Wolves were understandably dejected after conceding late against Brighton, but Conor Coady is worried by the players’ reactions.
It was disappointing to see Wolves drop another two points. Conceding late has become an issue in recent weeks.
Dave Edwards criticised Vitor Pereira’s decision to switch back to a back five in each of the last two games, seeing it as a negative move, and one which has cost them the win.
Former Wolves captain Conor Coady has chimed in with a concern of his own, but it’s related to what he saw after the final whistle rather than before.
Conor Coady not encouraged by Wolves players’ reactions at full-time
Coady was watching Wolves against Brighton at the weekend, and was likely as put out as the rest of us to see the away side equalise in the final minutes.
But he’s more concerned with what he saw after the whistle blew. Appearing on BBC’s Monday Night Club, the Englishman brought up the dejected post-match reaction from Pereira’s men.
He says: “Usually, you see that the back end of the season when things are really looking bleak, and it’s like, how are we going to get out of this? What are we seven games in, eight games in? And we’re seeing that now. And I just didn’t like the look of it.”
Coady thinks it’s too early to be seeing such frustration from the players, and thinks Wolves are missing leaders to pick the team up in tough moments.
He continues: “There’s 30 odd games to go in a season. Let’s get ourselves ready. Let’s get ourselves going.
“That to me just looked like a little bit of a lack of leadership of people trying to just grab the lads and go, ‘Come on, we’re still in this.'”
Pereira needs to be careful with team morale
We can go on and on about how Wolves have looked better in recent games, but if the results aren’t falling their way, Pereira will find it difficult to stop heads from dropping.
The international break gives Wolves a chance to reset and come back stronger, but that will only be possible if the mindset stays positive.
That responsibility falls on Pereira.
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The glass-half-full way to look at this is recognising that the upcoming fixtures, while pressure-filled, are easier than the likes of Spurs and Brighton.
All it will take is six points from meetings with Burnley and Sunderland to completely turn around the trajectory of the season. That’s the mindset that needs to be drilled into these players, who look to be shrinking in confidence based on the scenes from Sunday afternoon.