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Match Thread: Wolves vs Southampton FC
One to look forward to
By Wolves
January 15 2022
Attack will surely be Bruno Lage's plan for today's game when the Saints come to town
Watching the preparations on the practice pitches and listening to the Press conference Bruno's emphasis is clearly on scoring more goals to complement the efforts being made in defence. This will be an imperative against Southampton as they found their scoring form midweek with a 4-1 win over Brentford which will have them in good spirits. However Wolves will be intent on continuing their run of scoring in each of the last ten games against today's opponents, having lost to them only once in the last eleven league meetings.
In the good 3 - 0 FA Cup victory over Sheffield United on Sunday, Bruno tried Marcal then Dendoncker in central defence to cover the absence of Romain Saiss who is now taking part in the AFCON competition. We can only speculate whether he will continue with one of these options today or whether Dean Sanderson will get a place.
Likewise on the wing, with all the media talk regarding possible bids from Spurs or Chelsea for Adama Traore, it remains to be seen whether he will be risked in today's game, or whether Daniel Podence and Trincao will start again.
Today's game is scheduled for a 3pm kick off and will be refereed by newby Michael Salisbury with Robert Jones on VAR duty.
This board will reply upon a decent stream of the game in order to provide regular updates on its progress. Members are also encouraged to post their own observations and engage in the discussion.
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Morocco won 2-0 yesterday which guarantees them a place in the next round, thus Saiss will be spending more time out in Cameroon.
The defence didn’t cover itself in total glory in the first half, I suspect Bruno will select Donk, Marcal wasn’t great in the central three, though I’d be very happy to see Sanderson get an opportunity. Hopefully we have just recalled him to keep the bench warm!
The defence didn’t cover itself in total glory in the first half, I suspect Bruno will select Donk, Marcal wasn’t great in the central three, though I’d be very happy to see Sanderson get an opportunity. Hopefully we have just recalled him to keep the bench warm!
Subs:
Moulden, Ruddy, Jordão, Silva, Giles, Sanderson, Traore, Cundle, Campbell
Moulden, Ruddy, Jordão, Silva, Giles, Sanderson, Traore, Cundle, Campbell
I'm surprised to see Neves missing from the squad, and presume Marcal is back on the injury list as neither feature in today's game. An interesting choice of Toti Gomes - not sure if he or Kilman will be on the left side.
Blimey! Wasn't expecting that. Hope Neves is ok and good luck to Toti.
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Sounds as though Neves has tested positive for Covid.
According to Jeff Sterling’s sources that is the case Andy
Quote:Ivybridge Wolf
Hands up if you’d forgotten all about Toti Gomes?!! ✋
👋
Afternoon All
DP goes down a bit easily from a brush with Broja but he’s OK. I’m please to see Tino Livramento isn’t in the Saints squad as he is a dangerous player for Gomes to face in his 1st game. Quick grab needed by Jose in the area
DP goes down a bit easily from a brush with Broja but he’s OK. I’m please to see Tino Livramento isn’t in the Saints squad as he is a dangerous player for Gomes to face in his 1st game. Quick grab needed by Jose in the area
And a 4th corner. Saints certainly intend to attack in possession. And a 5th corner!! All cleared now
Good build up play between RAN & Joao until it reaches Donk who shoots high & wide.
Shaky first 15 minutes isn’t it?
Very sluggish and the cohesive attacking intent from Saints, not us
Very sluggish and the cohesive attacking intent from Saints, not us
More than unimpressed with the Semedo ‘fall’ in an attempt to gain a penalty.
Glad we had our first corner, and a nice pice of play and shot for Podence but Forster collected with ease.
Podence looking the best player up front so far
Glad we had our first corner, and a nice pice of play and shot for Podence but Forster collected with ease.
Podence looking the best player up front so far
VAR review going on for possible pen for Wolves but unlikely in my view
Now the ref is having a look - we haven’t had a pen yet this season but we have now!! Foul on RAN I think
The decision has delayed to match by about 5 minutes.
Jimenez to take.
Finished with aplomb!!!!!!!
1-0
Jimenez to take.
Finished with aplomb!!!!!!!
1-0
Great save by Jose Sa from a point blank Salisu header. Now they put it over but offside anyway
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Should be 1-1, close range header but our superb keeper, Sa, saves!!!
