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Bees 0 - 3 Wolves Match Reports & Reaction

Someone mentioned in the build up that if we lose there will be a knee jerk reaction etc, well reading the updates thread I think that has happened already.

Lots of good and bad today, the good was that we stuck to the football and tried to play our game, the bad was that HD had an absolute shocker giving at least 10 sloppy passes away, CD didn't turn up and MT was mostly anonymous second half.

Wolves are a very well organised and strong team who's game plan was to upset us with thuggery and a totally inept and biased ref was the perfect foil for them. We pretty much passed them off the pitch in the first half but we lacked penetration as we tried to walk the ball into the back of the net and we had total domination but not much in the way of opportunities. The only way to stop out total football was to draw us into a row and the ref seemed to like this idea as he penalised us every time we went with 5 yards of one of their players but we couldn't get a free kick no matter how they assaulted us.

Wolves are very dangerous on the attack and ALL their chances came from sloppy Brentford passes in the first half and it was one of these that led to the corner and the complete fluke of a goal that followed. This clearly knocked the stuffing out of us amd we were utterly flat first 15 of the second half but eventually we started to play again. Wolves did very well shutting us down at the back and we do play a dangerous game back there at times. We dominated possession again but were not able to create anything of note as we seemed to pass to edge of the area and then back again and we were caught on the break twice. To be honest 3.0 flattered them but we were way of our best today and they played a good game and stuck to the plan.

At the end of the day we are both going to win a lot of games this season and I still think we are the two that will go up, LO are not to be written off but it will be all down to how we react, if we get straight back into it without the unbeaten millstone around our neck or do we lose belief?
 

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out played us from the off, I could moan for ages but to all the ones who thought we wouldn't lose this season :rolleyes:.. ... but I am not to disappointed as we have lesser teams to play against..:rolleyes:
 

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Wolves did a very good job on us. Agree that Dean had a shocker and Clayton appears to have his mind on other things. We had no luck, the first two goals were against the run of play. We need 2 more points from our remaining 15 games than Orient get from their remaining 13 games. Wolves may well be champions, but personally I couldn't give a monkeys if we come first or second. Tough game at Carlisle next week but one we really must win to stop any self doubt creeping in.
 

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Shame to lose , move on. Subs could have happened earlier IMO.

Special mention to the officials who were fecking awful.
 

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bees66 said:
out played us from the off,
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An example of the knee jerk I mentioned above.....no they did not out play us from the off, we dominated first half possession and all their chances came from sloppy passes, don't overreact.
 

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I'm going to have to think about this 'cos I'm not sure how the **** that happened. Good side Wolves but 3-0? Not having that.
 

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I actually think this game could prove a very important learning curve for us when we make the championship.

We'll have to unlock good, well organised teams like Wolves week in week out, and at times today we looked like a naive but talented Arsenal against a clinical opposition with a solid plan and some talented, strong personnel to carry out said plan.

As for this season; we need to keep making and crucially TAKING our chances in order to get the hell out of this division.

We'll beat 95% of the rest of our games this season in the first half, playing like we did in the first half.

In the tactical battle today, it was Warbs 0 v Jackett 1.

Onto Crewe.
 

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Wanted us to send a message to the biggest team in the division. This is what we've got and its not gonna be a walk in the park for you, however once again we were poor when it mattered, teams don't get promoted in Feb but it seems as per usual the players we think are too good for this division don't turn up. Hope the team can pick themselves up, think it might be a difficult job.
 

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Thanks to the 4k extra fans you made f all difference to the atmosphere... give me 6k regulars on Tuesday night all day long ...

We got turned over today by a solid wolves team the officials were a disgrace today ..

But we didn't turn up .. Disappointed
 

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bees66 said:
out played us from the off, I could moan for ages but to all the ones who thought we wouldn't lose this season :rolleyes:.. ... but I am not to disappointed as we have lesser teams to play against..:rolleyes:
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When you say from the off, I'm assuming you turned up at 60 minutes.
 

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Thank God we won't have that ref every week. What a disgrace!
 

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mhead bee said:
Someone mentioned in the build up that if we lose there will be a knee jerk reaction etc, well reading the updates thread I think that has happened already.

Lots of good and bad today, the good was that we stuck to the football and tried to play our game, the bad was that HD had an absolute shocker giving at least 10 sloppy passes away, CD didn't turn up and MT was mostly anonymous second half.

