Gary O’Neil

[Adrian_Monk]

Not exactly trying to downplay his own part in this victory.

However I can understand his need to do this after all the recent criticism and question marks about his ability.

Gary O'Neil: Wolves deserved Man City win due to training preparation

Gary O’Neil believes Wolves’ preparation in training was key to their hard-fought win over Manchester City.

www.expressandstar.com

He was also very quick to milk the applauds from the fans, on his own, at the end of the game as well. A stark contrast to not wanting to face the fans on Tuesday.

I don't like him or rate him, and today changed very little, but I don't blame him for lapping up the result and contrary to the views of some on here, O'Neil winning means we win, so I'm happy (even if it does delay his inevitable sacking)

 

[Ned]

A lot of humble pie being ate tonight.

Yay!!!! Another one of these

 

[Contrarian]

Did the right thing today, but Man City despite their brilliance are arguably one of the easiest sides to decide what tactics to use against and has to be said we didn't have a huge threat on the break (though we did spend most of the game ahead so can be argued we didn't need to)

Great result and fair play to him, but we've seen enough crap not to get too excited just yet. Continue it against Villa next week

Now the nerves are calming, I agree! Just as a defeat wouldn't have relegated us, a win doesn't make us safe. Still a long way to go. Over the decades, have seen so many times, a team pull out an amazing performance like today. And then fall far short in the next match.

City have a habit of a couple of surprise defeats every season, where they misfire and lose to the only shot they concede. We score 2 from our 1 shot!

 

[Hoganstolemywife]

Please please please keep shoving my words down my throat

 

[Ned]

He set us up spot on, as expected. Thankfully the game was quite consistent and he didn’t bugger us with his subs.

Well done Gary, more of this from now on!!!

 

[Jawwfc]

Could be a perfect time to play Villa next week, they are a very good team but they are in the **** end of nowhere Thursday night, they are likely going to go very strong having lost the opening Europa match.

 

[Flaneur]

Gave him a lot of stick the past few weeks, so only right I give him his flowers for today.

Need to keep the momentum now with two big games vs Villa and Bournemouth coming up, try repeat today against them please Wolves!!!

 

[wolfslair]

A lot of humble pie being ate tonight.

Why?

He deserves credit for today, but mate, come on now…….. but it wasn’t a tactical destruction of city we parked every bus in the city and both goals are significantly down to neto doing things only Neto can do and major major credit goes to Dawson for his equally and debatabley motm performance for clearing one off the line just before we scored (second ball into space for Neto to get in behind of the game that got a goal) and him knocking it off the toe of Haaland.

They played really well, but no humble pie till he delivers a result and full 90 performance in a game against a team of our level as he lost to a championship team reserves mid-week after being 2 up.

But tonight is a night for enjoying the moment and positivity.

So Well done for today gary!!! Well done lads

 

[tamwolf]

Why?

He deserves credit for today, but mate, come on now…….. but it wasn’t a tactical destruction of city we parked every bus in the city and both goals are significantly down to neto doing things only Neto can do and major major credit goes to Dawson for his equally and debatabley motm performance for clearing one off the line just before we scored (second ball into space for Neto to get in behind of the game that got a goal) and him knocking it off the toe of Haaland.

They played really well, but no humble pie till he delivers a result and full 90 performance in a game against a team of our level as he lost to a championship team reserves mid-week after being 2 up.

But tonight is a night for enjoying the moment and positivity.

So Well done for today gary!!! Well done lads

Neto had no involvement in the second goal. Kilman played the ball into Semedo who put the cross in. Then it was good play from Cunha to lay the deflected ball into Hwang, after Hwang's inital blocked shot.

 

[wolfslair]

Neto had no involvement in the second goal. Kilman played the ball into Semedo who put the cross in. Then it was good play from Cunha to lay the deflected ball into Hwang, after Hwang's inital blocked shot.

My bad….. sorry…..

 

[SteveBullsKnee]

Very true

Or give some credit where it’s due. Nuno has zero input into a team that contained 2 of his players

 

[SteveBullsKnee]

He was also very quick to milk the applauds from the fans, on his own, at the end of the game as well. A stark contrast to not wanting to face the fans on Tuesday.

I don't like him or rate him, and today changed very little, but I don't blame him for lapping up the result and contrary to the views of some on here, O'Neil winning means we win, so I'm happy (even if it does delay his inevitable sacking)

Beating the best team in world football has no affect on your opinion? Jesus, what do you want him to do. Just have a slice of humble pie and sit up the corner

 

[lets all have a disco]

Could be a perfect time to play Villa next week, they are a very good team but they are in the **** end of nowhere Thursday night, they are likely going to go very strong having lost the opening Europa match.

