Liam Keen and Nathan Judah are back to chat about the ups and downs from Wolves showdown with Liverpool at Anfield.
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00:00Yeah, I believe Josh did not get booked because if he'd gone to VAR, they can only send players off and not book them retrospectively, apparently.
00:06There you go, there you go.
00:07Interesting, interesting.
00:08Look, another one on the way up and that's Jean-Richard Bellegarde.
00:11Goodness me, what a turnaround from this guy.
00:14Started the season, of course, in the starting lineup from Gary O'Neill, then some disappointing displays.
00:18He was, I would say, mixed bag at best in terms of performances, then lost his place in the side.
00:25And all of a sudden, Vito Pereira has found a space for him, either in the centre midfield, or he played quite a lot on the right-hand side, I think, and he was all over the pitch, actually.
00:32A lovely assist for Mateus Cunha's goal.
00:35And I think now, in terms of his threat going forward, I still think he's probably better in the centre of the park, but it's about players and players in form.
00:44And Jean-Richard Bellegarde looks a different player at this moment in time, and his confidence on the ball, I think, is there for all to see.
00:51And he's got to be pushing for a starting slot.
00:53For me, you've got to pick your players that are in form.
00:55I think that's the best way to do it, and then you work out your formation.
00:58And Jean-Richard Bellegarde has obviously got a great chance of a start next weekend at Bournemouth.
01:03Well, you said the one word there that I was going to highlight, the C word, not the one you're thinking of.
01:09Crikey! It's a family show!
01:11It's all up here, it's all in the mind.
01:14Confidence. It's amazing what confidence can do for a footballer.
01:19Jean-Richard Bellegarde, with all due respect, looked nowhere near the required level based on performances.
01:25I think, clearly, talent-wise, there's a player there that is good enough to play at this level,
01:31but he was putting no performances in that came anywhere close to it.
01:34There was no consistency, there was no confidence, and he clearly, in both our opinions, was not a wide player either.
01:41He has a good performance, first of all, coming in into centre midfield against Villa, continues that against Blackburn.
01:47He's unfortunate to lose his place against Liverpool, but I think we can understand why.
01:51He comes on at half-time and makes a massive, massive difference to this game.
01:54And you're right, he did play initially out on the right.
01:56Then when Tommy Dore came on, he moved back into a more central position.
01:59But even when he was out on the right, he wasn't hugging the touchline.
02:03He was allowed to come inside as an inside forward, as an inside 10,
02:07and to link up with Kunja, who was playing a very free role at that point in the game.
02:11To link up with Manezzu, who, of course, was playing slightly further forward.
02:14I thought he linked up very nicely, actually, down that right with Samedo,
02:18and then also Lima towards the end when he came on.
02:20So, Bellegarde is now proven over three games, or is only three games.
02:26It's a long way to go, but proving why Wolves brought him in.
02:30There's a very, very good technical player there,
02:32who does actually have the required physical attributes to deal with players in the Premier League.
02:37He's very good at holding onto the ball.
02:38His ball retention is excellent.
02:40He's good in the tackle.
02:42Now, a little bit of confidence, a little bit of consistency
02:45does magic things to a footballer.
02:47And all of a sudden, Bellegarde is in his best form,
02:50and most consistent form of his Wolves career.
02:53His challenge now is to keep that up.
02:54And exactly what you just said, I couldn't agree more.
02:56He has to start for me in the next game.
02:58I think he starts against Bournemouth in the league coming up.
03:02I think it's a no brainer.