Wolves are a very well organised and strong team who's game plan was to upset us with thuggery and a totally inept and biased ref was the perfect foil for them. We pretty much passed them off the pitch in the first half but we lacked penetration as we tried to walk the ball into the back of the net and we had total domination but not much in the way of opportunities. The only way to stop out total football was to draw us into a row and the ref seemed to like this idea as he penalised us every time we went with 5 yards of one of their players but we couldn't get a free kick no matter how they assaulted us.

Wolves are very dangerous on the attack and ALL their chances came from sloppy Brentford passes in the first half and it was one of these that led to the corner and the complete fluke of a goal that followed. This clearly knocked the stuffing out of us amd we were utterly flat first 15 of the second half but eventually we started to play again. Wolves did very well shutting us down at the back and we do play a dangerous game back there at times. We dominated possession again but were not able to create anything of note as we seemed to pass to edge of the area and then back again and we were caught on the break twice. To be honest 3.0 flattered them but we were way of our best today and they played a good game and stuck to the plan.

At the end of the day we are both going to win a lot of games this season and I still think we are the two that will go up, LO are not to be written off but it will be all down to how we react, if we get straight back into it without the unbeaten millstone around our neck or do we lose belief?
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Excellent report. It was the manner of the defeat which is so galling. Many average performances against a motivated physical and clinical Wolves team. First goal was crucial and when we didn't get an equaliser early in second half we looked bereft of ideas and a plan B. They pressed and harried and we lacked width and penetration. Caught by a sucker punch second and a well worked third which we stood and admired.
Doug and Mac battled, Forshaw tried to orchestrate, Judge occasionally burst into life and Craig had to cover for Harlee Dean who had a shocker. The rest were average at best.

Think Warbs should have shuffled the pack much earlier.

The best side won and our great run has come to a juddering stop. All still to play for however and we must dust ourselves off and win next Saturday.

Ps much abuse will rightly be directed at the inept referee but let's not kid ourselves we deserved nothing out of this match.
 
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mhead bee said:
An example of the knee jerk I mentioned above.....no they did not out play us from the off, we dominated first half possession and all their chances came from sloppy passes, don't overreact.
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If it wasn't for Craig and Douglas late tackle in the 1st half we would have been 3-0 down instead of 1-0.. the 1st goal came from the drop ball, we switched off.. as for domination what chances did we have in the 1st half too? I am not overreacting I thought Wolves were a lot better than us today.. how is that an overreacting?
 

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Feel a bit flat....rather like our performance.

Tough to take but beaten by the better side, that was as good an away performance as I've seen from a side at Griffin Park for a number of years. Strong and disciplined at the back, kept the ball well in midfield and had pace on the break to hurt us.

Do feel we didn't get the rub of the green, why oh why the FA couldn't have given us a premier league ref for such a big fixture. The ref gave us nothing, there was a handball at 0-1 that should have been a penalty. Fine margins and the timing of Wolves' first and second goals were real killers as we were going through really good spells.

Thought the first half was a nervy affair, we certainly took a while to settle and really struggled to defend on the sandy pitch. Button made a good save from Dicko and Judge hit a free kick that was well saved. Just as the half was coming to an end and they broke clear, Douglas made a brilliant interception to deny a certain goal but from the resultant attack a loopy cross cum shot curled into the top corner and caught Button out. I think it was a fluke and that he was crossing but it rather summed up our day.

Again second half when it seemed like we were getting a stranglehold on the game we couldn't make it count and were punished. Wolves closed down the space and used their power to dominate and keep the ball. Judge looked our most likely threat with a cracking long range effort that just missed the top corner. But then another killer blow, we were badly caught on the counter attack, everyone seemed to follow the ball and not the man and Jacobs rolled it past Button for 2-0. Grigg came on but it all felt too little too late. Have to say today felt for the first time that we were lacking in options from the bench. I'm sure some will say the subs should have come earlier but when I looked at the bench I didn't really see a game changer on there. Wolves continued to counter and Jacobs curled a beauty into the top corner to make it 3 which perhaps flattered them but you couldn't deny they deserved the win. Grigg forced a good save from their keeper but Wolves had got their game plan spot on.

First league defeat since October 12th so let's not be too despondent. There's no shame in losing to a good side and Wolves certainly are that, 17 million in parachute payments will always make the difference.

We were found wanting a little today, Wolves were physically too strong for us all over the park and combined with some poor decision making and a sandy pitch it just wasn't our day. As I said we lacked options from the bench and Saunders is a huge huge loss to us with both his goals and creativity. It is games like today where I question letting Farid go, we needed a plan b today but we isn't have one. It would be nice to just go more direct for those last 20 minutes just to give them something to think about. Trotta was isolated and looked short of support. I couldn't quite gauge which of the three centre mids were tasked with getting in the box, we looked short of options and ideas.

