Wolves PL (A) | Post Match Discussion

[Chi-town blues]

Opponents have rumbled Doku. Time to take him out of the firing line.

3 ganging on him and no support no one running behind their full backs , no overlaps

 

[super_city_si]

Personally I don’t think we’ve looked at our normal level this season, even with the six wins and our usual tendency to start slowly.

Newcastle at home was our best performance, but we haven’t clicked yet and a number of players look below their usual level, most obviously Haaland although he’s not alone in that.

Too early to judge the transfer window but we had to replace a phenomenal player in Gundogan, and a very talented one in Mahrez, and we also needed to buy a top class midfielder in addition to rotate or play alongside Rodri.

Not convinced we’ve ticked those boxes to be honest and at the moment we look like we’ve bought players who look good when we’re on song, but who struggle to change a game when we’re struggling. Certainly miss Gundogan’s ability to chip in with a goal.

Perhaps we needed to be a bit more ambitious with our midfield signings and although I’m not arsed about missing out on Rice, the fact we put a bid in for him suggests to me that we didn’t really have our ducks in a row this summer.

To be honest i thought wed hit stride v forest last week. With 11 men we were superb that game.

 

[city68]

We were absolutely shit as was that ref if u can call him that....Why have 2 for a corner and for a free kick when we are chasing the game. And as for Walker he's well off gets the ball then right foot back pass every time....Soz for rant lads...

 

[Trickyblues]

You know we sucked when someone is moved to post this.

;)

Thought it before the game.

 

[paulchapo]

Hey @Courtneyneild see, typical City hasn't died!

 

[jimharri]

Ha ha, don’t think even City play 3 games in 7 days too often.

Trust me; he said it. I was staggered when I saw it.

 

[GSW Blue]

Before today I thought it was just internet City fans that behaved like spoilt children but some of the nobheads in the away end today proved me wrong.

Apparently quite a few of the players that played significant parts in a historic treble winning season are bobbins!

 

[Mad_fer_it]

Listened to the second half. Not enough chances created it seems but the guy should have been sent off.

Even with 11 men, there's no excuse to lose to this lot. I see what you're saying though.

 

[OB1]

Not seen the game. Listened to a little bit of commentary late on.

Sounds like a typical City defeat to me. The game was clearly played in the Wolves half: the match stats and player positions show City dominating.

Also sounds like the guy who socred the winner should have been sent off in the first half.

Dreadful result for sure.

 

[urban genie]

A proper smash and grab, they did fuck all but be aggresive and time waste.

we were no terrible, but showed a soft underbelly and lack of strength

However Kovacic and foden were piss weak and bullied all game, unless he asked taking nunes off was a poor decision that only made us look weaker

Doku, great on the ball but he needs to support his fullback when out of possesion the first goal wouldn't happen if he tracked back.

Finally our fans haave forgotten we don't always win, some right moany fuckers stood round me

 

[nellyonthewing]

Another bent referee.
Without Rodri we look very ordinary.
No creativity.
It was a bar fight and we let them slap us around.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Pawson.

****!!!

That is all.

Yer could put any of PiGMOL's finest here and I'd agree with you.

 

[Tokyo32]

He was completely ineffective on the left too today.

His end product was poor but he managed to beat his opponent at times. Grealish couldn’t even beat his man despite coming on late. All in it was just a weird game. There was no chance of going through the middle so our wide players had to be better.

 

[Roachy]

both wolves goal had large elements of luck

We didn't look like a top team today mate, the goals were poor ones to concede.

 

[SamBlue]

Opponents have rumbled Doku. Time to take him out of the firing line.

I disagree with you completely, in the last ten minutes when playing on the right he made at least three runs into the middle escaping at least one Wolves players and then connecting with other City players.
I was saying this from the day he kicked the ball for for the first time, Haaland is the main problem for us in this kind of games, both defending and going forward. We literally end up plying with a player down when the ball supply to him is cut off totally. His movement is in the area is non existent, utterly uninvolved in the game. Having 8 touches in the whole game is ok when you score two goal, but doing nothing for 90 minutes leads to the result like today.

 

[phargrave]

Wolves Xg 0.51 - us 0.90
which suggests it was a game of few decent goal scoring opportunities created for either side. Which was the case.

Which is even worse given possession we had, no ideas what to do with it except cross it into the box straight to a wolves defender or the keeper -says it all when our only goal came from a set piece!

If we play anything like this on Wednesday or next Sunday we’ll get battered!

 

[Vester]

We have been awful these last 2 games, complete lack of creativity. Pathetic to blame the ref when we are even worse ourselves. Are we really this bad without Rodri?

No idea why we subbed Phillips on since we all know there is zero percent chance of him having a positive impact on a game. Subbing him on more or less tells the rest of the team that the result doesn't matter today. Not to mention we apparently thought a game we are losing was the perfect time to bring on a youth player who would obviously have little to no impact on the game as well. Didn't seem like if we even tried to win. Very disappointed with todays performance.

 

[Chi-town blues]

two bad deflections and tired players and red cards topped with cheat ref.

 

[chesterbells]

Well here's our usual slow start to the season turned up. I actually didn't expect us to have so many points on the board although on paper the fixtures have been kind.

I kind of expected us to lose today. Shitty weather, hostile atmosphere when they're on it, key players missing and a few recent signs we're a bit frazzled.

Fucked the next few days up as I'll have to avoid anything football related as the hysteria by the media will be in overdrive.

No team can afford to lose world class players like KDB, Stones, Bernardo and Rodri and not suffer a bit. When the fuck are Stones and Bernardo coming back?? They seem to have been almost ready for ages.

If the dippers drop points we are still top. I can't say I'm looking forward to Arsenal though.

I didn’t expect us to lose, but that aside, I agree with the rest. Was looking forward to seeing spurs beat liverpool but a bit less enthusiastic about following that game now.

 

[jacko74]

Having been out all afternoon and only being aware of the scoreline I'm actually quite relieved to hear we desereed to lose because we played shit.
Much easier to take than if we'd played well but got kicked off the park and denied everything by the usual corrupt officiating.