Wolverhampton Wanderers 1:1 Manchester United

roonster09 · Aug 12, 2019

Last season we created so many chances and should have been out of sight, and then conceded stupid goals after missing shit loads.

Hopefully we won't be wasteful this season.

lysglimt · Aug 12, 2019

After watching Wolves against Leicester - we should beat them.

lysglimt · Aug 12, 2019

roonster09 said:
Last season we created so many chances and should have been out of sight, and then conceded stupid goals after missing shit loads.

Hopefully we won't be wasteful this season.

Yeah I still can't believe we drew 1 and lost 2. We were the better side in all matches - and gave away stupid goals in all of them. Time to put it right.

Gasolin · Aug 12, 2019

0le said:
I'd play exactly the same team, with Pereira again in midfield. Its difficult to expect him, or others, to produce quality performances if they keep drifting in and out of the team. Give them a run of games and see what they can do. I'd put Fred on the bench instead of Matic.

But it’s a different type of game so we need different players.

Sereques · Aug 12, 2019

lysglimt said:
After watching Wolves against Leicester - we should beat them.

fecking Big game raisers, watch them play like 2009 Barcelona :rolleyes:

Escobar · Aug 12, 2019

lysglimt said:
After watching Wolves against Leicester - we should beat them.

We "should" have beaten many teams last season but we didnt. Let's see how well we do in our 2nd game

Massive Spanner · Aug 12, 2019

Wolves are a tough team, and it's our first away game of the season. I'd probably take a draw to be honest.

Lynty · Aug 12, 2019

Dante said:
Three cars are better at carrying things than two, and on the same stretch of road can box the opposition in through superior numbers.

But we have the McToyota Rav4 that is happy to go off road and do the dirty work.

Massive Spanner said:
Wolves are a tough team, and it's our first away game of the season. I'd probably take a draw to be honest.

Draw my ass.

Our confidence is high, Wolves not got their rhythm yet and their strikers prey on mistakes, which isn't a given against our new backline.

Comfortable win.

Massive Spanner · Aug 12, 2019

Lynty said:
Draw my ass.

No thanks, not into that sort of thing.

Gambit · Aug 12, 2019

Can't wait for the next game now. So bloody annoying it's s on Monday.

groovyalbert · Aug 12, 2019

Tough game, made harder by the fact it's their first home game of the league and being played in the evening. Will be a very good 3 points if we get them.

JJ12 · Aug 12, 2019

fecking Monday boo! When does that stupid international weekend come in to play?

Anyway fancy us 2-0. Tony X2.

VorZakone · Aug 12, 2019

Brightonian said:
These'll be a tougher opponent than Chelsea, strange as that is to say. Brilliant last season and they've made some stellar signings.

We'll want to have more in midfield than we did today. Could try Fred instead of Pereira but there's no guarantee he'd be any less shaky at the moment. I'd be seriously tempted to just throw Gomes straight in at the deep end. If you want more control of the ball but still want to be able to spring sharp counter-attacks, why not?

Despite the fantastic start I already miss Herrera. If we'd kept hold of him I really don't think the moaning about our midfield would have much justification, but we've sold one of our most reliable players and not brought in any kind of replacement.

Who did they sign that's stellar?

RedPed · Aug 12, 2019

Why is everyone saying this will be Ole's first real test ffs? Can never figure some people out.

Chelsea was a massive result.. That was our first real test. Wolves is the next one. Plenty of time for rest and recovery and we go again.

Chelsea played better than Wolves did against Leicester. Am going to go with a 2-0 win for United.

Melville Red · Aug 12, 2019

Hate to admit but I think this will be a 0-0.
I’ll be happy with a point away to Wolves, they have a decent manager and a decent settled squad unlike Chelsea, so forget about Sunday the next game is going to be a lot more difficult.

Saying that we might just be able to hit them in the break but I think their manager will have them prepared a damn sight better than Lampard had Chelsea.

Sp00ks11 · Aug 12, 2019

We got Maguire and Wan Bissaka, another clean sheet for us!

prateik · Aug 12, 2019

Siorac · Aug 12, 2019

Gambit said:
Can't wait for the next game now. So bloody annoying it's s on Monday.

