Blues 0-2 Wolves: The Verdict

[YoungWolf]

I'd like to see us set up like that in midfield more often for sure. Even McDonald was putting in some very good tackles, we had them panicking, at the right time too not just aimless charging around.

 

[Aikiwolf]

I'd like to see us set up like that in midfield more often for sure. Even McDonald was putting in some very good tackles, we had them panicking, at the right time too not just aimless charging around.

There was a definite shift in tactics compared to recent weeks. We have been trying to block channels and concede territory but today there was a look to press as a whole team and not just sit.

 

[YoungWolf]

Yeah, we've never really been a team who press very high up the field under Jackett . His style is generally to set up deeper, and in general this has worked very well, defensively we have been excellent while he has been manager. However, with a younger defensive set up and in this poor run of form it invites trouble so I'm glad he made those changes. I think it suits Coady better too.

 

[Dinowolf]

Crisis? What crisis?

Great result for us.
Felt we were in control throughout the game, and thoroughly deserved the three points.
Everyone played well. No-one was perfect, but hey, it's football.
Impressed with Williamson ( KJ said in his post-match his experience was what we had been missing????)
Iorfa showed tremendous power and pace at times, and as someone said, his wrestling match with Donaldson was awesome.
Well done KJ and well done Wolves.

 

[Parkins left foot]

Impressed with Williamson ( KJ said in his post-match his experience was what we had been missing????)

From KJs quote after the game you have to wonder why the club allowed itself to get into the position in the first place.

Clearly had an impact, was talking & organising throughout the game & his positional sense was spot on.

Lock the back door up & we have enough about us to do some damage. Still played too deep at times, just pressed & challenged better there than we did v Boro

 

[pavlosmacwolf]

Crisis? What crisis?

Great result for us.
Felt we were in control throughout the game, and thoroughly deserved the three points.
Everyone played well. No-one was perfect, but hey, it's football.
Impressed with Williamson ( KJ said in his post-match his experience was what we had been missing????)
Iorfa showed tremendous power and pace at times, and as someone said, his wrestling match with Donaldson was awesome.
Well done KJ and well done Wolves.

So as our illustrious manager with the whole summer in front of him, didn't get the problem solved then. Shutting door after horse, comes to mind

Sorry but too many false dawns, when there are people on this forum, who are not paid fortunes to manage Wolves who sussed things two weeks into the season, how come the man is a genius for sussing it now?.

Find a style of play, get a plan B for when it goes tits up, and teach that, right down to the under 8's. BUT do it in the summer not ten games into the season. (unless we change again after 11 games)

 

[Tony Towner]

First time I've seen us this year with a formation that suits and players that suit it. We sucked them on and hit them on the break time and again, McDonald's shot would have been a thing of beauty if it had gone in. My MOTM was Iorfa, he made Gray sulk and in doing so killed their attacking threat. Special mentions to Byrne and Williamson. Afobe worries me.

 

[Kenny]

From KJs quote after the game you have to wonder why the club allowed itself to get into the position in the first place.

Morgan presses for more from the Youth and heavily invests in it.
Stearman sold as he the direction of the club is use Hause, EEL Iorfa etc etc

Morgan says he has had enough, injuries kick in and Jackett can get the experience he wanted.

Or maybe just the idea was great and the execution of it was poor and the club has had to step back a few steps to get back on track

 

[Parkins left foot]

Morgan presses for more from the Youth and heavily invests in it.
Stearman sold as he the direction of the club is use Hause, EEL Iorfa etc etc

Morgan says he has had enough, injuries kick in and Jackett can get the experience he wanted.

Or maybe just the idea was great and the execution of it was poor and the club has had to step back a few steps to get back on track

Understand that, but should any owner be dictating the football philosophy to that level. If KJ felt that more experience was needed then his voice should have been heard more

 

[Kenny]

Understand that, but should any owner be dictating the football philosophy to that level. If KJ felt that more experience was needed then his voice should have been heard more

I think it will be more a case of a poorly executed idea (from all involved) rather than Morgan ruling with an iron fist

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

So as our illustrious manager with the whole summer in front of him, didn't get the problem solved then. Shutting door after horse, comes to mind

Sorry but too many false dawns, when there are people on this forum, who are not paid fortunes to manage Wolves who sussed things two weeks into the season, how come the man is a genius for sussing it now?.

