Wolves v Nottm. Forest comms thread.

[greco wolf]

Toti was a worry at times. Glad Colin’s baxk next game

 

[steve vena]

What?? He was dreadful

Johnny looks finished to.me.

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

If we could only do two things it would help;

1. Don't give the ball away midfield.
2. Don't dwell on the ball and get caught in possession.

Moutinho and RAN, that means YOU

 

[JamesWolves]

How did we get that money for MGW

 

[TheConcourse]

Toti was a worry at times. Glad Colin’s baxk next game

Absolute calamity. All over the place. Mosquera must be dreadful to move Kilman out of position.

 

[dewolfman]

Tbf that’s the most pressing we’ve done in a long while. Well done Steve Davis.

 

[stevev53]

Happy for Steve Davis, Neves and Sa.

Otherwise that result masks just how woeful we are. Absolutely battered by Forest for 45 minutes.

Unbelievable comment

 

[Aimless Balls]

I thought Toti calmed down and was fine in the second half.

 

[Skrilla]

Toti was a worry at times. Glad Colin’s baxk next game

Deer in headlights, good thing the transfer window is only 7 games away... just pray Kilman and Collins don't get injured or suspended again now.

 

[Wolf 82]

Pressing was good.
We ground out the result we needed.
In moments looked threatening, but blunt around the area again.
Think we can still see the issues, but glad for the points.

 

[Tring Wolf]

How did we get that money for MGW

Incredibly good money.

But I still think he would get into our starting XI at the moment.

 

[Eastern Wolf]

Jonny was one of our better players today.

He was OK. Didn't make any mistakes and always showed for the ball

 

[Wolf 82]

Unbelievable comment

We unnecessarily let them come at us the last 30 mins, should have put them to bed.. but was far from a battering.

 

[OLDGOLD]

Huge result. Unconvincing in the second half against an awful Forest side but the three points is all that matters.

Have to sign proper defensive cover and a striker in the window. Toti tries really hard but his distribution needs so much work. B Traore in for Moutinho.

Toti is a conundrum. Like Johnny, too many understand short passes, but he hit a couple of great balls out to Adama. I don't think defensive cover is anywhere near as much of an issue as the lack of goals......and, early days, but I am not sure Costa still has his eye of the tiger, maybe the Portuguese Dean Saunders impresario took it with him....

 

[Contrarian]

I thought we looked decent first half and very scrappy for muchnof the second. Some good work from Adama and some half decent crosses, and Toti found him with some crossfield balls on occasion. The Ait Nouri/ Podence flanks just isn't working though, and in the second half I list count of the number if passes we left short.
On balance a deserved win, but far tougher texts to come.

Costa was quite poor throughout, however he would need to be 10 feet tall to get to most those crosses. Still disappointed how little Costa is offering. Ait Nouri and Podence between them are the Unreliable Twins. They break down more of our attacks than our opponents.

Definitely the better team overall. But given where we were a year ago and our summer spending, the difference should be a lot bigger. Forest were too cautious in the first half and that actually helped us settle. Once they were having a go, in the final 20 minutes, they looked most likely to score. They might regret not having a go from the start.

 

[OLDGOLD]

Absolute calamity. All over the place. Mosquera must be dreadful to move Kilman out of position.

Disagreed, for a young defender I thought he was OK, admittedly it asks a lot of Kilman to be the experienced partner.

 

[KBWWFC]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

https://twitter.com/x/status/1581313184735973376

"Notts forest" is sure to wind them up too.

 

[OLDGOLD]

Costa was quite poor throughout, however he would need to be 10 feet tall to get to most those crosses. Still disappointed how little Costa is offering. Ait Nouri and Podence between them are the Unreliable Twins. They break down more of our attacks than our opponents.

Definitely the better team overall. But given where we were a year ago and our summer spending, the difference should be a lot bigger. Forest were too cautious in the first half and that actually helped us settle. Once they were having a go, in the final 20 minutes, they looked most likely to score. They might regret not having a go from the start.

It may help if there were more players in the box to aim at. Someone beyond Costa, who I agree, did very little.

 

[Eastern Wolf]

We were playing well until we scored the penalty. Forest attacked more and we ran out of gas. The players also seemed to get increasingly nervous as the game progressed.

 

[Contrarian]

My word that was abysmal pretty much to a man, but GET THE **** IN!

Our best players, namely Nunes and Neves, look so far ahead of the rest of our team! They must wonder what they are doing here.

 

[greco wolf]

"Notts forest" is sure to wind them up too.

Ha yes. They hate that

 

[CelebrityWolf]

How did we get that money for MGW

Madness. He is alright but not even close to 20 million never mind nearly double that.

 

[greco wolf]

You have to have shots on target to score. We've had none.

True. But we had enough of the ball etc first half. Just need to put the ball in then net. Without the pen we would not have scored

 

[Eastern Wolf]

Disagreed, for a young defender I thought he was OK, admittedly it asks a lot of Kilman to be the experienced partner.

Toti did OK for someone so inexperienced

 

[SA Wolf]

I disagree, some of his passing was woeful.

Fair enough - respect your opinion. For me, he defended well, was no worse with his passing than a lot of others and even when Semedo came on, he covered well.

 

[Wolf616]

Toti's performance was anxious and occasionally haphazard, but tbf he's a relatively young and inexperienced player in a team that's going though a bit of an identity crisis in a must win game. He's good enough to be back up for now, wouldn't be worrying too much about a new CB for cover.

