The Keen & Judah Show: Despite scoring, Agbadou had his 'poorest 90 minutes' against Crystal Place

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Liam Keen and Nathan Judah return to examine Wolves' defeat to FA Cup holders Crystal Palace. Who will make the boys' ups and downs list this week?

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00:00So the good and the bad and the ugly.

00:01We've got two up for you this week.

00:02We've got four down.

00:04You can understand why the downs are outweighing the ups.

00:07So let's go with one of the players who has been on the up list more often than not.

00:11He's been a magnificent signing.

00:13He's had a couple of poor games, but I think both of us agree, Liam.

00:16It was his poorest night or poorest day, poorest 90 minutes for a long time.

00:20And that was despite him getting on the score sheet.

00:24It all looked so good, didn't it?

00:25When Emmanuel Agvedou opened the scoring and you just think,

00:28OK, they've weathered a little bit of the early storm.

00:30They've got ahead.

00:31This could be another excellent night.

00:34But after that, my goodness, he had a poor night, gave the ball away, lost his man.

00:40Obviously, Wolves conceded four goals.

00:42But yeah, just a lot of uncharacteristic errors for Agvedou.

00:45And something that he'll need to clean up in his game.

00:47Yeah, absolutely.

00:49He's been a revelation since Wolves signed him in January.

00:52He's been absolutely fantastic.

00:54He's been up on this show for the vast majority of these last few weeks.

00:58He's had a couple of downs.

00:59And on those downs, we've been, for the most part, it's been a comparison to his standards that he's set and how good he's been.

01:07On this occasion, it's an objectively poor performance from Agvedou.

01:11His worst, I think, in a Wolves shirt, probably by some distance.

01:15And it was a shame because he did open the scoring.

01:18He did get his first Wolves goal since arriving from France.

01:22And following that, he played a massive part in Wolves losing this game.

01:27Gets an early booking.

01:28I mean, he isn't helped by Rodrigo Gomez's throw-in, of course.

01:30No.

01:31And it gets an early booking, which is not a great start.

01:35And I think the first goal may be not quite necessarily involved.

01:40But the second goal gives the ball away.

01:42Munoz wins the header.

01:43He tries a cross-field ball and gives it away.

01:46Again, it's a poor decision.

01:49For the third goal, he is the player that the ball hits in the wall.

01:53Maybe slightly unlucky, but still, he's involved.

01:57And the final one, he tries to carry the ball out when Wolves are at 3-2,

02:00trying to get back into the game, carried out defence and loses it cheaply.

02:04And Palace and Eze break forward and the rest is history.

02:07So he played a massive part in Palace winning the game and Wolves losing it,

02:11which is a shame for a player of his quality, of the influence he has had on this team.

02:15And how good he's been.

02:18But you have to objectively look at it and say,

02:20this was a really, really poor performance for Agamadou.

02:24Do we need to...

02:25I mean, I think we'll give him a pass.

02:26But at the same time, Vito Burrow talked about players coming into his set-up.

02:31And he talked about players who will need more time.

02:34We'll talk about maybe some younger defenders in a little bit,

02:36and maybe in the second half of the show.

02:37But he's coming, and it is still his first Premier League season.

02:42He is going to make errors.

02:43He is going to make mistakes.

02:44He's going to have four games.

02:45You know, these are...

02:46He's facing some of the best attackers in the world.

02:48So you can understand that to a certain extent.

02:50At the same level, I'm playing devil's advocate.

02:54Pereira said that he brought him in because he is older,

02:56because he can come straight into the start-up,

02:58because he is ready.

02:59He's a seasoned professional.

03:01And you expect more.

03:03I think he'll be hurting as well.

03:05But I do feel that there's certain players who I'm a little bit nervy about next season,

03:11whether they should be in this side, whether they should be in the squad,

03:12whether they should be at this football club.

03:14Emmanuel Agbadoo, for me, is still one of the first names on the team sheet.

03:18And, you know, potential, potentially, if Nelson Samadis goes,

03:22will be one of those players, I'm sure, who will look to be able to maybe captain this side.

03:26So I still think they've got a fantastic signing.

03:28And I don't want to be too down on him because, you know,

03:30he has been an excellent, excellent acquisition.

03:34Yeah, well, I don't think you can be too harsh on him

03:37because his overall impact on this team has played a massive role

03:41in Wolves staying in the Premier League, in my opinion.

03:43I think of all the players that arrived at the club,

03:46he's made the biggest impact.

03:47Of all of the players since Vitor arrived,

03:50he's played one of the biggest roles in keeping Wolves up

03:54and avoiding relegation.

03:55So I don't think you can be too critical,

03:58but equally, we've got to look at it objectively

04:00and say that against Palace, he played a big role in Wolves losing the game.

04:04It's as simple as that.

04:05And without those mistakes and without maybe a little bit,

04:08because he is very calm, he's very cool, calm and collected

04:12and maybe too calm at times.

04:14And I think he just overplayed the ball on too many occasions,

04:17maybe tried to be a bit too clever with some of the passes.

04:19And Palace are a team that just are so aggressive

04:22and so difficult to play against.

04:23And I think it was the wrong side for that kind of attitude, really, to the game.

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