Wolves desperately need to find a way out of their dreadful start to the 2024/25 campaign.
Pressure is mounting for Gary O’Neil at Molineux, as the Wolves manager’s position continues to be placed under the microscope.
Not many would have expected the Old Gold to have such a dreadful start to the season, with just one point to show from the opening seven Premier League games.
As a result, the Midlands club sit bottom of the table despite the incredibly talented squad O’Neil possesses at this moment.
Wolves warned to make immediate defensive change
Surprisingly, Wolves’ performances haven’t been entirely rotten this season, despite having very little to show for their efforts.
The Old Gold have displayed spells of quality in almost every fixture however, are yet to put together a convincing 90 minutes of football.
From lack of conviction to late crumbles, something has to change at Wolves, with journalist Liam Keen and thousands of others knowing the answer.
The glaring issue in the squad is the defence, as O’Neil deemed it necessary to switch from a back five to a back four in the summer.
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Speaking on The Keen & Judah Show, Wolves reporter Keen shared his belief that the boss has ‘no choice’ but to revert to his set up last season.
“I think Gary O’Neil has got no choice but to make this change,” the E&S journalist said.
“Wolves are clearly struggling to defend with a four, with the players they have and the system they are trying to play, it’s just not working.”
After seeing how rejuvenated Wolves looked last term when O’Neil opted to play five at the back, it’s bewildering to imagine why the boss decided to go back on his call this campaign.
Warning signs were there for Gary O’Neil in the summer
Yes, the change in formation worked in pre-season, but there were also negatives during the summer that should have prompted O’Neil to rethink his favoured set up.
Keen raised the struggles that Wolves had in the latter stages of the transfer window, sharing an insight into what the club wanted, and failed to achieve in the market.
“The back end of the transfer window didn’t go as planned, they wanted someone who was going to come in and start straight away in a back four. That didn’t happen.”
The Old Gold lost Max Kilman in early July, seeing O’Neil bid farewell to a pillar in his central back three however, this didn’t prompt the club to act quickly to replace the Englishman.
As a result of transfer decisions and the desperation to make the current formation work, Wolves find themselves lacking defensively and sitting 20th in the table.