No question that well over a year into his role there are still question marks over Bruno. I said at the end of last season that maybe he wasn’t the man but the club stuck with him and have backed him in the market so I was up for giving him a fresh start this season and 4 games isn’t enough of a chance to me. We have new players that will improve us but they’ve had nowhere near enough time to settle in and make their mark.
I think there’s a bit of contradiction in your post mango in that you said we sat on the lead when I think we were just put under pressure by a good team trying to save a point. The subs of Podence and Hwang wouldn’t have been my choice but they are both attackers so not negative changes. Dendoncker would have been a more sensible choice to me but that would have been more about us sitting back.
That said, with games against Liverpool and Man City on the horizon the next two games are vital to get our season up and running. We will be favourites to beat Bournemouth and Southampton and we need to, certainly anything less than 4 points would leave us in a precarious position after 8 games.
The biggest issue that I have been banging on about for two years is why have we still not signed a centre forward. We needed it for cover and competition well before Raul got injured, when he got his injury it became critical and even now it hasn’t happened. I suspect in the next couple of days it will. But why not until now. Has Bruno not made it a priority, have the club not pulled their finger out? Who knows but to me that’s been the biggest reason for us slipping down the league, being a defensive minded team, and now making a team full of talented creative players look lacking. Just that one signing could turn us into a very good team
What we need is a bit more crazy football
https://twitter.com/ziatanfacts/status/1563866696724643842?s=21&t=7OS90uy2uPfdNXT-sfzCLA
Hi Spangles
To some extent I agree that Newcastle put us under a lot of pressure - fair play to them for that - but I don’t think we helped ourselves by sitting back deep (looked like a deliberate game management strategy) and being so careless with the ball when we won it back (which we did consistently very well).
Given we were trying to manage a one goal lead (always dangerous) my subs on would have been Dendonker (for his defensive qualities) and Traore (big threat on the break, defenders daren’t leave him alone).
One more thing re our lack of goal threat. I really think we need to get numbers in the box, like we did in the days of Jota and Doherty who both scored their fair share of goals. These days it must be tough being Jimenez - sometimes he looks justifiably frustrated.
I’m not claiming to be any kind of tactical genius but I have watched football for most of my 73 years and studied evolving tactics (favourite book The Inverted Pyramid - by Jonathon Wilson if memory serves).
To me the reasons for our lack of goal threat are pretty obvious and not that difficult to solve. It frustrates me that it’s taking the powers that be so long. We are in danger of spoiling the ship for a lick of tar.
Wouldn’t disagree with any of that mango
How on earth did this not result in a red card. Both the ref and VAR thought it was ok. Neto lucky not to have a broken leg
https://twitter.com/skysportspl/status/1563891717555773440?s=21&t=aD06qbhCLKMy1VkI4BDTpw
Unbelievable DJ, then look at last season with JImmy being sent off for bumping into the Leeds keeper.
No consistency.
comment by Spangles (U17289)
posted about 2 hours ago
How on earth did this not result in a red card. Both the ref and VAR thought it was ok. Neto lucky not to have a broken leg
https://twitter.com/skysportspl/status/1563891717555773440?s=21&t=aD06qbhCLKMy1VkI4BDTpw
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To be fair, that still makes it look alot worse than it actually was. Neto ran across him from a blindside when the ball was there to go for. The tackle was made from a standing position without any pace and there wasn't contact with force.
Could have been sent off on another day but can't really complain it went the other way. Particularly when we got away with a blatant penalty in the first half.
Frankly Tam that is complete rubbish. The player went in with a high straight leg and was clearly looking to connect with the player not the ball. Neto was really lucky not to be seriously hurt
Wolves have agreed a deal for striker Sasa Kalajdzic from Stuttgart. Having a medical at Compton tomorrow.
comment by Spangles (U17289)
posted 13 minutes ago
Frankly Tam that is complete rubbish. The player went in with a high straight leg and was clearly looking to connect with the player not the ball. Neto was really lucky not to be seriously hurt
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No. What you have written is complete rubbish. There was no intent to only connect with the player at all.
It's also complete rubbish when you wrote that the ref and VAR thought it was ok, after they had given a free kick and a yellow.
It was one of those moments where I don't think VAR would have overruled it either way.
comment by DejaVu Wolf (U22884)
posted 4 days, 22 hours ago
Could be the worst possible time to play them.
