Notts Forest 1-1 Wolves: Verdict Thread

[WsWolf]

Well PL website has him at 5 assists and FBRef has him at 5 assists too.

I just used Google tbh so it could be wrong. Point still stands for me.

 

[sycophantia]

without doubt it is but that squad in that system isn’t 2 players away from being good. Massive question marks over anyone who plays the front 4 positons, massive turnover likely in midfield and question marks about all of them as well and then none of the back 4 and GK are top half players.

It probably isn’t and isn’t possible as we wouldn’t be able to fund it

Fair enough, agree we can't change too much due to financial pressures.
I do think 2 players in that system would make us comfortable mid table with maybe a small chance of getting into the lower European places. Obviously we'd need more in the squad though.
Thinking about your points then yes probably 2 is a bit light, definitely a keeper and probably 2 CBs + that little known item, a goalscorer.
Midfield is a bit unknown I suppose, we don't know how we'll fare with just Lemina, Bouba, Gomes. If we lose Neves, Nunes and Mouinho which seems likely, then a ball carrying/progressive CM too.
So 5 then.. you've convinced me

 

[Tony Towner]

I’m not a student of statistics but how often does a Wolves player create 6 chances? Seems pretty good to me!

More than anyone else in the PL yesterday, but apparently he did it all in his own half

 

[Wilf Wolf]

More than anyone else in the PL yesterday, but apparently he did it all in his own half

Lies, damned lies and statistics!

 

[Del Woppio]

I think there's no small amount of bitterness in the appraisals of MGW's performance yesterday tbh. He was the best player on the pitch, and displayed everything that we're missing. Progressive carrying and passing, mobility, tenacity and work rate.

The truth is probably somewhere between the two arguments in terms of whether we managed/treated him badly, or he was a bit of a cunt who didn't perform - but I'm pretty sure that he's exactly the kind of player we need

 

[The Bear]

I find it strange that we have moved away from Cunha playing up with Raul, with Nunes and Sarabia playing as narrow left and right sided midfielders.

We actually looked dangerous like that when we beat Spurs, and you can always switch out Sarabia for any of Traore and Neto as and when needed to give you a slightly different wider threat.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

The truth is probably somewhere between the two arguments in terms of whether we managed/treated him badly, or he was a bit of a cunt who didn't perform - but I'm pretty sure that he's exactly the kind of player we need

I dunno. He's not a number 8 in a midfield three à la Jacob Ramsey for me (I thought he would develop into this kind of player but he hasn't), he doesn't have good enough numbers for someone who plays every game in the front three and hardly anyone plays a proper #10 now.

He's alright, but I doubt he'd have matched Podence's output in our team, and we all want rid of the latter in the summer.

 

[PuntsWolf]

I don’t think he’s anything special but he’s better than what we’ve got.

If you’re giving me MGW, Cunha, Guedes, Nunes (who we are playing in a forward position) who all have come in for similar amounts of money then I’m picking MGW everytime.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I'd take current day James Henry over Guedes.

He is still very much a YouTube showreel player for me. Give me goals, give me impact, not something that looks impressive totally out of context set to an appalling early 2000s techno track.

 

[Johnny75]

I find it strange that we have moved away from Cunha playing up with Raul, with Nunes and Sarabia playing as narrow left and right sided midfielders.

We actually looked dangerous like that when we beat Spurs, and you can always switch out Sarabia for any of Traore and Neto as and when needed to give you a slightly different wider threat.

Can we stop with Traore being a viable option, he's fucking shit.

It should be Sarabia and Neto/ Spit the dog.

 

[prawnking]

More than anyone else in the PL yesterday, but apparently he did it all in his own half

Naughty...I actually said 'a lot of it', and in nothing areas too

 

[prawnking]

He was the best player on the pitch, and displayed everything that we're missing. Progressive carrying and passing, mobility, tenacity and work rate.

He obviously massively raises his game when he plays against us due to the chip on his shoulder he's carrying

 

[Tony Towner]

Lopetegui and Adama is a footballing abusive relationship. Starts him, he's shit, drops him, comes on as sub, has an impact, starts him. Wash, rinse, repeat

 

[Alan]

Apropos of nothing, but if West Ham go down and we stay up, we ought to be giving Jarred Bowen's agent a call.

 

[jd1981]

I think we’re the exact stereotype vision that the Simpson had of football

 

[Alan]

I think we’re the exact stereotype vision that the Simpson had of football

We sure ain't making fans out of my parents.

 

[WsWolf]

Apropos of nothing, but if West Ham go down and we stay up, we ought to be giving Jarred Bowen's agent a call.

Probably wouldn't even pick up the phone. He'll surely have his sights set higher than another relegation battle.

 

[Tony Towner]

He'd stay in London given his media profile

 

[Tony Towner]

We can now definitively say it wasn't a penalty

https://twitter.com/x/status/1642186088079937537

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

If you harnessed the energy that the Gulf Gibbon spent on whining about VAR, you could power the entire planet for a decade.

The problem at the moment (well, one of them) is that since Webb took over you have Schrödinger's VAR - the on field refs aren't making calls thinking the replays will bail them out, but more often than not they stick with the original dodgy (non)call even in the face of video evidence that gives a better view. It isn't just affecting us either.

FWIW I think it was less of a pen yesterday than Semedo vs Leeds, and obviously Raul at Newcastle is off the scale.