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Wolves’ Premier League survival is a hot topic as they navigate a challenging season. With fluctuating form and a squad that has faced key injuries and departures, the question remains: can they find consistency and secure safety?

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00:00So, Charlie, starting with Wolves, and obviously a bit of a running now, halfway through the

00:07season, the games come thick and fast, and there's not really much time to shore up and

00:12make sure you are avoiding the drop zone. So many tough games to come, some winnable

00:17games in there as well. But in terms of Wolves, obviously they've made one January edition

00:23so far. What do you feel are the overriding factors that they need to ensure that Vito

00:29Pereira and his players are in the Premier League next season?

00:34I think it's the clear and obvious one really, it's just the defence and shoring that up.

00:38First half of the season, no team conceded more goals than Wolves, and obviously they

00:42had that outrageously difficult start. But they've now played everyone in the division,

00:46so you can't be moaning about that too much anymore. They've had the chance to make amends

00:50for that, and they've still been conceding goals, especially in the final days under

00:53Gary O'Neill. That defeat away at Everton was just horrendous for that aspect. I'm surprised

00:58he made it past that game for a few other fixtures. Obviously under Vito Pereira, things

01:03have improved slightly. The Nottingham Forest 3-0 defeat was a difficult night at Molineux

01:09in fairness, but Wolves did play fairly well in the attack. They didn't just shore up defensively

01:13as I mentioned. The signing of Emmanuel Agbadoo I think will make a massive difference away

01:19at Bristol City in the FA Cup. Had a fairly good performance there. Wolves did concede

01:24one goal, but just the one. I'd like to see how he does in the Premier League, but a very

01:28physical defender, got a bit of pace as well, decent height. That's what Wolves have needed

01:33really. Since the injury for Jose Mosquera, he seemed to be that figure that could step

01:38in and sweep in behind and win lots of headers. Him having that season-ending injury really

01:43crumbled Wolves in defence, so hopefully Agbadoo can come in and perform that kind of role.

01:47It just makes such a difference, especially when you've got a back-three system as well.

01:51So as I say, I think the defence is the main aspect to stay up.

01:56Looking at specifically the goalkeeper situation, Jose Sarr seems a lot more settled now as

02:03well. Gary O'Neill went through Sam Johnston and Jose Sarr chopping and changing consistently.

02:08It wasn't really anything that sides that are going to remain in the Premier League

02:13need. They need some stability at the back, as you mentioned. It's obviously quite an

02:18ageing defence as well, but if you look at Jose Sarr, he looks fairly settled under the

02:23new coach. Hopefully he can get back to his best because he has had some amazing moments

02:27in a Wolves shirt.

02:28Yeah, it was a really strange moment at the start of the season, wasn't it, when Sam

02:32Johnston came in and you think, oh, does that mean Jose Sarr's time is kind of over as

02:36the number one? For a period it was under Gary O'Neill, but he seems to have regained

02:41his spot under Vito Pereira. I think it's quite healthy to have that competition because

02:45there were a lot of mistakes creeping into Sarr's game and now he looks to have improved

02:49again, especially with this distribution. That's one area that Wolves have really struggled

02:53with under pressure, teams pressing high. Nothing Agba do in front of them as well.

02:57Decent ball-playing defender should help them out.

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