A defeat and it hurts to lose these of big games but we were never going to remain unbeaten until the end of the season so it is all about how we now react. 15 games to go and it's still in our own hands. It was always going to be close so perhaps this was a reality check to anyone thinking automatic promotion was a foregone conclusion.

Congratulations to everyone for the magnificent last 4-5 months, what a run that was. Let's put another one together that will see us promoted come May.
 

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Some good and bad. 3-0 was a bit harsh but Wolves were good so fair play to them. We are still a good side. We need to forget about this game and move on.
 

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wolves played a very different gameplan, which suited for the very poor pitch. Our plan A (no plan B ) was to play our usual short passing right to the penalty area in very slippery conditions, with loads of risky passing. They played long ball, up the middle, into acres of space, where their excellent shooting power left button helpless. So, our tactics were very second best to theirs, and best we can hope for is 2nd place. But watch out for Preston coming up on the rails
 

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I thought we were out thought & bullied by Wolves. The ref was a f***ing joke.

Next week is now massive.

:warbs:
 

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Well beaten by a superior team.

Stopped us playing in dangerous areas.

It's not that we were bad.

They did a proper job on us.
 

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They were better than us and their defence sat back and asked us to break them down which we simply couldn't do! They then had pace and quality on the break and after taking the lead invited us to attack and then hit us on the break to good effect.

Whilst we need to pick up the players we should draw a line under this and move on, losing this one game will not cost us promotion but if we let it impact on our ability to consistently beat the lesser teams it will. Bad day, move on.....
 

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Les Beeavinu said:
When you say from the off, I'm assuming you turned up at 60 minutes.
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they played better than us the whole game, what actual chances did we have compared to them in the 1st half?
 

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So, after the recent run it's back down to earth with a bump. You can't win them all and it was a case of if not when we would lose. But losing 3-0 at home is hard to take with this team.

I thought the Bees had the better of the first half – right up until the 45th minute when Wolves got what seemed to be a flukey goal, but they all count and Wolves seemed very fortunate to go in at half time one up. Pure luck. The ball seemed to take a deflection and a cross shoot looped over Button. It was a sucker punch and a terrible time to let one in.

Before that Bees showed some good touches, Judge and Bidwell played well and the back 4 looked pretty strong. Clayton wasn’t at the races, failed to find a red and white shirt with most of his passes and wasted a good opportunity with a back heel to no one when it would have been better to take it on.
Second half Brentford were well short of ideas and when they did get decent possession couldn't get past a well drilled Wolves back line. The longer the half went on the worse their passing game got. You can blame a bad ref and a terrible pitch up to a point but the last 30 minute performance was worse than that.

Wolves seemed to have worked the Bees out. The front 2 were busy trying to stop us playing the ball out from the back, but when we did they were happy to sit back and soak it up until the final third when their defence snubbed most attacks out with ease. For their second Saville was clearly fouled on the edge of their box – no foul given and Wolves duly went up the other end and scored. Typical of the ref today who had a stinker.

What worried me today though was the lack of a plan B when things were going bad. Why didn’t Warbs make some changes? Either to formation or personnel. I would have considered putting MacCormack into midfield second half and putting one of the new boys in at right back, taking Clayton off and putting Grigg on sooner. Easy from the stands I know but he didnt seem to do anything to shift things about until the 85th minute when it was too late and we were already 3 down.

The first half performance has lots of positives. We need to play like that next week and put the second half performance behind us.
 

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bees66 said:
If it wasn't for Craig and Douglas late tackle in the 1st half we would have been 3-0 down instead of 1-0.. the 1st goal came from the drop ball, we switched off.. as for domination what chances did we have in the 1st half too? I am not overreacting I thought Wolves were a lot better than us today.. how is that an overreacting?
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The dean and Douglas tackle led to the corner they scored from, how can that equate to 3.0????????????????????????
If they scored from that tackle then it would have been 1.0 and the corner they scored from would never have happened but why let the truth get in the way of an over the top reaction.
My comment was based on your comment that they outplayed us from the off.....that quite simply is just not true.

Read my post at the top of this thread and I think you will find it is a quite honest appraisal of today, we were not at our best and 2-3 were very poor, but to try to say we were outplayed from the off is just ridiculous.
 

