So exhilarating is life at Molineux right now that being happy doesn’t do it justice.
Thanks to Nuno’s persuasive powers and his ever-impressive side, that feeling of ecstasy – that eluded us for so long – is not only to be expected these days, but it’s to be embraced in a variety of ways.
Take Jota’s winner against Leicester City, like an unexpected snog with a rare beauty on a night in town. Intense, immediate and hot-blooded in its very being.
Our 3-0 win against West Ham was at the other end of the same emotion. This was a more seductive affair, wooing you slowly and climaxing with the gentle kiss of Raul’s right boot.
For all the giddiness of a seven-goal thriller and stoppage time winner, I’ll take this evening under lights, which told me more about this side than any other result this season.
This poised, polished performance smacked of a longer-term relationship with the Premier League. It said she’s here to stay. (34pts was enough to stay up in 2017/18 for example, and 35pts sufficient in 2016/17. We sit on 35).
Jota and Jiminez look so irresistible up front that no amount of transfer window activity could improve what they offer, while Dendoncker’s presence in the middle of the park has added a new dimension to our play, and have elevated our performances to new heights as a result.
Neves and Moutinho are benefitting most, with both indulging us in their most alluring form to date. Moutinho, in particular, was quite spellbinding last night in what must rank as a pure masterclass.
With Big Willy Boly absent, fears had been heightened defensively of late, with good reason. But Romain Saiss was at his uncompromising best and revelled in a performance of the season, while Jonny and Doherty were at their menacing best, combing power with panache in the final third. Patricio, meanwhile, could have worn a pair of slippers.
When factoring in a quite incompetent referee who appeared to be on a one-man mission to deny us all costs, this was our most enticing win of the season – like a marriage made in heaven.
Great write up mate. What else is there to say?
Very impressed by the manner in which we’ve seen off Bournemouth, Leicester and West Ham in our mini-league of sorts. We looked the stronger team in all three games and none more so than last night.
The Hammers have some good individuals but much like when we played them at the start of the season they didn’t operate as a cohesive unit. They’ve got a lot of injuries but Pellegrini fielded a team way too open in midfield. Once Neves and Moutinho got to grips with the game we steamrollered them.
I haven’t done my research into the Jimenez situation but hopefully his signature is a formality. I feel a bit sick at the thought of him not being here next season so hopefully it’s locked in place. He seems to be having the time of his life so that bodes well.
We can easily beat Everton on Saturday to cement our position.
Yes, West Ham don’t have the players they need to play the kind of football they want to play under Pellegrini. The best they can hope for this season, without new signings, is probably a mid table position.
Has West Ham reached rock bottom? Probably not, for next up is Liverpool ;=)))
West Ham fans reaction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwKI6lH_ZGg
Them not having the players they need to play the kind of football they want to play is no too disimilar to Wolves under Solbaken.
We are fortunate now to not have Moxey and Morgan restricting our progress any longer. My, how things have changed.
There appeared to be a huge gulf between the teams, a gulf which only got wider as the game progressed. By the end, it seemed that the ‘ammers had given up on touching the ball at all for fear of embarrassment.
Our control seemed to become total as the second half wore on and we created chance after chance and the opposition benefited from some very dubious refereeing decisions. Rarely have I felt so confident of securing the three points before the final whistle.
We had a team full of stars, but for me, Matt Doherty stood out. His marauding runs down the wing and mesmeric understanding with his teammates gave us a constant outlet and attacking threat. He was my MOTM. I’m not picking out anyone else for special mention because they were all, to a man, terrific.
Finally, a word for Nuno, who has created a team which is so much more than the sum of it’s parts. A team built on spirit and desire, unselfishness and understanding. In short, a team which epitomises all that is good about the concept. Thank you sir.
Hear hear. I missed you in the Combemere post match mate, which was a shame.
Best game of the season for me.
Ben, ….. an unexpected snog with a rare beauty ….. brilliant, absolutely brilliant.
Ha ha! Thanks Brompton. I think it was Raul’s left boot too (not the right). My eyes must have been closed at the time 😉
Nah, I wasn’t there Steve. Had to drive straight home post-match. Had a couple in there pre-game though. Coffees that is. 🙂
Crackin’ game though eh??
I have to agree the ref was awful last night and Jiminez was superb. West Ham though were very poor and considering how well they can play and have played this season I can only assume that the Arnautovic situation has crushed the team spirit. So as the South Bank were saying, “Should have gone to China”
The PMDG’er and I were settled down in front of the telly and watching (on the usually brilliant Hesgoal.com live stream), the pre-match rituals of the teams.
