A****n 0 Mighty Wolves 2 - Verdict thread

[Jefe]

Nice to see Doc finally getting some respect put to his name.

 

[Titch]

'We smashed them at the Hawthorns, the coppers smashed them too, Neto made it one nil and Cunha made it two. Allez, Allez, Allez.....'

 

[Brixton Wanderer]

https://x.com/finchy_84/status/1751752633063231962?s=46

 

[cowshed]

Watched on a bit of a delay as kick-off clashed with my son’s team’s game against our local rivals (where we came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2).

Really pleased with how the players stood up to the physical challenge and atmosphere. Thought Kilman was immense and Doyle very good, and ultimately our superior quality told. Neto and Cunha just get what it means to us.

A BCD win, a win for my son’s team and the cricket in India. Not sure sporting days can get much better.

Safe travels back to all those who went.

And West Indies win in Australia, icing on the cake

 

[wulfie88]

 

[SteveBullsKnee]

I was strangely calm throughout the game, maybe it was being there made it less nervy throughout rather than sat watching it on TV.

For me it was a fairly routine, 2-0 victory. They had a couple of half chances but it always felt like we had an extra 3 gears if and when we needed them. Two superbly taken goals as well

 

[Frank Lincoln]

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Not going to comment about the pathetic carry on after their second goal as it's been done to death.

As for the game, pretty much as expected. £100m worth of players in front of goal made all the difference. You know what you'll get from us, work hard, be well organised and if their extra quality pays on the day the fair play. That Neto and Cunha are proper players, an actual number 9 in their side and you'd have to say they've got a realistic chance of sneaking into the Euro spots or at least having a good crack at a cup run now.

For us, I'll never complain at a defeat if I think the players have left it all out there. We knew where our deficiencies were, nothing changes after yesterday. Onto the Blues game now.

The above was posted on the Albion forum, and shows that there are decent West Brom Fans. I don’t think we should tar them all with the same brush.

 

[Bradstonian]

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To the tune of "The Laughing Policeman" then we can add:

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« Reply #110 on: Today at 11:16:12 AM »

Not going to comment about the pathetic carry on after their second goal as it's been done to death.

As for the game, pretty much as expected. £100m worth of players in front of goal made all the difference. You know what you'll get from us, work hard, be well organised and if their extra quality pays on the day the fair play. That Neto and Cunha are proper players, an actual number 9 in their side and you'd have to say they've got a realistic chance of sneaking into the Euro spots or at least having a good crack at a cup run now.

For us, I'll never complain at a defeat if I think the players have left it all out there. We knew where our deficiencies were, nothing changes after yesterday. Onto the Blues game now.

The above was posted on the Albion forum, and shows that there are decent West Brom Fans. I don’t think we should tar them all with the same brush.

Yeah a fair footballing fans pov.

 

[Bankswolf The Third]

I felt to be honest the occasion didnt click with certain players till a few minutes in. Dawson and Lemina from the outset got it and Dawson essentially kept us in it for the first twenty minutes
Then players grew into the game. Doc, Kilman, Toti and Doyle who I am falling in love with now as a player and a wind up merchant he was first class giving that end of albion fans lip before it all kicked off
Going forward aside from taking the two goals we looked poor. Neto looked knackered, Bellegarde clearly got a telling off for not getting involved and attempted to tackle but he didnt fancy it and Cunha was well marshalled and at one point got a clothesline for his efforts.
A mad game of football one we could have easily have messed up. Just hope we can beat Brighton now

 

[tonto]

Looks like a pull out walking stick, why the hell does he need that, he walked from the other end to the Wolves fans no problem.

It’s for his disability allowance

 

[topcat99]

I was strangely calm throughout the game, maybe it was being there made it less nervy throughout rather than sat watching it on TV.

For me it was a fairly routine, 2-0 victory. They had a couple of half chances but it always felt like we had an extra 3 gears if and when we needed them. Two superbly taken goals as well

I only got agitated a couple of times. Mainly when we kept giving the ball away needlessly.

Other than that I kept the stress to a minimum

 

[BillyBoots]

What winds me up is when they pass back to Jose you just know he's going to kick it out or to the opposition either way we lose possession

 

[sedgwolf1980]

Cunha’s celebration not getting anywhere near enough recognition.

Absolutely quality.

 

[Ebbo]

Nothing much to add thats not been said, but they really did embarrass themselves yesterday. The obsession with the 1-5 defeat is almost tragic now... it's all they have to hang on to though! in the words of the Stone Roses:

Kiss me where the sun don't shine
The past was yours
But the future's mine*
You're all out of time

* well ours in this case

 

[WolfLing]

And the audio is just classic. They think he's lost it... then it's in the back of the net!

That little half tackle really helped, as the ball just popped up perfectly to be hit.

Really clever to pop it back the way he'd come though.

