Wolves v Leeds Utd Match Thread - Roberts in for Alioski, Llorente makes the bench

[1964white]

Oh and Costa shat the bed to when it mattered.

Wish we could clone Raph.

We do have a habit of shooting or heading the ball straight at the keeper.

Bamford strikes a beauty & it's wrongly ruled out.

[YorkshireSquare]

Well there's definitely a mindset (maybe a minority) on here who reckon he's finished

He's still class, not sure today suited him with the way we were playing though. Harrison and Raph both very deep, even Pablo didn't have much of an outlet.

[YorkshireSquare]

We do have a habit of shooting or heading the ball straight at the keeper.

Bamford strikes a beauty & it's wrongly ruled out.

Cooper should have done better with at least two, Costa should have tested the keeper more. We need to be more clinical, but we've been saying that for two and a half years.

Bamford's was a qualiy finish, it was marginal but the linesman flagged it. As I've said, I don't think it should be offisde, we need to be favouring attackers making runs.

[Cjay]

The one good save from Neto aside i cant think of any decent chances for Wolves?

The Neto shot wasnt a chance he did well by himself.

They had a couple from a very narrow angle so not clear cut chances.

Cant think of any others.

Cooper should score far more then he does, he should have buried 2 or 3 tonight.

[YorkshireSquare]

Cooper should score far more then he does, he should have buried 2 or 3 tonight.

Our defenders generally should, very weak at attacking set pieces

[White Riot]

To lose to a goal like that is tough on the lads. Didn't get to see enough of the game to make a overall judgment but that was harsh.

Same old.

We can't finish. Raphinha produced some brilliant set-piece delivery but we wasted chances that we're on a plate.

They got a titty goal and Bamford has now been robbed twice by those var cnuts.

All in all, we deserved a win, but if you can't score you'll always be vulnerable to a bit of bad luck.

A few players were poor last night, like Klich and Harrison, they really should stop smoking crack

[White Riot]

The one good save from Neto aside i cant think of any decent chances for Wolves?

The Neto shot wasnt a chance he did well by himself.

They had a couple from a very narrow angle so not clear cut chances.

Cant think of any others.

Cooper should score far more then he does, he should have buried 2 or 3 tonight.

I agree, Pontus would have had a hat-trick there.

Plus point is that Raphinha is just getting better every match, his set-piece delivery is consistently brilliant.

It's years since we had a good set-piece taker, or looked a threat from them.

[White Riot]

We do have a habit of shooting or heading the ball straight at the keeper.

Bamford strikes a beauty & it's wrongly ruled out.

Yeah, we are brilliant at making keepers look good

[White Riot]

Cooper should have done better with at least two, Costa should have tested the keeper more. We need to be more clinical, but we've been saying that for two and a half years.

Bamford's was a qualiy finish, it was marginal but the linesman flagged it. As I've said, I don't think it should be offisde, we need to be favouring attackers making runs.

Completely agree YS, attackers and attacking sides should be favoured in offside decisions, as they were in the past.

[White Riot]

Pedro Neto is a good player.

Looked dangerous when he received the ball, wasnt impressed with anyother Wolves players (even Traore) but Neto is class.

He played well tonight Cjay, but when he was in my fantasy team he did FA, the w**ker

[White Riot]

I hope Bielsa told Klich and Harrison they were supposed to be playing last night. Maybe it was just two crowdies that got blown onto the pitch

[White Riot]

Always believed football could learn a lot from rugby however FA/FIFA go in a total different direction to the rugby authorities.

Nettohead was booked eventually after he wasting a minute taking a corner.

The current rules of football give players the license to cheat.

The ref and linesmen should be given cattle prods to encourage them to get on with it.

[White Riot]

I think we'd be pushing Top 7 this season with Koch, Phillips, Llorente, Rodrgio fit more often

Yeah, me too, plus Paddy's two unfairly disallowed var goals.

[White Riot]

Well, disappointing, really unlucky on the goal. Overall I think it was an even game. They had a couple of fantastic efforts but we had the best clear cut chances. It seems like we're an even team with Wolves and that's definitely a fair assessment of our 1st season back in the premier league. And we definitely had worse injury problems than they did (Koch, Llorente, Rodrigo, Phiilips).

Bamford's goal might have stood if the original ruling was onside. Shame.

Meslier had a very good game. Fantastic save in the 1st half and he didn't put a foot wrong the whole game.

Contrary to previous posts, I thought Shackleton had a decent game. And I thought Roberts was really lively. If Roberts played for any one of the bottom six clubs, he'd be starting every week. Throw in Strujik and I thought all 3 of our fringe players looked the part.

On to the next game, I think our squad is developing really well. We're only about 2 players away from being Champions League quality - with Bielsa in charge that is.

Good and fair summary Andrew, great times ahead mate.

[HarryofOz]

Completely agree YS, attackers and attacking sides should be favoured in offside decisions, as they were in the past.

It may have been the stated policy that officials were to err in favour of the attacking team, but in reality it rarely happened. More often than not the flag went up for close/line ball decisions

And you cannot blame the officials because despite fans, coaches, players and the media saying 'it's right to favour the attacking team', any time that a goal was allowed where the attacking team was marginally offside, the boots would be truly and thoroughly put in.

[White Riot]

It may have been the stated policy that officials were to err in favour of the attacking team, but in reality it rarely happened. More often than not the flag went up for close/line ball decisions

And you cannot blame the officials because despite fans, coaches, players and the media saying 'it's right to favour the attacking team', any time that a goal was allowed where the attacking team was marginally offside, the boots would be truly and thoroughly put in.

Bamford's now had two very marginal decisions that have gone against him and us, which have cost us goals and potentially points. We're sitting pretty and will stay up comfortably, but imagine if those decisions had gone against us in a relegation battle, I don't think we'd be feeling philosophical about these decisions.

[SG90]

Hopefully this ends the Roberts argument, just not good enough. How about Gelhardt gets a chance and Summerville for Costa?
Cooper, Ayling, Klich, Costa, Roberts all need replacing in the team next season.

[SG90]

Why were Wolves given a goal kick for Coady heading Roberts' shot when we were in an attacking position?

[Chilli D]

Well, disappointing, really unlucky on the goal. Overall I think it was an even game. They had a couple of fantastic efforts but we had the best clear cut chances. It seems like we're an even team with Wolves and that's definitely a fair assessment of our 1st season back in the premier league. And we definitely had worse injury problems than they did (Koch, Llorente, Rodrigo, Phiilips).

Bamford's goal might have stood if the original ruling was onside. Shame.

Meslier had a very good game. Fantastic save in the 1st half and he didn't put a foot wrong the whole game.

Contrary to previous posts, I thought Shackleton had a decent game. And I thought Roberts was really lively. If Roberts played for any one of the bottom six clubs, he'd be starting every week. Throw in Strujik and I thought all 3 of our fringe players looked the part.

On to the next game, I think our squad is developing really well. We're only about 2 players away from being Champions League quality - with Bielsa in charge that is.

I thought Shackleton had a good game as well but there's certain people on here who look to criticise him at every opportunity.

[SG90]

I thought Shackleton had a good game as well but there's certain people on here who look to criticise him at every opportunity.

Me too. Give him a proper run of games in midfield, something he's never had. Most of his appearances have been 2 mins off the bench.