Find a style of play, get a plan B for when it goes tits up, and teach that, right down to the under 8's. BUT do it in the summer not ten games into the season. (unless we change again after 11 games)

We slate the manager when he gets it wrong and costs us points, it would be churlish not to praise him when he gets it right and say "well why didn't the twat do it weeks ago". What's gone is far less important than us making something of our season from where we are now.

Managers fall on things sometimes, more through luck than judgement. Look at DJ ending up with Miller and Ndah as his only two remaining strikers and they end up forming a promotion winning partnership, he would never have paired them by choice. If we end up making a success of this year with say, Williamson forming an integral part of the team, I won't really care how we arrived at it, so long as the end result is right.

 

[darlowolf64]

Wow....spent the day touring the Lake District and this is quite a surprise. Looking forward to seeing the highlights when I get home tomorrow

 

[Parkins left foot]

I think it will be more a case of a poorly executed idea (from all involved) rather than Morgan ruling with an iron fist

Fair point - Kenny may well have bought into the policy initially. Wasn't entirely working, but its only the sale of Stearman & Hause's injury that has given him the opportunity to change tack

 

[Fireblade908]

Of course not much credit for Dave Edwards, but as one person on here has said what else does he do other than score goals lol. What did the Romans ever do for us?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Edwards had a good game, if he always played like that then he wouldn't be an issue. It's when he goes weeks and weeks without contributing anything but remains locked into the starting XI that I have a problem.

If he's going to play in that position then he needs to score more goals than he historically has done at this level, because six or fewer over a season is not good enough - he scored six league goals last season which was his best ever haul at this level, so he really hasn't fit the brief of a goalscoring midfielder particularly. He's doing alright this season so far in that respect, four in ten is around the ratio we need (albeit he punched one of them in). We're never going to get creativity from him, if you're sacrificing that aspect of play altogether from a number 10 then they need to be scoring at the rate you would expect a decent second striker to do - like Kevin Nolan did down the years for his various teams.

 

[pavlosmacwolf]

We slate the manager when he gets it wrong and costs us points, it would be churlish not to praise him when he gets it right and say "well why didn't the twat do it weeks ago". What's gone is far less important than us making something of our season from where we are now.

Managers fall on things sometimes, more through luck than judgement. Look at DJ ending up with Miller and Ndah as his only two remaining strikers and they end up forming a promotion winning partnership, he would never have paired them by choice. If we end up making a success of this year with say, Williamson forming an integral part of the team, I won't really care how we arrived at it, so long as the end result is right.

sorry DW but i simply don't agree.

Last season he had a style that worked with the players he had and then had the summer to add to the squad with like minded players. What happened next? the rhombus? The baffling substitutions? the square pegs in round playing positions?

He brings back Price and all is well, then one bad result and off we go again, Price out, and back again with random selection and baffling subs.

yes he may well have fallen on the sloution, but with so many different teams and playing styles a blind man would have done that. eventually.

I still think the rules under Morgan's departure are having an affect now, but in the summer? I still go with lost the plot, despite a brilliant result today.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

We can talk about mistakes made in the summer for as long as we like, but it doesn't change anything and we can't do anything about it now. I don't see the sense in continually harking back to what we might have done five months ago, the important thing is getting a consistent set up with results to fit from this point.

They're all valid criticisms that you make to a point, and in the final analysis, should we fall short, we might well point to them as being issues which left us with too much to do. I don't really see them as being especially relevant when we're analysing a game we just won and won well against a team who've outperformed us all season though. If you asked me to grade Jackett's performance over the season so far I'd give him a very generous 4/10, don't worry, I haven't absolved him from all the weird decisions just because we won today. However he deserves credit for how we went about our business today.

 

[Alan]

A good three points and a performance that says we shouldn't be in the bottom half, however until we can sustain this sort of performance for a month or so I'm not fully relieved.

 

[darlowolf64]

A good three points and a performance that says we shouldn't be in the bottom half, however until we can sustain this sort of performance for a month or so I'm not fully relieved.

Spot on Alan

 

[Freddeno]

Yeah, but normal with a "young and hungry" team...inconsistent