 

[wolvesjoe]

Not a great performance in my book. Albion had good chances before we opened the scoring,
and credit to the Albion coach for having worked out the positions most likely to cause us problems.

I think the defence may have been a little thrown by the occasion, but Sa looked totally up for it, and
we always, always carry threat on the counter. Result outweighs performance massively in the cup, however,
so one to savour.

Player scores:

Sa: On a roll at the moment. Looks alert and confident, and its going to take an excellent finish to get past him....8

Semedo: Albion tended to go down the other side, so a quiet game for Nelson. Continued his excellent form.......7

Doherty: Has played himself into fine form, looking to be purposeful with all that he does, whether it is attacking or
defending. Great assist......7

Toti: Usual strong defending, but got done a couple of times......7

Dawson: Grew into the game, after him and Kilman had both been caught out of position. Stood up for Cunha brilliantly....7

Kilman: Mostly impressive, vital block in the 6 yard box and great pass to Cunha, but a hesitant start.....7

Doyle: Really helps having someone whose ball retention and passing is so efficient. Was key to preventing Albion gaining any
head of steam.....7

Lemina: Still looks slightly off the pace after his time out, but battled away, and some good moments.....7

Bellegarde: As noted from last week, he is finding it hard to get consistently involved, Looks dangerous and tricky on the ball,
and almost grabbed a goal with an excellent shot, but sidelined too much. Work in progress.....6

Cunha: Excellent fluid performance. Runs, and runs and runs. Really finding his role in the team, great goal.....8

Neto: Again still finding his feet after the injury, imo. Regulates how much he puts in and looks to be operating at
around 85% of maximum. Still enough to help win games, as defenders cannot live with his close control and pace, but a lot more to
come......7

Subs: Ait Nouri and Chirewa played a role in seeing the game out......

 

[SteveBullsKnee]

I only got agitated a couple of times. Mainly when we kept giving the ball away needlessly.

Other than that I kept the stress to a minimum

The Sandwell lot did what I expected and came at us early doors but after the first 10 mins we were in control. I likened it to watching Tyson Fury fight, we kept them at arms length knowing we had too much quality and that chances would come and we’d score.

 

[SteveBullsKnee]

Cunha’s celebration not getting anywhere near enough recognition.

Absolutely quality.

It has from me mate, the video of it has been to sent to every Sandwell fan I know. Petty for a 45 year old I know but I couldn’t help myself

 

[thommo1984]

What winds me up is when they pass back to Jose you just know he's going to kick it out or to the opposition either way we lose possession

Yeppppp, this. We seemed to have cut it out but last few games we've reverted to going back to him constantly and it almost always ends in us giving up possession. Infuriating.

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Had a mate point to them having more shots, slightly more possession and corners as if these were incredibly important things, and I thought to myself you don’t really get it mate, we’ve just executed a gameplan on you extremely well because we have miles more quality. Barely broke a sweat in a BCD in reality

Can you smellllll what the Gaz is cooooookinnnn

 

[Mile End Wanderer]

Nice to see Doc finally getting some respect put to his name.

Didn’t put a foot wrung all game again

 

[Ned]

A bit of a hindsight post but at the time I was genuinely worried that they were a real goal threat and it was a matter of time before they scored, I also thought that we were dropping down to their level. In reality they were toiling away against us, getting it wide and crossing the ball for Toti, Dawson and Kilman to contest. There was never any major goal threat other than the potential loose ball or deflection.

In terms of our overall play I felt, second half in particular, we just matched their work rate and desire and banked on what happened: a chance falling to one of our superior attacking players.

Professional job well done.

 

[Minimalist]

Funny how the Albion fans cheered as they thought Neto had lost the ball/been tackled just before he shot and scored……

 

[Halesowen wwfc]

It was never gonna be an easy game, despite the gulf in squads. Bcd was always gonna be a leveller. However, i have to trust that it was GON tactics as to why we played it so slowly in defence and midfield as he knew we have two more big games coming up. Most of our lot would have barely broken sweat apart from cunha and neto it was so pedestrian at times and that can hopefully mean we have come through without any more injuries and have a good go at man utd.

 

[NJ Wolves]

Funny how the Albion fans cheered as they thought Neto had lost the ball/been tackled just before he shot and scored……

The audio on this one is great...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1751953841992712570

 

[Wolf in Kenilworth]

Funny how the Albion fans cheered as they thought Neto had lost the ball/been tackled just before he shot and scored……

I know, what a stupid time to cheer.

Love it.

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

The audio on this one is great...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1751953841992712570

Sa, what a nutter.

 

[xbomber]

The audio on this one is great...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1751953841992712570

14 seconds is the beauty in that clip. To hear hundreds of the albion fans squeal an anguished "no..." before being immediately drowned out by the Wolves.

14 seconds. Just after they had cheered as they thought the chance was lost.

