Spot on with your goal scorers Gem. 49+2 og's.

Jimenez scored 4 from the spot in his 17.

I feel with us adopting a more attacking style this season, the players will each score more. But hey, what do I know.

Fingers crossed that is the case, be interesting to see if Nuno does make that transition to a more forward thinking style this term or whether that is just something lost in translation during his interviews.

comment by herecomesthelight (U17321)
posted 7 hours, 20 minutes ago
The stats show how much we rely on Raul for goals, cant see much changing with a number of others chipping in, on a separate point re Neves I may have had a few too many beers but did anyone else spot him in the City box late second half attempting a header on goal? May be a first if so , but it could have been the beer
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That was a surprise wasn’t it to see Neves attacking the area like that. Clearly a bit of Dave Edwards in him after all! Don’t think we will see him make a habit of that but occasionally would be good. His role is primarily ahead of the defence except when he hovers on the edge of the box from dead ball situations. Like Fernandinho at City, Fabhino at Liverpool and Jorginho at Chelsea that deep lying midfielder is so vital in the modern game but often under appreciated

One thing that behind closed doors games wipe out is home advantage, doubtless because of the crowd support. We saw this in the bundesliga when they resumed and there were a lot of away wins. In the premier league the maximum number of away wins in any season is 33.7%. This season so far it’s 61%

Sunday will be the 5th time Wolves have played West Ham since we returned to the Premier League. Wolves have won all four of the previous meetings with the Hammers not scoring in any of them

West Ham fans were delighted to hear that their manager and two players were diagnosed with COVID this week. They reckon it was the first time they have had three positive results in a week for years

Herecomes, not sure about the header but I did notice Neves in the box a couple of times. For me that can only be a good thing as long as he doesn't get carried away. It may also be a sign that Nuno is promoting a sligtly more attacking style. Again, I'm happy with that as long as he doesn't go overboard abandoning our, up to now, successful counterattacking style.

Swansea 2 up away. Be great experience for MGW if they can challenge for promotion

Brighton giving Man Utd a run for their money. 1-1 at half time and Brighton have hit the woodwork three times

Brighton turning into a good side

Utd go ahead and then Brighton hit the post for the 4th time

The semedo deal with Barca is for an initial €30m. Another €2m becomes due when he has played 10 times. A final payment of €8m becomes due if Wolves achieve European qualification

Brighton get a 2-2 draw against Utd with a 95th minute equaliser. Deserved at least a draw after hitting the woodwork 5 times. Trossard hit the left post, the right post and the crossbar

Spoke too soon there with United winning it with a pen in the 10th minute of added time

comment by Spangles (U17289)
posted 2 minutes ago
Spoke too soon there with United winning it with a pen in the 10th minute of added time
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Amazing game. Brighton have several good attacking players, but hit the woodwork 5 or 6 times.

Under 18s won 3-2. Anyone know if there is a foreigner limit in those games because i notice they are mostly full of English players, even at the likes of Arsenal.

