Wolves 1-1 Brighton: Verdict Thread

[Deutsch Wolf]

Don't think VAR can rule on that tbf.

 

[pavlosmacwolf]

Re the brighton goal.
Not only did i find bringing agbadoo on wierd, the timing of it was shit.
Brighton saw the wolves players still discussing who was playing where and took advantage with a very quick corner which found our defenders nowhere snd marking no one.
Make krejci captain, and i tbink he will sort that back four himself.

 

[slink]

I think the assessment of Jackson is quite strange to be honest because i thought today was by far the best we’ve seen him overall. Made plenty of clearances especially in the air and his 1v1 defending against Minteh was very good as it had to be in second half.

There’s obviously a caveat to that as he did needlessly give away the corner for the goal and did switch off slightly but so did everyone else and the marking of Van Hecke was appalling. He should be disappointed with his role in the goal though.

When it comes to attacking his output isn’t brilliant and his decision making isn’t great in the final third but his positioning, being so “deep” is obviously the plan in a back four. Doc did exactly the same last week and we know he likes to get forward but it must be because Arias drifts and we don’t want to have too much space in behind on that side with no cover and Santi not so mobile. Reason i think this is because when he’s played wing back he’s been really high in the build up much like Semedo was last season once Vitor took over. I actually think in both instances he’s not being used correctly as it actively reduces our options on the ball whether he’s too high or too deep.

 

[Tredman]

I was very impressed by Krejci going to all sides of the ground by himself to applaud the fans.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Don't think VAR can rule on that tbf.

On whether the ball goes out? They have done.

 

[Muscat]

On whether the ball goes out? They have done.

Don't think they can go back and do that after the corner has been awarded. If it's from open play they would.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Don't think they can go back and do that after the corner has been awarded. If it's from open play they would.

Ah, understood.

 

[Muscat]

I think the assessment of Jackson is quite strange to be honest because i thought today was by far the best we’ve seen him overall. Made plenty of clearances especially in the air and his 1v1 defending against Minteh was very good as it had to be in second half.

There’s obviously a caveat to that as he did needlessly give away the corner for the goal and did switch off slightly but so did everyone else and the marking of Van Hecke was appalling. He should be disappointed with his role in the goal though.

When it comes to attacking his output isn’t brilliant and his decision making isn’t great in the final third but his positioning, being so “deep” is obviously the plan in a back four. Doc did exactly the same last week and we know he likes to get forward but it must be because Arias drifts and we don’t want to have too much space in behind on that side with no cover and Santi not so mobile. Reason i think this is because when he’s played wing back he’s been really high in the build up much like Semedo was last season once Vitor took over. I actually think in both instances he’s not being used correctly as it actively reduces our options on the ball whether he’s too high or too deep.

I agree with this. My mate is a Brighton fan and was bigging Minteh up before the game, basically said he'd been their best player by a mile this season - "he's absolutely class and just a nightmare for full backs" - and I don't think he's had a sniff basically.

 

[slink]

I agree with this. My mate is a Brighton fan and was bigging Minteh up before the game, basically said he'd been their best player by a mile this season - "he's absolutely class and just a nightmare for full backs" - and I don't think he's had a sniff basically.

Yeah he got nominated for Premier League player of the month for September. Got absolutely pocketed today though.

 

[YoungWolf]

Jackson defended fairly well overall and kept Minteh pretty quiet.

He’s an absolutely terrible footballer though.

 

[Mel Evo]

I think the assessment of Jackson is quite strange to be honest because i thought today was by far the best we’ve seen him overall. Made plenty of clearances especially in the air and his 1v1 defending against Minteh was very good as it had to be in second half.

There’s obviously a caveat to that as he did needlessly give away the corner for the goal and did switch off slightly but so did everyone else and the marking of Van Hecke was appalling. He should be disappointed with his role in the goal though.

When it comes to attacking his output isn’t brilliant and his decision making isn’t great in the final third but his positioning, being so “deep” is obviously the plan in a back four. Doc did exactly the same last week and we know he likes to get forward but it must be because Arias drifts and we don’t want to have too much space in behind on that side with no cover and Santi not so mobile. Reason i think this is because when he’s played wing back he’s been really high in the build up much like Semedo was last season once Vitor took over. I actually think in both instances he’s not being used correctly as it actively reduces our options on the ball whether he’s too high or too deep.

Yep, I’m quite open to being in the wrong as some good judges have blasted them on here, but I didn’t see anything glaringly wrong with either full back today. Jackson seemed to win a good number of battles in the second half in particular. He’s offering Jack shit going forward, but that’s one area where we can’t say there is a meaningful drop off from Nelson. All this said, please don’t imagine I can’t see we’ve massively downgraded both wing backs despite having a complete 5-a-side team of them to pick from.

Hwang gets an easy ride just for not being totally comically inept. That’s about the best you can say though. Just put Lopez there: while he’s clearly not at PL pace he’s shown enough to give us something going forward and is simply impossible to be a downgrade. If he’s not going to get minutes to get up to speed to contribute this season then it’s clearly an issue.

Aside from the results, it’s such a depressing watch when the coaching staff give you Arias, JRB and Munetsi as your attacking options to break a siege.