The Keen & Judah Show: 'A difficult evening' for Jorgen Strand Larsen against Everton

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Liam Keen and Nathan Judah discuss Wolves draw with Everton. How did the team get on without Matheus Cunha?

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00:00Well, someone on the way down, a difficult evening really for Jorgen Strane Larsen,

00:05who's back from injury, played 120 minutes when he, I don't think Wolves wanted him to,

00:10or they definitely didn't want him to, but needs must at Bournemouth in that FA Cup game,

00:14was withdrawn toward the end of the game, I think in this one,

00:18or 70th minute, maybe, correct me if I'm wrong, Keno, but looked tired.

00:23It's difficult, isn't it? I think he's coming with a bit of an injury. His wrist was heavily

00:28strapped. At the same time, he probably needs to get himself into the game more. He's not going

00:32to have to, I think Wolves aren't going to be the person who crosses balls and he just needs to not

00:37move and just wait for the balls in the box and head them home. He's got to work. He's going to

00:40have to work in this Wolves side, and I feel like he lost a lot of duels that he probably needs to

00:45win. He needs to use his physical presence a little bit more. Just looks a little bit down

00:49on confidence at this moment in time, and sometimes the fans get on his back a little bit, I feel,

00:54or started to, and you don't really want to go down that line because it looks like some

00:58players can take it, some players can't, and I'm not sure whether it's helping him at this moment

01:03in time. I think we'll see better from Estrein Larsson as he gets fitter and gets into this

01:08season, but he could really do with a goal or some kind of positive sign that he brings in this game,

01:15whether it's an assist, whether it's a key pass, whether it's a goal or anything like that,

01:18because he does seem to be a little bit forlorn at this moment in time.

01:23Yeah. I think that's a good summary. Really? I will have to say, I thought he did better in

01:27the second half. He was good. Yeah. I think he was taking around the 70 or wasn't it a minute

01:31for crying, but I thought he did better. He had the ball a little bit better, made a few

01:35intelligent runs, received the ball from Strabian force picked it into a safe. That could have

01:39easily been a goal, but at the same time, you have to offer a bit more. Now he he's no shrinking

01:46violet. He, you know, he's a big guy. You have to, and I know it's tough against players like

01:50Tarkovsky and Brantway and O'Brien at right back for Everton. It's a, it's a big physical

01:55for that backline for, for the toppings, but you have to be, you have to put yourself about a

01:59little bit more. You have to win a higher percentage of those jewels that he is up against,

02:05particularly in that first half. He didn't quite offer wolves outlet that, that he would have

02:08wanted. Now, I don't know whether it was, I said this to you in the game, I'm sure you'll, you'll

02:13find the, I'll have a good laugh at my expense, but I, I do wonder whether it was me asking the

02:18question to Vito about crosses or whether the wolves had this game plan originally, but I did

02:24ask Vito about the lack of crosses and he changed his whole, whole team dynamic because you've asked

02:30him because you don't know. It's just me. It's just me. He respected that much. He'd seen either

02:35Keno's, Keno's spot on mate, let's go for it. Went straight to the wolves WhatsApp group and said,

02:39guys, unbelievable. I've just heard from Keno and the presser and he's told us we need to put

02:44more crosses into the box. I mean, that's amazing. He's going, I'd never thought about

02:48this beforehand, but Keno spotted it, but no, look, they weren't, they weren't doing anywhere

02:52near enough crosses. And I think dynamic crosses from certain dangerous positions.

02:56And they were trying a lot more in this game. Now, of course, without Kenya, you're going to do that

02:59a lot more because it's suiting probably the players around you. But I just didn't, some of the

03:04deliveries weren't great, which the last one does struggle with or is a victim of rather at the same

03:09time. I think he could have put himself about a lot more and a lot more effectively in that

03:14box. But I sort of, we'll finish on this and I agree with you. I do think there's a lot more

03:19to come from him. I do think he needs to be given a little bit of that confidence and support

03:23because I do think he's a good player. And I do think he offers something to this team.

03:26It just wasn't the greatest of games, unfortunately for him and in front of a home crowd and

03:30wolves are trying to go for a winner. It's not the most ideal scenario.

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