More time to savour the 4-0.

Castia · Aug 12, 2019

A draw wouldn’t be the worst result, wolves away is a tough game there won’t be many teams beating them at Molineux this season.

Point there then 3 points at home to Palace. 7/9 points would be a decent start to the season.

buckooo1978 · Aug 12, 2019

Wolves won't give us the opportunity to break like Chelsea

this will be a tight game buy buoyed by the great result yesterday I fancy us to nick it 1 nil.

We were all over the place against Jota and Jimenez last time out - hopefully much different story this time out

Chaky_Best · Aug 12, 2019

We were awful in midfield and need to be more compact. The system and intensity Wolves will play will hurt us a lot.

We absolutely need to be more solid in our attempt to counter attack.

Ball retention were poor and we will need to be better.

------------------------------De Gea--------------------------
--------------Smalling-------Maguire--------Lindelof---------
Wan Bissaka-----Mc Tominay-------Pogba------------Young
--------------------------------Mata----------------------------
----------------------Rashford-------Martial-------------------

pacifictheme · Aug 12, 2019

Camy89 said:
Personally would like to see:

DDG
AWB Smalling Maguire Shaw
Matic Pogba
Mata Lingard Rashford
Martial

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Mata over pereira? If so would you not want lingard out wide for his pace?

crossy1686 · Aug 12, 2019

Wolves will be well up for this. Revenge for last season's shit show please.

pacifictheme · Aug 12, 2019

Lynty said:
But we have the McToyota Rav4 that is happy to go off road and do the dirty work.

Draw my ass.

Our confidence is high, Wolves not got their rhythm yet and their strikers prey on mistakes, which isn't a given against our new backline.

Comfortable win.

You say that but chelsea could have scored 3 or 4 yesterday. We simultaneously looked leaky and solid. It was very odd.

I still think we'll have enough.

kps88 · Aug 12, 2019

Wolves had 30% possession against Leicester. Doubt we'll have many chances to counter as we'll always have the ball.

LilyWhiteSpur · Aug 12, 2019

Will be interesting to see how Wolves wanna play at home, they were happy to surrender possession against Leicester and try and hit them on the break.

LuisNaniencia · Aug 12, 2019

Absolute bogey team last year. Would very much like to win this.

Wednesday at Stoke · Aug 12, 2019

This is going to be a tough game.

Robbo's Shoulder · Aug 12, 2019

If we can deliver or improve on yesterday's second half performance should be a fairly comfortable win. Have to start a lot quicker mind and don't let Wolves build any early momemtum, they are a very decent side when they have their tails up.

Schmeichel's Cartwheel · Aug 12, 2019

Bit of a bogey team last year. 3 games no wins, 1 draw, 2 losses.

Call me pessimistic, but I'd bite you hand off if offered a point right now.

buckooo1978 · Aug 12, 2019

kps88 said:
Wolves had 30% possession against Leicester. Doubt we'll have many chances to counter as we'll always have the ball.

was thinking this

on the other hand we will be able to defend with a high line, we wont be panicked in defence, we will control the game much better - maybe a game for Mata

Offside · Aug 12, 2019

They’ve been a bogey team for some time now. Beat us 1-0 in 2004 when they got relegated, and ended our unbeaten season in 2011, beating us 2-1 when they nearly got relegated. Now they’re a good side they beat us twice in a month last year. Would take a draw from this to be quite honest.

P-Nut · Aug 12, 2019

I'd expect us to go with the same side that started against Chelsea.

Pereira was unimpressive for the majority of the game, but got an assist and I think Ole will want to build his confidence up by starting him again next week.

crossy1686 · Aug 12, 2019

buckooo1978 said:
was thinking this

on the other hand we will be able to defend with a high line, we wont be panicked in defence, we will control the game much better - maybe a game for Mata

I think we'll just surrender the ball and let them come on to us and hit them on the break. Either that or we'll go with a high press and keep them camped in their own box?

