25 Sep 2025 19:39:59
Alot has been made of Tuesday, some hanging Moyes out to dry already. However it is a squad game and other players need minutes. Unfortunately we lost, which happens, unfortunately we didn't play well which happens. But that team was as strong as the team which finished strongly last season so should have done better than transpired.
25 Sep 2025 20:00:09
I thought the team was quite strong. The i watched the game. Players had chance to impress but failed to deliver. Tim should of gone out on loan instead of Armstrong. Mcneil looked lost as if he hadn't seen a football before. coleman should of been at RB and Aznou given a go at LB. Barry honestly looked like he hadn't a clue what was going on. Beto best out of a bad bunch for strikers. Would of loved a cup run in league cup as we never won it but for some reason we seem allergic to playing well and get knocked out in 1st or 2nd round. Hope FA cup is better for us and of course the league.
25 Sep 2025 20:13:18
For me we should have played the strongest side we could. It means others need to make sure when they get a chance they have to perform. We're not in Europe and our next game was 6 days away. Therefore, this stupid idea of trying half a new team was crazy by Moyes.
We had a chance of getting through and keeping us in a competition. The other thing is that our first 11 is still trying to get to know each other and another game helps that. Instead Moyes experimented with players that hadn't played with each before or not played regularly together at least, and it was against premier league opponents.
Moyes is not immune from criticism and when he balls up like he did on Tuesday, you're perfectly fine to call him on it.
I expect better from all involved come Monday and I believe we will get it.
25 Sep 2025 20:55:21
Top post John.
25 Sep 2025 23:29:49
Look at the sides Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle etc put out, were they weak teams? No. And they all won. It’s madness fielding the team we did, epscially when we aren’t playing for six day after. Should have put out a full strength team, the squad players will get minutes over the course of the season.
26 Sep 2025 07:44:49
I understand that, however those squad players need minutes for fitness as much as anything. Same moaners would've moaned if later down the line these players under perform when needed stating 'should've played more before'
I know they had 6 days till next game, I know we MIGHT have won. We might have lost then you'd all be moaning he should've rested players.
I'd liked to have seen Aznou lb
Tim has played well in games. Armstrong was right to go on loan, needs a season playing regularly. Essentially now we have Rohl as well.
It does show however that a deeper squad is needed. And that will come over the coming seasons hopefully.
26 Sep 2025 07:50:20
Just shows the gulf between our first and second Tesms, that second Team didn’t even turn up against Wolves.
26 Sep 2025 09:25:32
This is what moves said when he came here, the squad needs improving, can't happen in 1 go but our squad is better, just wish we would of got a striker who is capable of scoring now not in 12 months, Barry was alway going to struggle and think we are going to do another moyes keen, he needs time and we should of none that just watching him at the under 21s he was t great.
We need to just remember not to get carried away, if we can get top 10 that's an improvement this season, then next season push on to get higher, think everyone say European football is getting abit carried away, wolves has just proved that.
26 Sep 2025 09:53:34
Look the fact is Both Moyes and his captain made a big thing of how important the cups were going to be for the club. So is it any wonder supporters are unhappy with that team selection.
Our strongest side would have buried Wolves. Instead we allowed them to dictate the game and build confidence, then expect late changes to salvage the game.
No start with your strongest eleven, dictate the game and then make changes to close the game out. Moyes got it wrong it's that simple.
26 Sep 2025 11:32:19
Playing a weaker squad against lesser opponents in the league is more understanding that in a cup. You've 38 games in the league and can absorb a slip up but in the cup you've got one game.
However, we don't need to put players in to get fitness or minutes or whatever. Just play the best players we have and then add the odd 1 or 2 at times throughout the season. To make so many changes was foolish and he'll know it.
26 Sep 2025 13:08:58
Never going to win the Cup but League places = £££££.
26 Sep 2025 13:54:13
How is one cup game going to build and then maintain fitness when the players who played just revert back to the bench?
To add, they are professional footballers getting paid 10's of thousands a week. There is absolutely no excuse why the should not be fit. Lacking match sharpness, absolutely but fitness is complete b****cks.
The defeat was on Moyes and the players that came in. Playing Coleman LB was just madness. A midfield base of Garner and Tim is naive. Jimmy has been great but he needs a Gana next to him and Tim imo has been absolutely shocking this season. He has zero positional or defensive nous. If he plays, it should only be in the KDH role, infront of the base.
McNeil is and always has been dreadful but he got excused because he ran about a lot aimlessly.
As John and Brass said correctly, you start with a stronger side, get a footing in the game and score a goal and then introduce players that have not played games this season. Not only does it give you a better chance of winning the game but when those players come in, the pressure is relieved somewhat, as they would already be in front or at the very minimum, controlling the game.
26 Sep 2025 13:58:12
All sorts of assumptions. Any team can have a poor night collectively. Not many prior would have called it a weak side. Just because we beat em at home recently and only just doesn't mean we go away and beat em again. I agree we should have stayed unchanged and if the game went well, then make sweeping changes but they had 6 days b4 next game. Look how seriously the tip sides have taken this cup for the last 5pr 6 years. We wouldn't have won the darn thing anyway. We are one window of a 4 window rebuild.
26 Sep 2025 14:58:29
We beat them at there ground not ours.
26 Sep 2025 19:40:49
Beat them at home, not beat them at our home. Their ground.