Match Day Thread Wolves V Canaries

And had he done so, we'd have had circa £8m in the bank to buy a Bassong upgrade...

 

Haha! You can't say he's a waste of money until we actually see him play!

 

I guess the trouble is that Wes is playing as well as I've seen him play and IMO, AN was right to leave him on the bench on Wednesaday.
Not sure you could play both in the team together.

 

Pritchard should have played CB, in place of Bassong.

 

Nobody enjoys watching their team trying to defend a 1 goal lead for 10 mins (especially if they fail as spectacularly as we did vs Newcastle a few days earlier) but we saw it through got the points. Our defending isn't the best, but we are scoring lots of goals at least. Meanwhile, Ipswich still have single figures!

 

What points, goals scored...or home attendances

 

All three I think

 

Anyone seen a video of yesterday's highlights, please?
Normally one gets posted by now.
Edit...if you want something done...
http://www.skysports.com/football/wolves-vs-norwich/358241

 

If I can find one that can be viewed outside of the UK, then I post it. So far, no luck for the Wolves game.

 

Don't know if this is view-able from outside the UK, but:

 

Yep - it's YouTube - no problem. Never found it - Maybe only loaded in the last 20 minutes or so.

 

Thanks for that FML. Us expats are unable to watch anything Sky produce at any time.

 

No worries mate!

 

EDP player ratings from yesterday -
• Michael McGovern
Massive moment when he denied Nouha Dicko with City coming under pressure from a resurgent home side. 7.0

• Ivo Pinto
Attacking outlet again but another demonstration he has adapted to the physical demands of the defensive side of the English game. 7.0

• Russell Martin
Used all his experience to recover from that harrowing shift at St James’ Park. Confident in possession and assured alongside Timm Klose. 7.0

• Timm Klose
Leader, talisman, defensive lynchpin. Badly missed at Newcastle and a vital aerial presence when Wolves launched late bombardments. 8.0

• Martin Olsson
Great engine in the second-half with any number of overlapping bursts. But Wolves’ equaliser came from a cross down his flank. 7.0

• Graham Dorrans
Norwich’s control in the first-half, especially, unsurprisingly stemmed from the Scot’s pervasive presence in possession. 7.0

• Alex Tettey
Much more aggressive in his pressing than on Tyneside. Cheap yellow card in the second-half but his combative traits are a vital counterpoint to the craftsmen. 7.0

• Jacob Murphy
Should have added to his growing goal tally in the first-half when his angled close range shot clipped Carl Ikeme’s trailing leg. 6.5

• Wes Hoolahan
Labelled ‘magic’ by Alex Neil afterwards. No argument as he weaved his spell with an assist for the first goal, involvement in the second and a superb appetite to win the ball back. 7.5

• Robbie Brady
Winning goal was pure quality. Instinctive 25-yard strike swept into the top corner. That was Brady at his very best and Norwich will hope for more now. 7.5

• Cameron Jerome
Fifth goal of the season set the tone. Bullied Wolves’ young centre-backs and completed another impressive shift with the assist for Brady’s winner. 8.0

I'd probably agree with most of those, but my real concern going forward is why nearly every player had such an off day at Brum and hope it's a 'one off'.

 

I think Pritchard has played in a wider role, but like Wes I don't think he's as effective there. To do that though, you'd have to drop Brady or Jacob, which would be harsh on current form!

I'd like to see an almost regular change around 60 mins of Wes for Pritchard, but that central attacking role is the most easily sacrificed when making tactical changes (for a forward, DM or CB depending on circumstances) which makes things harder still. I think Pritchard is just going to have to wait for Wes to miss a game, and try to take that chance.

 

Have you already forgotten who was "leading the line" on that fateful day in Jerome's absence?
At least it does seem as if AN has learned something from that debacle as Everton in the cup apart, he hasn't featured since

 

Well, at least he won't have to wait for Naismith to have an 'off day' or start losing form (what form?? )

 

Okay Jacob should have scored that, BUT WHY didn't Hoolahan shoot? He had about a fortnight to think about it and about 200 yards of space. It's symptomatic of our players apart from the Murphy's who have brought that mindset (shoot on sight) to our game!

 

How could ANYONE forget that fateful day?????

 

What day??