As many have commented already, the pressure is well and truly on to get a result Sunday.
Taking six players out from the team that drew with Leicester and discarding the chance to make it to a cup quarter-final has left Nuno in a tough spot.
The plan to keep things tight and introduce better players later in the game didn’t work and I think it’s right to question such a reactive approach.
You need only look at how long it’s been since we’ve scored the first goal in a league game to realise we’re not doing nearly enough, early enough to really give ourselves a chance of winning games.
If the lads aren’t quicker out of the blocks Sunday, the reaction among supporters won’t be kind.
Southampton
There’s no doubt Southampton were the better team last night and good luck to them in the competition. They’ve got a great chance of making the semi-finals.
But as bad as we were, I didn’t think they were particularly great.
My feeling was if Nuno had been more decisive at half-time rather than waiting until we were chasing the game, things might have gone differently.
But while we had a hapless front three on the pitch and they had Danny Ings, it felt like only one team was likely to cease the initiative.
Armstrong, Romeu and Ward-Prowse are good players and they gave our midfield the runaround. We must do better on Sunday.
Defensively, I always feel like they can be got at, as many teams have shown recently on their five game losing run in the league.
They’ve been reasonably good at home this season and coupled with our poor away form, they’ll fancy their chances of completing a quick-fire double.
Wolves
From what we’ve got I think this is the strongest XI we could deploy on Sunday.
Kilman hasn’t done much wrong, but I would have Saiss in the team for his goal threat at set pieces.
We could do with Willian Jose producing the goods now and I’ve got a feeling this might be his game, particularly if we can get Traore and Neto into the right positions.
On a complete tangent, what has happened to Ruben Neves’ free-kicks? I can remember at least four or five really good positions in recent weeks and he’s either hit the wall or skied all of them.
For a team that’s shy on goals we have to maximise all opportunities and our set pieces have been pretty rotten most of the season.
Last time out
We won this fixture last season after a remarkable second-half comeback including two Raul Jimenez goals.
Interestingly, 9 of the 11 players who started that game for us could be on the pitch Sunday, which again underlines how much we’re missing or number 9.
Predictions
Well done to Sea Pigeon who scored a maximum by correctly predicting the nil nil with Leicester last time out.
MILDENHALL WOLF is still out in front in the overall table at the end of Gameweek 23.
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!
To be honest at this moment in time I couldn’t careless what team Nuno puts out what formation or even the result.
That team the performance last night was in my mind anyway unforgivable. Did Nuno do it to prove a point to Jeff and FOSUN regarding there I’ll thought and totally miss guided transfer policy I don’t know or care he certainly was thinking about us fans whatever the reason.
Not even bothered to predict the score even if we do win by some sort of miracle I’m done with this season.
Should read ill thought and he certainly was NOT thinking about us fans.
Predictive text up the spout…
Totally agree with that sentiment .
His decision last night was unforgivable and I will be happy if he leaves this summer .He always says that players (eg Jota) reach a point where they need to leave .In my view that applies now to him .
And your first choice to replace nuno is ,,,,,
That is for the owners to decide in the summer but my point is that all managers apart from Ferguson have a natural shelf life after which it is time to refresh from their and the club’s point of view .
I will wager that we have now passed the high water mark of his tenure in terms of success .
Naturally as a huge fan I am happy to be proved wrong .
Without a suggestion of somebody who is available would come and would improve things, my feeling is your suggestion of just removing Nuno lacks credibility.
All you moaning need to take a step back and look back 3/4 years ??????.
Do you realise whats been achieved in such a short space of time ?
Yes we’ve made some terrible signings .Samedo is the biggest waste of money ,the worst buy of the season for any team in the Premier.
I’ve also said George mendez will totally feck us up as quick as he made us .
Its all about money .
Traore won’t sign a contract don’t play him ,he’s just a modern day Tony Daily .no end product.
The list goes on we’ve got some average / below average players .
I’m slowly falling out of love with football .paying hard earned money to watch 11 multi millionares kick a bag of wind about .
As for nuno he will be gone by the end of this month .
And good luck to him .
I for one will never forget what hes done for Wolverhampton Wanderers .
I find it very difficult to predict a win because of our inability to score goals and propensity for letting at least one in at the other end.
But I still think Willian Jose could be a difference-maker and I refuse to believe we’re not eventually going to get more output from Neto and Traore.
A defeat would feel disastrous taking last night’s result and their five-game losing run into account, but I can see it being a draw.
Its very sad isn’t it when your General in Chief seems to have lost all interest in Wolves to the extent that he doesnt seem to care whether the team wins or loses.His body language is appaling and it would appear to me that the club is not a happy camp.I can understand why the players dont appear to be giving there all, because the Manager appears not too care.Many of the players we have are the same as those that has ridden through our successful three years and they don’t become bad overnight.One big problem for me is the introduction of youngsters who are nowhere near the mark.Silva is young we understand that ,be he can’t seem to demonstrate that he can play basic football.There is no talent there that I can see, and I think Wolves have
been taken to the cleaners for £36million,how they can get rid of him or end his Contract god only knows.
In my view until Nuno lifts his attitude and starts to inspire confidence again,which we know he can do,then Wolves will continue on the downward spiral.The alternative of course is to thank Nuno for what he has done and appoint a new Manager who can make the difference.
Wolves v Southampton, like all of us it would be great to get a win but under the present circumstances I can’t see it.
He actually said he was pround of the boys after the Leicester game and looked pretty chuffed with the performance to me…
Someone enlighten me please on why the “pressure” would be on for Sunday.
We sent out a 2nd team with people playing in positions never seen before and 3 teenagers and our Captain on the bench….
And that team managed to hold them.
Our strongest possible team should be played Sunday, so it will be the proper match.
I think coming out the cup (although i didnt want to) is probably a blessing in disguise, Meaning less games, more rest and less chance of injury’s to our very thin squad….
We cant all be calling Nuno out for his decisions (we dont know why he has done what he did) when its all Nunos decisions that got us here in the first place…..
Football fans are so fickle
The pressure is on because Nuno evidently sacrificed our cup run in order to increase our chances of success in this fixture. That has created more unrest among supporters and will only intensify if we lose this game too.
If you don’t think the cup matters and it’s a blessing we’re out, you’re fully entitled to that opinion, but many believed that in a difficult season, a cup run would have given us something to feel good about and raised morale among the fanbase.
I disagree that Nuno is beyond reproach based on his track record of success. All managers are rightly open to criticism, particularly when it comes to team selection.
While I like the romantic sentiment that we’re all supporters and should just support and not criticise the club, whatever happens, the fundamental truth is that for the many people who live and die for watching their football team, there’s too much emotional investment to simply let it breeze over them.
Fickle isn’t a fair assessment.
I don’t think people want to be negative for the sake of it. They’re just passionate, upset, angry, frustrated at the state of things and surely that is their fundamental right?
