December always looked a tough way to sign-off in 2020 and so it proved.
Despite taking a highly credible 4 points off Chelsea and Spurs, as well as stretching Man Utd to the limit, the fact remains we lost 4 matches.
Most disappointing was the failure to get a single point against Villa or Burnley, underlining that you can never predict where the points will be won and lost in the Premier League.
That’s why I’m not taking this one lightly.
You can also factor in a remarkably bad track record against Brighton if any reminder is needed about how tough this is likely to be.
Brighton
My take on the Seagulls is that they’re in every game but too often lack the devilment to come out on top.
It doesn’t surprise me that they’ve drawn 7 games (the most in the PL) because they’re good between the boxes.
They’ll need to improve a win ratio of 2 in 16 though unless they want to spend the whole season just above or just inside the bottom three.
Danny Welbeck and Adam Lallana were interesting summer additions and the former has already scored a few important goals.
Both come with bad injury records though and there’s a chance neither will feature in this game.
Highly rated full-back Tariq Lamptey is definitely out as he recovers from a hamstring injury.
They only won one home league match in 2020 so needless to say they’ll hope 2021 offers improvement.
The home end
I swapped some thoughts with Seagulls fan Scott from We Are Brighton. If you want to read my responses to him, you can do so here. This is what he had to say ahead of the game:
Brighton are stuck in a rut and Graham Potter does not seem to have any way to get us out of it. We won just one match out of 17 at the Amex in the whole of 2020 and have just equalled our club record worst ever home run of 12 games without victory.
Whilst a lot of Brighton’s football has been good, Potter has found no way for us to put the ball in the back of the net. He said in the summer that he did not think we needed a new striker – something every Seagulls supporter could see that we did – because he could coach improvements out of the likes of Neal Maupay, Aaron Connolly, Leandro Trossard and Alireza Jahanbakhsh. If anything, they have all gone backwards this season.
Combine that with constantly chopping and changing his team and playing players out-of-position – we named no striker in a winnable home game against Arsenal in midweek – and you have a manager who seems to be running out of ideas.
Not many bosses survive runs of two wins in 16 as we are on this season or five wins in 34 as our record in 2020 was. Brighton though rather foolishly handed Potter a new six-year contract after just six months and four Premier League wins last November, so there seems little prospect of him being sacked, even if we go down which right now looks a very real possibility.
What can Wolves expect at the Amex? We will probably play well in the first half, have plenty of the ball but not be able to do much with it. Brighton are notoriously poor early in the second half and from there it is normally an uphill struggle.
Neither team has exactly shone in front of goal this season, but we have kept only three clean sheets and two of those came against Fulham and Burnley. Any side who is above 16th in the table can therefore expect to score against us, so presuming Wolves can keep a clean sheet at the other end then there is every chance you will pick up a rare victory against Brighton to start 2021.
Wolves
The cat was well and truly thrown amongst the pigeons at Old Trafford with the young lads who came in all performing well. Who can possibly predict what Nuno will do?
We’ve got to try and go for the win and that means playing with a recognised striker so Fabio would start for me, regardless of the shape.
I’d keep Hoever at right-back simply because he did well and gave me more reassurance than Semedo in both directions.
There’s probably a temptation to go with three at the back, keep things tight and have faith that our attackers will be the ones to find the breakthrough.
I do have a concern about set pieces and a lack of physicality, but we got through against Spurs and Utd so no reason we can’t do it again.
Last time out
It was an entertaining 2-2 draw at The Amex last season, with all the goals being scored in the first half. Both teams had the lead and lost it before things slowed down in the second half.
A trademark stalemate at Molineux later in the season was probably a fair result. I don’t remember much about the game other than the fact we could have lost it in the second half.
Predictions
A hearty pat on the back to BG who was the only one to correctly forecast a 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford. Liz still leads the overall standings at the end of Gameweek 16.
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!
I’m fearful of this fixture and not just because it’s bitten us on the backside more times than I care to remember.
There’s an onus on us to go after Brighton and get the win and I’m not sure how well we’re equipped to do that. My concern is we just don’t put the ball in the net and eventually give something away.
But we’ve got more quality than them so I’ll back us to do the job and hope that Fabio can be the missing link.
