The bad news is that there is no VAR in the Europa League this season - until the knockout stage. So we will see it on Thursday but be interesting to see if it is applied differently to what we are used to. For instance accidental handball is not considered an offence in most countries. And referees on the continent are used to consulting a tv screen before making a decision.

Hopefully after the game we will be talking about the game not VAR. Should be an entertaining game and in the first leg we will be looking for a win and ideally a clean sheet as away goals count double.

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Sounds a good un, what position does Harsh Weather Conditions play ?

morning from the isle of herefordshire

Morning Wolfgang. The River Wye a bit high is it?

Is this what the world is coming to? Storm after storm. Flood after flood. Greta Thunberg clearly talks more sense than the American President

Everybody talks more sense than the American President.

comment by GeminMallorca FOVAR (U18318)
posted 5 hours, 55 minutes ago
Morning Wolfgang. The River Wye a bit high is it?
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So's the Teme.
How is my favourite river the Arrow doing ?

i live in marden boston which is on the lugg which the arrow joins at stoke prior. virtually non-stop flooding since october.
marooned today, i'm 6 miles from hereford and 10 from leominster but can't get to either

Maybe Gem can rent you his yacht that he's just recovered

Espanyol come to Molineux as the bottom club in La Liga but since appointing a new manager in December they have been improving and are now only 2 points off the survival place.

In 2020 they have played 8 and won 3, drawn 3 and lost 2

comment by Uli Fritz (U8869)
posted 2 hours, 36 minutes ago
i live in marden boston which is on the lugg which the arrow joins at stoke prior. virtually non-stop flooding since october.
marooned today, i'm 6 miles from hereford and 10 from leominster but can't get to either
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All my favourite fishing rivers, plus the Severn and the Wye. Spent many happy hours in that area.

When you thought you were fishing in peace. wolfgang was watching over you with his telescope. Luckily you were out of range of his hunting rifle

Sign of the times. Wolves U23s play Liverpool tonight and the starting 11 contains players of 10 different nationalities. The only nation represented twice is France

comment by Spangles (U17289)
posted 3 hours, 4 minutes ago
When you thought you were fishing in peace. wolfgang was watching over you with his telescope. Luckily you were out of range of his hunting rifle
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Wolfgang is a good guy if he lives in Marden.
He only hunts vermin.

you're in good company boston - we get mark venus, jasper carrot and another celeb whose name i can't remember come to marden for the fishing.
mark is good, always speaks

comment by bostonwolf (U17353)
posted about 11 hours ago
comment by Spangles (U17289)
posted 3 hours, 4 minutes ago
When you thought you were fishing in peace. wolfgang was watching over you with his telescope. Luckily you were out of range of his hunting rifle
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Wolfgang is a good guy if he lives in Marden.
He only hunts vermin.
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yeah, can't stand albion fans coming down here

Vinagre back in training now but he won’t be ready for Thursday

So it would appear that Espanyol have lost their striker through injury and have no-one else who can score goals. They are not capable of playing out from the back and don't have the pace for counter-attacking.
All sounds good to me

https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/football/wolverhampton-wanderers-fc/2020/02/18/europa-league-inside-track-on-wolves-opponents-with-guillem-balague/?fbclid=IwAR33AmgnUNcuc-vxCiIRiKdP0aiGkFeg8lWGpxqWgmBBDOlNBkDm_8LfNws

They are bottom of the table for a reason. The striker they signed in January has certainly made a difference and their results have improved. But with him now injured they may well go back to struggling. A win and a clean sheet on Thursday will go a long way to getting the job done

Just noticed that the 2nd leg of this tie kicks off at 18:05 UK time

comment by Spangles (U17289)
posted 13 minutes ago
Just noticed that the 2nd leg of this tie kicks off at 18:05 UK time
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17.55 UK time. I noticed that too but I haven't published my preview thread yet

If Wolves had keeper problems in a game and needed to put an outfield player between the sticks who would it be? Some pretty impressive footage online from the training ground shows Rúben Neves looking very much up for the job