06 Sep 2026 14:42:34
Fine margins again.

Wolves could have gone 2-0 in front. Stansfield scores from a handball. Game goes 2-2 because of a diabolical own goal. Both sides had penalty shouts. At the end of the game, against the run of play, Wolves should have scored to make it 3-2, but Armstrong fluffed his lines.

In reality, several of Wolves' players were the worst performers on the pitch. Sa, one moment aside, was terrible. So was Tchatchoua and Armstrong. Munetsi and Armstrong should have been hooked at half time.

I can understand starting Armstrong against Blues, especially with his goal scoring record against them, but he was dreadful. He cannot start another game. He offered nothing down the left hand side and in no sane world can he ever be picked ahead of Rodrigo Gomes.

1.) 06 Sep 2026
06 Sep 2026 15:33:20
Tchatchoua, apart from the 2nd half against Arsenal last season, has done nothing. He is poor defensively, and does nothing going forward. Lima is unproven, but must surely be given a chance next week and until Trippier is back.

What position does Armstrong play? He was anonymous on the right side during the 1st half, and then useless when moved into the middle.

I don't know much about Neave, who is on loan, but surely he must be given a chance up front once Jimenez comes off.

2.) 06 Sep 2026
06 Sep 2026 18:04:17
Our penalty shout was a blatant holding on, then a shove. Theirs, Andre played the ball and caught the player slightly in doing so, and the attacker went down. Their bar hit was a deflection off Tchatchoua that was going in, whereas ours was a free kick that had the keeper beaten, so despite Armstrong's horrendous miss, we were still unlucky not to win.



Yet again, though, the forum is full of all the negatives to back up a narrative that we have no chance of top 8, let alone automatic.