Some positives to take from that game:

- Costa did **** all, but there were glimmers of hold up play and movement that could be good when fully fit

- Matheus has a real engine on him and was making some great runs in behind, it's just a shame Traore doesn't know how to do a simple pass or how to run into the space created by Matheus' runs

- Neves in the first half was his usual quarter back beautiful passing self - if we have double pivot of him and B. Traoré I reckon we could be onto a winner with Matheus more license to roam forward

 

[Rhoswolf]

Today a win was all important and so success, performance poor and so glad I stayed home.

 

[BCWolf]

Unbelievable comment

Not at all.

After the goal Forest were by far the better team and unlucky not to come away with at least a point. They missed two headers from free kicks that could easily have gone in. Meanwhile we offered zilch and could barely string two passes together, let alone keep the ball. It was Championship standard.

Or are you unhappy for the gaffer?

 

[BCWolf]

Deer in headlights, good thing the transfer window is only 7 games away... just pray Kilman and Collins don't get injured or suspended again now.

Toti was dreadful to be sure. But he had good company. For instance, we need to draw a line under Jonny. Hopefully Semedo can get fit. And if Marcal was still here he would be starting over RAN for me. RAN lost the ball at least 3 times that resulted in Forest counter-attacks. Possession and decision-wise he had a mare.

You can see how unsettled Kilman is as well, doesnt look half the player he was with so many out of form players around him.

 

[Eastern Wolf]

In the circumstances l'll take the win. We at least showed some fighting spirit. Hope it brightens the mood in the training camp and relieves some of the pressure.
It was a much needed win that takes us out if the bottom 3. Can't care too much on how we win right now.

 

[Contrarian]

True. But we had enough of the ball etc first half. Just need to put the ball in then net. Without the pen we would not have scored

If that was just one match, fine. But it's been happening so long now, it's an easy prediction that we will have lots of the ball but struggle to score. We actually struggle to create clear cut chances - their keeper had nothing to do in the first half. And again, this is almost every match for the past year. Our possession is not a strength and this does not look like changing. It will be the same v Leicester and Palace.

Agree on the penalty. The whole match hinged on two penalties. (and Forest won on XG....)

 

[Contrarian]

Toti was dreadful to be sure. But he had good company. For instance, we need to draw a line under Jonny. Hopefully Semedo can get fit. And if Marcal was still here he would be starting over RAN for me. RAN lost the ball at least 3 times that resulted in Forest counter-attacks. Possession and decision-wise he had a mare.

You can see how unsettled Kilman is as well, doesnt look half the player he was with so many out of form players around him.

Neves, Nunes, Kilman, Sa... the only names that look 100% good enough for Premier League right now. Adama, as ever, fine for an impact player. The rest, the only thing you can rely on them for is being unreliable. 5 bad moments for every good moment. No surprise even those 4 sometimes looked unsettled at the chaos unfolding around them! At times it looked like Hwang has been taking the skills coaching, as there were so many miskicks, bad passes etc. Even Forest entered into the spirit by running the ball out of play, scuffing, and so on.

At least we showed more effort and fight than I can recall from any other match this season. It was needed, too. That second half looked so "Championship".

 

[Skrilla]

Toti was dreadful to be sure. But he had good company. For instance, we need to draw a line under Jonny. Hopefully Semedo can get fit. And if Marcal was still here he would be starting over RAN for me. RAN lost the ball at least 3 times that resulted in Forest counter-attacks. Possession and decision-wise he had a mare.

You can see how unsettled Kilman is as well, doesnt look half the player he was with so many out of form players around him.

I thought RAN was decent compared to how he started the season to be fair, some poor end product at times but he's getting better.

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

I thought RAN was decent compared to how he started the season to be fair, some poor end product at times but he's getting better.

Too slow releasing the ball, gets caught in possession too often.

 

[Skrilla]

Too slow releasing the ball, gets caught in possession too often.

Not as bad as he was at the start of the season to be fair, Jonny and Moutinho were also guilty of being too slow with the ball as well. Definitely need to pick up the intensity of our play at times, I know that it was commented that Bruno's training sessions were too slow and methodical, under Nuno it did feel like we played with more intensity in our passing in those first two seasons, and players were much fitter and sharper going into the second half of games.

 

[GoldenHorseshoe]

Not as bad as he was at the start of the season to be fair, Jonny and Moutinho were also guilty of being too slow with the ball as well. Definitely need to pick up the intensity of our play at times, I know that it was commented that Bruno's training sessions were too slow and methodical, under Nuno it did feel like we played with more intensity in our passing in those first two seasons, and players were much fitter and sharper going into the second half of games.

Agree that it's not just RAN, I see it as a major issue throughout the team.

 

[Fifty Niner]

It may help if there were more players in the box to aim at. Someone beyond Costa, who I agree, did very little.

Only at Wolves can we make strikers like Costa look poor. He’s not going to run around like Raul did. The real problem, as it always has been, is poor service and just not enough players getting forward.

 

[northbankgeneral]

Our best players, namely Nunes and Neves, look so far ahead of the rest of our team! They must wonder what they are doing here.

Nunes is not £38 worth, never mind £38 million worth.

 

[Fifty Niner]

Nunes is not £38 worth, never mind £38 million worth.

Probably would be in a team like Arsenal, Liverpool, one of the Manures, Spurs etc.

 

[Mugwump]

Isn't that what Bruno said???

No