Here, here, that puts it exactly how I feel & I would imagine the majority of fans feel likewise.
The level of performance this season has been very poor. We just wait for teams to come onto us, and hope they don’t score! When are we going to begin taking the game to the opposition. Nuno is too cautious and passive.
Chill out Thomas. I well remember standing in the away end at Portsmouth away in about 1990/1991 amongst the Wolves fans and a brawl broke out between ‘pro’ and ‘anti’ Graham Turner factions to startled looks by the Pompey fans who couldn’t quite believe it. It’s always gone on. It always will. As you say passions run high.
I’m not fickle, I tell it as I see it and Nuno’s past his best and is flapping about like a fish in a barrel trying everything to get out but it’s not working.
I am not blaming him solely the board ie ” Jeff ” have a lot to answer to a transfer policy based. On profit not football . Grand promises and no substance.
The sooner they all go the better IMO.
Careful son in what you wish for.
Yes you are fickle. Not because of the response to the latest game but because you have turned on the team and manager from very early in the season. This is following on from four years of unqualified success. Your choice of course but you seem to believe that ongoing success and flowing football is the right of people following this club. If there had been just a period of acknowledgement for the good that has been achieved it would be different.
I’m not Fickle…
I’m SPARTICUS…..
No… I’M Spartacus!
Or am I Brian?
Well, one thing’s sure… I always look on the bright side of life.
Dee-doo, dee-doo dee-doo dee-doo.
Judean People’s Front? F**k off. We’re the People’s Front of Judeah…..
Ah but are you a very naughty boy.
I admire your optimism WFiL. Last season I might have agreed with you re the cup but without it this season has become a dead rubber,
Here here .And wolves fans are more fickle than most lol
I thought it could not get any worse until last night 2-1 Wolves but not holding my breath.
So we face ‘The Klopp of the Alps’ for the second time in 3 days. And he will be wishing he was in the Alps Sunday such will be the backlash. Indeed he will be so bewildered he might think he is seeing Franz Klammer doing an 80ft ski jump when in fact it is Pedro Neto giving his chastened defence the run around. Funnily enough I was just in Sainsburys down Gornal and I thought I saw Franz Klammer in there buying a pack of Strongbow. Must have been the cold making me hallucinate because it was in fact Wazza Bird and not Franz Klammer. Is ski Sunday still on?. I used to like the music and hundreds of Austrians milling about in the frozen mountains with large hats on and stuff with the odd moose walking around under the trees. And there was always some daft looking bloke ringing a large bell. But back to Pedro Neto and he sets up the New Big Willy for his first and second goals as a reversal of scores is achieved in a 2-0 victory to WWFC. After the fame Klopp of the Alps said ” we could have done with Franz Klammer up front there doing the slalom, that would have confused Conor Coady ” . Conor Coady said ” it’s a good job they didn’t have Franz Klammer up front doing the slalom. That would have caused problems”. Jeff Shi said ” I have been banned from saying anything by the Chinese Communist party. So fuck off”. Saints 0 WWFC 2.
Wazza bird, brilliant, I used to go out with a girl from gornal who would mention the afore mentioned, you’ve took me back a bit there.
This is the match we start scoring by the way.
If you’d asked me at the start of the week I would’ve chosen the league game as the more important of the 2, purely because I don’t see the point in a Wembley trip sans fans. Better to wait for a normal season before we venture back there.
Worst season since Nuno came in, but no reason for doom and gloom. Just need to finish as high as we can can then go again next year. Just hope the a****n can stay up so we can play them in front of a full stadium.
Well said mate. When this is all over we need to get together again. When were you at your last blogger gathering. Must be a few years now.
Difficult to be interested
Will wait for the reasons to come out why the season has imploded
Turning points :
Sevilla dominating Europa league match.
Purchase of Fabio Silva.
Jimenez injury.
It’s time .
Thanks for the last 3 seasons Nuno always welcome here.
Typical wolves to win this please please no morgan gibbs white anywhere near the stadium drinking 3 on the afternoon not good, wolves aie we.
So many split opinions on here and social media. To be fair I think every one is entitled to an opinion and say what they feel.
Non of us really know what is happening behind the scenes and we can all hypothesise whether losing Laure as MD was the issue, if Jeff is under new orders from the mothership or if Nuno is looking for a way out, or what impact no crowds or Covid-19 is creating.
All I can say is, the players are the ones that kick the ball, surely they have a professional duty and their own pride on how they perform? We’ve all had bosses who we dislike or don’t rate, it’s up to us to choose our attitudes and do our best.
The part I am struggling with most is the players not turning up. They have shown, many times, they can play and play well. So, why have they decided to be good one game non-existent another?
Disappointed that a golden opportunity to compete in the FA Cup was dismissed with such disdain, for us fans, route into Europe, the cash generated by TV and progression.
But, guess finishing higher up the Prem has bigger cash rewards too.
I for one will be glad when this season is over, its depressing, disappointing and not really creating a good feeling.
I hope we turn up on Sunday, but unfortunately I am not optimistic. That makes me sad that after 54 years of being a fan, 30 years of having the same seat in the ‘new stand’ I’m losing interest. My Dad who has been going since the 50’s has already said he won’t renew his season ticket.
Sad state of affairs that for a brief moment WWFC were aspiring to be the 50’s team again.
Let’s hope when this bonkers world and season settles down…. We see a Wolves team rise out of the ashes.
Our of darkness cometh light..
After last nights display …or lack of it…anything but a win on Sunday will be seen as disastrous !
I don’t like to criticise players but our three upfront last night were absolutely hopeless . Couldn’t string two passes together . One shot on target all night and that didn’t come until the 79th minute !
Please Dr Nuno a full strength side for Sunday . Injuries and missing Raul demonstrate how thread pair our squad is . Jeff its time for ‘hand in your pocket’ moment in the summer transfer window please…..my blood pressure cant take anymore
COYW
9-4 for a wolves win , the easiest money you will make all season, anyone not on this must be madder than mister mad of maddington avenue madville.
Interesting to see how few people who want nuno out actually agree on who to replace him with !!!
An air of doom and gloom on the blog at the moment and justifiably so.
It is difficult for us to be positive but somehow the boys have got to show us their passion and their willingness to spill blood for the team.
Coads has got to rally them up and lead by example
Maybe, just maybe, Sunday may be the turning point.
Traore assist; Jose to score.
No choice but to go for it on Sunday
I’ll
Be wearing my hat scarf shirt and wolves dressing gown …plus golden mimosas
COYW
I like that Marin… (B)….
