I’m not a fan of lazy analysis, but it’s impossible to overlook the difference between first and second half performances.
The Wolves formula is start conservative, get a foothold and wait for the game to open up.
It’s yielded great results, so it’s hard to be critical of this approach.
But against sides who are prepared to do the same, such as Newcastle and Palace – our next two opponents – it can become a long old slog.
We drew home and away against the Magpies last season, unsurprisingly fighting back on both occasions after a slower start.
Nuno has spoken about how finding more variation and being less predictable is key to our evolution so it would be nice to see something more convincing, particularly at home.
Newcastle
It’s been a satisfactory if not spectacular start to the season for Steve Bruce and his team.
Good wins against Burnley and West Ham and a useful point at Spurs were offset by a thumping from Brighton and a late collapse against Man Utd last time out.
I speak to a Newcastle fan a fair bit and he’s not convinced by what Bruce is doing and sees his tactical approach as almost non-existent.
That’s probably a bit harsh based on the results he’s achieved but there’s no doubt they have the personnel to maybe hope for a bit better.
There’s a good mix of industry and technical capability in their squad with the likes of Saint-Maximin, Almiron and Fraser all able to open doors and players like Hayden, Lascelles and Fernandez able to keep them shut.
As always, it’s about finding that balance to get consistent results in games of fine margins.
You would have thought that the squad they had last year with the addition of Callum Wilson’s goals alone would be enough to deliver an improvement on 13th, so perhaps that is the benchmark to judge them against?
The away end
Some thoughts from the matchday thread on a popular Newcastle fan forum:
Either get pumped from the off, or score 1st and sit everyone behind the ball, eventually getting pumped anyway.
Great, more live football on TV. Wolves will win comfortably 3-1 after we take an early lead.
Sooner or later a side is going to take 5 or 6 of the huge numbers of chances they get.. I think Bruce’s had a habit of getting a result right when he needs it, but of he doesn’t get one soon he’s going to be in trouble. The media will come out on force though because they’ve go absolutely no idea about the situation.
Going for a 2-2 draw. Joelinton and Wilson.
Wolves
I wasn’t confident about the lineup we’ve deployed in the last two games, but it’s done the job and in fairness, the players I questioned have been the star performers, which is why Nuno retains my complete faith.
Although Saiss isn’t a wingback, he does give us more physical presence and you can’t argue with his attacking output either after that rocket was ruled out at Elland Road. He also setup Podence in the first half with a brilliant cutback.
Kilman too has taken his chance and with two cleansheets since he came into the side, it would be surprising if he wasn’t in the team again on Sunday.
Traore can’t be happy having to continually make do with a place on the bench, but it’s hard to envisage either Neto or Podence being replaced at present.
Predictions
Hats off to winchcombe wolf, Eintracht Silvaballs and Lord Twix who all netted a maximum by correctly predicting the scoreline against Leeds.
Northumbrian Wolf is setting the pace in the overall table at the end of Gameweek 5.
As always if you’d like to join in, simply leave your prediction for this game in the comment section below, which is where you’ll find my best guess.
Up The Wolves!
Lucky to be in with the early comments again. Thank you Thomas for your insights into team selection and tactics. As usual I think you’ve got it dead right.
Newcastle are something of an enigma. Plenty of talented players but unable to produce good results on anything like a consistent basis.
Saint Maximen is one of those players who can make you sit up. Almiron too can be very quick and inventive and Shelvey can produce incisive passes. But somehow Newcastle rarely add up to the sum of their parts, being usually unable to combine the way that they should.
Wolves though always looked well joined up, thanks to Nuno ‘s coaching and Coady ‘s leadership. So for me a Wolves win.
One-nil to the Wolves seems as likely an outcome as any.
I’d like to see us on the front foot with a greater share of possession against a team who tend to put men behind the ball themselves. The impetus will probably be on us to attack so it should be a good test of our evolution.
4 or 6 points from the next two and it really will have been a good start. In the last two seasons we’ve averaged around 1.5 points per game, so we’re already ahead of the pace. It would be nice to really push on.
Still far from convincing but we have had a great start to the season with the next games on paper give us a great chance to make it an unbelievable start considering the lack of preparation time we have had.
Newcastle are not great but do have a few players that could hurt us. Only changes for me are Adama for Podence and Neves for Moutinho
I thought Newcastle did well against Man U last weekend, only to lose focus in the dying minutes. 4-1 flattered the Reds. I don’t think Newcastle will be so compliant tomorrow.
