Wolves haven’t looked back since hiring Vitor Pereira, who has guided his team to six wins in a row.
Wolves’ 3-0 win over Leicester City marked the sixth Premier League game in a row that the Old Gold had collected three points.
Pereira has surpassed expectations since his arrival in December, taking the reins from Gary O’Neil to point the Wolves squad in the right direction.
Now safe from relegation and in searing form, the good times have returned to Molineux, as Pereira continues to break records at Wolves.
The remarkable record Vitor Pereira has achieved at Wolves
Wolves fans are in awe of Pereira, who is certainly the right man for the job in the West Midlands.
Aside from winning over fans away from the pitch, Pereira has ensured that his presence in the Premier League is known, as Wolves are the team to beat in England right now.
Following Wolves’ win over Leicester to move up to 13th in the Premier League table, a truly mindblowing statistic emerged about how the manager has transformed the squad he largely inherited from O’Neil.
Remarkably, if Wolves had no points on the board at the point of Pereira’s arrival, the Old Gold would still be 11 points clear of the relegation zone.
Since Pereira was hired, Wolves have won 32 points, which, if starting from zero, would place the Midlands club 11 points above Ipswich Town in 18th.
Fortunately, Pereira didn’t have to start on no points as the Old Gold had nine points on the board, which says all that needs to be known about the two managers who have overseen things this season.
Pereira has left Gary O’Neil red-faced
O’Neil thought his squad was incapable of competing, which hindsight identifies as a managerial weakness rather than a collective one.
After the Englishman’s last game in charge before being replaced by Pereira, O’Neil said that he’d never experienced such a struggle with a group of players.
“The ability of the team to cope at this level is proving unbelievably difficult for us. I’ve worked at this level, this is my third year now. And I’ve never had so much of a struggle to help a group cope with the level, in real basic stuff, real basic stuff.”
Aside from the three players that Pereira signed in January, the squad is the same as the one O’Neil had major concerns about, leaving the former manager rather red-faced.
When looking at Wolves now, it’s difficult to fathom what O’Neil must be thinking about what Pereira has done to transform the club.