If Nuno’s plan last night was to ease back Jonny, Saiss, Ait-Nouri from their various injuries and give Hoever and Vitinho much needed game time then you could argue it worked – they all performed quite well without dominating. No goals at half-time despite Saints’ excellent high press and threatening on a number of occasions. To bring on the A team forwards( whose fitness clearly has to be managed with so many games being played) to close out a win, again made sense to me-it was the unfortunate goal and poor execution of the second half plan which has clearly caused so much anguish. However, I do believe that the players are doing their best within the game plans and will be much more motivated to take the game to Southampton on Sunday. Narrow win, Neto to score both.
It could be said that if Saiss had not skied that ball and left it for Kilman then we may not have lost, so why play Saiss instead of Kilman. I wouldn’t.
Anyway, now out of cup which we were never going to win, And because we fielded a few weaker players, when we turn out on Sunday, Soton will have a surprise. Good planning by Nuno methinks lol.
I feel we are in free fall already and a loss on Sunday, with the “league ” team starting, will be hard to take for fans and ownership alike
Could a change in ideology be instigated mid season ?
I so want it to ….I’m exhausted with the same depressing text and what’s app messages from fellow supporters with disappointing after disappointing individual and team performances each week …..this Imoge ? Is at the head of list after its continual use
I hope and pray the “Sunday”League team is coached to play on the front foot as the pundits say and this season gets turned around by a performance reminiscent of last seasons away conquests
Come on all bloggers should morgan gibbs white stay or go
Same old, same old, hope for a win, take a draw, expect a defeat.
Nuno prides himself on his relationship with “The Pack” —aka, us. Well, he certainly lost the common ground by fielding that weakened team, as virtually all Wolves fans wanted a good cup run, not a disrespectful surrender that we experienced.
I still support Nuno, but he has got to find “solutions” quickly. Sunday’s game to me is now a “must win” game, not to go up the table or to avoid a relegation scrap, but to stop the fall in support. And Jeff Shi, where are you in all of this? Not a word! Not a great way to instill confidence because maybe there is no confidence!
By Sunday I will be 100% behind the boys, but right now I’m still too annoyed to care! Thank goodness today is Friday, so after a few pints I will be back “normal” tomorrow!
Sorry, I just had to vent a bit— I feel better already!?
Let’s face it.
Things have gone wrong over the last year or so.
The Pandemic has a lot to answer for.
Some of Nuno’s tactics have a lot to answer for.
Some of our performances have a lot to answer for.
Some of our recruitment has a lot to answer for.
Mr millionaire Mendes isn’t totally innocent in all this either.
But, in my opinion, and I know I’ve banged on about losing Jota and Doherty rather longer than is healthy for any of us…
…Our recent history of outgoings has a GREAT DEAL to answer for.
Below is a picture taken during happier times, when things were rosy and we were picking up bargains in the transfer market, playing entertaining football… and winning a lot of matches.
Am I missing something?
Wolves certainly are.
Agree with all of that DooGooder and I can add a scorecast to it too……
Two managers with teams in similar league positions, neither going anywhere this season. Nuno MOTM October, So’ton top of the table November. Since then two seasons that have gone down hill. In a busy schedule one decides to go for the possibility of a bit of Cup glory, one decides that league points are more important.
We can only pass a verdict on Nuno decisions after this away game. It’ll be a fresh first team against a tired one. OK the kids didn’t cut it on Thursday but things will be different on Sunday. Both managers know this and also the pundits, the neutrals and us fans. Let this game be the judge. It’ll be different, we all know that.
To put everything back together, Nuno, all it’s going to take is to give us a 9-0.
To predict the score….bleeding impossible.
One thing is for sure though.
The season is coming to an end thank bleeding goodness.
I’ve subscribed (regrettably) to bt sport and now tv to actually enjoy for the first time watching wolves live…what a complete waste of money. (Bleeding money ?)
Not worked since September due to being temporary carer for the wife so money is bleeding tight..and regretted it ever since.
What has happened with our club to justify this season.?
UTW
Stay strong mate.
We’ll all come through this.
Apart from your deflated girlfriend of course.
Your girlfriend also appeared on an episode of Fawlty Towers I seem to remember…….
Ahhh yers
Always going down on me..lol
Not unlike the stripey lot
I know in a few months it will be a distant bleeding mamory
But its been painful to watch and a complete bleeding conundrum
I think I need nursey
..
This season is a strange one.
Will all the Nuno outers please hold up your hands to be counted?
Right, now we know who y’all are, I would like to suggest the following.
If you get your way, and Nuno leaves at the end of this season, or before, will you please do all of us true fans the huge favour of fucking off with him??!!
Sick to fuckin’ death of all the naysayers, doom and gloom merchants on here and elsewhere.
Yes, we all got a right to our opinions, but for fuck’s sake, get some perspective.
It’s just a game, and you lot want to ruin this man’s life, as well as his staff, more than it already has been this last year?
Well, fuck off, he’s been brilliant in the most trying of times, and deserves almost as much sympathy and support as front line workers.
Absolutely fuckin’ disgusted with the lot of you Nunoouters on here and elsewhere, I won’t be back for a while.
Bollocks to the lot of you.
I say. Steady on old chap. Just had 10 pints of Houston lager have we ?
Are you going to f-off with Adama if he leaves?
Clive,
It been a trying time for everyone on this planet. We are like you stated entitled to our opinon but just because you don’t agree with someone’s there’s no need to be abusive towards them.
Your pissed off we all are with the Lockdown going to work and then home no social interaction with family friends I liken to to living under Stalin all work and no play.
We all want what’s best for our club just because we don’t agree on who manages or runs the club the bottom line is we be here when managers players and owners have come and gone the fans will always be the constant backbone of our great club.
Clive, I recall saying we needed to get behind the players when everyone was slaughtering them when clipboard was told to stand tall in the wolvesfc ‘rifles ‘ trench so he got a fans (plural) bullet through his hard working head…I tried to get you and others to stop stating the players unless you’re deliberately trying to destroy any scrap of confidence that they had left..
You slated me with one of your swearing barrages ,telling me just how wrong I was in a language that wouldn’t have been out of place in a fishwifes parlour.
Confused of Erith
Or in other words, Clive opinion is that he is only really interested in Clive’s opinion.
That might get him out of retirement!
Here I go again agreeing with Clive.
This time with knobs on!
Thought you were doing well, five F’s and one B, =5-1. Your favourite prediction !!
We’ve done Porto a favour, that’s the only possible explanation. It’s a bung for special favours dressed up as a fee for Fabio. It’s not his fault that he’s not ready for Raul’s boots. I want to see the scout’s reports on some of these players, what assets do they have , how do they assess potential. I’ve seen young players who are lightning quick, or can finish or might be good in the air, or good with first touch or a pass master. They might have one or more of these talents but not necessarily all of them at 18. Fabio hasn’t got any of them. Poor kid, living away from home, different food, language, new team mates and getting loads of stick from fans . This is becoming a duty of care issue, he needs to be sheltered from scrutiny and left to develop a man’s body and some key skills, not in Wolverhampton.
