Wolves 2-0 Saints - Match Thread

[david in sweden]

8 hours ago, Whitey Grandad said:

It’s a sad day when we start blaming the refereeing for all our problems.

And those two fouls had no bearing on Wolves’ second goal. For both their goals a player was allowed to run right through our half of the pitch without being challenged.

Of course  (Whitey) we are lacking consistency over 90 minutes (or even 99 mins) and that is because this time around " Russball " isn't                working, and clearly RM doesn't have a coherent alternative Plan B.  whilst we regularly clock up over 60% possession, most of those stats.                  are often in our own half,  and at a time  when we have never had so many available strikers, we are toothless when play enters the final third.

 

My comment about VAR highlights the fact that - in certain games - "we wuz robbed " by VAR, or in certain cases simply ignored by it. 

The two penalty incidents in the Leicester game were prime examples.   One not given ( Onuachu) ..and Fraser's shirt tug on Vardy - which was. 

Fans, media critics and match officials clearly don't abide by the same criteria in judging " incidents ".  I watched Saturday's game on TV here and noted  two " fouls " that were ignored by the referee prior to the pass that led to Wolves second goal, whilst Manning's goal was disallowed for a coming together of two players who were not involved in the play.  Wolves second  goal could easily have been disallowed because the earlier          fouls before the goal was scored, and  the fact that it looked such a good effort seemed to convince everyone it looked like a " great goal ".                   On the basis of this- almost every other goal could  be "cancelled out "  as pushing and shoving and shirt-tugging occurs all the time (especially           in goalmouth situations) and often goes unpunished.

 

Clearly we are not upto the required standard for a Prem. side, and it is little consolation that neither Leicester or Ipswich are performing much better, but sum total of these incidents is having a psychological effect on a team suffering from all manner of ongoing problems; recurring injuries, stupid defensive errors and a monumental goal drought.   

Just now, looking at the fixture list upto the New Year. There seems no light at the end of this tunnel.

This is Martin's responsibility, and passing the shi**y end of the stick onto someone else just now ...won't solve the problem any sooner either.  

 

 

 

 

Edited November 11 by david in sweden