[FA Cup Quarter-Final] Wolves 2-3 Coventry: Verdict Thread

[Deutsch Wolf]

Yes, Doherty should have gone down, there was definite contact.

 

[Kenny]

The ref didn't give a free kick when Semedo attempted a Mortal Kombat finish him move so he wouldn't have given a pen for a tap on the ankle and therefore VAR wouldn't have told him he was wrong.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Another stunning idea from the Look At Me corner of the Internet. Absolute silence from 85% of the ground as we came out in a home FA Cup quarter final and I'm told ITV were on an ad break so it didn't even get shown.

Not wishing to be at Greta about it, but 27,000 plastic bags that 95% won't be used again is pretty disgusting environmentally too.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

The ref didn't give a free kick when Semedo attempted a Mortal Kombat finish him move so he wouldn't have given a pen for a tap on the ankle and therefore VAR wouldn't have told him he was wrong.

The big tub of fuck was trundling nowhere, he may as well have tried. Though why change the habit of a lifetime.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

It didn’t look like a foul on the replay but if the ref had given it then I don’t think VAR would have overturned it.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

It didn’t look like a foul on the replay but if the ref had given it then I don’t think VAR would have overturned it.

He'd lost the ball too hadn't he? May as well have gone down.

 

[Kenny]

Not wishing to be at Greta about it, but 27,000 plastic bags that 95% won't be used again is pretty disgusting environmentally too.

More woke than Jinky....

 

[Jack Regan]

Yeah I still don't think he'd have got the penalty if he'd gone down, unless the ref gave it at the time.

My initial thought was he would have, but several of the replays showed it was negligible contact at best, and no way VAR would have given it had he fallen (not in our favour anyway).

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Also a reminder that in 2024 I just paid actual money to watch Matt Doherty play on the left of a front three in an FA Cup quarter final.

Please stop using him Gary, he is rubbish.

 

[YoungWolf]

There’s no excuse for that one either is there

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

By the time his contract expires (we won't be able to give him away as he's old, slow, fat, shit and lazy, on decent money) I'll have been watching him on and off for around 15 years.

Murderers get less and I haven't even done anything wrong.

 

[Kenny]

By the time his contract expires (we won't be able to give him away as he's old, slow, fat, shit and lazy, on decent money) I'll have been watching him on and off for around 15 years.

Murderers get less and I haven't even done anything wrong.

Yet...

 

[Tredman]

Also a reminder that in 2024 I just paid actual money to watch Matt Doherty play on the left of a front three in an FA Cup quarter final.

Please stop using him Gary, he is rubbish.

Total madness that he came on there and we put RAN into a more defensive role. Borderline insanity.

 

[Mel Evo]

Total madness that he came on there and we put RAN into a more defensive role. Borderline insanity.

I couldn’t believe I was seeing this myself. To be honest I’ve been pretty depressed since the final whistle and I’m only getting to the point of comment now, and it’s all already been said. However, this one stuck out for me, what possible reason was there for it? We had plenty of non-options, but in this case there were a couple of ways we could have got RAN further up. We went for the one where we dragged him back AND introduced Doc. Just shit.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

We have Ait-Nouri and Bueno. There’s no need to ever play Doherty on the left hand side.

 

[Kenny]

He has put Doc up front before this season.

V Chelsea at home he had an odd free role. Guess they think his best attributes are in a non defensive way.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

For reference, Matt Doherty's league starts since we somehow sold him:

2020/21 (Tottenham): 13
2021/22 (Tottenham): 9
2022/23 (Tottenham): 7
2022/23 (Atletico Madrid): 0
2023/24 (Wolves): 3

What a fucking con job of a career.

 

[Mel Evo]

He has put Doc up front before this season.

V Chelsea at home he had an odd free role. Guess they think his best attributes are in a non defensive way.

This is a bit like me in fairness. On the old Ice Hockey team my best attributes are also in a non defensive way. Also, I can’t ice skate. Incredible it’s my actual job.

 

[Jack Regan]

He has put Doc up front before this season.

V Chelsea at home he had an odd free role. Guess they think his best attributes are in a non defensive way.

There were a fair few advocating it in the matchday thread (mostly in a jokey we've been awful going forward type way) myself included, as Fraser was so ineffective. Had he put any discernable effort in when he came on you could have kinda condoned it, but he was as feckless and lazy as he often is. You can see why Bueno has been so furious every time O'Neil has put him on in front of him the last few months.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

He knows the club of course.

Mind you I know Birmingham Airport and I wouldn't say I'd be great at flying 300 people to New York.