Wolves fell to another defeat in the Premier League yesterday, falling short against Crystal Palace.
Wolves came away from the capital empty-handed, losing the game in the latter stages.
The Eagles won 3-2, with Odsonne Edouard scoring twice either side of Ebere Eze.
Wolves got the game back to 1-1 through substitute Hwang Hee-chan.
But some slack defending allowed Edouard and Eze to put the game out of Wolves’ reach.
Matheus Cunha scored right at the death, but it was nothing more than a consolation.
It was a frustrating day at the office – but Palace manager Roy Hodgson was actually quite complimentary about Wolves after the game…
Roy Hodgson praises Wolves after yesterday’s 3-2 result at Selhurst Park
Gary O’Neil was pleased with his side arriving in the box yesterday.
But he is under no illusion where Wolves need to improve.
Wanderers may have grabbed two goals yesterday but there were amply opportunites to score earlier in the game.
But Hodgson was impressed with Wolves, saying (cpfc.co.uk): “It’s been a good afternoon because we won. It wouldn’t have been a good afternoon had we not, because I think a lot of things we didn’t do today, weren’t things we wanted to see from the team.
“I thought Wolves were very good so I think that we were depending on those three very good goals and a much better second-half performance.”
Wolves have issues at both ends
The focus is usually always on Wolves’ end product. Yesterday, it was poor again.
It has been a long standing issue, and undoubtedly it’s a major thing that Gary O’Neil needs to address.
But so far this season, it has been evident that Wolves are weak defensively.
Craig Dawson and Max Kilman haven’t started particularly well, and so the manager needs to think about that too.
Perhaps adding Toti Gomes to the backline, and then using wing-backs, could be something to consider