Man City 0 - 2 Wolves: The Verdict Thread

[The Bear]

Excellent shimmy to leave Otamendi on the floor.

Traore scored the exact same finish twice! Surprised Ederson didn't anticipate the second one.

 

[Andre]

Wow. I didn't even consider backing us for that. Happy days!

First game of the season I've been out when we played (being unemployed has some benefits even if living in Cliftonville West, Margate doesn't) and I'd written it off. Managed to check at half-time with free wi-fi, then at full time and just went mental in front of the three people I was with. None of whom are even slightly interested in football.

 

[The Bion]

I keep overlooking the part where they played at home on Tuesday and we got back from Turkey at like 3am on Friday. They had an enormous advantage over us before you even start talking about lineups etc.

 

[Norman Deeley]

I keep overlooking the part where they played at home on Tuesday and we got back from Turkey at like 3am on Friday. They had an enormous advantage over us before you even start talking about lineups etc.

Same again in 3 weeks when we'll go to Newcastle on the Sunday after being in Bratislava on the Thursday

 

[YoungWolf]

The Newcastle game is a Monday night right? Will be handy

Edit: no it isn’t scratch that

 

[White Wolf]

By my count City have only failed to score at home five times in all competitions under Pep. 0-0s v Stoke and United in his first season, Huddersfield 0-0 when they won the league 2018, and then Wolves, twice. Having a look online I think this is just the 6th time Guardiola has lost a home game without scoring. Just a few random stats to make us look more impressive...

Oh and a big shout out to tbe travelling support....on the tv, could only hear the Wolves fans all game

All you could hear in person as well!

 

[arklowolf]

Ah shit, we've leapfrogged Villa and UTD.

 

[BGreenWolf]

I think I just heard Alan Shearer praise Traore’s defensive work on Match of the Day(!!!)

 

[sycophantia]

I think I just heard Alan Shearer praise Traore’s defensive work on Match of the Day(!!!)

Al loves us

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

Just watched it on MOTD, it just gets better

 

[jdrodrigues]

Was watching the game while in a tattoo convention in Barcelona, but ended up losing the thread around the 60th minute mark.

When I went to check on the final result I was shocked!

So very happy and proud with this!!

Hope this is our serious bounce back in the season, after a rough start.

 

[Alan]

Robin van Persie says our defending today was "like a piece of art".

Didn't think he'd ever do anything to make me hate him less!

 

[WolfmanOz]

Well it has proved to be true with Jota's injury time equaliser against Palace has truly kicked started Wolves' season, after a rather unconvincing start.

Since then, we've managed to win a League Cup tie (albeit on penalties), a relatively comfortable win against fellow struggler Watford, a clinical (but not overly impressive) win against Besiktas and now the triumph of a superlative win at last season's champions !

The cornerstone has been how rock solid our defence has become again.

So far in 17 competitive games this season we've conceded 17 goals, but 8 of those were in 2 consecutive games (Everton and Chelsea), and we can see in the last few matches that our whole defensive unit is now on song.

Our frontline still isn't quite firing (we could have been 2 or 3 up within 20 minutes against City) but I'm confident with a well earned rest for Raul, a returning Jota and a confident Traore we may start to see a few more chances converted. As for Cutrone it might take the good part of a year for him to fully jell with the team, as we've seen how Nuno's coaching sometimes takes its time with players before they start playing at a level we wouldn't have expected (e.g. Doc, Coady . . . and now Traore).

Maybe we're also seeing the benefits of the backroom staff/prep that is being into the team (refer to Tim's recent article) in which the sports science is second to none - as one thing is for sure, the players are certainly able to run out games very well, with late late goals against Burnley, Palace, Besiktas and now Man City.

It's a great time to be a Wolves supporter !

 

[Jabbawolf]

Well, on the BBC’s weekend review, it was the “ultimate smash and grab” - what a clown.

 

[The Bear]

Cutrone will come good, and not because of the coaching.

He's in a new country, everyone adapts to that differently. And he has had very few minutes other than today's start, especially in the league to get used to the pace of it. Jimenez was starting every game as soon as he landed, you can't really compare their starts.

His movement is really good, he's always looking to make runs, and he gets into good positions. A bit more game time for the players to strike up an understanding with him and a goal or two will help massively. He always looks really anxious to score at the minute.

 

[playtheace]

Hey, at least Gündoğan was gracious in defeat..... What a twonk.

 

[Tony Towner]

I was out yesterday, so only saw the highlights last night of what was a stunning victory. It's such a coincidence how these Top 6 sides keep having off days against Wolves...

 

[Rui_CostCo]

I had to rewind MOTD juts to make sure I'd heard Shearers statement about our performance right. Incredible from the dour Geordie on the sofa. It's still galling that much of the press is about how City lost, rather than how we won, the Guardian even gets who set up our 2nd goal wrong. It would be nice if they focused on our squad selection, team work ethic and individual performances that meant we didn't roll over to an under par City side that was reduced to bringing on 3 players with a combined worth of well into 9 figures, rather than how the team,. that clearly should have won, because they're City, didn't.

 

[Kenny]

I had to rewind MOTD juts to make sure I'd heard Shearers statement about our performance right. Incredible from the dour Geordie on the sofa.

Shearer spent all of last season bigging us up. So no surprise he was praising us last night

 

[Norman Deeley]

How can that idiot in the E&S give Saiss a 5 for getting injured? Presumably poor old Zyro got a 1 against Charlton?