Very disappointed obviously to go out of the cup against such an ordinary team and with the exception of Man City, every other team is beatable. Sadly, the Wolves team we know has gone missing and I’m not convinced that our current starting eleven will fare any better
any time soon.
I agree with all this (well apart from the prediction). Worried about the pressure on Fabio and he needs protecting/ nurturing.
There have I think been signs of old wolves (ie 2019/20 vintage) returning.
Could go either way.
More in hope than expectation.
OODCL
Along with many on this blog I can’t wait this season to end. I ‘m very uncomfortable with how split we have become when in the main, previously we were on the same page. I’m particularly disappointed by those who have put in, metaphorically, the boot, to Nuno. I for one will always be grateful for his raising us from pepetual mediocrity, (in the Championship!!)
So thank you Nuno, and Fosun who have funded that revolution.
It will come right, hopefully starting Sunday.
Entitled to our opinions Clive, no need for your fowl mouth rant !
It time for change !
The only solution is we all meet up in a big field and have a massive scrap. The winners get a £50 voucher to spend in Asda. I’ll have 45 cans of Coors please.
How can we all have a proper scrap when we’re socially distancing and only allowed out in groups of six?
And who says that you would win anyway? I’ll have you know that I’m a Karaoke Black Belt.
I’ll have a bottle of Remy and a few pints of Pedigree.
A pint of dog food?????
Well what happens is I assume the role of General and direct operations from a fortified castle a few miles away. Then when ‘we’ win I get the lager. This nullifies any people with black belts in karate or guns and swords and things.
No idea really but I’m going for a win despite everything.
Saturday September 18th 1965 is probably not a date that stands out with most contributors on this site. However in footballing parlance it proved to be memorable, but for Wolves supporters for all the wrong reasons.
It was easier to get to Murmansk in those far off days than it was to The Dell, then the home of Southampton Football Club where recently relegated Wolves were playing.
Dad and I caught the 58 bus to watch my second favourite team Dudley Town (The Robins) play Worcester City at the Sports Centre, Birmingham Road, Dudley in the FA cup 2nd qualifying round. Adjacent to the football ground was the cricket pitch which occasionally welcomed Worcestershire County Cricket Club for first class fixtures. The football “stadium” was a kind of “grassy bowl” with the main stand the only seats. Somebody reckoned it was modelled on Wembley stadium (which was opened in 1923) but that was greeted with open ridicule although the first fixture on the “new” stadium in 1932 attracted a staggering attendance of 16,500. Unfortunately not long after installing floodlights in 1981 (switched on by our very own Billy Wright) the stadium was closed for good after sink holes opened up due to the fact that Dudley is riddled with limestone caves and caverns.
However in 1965 and in front of around 8,000 (swelled by a huge travelling away support), Worcester beat Dudley 3-0. It may sound strange to the younger element but mobile phones, internet, Faceache and Twatter were light years away and were not words found even in the OED.
I wore my brand new winkle-pickers that virtually crippled me as they shaped my feet into a point at the end and mum was dead against me wearing these outrageous shoes, but in my minds eye I was Carl Perkins or Gene Vincent or John Lennon.
No sireeee we had to wait until much later and The Pink or Sports Report to get the news of WWFC. However word did spread that Wolves had scored at The Dell early on.
On the crowded 58 bus back to Sedgley at about 5.30 someone piped up that Wolves had lost 9-3 and backed up by someone else. Dad scoffed at such a ridiculous notion. Nevertheless when we alighted at our stop – The Ridgeway – and walked home the result was confirmed. 9 effin 3. Grown men stared into their pale ale and Hansons mild in disbelief that night across the wider Wolverhampton area as the news sunk in. 9 effin 3. Martin Chivers (later to haunt us in the EUFA cup final of 1972 when playing for Tottenham) scored 4. 9 effin 3. Lord save us. 9 effin 3. That’s a rugby scoreline.
To this day it remains Southampton’s highest league victory.
For no rhyme or reason and without any logic whatsoever I forecast the reverse on Sunday.
Southampton 3 wolves 9.
Bedfordshire Old Gold
BOG
I attach a photograph of Worcester fans at Dudley for the game. The caption on the photo mistakenly says 1963……..but it was 18th September 1965 the day we went to Dudley.
Liking the score lol
Me great grandfather lived at 2 Sedgley rd east pre 1st world war bless him
Sedgley Road East – just a few minute from the Dudley Sports Centre Shed.
I would imagine your great granddad would probably remember when the ground was first cleared for the cricket pitch which was about 1911 I believe.
Bet he told a tale or two about life slap bang in the Black Country!
Shed 7 were quite good.
‘Stupid boy Pike ‘
There’s only one shed…at the old mol’
And mine
Yes as you say he would have been there then and seen the changes.
He was shot in the stomach in March 1918 and incredibly survived the war. Lived in Sedgley most of his life what stories he could have told but as most, kept silent.
Arthur 2 Sheds Jackson. Couldn’t resist. Classic monty python.
Yes BOG, I remember that day. It came up on the BBC Teleprinter a 9 (nine). At ten to six it was my job to run to the paper shop to get “The Pink” which confirmed the score. Nightmare.
I was at Southampton last year, 2-o down at half time then saw our front three run riot in the second half. Brilliant.
Can’t see us scoring three goals anywhere any time soon .And let’s give Nuno a break, what that man has done for the club, the city and the joy he has brought us, deserves more respect.
Agreed. Still 15 games to go. Virtually safe from relegation already. Three straight seasons in top flight. Longest run since the 70’s. I accept he is open to criticism. Fair enough. But surely to God this bloke has enough credit in the tank . Sacking him would be grossly unfair and unreasonable. Perhaps we achieved too much in his first couple of years. First season back in the Prem I would have been happy with 10th to 14th. So getting to 7th and Europe was magnificent. Give the bloke a break.
Ah yes BG the teleprinter on Grandstand. Good shout.
Nice story about having to race to the newsagent to collect The Pink. I did miss the compulsory Saturday night read when it was eventually withdrawn from circulation.
Re Grandstand- Who would have been the presenter back in 1965 ? Peter Dimmock or David Coleman maybe ?
Agree totally about Nuno – he has given me three of the best seasons for many a year.
Top geezer.
Love your stories, BOG. Keep them going. They’ve had several big victories against us in recent times, not all of them anywhere near deserved. The last twice they’ve put six past us they were actually lucky to win, ridiculous as that may sound.
Cheers SP.
You are right – apart from the 9-3 I can recall a 6-2 and 6-0.
Somewhat freak results – the 6-0 in McCarthys early days was ridiculous as the Southampton fans readily admitted.
Well onto tomorrow maybe it’s our turn to hit 6 or even 9!
Actually 1-0 will do!