It’s high time we upped our reliance on the counter-attacking game plan. I don’t want to keep hearing about a game of two halves, We need to assert ourselves in both halves. Our new signings have had a chance to gel, except our teenage centre forward who cost the earth. I know Nuno doesn’t blood new signings straight away but at this rate Silva won’t be a teenager by the time he gets a start.
I’m going for a feisty 3-1 win as I know Newcastle will want to nick a goal and we have the capacity to punish them on the break.
I thought Wolves performance at Leeds in first half was a mixture of caution and ‘rope-a-dope’, letting Leeds expend vast amounts of energy in areas that weren’t hurting us, before turning up tge gas in the 2nd half. Sooner or later, increased coaching and lack of midweek interruptions will result in more fluid and effective performances, starting with the Toon.
I’m going for a win
Newcastle are so unpredictable but I think we’ll get the job done, in the second half.
This is one of those games we always think we are going to win a bit like when we play Fulham…always seems that if we get anything out of the game we were fortunate to do so
I like steve Bruce, he’s a good guy and this is is boyhood club so good luck to him , and those of you that have been fortunate enough to experience an away trip to the toon to see the wolves will tell you that their support and hospitality are fantastic.
Saying that …I hope we wipe the fucking floor with em .
Cmon you mighty Wolves
Absolutely no need for the ‘F’ word in your post. Otherwise it was a good read.
You’re in trouble!!
The language Nazi has got you!!
I really don’t know who died and made her god, but she gotcha!!
Fuckin’ prude, eh?
What about the rights of the people that like ro swear ?
To not ro
Matt,
What pisses me off is the very person tackling you on your swearing (Dog forbid) is the same person who was asked by a few bloggers to stop posting pictures of scantily dressed young ladies accompanying every post.
That same person was then defended by many, many bloggers who saw it as harmless fun.
Fu*#@ing double standards or what?
What’s worse I ask?
Colourful language heard in every walk of life or pictures of scantily clad young ladies.
To put it in perspective, I for one was comfortable with both, but I do hate unfairness of the holier than thou double standards.
Some folk on here need to get a life, children in this Country are being abducted, sold and abused and folk on here whinge about naughty swear words.
Heavens above.
Nice one Stu … ill never change mate . I am what I am and I do what I do . I wasn’t swearing at someone, I was just swearing to give my contribution comedic value , so how someone can be offended is beyond me .
I don’t set out to offend anyone on this blog but if have I have then tough shit .
U T W
We all (well most of us) swear in every day life when something dramatic happens but is it really necessary in print when we can be more considered with our opinions?
Ah fuck off
I’ll have the scantily clad ladies all fuckin day Stu ,
Me too mate.
Scanty clad women. How did I miss those?
This match makes me stressed because you just don’t know what type of magpies will show up!? Our wins have not exactly been convincing and this season is a serious one with Jonny out and covid going strong. My best guess is 2-1 Wolves, maybe Kilman scores his first goal off a corner header!
Another 1-0 trouncing
Not sure if we have settled into our stride yet. 1st game was a total shock, 2 quick goals, now we seem to have drifted back to our slow start 1st half position. Yes, no preseason, then a large chunk of the squad away on International duties; no wonder NUS is a little frustrated. That said, points to date, are better by 300% than last season so who really can complain.
As for Sunday, another entertaining spectacle on paper – time to throw a dart at the board!!!
Blast – double 2.
300%??? I had to check that Graham and you are 100% correct as we had just 3 points after 5 games last term. So slow starts are nothing new and last season came pretty good didn’t it. So will this season when Nuno is able to properly bed the new boys into his style and ways. Let’s start with 200% more points than in this fixture last season.
3 last season, 9 now. That’s three times as many points but 6 more is just 200% better isn’t it ? Back to the alcohol!
I think Neves will start instead of Moutinho.
…….the clouds are parting……warm up games over ….Portuguese wing back man of the match? …… ….and is that a Clive I see happening this Sunday ?
I like your team Thomas but wouldn’t be surprised if neves gets in ahead of mautino.
Mind you, I also wouldn’t be surprised if traore got a start either.
Then again, marcel could come in at lb !
Actually, I don’t know who nuno will start with, just as long as we finish we’ll and move forward.
I’m not sure we are quite ready to hit top gear just yet, I think that will be the palace or Leicester game so whilst I hope for the win, I think this is a score draw.
