arctic rime
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And aptly, As Greavesie said “ it's a funny old game”
RIP Jimmy x
RIP Jimmy x
I still can't figure out what have happened to the Brunoball performances against Spurs and Man United. It's some of the best football I've ever seen us play. I'm over the moon with our wins against Watford and Southampton, but I really thought we would carry on playing like that and give someone a good thrashing. We were amazing but it's suddenly disappeared almost as if it never happened.
Was just thinking this tooNeed a few points on the board and I'm sure it will return
Need a few points on the board and I'm sure it will return
The writing will be on the wall if he does . As Nuno went due to Fosun not happy with 13th and the football was boring towards the end.Could be argued we might have picked up 9 points in the last 3 and won by greater margins if we'd played the same way we played in the first 3.
Id be disappointed if Bruno turns into Nuno and takes the cautious, safety first approach.
I think that Bruno has had to adopt a more pragmatic approach with our squad in order to try to get some points on the board. Didn’t work against Brentford or first half against Spurs (cup) but did work yesterday.I still can't figure out what have happened to the Brunoball performances against Spurs and Man United. It's some of the best football I've ever seen us play. I'm over the moon with our wins against Watford and Southampton, but I really thought we would carry on playing like that and give someone a good thrashing. We were amazing but it's suddenly disappeared almost as if it never happened.
I think the confidence drained a little by not scoring and losing. There aren’t enough new players in the team so the players who played under Nuno will subconsciously go to what they know when not playing well. It will take time but Bruno will undo the years of drilling into them and repetition from the past few years.I still can't figure out what have happened to the Brunoball performances against Spurs and Man United. It's some of the best football I've ever seen us play. I'm over the moon with our wins against Watford and Southampton, but I really thought we would carry on playing like that and give someone a good thrashing. We were amazing but it's suddenly disappeared almost as if it never happened.
Hmmn, boring and 13th or super exciting and 19th. I wonder which Fosun would be happier with?The writing will be on the wall if he does . As Nuno went due to Fosun not happy with 13th and the football was boring towards the end.
So if Bruno does think like this then I think he will be gone by December .
AgreedI think the confidence drained a little by not scoring and losing. There aren’t enough new players in the team so the players who played under Nuno will subconsciously go to what they know when not playing well. It will take time but Bruno will undo the years of drilling into them and repetition from the past few years.
First 3 we played against good sides, next 3 have been against rubbish, so you don't need to be great to win.
We're also 2 points better off than we were after the first six games of the 2019-20 season, a season when we finished 7th, kept out of 6th place by goal difference only. Which shows that the only brutal reality is that it is impossible to accurately call how a season will pan out purely on the basis of the first six games!Brutal reality is we're 3 points behind where we were this time last season and we ended up 13th, so there's a bit of catch up to do.
Confidence in sport is massive, they will be a different animal now after that win.
Extremely true, but that's a culture that won't change over night.The first 3 games were far more enjoyable.
As fans we need to stop this 'must win game' short term low attention span attitude that consumes the current game.
Performances will be much more important in the long term for us.
We're all doomed!The writing will be on the wall if he does . As Nuno went due to Fosun not happy with 13th and the football was boring towards the end.
So if Bruno does think like this then I think he will be gone by December .
Agreed, both styles needed. Liverpool and City win ugly at times, it's that ability to recognise what is needed on the day that makes the top clubs.Extremely true, but that's a culture that won't change over night.
I know my perspective has changed a lot over the years and the performance is more important than the result for me, but this can only hold sway for so long, winning ugly has a time and a place.
Brutal reality is we're 3 points behind where we were this time last season and we ended up 13th,
Bruno said a lot earlier than that more November/DecemberThought he`s not back until about Feb..so last third of season.
Indeed, and as I went on to say, we should make up that ground when we stagnated last season. Do you think we'll finish 7th this season?On the flip side we're 2pts ahead of where we were this time in the 2019/20 season and we ended up 7th.
Ah i thought that was his initial recovery time frame before he took a set backBruno said a lot earlier than that more November/December
This was last weekAh i thought that was his initial recovery time frame before he took a set back
Only ok against Watford though.The way it goes sometimes. Today was two poor sides or at least sides in poor form, last week we were awful. We were OK against Watford though.
While i agree with what you say in general,our form was poor well before Jota and Doc leftNuno football wasnt called boring while jimenez and jota were scoring for fun then along came adama who had to be accomodated into the first team. Inconsistency and running up blind alleys became 2nd nature before jimenez worked out an understanding with adama and the football World became a happy spot for the Wolves fan as success in the league and Europe came along.
Covid, a succession of injuries and the departure of Doc and jota took its toll on our form and suddenly sections of the fan base reacted badly to the difficulties brought about by the extraordinary circumstances surrounding us all. The dream crumbled as Nuno was eased out and a novice manager arrived in the form of Bruno with the promise of super attacking success. Bruno wasn't backed by the recruit section but he got the team to play some pretty but ineffective stuff. Now we're scrappy and trying to grab a few points from the lower ability squads around us.
The highlight of the season by some distance was served up yesterday in an otherwise dreary showing by Raul who scored a truly brilliant goal to get the points. We have lots of questions still to be answered by our present management.