Cannot see where our next goal will come from…
Neves will mis-kick it and instead of going over the bar, it will whimper in.
0-1 Wolves
Yes. Perhaps a jammy goal like Southampton’s first one last night. Great save by Ruddy rebounds on to Ings leg and trickles in. We are ling overdue a stuffy goal or two like that.
Tim, they ain’t mis-kicks. He just hasn’t yet realised or been told that you can’t score by bouncing one off the floodlights, mate.
Maybe it’s time to try bringing back your favourite Irish Italian Paddy Cutrone again. He’s due a recall by now. Well, he’s certainly overdue a goal.
Try Des Peration, dingles!
Baggies til I Die.
I’ve only one thing to say to you Bags I:-
Sam Allardyce.
Well, two things really.
The other one is Championship football…again.
Wolves fan Sam never been relegated….till now. Come in Agent Sam mission nearly complete. A Dingle taking Sandwell in to Division 2.
Nuno will put out the first team on Sunday and we have more than enough to win this.
Unfortunately he gave up on the cup by not having any attack on show. I can understand the fans frustration ( mine was evident as soon as I saw the line up – ‘that lot will never score.’ Even more galling Southampton have pulled the easiest draw of the 1/4 finals.
I’m usually reasonably optimistic but in the cold light of day I have to acknowledge that we have not been playing well for almost a year now. Yes, we’ve had some decent results but quite often they have come despite the quality of our performance rather than because of it. These players are capable of so much more – what is going wrong ?
Could it be that after 2 years and more of working hard on the pitch, retaining our shape, controlling the game without the ball that the players are mentally fatigued ? There is little enjoyment to be got from simply covering ground to get back into position, especially when the few times you get the ball there is little or no end product. We appear to have hit a brick wall.
I take no pleasure in predicting a defeat on Sunday, but looking at our record over the last year I don’t see any other option.
https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2021/02/13/johnny-phillips-like-all-of-us-wolves-feeling-flat-right-now/
A well written article from Johnny Phillips. Worth a read. Sums it up nicely, with lashings of perspective.
I commend it to the house
The last but one comment says it all.
For the benefit of sponsors, broadcasters and armchair viewers.
ALL about the money.
Yep
Let’s turn it around!
Lets Go Wolves!
Having just read the article by Johnny Phillips it has completely changed what I was going to put in this comment. I think he has completely identified all the problems, and their causes, we have at the moment.
I was going to have a rant about how crap it all was, Nuno, team and Fosun. But let’s stop and think.
How would you like to be stuck a thousand miles from your family in the world we have today. I know dam well I wouldn’t but Nuno is.
Neves could not be with his wife for the birth of a child, it may have been a long time since my missus had a kid but I can still identify with how he must have felt.
As for Fosun I honestly believe they still have our best interests at heart and will continue to do so after this current shit situation has long gone.
Enough of the sermon’s lets get on to Sunday at Southampton.
Do I expect to win, absolutely not a chance.
Do I expect the team to put up a good fight, absolutely yes.
We will probably not win many for the rest of the season but I do not think we are in any danger of relegation there are certainly 3 teams worse than us at the moment.
We just have to suck it up and put up with what results we get between now and the end of the season.
Life could be worse we could, god forbid, be Sandwell Town supporters.
Well said Tipton.. I thought it was an excellent article, that gives us all some context.
Reading between the lines of some of what Johnny Phillips said it’s all too easy for the social media doom mongers to start crying and throw their toys out of the pram. Clive said it, I’ve said it and others have said it. Perspective.
Johnny is an apologist for the man.
What? For Clive ?
An apologist you say. Interesting turn if phrase. No one needs to apologise for Nuno. He has bought us great great success and wonderful footballers. Only gutless wonders are turning on him the first bump in the road.
I’m curious what Nuno’s wife does. Why can’t she come and visit him, especially since Portugal is probably in a big lockdown, too.
Is she a doctor or lawyer or something where she has to still be there working?
BTW, didn’t Zenga used to get in trouble for making trips to meet his wife rather than stay in England. I read Nuno used to go back to Portugal to visit his wife all the time.
Why the double standard, Jeff?
It’s non of your fucking business.
Good grief. Support Sandwell Town.. The old joke always meks me loff …” A nuclear bomb landed on West Bromwich and caused £6 billion pounds worth of improvements “.
A very well written article about Wolves, the pandemic, social media, our loss in the FA Cup and the season.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2205102318/permalink/10158816418567319/
Brilliant report mate. I believe he says it exactly as it is.
I especially liked what he said about the FS Cup: “behind-closed-doors FA Cup defeats the fundamental appeal of the tournament. It is another competition stripped of meaning” so so true in my mind.
FA Cup
And of course his closing comment.
“These days will pass”
Brilliant
The fact that Thursdays game was lost before a ball had been kicked was deeply upsetting.
More worrying is the fact that this is not a team in transition. It’s a team in regression.
Way too many young inexperienced players, injuries notwithstanding, who are not able to compete consistently at this level.
You have to hope that Nuno puts out the strongest possible team in terms of ability, experience and form for the remainder of this hugely disappointing season. After that, some important decisions to be made regarding loan players and new signings.
If Nuno was prioritizing the League over the cup then I feel he has shot himself in the foot by handing the initiative to the Saints thus giving them the confidence and belief they needed after 5 straight league defeats.
I was starting to feel positive after our last two league results, and if we can start to find some goals to go with our improved performance then we can look forward to a resurgence. If we get a win out of this fixture then game on for the rest of the season. But I fear that Nuno’s approach to the cup has have made this a much harder proposition.
Of course, the main reason for the poor performance of our Southern European and Brazilian team is air temperature. On Sunday , at Southampton, temperatures are set to shoot up to 7 C. So all will be well.
yes wonderful article by the great Johnny Phillips no more to say.
Although the front three of MGW, Silva, and Vitinha was arguably a mistake. I don’t think Nuno conceded the cup, gave up on it, didn’t respect the fans, which has been said by many on here. Tactically I think he got it the wrong way around. Neto and Traore, at least, should have started. If anything, the game further clarifies our issues, if we didn’t already have enough clarity, that we have too many injuries and not enough squad depth.
Blaming three inexperienced players for not scoring and winning the game, has more merit if the seven outfield players behind them perform. In fact, this has been an issue for over a year. When you lose the likes of Jiminez, Boly, Jonny (and in some respects Jota and Doherty), whilst resting other key players, you need the remaining players (Neves, Moutinho, Saiss and Dendonker if you use the Southmpton game as an example) to be consistent. They were not, they have not been all season.
If you want younger players to thrive, the senior players need to play well. I don’t know the reason or can explain it myself, but there is a collective lethargy and performance dip across the entire team each time we play, and in my opinion isn’t always down to Silva. Who gets far too much stick.