Utw
This fixture has always been up there for me as my old man came from the north east and my brother was a stripy. Memories of Tony Green – what a fine player he was – and Jinky Jimmy Smith. Standing on a divided South Bank in the rain, watching a dreadful nil nil played out against the incredible noise generated by the Newcastle fans. This one will be tight…
Blimey Dandy you are doing pretty well on it. The last home nil nil against Newcastle was 31st December 1898!!
To get in the mood, an extract from “Sweeper!” by Steve Bruce:
“I prepared and ate breakfast. My mother always impressed on me as a lad the importance of a good breakfast. I don’t go the full Monty: I can manage without a pork chop and black pudding. But I like cereals, followed by bacon and eggs. And toast with marmalade. All washed down with tea. That’s the kind of breakfast a man such as me needs.”
Still not totally convinced but will go with the crowd.
I was astonished to read that Newcastle have not suffered a defeat at Molineux since 2003. Four of their last six meetings have ended 1-1, while the other two brought narrow victories for the visitors. Astonished because when I was growing up in the 60’s and 70’s a home match against the Magpies was generally considered to be a certain 2 (now 3) points. Time, surely, to put this run to an end. Traore to start if we want to put them on the back foot, and maybe Neves for Moutinho in midfield.
I’m with you Vic. I don’t think that Nuno’s alleged transition from a counter-attacking team to a possession style of approach has been achieved yet, but at the same time Newcastle are not the strongest so I’m hopeful that we can sneak a victory here by the odd goal in three.
The team is beginning to settle in now. The newly renewed contracts for Traore and Jimenez will be a huge show of intent by the club’s hierarchy. I think it will also boost the team too. Lying 6th with a couple of winnable games (on paper) should be the extra incentive required. Gong for the best win of the season so far.
I hate this Covid business with a passion!
I try and get worked up about each Wolves match but I find it difficult to get excited when it’s on the telly… with no crowd… and no ME, in the ground.
Everything that makes the match day experience so special has been put on hold for TOO long.
A prematch coffee with a few chums in the West Park Cafe.
The walk up to Molineux.
The first sight of the pitch as we reach the top of the stairs to the Steve Bull upper.
The atmosphere… the crowd… the game… the beers and banter afterwards.
Oh! God! How I miss them!
And I know that the players miss us too. I don’t think we will see a full blooded Wolves performance until Molineux is packed and rocking again.
As for Sunday.
2-0 to us.
The best start to a Premier League season.
But it’s not the same.
That just about sums it up perfectly DG. Grim old days for sure, but there will be light at the end of the tunnel. Just can’t quite make it out at the moment. I know it’s there though. Somewhere up ahead.
DOOG and Wolfstroker, ooh so, so right. Even with a 3hour trip up from Dorset I still miss it.
On paper we have all the tools in our kit box to win this one. I agree with other bloggers, we are gelling, but we have to be at them from the off.
Neves for me in the middle, but going further up field and having a go.
How have I never noticed that you live 13 miles down the road marnhull?!
You must have posted the word Dorset enough for me to catch on. I miss the journey up with my dad to watch games, and constant televised replacements are not the same.
Good to know a local wolves blogger on here. Albeit over the border in Somerset!! UTW
There are a few of us around Dom Saxon, Dorset Wolf in Gillingham (though, currently recovering from a heart attack) . Another Dom, from Shepton Mallet. We meet up in the Blackmore Vale Inn (social distancing and all) in Marnhull to watch the games. You are welcome to join. Once we are allowed out, we should meet for a beer, you are welcome to join me on my drive to the Molineux too!
All very kind offers and I will gladly take you up on some or all of those, when time and circumstances permit.
Your a top wolf. Cheers for now and UTW
You forgot to mention, Mark, your first match day glimpse of number glimpse of no. 24.
Jimenez x2. Would like to see Adama to start from the off.
Ditto, I’d love to see Adama start too.
Let’s keep improving. Wolves to win!
Over the last couple of seasons, you could put your house on who would make up the first eleven to start each game. But, suddenly, several positions have come up for debate and speculation.
Is this because of an embarrassment of riches and the need to give everyone game time? Or is it because the whole team just hasn’t quite clicked yet. A bit of both, I would say. But I do find it reassuring that, apart from right wing back, we do seem to have confidence in replacements where they should be needed whereas in seasons prior, there were few challengers to the incumbents. The return of Jonny C will cement that happy situation.
