Date: Saturday 29th April
Kickoff: 3:00 PM
Venue: Amex Stadium
Live @ https://www.ja606.co.uk/articles/viewLiveArticle/454112
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We travel to Sussex to take on one of the toughest teams in the league this season. Looking to bounce back from FA Cup semi final defeat and a surprise stuffing at Forest in midweek, 8th placed Brighton lie 5 points off 6th place and a route in to Europe with three games in hand.
Brighton have been a bogey club for Wolves over the last few decades, but over the last five years or so the games have been pretty close with four draws, Brighton winning three and Wolves two.
The reverse fixture at Molineux back in November was a bizarre game, after going a goal down early on Goncalo Guedes turned up for a brief moment and brought us level followed by a rare penalty converted by Ruben Neves. Nelson Semedo then handed the game back to the visitors with some terrible defending and getting needlessly sent off. Pascal Gross wrapped up the points from close range in the second half.
No doubt that we have improved under Lopetegui but there is still an inconsistency that dogs our performances particularly away from home. Hence confidence for a positive result for us is low.
Goldi's prediction 2-0
Brighton v Wolves Match Thread
posted on 29/4/23
Amazingly, only a Bournemouth victory against Leeds will see us drop a place in this round of matches. With Leicester playing Everton, Southampton at Newcastle and West Ham at Man City, it is likely that at least 5 teams below us will drop points.
More than we deserve really.
posted on 30/4/23
comment by Wulfrunnut (U17298)
posted 6 hours, 14 minutes ago
Amazingly, only a Bournemouth victory against Leeds will see us drop a place in this round of matches. With Leicester playing Everton, Southampton at Newcastle and West Ham at Man City, it is likely that at least 5 teams below us will drop points.
More than we deserve really.
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We have benefited from there being some truly awful teams in this years Prem. We might not be so fortunate next year though.
Huge improvement needed next season.
posted on 30/4/23
The last time we escaped relegation from the Prem, we bought Roger Johnson and figured that would be enough.
Let’s hope there is a coherent recruitment policy that addresses the fact we need to score more goals and allows for the fact we are likely to lose some first teamers (some important ones too). I do feel there is the basis of a very good squad here though
posted on 30/4/23
When you think back over the last few months, there have been a number of performances where we probably deserved a battering like we got yesterday, complacency and poor decision making have dogged our performances over the last couple of months, but when we do switch on and defend sensibly we can grind out results.
The substitutions yesterday seemed very strange, was Cunha unfit, knackered? Starting with four central midfielders was bizarre too, questioning the managers decisions feels reactionary because he's got a lot more right than wrong without doubt but occasionally he has us all scratching our heads with good reason.
posted on 30/4/23
We need a top class striker to replace Raul.
Chunha isn’t that man unfortunately, I’ve seen nothing to suggest he’s worth €43m.
The Austrian Peter Crouch isn’t going to stay fit for more than a third of any given season at best. He hasn’t done for the last three years.
Worryingly there are times that we don’t look like we are being well coached. Shambles yesterday, shambles of a first half against Leeds, we just seem to fall apart under the slightest pressure.
posted on 30/4/23
"We have benefited from there being some truly awful teams in this years Prem."
To be honest I'm not sure the make-up of the Prem is much different to normal.
There is 1 very good team; 3 good sides; 5 quite good on their day; 5 very average sides (of which, I think, Wolves are one) and 6 poor sides.
This is, of course, all in my opinion, and I might think differently in a few weeks.
posted on 30/4/23
Well at least Southampton can't catch us.
posted on 1/5/23
Fabio scored the winning penalty in a shot out for PSV in the Dutch Cup final against Ajax yesterday. Will be interesting to see what happens next with him, hope he comes back and gets hands for us but have my doubts that he will.
posted on 1/5/23
I would love him to come into the team, however I had the belief before that he wouldn’t ever be a top striker.
Still believe that, but really hope to be proved wrong.
posted on 2/5/23
Chelsea
Leeds
Cheering me up a bit after Saturday.