Wolves wanted it more, simply, That second half at Molineux was a case of Wolves changing tactics, keeping their goal and sitting back and saying to [West Ham](https://www.claretandhugh.info/wolves-v-west-ham-united-lineup-released-two-full-debuts/) “come on then, break us down if you can’.
And the Hammers couldn’t. Why it surprises me any more after watching it all season, I don’t know. The triumph of optimism over experience. A frigid, creativity-free zone at the heart of West Ham with Ward-Prowse invisible, Paquetá mostly – apart from the odd glimpse – a shadow of the player who pulled the strings last season, Alvarez and Soler just running around (in Soler’s case often backwards) – achieving nothing.
Different squad, different formation, same end result. _Side – side back_ football rules again. So slow in the build-up that every team West Ham plays gets to reset and prevent any goal threat.
_How different from the – shudder to say it- David Moyes lockdown era of hitting teams fast on the break. No pace, no one-touch football, no sweeping forward runs, looking up and playing the through pass._
Take all of the bad points of West Ham over the last five years and none of the good ones and that was the whole 90 minutes last night. Take that whole midfield and stick it in the recycling with last week’s takeaway wrappers and empty shiraz bottles.
Dreadful to watch. The end of the season and the dismantling of the ‘culprits’ of that talentless midfield cannot come soon enough.
The worrying thing – as mentioned by Geo on Hammers Chat – is that Potter still hasn’t found a way to get the best out of Bowen who has gone backwards under his coaching.
Finding the positives – Fullkrug looks a true professional, if he stays fit he will score.
That’s all I have.