Gary O’Neil given more time to turn things around in Premier League for Wolves

A look at the current boss’ situation.

Transcript

00:00Charlie, looking at Wolves and obviously the managerial situation now, Gary O'Neill obviously

00:06hasn't had the most amazing start this season. Obviously, if you look back as well, it looks

00:11even worse for him. The back end of last season, especially after that huge chance in the FA

00:15Cup quarter-final against Coventry where it sort of went wrong and a massive chance to

00:19go to Wembley again for Wolves in a fantastic FA Cup semi-final day out and it sort of crumbled

00:27from then. They had a brilliant spell this time last year as well going into the festive

00:33period and they came out fantastic four in Wolves over Christmas and into the new year.

00:40And then it's just sort of petered out and then this season obviously hasn't started

00:43well at all. I mean, obviously dealt with the tough fixtures, but also on top of that,

00:48the goals they've conceded have been monumental. I mean, it all sort of reasons with O'Neill

00:54that he is calling out the ownership. You know, you're selling your best players year

00:57on year. It's not a sustainable model at all for Wolves to remain in the Premier League.

01:02So what's the sort of latest on O'Neill and his stance? I mean, he has been dealt the

01:08shorthand it seems again, but so have the last few Wolves managers and it's sort of

01:12ended in a bleak situation for all of them.

01:15Yeah, it's been a bit of a running theme, isn't it at Wolves? And is it a case of it

01:19not actually being the manager's problem, but the club's problem? Lots of the players

01:24coming out for Gary O'Neill this week and saying that he's a great coach on the training

01:28field and that the results just aren't seem to follow. But potentially just the situations

01:32you mentioned with the transfers, not being able to bring in replacements for people like

01:36Pedro Neto and Maximilian Kilmann, two very important players last season, two players

01:41that were in their best form when Wolves were on their incredible run before, of course,

01:46they did lose to Coventry, all seem to go downhill from that point. But at the moment

01:50with Gary O'Neill, it seems as if after West Ham defeat, he's going to carry on as manager

01:55for the foreseeable. He should be able to take on Ipswich Town and then Leicester City.

02:00These two matches, though, if Wolves go and lose them both or fail to win them both, it

02:05might be enough potentially for the ownership to change their minds. But the current situation

02:10is that O'Neill will remain in charge and the Telegraph are reporting that Wolves will

02:14actually back O'Neill in the January transfer window, which is a which is a massive difference

02:18to what the Wolves fan base seems to be thinking. A lot of people calling for Gary O'Neill to

02:24go. I wouldn't say everybody wants O'Neill to go, but the vast majority do, which is

02:29understandable. Deep in the relegation zone, four points deep at that, about to play two

02:34teams that can be six-pointer matches in a relegation fight. You want to have potentially

02:40a new manager bounce or you want to at least have some confidence in the squads going into

02:44those kind of matches. So it would make sense to get rid of O'Neill in that sense. But then,

02:49of course, who are you going to bring in as a replacement? Graeme Potter doesn't want

02:53the job. David Moyes is unlikely to take it. And then there aren't really many other options

02:57out there that could slot in straight away. So it's a difficult situation for Wolves.