Wolves Banter

12 Oct 2026 09:07:02
Would like to see at least 5 changes for tuesday the keeper 2 defenders winger and striker.

12 Oct 2026 07:39:02
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11 Oct 2026 13:34:40
Well not a great game. Two teams cancelled each out out for most of the time.
Would like to see Andre James and Doyle start.
Fer should be in at 10 and then two up top material and Armstrong together.

Mane has been sussed out and would say that was Trippiers worst game.

Munetsi is a trier but just not skilled enough. R Gomes is either not fully fit or not good enough.

Why am I so worried when Sa has the ball this feet.

11 Oct 2026 16:48:33
Rodrigo, not good enough ? Ridiculous comment 🤔.

11 Oct 2026 11:10:55
What is Peixoto going to do moving forward?

He has to drop Armstrong. The guy offers almost nothing as a target man, number 9, whatever he's meant to be. Neave would be a better option. Armstrong isn't going to take one of the wide forward positions, so there is no reason for him to be picked. He's anonymous most of the time, his decision making is poor, and any threat he offers in the box is quickly nullified. He too often tries clever balls that aren't particularly clever. That chance against Blues, with seconds left on the clock, sums him up. A decent striker would have buried that. They would have simply placed it in the net. Poor decision making.

Hugo Bueno was marking Lankshear for the Middlesbrough goal. Once again Toti goes missing. Krejci in the team and that cross probably gets headed out. Lankshear had a free header. Mosquera is a better option at LCB. Toti was effective at out-muscling Lankshear, but it was always at times when Middlesbrough were offering very little threat going forward. When he was actually needed, he was his usual self.

Hopefully Peixoto will start doing what he was doing in pre season and play Djiga and Mosquera together. I would rather see Krejci at LCB, but that doesn't look like an option. If a club had bid decent money for him in the summer window, he would have left.

I agree with RKO regarding Tommy Doyle. He should not be starting games. He was close to awful against Middlesbrough. When you have Andre, Boubacar Traore, Munetsi, James, Bellegarde, Lopez and Mane in the team you do not pick Doyle in front of any of them. He has no pace or strength. He has a decent footballing brain and he can pick a pass but that is it. The Middlesbrough players had him on toast. A poor signing from Man City who came in when Jeff was asset stripping.

When Andre is poor, Wolves are poor. When Andre plays well, Wolves will almost always win. He's a very inconsistent player. He was poor against Middlesbrough. Peixoto needs to show him that he's not the first name on the team sheet.

Wolves fans still think that Wolves can challenge for the top two. At the moment they can't. Other key teams have a striker who will always score goals at the right time. Wolves have that player in Jimenez, but he's 35 years of age, he's currently injured, and he hasn't looked fit from day one of the Championship season kicking off. If Jimenez comes back and is the player he can be then Wolves have a chance. Fully fit, he's the most intelligent capable striker in the Championship.

Lankshear scored because of Toti. Other than that, against Wolves he wasn't anything to write home about.

Replacing Jimenez with Armstrong and playing the type of football that requires a target man will see Wolves struggle more than flourish. If Neave isn't ready for first team football, and Jimenez isn't fit, then Peixoto has to rethink his tactics.

11 Oct 2026 13:12:39
You can't give Munetsi a free pass. He was a joke vs Boro. His first touch is laughable. There was one moment where he played the worst pass I've ever seen. He's hopeless, and a few goals can't hide that.

You also can't give Mane a free pass. That was one of his worst performances in a Wolves shirt. For the love of God, Peixoto, Mane is not a winger. Wake up, man.

11 Oct 2026 07:39:04
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10 Oct 2026 17:41:48
That result has to be a reality check for Peixoto. Tommy Doyle cannot start games for Wolves. He was so poor. Chasing round trying to grab arms and shirts because he's too slow. Trying to tell other players what to do when he's not good enough to do what he's tasked with. A truly dreadful performance.

I would say it was a typical post international break result for Wolves. They could play Bilston Town after an international break and struggle. Slogging all the way up to Boro was always going to be a nightmare.

However, Peixoto got his tactics wrong in that game. Starting Doyle in the 10 role was nonsensical. You think of the team first. You don't put the teachers pet in when he's clearly not good enough to start games. He was so out of his depth against Boro, it was painful to watch.

I also think a few players had too much time off and looked off the pace.

If Wolves don't go up this season the buck stops with Fosun and no one else. Having Armstrong and an inexperienced 19-yr-old lad on loan as back up to a 35-yr-old Jimenez will likely cost Wolves this season.

After all the harrumphing and gushing about Bellegarde, he's showing that he's too inconsistent to start games for Wolves. Simply put, he's not very good.

As someone said, we've played West Ham and Boro and lost both games. I'd be very surprised if Wolves finish in the top two.

10 Oct 2026 21:06:36
Both away and neither of them looked miles above us. We will lose games as will every team. We poorly invested in the prem, we came down, get over it. The squad we have is good enough to challenge for a top 2 in this league.