Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Newcastle United (28/08/2022)

[gbandit]

That Willock miss is so annoying, he should have taken it first time on his left by opening his body a touch 

[Collage]

Wood is pretty much pointless if he can’t win headers. Poor movement means he won’t create much by himself and too slow when an opportunity appears.

[KaKa]

3 minutes ago, joeyt said:

 

Fewer goals

 

Yes, we all know that. Congratulations.

 

 

[gdm]

Until VAR check and get right incidents like the penalty incident then it’s not worth a fuck. The whole point is to correct incidents like that especially when I don’t think the referee was looking at it

[Big Geordie]

Lack of quality today, but it's not really surprising. Got to remember, that Rome wasn't built in a day - it's still very much a work in progress.

[Bimpy474]

I think because we've been so good a dip like today shows how far we've impoved, and we've actually played alright, again that shows how far we've come in such a short time.

 

 

[Yorkie]

So fucking sick of getting robbed by the ref against Wolves, like. Should've had six points against them in the last Rafa season and got one. We should absolutely have had a pen for that shirt pull. It's soft but it's always a foul ffs.

[NEEJ]

Some of the comments in here, man.  I can only assume people are addicted to misery and don't know how to behave otherwise. When was the last time we had 65% possession away from home? Thought we were comfortably the better team without creating any proper chances. They're very lucky to be ahead. 

[Wolfcastle]

The time we never see Longstaff in a black and white shirt again can't come soon enough. I'd like it to be this week.

Abysmal is his default, whether its Tranmere, Wolves or whoever.

It wouldn't be ruthless ambition just professional

 

[Bimpy474]

1 minute ago, gbandit said:

That Willock miss is so annoying, he should have taken it first time on his left by opening his body a touch 

 

TBF the ball was spinning caught under his feet. But he should have done better mind.

[The Prophet]

A lot of positives to take from that, but we look absolutely toothless in and around the box.

[ExiledGeordie]

2 minutes ago, KaKa said:

 

Wood has actually been decent today.

 

Some terrible deliveries into the box when in good positions so hasn't had much service.

 

We've been quite comfortable. But Willock adds the absolute bare minimum both going forward and defending. I'm pretty much fed up of him. He cannot be starting games. He's beginning to remind me of Jermaine Jenas. Soft and invisible.

Yes I just don’t think Willock imposes himself on games. It’s even more evident when the better players are missing 

[Kid Icarus]

Wolves are much poorer than I expected, so with that in mind it's disappointing but means that all's not lost. 

 

Willock should have scored and was unlucky that the ball went through his legs but he's been okay. You can see that Schar and Burn are missing Bruno coming short, Longstaff just doesn't have the skill to do that under pressure. As a result we look a bit aimless, but we're getting in good positions.

 

We can get something out of this though, definitely.

 

 

Edited August 28, 2022 by Kid Icarus

[Ste]

We've got this.

[mouldy_uk]

1 minute ago, Comegetasample said:

Some money getting spent in Dunelm tommorow like, soiled sheets all over the shop.

Its a football themed Internet forum, I’m not sure about you, but I don’t come here expecting eloquent, nuanced and we’ll reasoned comments (certainly not on match day)

[nemtizz]

Please sign a midfielder. Can’t watch Longstaff for much longer. 

[gbandit]

Maxi’s been fine, he just hasn’t had any space to work with, Wolves are really organised at the back. One thing Maxi should be better at and it’s slightly inexplicable why he’s not, is getting a yard of space to get a shot off. It’s amazing how often he slams shots into the first man by not getting either a bit more space or striking the ball more accurately 

[BoSelecta]

I wish we’d stop this floating corners to Burn at the back post. Proper Pardew tactic to Williamson, which funnily enough didn’t work either. Mid week shows just put in into a dangerous area with plenty pace.

[HaydnNUFC]

Wood getting a lot of stick in here and aye he's not great but the crosses aren't coming in. Almiron and ASM are constantly going back on their stronger feet allowing Wolves to settle. ASM needs to be trying to get behind Semedo who's on a yellow and sticking a cross in, not taking those pathetic attempts at goal after cutting in every time.

[Wild Geese]

We’ll still win this, early second half goal and we’ll go on to win comfortably? 

[KaKa]

1 minute ago, NEEJ said:

Some of the comments in here, man.  I can only assume people are addicted to misery and don't know how to behave otherwise. When was the last time we had 65% possession away from home? Thought we were comfortably the better team without creating any proper chances. They're very lucky to be ahead. 

 

They've been very unconvincing, which is what makes the score so much more annoying.

[Rafalove]

Longstaff hasn’t been great but defo Italy not as bad as some are making out. Had really good positioning to intercept a pass where one of their players would have been through on goal.

[Flip]

There are two very easy decisions for Howe to make at half time:

 

Anderson on for Willock - Willock doesn't care today. Doing fuck all.

Targett on for Burn - Burn as a left-back doesn't do it for me. He doesn't join in attack leaving ASM completely isolated and forcing him to try 100 dribbles. With an overlapping Targett I think we'd see a more effective ASM. 

 

 

[Pata]

People should calm down, it shouldn't be a surprise to anyone that our squad lacks depth. Semedo is on a yellow so I would expect Wolves trying to help him a lot on the second half so I would bring in Targett for Burn. Longstaff has been fine IMO, I would replace Willock with Anderson too.

[Bimpy474]

Playing poorly doesn't mean a player doesn't care.