Our record against Brighton in the Prem is : P 10 W 0 D 3 L 7 F 3 A 16. Not good at all!
Definitely time to win one then… new year: new delusional feeling of optimism
Happy new year Wolves fans.
Hopefully Nuno goes with a back 4 and we look to attack Brighton from the off. Start Fab and let’s look to win and score a couple of goals as well.
I’m confident going into this one, we can start 2021 with a win.
The team that finished the It’s game should start I’d keep Siais in the center.
One of the problems we had against Utd we would get up there end and there was no one in the box so we had to go back Silva needs to start to give us a focal point
Chopping and changing every game is not going to help us either the team or formation
I would play Silva as we do need that focal point and I think he is getting better .Personally I would keep Hoever in as I think he looks the real deal whilst Semedo has yet to convince at either end of the pitch .
Got a good feeling we may finally get the better of this lot .We certainly need to start winning a few games .
This game is a lot tougher than it looks on paper, but we do need a win to keep us going. I am always a little weary of playing well, but still losing like against Man U, as in the end the table does not lie. Agree Fabio must start.
This is January 1, and after a long night, I am too tired to type anything else! Happy New Year to all!
Anyone’s guess, really ,particularly in view of the unknowns about injuries and fatigue in the very busy Christmas/New Year schedule. Having said that, horses for courses is a very significant truism (even in football) and we just don’t seem able to beat this lot, never mind how poorly they are playing. Going for another draw therefore.
Yeh, a good forecast for a difficult fixture to predict Sea Pigeon.
I’d like to predict a win for ourselves, but as a natural born pessimist I find that hard to do. You know, kiss of death and all that.
So I’m going for the same as you……..1 – 1.
All out attack pin them back get an early goal easy 3-0 win hopefully please.
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A tough one to call and whilst a poor track record against Brighton should have no outcome on tomorrow’s match, Nuno’s ability to pick a winning formation will be subject to the injury list and fatigue of the senior players. We will be punished if our performance levels drop as at Man Utd and I fear a banana skin against unfancied opposition. The key is chance conversion and until we sign a proven goal scorer we cannot approach any game with the confidence our exciting approach play provides. But lack of goals has been a regular concern during Nuno’s reign – we have rarely put a team to the sword mainly due to the midfields lack of any meaningful contribution. Maybe Vitinha can provide the answer. We will have to score two to win, so that’s my optimistic prediction. Neto and Saiss.
I’m a huge Semedo fan, but I’m a Wolves fan first, so, I think keep Hoever in as the lad did really well, but also put Ait-Nouri in as he too played a blinder.
New year new challenges so let’s up the ante, play for a full 90+ minutes and who knows. We’re now an island nation again so let’s carry that into our play and pull up and drawbridges, shore up the defence and let’s get on this new Wolves challenge. I’m hoping (praying) we get 2 strikers in, rotate the three around every game like we do with midfield with the Donk.
Nuno Knows.
Brighton 0
Wolves 3 Neto, Neves, Aopit-Nouri
Happy New year to all. Agree with StuWolf, keep Hoever and Ait-Nouri. Keep Saiss in the middle of defence, may be Pod give way for Fabio.
Brighton are a bogey team for us we always seem to struggle, seen us play at all 3 of their grounds, always leave with a sense of frustration or wonderment on how we didn’t win.
Think Nuno’s biggest challenge in training this week, must have been picking the lads up after such a valiant effort at Manure.
Got to back us overcoming our voodoo at the AmEx and trust the summary from Scott, on the home end, on performance and lack of goals continues. Fire on all cylinders, with Fabios efforts to get in goal scoring opportunities, paying off.
3 points, 3 goals, happy bloggers and 2021 gets off to perfect start.
Striker and go-getter midfielder signed in January too…. Oh happy days.
Glass always half full in Marnhull.
So we’ve never beaten Brighton in the prem .
Law of averages says we will beat them at some point and anything like the wonderful performance we produced at old trafford will see us through.
Not a nana skin for me .
comfortable win
First 3 points of 2021 coming up.
It’s quite exciting waiting for nuno s team sheet lately and I’m enjoying watching some of our young lads raising to the challenges.
The performances against Chelsea, spurs and United should give the team plenty of belief that we can beat Brighton and start moving up the table.
