Wolves - 1 Aston Villa - 0 Custard Cup Final Post Match Critique

[PeterWithesShin]

It was less than a month ago and was part of a 2 month run covering nearly a third of a season where we were running at title contender form. It was hardly a Gerrard once in a blue moon decent performance/result.

[Risso]

The level of that performance is looking increasingly like a one off though.

You mean like the one offs at home to Brentford, Man Utd and away at Chelsea and Spurs?

So that’s 5 one offs

I said performance, not result. It’s the best we’ve played in years.

[eamonn]

Just watching the Newcastle V Arsenal game and it’s fast paced
We are just too slow in everything we do especially building from the back, I know it’s all about the right players doing the right things and obviously we will get new players in the window but I hope our play is sharper and faster next season

We are far too deliberate because the players we have collectively cannot play at that pace and tempo. I expect that to change this summer with far better technical players coming to the club.

Agreed

And yet it was only only a couple of weeks ago, against Newcastle, that we played the best, sharpest football, from first whistle to last, that I have ever seen.

And I’ve  been supporting us for over 60 years

Go away outta that! There's no way you'd put up with years of dross if that's the best you've seen.

[Clampy]

The level of that performance is looking increasingly like a one off though.

You mean like the one offs at home to Brentford, Man Utd and away at Chelsea and Spurs?

So that’s 5 one offs

I said performance, not result. It’s the best we’ve played in years.

I thought we were really good against Man Utd and Brentford as well though. We were 3 up against Brentford after 15 minutes or something like that if I remember rightly.

[Rigadon]

I thought we were the better team and probably should've won the game, but definitely deserved a draw.  We haven't bottled anything.  Bottling it is having 2 goal leads versus teams and not winning games.  We've deserved something from every game we've played in the last 3 or 4 months, the last 2 included.  That is something remarkable to be proud of. 

We'll give Spurs a game next week too.  Difficult one to call in terms of a result, but if we did get a win, it'd be an exciting end to a season where we've recovered some pride. 

Next season is going to be ace I reckon. 

[tomd2103]

We've had two 1-0 losses away from where we could have easily got something from both games. 

If we are talking mixing it with the elite teams in the league, then we are still short of attacking quality at that level.  It's the kind of quality players that can create something out of nothing when we are struggling a bit and can keep the ball when we are under pressure. 

[Goldenballs]

Look at the difference than Emery's one signing, Moreno, has made to us. I'd rather wait until summer and try to get his first choice targets than go lower down the list for the sake of it. Finishing in the conference league or whatever the fuck it's called, shouldn't make a massive difference to the calibre of player we can get.

But I'm as disappointed as everyone else to seemingly get so close to Europe and then it slip just out of reach. I can see both sides of the discussion but definitely don't think we've bottled anything. The run we've been on is one of the most enjoyable of recent times for me, probably since the run in the championship.

[LeeB]

Thought they played like the Albion against us, sit deep and kick anything that moves. I thought that said more about the direction of travel for both clubs than anything else

[SoccerHQ]

Thought they played like the Albion against us, sit deep and kick anything that moves. I thought that said more about the direction of travel for both clubs than anything else

Something will go very wrong with our recruitment if in 12 months time we're in serious danger of finishing below Wolves in the league.

They'll be losing Neves in next few weeks who is far and away their best player.

Lopetegui has done well but they won't be in contention for 7th anytime soon.

[astonvilla82]

Thought they played like the Albion against us, sit deep and kick anything that moves. I thought that said more about the direction of travel for both clubs than anything else

Wolverhampton will require big investment if they are to compete against teams above them, which the owners don't seem so keen on, where we think our owners are serious on investing

[The Edge]

Wolves are turning into Stoke Mark2. What I saw on Saturday was pure Pulis ball.

[brontebilly]

Maybe we are just seeing results reflect performances a bit more over Emery's reign? Our wins against likes of Fulham, Everton, Palace, Forest were all off the back of average enough performances against poor enough teams. Didn't see game at weekend unfortunately but that Mings miss was surreal. Their goal was an unbelievable header in fairness.

Emery will have lost all faith in likes of Traore and Bailey, if he had any to start with. Be great to beat Spurs and finish the season at home strong if nothing else. Get likes of Carlos, Cash and Kamara into the team. Try Ramsey at 10 up near Watkins for a change, press them very hard from the front.

[paul_e]

Wolves are turning into Stoke Mark2. What I saw on Saturday was pure Pulis ball.

Thta was just poor from the ref. They got 3 yellow cards but 1 was part of him giving soft yellows to Mings and Costa for a bit of handbags and 1 was for time-wasting so 1 booking for 20 fouls and a whole bunch of challenges that he let go besides.

I think my favourite of the lot was giving them a freekick because Mcginn got to the ball first and the guy trod on his foot, straight from the Bruno Fernandes bullshit file.

[eamonn]

Mings' effort was difficult. It was point blank range with Sa approaching. He's so left-footed too, Mings. That and the 90 minutes of gum-chewing gets on my nerves.