Looking for Wolves goals for this one and an easy win.
already said my piece after Leeds result
Lets have Traore tear into them and once he’s set up a couple then unleash Neto
Simples
UTW
I think Nuno will approach this game differently to Leeds and I see us chalking up another 3 points.
Let’s go Wanderers!
Did someone on here take the suggestion of the pay per view boycott to the fans parliament by the way ?
Money to the foodbank . Fantastic idea . You’ve got my money , and its made the express and star also
Well done whoever it was
They say that when you have an expression that becomes an accepted part of everyday vocabulary, such as Del Boy’s plonker, or lovely jubbly, you have actually made it.
Well, I feel I have made it, as all of you now refer to my usual prediction as a Clive.
Thank you lot very much!!
This Sunday is the culmination of Clivemas month, and after several weeks of drunkenness and debauchery, in my mind only of course, the pinnacle will be a perfect birthday present of three points, courtesy of Brucie and Co.
I was at the last home meeting between us, and to be honest, it was a bleedin’ miserable affair, the Donk saving our blushes.
( Sorry for the marginal swear word, but like London, I don’t give a fuck, I write like wot I speak, with no filters )
It’s time we put someone to the proverbial sword, and why not the Toon?
They haven’t won anything for a million years, will not win anything for another million as long as they have a dickhead owner, and are, like the Thanksgiving turkey, there for the plucking.
(That’s pluck, with a p l, Mildenhall.)
5-1 to me babbeez, and a very merry FOwb to y’all.
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2
Newcastle United 0
I hope we play our strongest team which for me must include Neves and Traore.
So far raised £2,205 for MacMillan Cancer Support. Thank you all so much for your brilliant generosity.
Out of darkness cometh light.
Well, we are maybe not performing well in our eyes, but the TV boys seem to like us.
Leicester game to be moved to Sunday 8th Nov for Sky.
In answer to Matt’s question, “the fans Parliament have not met due to Covid, so it would have been a suggestion sent in via e-mail” ( not me), I came to the end of my 3 year membership, so no longer on the Parliament. But, a bloody great idea the donation to the food bank, a double edged sword too, as me and Jen de Wolf don the scruffs and pop up to the blue bus opposite the Molineux where they provide the free meals and eat quite well each day, cuts down on our Monthly shop.
We are watching Villa Vs Leeds which is Pay per view for free, via Hesgoal. I am not paying for Sky sports, BT sports and then pay per view, F word them.
On to Sunday, I have no axe to grind with Newcastle, never had any fuss with them up there or here at Molineux, a silly episode two years ago when we beat them in the cup and then played them in the league 3 days later. Thousands of school kids were given £5 ticket entry which resulted in them trying to have a playground esk fight with the 1000+ Wolves fans.
I believe we will edge this one on Sunday, we should see a couple of new faces as we rest some and rotate others.
As Marin said above, “give Traore a good go at them” he played a full game in the third Spanish game and drew plaudits and praise from the Spanish manager. So, I would love to see him play a full 90 minutes, but, who knows? “Nuno Knows”
Wolves 3
Newcastle 0
It will be interesting to see which tactics Nuno uses for this game. Defensive in first half and then all out in the second, or will he up the ante from the start, and try and get ahead. The team selection should reflect that. If Tarore starts it will likely be from the off, as his defensive ability is not the greatest. Really want Kilman to start, and would prefer Marcel over Saiss, but we shall see. This game could go either way, but believe we will get more chances and as a result will win! WW have not yet played any LIQUID football this year, but it will come, and I for one will be absolutely thrilled to see it – again! LIQUID football, oh, how sweet that was!
Wolves 3-0 Newcastle. A well overdue decent performance I hope!!
We’re getting our mojo back and see this as another 3 points!!!!
It’s good to see that we now have options in several positions – even all positions perhaps, and maybe this can be the match when we score a few goals.
I’m hoping we win this as i can aee us doing Palace and that’ll be a very good start. My concern is the lack of goals. Apart from arsenal every other team in the top ten have scored at least double what we have and its only the bottom 3 who’ve scored less and weve also played two of them so you’d hope we scored a few more. Im not sure what the answer is but we need more goals from midfield for sure.
Our squeaky 1 – 0 on Monday is looking a bit better now.
I’m going for another clean sheet and hoping the goals for tally increases. We are due more than 1 or 2 bit I’m not ready to go full “Clive” yet (how I wish for him to get a correct score)!