I’m disappointed we are out of the cup, but we need to be more positive and realistic, as our league form was picking up. I was also there when lost 3-2 to Watford, and thought we could have taken it to City in the final. But that was when we were playing well. Reality is, we aren’t playing well enough to win a cup this year, or finish top 6. So let’s get on to next season, where (hopefully) under normal parameters, we can be justifiably critical of our situation, if the correct investment does not occur over the summer.
I hope Nuno stays. I hope he gets the chance to show that he can turn it around under different circumstances. But due largely to conjecture, fans are turning on him and the owners. Conjecture is not a football fans friend. Trying to read into how someone looks on the touch line, or that the owners haven’t said anything publicly for example. He’s a competitive man, and doesn’t like losing. I’d look miserable too, At least I get to go home to my family every night after work.
Stay strong people. It could get worse as some fear on here. But the direct opposite is just as likely next season…. it’s just not enjoyable to watch at the moment. But I still watch none the less. As will you. UTW
Having settled down and regained my equilibrium after the trauma of the Cup match, I have taken a couple of positives from the generally awful experience.
Johnny looks back to his secure best and as soon as he can last a full game, won’t be soon enough for me.
And, I might be in a minority here but, I thought there was a definite improvement in the performance of Fabio Silva. Apart from the missed chance, which was more difficult than it looked due to the Southampton defender closing him down so quickly, his link up play was much better and his movement in the box showed a marked improvement. It’s a shame, in a way, that he was taken off when the two players that might have given him some assistance were brought on.
As far as tomorrow is concerned, I really can’t predict this so I have asked the PMDG’er to give me the benefit of her crystal ball gazing.
She has come up with 1-0 to Wolves with Pedro Neto slotting it home.
I would be VERY happy with that.
Another myth doing the rounds. Wolves have been rubbish for a year. Well go back to mid Feb 2019 and results then would 52 points from 35 games. Roll that on to 38 games and 56 points. A top 8 finish in 2019/2020. Not bad for a load of rubbish.
I meant go back to mid Feb 2020 !
Most likely result for this encounter is another goal less stalemate so here’s to two correct predictions in a row.
Can’t believe some of the comments lately .. best coach since the 50 s and people want him gone after a few bad results. Nuno has to give young players a chance and the fa cup is the only way he could do that
It didn’t work .. so we sack him ? And the entire back room staff have to go as well . How will that benefit Wolves ? If our forwards aren’t getting the ball enough then the answer is sack the manager and all the staff
That’s utter fucking nonsense
Up the Wolves
Two one win
Wow. You said that in much fewer lines than I did. Well done London… top marks, and agree entirely.
And how come London doesn’t get bitched at for swearing?
I really feel sorry for Clive.
I always thought that you were one and the same bloke!
Clive feels sorry for himself.
.
Hoping for a win, not only for the 3 points, but hopefully to see Nuno smile again and cheering with the rest of the squad every time we score a goal. When was the last time we saw that ??
Things must be getting quite bad as I have not seen the phrase In Nuno We Trust for the last couple of weeks – Anywhere.
Not sure whether it was the team selections by Nuno or the non performance by the chosen players which started this bad sequence (sounds like a chicken or the egg conundrum). Whatever came first it needs to be sorted out.
I am positive that Nuno will now have to pick the strongest team possible. Anything less and I believe he will lose most of his fans who still believe he is what is best for the club.
I cannot honestly see us get a result in their home ground. All I can hope for is that at least we will get a goal.
IN NUNO WE TRUST!!!
There
Said it
In Nuno I Always Trust
The scousers will be calling for Klopp’s head now!
Scousers aren’t as fickle as Wolves fans.
Do you include yourself in that statement….?
You’ve never stood on the kop then Prawny.
Confidence is shot. Manager seemingly floundering.
I can’t see us winning this. We just cant string a forward move together.
Seems we’ve been found out for trying to build a team around a sadly injured front man and a blow hot and cold speedy muscleman with questionable football nous.
Sounds like a Liverfool fan!!
Improvement , far too much stick !! Am I watching the same player. He would not get a
game for any other premiership club ! An absolute disaster of a signing ! No talent, no
pace , no tricks ,cannot score easy chances ! Watched his tap in goals for Porto youth which showed nothing ! Worst signing in the clubs history , a joke ! Generational talent my
Ar— ! Played against better players myself !!
Stop bushing around the beatles, say what you really think!
Were it not for Luiz, we could be just a few points behind Liverpool.
Jonny Phillip’s article should be compulsory reading for all bloggers on this site.
‘Nuff said !!
Even more hopeful than last time out….
Correct me if I’m wrong, but usually teams playing in Europe are the teams to field weakened sides in cup competitions. There’s nothing wrong in playing twice in a week when the occasional domestic cup match is the only bit of overtime from the Premier League fixtures. A cup win would have given us a tremendous boost in the league. Now we don’t even have a cup hope to piss in. There was no real reason to put out a weakened team this week, other than Nuno trying to make a point.
When I saw that Morgan Gives Shite and Silva the Boy Wonder were playing up front in the cup, I groaned. I perked up a bit when I saw the bench, but that was a false dawn. The rot had already set in when substitutions were finally made. I remember a famous political quip about someone going around stirring up apathy. There was a similar one about being savaged by a dead sheep. Well, we certainly stirred up apathy in that first half and we looked every bit as dangerous as a dead sheep. Maybe Nuno had a cunning plan to forego the cup in order to climb the PL table? No, I just think he was being cautious and also showing the powers that be that the larder is bare.
If this disappointing cup showing infects the squad’s mentality, and we lose emphatically tomorrow as a result, then heads may roll sooner or later. A win on the other hand would be a major shot in the arm, considering that we seemed to be on a mini-revival with decent results against Chelsea, Arsenal and Leicester. This is very difficult to predict but I”m going for a draw.
I know that we are all rubbing our hands with glee at Albion’s certain relegation, myself perhaps more than most as I’ve a large wager on it.
However, spare a thought (or not!) for those poor bluenoses and take a glance at the Championship table. League 1 beckons.
What a great double awaits us.
Whoever thumbed you down is either a baggie or has never run the gauntlet at St Andrew’s. It’s a close run thing as to who I hate the most.
Agree about Blouse. Been there loads of times on the train. Always an interesting walk out the away end down that hill by McDonald’s and on through Digbeth. Remember once going past a house on the way down and there was an old woman behind the garden fence with about 1 tooth telling us all to f**k off. Much to our amusement. Nice to see them in League 1 out the way.
Excellent, Mr Ant.
Well that was pretty lightweight up front and we got what we deserved from a not too much better Southampton team. My real worry and problem at the moment is the lack of creativity regarding defence splitting passes and runs off the ball. The new lad, who has gorgeous touches when he eventually receives the ball, must wonder what he’s let himself in for. He’s getting nothing; when the ball is delivered it is often over hit in open play and fails to pass the first man in set pieces. I absolutely love Moutino , but please let Neto take the set pieces in my view.