Odds on that the fabio gets the goal just in time to keep our new striker on the bench- one bill to us.
Come on you wolves
One nil. Not bill
Who’s bill ?
The media reports suggested that Nuno is a bad loser and only commented on the ref because we lost. Well I hope that annoys Nuno even more as it’s absolute rubbish. I’m pretty sure he will be pretty sick of losing to these guys as well.
He will have the troops fired up for this one and I think the odds are it will finally tilt for us against the old bogey Albion. After going behind early doors I’m backing Silva to get a brace and Podence and Traore to also get in on the act.
Nothing wrong with being a bad loser anyway as bad losers are generally winners while good losers are perpetual losers.
That was deep, especially as some of us are hungover ish.
Bit of a deviation there Cliveyboy with the prediction mate…
What still hungover…?
Just how many predictions are allowed anyway? I suppose that if you are allowed a 5-1 and a 6-0 every match you might have a chance of getting one right. Every 10 years or so!
Happy New Year to all. Feeling positive we may take something from this one.
Thanks for the “hearty pat on the back” for the only correct ManU prediction but I would rather have three points on the Premier League table, we don’t want the top half to move off into the distance. One of the key things about Raul which is rarely mentioned is his presence in defending situations like the one which got him injured. When you look at our team lined up before the start the difference in height and stature is stark and if Graham Potter hasn’t spotted that then he’s not doing his job. So expect 6’7″ Burn and his mate Dunk to cause a problem or two at set pieces. I would be putting Podence and Neto up the field as a distraction as it’s pointless expecting them to compete in the air. Adama can jump so he needs to be back in the box defending. So it’s Christmas tree formation for me with pace in attack to try and get behind the conker trees.
As my predictions have been wrong 14 times, getting one right was pure luck, I fear another Burnley and until a proper number 9 appears, the machine will continue to misfire.
Every time I hear Covid 19, I expect to hear West Brom 0
Happy New Year, Y’all.
I went to Brighton for a pre season friendly 100 years ago, and drove Big Mark’s company Cortina all the way back.
We won 2-0
Same score tomorrow would do me, but if I predict that we’ll win 5-1, so guess what?
Yeppers.
Easy three points and it will set us up nicely for a cup run, and an unbeaten second half of the season, unless it’s cancelled.
Texas love to y’all.
WOLVES 1-0 BHA
I think we should certainly start with the same back five and midfield.
The problem for Nuno is which three to play up front.
Vitinha performed well against United and looked a proper number ten, linking midfield and attack smoothly and effectively.
Neto is a shoe-in.
Then it’s between Podence, Traore and Silva for the remaining spot.
I’d give Traore another start, tell him to run direct at the Brighton defence and don’t even think about stopping or passing the ball until he’s in the penalty box.
Then see what comes up – or goes down.
If that doesn’t work, get Silva on, withdraw Vitinha and get crosses, and players, into the box.
ManU hadn’t beaten us in a league match since we got back in the Premier League.
Until last Tuesday.
We haven’t beaten Brighton since we got back in the Premier League.
Records are made to be broken.
Let’s do it.
No, it’s not a picture of me after 9 months of lockdown and working out.
It’s the boy Otasowie.
I bet he eats three Shredded Wheat!
No its not, it is some bloke called Calvin Klein, sez so on his panties.
Or is it David Beckham?
Piss hemiss tic
Can’t possibly be David Beckham for goodness sake.
No tattoo’s
well its not me and i have just asked my missus how he’s got my pants on !
Brighton are cr#p. But we always struggle against them for some reason. Tempted to go for a scoreless draw, but fingers crossed.
Hardly needs saying, any result in this topsy turvy season is possible. Brighton’s current form, going back over twelve months compared to Wolves is poor so we should be able to expect a good result but who knows anymore.
So much has happened since my last game at the Molineux that I am not sure, but I remember it as being completely forgettable scoreless draw and it seems I have forgotten it. So hoping for better tomorrow.
I have a rather amusing story of the time I went to see the Wolves play against Brighton at the Amex, but for the life of me I can’t remember it. You see, I was very, very drunk…
If we have a bogey team surely its Brighton. And I’m not sure now is the time to put that record to rights – really depends on which Wolves turns up; the abject Burnley version or the heroic Old Trafford version. Sod it, I’ll go for a draw.
