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Bristol City 1 Wolves 2 - Liam Keen and Nathan Judah analysis
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11/01/2025
Bristol City 1 Wolves 2 - Liam Keen and Nathan Judah analysis
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Hello I'm Nathan Judo, I'm here with the Wolves Reporter, it is Mr. Liam Keane, Liam, FA Cup,
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2, Bristol City 1, book your hotels for Wembley baby, we're going.
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Look, surprisingly strong side, named by Vito Pereira and I think they were value for the
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win in the end, although it should have been a bit more comfortable.
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Yeah definitely, they deserved to win the game, and they did, but they didn't take their
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chances, they weren't clinical enough in that first half after a very good start, and then
00:36
once you allow Bristol a way back into the game it becomes a little bit concerning, so
00:40
they started brilliantly, you described it on Twitter as men against boys, that was very
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fair, Bristol, no disrespect, they couldn't defend, they couldn't handle the pace at all.
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The goal between Premier League and Championship was clear, it was on show, Wolves scored two
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very nice goals, 8-0 and Rodrigo Gomez, both wing-backs get on the score sheet, they could
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have had more in that first half, before and after the goals, didn't add to it, and then
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it became a bit of a lull in that first half, Wolves were very comfortable, just sat back,
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very nonchalantly passing the ball around, Hwang gives a silly free kick away, and they
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score from the free kick, and then you go into half-time with it less comfortable and
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secure as it should have been. Wolves should have gone on and got three, four, five goals
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in that game, they didn't, and that's the first concern, the second concern is obviously
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the goal itself, the way they get the free kick away, the manner and the timing of it,
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and then the second half was sort of a non-event in a weird way, neither side really got into
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it for 35 minutes or so, Wolves had a couple of chances, Hwang missed a couple of very
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good chances, but Wolves never really looked likely to score, and then as you'd expect
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at home with it being one goal difference, Bristol started to up it, started to get chances,
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came very close of course hitting the crossbar to scoring, but Wolves got themselves through,
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they managed the five minutes of extra time very well I thought as well, it was unconvincing
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at the end, but a win nonetheless.
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Yeah, look, new debut, Emmanuel Agbadoo, how do you think he fared today?
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Yeah, not outstanding but definitely not bad, consistent, dealt with a lot of the threat
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relatively well, thought he was a little shaky in possession a couple of times, a couple
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of cross-field passes, a couple of shanked clearances on a couple of occasions that weren't
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quite up to scratch, but overall pretty straightforward and easy for him, comfortable enough, and
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he'll have a much bigger test to come, West Ham, sorry, West Ham, Newcastle on Wednesday
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was what I was thinking of, is a much greater task and of course the five minutes will be
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very difficult.
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Strong side, named by Vito Pereira, surprisingly strong to be honest today, but in terms of
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Emmanuel Agbadoo and his development, good that he was alongside two senior players in
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Matt Doherty and Santiago Bueno, albeit on the left-hand side, we might not see him
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on the left-hand side too many times, but that will help him if he was with two youngsters
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and they might be different, because we're expecting potentially those three to be the
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back three for Newcastle, Vito Pereira was saying he's not expecting Nelson Samedo or
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Craig Dawson to be back in time for the game, or Totti Gomez, so it will be good for him
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to get used to these players and hopefully develop a bit of a relationship.
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Yeah, definitely, it seemed pretty obvious to me that he shouldn't play today, of course
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there'll be people concerned about injuries and just general fitness and him being prepared
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and ready for this game, but he'd been playing in France, he came in, trained Thursday, trained
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Friday, was ready for the game, and I thought it was a smart thing to play him.
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Maybe slightly surprised he got through the whole game actually, I thought he might have
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come off slightly earlier.
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It wasn't a high-stress game though, was it?
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No it wasn't, and you needed the minutes to get used to English football, because it is
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different to French football, even playing a championship side it's very different,
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so he needed that opportunity, and I thought alongside the other two, it was a relatively
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solid back three to be honest, of course the wing-backs added the spark and the creativity,
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but those three I thought did relatively well.
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Yeah, and I thought the guys in the midfield, Andre and Joe Gomez, I thought they were very
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good today.
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Jongestran Larsson, still a bit off it, I thought, and Hwang Hee-chan, difficult day
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for him.
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Yeah, we've been big champions of Hwang, and I think rightly so and fairly so, but when
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you're given an opportunity, you have chances in a game and you don't take them, and don't
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take them in the manner in which he did, that's concerning, and you have to criticise him
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because he was poor today, he really was.
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There was two or three chances in that second half that he could have done a lot better
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with, and the first one was one that really concerned me.
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Joe Gomez lays it back to him, ten yards out, it comes very nicely and comfortably across
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his body, and you think it's a standard Hwang Hee-chan, bottom corner, drill it, get your
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knee over the ball, and as he approached the ball, he didn't look like he was struggling
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for confidence, and he shanked it far and high and wide, and it was not even close.
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So when you've got a player of his quality, not anywhere near his top level of performance,
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you have to come out on the team.
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He's had his chances now, I know he scored two in two a few weeks ago, but he's had his
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chances, he's not performed, and I think with Cunha back for the Newcastle game, that's
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probably his time back on the bench.
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I think so, I think if he'd had a stutter today, then it might have been Jongestran
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and Larson, but you've got to think it's probably going to be Cunha for Hwang in that side.
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Not too many other changes, I mean Sam Johnson and Sarr, it's probably your other one, but
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you look at…
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Guedes probably keeps his place.
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Guedes keeps his place, and you look at what Vitor Baro said after the game today, he's
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not expecting those three players to return.
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This is probably the main team they're looking at to play at St James' Park.
05:27
Yeah, I think so.
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I mean on Guedes, he was the best of the top three, definitely.
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Does give the ball away a little bit too much for my liking, but there was a lot of endeavour
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and effort there on a game that we thought maybe he might not quite be up for it.
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He definitely was.
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So he definitely should be keeping his place.
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And you look at the others, Sarabia, Forbes, you know, Balegar, they're not pushing for
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a starting line-up.
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Sarabia did okay when he came on, Balegar was a non-entity again really, and look Wolves
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got there, saw the game up.
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You are right, it will be the vast majority of that 11, you're probably looking at one
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or two changes at most, will be starting against Newcastle.
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He's here!
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Am I?
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I'm wearing a women's top, it's fine, don't forget your jacket.
06:11
Who do you fancy next round then?
06:13
Ooh.
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Go on, who do you fancy lads?
06:15
That's a tough one, that's a tough one.
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Do you fancy like League 2 away, or something like that, or do you fancy home, or do you
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want to travel?
06:22
But you want to do a United 2 Football League club, don't you?
06:24
Ah yeah, but look, we're long in the tooth now mate, we want Premier League stadiums,
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I don't want to be coming here, you know what I mean?
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It's a new place, a new mix zone, what are you talking about?
06:32
Disgraceful.
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League 2, a long time ago, we're not going back there.
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It's a tough one, a relatively comfortable game for Wolves to win and go through, because
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it's not the priority, the FA Cup obviously, but if Wolves keep winning games, it's only
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a good thing.
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It's only a good thing for the team, it's only a good thing for the club.
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Keep going, keep going, I'm just checking, checking the score.
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Who I would want is a tough one to call, but I think as long as you get a game that's going
06:56
to be competitive and Wolves will get through and hopefully win it, then I'm happy.
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I was going to say Middlesbrough away, but they're bloody out of the cup anyway, so bloody
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up.
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Had they been brought?
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Had they been a new stadium for them as well?
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I don't know, maybe next season.
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Wolves 2, Bristol City 1.
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