The Cup seems to be a bit part player nowadays and it always used to be so, so important before the introduction of the Premier League. I Know we may need to rest certain players at times but firmly believe you try to win each and every game. The team we put out never stood a chance against a much stronger team from Southampton , but the obvious changes for half time were never made on a day when more substitutes were allowed; where was the sense in that.
Having said all that, I hope our confidence is not too shaken to get a result on Sunday, although we have just spent a game lifting the opposition’s confidence.
Like many, I am seething and unable to see the thinking. I can’t put a score down because I have no idea what the attitude to this game will be; I know what it has to be and would never bet against our boys, but, come on, let’s get serious for every game, please.
Okay, 3-2 to Wolves…
Let’s face it…
If that was Southampton’s showcase team on Thursday… we haven’t got too much to worry about.
We’re better than our recent results and taking five points from Arsenal, Chelsea and Leicester is not to be overlooked.
Despite my despair on Thursday evening I just love Nuno for what he has achieved whilst in charge…. far more than anyone of us could have hoped for, so let’s forget and managerial witch-hunt.
Southampton had better look out tomorrow… the wolf had been wounded… were getting our mojo back… just like last year…
I hoped for more.
Spoken with the true arrogance of a Wolves fan. We are a struggling mid table team at best, not prime Barcelona.
Southampton quietly go about their business week in week out, walloped at Man U yes, beaten at Newcastle also but still a cut above Mendes boys. 5 points against so called better teams for us this season yes but we need to concentrate on our inability to beat those around us, this after all will at some point be the difference between relegation and survival although I think we are safe this season.
Just playing The Liquidator full blast. F O W B. The real enemy. STOP THE CIVIL WAR !
Just been watching lowly Brighton, far better side than us ! What has happened ?
That good they couldn’t beat us. I suppose the fact Leicester couldn’t beat us but they could Liverpool means we are better than Liverpool. Yawn. Yawn Yawn.
Nuno definitely lost a lot of my trust with his cup team selection. Wolves had just gone toe to toe with a team that just put 3 past the reigning champs. I expected much more conviction. Even with all the injuries we still have a great team. Nuno seems to have lost his belief. The team seem to have lost their belief. I haven’t. They need to restore their belief and turn the ship around.
Let’s win this.
Surely we must perform better than the Cup game. Ings plus set-pieces are a risk for us, but I feel like this may be the game where our Neto and Traore combine with Willian Jose to find something
Probably for the first time in his spell with us i was annoyed, angry and very surprised with Nuno and am starting to have some questions about him. We had a wonderful opportunity to reach the semis. Home game against a struggling team but we have them a massive shot in the arm before a ball had been kicked. Why not go strong get the game won then make the changes, thus maintaining out recent improvement and keeping Southampton low on confidence for Sunday but sadly the opposite has happened.
I’m still fuming over the FA Cup debacle. The starting 11 just handed the Quarter Finals place to Southampton.
Of course, it will be a much different team, but the pressure is on now.
It’s time for Traore, Neto and Jose to be firing on all cylinders. What an exceptional away day we had there last season. Let’s hope for a similar result this time.
Don’t expect to score today. Deeply concerned that by the time Willian is on the same wavelength as Neto and Traore the season will be over.
My only wish for today is that someone puts Ward-Prowse on his backside rolling in agony after someone has taken a chunk out of his ankle. Has to be the weakest playground bully that has ever physically dominated our midfield.
Saiss in midfield in place of Moutinho
Don’t really care about the level of performance, I just think we need something from this game. A win preferably but I’d take a draw. This season has been very disappointing and even with 12 points on the last relegation place I still don’t think we are out of the woods yet. I’m still haunted by giving up an 11 point lead to Sandwell with 8 games to go. Nothing is over until it’s over. We still need a minimum 3 wins before I can start to relax!
I just want this season to be over. Get rid of the dead wood( MGW, Silva, Vitinha) Thanks Moutinho, but we need more pace and bite in midfield, Marcel is too injury prone, Ait Nouri not quite good enough. So, 2 new defenders, an ince like midfielder, and a forward, easy,lol. Back to today’s game. I have very little confidence in getting the three wins we probably need to stay up, thank god the bottom three are woeful. I’ll take a 0-0, seeing as we struggle to score.
Dead wood amounts to 6 players
I hope we have a slaughter in the close.
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Southampton zero
and Wolves with two
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I’m a schizophrenic
And so am I
Utw
Before the Cup game midweek, our spirits had been lifted by improved performances, improved results and, especially, the return of Jonny. I’m refusing to allow the miserable showing on Thursday to set back my mood which had lifted considerably recently. We had half the team on show at the start and it was clear the Cup was way down on the club’s priority list.
Better expected here and we can all flip once more into positive confident mode.
Hopefully a goal for Willian Jose today.
Hope you’re right mate after the midweek horror show.
Solid selection given who’s available.
COMBs!
Nuno’s fantastic.There you go Clive.
Brilliant manager and none of us feel sacrificed or let down at all.
This could be a career changing win.. I sincerely hope so but I’ve realised my TV is at risk of anything solid being thrown at it when Silva comes on for a potential change of Nuno’s sophisticated strategy..
Jose has to score in this match his confidence is dripping out of him Netto and Traore are good enough to create enough chances here..
Let’s see a rise in all our fortunes
COYW
Well said Stevie Lad,
But I have never felt sacrificed or let down at all. I am too strong to let that happen and in Nuno I trust. Best Manager we have ever had and one that should stay with us to drive us to a Premier League title in time.
Come on me babbies, let us move forward, out of this blip, we are Wolves Ay We.
Stan Cullis?
Matter of opinion mate
Could go either way.
Remembering Leicester in 1960 when we beat them in a close cup tie and lost in the league very shortly afterwards and hoping for a similar reversal I’m going for a narrow win.
COYW7
Remembering Leicester in 1960 when we beat them in a close cup tie and lost in the league very shortly afterwards and hoping for a similar reversal I’m going for a narrow win.
COYW
Haven’t read comments or Johnny Johnny Philips. I’ve had the time but lack motivation. And this is the point. Having been in virtual lockdown for 11 months I’m so lethargic at times that I can’t find the energy to do simple tasks that are right in front of me.
Ok, I’m not paid millions, but I don’t have financial worries and I have my family (OH and son) with me.
The Premier League season was allowed to go ahead bc of money. Nothing else. TV payments (and revenue for the broadcasters).
It’s dire without fans, and I speak as someone who could not get tickets for every game so I’m not missing too many live games. Football virtually every flipping day is mind-numbingly boring. There’s no focal point. It just drags on.
Yes, I have criticisms of, mainly, Fosun for not strengthening the squad. I think Nuno has slipped up on occasions.
