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Wolves 1 West Ham 0 - Liam Keen and Nathan Judah analysis
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01/04/2025
Wolves 1 West Ham 0 - Liam Keen and Nathan Judah analysis
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Hello, I'm Nathan Judo, I'm here with World's Reporter's Mr Liam Keane, baby.
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Wolverhampton 1-1, West Ham 0, not a classic, not one that we're going to remember for many
00:20
years to come, but we don't care.
00:21
The most important thing was three points and look, you could see by the celebrations
00:25
at the end, on the touchline, on the bench, amongst the fans, you feel like they're nearly
00:30
there now, don't you?
00:31
Yeah, the biggest worry coming into this game was complacency and Wolves started a little
00:37
bit like that, quite flat, the crowd weren't really in it, luckily for Wolves, West Ham
00:42
also weren't really in it, really poor first ten minutes and then the game started to come
00:46
alive a little bit, Wolves edged the first half and took their one chance, but West Ham
00:50
also had opportunities, obviously Manezzi should have scored that second one off the
00:54
crossbar as well, but Wolves take a deserved lead into half-time and it's about how they
00:58
are going to react to what is inevitably going to be a second coming for West Ham.
01:02
West Ham were a lot better in that second half, made a triple change at half-time, changed
01:05
formation, Wolves stood firm defensively, rode their luck a tiny bit, a tiny bit as
01:11
well, Totti Govers makes a major error in the 89th, 90th minute there and Sucek has
01:16
to finish, it's five yards out and he manages to put it wrong side of the post.
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It wasn't his first error today by the way.
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No, a player who has been excellent under Vito Pereira, possibly his poorest game under
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the new manager I think today and Wolves unfortunately got away with it, missed obviously the Manezzi
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chance right at the end as well, the second chance, missed that, but the crowd were in
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it then, the crowd were with the team, the players were fighting, Vito Pereira was kicking
01:39
and heading every ball with them and Molyneux was as loud as it's been all season for that
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last five minutes there and then the players needed it and it was a monumental win.
01:50
We didn't see it coming, we thought a point, and it would have been a good point to be
01:52
honest, it was probably more likely today, but that gives Wolves such a massive reading
01:56
space going into Ipswich the weekend.
01:58
Look, Mateus, couldn't you get suspended and we all think, my goodness me, is there
02:02
another twist in this horrible season and yet they've put together, over these last
02:06
three games, their best run this season, seven points from three, Jurgen Strang-Larsen, three
02:11
in two games now, double figures in the Premier League this season, maybe they needed this,
02:19
maybe not this, you know, a talismanic strike away, you're looking for something, he's a
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brilliant player, Mateus, couldn't you, but it feels like they are playing a little bit
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more as a team and someone like Jurgen Strang-Larsen, I think, is reaping those rewards.
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Absolutely, he got amongst it today and he had to feed off scraps at times as well, he
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takes the goal really nicely, he does take a nick off Kielman on the way through, cheers
02:41
Max, he got a nice reception by the way, which I think is deserved as well, which I'm pleased
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to see. He takes a nick off him obviously, which obviously, sort of half-wrong foots
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Arreola, so there's a tiny bit of luck in it, but it is also a nice finish, he catches
02:53
the ball nicely and I'm really pleased for Larsen because he had a little bit of stick-up
02:57
until that Sam Hamilton game, got a double there and his first season in the Premier
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League, to have made it ten Premier League goals, I think is a really, really good result.
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With eight games left, and if he adds anything more on top of that, I think it's a really
03:10
good first season.
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And yet, I would say the best bit of quality in the game was shortly after with Gial Gomez
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unbelievable run, obviously signed his new contract as well, which is fantastic news
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today, brilliant, we'll talk about that in the podcast later on tonight, that we're filming
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and recording as well, late night love baby. Brilliant run and deserved better didn't it,
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I mean, Marcello Manezzi would be disappointed that he hasn't hit the target, that hits the
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target, it's a goal.
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Yeah, I mean, it's off the underside of the bar as well, it's an inch away, I know he's
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slightly leaning back, he comes at him quickly, but he's got to hit the target I think, but
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that one at the end is even worse, it's even worse in my opinion, I mean, I'm a fan of
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Martial Manezzi, I think he's got a lot to offer, he still just needs to find that, it's
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just that final call percentage isn't it, finesse is the right word, yeah, he's missing
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that final ball, that final touch, that final shot, he's not quite, he could have had two
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today easily, but he's still adding something to this team, and you're right, they're playing
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as a team, that's the key word, they're not a group of individuals anymore, Belagard who
04:09
didn't score or assist today, but I thought was really good, a really good again, and
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he's consistently been really good, he gets amongst it consistently, looks after the ball
04:17
really well, makes intelligent runs, is really neat in possession, all of these things he
04:21
wasn't for a long time in a Wolves shirt, and now he has been for, what, seven, eight
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games in a row now, so yeah, the Wolves are going in the right direction, and now with
04:28
this win, they are very, very close and mathematically secure in their place.
04:31
Yeah, and start to look up the table a little bit, we've talked about it, you know, you're
04:34
flirting with potentially looking at 40 points this season, if they get 40 points from where
04:37
they were, that's a fantastic achievement, they're only five points away from West Ham
04:41
United, Spurs and Everton as well, so you can start to put a bit of a run together,
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you go to Whipswitch on Saturday, yes of course, you don't want to get beat, you don't want
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to give them a, you know, sneak back into the race or give them even a glimpse, but
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at the same time, you should probably go there now, full of confidence, looking to win again,
04:55
make it three wins from four.
04:56
Why not?
04:57
I think the first priority is you go there not to lose the game, but you are right, there's
05:01
no reason Wolves don't go there and puff their chest out a little bit, and say look, we're
05:07
going to go there and win this game.
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I do think, yeah, not losing the game is still a priority, but you are right, you are right,
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Wolves have got the quality, they've got the consistency, they've got a team that's played,
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a side of Everton that's started the last three games in a row and is now performing
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as a group.
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Consistency has been key, hasn't it?
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It has been, it has been, and particularly when you've got, you know, Rodrigo Gomez
05:28
and Guedes missed out today, you lose two players like that off the bench, all of a
05:31
sudden your options are limited as well, you've got, you know, Forbes and Ling on the bench
05:34
and people like Troy just come on towards the end as well, which is nice, because sometimes
05:42
they're going to need those legs in there, and he offered that right at the end, and
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Wolves are almost there, they're almost there, it feels good to not be too concerned, but
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as we said before this game as well, it is mathematically secure, just, yeah, don't count
05:56
your chickens just yet.
05:57
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