Given what's on the line I wouldn't be disappointed with;

                  Caballero
Azpi - Rudiger - Zouma - Alonso
    Kante - Jorginho - Kovacic
      Willian - Giroud - Pedro

Experience over yoof, and if we fail to qualify the yoof aren't to blame.

Edited July 23, 20205 yr by the special one

31 minutes ago, Strider6003 said:

Nice wouldn't be my preferred adjective for this match I would reserve nice for the FA Cup final.

This is really a must win or must not lose which makes it a nervy match and with a newbie Manager we are in to new territory.

Aye but to be fair given the situation we were in at the start of the season most of us did not expect to be competing for top 4. Finishing 5th would have been considered a very decent first season.

So is nice to find ourselves in a position where any result other than a loss puts us in the top 4.

 

11 minutes ago, the special one said:

Given what's on the line I'd go with experience;

                 Caballero
Azpi - Rudiger - Zouma - Alonso
    Kante - Jorginho - Kovacic
      Willian - Giroud - Pedro

Pulisic has to start,he can pull a rabbit from a hat,and we need a great start.

Don't like this 'Draw is enough mentality' We must, must go all out for a win and keep going and not sit back, if we do we all know what will happen. And please let us start with Pulisic.

52 minutes ago, the special one said:

Given what's on the line I wouldn't be disappointed with;

                  Caballero
Azpi - Rudiger - Zouma - Alonso
    Kante - Jorginho - Kovacic
      Willian - Giroud - Pedro

Experience over yoof, and if we fail to qualify the yoof aren't to blame.

I rather see Dave on the left & James on the right. Also we need Captain America on the left. Lo Siento Pedro.

Last game we needed to go with a conventional 4 at the back however against Wolves we need to play 3 at the back. We annihilated them with the 3-4-3 at Molineux & they didnt have any answer to Arsenal either when they adopted the same system against them.

However we will need to make a few changes to the lineup:

                       Willy

          Azpi- Zouma- Rudi

James                                 Alonso

            Kova- Kante/Mount (Depending on Kante's fitness)            

Willian                                 Pulisic

                    Giroud

Stick with the 3 at the back I think, but please, just play Pulisic over Mount this time... 

Also, it might be best to play CHO over Willian. 

In order to get a draw we need to score 2-3 goals just to be safe lol

I don't really care who plays, the result is the most important but if somehow we shoot ourselves in the foot by our own gameplan there will be only 1 person to blame.

Willy + 10 others please. 

Sad fact is this team is not equipped to play for a grind out draw.  It's built to outscore....and only going for the win brings results with these squads.

Let's hope the lads have their finishing boots on.

TBH I don't think Wolves will have any advantage due to a longer break. We played Arsenal having had over a weeks break and got well gubbed. We've quite settled into the Thursday-Sunday routine so for me I'd wish we played Wednesday or Thursday.

We had a slow start to the season and Willy Boly was missing for the hiding you handed out to us at Molineux in September. We are very solid at the back and despite the plaudits over Jimenez and Traore I see our defence as our main strength.

Chelsea are potent going forward but like Man City, Man Utd and indeed Liverpool are suspect at the back, however I don't expect Nuno to go gung-ho on Sunday. I'd like to see a front three of Jota-Jimenez-Podence (watch out for him, likened to the new Hazard - yeah I know!) and bring Traore on around the 60th minute.

We need to match or better Spurs result to guarantee EL in 6th. Well Spurs are going to thrash Palace which means we need a win. I'm not sure. However if we fail please promise to beat Arse in the FA Cup Final to guarantee us a EL qualifying place in 7th.

Looking forward to the match - should be great!

4 minutes ago, NaughtyNuno said:

TBH I don't think Wolves will have any advantage due to a longer break. We played Arsenal having had over a weeks break and got well gubbed. We've quite settled into the Thursday-Sunday routine so for me I'd wish we played Wednesday or Thursday.

We had a slow start to the season and Willy Boly was missing for the hiding you handed out to us at Molineux in September. We are very solid at the back and despite the plaudits over Jimenez and Traore I see our defence as our main strength.

Chelsea are potent going forward but like Man City, Man Utd and indeed Liverpool are suspect at the back, however I don't expect Nuno to go gung-ho on Sunday. I'd like to see a front three of Jota-Jimenez-Podence (watch out for him, likened to the new Hazard - yeah I know!) and bring Traore on around the 60th minute.

We need to match or better Spurs result to guarantee EL in 6th. Well Spurs are going to thrash Palace which means we need a win. I'm not sure. However if we fail please promise to beat Arse in the FA Cup Final to guarantee us a EL qualifying place in 7th.

Looking forward to the match - should be great!

Lets hope for a Spurs loss so you guys can get the 6th slot, hoping they are 3-0 down at HT so Nuno decides to give Traore the day off

I shudder at the thought of Adama against a leggy Alonso

4 hours ago, The Don Antonio said:

     The problem with your point  is that the 2 players behind the striker are not wingers but auxiliary number 10's who are meant to press the opposition defence and also protect our 2 midfielders (Jorginho and Kovacic) and i have no faith in CHO doing either.  The wing backs of wolves will be matched with our own wing backs  and the width from the formation comes from the wingbacks. CHO can be an impact sub along with abraham if our starters get tired

Press against a counter attacking team who are happy for us to pass it ahead of their defence, & hit us on the break?

How does this work when one of the front 3 is Mount whose stats against Liverpool was;
 

- 0 Assists

- 0 chances created

- 0 key passes

- 0 duels won

- 0 shots on target

- 1 big chance missed
 

Wolves have the 4th best defence in the league; and would have had the best defence if Boly hadn’t missed 3mths with an injury. If Santo decides to start Podence & Traore on the wings against our back 3, it will be a long frustrating game if Willian & Mount are our outlets on the wing.