What a miss from Saints ….. 4 yards and clears the bar. Quite unbelievable
Toti needlessly concedes a corner, comes in, header, good save, another corner, cleared.
That’s 9-2 to Saints on corners.
A far from convincing performance thus far …… but we’re winning ….. for now!
That’s 9-2 to Saints on corners.
A far from convincing performance thus far …… but we’re winning ….. for now!
RAN hits the side netting but offside anyway. Good tackle by Gomes to stop Broja. He seems quite comfortable in the back three. Jose tips another header over from a corner and the nex5 is cleared well. 4 added minutes being played.
Suddenly the four minutes is over and the whistle goes as Wolves launch a good attack.
Not and entirely convincing performance but we have had to cope with some enterprising attacking from Saints. Good to see us finally get a penalty this season after all the ones given against us, and to see Raul convert it so coolly.
Half time Wolves 1 Saints 0
Suddenly the four minutes is over and the whistle goes as Wolves launch a good attack.
Not and entirely convincing performance but we have had to cope with some enterprising attacking from Saints. Good to see us finally get a penalty this season after all the ones given against us, and to see Raul convert it so coolly.
Half time Wolves 1 Saints 0
It’s HT.
The ref is getting booed off!
To be honest we are second best in this match, we have to pull our socks up if we are to successfully protect this lead, even expand it. Fits and starts for us up front without any real persistent pressure . We have got out of jail on a few very significant occasions and Soton have been able to attack and get round the back too often.
Having said that, great finish from Raul. I just could not believe it took so long to give that penalty ….. anywhere else on the pitch it would have been a foul.
We’re winning, very happy with that!!
UTW
The ref is getting booed off!
To be honest we are second best in this match, we have to pull our socks up if we are to successfully protect this lead, even expand it. Fits and starts for us up front without any real persistent pressure . We have got out of jail on a few very significant occasions and Soton have been able to attack and get round the back too often.
Having said that, great finish from Raul. I just could not believe it took so long to give that penalty ….. anywhere else on the pitch it would have been a foul.
We’re winning, very happy with that!!
UTW
Brilliant crunching tackle from Kilman on the right wing to break up an attack.
Free kick after Trincao fouled.
Moutinho, great ball, Semedo crosses, Coady converts
Offside …… and it was form the original free kick
Moutinho, great ball, Semedo crosses, Coady converts
Offside …… and it was form the original free kick
Saints are giving away quite a lot of free kicks, Coady puts on into the net but he’s offside sadly
Yellow card for Lyanco after a lunge on DP. RAN puts the free kick over, Raul hits the post and CC follows up to head our second goal. Coadyyyyyyy!!!! However Kilman was offside when he headed the ball first so ruled out by VAR
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I think we are playing better now. More play in the Soton half, imposing more.
RAN free kick, terrific ball, headed, hits the post, Coady on the rebound from from 2 yards!!!!
Excellent Wolves !!!!
PS original header from Kilman, unlucky not to score ……. Hang on VAR again, offside?? It’s given …… get iiiiiiiinnnn!!
RAN free kick, terrific ball, headed, hits the post, Coady on the rebound from from 2 yards!!!!
Excellent Wolves !!!!
PS original header from Kilman, unlucky not to score ……. Hang on VAR again, offside?? It’s given …… get iiiiiiiinnnn!!
I’m afraid that confused the hell out of me with all the foreign commentary I thought it was ruled out but seems it has been given
Wolves 2 Saints 0
Wolves 2 Saints 0
Period of possession by Saints but thankfully up to now they are a bit toothless up front. However striker Adam Armstrong has just replaced Tella
The Soton bubble seems to have burst at present. The drive they have shown seems to have ebbed away and a great deal of play is now in their half. I would never write them off, but with 16 minutes to go we look good with this 2 goal lead.
As I write, Soton create a good chance but yet again Sa swallows it up with the minimum of fuss. If we do go on to win this, Sa can take a great deal of credit …… mastered his box superbly today
As I write, Soton create a good chance but yet again Sa swallows it up with the minimum of fuss. If we do go on to win this, Sa can take a great deal of credit …… mastered his box superbly today
Fifteen minutes plus AT to play and we are managing the game much better now. Adama and Fabio preparing to join the fray.
Traore coming on now likely for Trincao I suspect.
