Wolverhampton Wanderers 4-0 Watford Fc - 10/03/2022

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7th April 2019. The pinnacle of the Pozzo era. We had just won an all time classic against Thursday's opponents and were off to only our second ever FA Cup final and simultaneously gunning for 7th place plus a European tour. It feels like a waste of a preview to rehash everything that's gone wrong since as that's been done to death elsewhere but what an amazing collapse in just three years.

That game is just one part of an eventful recent history with Jorge Mendes' Wolves. Our first Pozzo promotion season saw a bad tempered but exciting game at Molineux that finished 2-2, goals from peak Vydra-Deeney along with red cards for Tommie Hoban and Bakary Sako for a brutal fingernail assault on Fernando Forestieri. What a kit that black and white number was...

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Wolves languished in the Championship for another couple of seasons until they romped to promotion with a host of Portuguese talent funneled their way by Mendes. Of course, this was praised by all and sundry as an innovative model, returning a sleeping giant to their rightful place. Clearly it's much more acceptable to have a super agent who doesn't even have an official role in the club send players and a manager their way than it was to have owners that (at that time at least) smartly used a multi club model...

We met newly promoted Wolves early the following season and put them firmly in their place in a 59 second blast of quality. First, a classic Capoue daisy cutter and then in short order we were slicing through them again as Success (yes, really!), Doucoure, Capoue and Deulofeu combined to put Pereyra in for one of the most aesthetically pleasing goals ever scored. Watch it again here from every angle (TRIGGER WARNING: Do not watch if you are prone to "we're aiming to be the best of the rest" nostalgia):

As an aside, why was the ref such a jobsworth blowing his whistle so furiously about a second into the celebration? He actually shocked Doucoure into thinking it had been disallowed!​

Anyway onto this weekend's latest must win game. Have to be honest, their season had completely passed me by and had no idea how they were doing but they're up in 8th, albeit three successive defeats have probably put paid to their hopes of another European tour. The boring but effective Nuno Espiritu Santo has been replaced by Bruno Lage who seems to be doing a good job despite looking like a Portuguese Rodney Trotter.

Desta vez no próximo ano ele vai ser um milionário...
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Anyway, they're obviously a lot better than us but at least we're not at home to add to our eight consecutive defeats. They took the points pretty comfortably at the Vic earlier this season due to our standard keystone cops defending. They hadn't actually scored this season until that game but luckily for them their analysts had worked out that big Danny Bachmann loves to hide behind his goal line for crosses so they scored twice from inside the six yard box as he was flailing about in the back of the net.

We'll rightfully be odds on to lose but I saw enough in Samuel Kalu's six minute cameo to convince me that he is going to come in from the cold and fire us to safety with his cheeky smile. The Great Escape starts here! COYH!

P.S. I hate 7.30 kick offs, it's just not an acceptable time for a football game.

 

Do we really have to play again?

 

Can someone put some punctuation in the tread title? I thought it was some weird pre-war nostalgia thread.

 

Two defeats in four days if we are lucky!

 

Trigger surely?

 

These games are really getting tedious now.

 

Will we win? Use this handy guide to find out!

Is Sarr playing? If no, go to 1. If yes, go to 2.

1. No.

2. No.

 

Got to win either this one or Southampton. Tough order but we need to close the gap to the others before Liverpool away. Think this game is the better chance given their recent form.

 

And for god sake drop Cleverley

 

Yes, time to get Kucka back. ......

 

4pts from the 2 games to put us remotely back in the mix I think. Tough ask.

 

it really is like choosing between going to the in laws or doing the tip run (less PC comparisons are available)

 

I was in the queue for Jurassic World River Ride at Orlando World of Adventures when Deeney scored that semi-final penalty. Happy days.

2-0.

 

Etebo would be the right answer, so won't be him !

 

Playing both is like doing the tip run on the way to the in laws.

 

Oh god, is this tomorrow? I thought it was a typo. Another evening ruined.

 

Could be worse. Could have been tonight.
At least we can keep reading VoR's messages of positivity for another 24 hrs. 4 or 5 wins in the next 6 games would really put us back in contention.

 

I must admit my heart sank when I realised this.
I think I'll email Pozzo again.
Or gnaw my own arm off.

 

Usually I’d say we’d win this and Roy will find a way!!

But the negative NELLIES on here will force Cleverly to pass it continuously to the opposition.

2-0 to Wolves. And SHAME ON YOU

 

Fozzy

Kiko
Catheter
Sammy
Kams

Moose
Loser
Clevs

Cucho
Manny
JP

Bachs, Mass, Kaba, Franny, Kuck, Pete, Eddie, GOAT, Sammy Kals.

Wolves 2 - 0 Watford

'Orns!

 

Looks like there will be a lot of dribbling tomorrow night. Mainly in the stands and on here.

 

We were also on a ride that day, the wacky ride at Wembley!

 

I just went on footballontv.com to see what games were on tonight and saw Leeds Vs villa on Amazon tomorrow so thought I'd watch that. Wondering if it was part of this FPL gameweek I checked the app and low and behold there are 4 games, one of which is us!! I had no idea!!!

 

Remember that dour 0-0 draw earlier in the season at home vs this lot?

Me neither. It was all but a dour 0-0 draw as no one was going to score in that drab game until we absolutely gifted them 2 goals. Enjoyed that drive home!

 

Wolves have lost the last 3.

We always gift teams that haven't won/scored for 3+ games a new lease of life and we lose.

Wolves 3 - 1 Watford

 

We really need a win here otherwise the bedwetters are going to drown in their own urine.

Wolves 4-0 Watford

 

This has another plucky 1-0 defeat written all over it.

 

Wolves forum convinced we'll win.

 

Our stat is so high because Dennis won't pass to anyone - like the kid at school who thinks he's the best.

 

We were halfway down the concourse on Wembley Way. Absolute scenes down there with all the other early leavers