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For me, as for others, this match would turn on who scored first. After Wolves did we were chasing the game. This left us exposed at the back. And their next two goals I thought they took well. Jackett knows how to organise teams and once behind we did not really break through their defence. Could be wrong but it was only near the end when Douglas got a one on one with their keeper who made a good save that we had a very good goal scoring opportunity.

The pitch was not in top condition that mitigated against our usual passing game. Wolves's more direct style not as effected by it.

I felt the team gave everything, and kept going to the end. Most impressive. I also admired the way the players made a point of clapping us after the match even though they were down.

Feel we need a re-think on corners as we never seemed likely to score from them.

Also I guess Warburton is talking to his team about over commitment to develop a new strategy to cope with being behind.

And looking forward ; another forward on loan would freshen the attack up.
 

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It wasn't a 3-0 was it? But the fact is that however well we kept the ball I don't think we hit more than a long range effort from Judge on target. That should tell us something. Still trying to work out how the first went in, The second was a shocker as no-one tracked the runner nor did any defender look over their shoulder and pick him up. The third-well fair dos but it was all over by then. I think we need to inject a bit more pace into our possession play and try and move it forward quicker in the last third.
It will be interesting to see how we react next week. No Trotta so assume Grigg has his chance. Dean needs to realise that Tarky is breathing down his neck.
 

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mhead bee said:
Read my post at the top of this thread and I think you will find it is a quite honest appraisal of today, we were not at our best and 2-3 were very poor, but to try to say we were outplayed from the off is just ridiculous.
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I will.. I just thought we we poor today..
 

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A frustrating afternoon and a scoreline that suggests Wolves played us off the park when the reality was very different.

That being said, I think it would be fair to say that the best team on the day won. Wolves aren't spectacular but they have an extremely well organised defensive unit and worked exceptionally hard to close the space down and made it difficult for us to play whilst using the pace of Sako and Dicko to good effect on the counter attack. It's a very effective system and for me, over the course of the two games, they've been the best side we've faced this season.

For our part, we never really got going IMO and struggled with the lack of space afforded to us by Wolves. We were uncharacteristically careless in possession and the midfield never really provided enough support to the forwards, who themselves didn't do enough to hold the ball up. Wolves pressed high up the pitch and stopped us building from the back and we were forced to go long much more often than we'd have wanted, with too many of those longer balls hurried and inaccurate. Harlee especially was particularly guilty of giving the ball away too cheaply.

Irrespective of whether Wolves' first goal was a fluke or not, it was avoidable as we failed to mark from the throw in and allowed an unchallenged ball into the box. Their second was a killer and came in the middle of our best spell of the game. A great counter attack which deflated us completely. We struggled to create anything meaningful after that and the decision to move Judge into a more central position was IMO the wrong one as it forced us down the middle, trying to be too intricate on a difficult pitch and enabling Wolves' defensive unit to break up moves time and again. I'd have been tempted to try to stretch the play by bringing on Dallas and moving Clayton (who was anonymous for much of the game) into a more central position to see if we had more joy from balls into the box.

A setback no doubt, but a record of 16 wins, 3 draws and only a single defeat in the last 20 games speaks for itself. A good response against Carlisle is required and off we go again.

On a final note, a word for the referee and his assistants - shocking, the lot of them, none more so than the man in the middle who was laughably poor. Did he play any injury time at all btw ? I certainly didn't see the board go up.
 

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bees66 said:
they played better than us the whole game, what actual chances did we have compared to them in the 1st half?
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We spent the majority of the first half on the edge of their area with them making the odd break usually as a result of a poor pass from us, we were not outplayed from the off. We were trying to score the perfect goal, AF had a shot just wide which he probably should have got on target, Judge drew a good save from a free kick, we had a run of about 6-7 corners, we created many good opportunities but tried to do flicks and tricks around the edge of the box. We didn't create enough but that does not equate to being completely outplayed for 90 mins.
 

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TuckerBee said:
Thanks to the 4k extra fans you made f all difference to the atmosphere... give me 6k regulars on Tuesday night all day long
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All-ticket matches separate the regulars too much and fill the spaces with people who are less vocal. People near me spent the whole match discussing their bathroom plumbing and joking that Brentford think they are Barcalona.
 

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I'm very surprised if anyone at half time thought we deserved to be losing to a lucky goal. To suggest we were outplayed at that point is nonsense.
 

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Beezy said:
I actually think this game could prove a very important learning curve for us when we make the championship.

We'll have to unlock good, well organised teams like Wolves week in week out, and at times today we looked like a naive but talented Arsenal against a clinical opposition with a solid plan and some talented, strong personnel to carry out said plan.