FWIW – as a woman in her late 60s I’m less bothered by swearing than gratuitous semi-clad bodies.
As a man in his late sixties, I feel it depends on whose semi-clad body it is. But I see where you’re coming from.
I think I know what you mean Deptford.
Narrow win and hope the new guys show signs of bedding in and adding value. Still prefer Saiss in midfield with Neves, rest the Donk and Jaoa for this one. Marcal has big shoes to fill in Jonny’s absence and would like to see him make the lwb position his own until J’s back. Need the points tomorrow for only when this so called easier run ends and we play better technical teams will we be able to assess if we have improved. I don’t buy our better points to game ratio this season indicates an improvement on 2019/20 – we have only played Citeh in the top 6 category. Other than the opening quarter against Sheffield we have yet to achieve the fluidity which comes from a settled and fully firing team.
Win this and we maybe in a position to go top next week with the early game!
Just sayin
Utw
I saw a picture of Steve Bruce in the paper today. It is fair to say he has a ‘live in’ face. It is remarkable how many things look like him. For example a vicious looking tropical fish I once saw in a tank at Dudley zoo. If you put your finger on the glass it would try and bite it. And it looked exactly like Steve Bruce. I also saw some photographs of a mysterious crater on Neptune taken by Voyager . That crater looked like Steve Bruce. The list goes on. A hot air balloon. A space hopper. A slug captured by next door neighbours cat. A large bulb used to spruce up someone’s garden on ‘Garden Rescue’. Some sort of tractor engine revamped on Find It Fix It Flog It. The shed at a small holiday cottage in Aberystwyth. Yes. All of these things look like Steve Bruce and I suspect his face will be even more contorted than usual come 6.30 on Sunday evening. To such an extent that small children watching the telly will truly believe Haloween has arrived early. For Steve will have witnessed his side being thrashed 3-0 by WWFC. After the game Nuno said ‘ I am pleased for the boys. But i couldn’t help noticing that Steve looked like mysterious crater on the surface of a far off planet’ . Steve Bruce said ‘ I just hope Ant and Dec haven’t done anything silly after this defeat. And Mike Ashley is a wanker’. WWFC 3 Geordies 0.
And to all the moaning clowns on twitter / social media indignant with rage over our transfer window. Some even suggesting Villa are now better than Wolves I say this: Villa 0 Leeds 3. Leeds 0 Wolves 1. Have a nice weekend.
or.. West Ham 4 Wolves 0 and West Ham 0 Newcastle 2????
I think the result will be a Clive, 2-0 to Wolves.
The pessimistic side of me worries that
– Kilman after a couple of fabulous games and a well deserved new contract will have a bad one
– Saïss will clatter Shelvey and get sent off
Hopefully mentioning these prevents them occurring .
Predicting a 1-0 Wolves win, but with my tipping record so far that is a sure sign they’ll lose… would love to see Podence get on the scoreboard but he seems to be one of those players who see the goalie and not the space (I have a theory that the best strikers – Mane, Ronaldo etc – see the space – the rest see the goalie and manage to keep it away from them every now and then).
Still not got a clue what this new style of football looks like, we certainly need to improve possession in the first half, hope the week together brings improvement.
Wolves win 3 – 1
This new style is just some blah blah blah from Nuno to deflect and delay criticism.
And I should know because all I ever do is blah blah blah
Have to agree with all the comments about the Toon’s inconsistency. We need to show em what we are made of, which I’m sure we will.
We just don’t seem to convincingly beat teams anymore even when we are comfortable. On this basis I am going for a 2-1 win. Hope Kilman keeps his place as the new contract is a big show of faith. Marcal over Saiss perhaps?
Jiminez, Podence
Difficult one to predict for me. So I’m just going to give in to rampant optimism.
Not sure who is carrying a knock, as long as Saiss and Dennis Donker are fit we have a bit of fight in the team allowing the front men to attack and protect the defence.
i’ll be in the pub watching so guessing a 0-0 draw ….COYW
Bollox to those who are offended by swear words.
Nowt wrong with scantily clad birds either ….. a matter of taste.
Dear me, kylie minogue has let herself go during lockdown
Well she is better than ‘Miss Gornal’ .
I’d love a 3-1 with Raul scoring first for betting reasons but i think us scoring 3 is a little optimistic so I’ll go 2-1. However,concerned they will come for the draw and our inability to break them down will result in a dull 1-0.
