Wolves Canaries

[HertsWolf]

Stoked for first game of the season (I work in the jungle, the mighty jungle, lion sleeps tonight....) and will bring my flu and green phlegm to Molineux. Long time since I sat in the Steve Bull Lower though. It's a shit stand which is why we used to give it to the away fans.
Would love to see three points but head says another draw.

I guess it's another predictable line-up but it wouldn't surprise me to see see Will Norris in goal as there have been rumblings about John Ruddy.

So....

Norris
Bennett...Coady...Boly
Doherty...Saiss...Neves...Douglas
Costa...Cavaleiro...Jota​

2-2 score. 28,726 (home seats sold out, but not many will brave the A14 on a Wednesday night)

 

[markwwfc1992]

You should have said mate, I'm not in the country so you could have had my ST in the South Bank (available for Reading too if you want).

I like your lineup, and I think Will Norris overdue to start his first league game. N'Diaye hasn't been at his best for the last two games so I can see Saiss coming in. Afobe will no doubt make his mark from the bench again, hopefully will get his much needed goal for his confidence.

Wolves 2-0 Norwich

 

[HertsWolf]

You should have said mate, I'm not in the country so you could have had my ST in the South Bank (available for Reading too if you want).

I like your lineup, and I think Will Norris overdue to start his first league game. N'Diaye hasn't been at his best for the last two games so I can see Saiss coming in. Afobe will no doubt make his mark from the bench again, hopefully will get his much needed goal for his confidence.

Wolves 2-0 Norwich

I'm only back for this one game. I work in West Africa so normally only get to listen to the audio! Thanks for the offer for the ST but I head back straight after the weekend and still lots of relatives to keep happy.

On the line up I'm not really happy with the Costa - Cav - Jota line up. For me, it has to be Bonatini or Afobe up front, with Cav, Jota and Costa rotating. Cav's a great player but he's not doing it up front really.

 

[markwwfc1992]

I'm only back for this one game. I work in West Africa so normally only get to listen to the audio! Thanks for the offer for the ST but I head back straight after the weekend and still lots of relatives to keep happy.

On the line up I'm not really happy with the Costa - Cav - Jota line up. For me, it has to be Bonatini or Afobe up front, with Cav, Jota and Costa rotating. Cav's a great player but he's not doing it up front really.

Anywhere near Sierra Leone mate? My brother is going over in April for a month for some aid work (used to work for the Craig Bellamy foundation out there). He's moving over full time in August but to Ghana for a teaching job.

Anyway onto the lineup, yeah I think some rotation is needed. I'm very surprised that players like Jota have taken so much punishment this year yet he hasn't suffered an injury. Afobe and Bonatini are more than capable of filling the void if needed. Nice to have so many options, last year we had next to nothing.

 

[HertsWolf]

Anywhere near Sierra Leone mate?.

Bollocks. Can't go now. . Have to try for a game in April when I'm next back.

 

[markwwfc1992]

1-0 Jamal Lewis og.

Strange feeling not being there... can't even get it on the radio.

 

[markwwfc1992]

2-0 Big Alf!

 

[markwwfc1992]

2-1, missing a decent game here...

 

[markwwfc1992]

2-2 last kick of the game, seems like Norwich deserved it...

We go again.

 

[HertsWolf]

2-2 last kick of the game, seems like Norwich deserved it...

We go again.

Predicted that. And less than 400 out on the attendance too. Wish I'd been wrong and you right, though!
I see Afobe's being slated.

 

[SUTSS]

Thought we were about to have 5 or 6 put past us when you went 2-0 up. Zimmermann's goal came at the right time to steady our nerves and as we've done in many games recently we continued to get better as the game went on. Little bit of magic/luck with the Oliveira strike but does seem like a fair result.

 

[markwwfc1992]

Thought we were about to have 5 or 6 put past us when you went 2-0 up. Zimmermann's goal came at the right time to steady our nerves and as we've done in many games recently we continued to get better as the game went on. Little bit of magic/luck with the Oliveira strike but does seem like a fair result.

I see why Norwich fans get frustrated with John Ruddy now. I think the number of clean sheets he has is credit to the defence infront of him rather than down to his heroics.

 

[SUTSS]

Ruddy was a fantastic keeper up until he had a couple of injuries. He was in the England squad on merit and if he had have stayed at that level I'm sure he'd have a few caps by now. When he returned he never got to crosses in the same way and he seemed slower getting down for shots. Something was missing and many thought it was mental and that he'd go to you and recover his form. It's a real shame because for a couple of seasons he truly was superb.

 

[JJH]

Ruddy was a fantastic keeper up until he had a couple of injuries. He was in the England squad on merit and if he had have stayed at that level I'm sure he'd have a few caps by now. When he returned he never got to crosses in the same way and he seemed slower getting down for shots. Something was missing and many thought it was mental and that he'd go to you and recover his form. It's a real shame because for a couple of seasons he truly was superb.

Gunn will go onto have a better career than Ruddy has imo.

 

[SUTSS]

Providing nothing goes wrong with injuries or off the field problems I can see Gunn having a long Premier League career. He's so assured with everything. I think having a crowd that were singing his name from his first step on to the pitch may have helped with that. I think he'll get a Premier League loan next season if the right team are looking for one (Maybe Wolves for a Ruddy replacement?) but I would love him back him. I don't think there is a keeper in this division that I'd swap him with.

 

[TomPNE94]

Gunn will go onto have a better career than Ruddy has imo.

So will Rudd.