As for this season; we need to keep making and crucially TAKING our chances in order to get the hell out of this division.

We'll beat 95% of the rest of our games this season in the first half, playing like we did in the first half.

In the tactical battle today, it was Warbs 0 v Jackett 1.

Onto Crewe.
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Would agree with most of that. I thought the first 25 mins was an excellent advert for L1 football, as that was Championship standard. I think our midlfield look superb but we looked very vulnerable at the back today against a strong a quick frontline. Craig was solid but lacks pace, HD looks way short of match sharpness. I couldn't make out whether Button was at fault for the first goal or it was just a fluke... I thought our forwards fell well short today as well. CD just wasn't involved and Trotta had one of "those" days IMO.

I also think Jacket showed his experience over MW. Thier plan, though not pretty was very effective.

Im not panicking at all with this result as the run had to come to an end sooner or later, and lets face it a few thought it might be Wolves and we are still on track for auto. But it did highlight an obvious and interesting fact: that if and when we get promotion, these are the types of teams we'll face every week. An interesting lesson for us today.
 

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It was one of those games where of it had finished goalless or 1-0 to either side no-one would have complained.

So for those who say we were out played it's just not fair reflection.

In fact for fifteen to twenty minutes in second half we were miles on top.

Also those who said.that Wolves were all about thuggery need to grow a pair. They were no more physical than us and on the whole tried to play good football like us.

We will win plenty more games this season but I think something is up with Clayton.
 

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We were their equal until just before half time without really looking like scoring as no threat from set pieces.

They were strong and very well organised especially at the back. Referee was far too star struck and gave them everything but not the reason we lost.

It was going to happen and we can't always walk the ball in the net and would have been inclined to play Clayton down the middle second half as anonymous in the first.

Harlee is looking a bit leaden footed and nowhere near his best and the break and a heavy pitch didn't suit us but 3-0 is no reflection on possession or their superiority.

We'll be back, time to build another winning run.

Apologies to the regulars for losing my usual calm it won't happen again.
 
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Beezy said:
I actually think this game could prove a very important learning curve for us when we make the championship.

We'll have to unlock good, well organised teams like Wolves week in week out, and at times today we looked like a naive but talented Arsenal against a clinical opposition with a solid plan and some talented, strong personnel to carry out said plan.

As for this season; we need to keep making and crucially TAKING our chances in order to get the hell out of this division.

We'll beat 95% of the rest of our games this season in the first half, playing like we did in the first half.

In the tactical battle today, it was Warbs 0 v Jackett 1.

Onto Crewe.
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Crewe was last week- don't know about you but I'm heading for Carlisle next week.
 

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coconino said:
All-ticket matches separate the regulars too much and fill the spaces with people who are less vocal. People near me spent the whole match discussing their bathroom plumbing and joking that Brentford think they are Barcalona.
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yep I could hear people talking about the rugby ...

F.. off .. about the Rugby .... :mad1:
 

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Would've been a different game if judges shot from Bidwells short free kick came off
 

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3 0 was unfair but they were the better side today with the help of their extra men in Black of course . They were at us all game and never let really let us get into any sort of rhythm. Disappointed in the lack of chances we created and only judge really troubled there keeper. Carlisle away and two very winnable home games and back on track. Hopefully
 
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I'm still livid with the ref and wolves dugout
3-0 flatters them big time, we were/are much the better footballing side however they defended in numbers and we couldn't break them down. When we went central they bombarded the middle of the pitch especially when we had the ball 25/30 yards out. When we got the ball wide and crossed them in, they went over everyone and pretty much every corner went into the keepers hands.
Thought a sub could have come on earlier, mix it up and try something different.
Dean won most of his headers but was shocking in possession.
Clayton not at the races. Neither was Trotta IMO
Craig was brilliant at the back, played with passion and desire.
Douglas' slide that blocked their shot just before the goal was class. Their guy should have capitalised to be fair.
Forshaw and Sav were bossing it, unfortunately as I said when we came central infront of the goal we were out numbered and out muscled.
We clearly played the better football, much the better footballing side, they had a game plan and stuck to it. If they had to win the game would have been more open and no doubt we would win 99 times out if 100. But hey ho that's football. They took their chances and could/should taken one or two more.
Today hurt, at HT I was worried, mostly down to the ref for spoiling the game and couldn't quite see where our goal was going to come from.
But we have to get it out of our systems and bounce back next week, shame it's a week away!
Long way to go and strong position, if you had offered me this at the start of the season I would have bit both your arms off! Nothing was going to be decided today.