A piece by Percy in the Telgraph

How Nuno Espirito Santo is rebooting Wolves
Special Report: From counter-attacking football, to stellar signings, Portuguese coach has given Wolves a new lease of life
It was in the dressing room at the MSV Arena, after the 1-0 defeat to Sevilla in last season’s Europa League quarter-final, when the Wolves reboot began to take shape.
Nuno Espirito Santo had known for months that a shake-up was required, but it was the performance in Duisburg that convinced him to undertake major surgery on his squad this summer.
Six weeks later, Diogo Jota and Matt Doherty have been sold, Wolves have smashed their transfer record and Nuno has committed the next three years of his life to his own Project Restart.
Standing still is simply not in Nuno’s make-up, and the style of play established in the Premier League over the last two years - built on counter-attacking football and switches of play to the wing-backs - is evolving.
In July last year, shortly before the start of Wolves’s Europa League odyssey, Nuno suggested that a fresh approach was around the corner.
Diogo Jota has been sold to Liverpool
Diogo Jota has been sold to Liverpool CREDIT: Getty Images
“I know a new cycle is coming. In two seasons the football in the Premier League will change,” he said.
“I know what I’m trying to build and improve is going to change. It’s a lot like chess. I’ve tried to put myself inside the other managers’ heads. If I played against Wolves, what would I do?”
Nuno wants his teams to now rely more heavily on possession, with the intention to dominate games rather than chase them and wait for the turnover.
Moving away from such an effective game-plan is a gamble, but he believes it is necessary to keep the club on an upward trajectory.
The summer recruitment to carry out the next phase has been ruthlessly executed. While the work of ‘super-agent’ Jorge Mendes and his deputy at agency Gestifute, Valdir, is impossible to overlook, the rebuilding job is all down to the Portuguese head coach.
The £45 million sale of Jota to Liverpool has been the most calculated decision, yet Nuno had made that call in the final weeks of last season.
There can be no revisionism over Jota’s three years at Molineux - he was outstanding following his move from Atletico Madrid, scoring 44 goals in 131 appearances and emerging as a key weapon in Nuno’s armoury.
He epitomised Wolves’ fearless approach when facing the bigger clubs, wreaking havoc with Raul Jimenez and Adama Traore.
But last season his stats did drop off. Daniel Podence, the £17m buy from Olympiacos, already has double the number of assists in two Premier League matches that Jota managed in the whole of last season.
Equally, Jota was seeking a new challenge so the deal worked for both clubs.
Another key player from the last three years, Doherty, has also been moved on - to Tottenham Hotspur.
Jota and Doherty are both Gestifute clients but Nuno essentially felt neither player could do the job he envisions for his team this season - so the notion that Mendes has a degree of control over Wolves and Nuno’s decision-making is inaccurate.
Nuno sanctioned their departures almost dispassionately, demanding that the sales be completed as quickly as possible. He does not believe in players hanging around the place who will not be involved, as Patrick Cutrone, Jesús Vallejo and now Ryan Bennett have discovered.
That cold, clinical approach has been a constant - shortly after Wolves had been promoted and were preparing for the Sky Sports video shoot, left-back Barry Douglas arrived at the training ground to be informed he was being sold to Leeds.
Douglas had played 39 games in the Championship title season but had fulfilled his job, and was now not required.
Nuno makes the final decisions on who to sign, and has absolute power over transfers. The transfer hierarchy consists solely of chairman Jeff Shi and Nuno.
Shi relies on the advice and support of chief scout Matt Hobbs, head of academy Scott Sellars and club secretary Matt Wild, but this is Nuno’s baby.
Admittedly, that has led to some friction in the past.
Last season, the recruitment team, under former sporting director Kevin Thelwell, scouted Red Bull Salzburg forward Hwang Hee-chan extensively.
Thelwell and his staff flew out to Austria on numerous occasions to watch him and the expectation internally was that Hwang would sign - until the proposal was put to Nuno, who said no. He did not feel the South Korean would ‘fit’ into his squad and, perhaps, was already considering the evolution of this season.
The signings this summer have been eye-catching and made at vast expense. Fabio Silva, the 19-year-old forward, is the club record signing at £35m from Porto. Wolves view the deal as a “no-brainer” as Silva once had a €125m release clause and is regarded as one of the brightest young talents to emerge from Portugal since Cristiano Ronaldo.
Nélson Semedo arrived from Barcelona for an initial £27.5m this week, signed as Doherty’s replacement. This is where Mendes comes in, as he was the one who performs the sales pitch on behalf of Nuno, convincing him to swap the Camp Nou for Molineux.

Mendes carried out the same job by persuading Ruben Neves and Jota to join Wolves in the Championship, and his involvement has enabled the club to emerge as an attractive proposition to players across Europe.
A regular with Barcelona and a Portugal international, Semedo’s sale was sorely required for the La Liga club’s finances which have taken a huge whack from Covid-19.
There are other crucial signings, such as Ki-Jana Hoever from Liverpool. Hoever made his debut against Wolves in the FA Cup and has been monitored ever since.
He is only 18 and ticks a number of boxes for Wolves: he is versatile (right wing-back or centre-half), has huge potential and will also count as a homegrown player when he turns 21.
Wolves face West Ham away on Sunday evening, and the two clubs could not appear to be more disparate in their strategies.
Nuno is aware that the modifications will require patience, but there have already been tangible signs of progress against Sheffield United and Manchester City.
He has high hopes for Podence and Pedro Neto to step up in Jota’s absence, while in Jimenez he has unquestionably one of the finest centre-forwards operating in world football at the moment.
The ‘old guard’ of defenders Conor Coady and Willy Boly, midfield master Joao Moutinho and Traore remain integral members of the Wolves set-up.
Joao Moutinho remains key to Wolves
Joao Moutinho remains key to Wolves CREDIT: Getty Images
“I think we already have our identity, it is clear and evident,” said Nuno on Friday. “It is there for everyone to see, how we operate and do things, our philosophy as a club and our idea of football.
“This foundation of knowledge that we already have can provide us with a good way to make one more step forward.
“The game has already changed, and now it is different. It’s trying to find the small details that can change big things.”

As the players are under 21, I would assume the foreign player rules are irrelevant.

Gibbs White given man of the match by the Welsh press today for Swansea

Albion 3-0 up against Chelsea in the first half. Perhaps we should have tried to attack them a few months ago

Something wrong with my telly, top left hand corner says WBA 3- 0 CHE

Looks like Thiago had a bit of a shocker with a couple of those

I wonder if a Premier League team has ever overturned a 3-0 deficit. (Wolves/Leicester)

A question that tests where we are as fans, are you hoping Chelsea equalise to avoid West Brom having something to brag about, or hoping it stays the same as we are likely to be competing with Chelsea come the end of the season?

Happy Albion didn’t win

comment by tartanwolf (U17641)
posted 6 minutes ago
A question that tests where we are as fans, are you hoping Chelsea equalise to avoid West Brom having something to brag about, or hoping it stays the same as we are likely to be competing with Chelsea come the end of the season?
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A draw would probably be best!