Brighton v Wolves Matchday Thread

[WOODLANDSWOLF]

Not to be, despite a frenetic finish from us. Got to put the early chances away or you get nowt!

[Greavseywolf]

better effort in second half..but ..
second loss in a row against lesser fancied teams ..180 minutes without scoring against such lesser fancied
teams,,,

no proven goalscorer in the side...
no one in the team to take a decent corner
neves has suddenly looked out of his depth at this level

just saying how i see it

[WOODLANDSWOLF]

better effort in second half..but ..
second loss in a row against lesser fancied teams ..180 minutes without scoring against such lesser fancied
teams,,,

no proven goalscorer in the side...
no one in the team to take a decent corner
neves has suddenly looked out of his depth at this level

just saying how i see it

I think Neves is just going thru a poor run of form myself, poor touch again today. Corners! You're not bloody kidding, didn't get a decent one until Cavaliero came on and I think we had had ten or eleven by then!

[abbobrom]

The stats from todays game interesting reading on the BBC sport site.
Possession 60%
Shots 25 Brighton 7
Shots on target 7 Brighton 1
Corners 10 Brighton 1
Fouls 8 Brighton 11
Yellow cards 0 Brighton 3
But the only one that really matters is Goals Wolves 0 Brighton 1
Brighton have now won all seven top flight games against Wolves.

[abbobrom]

It will be interesting to read Gavs match report. Having watched the game on match of the day, it would appear that we were the better side and did everything but score. However, we don't get any points for that.

[wolves71]

Out of the ten league games Wolves have played so far this season, in my opinion, only the Watford game is the one where i think we deserved to take nothing from. Yesterday's performance from the Wolves players was a much improved one from the Watford game. From a Wolves perspective it's our finishing and lack of goals that's letting us down. Chances are being created, on another day, Doherty, who in my eyes, was our man of the match, could easily have scored a couple of goals.

Wolves for me controlled a lot of the game, the contrast in styles of both sides was there for all to see. Brighton tried to play Wolves on the counter-attack and also get the ball to Murray as quickly as possible. Wolves played the passing game that we have all got used to seeing week in, week out. Brighton wouldn't have had any complaints if Wolves had gone in at the break a goal up, Doherty for me was our best attacking threat in the half and he wasn't too far away with his effort that went just wide of Ryan's near post. I'd love to know what the ref's thinking was after another Doherty effort was handed by a Brighton player. It's easy to say now after the event that i've seen them given.

After being unchanged for our first nine league games i was expecting changes for this one, Traore in for Jota was the only one. Bar a couple of runs, i don't think Traore got into the game that much. I wasn't happy with the manner that we conceded the goal, you don't leave any striker on his own in the area, and i don't think Murray will score an easier goal this season. Going forward Wolves looked better once Jota and Cavaleiro had come on. I also think Costa improved after the introduction of the two, before that, just like Traore, nothing was coming off for him.

Chances again were created, Doherty again going close at Ryan's near post, also the Bennett effort that the keeper made a one handed save. It's all if's and maybe's in football. Some of our other chances just went straight at Ryan, the free-kick from Neves headed over and also the holding on Boly in the area. Ref's need to be more vigilant. I'm not using it as an excuse at all. It only takes the one chance to score and win a game, as was with Murray's.

I'm a big fan of the way we play and also Jiminez, he works his socks off and strikers are often judged on the goals they score, but he is living off scraps. At times our crosses into the box were too predictable and gathered easily by the keeper or cleared away by either Dunk or Duffy at the back for Brighton. Our corners have to improve.

We may have lost again, but quite a few positives can be taken from this game.