Happy New Year one and all.
It was great to see some of the younger players doing so well against Man U, but I want to see Nuno start with the same 11 that started against Spurs for this one. It looked like our more balanced side of late and with a better finisher we would have won it against a very good side.
As always the worry is where will our goals come from. But so long as we don’t gift anything to the Seagulls then we should take the spoils.
Someone at work said that Charlie off Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is actually a Giraffe. I said dont be so silly. Giraffe’s dont eat chocolate. Imagine my surprise when I went in to the Spar shop down Gornal this afternoon and I saw a Giraffe buying a Mars bar. But I have made a resolution to stop any such silliness in my Wolves predictions in 2021. Gazing in to a crystal ball at new year is always a good thing to do. What will 2021 bring? Well for starters Wayne the pigeon who lives in the trees over the road will start the new year by having a massive shit on a passing Vauxhall viva. And a family in West Bromwich will infect Covid 19 with a deadly bacteria which will force the virus to become a self eating mutation and we will be free again and the pubs will re open. Hoorah. And finally Donald Trump’s hair will invade China only to be purchased by Fosun and turned in to a best selling hedgerow in Gardens across Shanghai. Talking of new year. New Wolves who overcome the Brighton curse with a Neto brace. The 2 goals coming in the final 25 minutes. The strain shows on Graham Potter after the game when asked if his job is safe he said ” I am Beatrix Potter. Now sod off”. Nuno said ” I feel sorry for Graham but you can’t go around pretending to be Beatrix Potter. Well apart from on a Tuesday afternoon when I am down the Asda”. Seagulls 0 WWFC 2 .
Happy New Year
It’s certainly about time we beat the seagulls in their own back yard. It’s a win from me.
I don’t know how the rest of the defence would line up but I’d be happy to see Hoever at right back and Samedo at right half. Now that we’ve left the Common Market we should revert to the traditional 2-3 5 formation of the all conquering 1960s Wolves – or was that the 50s ? Then we’ll score for fun like in days of old gold glory. I don’t remember the half backs chipping in with many goals, but the 5 forwards certainly did. Did Brighton and Hove Albion even exist back then ?
Happy New Year to all bloggers, and – mind the gap. ! – has no-one noticed where the Villa are !
Sooner or later we have to sneak a win against this lot.
Happy New Year(fingers crossed)
go for an attacking line up as against man u
Hoever was excellent and I thought Vitinha slotted in midfield really well
the future is (old) Golden
COYW
Our bogey team Brighton 1
Wolves 1
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So we start the year against a bit of a bogey team. Brighton are a strange team always seem to play ok but can’t seem to get the result. It will be very interesting to see what team Nuno picks the young full backs did well but if available I would expect Semedo and Marcal to come back in and go back to 4-2-3-1.
With both teams struggling for goals I see a draw. Hopefully a striker will be brought in soon
Should get a result but things aren’t going to plan at the moment. I’ll be confident and say 0-2 to Wolves. Silva to get a goal.
Not usually one of our most rewarding fixtures, but there’s a first time for everything.
I did wonder if Nuno was in town when I took this yesterday in Auckland Harbour but he can’t be that far off course surely.
Seagulls 0
Wolves 1
Tight one but hoping for a Wolves win.
This has all the makings of a must win game already, though heaven knows where the goals are going to come from. Fingers crossed and a CF in ASAP.
Finally get our first win against Brighton. Fabio to score.
No point in trying to predict a team. Nuno reads this blog and enjoys making me look a fool!
This game reeks of a draw so I’m going for the narrowest of wins.
Oh Lord yet another “heart v head…..”
Stick Saiss up top and I go for a 1-0 victory (he looks the most likely candidate to actually find the net) and he certainly won’t be “bullied” out of it as our lightweight attack normally is without Raul. (Although on reflection keeping a clean sheet is a real problem as well these days so maybe 1-1).
Otherwise I go for a 1-0 defeat because at the risk of sounding like a needle stuck on vinyl, I simply cannot see where a goal is coming from or indeed who it’s coming from. For me it’s another “Burnley” ambush – bossed around by a more physical side and add on our appalling record v Brighton (no wins in 10) it’s the recipe for yet another incredibly frustrating afternoon.