Listen to it a few times and you won't regret it. I wonder if I could isolate it and make it my new ring tone.

 

[Ginger Chimp]

Sa, what a nutter.

i was just thinking exactly the same thing.

 

[WeAreTheWolvesII]

I thought it was a terrible game from a quality perspective and to be fair, Corberan got his tactics spot on. He must be fuming that all his good work was undone by a stupid corner.

I expected that to be honest, so no complaints about out performance. We had to battle, we had to stick at it, and they've probably had two decent chances all game, so we defended well.

That game was only about the result though.

Crucial we bring in a forward before the deadline.

 

[xbomber]

14 seconds is the beauty in that clip. To hear hundreds of the albion fans squeal an anguished "no..." before being immediately drowned out by the Wolves.

14 seconds. Just after they had cheered as they thought the chance was lost.

Listen to it a few times and you won't regret it. I wonder if I could isolate it and make it my new ring tone.

My new phone tone...

 

[brianm]

I thought it was a terrible game from a quality perspective and to be fair, Corberan got his tactics spot on. He must be fuming that all his good work was undone by a stupid corner.

Did he? I thought his boys wasted a whole bunch of energy doing nothing, and that corner is not good coaching. Watching them sprint at Sa just to have it go over their heads again was one of those "what exactly do you lot have planned?" actions. Just wasting energy, and after the initial burst Wolves had a lot more room to operate.

WBA win that game by sitting back and not letting Wolves break them down before they catch an odd goal on the break or from a set piece after frustrating Wolves for awhile.

Instead they played right into the Wolves gameplan and got caught twice without making Wolves work hard for either goal.

 

[Skrilla]

The number of times I've watched this video of Neto celebrating in front of the Albion... inject it straight into my veins.

https://x.com/dale_wwfc/status/1751703712156774671

 

[WeAreTheWolvesII]

Did he? I thought his boys wasted a whole bunch of energy doing nothing, and that corner is not good coaching. Watching them sprint at Sa just to have it go over their heads again was one of those "what exactly do you lot have planned?" actions. Just wasting energy, and after the initial burst Wolves had a lot more room to operate.

WBA win that game by sitting back and not letting Wolves break them down before they catch an odd goal on the break or from a set piece after frustrating Wolves for awhile.

Instead they played right into the Wolves gameplan and got caught twice without making Wolves work hard for either goal.

To be fair I don't think they did play into our hands. It was a corner. It's nothing to do with tactics, it's an incredibly bad corner from an individual.

I thought it was an even game, so as the lesser team, you have to say they were set up well IMO. It was poor on quality all-round though, no doubt.

You can argue we played within ourselves, and hopefully we did, but it was a poor performance from us in an attacking sense I felt. Again, it absolutely does not matter and we showed heart/good organisation.

 

[WW1963]

Btw, delighted none of the Wolves players took any bad knocks that will last beyond today. To be honest, I thought Wolves looked bigger and stronger for the most part.

I thought that, too. Usually, teams in stripes look much taller but West Brom's players were turned into short featherweights. We were fitter, faster and much stronger - despite rarely getting out of first gear.

Those two headers in front of our goal (before we scored) were so pathetically weak. Given that a lot of their goals are from scraps in the box from corners or long throws, I had assumed they were a bunch of Nephelim

 

[WW1963]

The number of times I've watched this video of Neto celebrating in front of the Albion... inject it straight into my veins.

https://x.com/dale_wwfc/status/1751703712156774671

Watched that last night on YouTube and had to keep going back a minute.

They went from deep concern, to laughter and relief, to screams of agony, to a corporate outpouring of violent obscenities.

Can't be good for one's health.

 

[Sergeant Hakeswill]

The number of times I've watched this video of Neto celebrating in front of the Albion... inject it straight into my veins.

https://x.com/dale_wwfc/status/1751703712156774671

That video is a thing of beauty, the contrast between the joy of the Wolves players and fans and the misery of the ****.

Absolutely perfect.

 

[JadeWolf]

To be fair I don't think they did play into our hands. It was a corner. It's nothing to do with tactics, it's an incredibly bad corner from an individual.

I thought it was an even game, so as the lesser team, you have to say they were set up well IMO. It was poor on quality all-round though, no doubt.

You can argue we played within ourselves, and hopefully we did, but it was a poor performance from us in an attacking sense I felt. Again, it absolutely does not matter and we showed heart/good organisation.

We played well within ourselves. We’ve got Man Utd and Chelsea to come this week, much more important games. And even playing within ourselves we were too good for them bunch of scruffs.

 

[WW1963]

The audio on this one is great...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1751953841992712570

Our media team is so, so good.

Those chosen clips were put together so as to capture what this means to Wolves fans. That montage screamed revenge, elation, mockery, dominance - and the players getting what it meant.

The bond between these players and our supporters cannot be more solid.