Alone in the Park - it's the Prem 2020-21 thread

just saw the lineup. is Traore off the bench now a permanent strategy?

Looks that way at the moment, haven't seen a lineup yet but I've come to the pub for this. Tbh I understand what he's trying to do with that front 3, Podence and Neto are both better technical players

In any case there's a lot to be said for bringing on an express train late on to run at tired fullbacks.

Yeah, my concern with that is how happy Traore is to play that role all season but he's still negotiating a new contract as far as I know so he can't be that arsey about it

that was mostly my thought process. I know interest in him is high.

super-subs are a valuable tool though when you have them.

I don't think interest in Adama is anything like high enough to meet the prices that were being bandied about last season tbh. Joyful to watch him in full effect but he'll always carry a bunch of question marks over him

Ait-Nouri starting is exciting

Should I lose Saiss from my fantasy team now then?

He doesn't look an automatic starter as long as Kilman and one of the alternative LWBs are playing well

helluva start from Ait-Nouri

beautiful GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL

team lookin gso much better with chance creation and getting the ball into dangerous areas

Ait-Nouri been all over the pitch

damn Semedo almost with the second

That was bosh, nipped out for a cig, nobody score

Donk with the Doink

This is more like it

i'm watching this while on a webcam at work and i accidentally reacted to the goal on camera. oops. nobody knew why i was excited

Lovely cool finish

PODENCE...holy fuck this is great

maaan, have missed this Wolves

Ohmygod var's give us something. Palace probably gently robbed there tbh

I've not really been able to make sense of Wolves this season* but this is great.

*Some unusual transfer stuff; Nuno not always at his most decisive.

fuckin missed the last 10 minutes because my partner was supposed to lead something ands aid I'LL PASS IT TO YOU, ROB, COS I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE VIDEO IS.

what the fuck. at least i didn't miss any goals.

work over, get to watch uninterrupted now.

this is how Wolves looked through probably the middle of last year, with one touch passing, anticipating movements, good crosses into the box. woohoo.

xp

We bossed Sheff U first game and have looked sub par since. I know what you mean about Nuno looking uncertain and I've been hoping that's because he's trying to change the tactics up a bit. Much better so far tonight but I hope we don't try and suck up pressure all 2nd half

I like Ait-Nouri's swagger

well until he mauled that guy in the box

aight let's not play like the score is 6-0 now

Feels like a big season for Wolves and - I don't want to separate him from the club and the work he's doing there - Nuno in particular. So clearly a class act and it'd be great to see him build something. Kind of amazed his name doesn't come up more often though.

I think there's a suspicion that he's very one-note as a tactician, might end up to be true yet. Of course I love him, even putting the results aside he's v loveable

c'mon Traore time, I want 2 more goals

service into the box has been much better today

xp Dude was a keeper - he can be forgiven for being a bit, ah, singular.

Shit, I just checked: I'm the same age as Nuno. Which is to say, I hope there's still time for him to develop.

actually I think i'd be more happy with a clean sheet xxposts

nice counter there, sad Traore banged it right at him

that's gotta be at least a yellow

looking at 5+ minutes of stoppage

straight red

lol wow just 4 minutes? feel like that VAR + injury took 5 alone

SILVA SIGHTING!!!

First look at the red I didn't think it was that bad but every slo mo made it look worse, I dunno

Anyway, progress

kinda funny that they've definitely been off other than today's match and the opener, but are sitting on 13 points, whereas at the same point last year, they'd just acquired their first win, and were sitting on 7 points.

after which came the infamous 2-0 upset at Man City.

congratulations to the wolves lads here on the wolves thread.

Traoré has been mince for my fantasy team, think I better get rid soon.

Spurs thread surely?

they've also got the Chipper Villans™ and the transatlantic Wolves posse challenging them for thread domination these days

losing darraghmac has probably cost them at least a 47% loss in thread possession

am awkwardly avoiding the lower league proles thread after poor Naby had his first nightmare for Huddersfield the other day

ah no biggie - shit happens etc, the consensus still is generally a back line with him, Pipa on the right and Toffolo on the left is a work in progress and bodes good for the future

best guess is Traore or Saiss aren't gonna be regular starters bar injuries, and i love both of them but just observation

this is almost catatonically shit, as it always was going to be

playing both McTominay and Fred is rank awful cowardice

i don't care how many streaks they go on Ole will always be a shit manager