We simply should not be in this position guys given the platform created by the last 3 fabulous seasons.
I hope beyond hope I am proved totally and utterly wrong tomorrow but with only 3 wins in 11 games I have started looking at the wrong end of the table.
And it ain’t pretty.
Bedfordshire Old Gold
BOG
Yawn. Another penalty at Old Trafford. This time Pogba trips himself up and VAR checks it. Penalty. On another day we should have had 3 penalties Traore (Arsenal) Neto (Chelsea) Fabio (Spurs). Struggling to see how Manures is a penalty and none of the above were.
Agree 100%. Between a penalty almost every game and Fernandes’s great play, is papering over a few cracks at Man U too!
They get every penalty decision which other teams don’t!
The past is gone and done with! Forget about bogey teams. This SHOULD be a winnable game. Agree mostly with suggested formation, but would love to see Traore and Carboneu come on about the hour mark. I think the latter has performed really well at U23 and offers a bit more muscle upfront. Same goes for Otasowie who I think should also appear eventually. Hopefully we should be a couple of goals to the good by the time they come on.
Still think we will be treading water for a few more weeks
Let’s play the team we sent out against Spurs
Be aggressive
Be wolves
A bogey side? Bogeys are there to be picked and flicked!
Or eaten when no one is looking.
Expecting a low scoring affair with a premium on converting half-chances and also on not doing something dumb defensively.
Time for a win, any win will do.
Tricky game never got much from them but it’s time to collect some much needed points
Today is not quite a must win but for reasons of keeping confidence within the players, it gets pretty close to that. Hopefully Nuno will have learnt from the Burnley experience where a team who had averaged 0.5 goals per game managed to put two past us. I”ll go for a narrow win.
The performances against Spuds and Manure have shown much promise of brighter times ahead. Those youngsters who have entered the fray to replace our injured warriors have done so with aplomb and there is little doubt that, given the necessary post-Spud recovery time, the end result against Manure would have been very different.
I can’t second guess Nuno on the line up. He knows whose fit and who ain’t and he saw who performed well in the recent outings. So I’ll go with whichever side he chooses and am confident they can do a job for us this afternoon.
No heading up the pub to watch now we’ve jumped up to tier 3 so will have to resort to NowTV and have Jayney do the table service. Could be worse, I guess.
On the basis that we are overdue a win against the Seagulls, I wil go for a 3-0 win to Wolves. They are our bogey team so it will not amaze me if this does not occur.
I thought the young squad were very good against Man Utd but visibly tired in the final fifteen minutes and the physical toll showed in Neto’s performance eventually; no blame towards him after a hard game 48 hours before. The future looks bright if the young lads can maintain their progress, but the present looks very up and down without the one or two experienced players needed right now to take the heavy lifting.
Brighton are a capable Premier team and will present a difficult obstacle, but , at present, I feel good about this one. That , of course, means absolutely nothing, but, hey, me being optimistic is a rare thing… Out of darkness…
We ought to start the year off with a win.
Prefer Hoever to Semedo and happy with Al Nouri at LWB.
Might start with Vitinha rather than one of “strikers”.
Liked what I saw against Man U so hopefully only a couple of changes.
Potency in for Traore for me.
We will break the bad run against Brighton this game
I know all about the history with BHA but feel that these strange times might just tip the balance. All runs come to an end and we’ve played better recently without getting what we deserved. New Year – start of New Run, this time a winning one. Would like us to start a trend before any new striker arrives so that he doesn’t get the credit at the expense of those who have given their all over this bad spell.
Going for a win and a clean sheet – and here’s hoping for a game free of VAR controversy!!
COYW
We never beat Brighton and they don’t win games. A draw then? I’ll back us to edge it.
A new free flowing Wolves will play through a static seagull bus formation. Fabio from open play and a Saiss hat-trick….
Since I don’t know if Dendoncker or Boly will be back, I have no idea what the formation will be.
But a 0-1 Wolves win is what my inside source tells me.
Assuming Nuno’s concern with playing overload, I would expect a return for Semedo, Marçal and Podence.
Don’t see us breaking the draw tradition.
No Marcal, Jackomac. Also Semedo for Hoever.
I’m going for a draw too, but with more goals.
UTW!