Chance to have a few sprints!
Chance to have a few sprints!
Quote:Cheshire wolf
Fifteen minutes plus AT to play and we are managing the game much better now. Adama and Fabio preparing to join the fray.
Keeping the ball far better this half Chesh. Encouraging when protecting this lead
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Traore coming on now likely for Trincao I suspect.
Chance to have a few sprints!
Dead right as always Ivy!!
And Fabio replaces Raul, who takes his applause as he walks around the pitch to the sound of Si Si Senor
What-a-goal!
Sadly it’s Ward Prowse.
35 yarder smashed it into the back of the net to beat Sa
2-1
Sadly it’s Ward Prowse.
35 yarder smashed it into the back of the net to beat Sa
2-1
Free kick conceded by Joao in a good position for JWP 25 yds out, and he puts it straight into the top corner beyond Jose - always has that potential. We now need to keep possession for the final 5 - as minutes
Wolves 2 Saints 1
Wolves 2 Saints 1
I’ll go halves with you Chesh and say it was 30 yards!! Superb goal to throw the cat amongst the proverbial pigeons
JWP booked for a foul on Jose.
Good break forward by Fabio but brought down with what I thought was a shoulder barge! Salisu gets a yellow card. Free kick to the right of their area is too close to Forster.
Good break forward by Fabio but brought down with what I thought was a shoulder barge! Salisu gets a yellow card. Free kick to the right of their area is too close to Forster.
Silva does well and draws a foul in an advanced position, takes the pressure off a bit!!
LAcking a bit of pace is our Fabio, but as said did well there.
Free kick comes to nothing.
Getting nervous now
LAcking a bit of pace is our Fabio, but as said did well there.
Free kick comes to nothing.
Getting nervous now
Pearraud mighty unlucky to head against the corner of our goal. Then Fabio brings a save out of Forster before Adama blazes over recklessly
OMG!!!!
Soton hit the bar!!!!!
Up the other end, Fabio, good effort SAVED, to Traore who blazes over from 9 yards.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgg.
6 bloody minutes added on
Soton hit the bar!!!!!
Up the other end, Fabio, good effort SAVED, to Traore who blazes over from 9 yards.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrgg.
6 bloody minutes added on
6 added minutes to play and at last Adama gets his first goal of the season on the break up the left
Wolves 3 Saints 1
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Wolves 3 Saints 1
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Traore completely b&gers up my bet for 2-1
Lovely bit of play, uses his pace so well and a really un-Traore like cool finish, slotted into the corner
3-1!!!!!
But I am £50 the poorer
Get in!!!
Lovely bit of play, uses his pace so well and a really un-Traore like cool finish, slotted into the corner
3-1!!!!!
But I am £50 the poorer
Get in!!!
Meanwhile with 3 minutes to go,a Soton corner following another very good Sa save
And the final whistle goes and we complete the double over Saints this season. Hasenhuttl looks unhappy with Bruno on the line. Not a classic win but a hard won win. Needed our first pen of the season and a long confusing wait to see whether our second was ruled in or out by VAR. a superb strike by JWP to pull one back for Saints, then the icing on the cake was a first goal of the season well taken by Adama.
A good days work which take us back to 8th place with a + 2 goal advantage over Brighton
Wolves 3 Saints 1
A good days work which take us back to 8th place with a + 2 goal advantage over Brighton
Wolves 3 Saints 1
FT
3-1 to the mighty Wanderers!!
Great win in a entertaining and competitive match which at key moments could have gone either way. Soton the better side for me in the first half, we were the best in the second and despite looking comfortable for long periods Soton kept going and that goal from Ward-Prowse (which was quite brilliant) set the heart flutters going. They hit the bar and we got the 3rd in the space of a few moments!
Soton are clearly no mugs and caused us a great deal of problems, especially in the first half. Going back to Ward-Prowse, what a great player, wonder how much he’d be worth?
Great to see Coady score, absolutely brilliant. Some good defending again, though a bit more like Blades than, say Man Utd, City and Chelsea etc. Will give Toti some good confidence. Kilman very good.
Also good to see Raul score, hopefully one from open play soon, though the way he put away the penalty was classy.
