Ait-Nouri is a liability. He is immensely talented and tricky going forward but responsible for multiple goals conceded. The myth that he's eventually going to a CL club for 50 mil needs to stop. Due to his fitness, professionalism, and consistency, no top manager would touch him.
Some of the optimism here has to be admired. True British grit. Unfortunately the reality is things are going to get very bad. 11 goals will be conceded next 3 games minimum. And you'll think uh. Yes maybe we should have sacked Gary a bit earlier. Because now it's too late
It's clear why the team struggles second half. The defenders including the midfield destroyers overperform in the first half because the forwards do little/no defensive work. The other problem is that the forwards aren't scoring nearly enough - only one goal per game. The build-up that the defenders and midfielders do to get the ball into the final third is wasted when the forwards lose possession when they fail to score, which happens over and over again, and the defenders/midfielders come under pressure AGAIN. These players, no matter how good they are, cannot hold up to this sort of battering for 90 minutes. Because of the relentless pressure on them, injuries happen too - eg Mosquera in the last game. GON's strategy is to score a goal and sit back for the rest of the time, depending on defending. That's the perfect game for him. Then when the club inevitably concede and lose the match, GON goes in front of the camera after the game, and blames the defenders for the loss. The way he is going he's going to lose the dressing room, especially the more physical players. The other point is that GON acts like the players are beneath him; they aren't good enough for him. This comes out in post-game interviews. This attitude will also alienate him from the players. The major underlying problem is Gary's ego and vanity. He fancies himself to be an English Pep Guardiola. He even got Man City's set-piece coach and was very pleased with himself over that. So he's been trying to make the players play possession-passing football. And it's not working out. The players aren't suited for it. They are more suited for pragmatic football in Klopp's Liverpool style. The club's strength is the midfield-destroying and re-gaining possession in the midfield. Players like Gomes, Lemina and now Andre are gold in that role. That's why the goals are not coming. GON is trying to fit square pegs into round holes. And why the team keep getting counterattacked. GON also has no plan for how the ball is to be played in the final third and the goal is going to be scored. Like many poor managers, he depends on crosses and passes into the final third that are Hail Marys. But GON is stubborn and egotistical. Some of the Wolves' wins last season have gone to his head. He was given a four-year contract. This plus the fact that he thinks he's responsible for the good performance of the club in the first half of the 23-24 season makes him think he's hot property (and he was the media's darling for a while - there was talk of him being chosen as the NT manager, the Liverpool coach, asked to give a tactics presentation etc). So he's not going to abandon his approach. And it may be too late to change his strategy anyways. Already the morale of the squad is low, and a change of philosophy will make them lose confidence in his leadership even more. So the moral problem boils down to GON's overinflated ego and his self-delusion. Thomas Tuchel did a similar thing to Bayern last season. That season was a disaster for them.
Obviously the premier league is ruthless/unforgiving & your club selling the better players every transfer window isn't gonna get you where you'd like to be, that's a big problem & failing to replace the players that leave could cause you to loose far more than the sales bring in if you go down,but hopefully that won't happen & there's plenty of games left to pick up valuable points. Wolves did well in the first half,but a few changes by Emery,some good substitutions & a very stern talking too at the break apparently got the Villa boys into gear & I believe we dominated the 2nd half showing our quality & looked far more like the side that's been doing well under Unai Emery the key reason why we're flying high nowadays,what he's done at Villa is incredible & he is truly an elite manager with in game management second to none, good luck with your upcoming fixtures Wolves fans..... up the fuck'in Villa!!! 😁⚽✌️
“If the Premier League table was based on first-half results only, Wolves would be sat joint-seventh with eight points to their name instead of one.” ….. Like I said yesterday, we’re a 45min team.
Need to get back, to the 3 centre half's and the 2 wing backs.
Ait-Nouri is a liability. He is immensely talented and tricky going forward but responsible for multiple goals conceded. The myth that he's eventually going to a CL club for 50 mil needs to stop. Due to his fitness, professionalism, and consistency, no top manager would touch him.
Some of the optimism here has to be admired. True British grit.
Unfortunately the reality is things are going to get very bad. 11 goals will be conceded next 3 games minimum.
And you'll think uh. Yes maybe we should have sacked Gary a bit earlier. Because now it's too late
Love ❤️ the gone meter, I would say that's about right were he is now.
It's clear why the team struggles second half. The defenders including the midfield destroyers overperform in the first half because the forwards do little/no defensive work. The other problem is that the forwards aren't scoring nearly enough - only one goal per game. The build-up that the defenders and midfielders do to get the ball into the final third is wasted when the forwards lose possession when they fail to score, which happens over and over again, and the defenders/midfielders come under pressure AGAIN.
These players, no matter how good they are, cannot hold up to this sort of battering for 90 minutes.
Because of the relentless pressure on them, injuries happen too - eg Mosquera in the last game.
GON's strategy is to score a goal and sit back for the rest of the time, depending on defending. That's the perfect game for him.
Then when the club inevitably concede and lose the match, GON goes in front of the camera after the game, and blames the defenders for the loss.
The way he is going he's going to lose the dressing room, especially the more physical players.
The other point is that GON acts like the players are beneath him; they aren't good enough for him. This comes out in post-game interviews. This attitude will also alienate him from the players.
The major underlying problem is Gary's ego and vanity. He fancies himself to be an English Pep Guardiola. He even got Man City's set-piece coach and was very pleased with himself over that. So he's been trying to make the players play possession-passing football.
And it's not working out. The players aren't suited for it. They are more suited for pragmatic football in Klopp's Liverpool style. The club's strength is the midfield-destroying and re-gaining possession in the midfield. Players like Gomes, Lemina and now Andre are gold in that role. That's why the goals are not coming. GON is trying to fit square pegs into round holes. And why the team keep getting counterattacked.
GON also has no plan for how the ball is to be played in the final third and the goal is going to be scored. Like many poor managers, he depends on crosses and passes into the final third that are Hail Marys.
But GON is stubborn and egotistical. Some of the Wolves' wins last season have gone to his head. He was given a four-year contract. This plus the fact that he thinks he's responsible for the good performance of the club in the first half of the 23-24 season makes him think he's hot property (and he was the media's darling for a while - there was talk of him being chosen as the NT manager, the Liverpool coach, asked to give a tactics presentation etc).
So he's not going to abandon his approach. And it may be too late to change his strategy anyways. Already the morale of the squad is low, and a change of philosophy will make them lose confidence in his leadership even more.
So the moral problem boils down to GON's overinflated ego and his self-delusion. Thomas Tuchel did a similar thing to Bayern last season. That season was a disaster for them.
Obviously the premier league is ruthless/unforgiving & your club selling the better players every transfer window isn't gonna get you where you'd like to be, that's a big problem & failing to replace the players that leave could cause you to loose far more than the sales bring in if you go down,but hopefully that won't happen & there's plenty of games left to pick up valuable points. Wolves did well in the first half,but a few changes by Emery,some good substitutions & a very stern talking too at the break apparently got the Villa boys into gear & I believe we dominated the 2nd half showing our quality & looked far more like the side that's been doing well under Unai Emery the key reason why we're flying high nowadays,what he's done at Villa is incredible & he is truly an elite manager with in game management second to none, good luck with your upcoming fixtures Wolves fans..... up the fuck'in Villa!!! 😁⚽✌️
Back to a 5 at the back or he's a dead man walking.
“If the Premier League table was based on first-half results only, Wolves would be sat joint-seventh with eight points to their name instead of one.” ….. Like I said yesterday, we’re a 45min team.