West Ham made an almost comically unsubtle effort at proving their ‘togetherness’ when the naughty Arnautovic went round every player to receive a rather less than convincing hug.
It was so obvious that they had been instructed to do this and it was toe curlingly embarassing to watch. It just made me chuckle.
It was then that I was pretty certain that we would beat this lot.
Shortly after that, the live stream went down and didn’t come back, so I was reduced to getting updates from the Beeb.
Just my luck to miss the best and most comprehensive performance by the lads in Old Gold.
I’ll leave the description of the game to those who were lucky enough to see it.
Suffice to say this is one VERY SPECIAL Wolves side!
Releasesky.com best streaming service Doogooder…Give it a go…
Will do mate, thanks.
I use Live Player on my iPad, also very good. Always manage to get English commentary.
I was child minding away from home and commentary on the internet from BBC local London was set up for me. Apparently it’s possible to get any local radio station on the internet.
It was rather London biased but they soon gave in when it was obvious how much better Wolves were.
You can get unbiased ( 🙂 ) commentary from the Wolves web site. All games are free to listen to.
🙂
thanks for the tip, I’ll do that.
Can’t really add a lot it was a performance of a season type of game. With the sale of Bath who I wish all the best by the way and the sale of Afobe now going through I’d love to make Jonny and Raul permanent. This is the best side I’ve seen in person and to you can’t imagine it getting any better but I suspect it will.
Never mind Tito Jackson.
Never mind Mark Hamm
We’ve got Banksy as a Wolves fan.
This is on the railway bridge on tbe A449 Stafford Road,heading to McDonalds.
It’s better in real life than on a photo.
Class…
Been back for another look, it’s a bloody print, but still looks terrific.
Yow carr beet Wolvo humour.
Hello Boys and Girls, it’s back!!!!
Liquid football returned to Molineux last night in all it’s glory.
That was, especially second half, as comprehensive a thrashing as I have ever seen.
Some observers on social media have said that West Ham were poor. Yes, but only because we did not allow them to be anything else.
The only Wolves player who was not brilliant was Patricio, mainly because he spent most of the second half in Asda doing his weekly shopping!
West Ham, a team with pretensions of being “best of the rest”, didn’t have a single shot on target, despite playing with twelve and sometimes thirteen players.
Whoever is in charge of assessing referee’s performances should relegate that useless twat to the third division……………….of Scottish football.
Three clear penalties turned down.
Even the West Ham fans in the pub with us agreed they should all have been given.
Still, nothing to wipe off the shit eating grin today, a fabulous team effort, and if you read this, Jeff…………..SIGN HIM UP!!!
gonna go watch the highlights, again!
FOwb
LIQUID football is absolutely right!!!!! What a night!
I wonder if Fosun have a contingency plan in place if Nuno get’s tempted by Spurs in the summer (If Pochettino goes to United). Whilst I’d like to think Nuno would turn down any advances, I do hope Fosun are savvy enough to have a plan A and plan B should the worst happen.
It ain’t gonna happen John.
I hope not and all the noises from Nuno and the club are that he’s in it for the long haul. But managers get their heads turned by Champions League football and the chance to put themselves at the highest level. Al I;’m saying is that I hope we have a contingency plan should the worst happen
Yes
Our contingency plan is Nuno will lead us into Champions League football, soon
Don’t think Fosun are that stupid. Great win last night.
Wolves Aye We.
He’s not gonna leave till things go sour, we’ve got so much potential he’s not daft enough to jump ship yet
Brilliant all round team display, really pleased for Saiss who a few of us were doubting at the back. Clean sheet and is Moutinho the best player in that position since the great Jimmy McCalliog? No need for hasty transfers in during this window. Pity about the fireworks malfunction and no High Ho Silver Lining to clear the throats. 10/10 for all involved on a very cold night.
Brilliant performance . West Ham didn’t turn up and that was the view of some of their fans in The Western after the game . Again they praised our performance and like most agreed that we should of had at least one penalty if not two. But who cares….we outshone, we out played and completely outclassed the Hammers. Europe my friends is no longer a dream . Carry on like this and its a reality ! Stick that up your arse Sandwell fans
For the first time ever, I didn’t want my team to score.
Not because we were embarrassing an obviously underdog effort of a team.
Not because we were shooting for fun.
But because, guess who predicted 3-0.
Not being Cocky, I was as surprised as anyone but at the same time.
Feckin A
Thanks for the coffee and catch up. In fact, thank Jen for the coffee.
Hope the gas man has gone. See you Tuesday.
When is a team not a team? When it’s West Ham. They looked like a group who’d met just before getting on the bus and then fallen out over the seating arrangements.
