Wolves v Chelsea - 15th December- Build up and Matchday thread

[sycophantia]

Bit disappointed we've gone back to 3 at the back but not surprised

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Be nice to think Coady could push forward a little more at times rather than sitting behind the two CHs all the time.

 

[1986]

3 at the back was always going to happen facing Chelsea , no surprise there .

Hard to argue with the team . Nice to see Silva getting another chance , he'll learn far more on the pitch than he would watching from a bench / stand .

 

[prawnking]

Think we could be on for a caning tonight but I'll have beer and watch with hope in my heart anyway!

 

[YoungWolf]

I have some worries about this one too. They've risked starting Pulisic which I find a surprise - so if we can hold them til later in the game we might have a chance there (which I reckon is Nuno's plan). Will require concentration and us to defend well, can't afford to concede early..

 

[Boozad]

3-0 Chelsea is my guess but who knows, a couple of years we came in to this fixture at the same time in the season, off the back of a miserable run that inc Huddersfield and Cardiff beating us and we won 2-1 and a few months later we qualified for Europe.

I think my glass is smashed but somehow is still half full

And what a night that was. Fantastic win. I think I’m just on a downer about everything at the moment so expecting disappointment, I think my glass is smashed as well so I just drink half of yours.

 

[Boozad]

Options for Saiss off and Vitinha on if we need to switch formation I suppose.

 

[Norman Deeley]

Hmmm... I'm slightly underwhelmed with Boly at the moment, but if we're going 3 at the back who else plays RCB? What I don't want to see is Neves dropping deeper and deeper alongside Coady. I'm guessing it'll be Neves on penalties and Neto on all the other dead balls

 

[jd1981]

I’d take a draw now if I’m on honest biggest fear is we go behind early and end up chasing the game.

 

[Dinowolf]

Performance is key tonight, building confidence for future matches.

Converting chances will give us a lift.

I'd love to see us take something off these tonght.

 

[The Bear]

Thought I'd share this really good resource I've found for seeing who the pundits and commentators are for upcoming matches.

Internet Commentator Database - Football

Tonight we have Guy Mowbray and Matthew Upson.

 

[Premier Quality]

How young is that bench?

come on the wolves!!!

 

[Wilf Wolf]

Performance is key tonight, building confidence for future matches.

Converting chances will give us a lift.

I'd love to see us take something off these tonght.

Three points will do more good than a good performance with nothing to show for it.

 

[YoungWolf]

Atwell ffs

 

[Alan]

Definitely back to a five.

 

[YoungWolf]

Looks more like 352 with Podence left of midfield three. Not sure abut that

Edit: or maybe him behind Neto and Fabio

 

[Pablowolf]

Wolves will score inside the first 30 minutes as I'm going to have a poo during the first half, and Wolves always score when I'm pooing.

 

[Alan]

If Silva can hold the ball up more effectively than Raul has done this season, we'll be fine. That, IMO, more than anything else, is why we struggled to create chances in the 3-4-3 this season.

 

[YoungWolf]

It's a little bit similar to when we beat Chelsea at home 2 years ago. Gibbs-White played behind Jota and Jimenez that night

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Looks more like 352 with Podence left of midfield three. Not sure abut that

Edit: or maybe him behind Neto and Fabio

Think it's the latter, Podence looks to be the most central trying to sit on Kante when Chelsea have had the ball.