Match Thread: Leicester City vs Wolves

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2019:08:29:22:26:04 by Ivybridge Wolf.

We have the expected line-up today - very much the team which finished last season:

Patricio, Bennett, Coady, Boly, Doherty, Dendoncker, Moutinho, Neves, Jonny, Jimenez, Jota

Subs: Ruddy, Vinagre, Saiss, Gibbs-White, Pedro Neto, Traore, Cutrone



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2019:08:11:13:41:08 by Cheshire wolf.

Looking forward to a good game and result to match.

I think it will be interesting to see how Leicester's defence gel following the departure or McGuire especially after the way Jota & Raul performed together on Thursday night.

Our referee today is Andre Marriner, with Jon Moss on VAR duty

First shot for Wolves.
Dendoncker.

First shot comes from Leander after good build up by Jota, but high & wide

Looking like an open match, both teams looking to attack.

Wolves having the majority of the ball so far

Free kick to Leicester on edge of box

Coady drags down Perez on edge of area - ping pong in the area & corner conceded

Leicester gaining the upper hand at the moment.

City attacking through the centre. Appealing for fouls then Wolves get a free kick!!

No real threat from Wolves at the moment. Need to get better control of the midfield.

Another corner for Leicester

Perez takes on Bennett & gets their 2nd corner. Ultimately Chilwell takes a long distance shot but pulls it wide

Leicester dictating the play at the moment.

Wolves are very well organised in defence and making it difficult for City to construct an attack. Perez goes down claiming a high tackle from Doc, but I don't think there was any contact!!

Wolves needing to put their foot on the ball and keep the ball for a while.

Lost my stream at the moment

Argggh. Stream is playing up.

Must say that Leicester look the more effective at the moment.

Back on!! Jota concedes unlucky hand ball whilst attacking. Neves loses possession and Ndidi unleashes a shot but pulls it wide. Wolves fans sing "Ruben Neves"!!

Jonny tugs back Ricardo who goes to ground, yellow card for Jonny

Ndidi falls over as Jota touches him & gets a free kick!

Wolves coming into the match at last.

Boly & Bennett almost convert from free kick but it goes over the bar

Scramble in the Leicester box but comes nothing.

Leicester immediately responded with their own attack.

Leicester miss a glorious chance to score. Thielemans put ball across 6 yd box and Vardy missed the tap in!!

Great attacking play by Jota but he pulls his shot wide.

Very promising break by Jota & Jonny breaks down with a poor pass to Leander

Wolves midfield are being bossed by Leicester.

No shots on target by either team so far

Wonderful opportunity for Jota who fluffs his lines at the crucial moment.

Diogo Jota robs a defender on the line and breaks forward unchallenged. Then tries to make up his mind whether to cross or shoot, seemingly confuses himself and falls over!! Last action of 1st half.
Plenty of good play in the middle of the pitch but not so much in front of goal, several shots, but none on target. Very even game so far. Will be interesting to see whether any of our new strikers come off the bench

Ive been watching it on a decent free stream with no breaks in service , are you paying via that wolves tv Cheshire ? It shows just what a poor transfer window we've had for a club with aspirations of the top 6 where not a single signing makes our starting 11.

An entertaining first half but unless we improve in the second half we may well lose our opening match as Leicester look the more likely to score and are well up for this game.
Poor midfield display so far, none of our lads getting any time to settle on the ball.
Tiredness, who knows but we have to up the tempo in order to compete in this game.
C,mon lads.

Another wasted chance.
This time by Raul.

Wolves wasting opportunities at present.

No Angry I'm probably watching the same stream as you!!
Great chances for Wolves wasted

A better start to the second half by Wolves.

Our second corner already & Dendoncker converts
City 0 Wolves 1

Disallowed via VAR for alleged handball

Disallowed for handball.

The handball obsession in football with penalties being given and incidents like this is killing the game- if only it was like the old days where common sense was used. How can Boly move is arm away from that unless he has no arms .. makes me want to give up watching the game tbh

Jota breaks on his own and shoots well wide. Think he may have been offside anyway

Time for a Cutrone to make an appearance.

Great challenge from Joao to block Maddison's shot

Better from Wolves but still need a cutting-edge.

so to clarify with the new rules, if a defender blast a ball from 1 foot away at an attackers arm and he goes on to score a goal is disallowed. Why not then just aim for the arm everytime as a defender to ensure no goal will be given?

