The Keen & Judah Show: Is Jørgen Strand Larsen better than Erling Haaland? We think so!

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Liam Keen and Nathan Judah discuss the good and the bad following the 4-2 home defeat to Bournemouth at Molineux.  #sport #football #thekeenandjudahshow #thewolvespoddy #wolves #wolverhamptonwanderers #liamkeen #nathanjudah #markwilson

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00:00We are back, baby. It is the Keane and Judah show. Before the break, we had an exciting

00:12and thrilling and happy episode of three players who are on the way ado. And that was Jose

00:18Sarr, Mario Lamina and Totti Gomez. So let's start the second half with a little bit of

00:22positivity and that is Jorgen Stran Larsen. As they say, it doesn't take a genius to figure

00:28out who was the man. On the brace, his first brace in Premier League football, well-deserved.

00:35I thought it was his best game, not just because he scored two, but I thought he put himself

00:38about. It wasn't really on the ball, but off the ball as well. He started to become that

00:43menace that we thought he would. He showed his height, showed his strength, took his

00:47goals very, very well. Albeit, I thought the second one, maybe he took a touch too many,

00:50but still converted it. And, you know, hopefully this is an important part going forward where

00:57you are taking the load off of Mateus Cunha slightly. And Jorgen Stran Larsen, who sneakily

01:05scored quite a few goals this season. And if he can have a good second half to the season,

01:09I think so. We're only a third of the way through, I guess, but he can score another

01:12eight, nine, 10 goals, which is now on the end of the season. That could be invaluable

01:15for this team.

01:16Absolutely. Yeah. I think he was a handful all afternoon, wasn't he? He looked a threat

01:21every time he got near the ball. And there was a few opportunities in that first half

01:23where he did pick the ball up in the box to really close, tidy feats, looked after

01:29the ball well, and exactly what you've said, off the ball, I thought was really impressive.

01:37He just gave those defenders something to think about. And as the Wolves did work through

01:43the thirds and create a couple of chances, I thought he was a proper handful. And not

01:48just as someone who was taking up good positions, but someone who was battling physically with

01:52them as well. So it was really good sign. I mean, the first goal was, was, was excellent

01:56for a couple of reasons. It's, it's a great cross from Bellingard. First of all, unfortunately,

02:00the only thing he did all afternoon, but it's a fantastic cross and Larson peels off Zabani

02:08really nicely. First of all, the header's excellent. But what I like more about that

02:14is that it is a headed goal. Now that seems very simple to say, but Wolves do need, I

02:19think, a lot more threat in that department, probably across the board. It's not just

02:22Larson's responsibility. I think defensively, they need to have more threat from set pieces,

02:29but he's six foot four, Larson. He's a big lad and you have to take advantage of what

02:34he offers. And to have peeled off, got to, I mean, the cross obviously is fantastic,

02:38but to peel off and get that header and score in the way he did, I think was excellent.

02:42The second goal, I do agree with you. I thought he'd taken a touch too many and he, fortunately,

02:47he still managed to finish it and finished it pretty comfortably, actually. And one

02:51thing I've noticed with Larson in the goals he has scored, when you've got him into those

02:57positions, when he's bearing down on goal, at no point, is there any part of me that

03:03isn't confident he's going to score. And I think that's a really good sign for a striker.

03:08Now I think Wolves haven't got him in that position, maybe as much as they should have

03:12done at certain times in certain games, but when they have done, there's been other games

03:17that he's scored in where he's been set at 1v1 with a goalkeeper or bearing down on goal

03:21with a couple of defenders there. And he's always, when he's been given those big opportunities,

03:30finished them and finished them pretty comfortably. So I think that's a fantastic sign for a striker

03:35coming to the league for the first time, signing in difficult circumstances and getting himself

03:41some goals. I was really pleased for Larson because he has had a few iffy games as well.

03:45So it was hopefully a big opportunity for him, a big moment for him, to build a bit

03:51more confidence and go on to some very, very important fixtures to come up.

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