We can’t win every game.
However, we can give ourselves the best chance of winning every game by selecting our strongest available team on the day.
We didn’t do this yesterday and many of us were calling this out as soon as we saw the lineup.
We’re not in Europe or the FA Cup and we are not mathematically safe so there is no need to rotate .
Experiment once we are safe if that is the desire, but not at this stage.
The selection of Richards at right back, a second string midfield and Eze on the left of a front 3 (when he has been excelling in midfield) made us a weaker team and had the effect of slowing the momentum built up in the previous four games.
We looked appreciably better and more balanced in the second half with Ward restored at right back and with Eze and Schlupp in midfield.
None of the above is suggesting Roy is a bad manager or has not done a good job on his return, but it is querying the need to make unnecessary changes for an important game when our avowed intention is to look up the table rather than over our shoulder.

Agreed. Roy picked a weakened side, to anyone thinking otherwise would the side he picked be the starting 11 for the remainder of the season? With the early goal his calculated plan (hold it for 0-0: we saw enough of it during his last stint to know that this is his preference) went bust. It took him a while to make the changes to restore the balance and when he did we looked a better side. Not enough to get a goal though, as their keeper had things covered.

Edited by southnorwoodhill (26 Apr 2023 6.09am)

Even with the change of personel there is no way we should be losing that game .
Wolves couldn't believe their luck in being gifted the opener and set their game up from that point onward to not concede . We obliged in not threatening the goal with any real intent bar a couple of efforts fro Eze.
Conceding early really did for us ,with their noses in front Wolves could sit back and well , that was that .

The Johnston error was IMO because we were chasing the game moving into added time ,I think he just boots that clear if we didn't need to retain possesion . I hope nobody was too hard on him ,he looked destroyed .

One we just have to take on the chin , we were not good enough in creating anything worthwhile and as mention a trillion times over the past few years ...We still need a Striker.

Like others - when I saw the team I was somewhat baffled.
Richards for Ward was fine but Luka and Lokonga was an odd one and with Jmac on the bench as well.
No out and out centre forward - Mateta could have played?
Ayew and Eze out of position - square pegs and all that.
To me there was no need to mix things up so much and it backfired.
Two individual errors of course but nonetheless, when you mix so much up you will rarely get the desired result.
West Ham will be a tough one on Saturday and so whilst we are likely safe we will have to wait until Bournemouth or Forest at home to be truly happy.

It was a decent display, Roy said before the game that he wanted to assess some players, which makes it almost certain he will be manager at the start of next season, which i am not unhappy about, the main problem is as always, no decent striker, we have to try and get rid of both and replace, money will be available, as long as we dont give Wilf a ridiculous contract, i dont think Roy will play some of the players he did last night in the same positions again.

“That’s a joke son, I say, that’s a joke.” “Nice boy, but he’s sharp as a throw pillow.” “He’s so dumb he thinks a Mexican border pays rent” “ “Son… I say, son, some people are so narrow minded they can look through a keyhole with both eyes.”__ Forhorn Leghorn

He has to play one first!
I think Edouarde needs to be gone but I still feel that Mateta has it in him if given a chance.