Wolves PL (A) | Post Match Discussion

[Brewster's millions]

We have had a piss easy start. That’s the only reason we are on 18/21. Football wise we have been nowhere near our best in a few of the games. The lack of goals from midfield will become a problem this season. Gundogan and Mahrez scored loads and despite the latter being lazy, he was a threat.

Two very good players and very, very difficult to replace, not helped by KDB being out of action.

Big players make the difference and we’re lacking a bit at the moment.

 

[paulchapo]

The overreactions on here can be so over the top. Terrible game but regroup and play better Wednesday

Fuck I'd forgotten about Wednesday, another tough one.

 

[KingGeorge]

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

Kevin is part of that as well. He delivers a lot of creativity

 

[urban genie]

Yeah, but this game wasn't one that we should have lost. Who had all the shot? Twenty-nine apparently. Does any side have as many shots with such a meagre return?

I am rather sympathetic to the Blues who spent their hard-earned watching that if it was as bad as it seemed!

I was there, it wasn't as bad as some are making put, more frustrating we allowed them to take the piss and bully us

 

[Chak19]

Just wait until next week if we're winning against the Tarquins.

 

[hertsblue]

Despite a poor performance we have now had over 30 shots in the last 2 games resulting in just 1 goal. Thats our biggest issue atm, Haaland not a patch on last seasons Haaland and rest of the team have a shocking lack of goals in them bar perhaps Alverez but he goes missing for majority of games. Foden pretty awful today also

 

[burning blue soul]

This league is tough. There will be ups and downs. No point blaming it on anything other than the players. They all had a shocker.
Wolves defended well and performed as if it was a cup final.
That's what we are up against.

 

[Mancini’s Pastilles]

2 losses in a row fuck this im going back to being a Chelsea fan

 

[meeesh]

Pep being in stands didn't help, he needs to calm the fuck down on touchline going forward now

 

[youngbob]

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.

Tbf, we rarely look at our best during the first half of any season. We typically have a stronger second half of the season once the rhythm has been established. Not all the time, but it's fairly common. And not saying it's always guaranteed to happen, but we tend to be patchier around Halloween and up to Christmas.

16/17 - 39 points from 19 games, then 39 points from 19 games (x)
17/18 - 55 points, 45 points (x)
18/19 - 44 points, 54 points (y)
19/20 - 38 points, 42 points (y)
20/21 - 41 points, 45 points (y)
21/22 - 47 points, 46 points (x)
22/23 - 42 points, 47 points (y)

 

[Silvatoure21]

Fuck I'd forgotten about Wednesday, another tough one.

Yeah. Gotta regroup. Gotta play better. Simple as that.

 

[lancs 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!

Yes, I heard a few daft comments today, we were poor overall but good players don't turn shit because of the odd bad game.

 

[The Black Shed]

Insipid.

 

[jimharri]

The overreactions on here can be so over the top. Terrible game but regroup and play better Wednesday

T'is the Bluemoon way.

 

[Gabriel]

I disagree. As it stands we've no one who can replace Rodri or KDB adequately. Paqueta would have been a far better acquisition than Nunes for KDB, & outside of Camavinga, I've no idea who comes close to Rodders.

Without them & Bernardo, Pep needs a serious rethink.

We’re currently having to play quite a few players who look as if they are not entirely fit, which may have consequences. I agree on Paqueta but also think we would still have needed another body.

 

[christened at st marks]

Fuck I'd forgotten about Wednesday, another tough one.

We have Rodri back for that one

 

[BlueMonkey79]

Pep being in stands didn't help, he needs to calm the fuck down on touchline going forward now.

The reason he has had 3 yellows in 7 games is he knows we are being fucked over royally this season.

 

[meeesh]

The reason he has had 3 yellows in 7 games is he knows we are being fucked over royally this season.

Well we've been fucked over royally today, was 6/6 up to today

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

I disagree. As it stands we've no one who can replace Rodri or KDB adequately. Paqueta would have been a far better acquisition than Nunes for KDB, & outside of Camavinga, I've no idea who comes close to Rodders.

Without them & Bernardo, Pep needs a serious rethink.

Let's be honest, Nunes was a textbook panic buy. That's not to say he won't come good for us - he's actually started really well and I don't think he was the issue today, but we had no plans to sign him until the last two weeks of the window when Mendes shopped him to us.

Failure to land Bellingham, Rice (not sure he was the answer anyway), Paqueta (out of our control) and failure to keep Gundo has done for us.

 

[Brewster's millions]

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

We were very good for the first 25 minutes, but I thought we took our foot off the gas a bit even before the sending off.

Over the past year we seem to be attempting to manage the games a bit more and win with the least amount of effort, but I wonder whether that’s gone a bit too far now and if that’s contributing to some less convincing performances this season.