A gulp of salty South coast sea air along with seagulls manically flapping their wings when a combination of Podence, Traore and Neto hit them from all directions should do the trick.
I will get another prediction correct before this season is out.
Good to see the back of 2020 to be honest – for lots of reasons.
Not a happy hunting ground for us, so will be just as difficult as all the recent games. It’s becoming almost impossible to predict the starting 11 and formation now. How times have changed.
We were extremely unlucky against Man U. Their penalty against Villa last night has made me fume – same ref; different outcome.
Still feeling positive so going for a welcome away win. Fingers crossed.
No idea who’ll start, no idea who’ll score. I would start Hoever to Semedo, no idea who to start up front but I agree Silva so we’ve someone to aim for in the box!
Hoping to see some good news on the striker front ASAP.
Honestly no idea what to expect so going for the tried & tested.
COYW
Not normally a lucky ground for us but our fortunes have got to change at some stage.
Going for a narrow win.
It’s a shame we’ve lost a few games cos most of the teams above is a shot really
I must say though, I think Brighton are like us a bit .. play some really good football but can put a team to the sword
Once again the clever people would say 1 v 1
Happy new year
Sorry, no time to read comments or compose a thoughtful analysis. ?win!
Don’t have a clue as to what the line-up will be, but NES has put out a very competitive team the last couple of games so I’ll just trust him to know what’s what.
WGH!
Another strange set up, who would have put money on Hoever not playing after that display.
I really feel we need to ask the fans parliament to ask, ” why we are getting no info on the injured players”, I haven’t got a clue what injury Boly or Donk picked up, now Podence is AWOL.
Agree, no Marcel either. Set pieces are going to be interesting with only Saiss dominant in the air at the back.
Semedo cost, and is being paid, too much for him not to play.
Any ideas what has happened to Podence anyone ?
I think he may be being sold to LiverMadrid or somewhere.
Just a guess.
First game when the window is open. Coincidence?
Wolves are selling Podence to buy a striker. Just guessing but……
And that explains why Nuno used the phrase earlier that the team needed rebalancing, rather than saying we needed to add a striker.
Been looking forward to this game all year! Come on me babbies!
I have no clue, whatsoever.. We bring on the kids and play bloody well and still lose, so yes, I have no clue what is going to happen in half an hour.
Well that’s a line up….
No Podence, two keepers as subs?
A bench of 6th former’s…..
No news of Dendonker or Boly…. and having to face 8ft 6inch Burns and 8ft 3inch Dunk…..
It’s 11 v 11 of course but I’m fearful of an uphill losing battle…
Strange team selections, in Nuno we trust.
Perhaps Wolves or the commentary team can provide some details of the injury situation?
1-0 to the mighty Wolves.
Try it with the scores this time
…. and the match hasn’t even started yet…
A tough fixture (but they all are). Good to see Fabio starting.
Must not loose this one.
Feckin ell. Quarter of an hour gone and 1-0 down already! All we seem to do is pass it from side to side. Very little attacking intent.
Ok, I take it back!
? for a Clive!
???
Well well!
The first time Adama gets in the penalty area…
Looking good so far. This team is neat and tidy and is working together well. Let’s see what happens in the 2nd half now. In Nuno I trust …… most definitely.
FFS. My fault for saying we were looking good. That is utter shit defending!!!!
Nuno’s done it again taken off an attacking player at 3.2 for, a defender. Then we concede 3.3 ……….why …will he ever learn.
Trying to shut up shop to early again.
We need a goalkeeper who is t scared to come off his line.
Did we think the job was all done after the 1st half?
Far too deep again, inviting Brighton to keep attacking.
Moutinho’s fault. Let them back in the game.
No Tim, it’s a collective error before that happens. Every half time team talk from the park to the Premier ends with a prediction of what to expect in the next 15 minutes based on the score after the first 45.
What do you think Graham Potter had to say at half time? Not rocket science but certainly a rocket or two. So I am pretty sure what Nuno would have said.
So why were we asleep when that long hopeful punt was launched into the Willy Boly zone (he would have smashed it back). After that it’s panic stations leading inevitably to the cock up of marking space instead of known dangerous centre backs. Please Nuno, sort that out.
I am starting to get a tad concerned. Naivety on my part for thinking we had got our game plan right when we went 3-1 up. I was enjoying how well we were moving the ball round and then ………… 2nd half , worst 2nd half ever.