 

 

4 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Aye but to be fair given the situation we were in at the start of the season most of us did not expect to be competing for top 4. Finishing 5th would have been considered a very decent first season.

So is nice to find ourselves in a position where any result other than a loss puts us in the top 4.

 

I thought we would get 4th before the season started and still do though feel we could slip up if we are not careful. 

Yet understand from your perspective now why you see this differently.

1 hour ago, ducavis said:

Press against a counter attacking team who are happy for us to pass it ahead of their defence, & hit us on the break?

How does this work when one of the front 3 is Mount whose stats against Liverpool was;
 

- 0 Assists

- 0 chances created

- 0 key passes

- 0 duels won

- 0 shots on target

- 1 big chance missed
 

Wolves have the 4th best defence in the league; and would have had the best defence if Boly hadn’t missed 3mths with an injury. If Santo decides to start Podence & Traore on the wings against our back 3, it will be a long frustrating game if Willian & Mount are our outlets on the wing.

 

 

That was one of his worst performances, he probably won't play like that twice in a row...

4 hours ago, the special one said:

Given what's on the line I wouldn't be disappointed with;

                  Caballero
Azpi - Rudiger - Zouma - Alonso
    Kante - Jorginho - Kovacic
      Willian - Giroud - Pedro

Experience over yoof, and if we fail to qualify the yoof aren't to blame.

Lol - you want to lose? Pulisic for Pedro. Mount for Jorginho

2 hours ago, Slojo said:

Stick with the 3 at the back I think, but please, just play Pulisic over Mount this time... 

Also, it might be best to play CHO over Willian. 

Why does it have to be mount or pulisic? Play Mount over Jorginho. It's clear as day! 

I will say this now. Come what may I hope Leicester beat United. They have been top 4 all season basically and been bang unlucky with key injuries. I hope they beat United, they deserve it.

Then is down to us to earn our spot, not be handed it.

45 minutes ago, ChitownBlue said:

Why does it have to be mount or pulisic? Play Mount over Jorginho. It's clear as day! 

Wolves break with real pace which is something Jorginhio struggles to cope with.

We've seen us struggle to break teams down who sit back and put a lot of men behind the ball, so i'm glad that Wolves need the points and can't just sit back and grind out a result.

Edited July 23, 20205 yr by Dixon

54 minutes ago, Dixon said:

Wolves break with real pace which is something Jorginhio struggles to cope with.

We've seen us struggle to break teams down who sit back and put a lot of men behind the ball, so i'm glad that Wolves need the points and can't just sit back and grind out a result.

Too right - has happened time and again.

You only need to look at that 5th dippers goal last night  - Jorginho absolutely taken to the cleaners and we can't afford such weakness against Wolves.

That said, we will still have the defence and keeper to fret about!!

You'll beat Wolves and we'll lose at Leicester. I can see it in the tea leaves. Tell you what, the way things are going, they'll have carted me off to the knacker's yard long before we get a sniff at the league title again. Vardy will torment our defence and unless McTominay and Fred start as a double pivot, it does not bode well.

4 hours ago, ducavis said:

Press against a counter attacking team who are happy for us to pass it ahead of their defence, & hit us on the break?

How does this work when one of the front 3 is Mount whose stats against Liverpool was;
 

- 0 Assists

- 0 chances created

- 0 key passes

- 0 duels won

- 0 shots on target

- 1 big chance missed
 

Wolves have the 4th best defence in the league; and would have had the best defence if Boly hadn’t missed 3mths with an injury. If Santo decides to start Podence & Traore on the wings against our back 3, it will be a long frustrating game if Willian & Mount are our outlets on the wing.

 

 

     That was a terrible performance from Mount and i am sure Willian also had bad numbers due to the fatigue accumulated of all the games in this congested season without breaks. Remember We have playing 2 games a week since the resumption due to our participation in the Fa cup. It hasnt helped that our 2 fa cup fixtures were against Man u and leiciester and hence lamps hasnt really had a chance to rest players.  I already said that lampard f**ked up by not rotating against liverpool because the reason Abraham and CHO changed the game against liverpool isnt because they are better than Giroud and Willian but they were fresher having not started against Man u.

      I have faith in MASON and i doubt he will have back to back stinkers.  The million dollar question is which of Mount and Willian will be on the bench because Captain America has to start on sunday

I could go with 

 

gk

reece Dave Zouma, Rudigier alonso

jorginho kova

cho Abraham pulisic

or

gk

reece zouma Rudigier dave

kova Jorginho mount

cho Abraham pulisic

i think cho showed enough to start  I think Willian is tired and even alonso looked tired  I worry Kovacic doesn’t have 3 big games in a week in him, he’s rarely a 90 minute player  

 

the betting odds make us favourites and a goal is priceless but not conceding an early goal and playing with self belief is key  this game will be won in our heads or not at all    

 

 

10 hours ago, Deino said:

Because of the stupid way we approach the last game,  everything hinges on this game. 

Anything short of a win will send us to the Europa League

Last game was not the worst approach. Double by West Ham, loss and draw to Bournemouth, list goes on.

3 hours ago, Stretford Ender said:

You'll beat Wolves and we'll lose at Leicester. I can see it in the tea leaves. Tell you what, the way things are going, they'll have carted me off to the knacker's yard long before we get a sniff at the league title again. Vardy will torment our defence and unless McTominay and Fred start as a double pivot, it does not bode well.

Nice reverse jinxing there mate. Come on though. They are missing their creator and 3 of their back 4. Against Martial, Greenwood and the ever deadly Rashford it will be a long one. 

Plus you know in such an important game Harry will score against his old side.

I mean I hope you are right of course, means we get top 4. Wolves are far better placed to give us a harder time than Leicester are with you.