Ah yes, New Year’s Eve. Remember it as if it were yesterday… Dickie Baugh was immense that day. You’ll tell me now he didn’t play. It was an awfully long time ago.
I’m related to Dickie Baugh ( obviously both junior and senior ) got a few old photos etc )
Fantastic! According to my sources (Wikipedia) he was a tough-as-teak defender with a timely tackle who could pass the ball long and true.
There was two of them with the same name
Dickie Baugh senior was around when wolves were formed and junior ( his son ) played in and around the 1920 s and was capped for England as a left back . He was on cigarette cards etc
I think senior was my great grandads brother .
But, are you related to the even more famouser Thomas Baugh, of blog fame??
I hope not.
Pussy cat
Now I understand.
Last nights game at the Hall of Memory puts last Monday at Elland Rd into a bit of perspective.
not sure which players, if any, have minor knocks but we can but hope that Nuno has a full squad to choose from. It would not bother me if he picked the same team again, I have been impressed by young Kilman, we may have a major find on our hands with him.
Hopefully Saiss will be reminded to ignore the prat Shelvey and just get on with his game, and with a bit of luck Shelvey will end up seeing red.
Quietly confident about tis one for once.
No injury probs according to sky so i think almost the same side apart from neves in for mouthino.
Had a wonderful night watching the biggest team in the Midlands get well and truly stuffed by filthy leeds the pub was full of the now not so arrogant twats.
Jack this and Jack that the knob heads drive you nuts.
Still lets now concentrate on the real biggest team in the midlands who should be another step further down the road to full recovery.
We have to win 10-0 to go above the big heads so thats it then a double clive without reply
Sounds like a great night out Spikey.
MMmmm, just had my 70th birthday, so from a mature perspective why can`t we have boththe fruity language and the images of scantilly clad ladies, although cant remember why I like them nowadays!!
We should have too much for this lot – our defence looks awesome with Kilman playing. Going to really paste some team soon, so why not on Sunday.
“You wear it well” as Rodders sang.
Happy belated Birthday to a real gent.
I will join you on the big 70 next year.
I count five clean sheets for Rui so far this season (two for Portugal). Another one of the same please.
Can’t forsee any goals at all
On the Eve of Clivemas… (no it’s not in the Oxford ED)… it’s the right time to get some retribution on that old timer over in Houston….
So here’s to a wonderful 82nd birthday mate… I hope it’s celebrated with a humongous win tomorrow and a few kisses from your bestie in Canada….
You’re a great ambassador of WWFC and can tell a story or two(three) of how you saved a vicars life etc…. and calmed a few Wolves fans in the old Cowshed end…lol.
I sent you a card which generally labelled you hobby but with a massive heart .. in fact of gold…. no that should be OLD GOLD…..
Have a great day tomorrow mucker and it’s a five for Clive from me…
GOBBY not hobby….
Sweepstake: what time will Man utd penalty arrive 2nd half? A) 58 mins B) 64 mins C) 76 mins.
All three probably.
Man u v Chelsea. Utter dross. Nothing to be scared of here. As we said continuously last season. They AY NO F**KIN good.
Agree cheese … that was painfully dull
Least the wolves are entertaining to watch
Yeah London. Are they seriously better than Wolves? Let’s see.
We would have beaten both of those teams today … absolute dross
Yeah I seriously believe we would. Not much better than us. If at all.
No idea who will start but Raul to get 1 goal at least.
With regard to the swearing on this blog, as a female it doesn’t bother me at all. Pick up any crime thriller these days & there is far worse in them. Having met most bloggers Stu, Twix, Wolfstroker, Doog & Brompton to name a few, I’ve found them to be perfect gentlemen. I’ve not met Clive but I’ve been assured that he’s a big Pussy cat!
As for scantily clad women? It can’t be worse than the pic of Sharon from Gornal!!
COYW
Diogo in starting line up for Liverpool. Truly wish him well. A massive part of our resurgence.
As we are now Nuno’s disciples we have to hope the performance levels improve. Raul’s goal at Leeds was jammy and the fates say there will be a payback for that.
A new contract for Adama is welcome and means his potential transfer fee is inflated , I want him to be further forward or running into the space behind defenders as a target for Neves to hit (Like he did for Jota). We don’t look like scoring more than one goal at the moment so that needs to change and tomorrow is an opportunity to get back into positive goal difference. Oh for a midfielder like Kenny Hibbitt who famously scored all four against this lot back in the day.