Aston is bad , but it's only down the road ,... Hardly the **** end of nowhere.....

 

[Bryce]

He set us up spot on, as expected. Thankfully the game was quite consistent and he didn’t bugger us with his subs.

Well done Gary, more of this from now on!!!

I think this is it really. Most of us thought a back 5 suited this game and we looked defensively stronger for it .
We eork d really hard and broke well against the best team in the world who were at near full strength minus Rodri
Is it coincidence that we have played so well in different ways against the three big six teams we have faced?
If GON plays to our strengths then let’s see what he does . Keep it simple

 

[wolfslair]

Or give some credit where it’s due. Nuno has zero input into a team that contained 2 of his players

I did give credit in other posts.

I took that persons post as it was a nuno’esque performance and that is a positive to me as Nuno gave us great results and performances against the big teams.

No disrespect meant

 

[Fenrir_]

My bad….. sorry…..

You realise you're going to have to praise Semedo here...

 

[wolfslair]

You realise you're going to have to praise Semedo here...

He got much much better as the game went on and played well after a shaky first 30 mins defensively with the ball being played down his wing a lot. He benefited from a 5 at the back.

But I will always praise a good performance even if most weeks I don’t rate them.

Today he was very good when he settled into the game and he put a good initial ball into the box after running into the space behind their full back which Neto had done so well.

I wish he was more adventurous like that more often……

I know it was semedo but stupidly but Neto hahaha dilerious with joy lol

 

[WolfInSheep'sClothing]

Now the nerves are calming, I agree! Just as a defeat wouldn't have relegated us, a win doesn't make us safe. Still a long way to go. Over the decades, have seen so many times, a team pull out an amazing performance like today. And then fall far short in the next match.

City have a habit of a couple of surprise defeats every season, where they misfire and lose to the only shot they concede. We score 2 from our 1 shot!

Mate we aren't going to be anywhere near relegation. It's the stuff of fantasy it really is. This was the toughest part of the season, I'm not expecting us to win every week now but there aren't just 3 teams worse than us there are about 8 if not more.

 

[Adrian_Monk]

Beating the best team in world football has no affect on your opinion? Jesus, what do you want him to do. Just have a slice of humble pie and sit up the corner

It's one result - a very good result mind, but no, it isn't going to change my opinion, it's going to take a little more than that. Dave Jones' side also beat Fergie's United - let's see what he does over the next few games and if I start to see a coherent pattern to our play I'm sure he will win the 95% that didn't want him and I around.

 

[Steampunk Rules OK]

It's one result - a very good result mind, but no, it isn't going to change my opinion, it's going to take a little more than that. Dave Jones' side also beat Fergie's United - let's see what he does over the next few games and if I start to see a coherent pattern to our play I'm sure he will win the 95% that didn't want him and I around.

It hasn’t changed my opinion either, one swallow doesn’t make a summer.

 

[Steampunk Rules OK]

Beating the best team in world football has no affect on your opinion? Jesus, what do you want him to do. Just have a slice of humble pie and sit up the corner

No why should it, it’s just one match if he continues to do it then that’s different but for now it could just be an extremely lucky one off.

 

[JamesWolves]

It's one result - a very good result mind, but no, it isn't going to change my opinion, it's going to take a little more than that. Dave Jones' side also beat Fergie's United - let's see what he does over the next few games and if I start to see a coherent pattern to our play I'm sure he will win the 95% that didn't want him and I around.

Summed up nicely

 

[GuzzWolf]

A lot of humble pie being ate tonight.

I haven't seen hairy pie for a long time, never mind humble pie...

 

[Black Country Wanderer]

No why should it, it’s just one match if he continues to do it then that’s different but for now it could just be an extremely lucky one off.

Well it wasnt extremely lucky for a start
They hardly threatened our goal despite what the stats say
We played well against a very good side that had a slightly off day thats all
I agree its just one game and we have to do it consistently but dont knock the lads for a good win that virtually no one expected

 

[Jawwfc]

Aston is bad , but it's only down the road ,... Hardly the **** end of nowhere.....

I thought they were in Bosnia this week, my bad

 

[waveney wolf]

No why should it, it’s just one match if he continues to do it then that’s different but for now it could just be an extremely lucky one off.

A lucky one off??
First team this season to beat the current premier league and European champions ...that's not a bad one off to have!!
I guess you ll be doing cartwheels if we get 0 0 against Bournemouth instead

 

[Steampunk Rules OK]

Well it wasnt extremely lucky for a start
They hardly threatened our goal despite what the stats say
We played well against a very good side that had a slightly off day thats all
I agree its just one game and we have to do it consistently but dont knock the lads for a good win that virtually no one expected

I’m not knocking the team at all I just said GON got lucky with his tactics today so it’s not changed my opinion of him one iota.