Compare that to our own lovely lads. Working and covering for each other, creating and passing so fluently they could be mistaken as having ESP.
Jiminez was the supreme example – receiving the ball already decided on his next touch or pass.
What a TEAM Nuno has created. Thank you Nuno and thank you Fosun for bringing him to the Molineux.
What magnificent football team is ours. As good a performance any one could ever hope to see. West Ham were not just beaten: they were comprehensively walloped by a team without apparent weakness, despite being helped by a completely biased referee who seemed to think his role was to do all in his power keep our opponents in the game.
Whereas after most games it is straightforward to differentiate between players who were outstanding , and those who were under par, on this occasion the task was impossible. Every single player in the side was magnificent. Their combination produced a TEAM which on the night was unstoppable
What a great time it is to be a fanatical supporter of the Wolves.
I couldn’t get to sleep last night. I was just so excited and happy. My prediction was the reverse. I was definitely on one where I could only see the negative. Well that’s for chumps and thank Nuno’s Wolves for showing us the truth of the matter.
Midfield masterclass, defensive dominance and a striking sensation. We showed it all.
We just need to tweak the fireworks and we can reach for the stars.
Only listened on wm.
It sounded as though it was a tad like a weighing up period … the first half.
As it turned out thats exactly what it was.
Nuno waited to see what they had in the tank then instructed his troops on how to annihilate the enemy in the second period.
Have we really become that clinical ?
Are we really that good and Nuno that clever that we can dictate a game in that manner ?
YOU BET YOUR SWEET BIPPY WE ARE
Everton , you and your manager are about to be given a football masterclass lesson.
Cant wait.
Totaly confident, totaly convinced , totaly couldnt give a flying handbag what any other club thinks about how arrogant or cocky i might sound .
WE ARE THE BUSINESS .
So vile fans can go and look at a replay of 1982 for the rest of their days.
Its our turn now.
WAW
Saw it on Sky.
Best performance I have seen from a Wolves team.
I began supporting them in 1960 and this was a masterclass, almost like a ballet the movement was so fluid. Moutinho the Nijinsky of Molineux.
For me the introduction of Dendoncker into the team has given us a midfield dominance other teams cannot control. He, like Neves & Moutinho, is an intelligent player, whose thoughts, (like his feet), are truly skilful.
Will be surprised if Boly replaces Saiss Saturday too…
As for Jiminez & Jota, they are developing a footballing partnership, akin to Lennon & McCartney!
Nuno and Mendes have a plan.
I note someone suggested he might be tempted by Spurs…
Nonsense.
Nuno will lead us into the top four and Europe within the next two years.
No doubt about it…..
The referee was atrocious, totally biased against us, like the commentators!
But the noise of the fans singing ‘Nuno had a dream’, even thru my little computer speakers, was electrifying and sent shivers down the old spine.
Never thought I’d see the day…
Thank you Mr Fosun…
Well after such a sparkling performance littered with footballing jewels in old gold shirts…. and a score line that didn’t do the slaughter justice I thought I’d check out our media coverage on BBC sport.
Well …. feck all about us… how we’d moved stealthily to 7th in the Premier League…. nah it was Man U this, Man City that, Chelsea this and Arsenal that…. well numpties … (bbc) you just keep us nicely under the radar while we go about our business.
I received a msg from my daughter in NZ …. from a kiwi she’d never met before who was praising our progress and saying what a class team/club we’re becoming.
Our rise is being noticed from the other side of the world but unfortunately not at broadcasting house….. so …. Balls to the BBC.
It’s Everton next stop hoping to see the Stuwolf’s and the Lowves’… and premier league safety on Feb 02.
Forgot to add … with a proper ref who had no visual impairment it would have been 5-0.
And guess who the BBC are screening in the FA cup 4th round replay Twix ? Only gone and forced Sandwell Town on our national TV screens against the premier league Albion. I for one will not be having that on my telly. It just couldn’t stand it. No. I will be tuning in to see ‘Hour of salvation’ on the God channel. Which strangely lasts half an hour. Next week it features two Villa fans praying for the play offs. ……….
As comprehensively professional a performance as I’ve ever seen from any Wolves team. Noticed that our first 2 goals came from basically out-muscling defenders – but legally. Good to see. Man of the match ? Got to be Fabianski – without him (and the ref) it would have been 6 or 7.
For anyone not able to see the game or lost a signal last night, it is on Sky CH 402 and Virgin 512 for half an hour at 18-00 thisevening (Wednesday)
It’s a repeat from last night at 00-30, we’ve just watched it and it is certainly worth it.
cheers Stu, you is a gud un
Thanks Stu, just realised I can download them on Sky.
