Its a good question but I'd play OE on the left and start with JPM. Question is who do we have to come off the bench and play up front.

It would seem a shame to shift Edouard away from striker at the very moment he promises to come good (and apart from his 2 goals today he made a number of excellent passes which opened up Wolves). I agree with comments about Schlupp offering very little, but I also think that moving Eze away from his favoured central role would be wrong. As I write I actually don't know what the answer is given the limitations of our squad, but I do think that with both Doucoure and Lerma playing, we can afford to be a little more risk-taking across the front 4. But I don't think playing Eze (clearly our main creative force) or Edouard (perhaps coming into form) out of position is the right next step.
Delighted with the 3 points as the 1st half seemed to be perfect evidence of what most of us thought about the transfer window. 2nd half made me think that I know a lot less about football than I thought !

To my eyes, Wolves are a poor side. We made them look better than they are with a woefully bad performance in that first 45.

When we finally stepped it up in the second half, they gave us so much space to turn it was unbelievable.

For all their little passing moments, Wolves just look blunt in the final third. I think we may see them struggling to stay up. I think the win should be seen in that context.

So, delighted with the win, of course, but I'm not getting carried away at all.

As for Schluppy, I think his inclusion in the side does give us a shape. Without that, as has been said previously, we'd start having to fit square pegs into round holes. Yes, he didn't play well at all and has been off-colour for a bit but he does have the ability down that inside-left channel to come up with some positive bursts.

lol

Brave to write but I’ll at least do the honourable thing and admit I’m in the same boat and often am.

Now Zaha's got a bit of green grass ahead of him here... and finds Ambrose... not a bad effort!!!!

I cant understand the dislike for Jeff on these boards myself . He does a hell of a lot of the unseen work that coaches and managers rely on to make their sides tick. When Wolves came down our left they more often than not passed the ball backward because Schlupp was in the right place to cut out the pass , the first goal came about because he dragged two Wolves players off the left hand side into the middle giving Mitchell the acres of space he had to get a cross in .He actually had a good game without touching the ball. And as you say he does occasionally pitch in with a good forward run and the odd goal

Managers pick players they can trust , thats why Jeff gets picked every game . That may well change when the others are availiable ,but dont count on it.

Thought that was a decent performance and could have run away with it ,at 3-1 we looked more likely to score again than them . Like the first goal the second Wolves effort was really poor defending . I mentioned it last season but will repeat that one of our CB needs to be challenging for that ball , the angle that comes in at gets headed clear in any other side down to league 2. Hope they are working on it

I’m glad Edouard managed to make a mockery of the arm chair critics on here. Excellent 3 points on what must have been a roasting afternoon pitchside. 7 points from 4. Got to be happy with that.

Edited by Bexley Eagle (03 Sep 2023 10.25pm)