 

[Wisdomwolf]

Why?

He deserves credit for today, but mate, come on now…….. but it wasn’t a tactical destruction of city we parked every bus in the city and both goals are significantly down to neto doing things only Neto can do and major major credit goes to Dawson for his equally and debatabley motm performance for clearing one off the line just before we scored (second ball into space for Neto to get in behind of the game that got a goal) and him knocking it off the toe of Haaland.

They played really well, but no humble pie till he delivers a result and full 90 performance in a game against a team of our level as he lost to a championship team reserves mid-week after being 2 up.

But tonight is a night for enjoying the moment and positivity.

So Well done for today gary!!! Well done lado

Summed up nicely

It's one result - a very good result mind, but no, it isn't going to change my opinion, it's going to take a little more than that. Dave Jones' side also beat Fergie's United - let's see what he does over the next few games and if I start to see a coherent pattern to our play I'm sure he will win the 95% that didn't want him and I around.

i tend to take the temperature gauge at home (all) and away games (most) by asking fans their opinions on various topical issues. No way does the negativity of those whom are regulars reflect twitter or the mix. The end!

 

[welshy]

Sad thing is, if we absolutley batter Villa and lose 4-3 with VAR gifting them 2 goals and a **** ref sending one of our players off unfairly then the "GON is clueless" brigade will be out in full force.

 

[Ches78]

Got to admit, I don't really know what to think now. Should my view of GON be swayed by one result? Probably not. Was I too quick to write the guy off. Perhaps. It was a decent 90min performance against the best team in the league, if not one of the best in club football. Were we brilliant, or were they below par, or more likely a bit of both? Man, if we beat Villa I'm going to be in a right muddle. Time will tell I guess, probably best to enjoy the moment and not worry about what or who is best for the longer term future of our club.

Cmon Wolves - more of the same please - I'd be very happy to be proven wrong...

 

[Rangiora Wolf]

From O'Neills press conference, it seems as though we were able to implement tactics exactly as practiced as Man City dont change their structure much. The test will be when the opposition changes it up and how we respond to it.

 

[wolfslair]

Sad thing is, if we absolutley batter Villa and lose 4-3 with VAR gifting them 2 goals and a **** ref sending one of our players off unfairly then the "GON is clueless" brigade will be out in full force.

That wouldn’t happen…..

if the team played well and lost we would back him and the team and feel aggrieved if your scenario happened…..

 

[Stafford]

Got to admit, I don't really know what to think now. Should my view of GON be swayed by one result? Probably not. Was I too quick to write the guy off. Perhaps. It was a decent 90min performance against the best team in the league, if not one of the best in club football. Were we brilliant, or were they below par, or more likely a bit of both? Man, if we beat Villa I'm going to be in a right muddle. Time will tell I guess, probably best to enjoy the moment and not worry about what or who is best for the longer term future of our club.

Cmon Wolves - more of the same please - I'd be very happy to be proven wrong...

We suffocated them. They created very little of worth. It wasn't just park the bus.

We will still keep having the same problems going on from here.. and not sure what the solution is.

 

[Fenrir_]

It's one result - a very good result mind, but no, it isn't going to change my opinion, it's going to take a little more than that. Dave Jones' side also beat Fergie's United - let's see what he does over the next few games and if I start to see a coherent pattern to our play I'm sure he will win the 95% that didn't want him and I around.

Not sure there's 95% that don't want you around...

90% maybe

 

[Adrian_Monk]

Not sure there's 95% that don't want you around...

90% maybe

I think you're being very kind there haha

 

[Stourport wolf]

I can understand, when we are divided in defeat, but can't we just be all happy with the win and enjoy the moment?

 

[yateleywolf]

Don't see how anyone can have any complaints about that game . GON set us up right , subs all made sense. Players all put a shift in.

 

[Wolf79]

I’m not knocking the team at all I just said GON got lucky with his tactics today so it’s not changed my opinion of him one iota.

The only manager to take points of the European Champions this season in the Premier League. It was a well executed game plan & GON deserves credit for that & yes we all need a little bit of luck along the way.

 

[CelebrityWolf]

One win doesn't change anything as yet. No humble pie being eaten, and nor should there be.

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

It hasn’t changed my opinion either, one swallow doesn’t make a summer.

What a daft statement, of course it does. Swallows don't fly on their ****ing own you know.