How can you not love this team?

It’s September 20th. It’s the latest episode of our 5th season, welcome dear listener. I’m Paul joined by Justin and Daz. We are here to look at the Wolves game, mention the LASK game and look ahead to West Ham at home. Thanks for joining us. Part One - game of two halves Brian: How bad was the first half? ‘Plumbed the depths’ said James Pearce. Defense had a few bad moments OR was it overall a bad performance Quansah had some good moments ‘Terrific stuff by Wolves’ said the commentator at 10 - once again it felt like a few moments. After 20, it felt mostly us to me. Various attempts to have Gomez play the Trent role. Obviously wasn’t effective Mac Allister - why did he play? I counted 7 giveaways. Card was super soft. Wolves tactics - after what they and Gary O’Neill did last year, I assume we expected a low block. Neto is very good (Wolves tried to find him at every opportunity - once we cut the supply, it was a very different game) and Bellegarde looks a handful (first game, played 128 games at Strasbourg). The good parts were very good: xG 0.54 to 2.83 (according to Understat). Didn’t include the Cuhna miss at 34 minutes. Darwin is an absolute handful Salah (leads the league in big chances created (6)), Szoboszlai, Matip and Gomez front foot defending kept Wolves penned in the second half. Predictions? Part Two - Elsewhere and LASK Bad news for Everton - Burnley looked OK at Forest Chelsea continues to look like a team of strangers (happy for it to continue) Man United crisis - the backdrop shows an absence of ethical compass, the foreground shows a collection of mismatched players - Rashford and Fernandes are less effective at pressing than Weghorst, Ronaldo and Elanga. Champions League first round just started - Europa League tomorrow and hopefully the road to Dublin - any takeaways? League Cup against Leicester who are 2nd in the Championship and have only lost one game. Part Three - Home to West Ham They have looked better this season than last - what does that tell us about Declan Rice? Three wins, a draw at Bournemouth and a defeat against City. They’ve won at Brighton and Luton. Less than 72 hours after LASK but not the biggest concern Everyone available?  Formation.  Predictions? We will be back with a review of the West Ham game and a preview of the Spurs game (and LASK). Thanks to Daz and Justin for joining me. And thank you for listening.If you enjoyed the pod, please share it with a friend. Follow us @FirstStateKopites on Twitter  – we only tweet and retweet from sources we think are credible. Music is courtesy of Hypenotic – they are a Welsh electro-pop band – https://hyperfollow.com/hypenotic