Perspective please, Steve. Worst second half ever? That suggests that you haven’t been around that long. Worst second half for a good while, granted.
Please someone tell me we have some decent transfers lined up?!
Unbelievable ……..3.1 up 2 points thrown away. Cannot defend corners cannot get to half time without conceding cannot keep a lead.
Cannot carry on like this management and players reasonable but alternately the manager panicked again took of attacker for defender again……same result we concede.
Wasn’t as if the attacker was doing anything anyway.
Still up set the formation of the team. Changed formation meant a reshuffle of personnel at a critical time.
Honesty time we were lucky to get a point ! They scored a perfectly good goal.
We are dull to watch and constantly have to defend for long periods as we
cannot retain the ball when opposition press, we do not press like we did last year.
Silva , my god who thought he is worth 35m ! Whoever recommended him is an idiot. Get real striker in urgently who can offer a threat and do more than a few basic hold ups ! This league is not one to blood youth , he needs a year in the Championship and is no where near this level !
Their penalty so early 2nd half really shifted the momentum. Not an excuse but a factor. That said we were pretty hopeless really second half.
Dont know about you but I’m getting pissed off with being pissed off !
Can’t blame Nuno – the most experienced player and the least make individual mistakes. 4.2 was the right score
Two points given away. Michael Brown and Matt Murray have nailed the problems , they are so obvious.
Light in height and stature, we were not matched up with Dunk at set pieces (as predicted on this blog ). Nuno admitted the solutions were in the squad but with five first teamers missing , he hasn’t got options on the pitch or on the bench.
Another last minute potential match winning header missed which a proper number 9 puts away.
Another lightweight display by Ait Nourri almost gives the point away.
Silva anonymous, poor kid, much more of this will crush him, it’s becoming a duty of care issue.
Stuff the FACup this year, get Costa and Zinchenko in, get the walking wounded back on the pitch, give me and my heart a break, I want my Wolves back.
The big R looms large
The R word is going a bit over the top. 4 more wins and a couple of draws will see us safe.
To all you Nuno bashers and conspiracy theorists, we did not concede two points because Nuno made the wrong substitutions or wore the wrong aftershave.
Moutinho’s brain freeze handed the momentum back to Brighton.
And the inability of Neves and Traore to track Dunk’s run cost us the equaliser.
After that, we looked physically and mentally shot.
At the end of the day Doog Nuno picks the team and formation he takes the credit when things go right he has to take the blame when they don’t……simple like any body else.
He coaches the team.
So at what point in the training session do you think he ‘coached’ Moutinho to hang his foot out in the area and give a penalty within 11 seconds of the second half starting?
Jao is one of our most talented players.
He cocked up.
Is that Nuno’s fault?
He’s the manager he sets team up he picks the team. We weren’t playing that good prior to his mistake it was obvious enough the way we’re playing they were going to come back at us and we let them
Your happy to sing his praises when we win….but oh it’s not Nuno falt when we lose .
Like every football manager from the Premier League to Sunday League you are judged on results Nuno is no exception.
Who picks the team who sets out the tactics……the manager
We were 3-0 up before his mistake. Not playing well?
Simple then.
Let’s sack Nuno.
Who do you suggest we get in?
Who puts all that into effect on the pitch? The players.
The Wolves we all know ie the suffering..is back.. our previous 2 seasons a dream for a Wolves fan
Languishing is what we know and we are now experiencing the inevitable…Mendez please help.
Nuno I really don’t trust and Inexperienced players will loose games..Today we were lucky
Heart stopping team ours, chewing my nails and shouting at a piece of glass and plastic as if it was it’s fault. We were average in the first half playing a pretty mediocre team, we didn’t come out in the second half against a team that grew with our shortcomings.
I’m really trying to stay sane and stay positive, 4 solid regular first teamers missing for a few matches and Podence for this game. We’ve all said it before, “we’re paying the price for being Naive in thinking we could do anything with such a light squad for the third year running”. Injuries have caught up with us finally.
Let’s get someone in, get players back and settle this down. Two goals given away again tonight, one by Moutinho the other Ait-Nouri. But not levelling any blame on them, we need to strengthen, end of.