A couple of weeks, Gary O’Neil made a decision that would completely change the feeling around Wolves.
Wanderers suffered a demoralising defeat to Ipswich Town in the Carabao Cup, after going 2-0 up in the game.
Losing 3-2 to the Championship side was far, far from ideal. Especially having dropped points against Luton Town in the Premier League just days earlier.
A daunting game against Manchester City was coming up next for Wolves.
Everything points to a shellacking for Wolves against the in-form Premier League champions.
But O’Neil executed a game plan that was masterful, and Wolves ran out 2-1 winners at Molineux.
A key component of that victory was the addition of Toti Gomes to make a back three – and the central defender from Portugal now deserves to keep his starting berth…
Time for Toti Gomes, with Wolves looking more assured when he plays
Wolves took three points against City, with Toti playing on the left of a back three.
The 24-year-old did a solid job, and kept Phil Foden relatively quiet, at times stepping out to engage the England international.
He also mopped up a couple of times for Rayan Ait-Nouri.
Toti’s display – after which Mario Lemina called the star ‘a special player’ – earned him a second successive start against Aston Villa.
Again, Toti put in a solid display against some dangerous and pacey players.
So that was four points picked up for Wolves with Toti playing an important role in both matches.
There has been a big effort in recent times at Molineux to play with a more traditional back four system, seemingly with the view that more attacking football can be produced.
The old back three system with wing-backs was ditched by Bruno Lage at the start of last season. And Julen Lopetegui then continued with that when he came in.
But Wolves look good in their old system, especially with Toti in the backline.
Craig Dawson and Max Kilman had looked a little shaky in the opening weeks of the new season as a pairing.
But they appear to have welcomed Toti into the defence with open arms.
Toti deserves to keep his starting berth after the international break.
Very rarely does he ever let Wanderers down when he plays, and it just feels right for him to continue. Especially with Wolves having actually not looked any more ‘defensive’ or ‘conservative’ since changing back to the old system.