Yeah so that goal was ‘jammy’. What of all the VAR ‘jammy’ going against us. Swings and roundabouts ay it.
FFS mark the far post lads. We nearly got suckered there a few times at Leeds.
The magpies have tried hard in the past few seasons and haven’t held on, Our turn to put it out of sight. And expect our good luck to continue. We’re still owed some.
Was thinking yesterday that Diogo was great for us but I couldn’t remember him ever scoring a header. So what does he go and do tonight…
Tough one to call. Newcastle can be a dangerous team if we’re not careful. Might be wise to start the first half strong. Wolves prevail and move up the table.
WGH!
I hate the Toons. Ever since Malcolm McDonald was scouting every game. I used to go to school with loads of Geordies whose Dads came down to work the Staffordshire pits.
Poor start to the prediction league for me… this ought to be a wolves win but …
I respect the Geordies, proper fans. Fill St James Park rain or shine. Steve Bruce was approached by M & M for the Wolves job. A couple of months later later he was asked by Midlands news how it went, he repl;ed “I’m still waiting for the promised phone call”. Tells you every thing about our previous owners. Then it seemed a good appointment, wow how times have changed for the good.
Now todays game, for me my class runneth over, I see only positives, upwards and onwards.
Great photo Witley. Can’t wait until we can all get together again. This one with me, Clive, Bedford Wolf and Newark Wolf in Sunderland I am told lol
We are on proper sky today but will not shell out of box office games at £15 a go
Thought Liverpool (yes ok son supports) were on last night but then realised box office
Streams seem to taken down any advice ?
Like St Maxim but injury problems seem to have dented his form (hopefully)
Hopeful of result
Basherbaz…
Hesgoal mate, watched both Villa and Liverpool games, crap buffering but better than paying again for Sky & BT.
A reet canny win for owa lads! Fabio with a cameo goal….
It’s getting more difficult to pick the starting line-up these days.
What’s become clear is that Dendoncker is a must in midfield.
Is Traore better coming off the bench or starting?
I must say, both Neto and Podence look good starters to me.
231 days since we last went to a Wolves game. I’m missing the matchday desperately. 18 games since, all behind closed doors, I’ve managed to watch them all on tv but it’s just not the same is it?
Hopefully we start faster and are a bit more adventurous in the first half.
Neto to score in the first and Troare in the second.
Another clean sheet.
Again, no match in this league is a given; it will depend on which side turns up today; last week’s first or second half. We can’t keep getting away with performances like that of our first half, although we seem to quite often. I understand the need to not blow ourselves out and conserve our energy for when the game starts to open up, but we do need to keep the ball more often with better passing and movement to my mind. It is true that we have not been able to work with our present squad and so there are good excuses. Hopefully the work on the training pitch will bear fruit and I’m hoping for a more Nuno type performance today.
I’m going to go for a Wolves 2-1 victory as we seem bereft of scoring much more at present and a goal is due against us. Maybe Podence and Neto will come good in the scoring stakes; Jota has!
Promising news on the vaccination front may mean we get to see our boys in the flesh at some time this season; let’s hope so. I’m so missing my visits to Wolvy and my family.
Let’s hope that your last paragraph premonition is correct Debenham.
I expect a tough game trying to break the Geordies down.
COMBs!
I saw a magpie in the garden this morning. Good looking bird, but the football team is not so nice.
Fingers crossed Wolves are at it from the off today as my ticker can’t take many more first halves like that on Monday. I’ll leave the team selection to Nuno but it would be nice to see Neves and Traore start.
Oh yes, happy birthday to our buddy from Houston. A Clive today – 5-1 – would be very nice but it’s not Christmas yet.
Had a magpie in my garden too this morning Dougie. Just as well. One for you and one for me equals ‘two for joy’. Not that I’m superstitious you understand.
We haven’t beat them at home in the Prem, so a bit of a bogey side and difficult to predict. I’ll back us for a win
Newcastle have more firepower this season, but their defence isn’t as strong . Think it will be another draw.
Again it depends on which Wolves team turns up on the day .looks like Marcel will be back which then leaves a question of Kilman or Siass ? Definitely Dendonker in midfield. MYbe give Fabio a start ?
COYW
Hopefully we can start the first half on the front foot and get at Newc if we can then 3-0.
