forest [returned to winning ways following a pair of defeats](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/rafa-mir/leistungsdaten/spieler/361254), it looks as if the Spaniard will again be omitted from the starting line-up for [Saturday’s game against local rivals Derby](https://www.whoscored.com/Regions/252/Tournaments/7/England-Championship).

**Will Norris**

Goalkeeper Will Norris finally made his first League One start for Ipswich in their recent 3-1 win at Southend, having been restricted to Carabao Cup and EFL Trophy involvement up to then. \[[via TransferMarkt](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/will-norris/leistungsdaten/spieler/285033)\]

While Emile Acquah’s late goal deprived him of a clean sheet, the 26-year-old still made two saves at Roots Hall, although he had a passing success rate of just 40%, with only 10 of his 25 passes finding a team-mate. \[[via WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1382446/Live/England-League-One-2019-2020-Southend-Ipswich)\]

Norris has had to [play second fiddle to Tomas Holy](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ipswich-town/leistungsdaten/verein/677) for most of the season at Portman Road, although he showed in the win at Southend that he is an able deputy when called upon.

![](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Verdict.png)

Miranda’s red card at the weekend was quite a shame as he had just made his first back-to-back starts of the season at Famalicao and will now be forced to miss another batch of games.

The first-team prospects of Mir and Norris don’t look especially great either, given their struggles to get into the Nottingham Forest and Ipswich line-ups respectively, although the goalkeeper should take heart from finally getting a league game for the Tractor Boys.

Unfortunately from a Wolves perspective, none of the three are getting the minutes that they would likely need if they are to become a significant part of Nuno Espirito Santo’s plans at Molineux upon returning to the club.

***Wolves fans, are you concerned by the lack of game-time that this on-loan trio are getting while on loan? Comment below with your views!***