Norwich 0-0 Wolves: Verdict Thread

[HanDoJin]

Really clueless comment - away to a team with a new manager and on the back of a couple of wins - West Ham performance was only a week ago!

...in horizontal freezing rain for the most part

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Well, let’s not jump to any conclusions or anything…

The squad had been pretty consistent for 4 years, they've excelled when playing conservative football and struggled when tasked with being more expansive throughout that period.

 

[WsWolf]

Whatever your opinion of Adama Traore it is pointless just giving him a few minutes on the pitch now & again. I would have started him today rather than the disappointing Trincao. We needed to attack from the start.

He had 20 odd minutes and did less than nothing. Hwang and Trincao were poor but at least they actually showed for the ball and ran off it, Adama did neither. When he did get it he just passed it safely back first touch.

Lage even moved him to rwb in an attempt to get him on the ball and he still did less than nothing. Why would that be any more effective over 90 minutes?

 

[MARKakaJIM]

Our away form is
W3 D2 L2 which is good, but not sustainable. We continually lose the midfield and rely on either defending for our lives, bits of brilliance, good goalkeeping, poor finishing or hoping that holding shape is enough. Not sure what Bruno's options are but we need to go 352 until we can 4231 when we are away. Our 19 year old £36m centre forward has to be in play surely?

If you add an extra midfielder to go 352 you lose an attacker from an already powderpuff attack, you might add some stability but you completely neuter anything going forwards, you're basically playing for draws.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

Points on the board. All that counts after we totally cocked up the window and started with three defeats out of three.

The squad being what it is, there will be times we come up short. It wasn't good to watch, it's better than 'playing well' and losing 1-0.

We've got ourselves to a point where a horrible December is now effectively a series of free swings. About the best we could have hoped for.

 

[Mild 'n' Scratchins]

What is the point of a pussy like Trincao, when you have a beast like Adama on your books? Lucky to get a point after a truly non-descript performance. Bruno needs to decide on an approach to football games that's consistently more positive. These light and day performances are really annoying. However, it is another point towards safety, which I suppose is something to be grateful for.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

He had 20 odd minutes and did less than nothing. Hwang and Trincao were poor but at least they actually showed for the ball and ran off it, Adama did neither. When he did get it he just passed it safely back first touch.

Lage even moved him to rwb in an attempt to get him on the ball and he still did less than nothing. Why would that be any more effective over 90 minutes?

Trincao has the physical presence of a wet wipe, awful.

You think moving Adama to RWB was good management? I think it was bloody awful, Raul wasn't getting on the ball, but you wouldn't put him CM would you?

 

[Jabbawolf]

What is the point of a pussy like Trincao, when you have a beast like Adama on your books? Lucky to get a point after a truly non-descript performance. Bruno needs to decide on an approach to football games that's consistently more positive. These light and day performances are really annoying. However, it is another point towards safety, which I suppose is something to be grateful for.

Not sure either is the answer - for me, Podence is way more effective than either….when available…

 

[Throbber3]

Take the point. Didn’t concede. Horrible conditions . Moving on .

 

[The Bear]

Just looking at the stats in the first post, and we had 5 shots and only 2 on target. Woeful stuff against this sort of opposition.

I was also surprised to see that Semedo's booking was his first of the season, which is decent going for a full-back. Though Neves misses the next game (Burnley H) due to suspension now.

 

[Tony Towner]

4 games since Hwang scored, which in itself isn't an issue. The fact he's been pants in all of them is. Seems he offers workrate, finishing but little creativity

 

[WsWolf]

Trincao has the physical presence of a wet wipe, awful.

You think moving Adama to RWB was good management? I think it was bloody awful, Raul wasn't getting on the ball, but you wouldn't put him CM would you?

I don't think playing Adama as an inside forward is beneficial in any way. He's a winger who wants to stay wide and cross, it's literally the only position in our formation that vaguely suits what he's good at. Especially when he's on the right just moving into the space where semedo would receive it. So yes I believe it was.

Raul could play CM quite easily but he's better as a CF, which is where your analogy falls down.

 

[northfield wolf]

We are becoming a Jeykle and Hyde team, brilliant last week and shit today. I suppose Norwich had their tails up with recent results going their way but no excuses from us, we were crap, with Sa excepted, he won us that point today. A point is better than fuck all though.

 

[The Bear]

We are becoming a Jeykle and Hyde team, brilliant last week and shit today.

It's a very small sample size.

We've won 5 of our last 8 games, with only 1 loss.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Just looking at the stats in the first post, and we had 5 shots and only 2 on target. Woeful stuff against this sort of opposition.

I was also surprised to see that Semedo's booking was his first of the season, which is decent going for a full-back. Though Neves misses the next game (Burnley H) due to suspension now.

Presumably the two efforts were Moutinho's in the first half and RAN's tame effort in the seconds from a crap angle.

 

[Tony Towner]

If you add an extra midfielder to go 352 you lose an attacker from an already powderpuff attack, you might add some stability but you completely neuter anything going forwards, you're basically playing for draws.

Not necessarily. 2 of those forward options contributed little today. If you move Moutinho or Neves higher up the pitch you could theoretically thread balls through for your front 2. Not ideal at all, but that's where we are at squad wise

 

[pavlosmacwolf]

Well in don't know about last on match of the day, I wouldn't put it on at all.
Too many players way off form, hwan and trincao may as well have stayed at home, and what the f*** that was all about with traore I have absolutely no idea, he was the small back pass kid.
Was that Ruben's third booking??? I kin hope not.
Worst performance I have watched all season and like palace we got bullied off the ball and had no answer to it.

 

[AndyWolves]

I feel like we've already learned these lessons in Nunos first season when we switched to 352 to handle these kind of games.

 

[BeaverWolf]

He had 20 odd minutes and did less than nothing. Hwang and Trincao were poor but at least they actually showed for the ball and ran off it, Adama did neither. When he did get it he just passed it safely back first touch.

Lage even moved him to rwb in an attempt to get him on the ball and he still did less than nothing. Why would that be any more effective over 90 minutes?

He needs game time which he is being denied. Trincao offers nothing. Why not give Silva some game time too? The current ones up top are not scoring enough if we want to progress.

 

[northfield wolf]

Get a couple of new signings in January to freshen things up, andi really think we missed Podence. On a posotive, 20 points before Christmas is encouraging.