Who knows these days? I have no idea which team will turn out or what will happen in either case. For old times sake I’m going for a repeat of the 1960 3rd round FA Cup replay. We drew 2-2 at theirs and won 4-2 in the replay under the lights and on a snow-covered pitch on our way to our Wembley win the following May.
Surely we’ve got to start scoring more goals soon.
COYW
Very pleased with steady start to the season. Hoping for another clean sheet, but think our wing backs could be tested by any of St Maxin, Almiron and/or Fraser.
Don’t buy into the shift to possession. We are and always will be a defence based team, and I don’t have any problem with that.
Happy Birthday to this old fart from Houston Texas.
Sorry in advance…
Have a good one Clive. Crack open a bottle of IPA and watch us trounce the toon.
Many Happy returns Clive from the Lowves’s
Xx
Well who’d have thunk it.
After the Villa and Everton results, if Wolves win today, they have a great chance to be top of the Premiership next Friday night.
Now that’s something you don’t see every day.
Come on me Bambinos.
Need another huge win to solidify our start. With our upcoming matches, what better way to start with 3 points tonight. Expecting 2 goals from Raul, one coming from the spot. Wolves get ahead early and don’t look back
3-0 wolves
Going for one all.
In the end, it’s the hope that gets you
Well the Newcastle defenders made two great saves that had been at old trafford would have been 2 penalties. And how was that a foul by Coady for Newcastle goal. Load of shit. As usual f**k all off referees.
No phone reaction on WM?.
Well the positive was that semedo played better but I guess the game suited him with little pressure on him defensively. Just wish Nuno would not be so cautious. Yet another game where we don’t score in the first half. Another game where a supposed 30m striker doesn’t get a kick. I get all the” lack of pre season, still in transition blah blah“ but the same issues are still prevalent e.g. lack of men in the box, no attacking midfielder etc. Newcastle didn’t really deserve anything out of the game but did we really deserve to win it. If we want to threaten champions league places we have to score more goals. End of. To score more goals we have to be more adventurous and take some calculated risks.
Get lost. Wolves dominated that game. Newcastle deserved nothing. Take your negative specs off.
And how many shots on target did we have ? You miss the point. If we are to aspire to champions league places we have to create more and score more particularly against teams. Who set up deep defensively.Domination is not about having the ball and passing the ball in areas where you can’t hurt the opposition.
And a bit of fact to reinforce my point, taken from the bbc website……”Wolves have won just one of their 11 games under Nuno Espirito Santo in which they have had at least 60% possession (D5 L5), with that win coming against a Manchester City team who played with 10 men for more than 75 minutes.“
We dominated that game. One stupid refereeing decision. The goalie made a mistake and 2 points dropped. BUT we did dominate. But never mind. There were a couple of blokes sat just over the way by me in the pub . I know for a fact they are 2018 Wolves . Moan moan moan. Meks me loff. Bring back Dave Edward’s.
It’s constructive criticism, not moaning. We all want the same thing. I have stated many times on here how Nuno and the team have done superbly on many occasions. Pity you resort to disparaging comments rather than a reasoned argument.
Ok mate. All the best. Wolves ay we.
And to you too.
Well that was a good old kick in the nuts.
Newcastle offered nothing and walk away with a point.
Nuno seems to have managed to come up with a new style of play that has effectively neutered one of the most exciting players in world football.
Kudos!
Kudos?
When did we sign him?
Time for a new dictionary, Tim?
Why? What word are you referring to?
WTF?!
Not quite the present Clive was looking for.
Happy birthday mate!
Good to speak earlier.
Love from me, she and the duck. xxx
That was quite dull.
Two points dropped.
Bring on Palace.
Rui is the best keeper since Bert packed up but that was his mistake, the wall stands where the keeper tells it. He’ll be furious to concede like that and so will Nuno, that’s two points thrown away against a team that will be bottom half at best. Having said that, not enough threat from Podence or Neto means a lack of creativity, our machine like approach work is too slow and easy to defend, Traore isn’t using his speed to break the defensive lines so Newc only needed one goal at any time. Mega frustrating, and disappointing to play like that again on TV .
Bit harsh on Traore BG, given that he is currently reduced to cameo performancesbut you are otherwise correct. We can usually rely 100% on Rui but not today.
Doe think we played that bad. Any way Leeds away. Newcastle home. Who wouldn’t have taken 4 points ?
Spot on Cheese, the bellyachers will be in full voice re Jota/Doc etc. They expect us to steamroller everyone. It’s does not work like that.