Live Match Discussion 2023/24

[Kenny]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1723442498192711859

 

[PuntsWolf]

It's common sense, far from nonsense.

As for the "pre season friendlies" Crusaders I grant you, but if you think the games against Torino were pre season friendlies or that traveling to Armenia wouldn't be knackering I'm not sure what to say.

Oh and Wilson, Almiron and Targett are all out with muscle injuries, Manquillo and Isak with Groin strains...

Ok. So how does he change it?

Yes and the other half aren’t muscle injuries!

Anyway, I couldn’t give a fuck how many injuries they’ve got, or whether it’s unlucky.

The point is, They don’t have the luxury of rotating against AC, Dortmund and PSG (just look at those names compared to ours, seriously…) and they play at a high intensity. They can’t just play low intensity and get results… when the intensity is what makes them way more then the sum of their parts.

 

[jd1981]

Ok. So how does he change it?

Yes and the other half aren’t muscle injuries!

Anyway, I couldn’t give a fuck how many injuries they’ve got, or whether it’s unlucky.

The point is, They don’t have the luxury of rotating against AC, Dortmund and PSG (just look at those names compared to ours, seriously…) and they play at a high intensity. They can’t just play low intensity and get results… when the intensity is what makes them way more then the sum of their parts.

Just proves they’re way off the likes of City, Bayern, Liverpool etc at this level.
Newcastle are probably here to stay for a while but in their current state they’re probably closer to us than City.

 

[HanDoJin]

Only watching Fulham because i) Raul and ii)hoping Palhinha gets his 5th yellow. They are everything we were for the last couple of seasons -dull, predictable, zero personalities, powder puff up top. Oh, and lucky not to be 3 down

 

[Alan]

Only watching Fulham because i) Raul and ii)hoping Palhinha gets his 5th yellow. They are everything we were for the last couple of seasons -dull, predictable, zero personalities, powder puff up top. Oh, and lucky not to be 3 down

If Palhinha wants to defend like that he can play against us every week.

2-0 to Villa.

 

[HanDoJin]

Deserves a yellow for letting McGinn make a fool of him there

 

[Alan]

Raúl really should leave England in the winter. He's still intelligent enough to make a positive impact somewhere, but the Prem is just way too much of a physical ask. He just can't keep up with play.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Raúl really should leave England in the winter. He's still intelligent enough to make a positive impact somewhere, but the Prem is just way too much of a physical ask. He just can't keep up with play.

Yep, said as much at the time - we robbed Fulham blind. Not a Premier League player any more.

If we were keeping players because I loved them and literally no other reason then we'd still have Alex Rae in midfield. Although I reckon he'd still outdo Joe Hodge.

 

[Alan]

Yep, said as much at the time - we robbed Fulham blind. Not a Premier League player any more.

He'll almost certainly have had clubs reaching out from MLS (as I've said before, almost certainly not Liga MX; the clubs that could afford his wages are already maxed out on other expensive imports like Thauvin and Gignac). Which makes me think staying in England was his choice explicitly (more the fool Fulham, ay).

What makes it sad is that that would mean he hasn't accepted his limitations, and I can only imagine the mental turmoil he may still be dealing with. Anywho, me in being a fragile flower shocker.

 

[HanDoJin]

"hasn't accepted his limitations"

Nah, he was offered a ton of money to live in one of the world's great cities and sensibly took the opportunity. Can't blame him

 

[Alan]

"hasn't accepted his limitations"

Nah, he was offered a ton of money to live in one of the world's great cities and sensibly took the opportunity. Can't blame him

That's a fair point, but money won't solve your perception of yourself.

I don't blame him at all, I just hope he's okay mentally.

 

[SSB]

Only watching Fulham because i) Raul and ii)hoping Palhinha gets his 5th yellow. They are everything we were for the last couple of seasons -dull, predictable, zero personalities, powder puff up top. Oh, and lucky not to be 3 down

Got your wish. Easy money to be made on that bet.

 

[HanDoJin]

And there it is, no Palhinha v Wolves

 

[Alan]

Annoyingly good goal, that.

 

[pagey]

If only we had a player who could deliver a corner like Ward-Prowse?

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

If only we had a player who could deliver a corner like Ward-Prowse?

Thing is it's hard to accommodate him because he does virtually bugger all else and runs like an old woman.

If Doyle plays then he'll take set pieces for us.

 

[Alan]

Harsh on old women.

Raúl scores! Tap-in but hey ho.

 

[Tony Towner]

Raul has scored

https://twitter.com/x/status/1723725739344687300

 

[pagey]

Thing is it's hard to accommodate him because he does virtually bugger all else and runs like an old woman.

If Doyle plays then he'll take set pieces for us.

Just gets so frustrating after the last five/six years watching the majority being cleared by the first man, I know yeah I'm whinging when we won, but a bigger threat from set pieces would elevate us.

 

[Alan]

If Max threw his weight around effectively, that would go some way. Offers shockingly little threat from set pieces.