00:00Charlie, looking at Wolves and obviously the managerial situation now, Gary O'Neill obviously
00:07hasn't had the most amazing start this season. Obviously, if you look back as well, it looks
00:12even worse for him. The back end of last season, especially after that huge chance in the FA
00:17Cup quarter-final against Coventry where it sort of went wrong and a massive chance to
00:21go to Wembley again for Wolves in a fantastic FA Cup semi-final day out. And it sort of
00:28crumbled from then. They had a brilliant spell this time last year as well, going into
00:34the festive period. They came out fantastic four in Wolves over Christmas and into the
00:39new year. And then it's just sort of petered out. And then this season obviously hasn't
00:44started well at all. I mean, obviously dealt with the tough fixtures, but also on top of
00:49that, the goals they've conceded have been monumental. I mean, it all sort of reasons
00:55with O'Neill that he is calling out the ownership. You know, you're selling your best players
00:58year on year. It's not a sustainable model at all for Wolves to remain in the Premier
01:03League. So what's the sort of latest on O'Neill and his stance? I mean, he has been dealt
01:09the shorthand it seems again, but so have the last few Wolves managers and it's sort
01:13of ended in a bleak situation for all of them.
01:17Yeah, it's been a bit of a running theme, isn't it at Wolves? And is it a case of it
01:21not actually being the manager's problem, but the club's problem? Lots of the players
01:25coming out for Gary O'Neill this week and saying that he's a great coach on the training
01:29field and that the results just don't seem to follow. But potentially just the situations
01:34you mentioned with the transfers, not being able to bring in replacements for people like
01:38Pedro Neto and Maximilian Kielman, two very important players last season, two players
01:43that were in their best form when Wolves were on their incredible run before, of course,
01:47they did lose to Coventry. It all seemed to go downhill from that point. But at the moment
01:51with Gary O'Neill, it seems as if after West Ham defeat, he's going to carry on as manager
01:56for the foreseeable. He should be able to take on Ipswich Town and then Leicester City.
02:01These two matches, though, if Wolves go and lose them both or fail to win them both, it
02:06might be enough potentially for the ownership to change their minds. But the current situation
02:11is that O'Neill will remain in charge and The Telegraph are reporting that Wolves will
02:15actually back O'Neill in the January transfer window, which is a massive difference to what
02:20the Wolves fan base seems to be thinking. A lot of people calling for Gary O'Neill to go. I
02:25wouldn't say everybody wants O'Neill to go, but the vast majority do, which is understandable.
02:32Deep in the relegation zone, four points deep at that, about to play two teams that
02:37can be six-pointer matches in a relegation fight. You want to have potentially a new
02:41manager bounce or you want to at least have some confidence to get rid of O'Neill in that sense.
02:46But then, of course, who are you going to bring in as a replacement? Graham Potter doesn't want
02:50the job. David Moyes is unlikely to take it. And then there aren't really many other options out
02:54there that could slot in straight away. So it's a difficult situation for Wolves.
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