Beren

Bit nervous to start the game but I actually think he already looks reasonably solid. He needs to get a bit stronger, but showing some good stuff. Clever defending at times, good feet, good passer.

Willock still has a bit of rust, but he's working his socks off.

ETH is going to break the unspoken pact to play B teams here and bring on the cavalry at HT, consigning both thin squads to be knackered at a future important date

Get this Hannibal chump sent off before HT.

2-0 to Fullbacks FC

That ball by Miggy to Willock. Taking the absolute fucking piss, here.

And Hall

Did he look this good at Soton? Tell you what, whoever saw what they saw in Gordon and Livramento deserve a payrise.

Utterly surreal to watch, he's better passer than a lot of our outfield players today

Very good

The defending by Tino too to win the ball. It was 2 on 1 against him, and he beat them! Then the rest of the fucking team

LIVRAMENTTOOOOO

This XI are just on to graft and keep it 0-0 until 70 odd minutes. They're perfectly capable of that.

I feel quite foolish about my predicted XI now.

Dubravka Livramento Dabizaz Lascelles Bernard Acuna Bassedas Bruno Glass JDT Shola

I'm not massively invested in the discussion full stop, but it definitely denigrates the award if he won it. No way on earth he was the best player last year. If you were putting together a team last year comprised of anyone you like, you'd be wrong to choose Messi as your first pick. Any argument to the contrary feels disingenuous/based on sentimentality. Doesn't matter one jot anyway.

Fantastic effort after the equaliser. Can't quibble with the application and drive to win. A point away isn't bad, but it is slightly disappointing. In a way I'm glad Pope's pathetic punching has led to a meaningful detriment to the team. Maybe they might actually address the problem now. All you need is a jugs machine and 10 or so fat blokes off the street to stand in the penalty box. Fire in a 100 balls a day until he can catch the fucking thing consistently. I know he's not working on his distribution so he's got plenty of time for it.

Focus second half has to be on keeping possession, taking the sting and emotion out of the game after that first half.

It's a bit trite but the impact of the season is on full display there. Can't fault the commitment but injuries, suspension and European football taking their toll. Can't keep busting a gut to get to loose balls etc every game like we have been. Can see the freshness in Wolves' play at times. Lucky to be up, but we've been the better side. Hope we can steal a win and get some rest. Would be big for morale too.

I'm only messing. Need to give you my future tickets!

Delighted for you.

I was thinking that, but there's no inexorable Karmic equilibrium with these things. Could so easily undeservedly lose two games on the spin now. I've become quite melancholy about it after a very mature and philosophical outlook last night

Yesterday was a bit of a missed opportunity for him on reflection. A few moments where he was put through, and he couldn't do anything with it, or show anything special.

Yup, includes some goalless draws.