Wolves went back to losing ways on Saturday in the Premier League, but former striker Darren Bent did like one thing he saw at Molineux.
Wolves fell to a 4-2 defeat against Bournemouth, and have now slipped back into the relegation zone.
Justin Kluivert scored a hat-trick of penalties for the visitors, taking advantage of some awful Wolves defending. Milos Kerkez was also on target.
After the defeat, some Wolves fans again called for O’Neil to be sacked. But with Everton up next on Wednesday, it was never likely Fosun would pull the trigger.
But he’ll really need a result against Everton, otherwise he could be in last-chance saloon for the game against West Ham United.
There were very few positives to take from the Bournemouth defeat. But Darren Bent did really like one thing that happened on Saturday.
Darren Bent praises Wolves fans for backing Jose Sa after his altercation
Just after the half-time whistle blew on Saturday, Jose Sa was seen confronting an individual in the South Bank.
The person in question is believed to have been heckling Sa, and he was eventually removed from the ground.
It’s still unclear as to what exactly was said to prompt the emotional response from Sa. But when the Wolves number one started to walk away from the scene, he was applauded by a section of fans in the South Bank.
Darren Bent was actually in attendance at Molineux on Saturday, and has praised the fans who backed their player.
He said in a new video on the Ben Foster – The Cycling GK YouTube channel: “Jose Sa jumping into the crowd… what was quite good was that it showed me well maybe they are still with the players. Because when Sa jumped into the crowd, it was about 20 minutes into the game Sa kept turning around and pointing at the individual.
“When they got him out of there the fans started applauding Jose Sa as if to say ‘well done’. That showed me maybe they’re still with the players.”
Wolves fans are still with the players
Certainly on social media, the majority of Wolves fans are behind the players at the moment.
The anger and frustration appear to be directed more towards O’Neil, and there is a feeling that he is out of his depth.
Some feel the team has a lack of identity, and that O’Neil is still unaware of the best way to set up.
| Wolves | Bournemouth |
| Goals – 2 | Goals – 4 |
| Shots on target – 3 | Shots in target – 8 |
| Possession – 61% | Possession – 39% |
| Fouls – 13 | Fouls – 11 |
| Yellow cards – 5 | Yellow cards – 1 |
Regarding the incident with Sa at half-time on Saturday, it was very good to see so many fans backing Sa after his altercation and the Portuguese stopper will surely have appreciated it as well.
Perhaps he shouldn’t have got involved, but we just don’t know what was said. Clearly, it was enough to tip Sa over the edge