Roll on Carlisle, I wish it was being played tomorrow so we could go out there and bounce back right away.
 

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ladbroke said:
Would've been a different game if judges shot from Bidwells short free kick came off
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Every game is full of ifs buts and maybes but I do agree that the things that went against us did so with awful timing. 1st goal right on half time, second goal right when we were dominating etc etc.
 

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As others have said, no plan B and that is more worrying than the defeat. We couldn't respond when they went ahead. And two up they packed the box.
We lacked speed up front. But first half I thought we were the better team. Their organisation was excellent.
 

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They were better than us! That is all
 

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pensioner said:
wolves played a very different gameplan, which suited for the very poor pitch. Our plan A (no plan B ) was to play our usual short passing right to the penalty area in very slippery conditions, with loads of risky passing. They played long ball, up the middle, into acres of space, where their excellent shooting power left button helpless. So, our tactics were very second best to theirs, and best we can hope for is 2nd place. But watch out for Preston coming up on the rails
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Not sure about excellent shooting power..... sure they took their chances but first had a massive element of luck about it, second was a one on one (thought Button might have been out and blocked as their guy took a heavy first touch but he hesitated slightly), third was a good strike but boy we stood and admired it.
 

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Great test for us today. The way Wolves played is how at least 10 or so teams in the championship will play. Solid in defence, organised, cynical and seek to hit the right areas when attacking with ruthless efficency. If we are to go up this year, today was a learning curve as regards the type of challenge we will face on a regular basis in the league above, and we will need to be as tactical as technical to overcome them.

As we all know, we have been on an unbelievable run and we havn't become a bad side overnight as a result of one unfortunate result. We need to get this defeat out of our system and no need whatsoever to press the panic button just yet. I do not think we will either, very impressed with Warbs' calmness in his interview. Nethertheless, there are three issues of concern for me:

1) The bench. Our starting 11 is promotion quality, I'm not so sure our bench is. I can understand why Warbs didn't bring anybody on for so long, simply because there were no matchwinners on the bench. The type of subs I would have looked for today would have been Logan's pace, Diagouraga's killer pass and Farid's energy in the box. Loaning out so many players makes the squad seem a little thin on numbers.

2) Trotta and Donaldson's confidence seems to be waning simultaneously.

3) Our corners are totally ineffective

The positives greatly outweigh the negatives so no reason to be too down but we learnt a few things in defeat here today. Hopefully the experience will make us even stronger in the run in.
 

Bees 0 - 3 Wolves Match Reports & Reaction

Not much to add. Our front two didn't ask anything like enough questions of an excellent Wolves defence and we had no wide threat at all.

Strong reaction needed, starting with a win next week.
 

Bees 0 - 3 Wolves Match Reports & Reaction

bees66 said:
If it wasn't for Craig and Douglas late tackle in the 1st half we would have been 3-0 down instead of 1-0.. the 1st goal came from the drop ball, we switched off.. as for domination what chances did we have in the 1st half too? I am not overreacting I thought Wolves were a lot better than us today.. how is that an overreacting?
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Not an excuse but hat idiot ref throws the ball down in a drop ball? Am I missing something, surely it is what it says it is, a DROP ball. Ref was constant today but for being inconsistently sh*t.
 

Bees 0 - 3 Wolves Match Reports & Reaction

For all our possession we didn't manage to break them down in part due to solid defending and also didn't quite get the run of the ball on occasion.

Agree with Brentford_till_die that their dug out we're way OTT in how they were reacting and gestulating to
the home crowd but like sonofabee hope my red mist moment didn't cause too much offence to those around me.

On reflection feels like we just had a number done on us by a decent side.
 

Bees 0 - 3 Wolves Match Reports & Reaction

Half time 0-0 would have been fair and until the 71st minute we were knocking on the door for an equaliser so never a 3-0

That said, a few were off the pace today. Very little from Trotta or Donaldson and Dean was very poor. I think Tarkowski might be a better option. Controversial ! Forshaw had limited impact today and Mac seemed inhibited by a knock/hamstring tweak he got in the first half.

The bench was a worry , There was just nobody on it to bring on as an impact sub. I think we could do with a couple of reinforcement loanees ASAP. Farid might have worked today !

Pitch was a factor and is a worry but no excuses we were deservedly beaten in the end.

Not popping any pills though we will still win this league.

A bad day all round though but the run had to end sometime.
 
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