Soyuncu - Harry McGuire's replacement has played solidly in City's defence. Coady loses out to Vardy & concedes a corner which is wasted. Promising youngster Harvey Barnes on for City to replace Choudhury

Seemingly Neves received a yellow card for dissent- probably borne of frustration

We seem to have lost the initiative since the goal was disallowed.

Bennett in a tussle with Vardy in Lan area but no penalty. He then stops Vardy & concedes a corner. 2nd corner from it. Wolves struggling to put passes together at the moment. Boly concedes another corner. Good attacking play from City & another corner

Both Jimenez and Jota are more attacking midfielders than strikers, neither of them can finish particularly well .. if they could the game would be won long ago

No subs made by us yet but it would add a bit of energy.

Nuno needs to freshen things up here. I think Jota has run out of ideas this afternoon. Time for Cutrone to show what he can do.

Cutrone coming on for Jota

Lets hope that crouton has been buttered up sufficiently by the manager to make an impact

Cutrone on to replace Jota

Saiss coming on for Neves

Romaine Saiss replaces Neves

Shot from Barnes from edge of the area well taken by Rui

Jimenez brings out a save as well

Into last five minutes of normal time. Leicester having the better of play generally but our defence playing well and frustrating them

Leicester corner scrambled away.

4 added minutes to play

Our man of the match (in my opinion) Willy Boly clears off the line!

Has Cutrone done anything of note yet?

Willy Boly. What a player.

0-0.

All over 0 - 0 finish. Unfortunately we had our lead rubbed off through VAR.
A better result at Leicester than last season and a positive start!!

Cutrone had some nice little touches in the limited time he played

Especially as they have had to travel over 6000 miles this week. Credible result.

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an angry wolf
so to clarify with the new rules, if a defender blast a ball from 1 foot away at an attackers arm and he goes on to score a goal is disallowed. Why not then just aim for the arm everytime as a defender to ensure no goal will be given?

Sorry Angry but didn't see your musings earlier. An interesting question, and it makes you wonder whether, if the ref or VAR Ref thought that was the case, they would be able to influence the decision. It seems they have been given these guidelines and must operate within them!! I can see it being frustrating for many fans but perhaps eventually will settle down. The only positive was how quickly the decision was made.

I think Jota had one of those days he will want to forget. Defence played well and Boly m.o.m.
Goal was correctly disallowed and it would have been the same if it had happened at the other end but what a stupid rule. Whichever fool thought that one up should be sacked asap.

The unspoken law in the past regarding handball was an intentional handball ( hand to ball ) was rightly penalised contrary to when the ball hits the arm and no movement is made towards the ball... why we cant keep to this to avoid confusion and keep common sense in the game I've no idea. You may recall the ridiculous penalty given to United in the CL vs PSG when the ball is blasted at the PSG player with no movement and a penalty is given in the last few minutes sending United through. Football should prioritise goals created via skill not technical decisions based on obsessing over the shape of a defenders torso with endless replays.

Regarding VAR I support it with pens as the "big clubs " with huge fan bases often influence the ref into giving dodgy decisions with the noise created imploring the ref to give the decision.. Ive lost count over the years how many penalties have been given at old Trafford/anfield vs smaller clubs when the challenge/foul was so innocuous VAR would have ruled a no pen decision

I’m in general favour of VAR, now it’s here and accept there will be teething problems but the disallowing of our goal today is truly pathetic and symptomatic the the extent of how far the law makers are prepared to go to make a mockery of football. I know the rule but How on earth could have Boly done anything / known / react to get his arm out the way? Pathetic ruling. How many Leicester players complained about our goal? Zero, is the answer.
As I said, I know the law but it is totally incomprehensible given the circumstances today. We won’t be the last side to fall foul of this nonsense, nor might it be our last.





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Regarding Wolves' disallowed goal today, I totally agree with both of you. As I said, a stupid rule.

Just wait and see if they are as tough when it's City or Liverpool. Consistency is the key and rarely a strong point amongst referees

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cedric harper
Just wait and see if they are as tough when it's City or Liverpool. Consistency is the key and rarely a strong point amongst referees

I wouldn't disagree with your general thinking Cedric, however in this case the adjudicating referee is sitting in a room somewhere miles from the game, and is not subject to any pressure from anyone to make a decision one way or another. The only constraint really I think is time.