Wolves PL (A) | Post Match Discussion

Dribble said:
The window didn't flop the we we wanted/needed, & today cruelly exposed City without Rodders & KDB.

Deep lying creativity, gone! Forward creativity, gone! Nunes is a CM who's not a Rodri, not a KDB. He's just another body in midfield like Kovacic, but Kova offers a little more.

We've gone from Silva & KDB to what? Only Rodri has replaced Fernandinho, & without him it's 2 games, two losses. THAT'S how important Rodri is to us & we all knew this.

At least Paqueta would have been closer to KDB, but no one else at the club comes close to Rodri. Without both & Bernardo, the difference is stark.
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Dribble said:
The window didn't flop the we we wanted/needed, & today cruelly exposed City without Rodders & KDB.

Deep lying creativity, gone! Forward creativity, gone! Nunes is a CM who's not a Rodri, not a KDB. He's just another body in midfield like Kovacic, but Kova offers a little more.

We've gone from Silva & KDB to what? Only Rodri has replaced Fernandinho, & without him it's 2 games, two losses. THAT'S how important Rodri is to us & we all knew this.

At least Paqueta would have been closer to KDB, but no one else at the club comes close to Rodri. Without both & Bernardo, the difference is stark.
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Felt for the 1st time in years we lacked identity, as poor as we have been in a long long while
 
Strangely We lacked a plan. Doku and Akanji were 6/10. God knows what the rest were. Made a mistake starting Nunez which I knew would fire the team/fans up. Don’t think we would have lost this if our key injured players hadn’t been out.
 
dublinblue12 said:
Arsenal game will be a hard watch without Rodri and with all the injuries. As far as this game goes we lacked creativity, but it probably wont matter come the end of the season.we move on.
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especially with their awarded two-soft-pens-a-game average and a hater of a ref
 
The slow buildup to an ambling Haaland who looks like he's rooted to the spot half the time is worrying, he either really does need to adapt and start dropping a bit deeper to help out or we need to just go back to a false 9 and not play him for a bit (sounds fucking stupid) but it's like playing with 10 men. When he's static he's not even pulling defenders with him as he's not being a pain in the arse for them like he was last season, just waiting for a ball to go sailing past or over him.

Pawson shit as usual but collectively we look to have shit out pants with a riled up crowd, thought we were passed that!
 
We need to be a bit more savvy and cynical.

Their first goal just bring him down. Foden had a chance.

Yes we get a yellow card but it stops an attacking threat.

Dinho was a master at it.
 

'When you win a Treble, it isn't complacency'​

FT: Wolves 2-1 Man City
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Manchester City
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola speaking to Sky Sports after the loss against Wolves: "There are ten players and they transition well. We were well set up but we did not defend properly these situations. They beat us in the one v one and that is not good and we have to do it properly.
"We have to do more but even when we win we have to do more."
On Rodri's absence: "Rodri is an important player. We cannot count on him and you have to supply for another [player playing there]."
On Kovacic's performance: "It was fine. It was ok. Mateo is an exceptional player and it was the first time he played in that position. When we win and lose we do it together. Today we were not at our best."
Complacency? "You have to ask other people what they think about that [complacency].
"When you win four Carabao Cups in a row and the Premier League and a Treble it is not complacency. Sometimes the players can do better than you and beat you and that is what you can do today."
On being in the stands: "The view is better."
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
Top and bottom of it is that we shouldn't be losing to sides like this. One fuckin' shot on target and it delivers two goals. They've had the usual statistical battering handed out to most teams and they've had the lion's share of Lady Luck. We must get to grips with the finishing. Twenty three fuckin' shots to their three.

A little bit of cheer but not enough - Rags have lost at home
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Correct about poor finishing. We should have had at least another couple at West Ham, and another three against an abysmal Rag Star Belgade.
And our victory at Bramall Lane was hardly impressive against a team likely to go down.
Six league wins to start the season was great, but the performances certainly weren't.
 
Gabriel said:
We don’t. We may simply learn to play another way. I’d be half tempted to rest Rodri on Wednesday, but the truth is that we currently have a problem with the players ahead being a little inexperienced and making decisions that put the defence under pressure. We’re fine when we start and keep possession, but the moment things break down or the opponent ups the levels of aggression, we have problems. If the referee then allows things to go, as has been the case in the last three games, we look decidedly shaky. Going to be a bumpy fortnight.
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Any ideas for another Rodri replacement in the future? I can only think of Camavinga on his level, but there's fuck all chance we'll ever prise him away from Real.
 
Vester said:
They had the lead almost the entire game and didn't have to attack. Made sure we didn't create anything so they could win the game. Woth other words they were the better team. If we created loads and they just got lucky it would have been another thing, but when they never looked like losing its hard to argue we were better.
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If that how you measure then fine Got lucky twice and Their tactics were anti-football the 11 man defence and hitting us on counter I can cope with but the constant fouling and diving going down with cramp and holding their face when it has been touched
Remember their second goal scorer shouldn’t have been send off for two yellows
 
Ake, probably the best defending one on one alongside Walker, was missing two times when needed him today. He went full Ottamendi for the first goal and he'd better hadn't defended that cross for their second one.
I need to go into 'full forget' mode, no point thinking about this result anymore.
 
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