Are Wolves actually that good? It’s not as if they’re winning 4-0 or 5-0 every week.
Watching Barcelona vs Girona. I want to confirm that the rumour that Barcelona is a good team is indeed true. Just the 6-1 lead tonight now with 15 minutes or so to go.
Quote from: Toronto Villa on February 24, 2018, 09:23:43 PMWatching Barcelona vs Girona. I want to confirm that the rumour that Barcelona is a good team is indeed true. Just the 6-1 lead tonight now with 15 minutes or so to go. Messi's free kick and Coutinho's goal were a joy to watch. It was like watching Snodgrass in fact.
Quote from: Richard E on February 24, 2018, 07:40:49 PMAre Wolves actually that good? It’s not as if they’re winning 4-0 or 5-0 every week.I've got a lot of dingle mates and we've talked about this loads... I'm of the view (and I think they're starting to agree) that Ruben Neves is so far ahead any other CM in this league in terms of quality - he was in the Champions League this time last year and is regularly in the Portugal squad - that he turns the rest of their side which is us/Derby/Fulham level into the machine they've been at times this year. Their midfield of Saiss/N'diaye today had rings ran round them by Cairney (who FWIW I think is the second best CM in the league), Johansen and McDonald, their quick forwards in Cavaleiro/Costa/Jota had no service and the wingbacks couldn't bomb forward. Their two full backs Douglas and particularly Doherty (prem quality) are also very good and make so much of their play possible. But Neves makes the whole thing tick and its incredibly unfortunate his first game back from suspension will be against us. Long story short, without Neves they're a good side of around our level or Fulham's. With him they are the team that can be 10 points clear and play some of the football they have this year.
Wolves look mediocre. Hopefully they'll implode! Fulham a greater threat than Cardiff I feel...
Quote from: Keeno on February 24, 2018, 09:34:28 PMQuote from: Richard E on February 24, 2018, 07:40:49 PMAre Wolves actually that good? It’s not as if they’re winning 4-0 or 5-0 every week.I've got a lot of dingle mates and we've talked about this loads... I'm of the view (and I think they're starting to agree) that Ruben Neves is so far ahead any other CM in this league in terms of quality - he was in the Champions League this time last year and is regularly in the Portugal squad - that he turns the rest of their side which is us/Derby/Fulham level into the machine they've been at times this year. Their midfield of Saiss/N'diaye today had rings ran round them by Cairney (who FWIW I think is the second best CM in the league), Johansen and McDonald, their quick forwards in Cavaleiro/Costa/Jota had no service and the wingbacks couldn't bomb forward. Their two full backs Douglas and particularly Doherty (prem quality) are also very good and make so much of their play possible. But Neves makes the whole thing tick and its incredibly unfortunate his first game back from suspension will be against us. Long story short, without Neves they're a good side of around our level or Fulham's. With him they are the team that can be 10 points clear and play some of the football they have this year. Absolutely bang on, Neves is the best player in the league by miles. When we played them, we had Hourihane doing the same job, and everytime we gave him the ball he had to touch and then turn, and they were already on him.Neves could do both with a single touch, and then deliver a perfect forward pass, setting them away so quickly, and getting their better players on the ball in dangerous areas. Grealish does it for us too, and tips the balance back to us. I reckon with Kodja fit, we're a match. They've had nothing like the key injuries we've had.
I hear Liverpool fans were booing Evra today. Fully deserved of course for being racially abused by one of their players, the bastard.
I didn't realise Troy Deeney had only scored four goals this season. Although it is a hell of a way to prove he truly belongs at the club he loves.