00:00Well, Charles, it hasn't been the most positive of weekends for Wolverhampton Wanderers in
00:06the Premier League. They find themselves sat within the relegation zone now, following
00:11their loss at home to Arsenal and then Leicester City's away win at Tottenham Hotspur, so not
00:17a great weekend for Vito Pereira and his side. It begs the question as to where do Wolves
00:22go now, because of course, when Vito Pereira first came in about a month or so ago now,
00:27things seemed to be positive and there was a lot of optimism, I think, about the club
00:31in terms of where they could get to this season in terms of just getting away from the relegation
00:36zone. But now things have gone a little bit stale once again, players not performing again
00:41and it all seems a little bit, I use the word stale there, things a bit more pessimistic
00:47around Molyneux at the moment. So what can be done and where do they go from here and
00:51how do they revitalise themselves as the season enters the business end and obviously the
00:56most important part of the season, where every point matters even more than the last
00:59one?
01:00Yes, of course, obviously you mentioned he came in and had a great impact, a real manager
01:05bounce with the first few clean sheets and back-to-back wins and a draw away at Spurs,
01:12but you look at how bad Spurs are actually doing and a draw there wasn't obviously good
01:17enough in hindsight. But just reflecting, they lost to Ipswich at home, which was a
01:24massive loss. They obviously still have to go to Ipswich, they have to go to Southampton,
01:30they are hosting Leicester, they obviously beat Leicester away in Vito Pereira's first
01:35game but then battered away at Goodison Park against Everton. You have to sort of stop
01:43and look at their situations at the time. They were in dire need of a win, of some goals
01:48and a 4-0 against Wolves at Goodison Park really, really just puts the nail in the coffin.
01:55I mean, only four wins in 23 Premier League games, it's just nowhere near the standard
02:01that Wolves have seen in the last five years. They have been on an unbelievable journey
02:08under Fosun but the constant business model of buying wonder kids for cheap and then selling
02:17them on for huge amounts of profit and failing to replace them has gotten Wolves in this
02:22position. I mean, probably as far as Nuno Espirito Santo was, obviously they managed
02:27to take them back up to the Premier League. Just the lack of investment, a lack of much
02:33business in windows and defensive support has been absolutely shocking this season.
02:3752 goals conceded, only Southampton more with 53 at this moment. It can't really go on like
02:44this. Wolves need to find some magic to keep them up. As I say, those games where they
02:49have a lot of home games that are winnable on paper, they need to make sure they get
02:53over the line and if they don't, they will be staring at being a championship club next season.
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