Wolves vs Palace.....Match Thread

[dreamwaverider]

I agree Nketiah and Chalobah were at fault but you have to question the wisdom of having your centre back overlapping when your 1-0 up away from home against a team that scores most of their goals on the break, so I don’t think Guehi is blameless.
While we’re on the subject, Mitchell should have been covering for Guehi’s absence and busting a gut to get back when Nketiah lost the ball so he could cover when Lacroix had to leave his man. Instead he was ball watching and jogging back until it was too late.

Mitchell is guilty of a number of weaknesses in most games, more so since he was converted to a wing back in our 3-4-3 set up. But we have had no proper cover for him for years now. We need a Premier standard left wing back who Mitchell could cover from the bench. I keep hearing on commentaries and pundits (streaming channels mainly) how we are lopsided as we are funelling most things down the right because of this issue.
Hopefully this is a priority for January. Mitchell unfortunately has always looked timid going forwards normally turning and playing the ball back to anyone who he sees, but when he is in a jam and has to go forwards, he plays with an anxious desperation to get rid of the ball as fast as possible. I have also noticed how our players often ignore a pass to him when it is clearly on. Sadly, a regular weak link.

 

[Den1923]

Mitchell is a big problem, he lacks positional sense, he is unable to defend the back post, he is easily passed, poor at passing ball out, cannot cross the ball and really is very over rated player at EPL level.