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Correct again mate 🍻
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posted on 29/8/22
No question that well over a year into his role there are still question marks over Bruno. I said at the end of last season that maybe he wasn’t the man but the club stuck with him and have backed him in the market so I was up for giving him a fresh start this season and 4 games isn’t enough of a chance to me. We have new players that will improve us but they’ve had nowhere near enough time to settle in and make their mark.
I think there’s a bit of contradiction in your post mango in that you said we sat on the lead when I think we were just put under pressure by a good team trying to save a point. The subs of Podence and Hwang wouldn’t have been my choice but they are both attackers so not negative changes. Dendoncker would have been a more sensible choice to me but that would have been more about us sitting back.
That said, with games against Liverpool and Man City on the horizon the next two games are vital to get our season up and running. We will be favourites to beat Bournemouth and Southampton and we need to, certainly anything less than 4 points would leave us in a precarious position after 8 games.
The biggest issue that I have been banging on about for two years is why have we still not signed a centre forward. We needed it for cover and competition well before Raul got injured, when he got his injury it became critical and even now it hasn’t happened. I suspect in the next couple of days it will. But why not until now. Has Bruno not made it a priority, have the club not pulled their finger out? Who knows but to me that’s been the biggest reason for us slipping down the league, being a defensive minded team, and now making a team full of talented creative players look lacking. Just that one signing could turn us into a very good team
posted on 29/8/22
What we need is a bit more crazy football
https://twitter.com/ziatanfacts/status/1563866696724643842?s=21&t=7OS90uy2uPfdNXT-sfzCLA
posted on 29/8/22
Hi Spangles
To some extent I agree that Newcastle put us under a lot of pressure - fair play to them for that - but I don’t think we helped ourselves by sitting back deep (looked like a deliberate game management strategy) and being so careless with the ball when we won it back (which we did consistently very well).
Given we were trying to manage a one goal lead (always dangerous) my subs on would have been Dendonker (for his defensive qualities) and Traore (big threat on the break, defenders daren’t leave him alone).
One more thing re our lack of goal threat. I really think we need to get numbers in the box, like we did in the days of Jota and Doherty who both scored their fair share of goals. These days it must be tough being Jimenez - sometimes he looks justifiably frustrated.
I’m not claiming to be any kind of tactical genius but I have watched football for most of my 73 years and studied evolving tactics (favourite book The Inverted Pyramid - by Jonathon Wilson if memory serves).
To me the reasons for our lack of goal threat are pretty obvious and not that difficult to solve. It frustrates me that it’s taking the powers that be so long. We are in danger of spoiling the ship for a lick of tar.
posted on 29/8/22
Wouldn’t disagree with any of that mango
posted on 29/8/22
How on earth did this not result in a red card. Both the ref and VAR thought it was ok. Neto lucky not to have a broken leg
https://twitter.com/skysportspl/status/1563891717555773440?s=21&t=aD06qbhCLKMy1VkI4BDTpw
posted on 29/8/22
Unbelievable DJ, then look at last season with JImmy being sent off for bumping into the Leeds keeper.
No consistency.
posted on 29/8/22
comment by Spangles (U17289)
posted about 2 hours ago
How on earth did this not result in a red card. Both the ref and VAR thought it was ok. Neto lucky not to have a broken leg
https://twitter.com/skysportspl/status/1563891717555773440?s=21&t=aD06qbhCLKMy1VkI4BDTpw
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To be fair, that still makes it look alot worse than it actually was. Neto ran across him from a blindside when the ball was there to go for. The tackle was made from a standing position without any pace and there wasn't contact with force.
Could have been sent off on another day but can't really complain it went the other way. Particularly when we got away with a blatant penalty in the first half.
posted on 29/8/22
Frankly Tam that is complete rubbish. The player went in with a high straight leg and was clearly looking to connect with the player not the ball. Neto was really lucky not to be seriously hurt
posted on 29/8/22
Wolves have agreed a deal for striker Sasa Kalajdzic from Stuttgart. Having a medical at Compton tomorrow.
posted on 29/8/22
comment by Spangles (U17289)
posted 13 minutes ago
Frankly Tam that is complete rubbish. The player went in with a high straight leg and was clearly looking to connect with the player not the ball. Neto was really lucky not to be seriously hurt
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No. What you have written is complete rubbish. There was no intent to only connect with the player at all.
It's also complete rubbish when you wrote that the ref and VAR thought it was ok, after they had given a free kick and a yellow.
posted on 29/8/22
It was one of those moments where I don't think VAR would have overruled it either way.
posted on 1/9/22
comment by DejaVu Wolf (U22884)
posted 4 days, 22 hours ago
Could be the worst possible time to play them.
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Correct again mate 🍻
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