BUT I will NEVER abandon this club. Those who *threaten* to do so, that is your right.
So pile on your negativity. I know it’s the hope ….etc.
Signed
Sue, age 69, est. North Bank 1965.
I made my point about giving them all a break in the previous thread, the article by Jonny Philips just backed it up.
I’m firmly behind Nuno & the team 110%. This is not a normal season. The FA cup this year I’m not fussed about at all. Even if we got to the final fans wouldn’t be allowed in so what’s the point? Money pure & simple. Nuno has done us proud since he arrived, he deserves our support in this current blip.
We are meant to be one pack! So let’s act like it, back our team & stop sniping at the manager, players and each other.
The strength of the Wolf is in the pack. Let’s show it!!!
Wolves to win!!
Happy with that team
Come on you wolves
I’m not clever enough to post a proper link but please go to: yamyam.blog/south bank resistance and then find This is our Leader.
Essential reading for all bloggers- especially the doubters.
OODCL
Hi Cannock , I read it earlier today, brilliant as always but particularly on point atm
Utw
Ever hopeful of sneaking a win ?
I am waiting for the game that we put it all together and really dominate the opposition.
Don’t think it will be today but a nice 2-0 victory with Jose and Traore the scorers.
Fancy us to nick it
Dendoncker should have closed down to prevent the cross, not just stood back and said have a go!
Here we go again……Saints player skips passed 2 Wolves players on wing then Dendonker doesn’t even make a challenge and we are 1. 0 down.
Shocking no pressing just standing off them.
Is it too early to say that’s another defeat, or can we score at least two goals?
Semedo and Trarora at fault for letting Armstrong waltz through.
Feel sorry for Nuno, cuts a forlorn figure, peed off, worried and doesn’t look like he has slept in a week. I think he cares.
Will get mullered by the Nuno outers now I guess.
Exactly mate
Never mind Dendonker, what about samedo how does he keep picking him .
Just watch the game .How many time samedo and traore give the ball away .
Pair of them are useless
What’s Dendonker doing at the back he carnt defend for his life……..fuck me.
If we keep going on this track, all the incredible transformation we have undergone will be lost.
Its so sad to see a once beautiful footballing side self implode like this ?
Crap…….midfield is doing nothing Jose on his own no service no pressing there midfield running the show not a shot on target passing sideways and backwards.
Even when Adam did make a run down the wing and crossed it on Jose and another Wolves player prepared to get in the box compare d to 6 Saints players.
Midfield is were we are getting hammered totally inetective.
Saints look confident and why shouldn’t they after Thursday. No encouragement from Nuno just mumbling to himself where’s the passion.
Too many non homegrown players?
Can’t see a magician turning our season round
Seems like a lost cause
So sad to watch
Half time! Horrible. One moment of many problems is Jose recovers the ball high up in the Southhampton’s half, passes to Neto who flys down the wing. Jose bursts his gut to get it the box, while there are 4 or 5 Wolves players deep in their half and not one runs into the box or even runs anywhere, even after Neto held up the ball waiting for reinforcements. No sense crossing to Jose who was surrounded by 4 defenders! How are we ever going to score. Nothing short of a miracle will get us anything from this game. We live in hope!
A Miracle you ask for. Neto obliges.
I guess Maurice happened!!!
Miricle! Blasted auto correct!
Anyone remember the bandy legged Maurice Setters at Coventry?
An effective old fashioned centre half who always gave us trouble 8 recall.
Some of us remember him at WBA for a few years in the 1950s. Great player, along in my memory with Ronnie Allen and Derek Kevan. Sad to find that after such a heroic hard man career, he died last year having suffered for some time with Alzheimers.
Get in
Get in. Neto my man.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaa. You fuckin beauty.
Glad that’s over !!!
That will do, cup game forgotten (no I know)
Shades of the Kilman pen against us V Leicester… But, who cares 30 points. Much better 2nd half.
Any wolves fan not touched by that nuno hug at the end of the game is made of ice !
Nuuuuuuno
Come on you wolves, hope everyone had a little flutter ?
That to me justifies the team selection Thursday.
Plus that hug says it all.
Thank you Nuno.
Don’t think that the team selection had much to do with it, as the first half showed (exactly like the cup game). It was more to do with tactics and intensity and defending much higher up the pitch as the second half proved in spades.
I made some reasoned comments to your post, Border but they were awaiting moderation and have now been deleted. Nothing offensive whatsoever so I can only surmise that whoever removed them needs to learn the English language! All the best.
And now they have appeared again. What’s going on? Maybe I should start swearing which should ensure that my posts always appear!
Couldn’t get to see the game but the win is everything. Well done Nuno and the team. 2 more wins and then we can forget this horrible season and hopefully go again
If those two wins come next up against Leeds and Newcastle Sutton, then we will be in the same position as our best ever premier league season.
Funny old game football
Utw
Wow that would be incredible, it certainly doesn’t feel like it,does it?
Phew, what a game! I almost went out at half time, and again for the last ten minutes, but stuck it out, albeit with my hands over my eyes more than once.
Sutton, I grew up in Sutton Coldfield, even played once on the Sutton Town ground, I recently found the report at Birmingham library in the Sutton News, ‘great work down the wing’ ! I even looked a lot like Neto when I was 12 (without the beard !). No family left there now, we’ve all dispersed around the country. In fact Sutton Coldfield isn’t really there any more, as apparently it’s now part of Birmingham. Popular with football folk though, as a place to live – eg Graham Taylor etc.
Loads of footballers around here. I only live four doors down from Dean Smith. Fortunately the wind tends to blow in the opposite direction though !
A game of two halves.
Now we try to catch Arsenal and Leeds and move up the table more.
and funnily enough they are playing each other at 1630, so that may help.
Hallelujah..Nuno best 2nd half manager in the league..?
Netto almost as good as Sako was…
We needed that indeed..MOTD tonight to see if I’m dreaming..
COYW
Sako ? What premier league club does he play for?
Great 2nd half Steve. I think Pedro’s goal is a contender for GOTM
Stay safe.
Goal of the season!
UTW
Massive win. I know we have our differences on here but we are all Wolves fans and we will all welcome it. Celebrate with few beers!
I’d been confident they’d win, but not like that ! I’d given up at half time. Well, I’m sure we deserve all the luck we get, although I thought we’d had our share against Arsenal
Hallelujah..Nuno best 2nd half manager in the league..?
Netto almost as good as Sako was…
We needed that indeed..MOTD tonight to see if I’m dreaming..
COYW
What a game of two halves !! Shame we are not playing Bournemouth next ! Well
done lads !
Neto is my Valentine!!
Why do they do it to us……………from agony to extercy in the space of two halls. No finger nails or toe nails left.
If we could only play like that for both halfs. 3 more points closer to 40. I need a drink and a shrink…!