Ben, what a write up!
After the first 3 sentences I had to check I hadn’t opened up a page of my missus’s 50 Shades Of Grey… ecstasy, hot-blooded and seductive… being a betting man I’d wager 10,000/1 that has never been written in a post match for WWFC – reckon Dim Spears will be pist he hadn’t used that in his post match…..
So the match was superb, the team & management are special, the 12th man roaring and the Blog (as always) exceptional.
One more win & we’re safe, so time to relax and soak up the rest of the season.
FWAW
Yeah fantastic performance
I watched it on the telly, I must say a few are saying how poor West ham played, well, I think we just outplayed them, we worked them out after 20 mins, thought jota was unbelievable he is getting better and better, what a player, only thing I will will say is I don’t like saiss at the back on another day we would of got punished from a few luckless passes and his concentration.
The 5 new guys loaned or bought to augment the successful Championship Winners have added massive extra quality. One of many of great moments in the game for me was in the 1st half when Superstar Raul crossed from the right to Jonny who headed just wide. That was some proof indeed that Wolves are knocking on the door of the footballing elite. The gilded Top 6, the untouchables!
The best striker ever to grace Molineux? That’s what some are saying, & the quality & contribution he makes are of the very highest. Be great to land him permanently.
West Ham seemed to lack our team spirit & togetherness. But overall you can only say, yet again, it was a feast for the eyes last night. 7th on 35 points, Wolves fans walking on air. Long may it continue. Hope this upgrade in form is permanent.
If we were prepared to pay 18 million for the unproven Tammy A, then just what value should we place on Raoul Jiminez. ? There is zero comparison between the two !!
I have been supporting Wolves since 1948, and I have not seen a better central striker than him at the Mol. His all round game is absolutely superb — he has the lot. Nuno: Get him signed pronto
What about the Doog? He was a bit special and would put he’s life on the line for the cause.
Raul looks in the same mould.
Awesome times me thinks.
Agreed. The Doog was also the business, with a superb attitude and total commitment.
But in my opinion, Raul is the better footballer. Greater ball skills, considerably more pace, and better overall vision.
That said, wouldn`t it be great if we could have the late Doog coming off the bench to nod in a few in the closing minutes ! ! Lovely memories of a wonderful footballer.
The pitches were very heavy in the Doogs day and so very hard to compare. The Doog was a clever player and could outwit a defender and performed to his peak until his 30’s. Hope Jimenez does too at the Wolves.
Hi guys. Any good techys on here? I have sports app on my phone which I can watch all wolves matches on without buffering or kicking out (not always English commentary). I use a firestick and I’ve loaded it with all the apks. Sports Angel, red box, livenet, v sat etc etc. I can access and watch more or less everything from movies to live t.v . I mainly use bein sports to watch the footie when using the firestick but 8 out of 10 times when the match starts, It freezes and a lot of the times kicks you out (mainly when there is goal mouth action). Has anyone got any suggestions on apps or ways to get streams to work. Would much rather watch the game on a big screen then phone. Thanks in advance
How good was that? Outstanding football. I managed to watch the 30 mins highlights on Sky and what I saw was so good. Brilliant !
🙂
Of course we were next to last on MOTD last night 🙁
Mike
Is there anyone getting tired of seeing this blasted all over the sports pages?
Not me…
Great stu just love it but tell you what mate they are queuing up behind us so we need to keep up our super form .
When someone did that report about players wages the other week and related it to where you finish in the league we were the 12th highest wage payers
Although 7th would be incredible and no way beyond us i would settle for us finishing 12th all day long.
Love this one fromTransfer day deadline on BBC.
My brother in law works at Spurs and he’s just seen Daniel Levy bringing his new transfer day deal in via the media room at Wembley.
Apparently the Ikea flat pack stadium extension is going to White Hart Lane with a man in a van before 20:00 tonight.
Herbie, Haringay
Enjoy this clip.
https://mobile.twitter.com/wolves/status/1090912573573058560
Brilliant news Stu . He really is a very good talented player . Atletico fans are going mad on social media saying they should never of let him go. Well tough he’s a Wolf now ! Just need a striker to help out Raul although after stuffing the Hammers I’m not so sure……….
COYW
Another collectors item…a full
Match recording already added to the DO NOT DELETE section
Its taken two thirds of a season but now there’s a squad with class, technical ability and fearless ambition …and it can only get better.
Now if Liverpool have to win their last match to secure the PL title….??
What a sweet state of delirium we long suffering supporters can now enjoy… we are BACK