Expecting the counter to be honest, Wolves hurt us last season with counters of their own.

buckooo1978 · Aug 12, 2019

crossy1686 said:
I think we'll just surrender the ball and let them come on to us and hit them on the break. Either that or we'll go with a high press and keep them camped in their own box?

Expecting the counter to be honest, Wolves hurt us last season with counters of their own.

defensively we were at our worst in the last game

we were shambolic at the back in the league game too with a Smalling OG
Youd expect us to deal a lot better with their breaks

Tom Cato · Aug 12, 2019

Wolverhampton is a high-mid league table team that's had the good fortune of having a squad that has completely sold into the managers vision, and are not to be overlooked. Their squad is improved since last season. The game against Leicester (what little i actually saw myself) was so-so, but Leicester is not a bad team either.

That being said, Wolves have a rather astonishing track record against the top6 teams last season:

Home

Manchester City - 1-1 Draw
Tottenham 2-3 Loss
Chelsea 2-1 Win
Liverpool 0-2 Loss
Liverpool (FA Cup) 2-1 Win
Manchester Unitd (FA Cup) 2-1 Win
Manchester United 2-1 Win
Arsenal 2-1 Win

Away

Manchester United - 1-1 Draw
Arsenal - 1-1 Draw
Tottenham 3-1 Win
Manchester City 3-0 Loss
Chelsea 1-1 Draw
Liverpool 2-0 Loss

6 Wins
4 Draw
4 Losses

4 Losses against Top6 sides. Tottenham lost 9 games against Top6 sides last season. (Including CL final).

This team is no joke against great opposition, we should not take this game for granted in any way shape or form.

That being said I do firmly believe that we've improved enough from last year, and that the boys have something to prove to everyone but mostly themselves. Morals will be running mile high after dismantling Chelsea. Wolves will be very defensive minded. I think Daniel James might get a start in this one over Pereira. There might be early yellow cards from late tackles which will open his lane up.

Okey · Aug 12, 2019

Apologies and delete if this is the wrong place, but if anyone has a ticket and can't make it, I'd be glad to have it please. I live quite near and can easily attend after work

Santoryo · Aug 12, 2019

Massive Spanner said:
No thanks, not into that sort of thing.

Bestietom · Aug 12, 2019

Wolves outshone us in midfield last season, I'm not expecting any difference this season as we have not addressed this area, which is even weaker now. We will have a lot of defending to do, and I hope we can hold on for a draw. 0-0.

Gasolin · Aug 12, 2019

Tom Cato said:
Wolverhampton is a high-mid league table team that's had the good fortune of having a squad that has completely sold into the managers vision, and are not to be overlooked. Their squad is improved since last season. The game against Leicester (what little i actually saw myself) was so-so, but Leicester is not a bad team either.

That being said, Wolves have a rather astonishing track record against the top6 teams last season:

Home

Manchester City - 1-1 Draw
Tottenham 2-3 Loss
Chelsea 2-1 Win
Liverpool 0-2 Loss
Liverpool (FA Cup) 2-1 Win
Manchester Unitd (FA Cup) 2-1 Win
Manchester United 2-1 Win
Arsenal 2-1 Win

Away

Manchester United - 1-1 Draw
Arsenal - 1-1 Draw
Tottenham 3-1 Win
Manchester City 3-0 Loss
Chelsea 1-1 Draw
Liverpool 2-0 Loss

6 Wins
4 Draw
4 Losses

4 Losses against Top6 sides. Tottenham lost 9 games against Top6 sides last season. (Including CL final).

This team is no joke against great opposition, we should not take this game for granted in any way shape or form.

That being said I do firmly believe that we've improved enough from last year, and that the boys have something to prove to everyone but mostly themselves. Morals will be running mile high after dismantling Chelsea. Wolves will be very defensive minded. I think Daniel James might get a start in this one over Pereira. There might be early yellow cards from late tackles which will open his lane up.

If Wolves play a back line of 5 with another line of 4, there is normally no space since they would compress it and defend low, no? Would James be really useful? Just wondering. In this position, we need players to be technically good and still make some movement to see if we can displace a bit the defensive block.

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