Podence, again very positive as our most enthusiastic forward player, though my personal MOTM was Sa. Not only can he pull off fine saves, he commands the box so well, is positive and confidently comes for crosses and is such a terrific signing. When under a lot of pressure today, Sa did everything he needed to, to keep Soton at bay. Great keeper.
Very good win, would have preferred 2-1 but there you go 😂
UTW
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3-1 to the mighty Wanderers!!
Great win in a entertaining and competitive match which at key moments could have gone either way. Soton the better side for me in the first half, we were the best in the second and despite looking comfortable for long periods Soton kept going and that goal from Ward-Prowse (which was quite brilliant) set the heart flutters going. They hit the bar and we got the 3rd in the space of a few moments!
Soton are clearly no mugs and caused us a great deal of problems, especially in the first half. Going back to Ward-Prowse, what a great player, wonder how much he’d be worth?
Great to see Coady score, absolutely brilliant. Some good defending again, though a bit more like Blades than, say Man Utd, City and Chelsea etc. Will give Toti some good confidence. Kilman very good.
Also good to see Raul score, hopefully one from open play soon, though the way he put away the penalty was classy.
Podence, again very positive as our most enthusiastic forward player, though my personal MOTM was Sa. Not only can he pull off fine saves, he commands the box so well, is positive and confidently comes for crosses and is such a terrific signing. When under a lot of pressure today, Sa did everything he needed to, to keep Soton at bay. Great keeper.
Very good win, would have preferred 2-1 but there you go 😂
UTW
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Action packed and 3-1 compliments us. But we had some great performances earlier in the season that went unrewarded so it’s karma. Adama puts himself in the showcase but I think we will still have him in Feb. Maybe he will get a winner in the FACup final against West Ham (assuming they can squeeze past Kidderminster)
UTW
UTW
Was just about to lambast Traore for blazing over the bar, a terrible miss, and then he redeems himself with a good finish. Trouble is we will now have to wait 18 months for another.
Saints certainly up for it from the start and averaged a corner a minute in the first 7.
Definite penalty, don't know why it took so long to be given but I have to say I think Max was offside for our second. When is he going to get called up by England by the way? If Maguire and Mings can play surely Max can. Another great performance from him.
Everyone did their bit. Sa was excellent again ( great goal by Ward-Prowse ) and Toti did well, no problem. Coady good and Dendoncker covered well for Neves, no doubt there will be the usual morons who are dead from the neck up calling him dead donkey. Thankfully we all seem to be above that stupidity on here.
You could mention them all really but m-o-m for me was Moutinho.
Saints certainly up for it from the start and averaged a corner a minute in the first 7.
Definite penalty, don't know why it took so long to be given but I have to say I think Max was offside for our second. When is he going to get called up by England by the way? If Maguire and Mings can play surely Max can. Another great performance from him.
Everyone did their bit. Sa was excellent again ( great goal by Ward-Prowse ) and Toti did well, no problem. Coady good and Dendoncker covered well for Neves, no doubt there will be the usual morons who are dead from the neck up calling him dead donkey. Thankfully we all seem to be above that stupidity on here.
You could mention them all really but m-o-m for me was Moutinho.
If I was a Saints supporter I would feel hard done by, but I’m not.
Joking apart we were fortunate to come away with the three points today and could have been two down by half time but this squad never gives up and for effort alone deserved to get something from the game. Toti did well on his debut but as has already been said MOM was clearly Jose who kept us in the game on more than one occasion. Bargain of the season! When Traore blazed over I was cussing but he took his second chance very well so credit where it’s due. RAN just seems to get better and better with each game, what a great player he will become. And Kilman is just so assured why on earth we failed to play him much before Bruno fails me. Cundle being given some gentle introductions so he may well feature later on in the season and at last Fabio looks happy and is beginning to show us flashes of his potential. Happy days.
Joking apart we were fortunate to come away with the three points today and could have been two down by half time but this squad never gives up and for effort alone deserved to get something from the game. Toti did well on his debut but as has already been said MOM was clearly Jose who kept us in the game on more than one occasion. Bargain of the season! When Traore blazed over I was cussing but he took his second chance very well so credit where it’s due. RAN just seems to get better and better with each game, what a great player he will become. And Kilman is just so assured why on earth we failed to play him much before Bruno fails me. Cundle being given some gentle introductions so he may well feature later on in the season and at last Fabio looks happy and is beginning to show us flashes of his potential. Happy days.
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