- Wolves drew 2-2 against Crystal Palace in the Premier League on Saturday
- Gary O’Neil’s team has failed to win any of its first ten games
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A win over Southampton on Saturday could be enough to keep Gary O’Neil in business, but it will require extensive surgery to resolve the issues that threaten to send Wolves into the Championship.
Blame it on a brutal fixture list, blame it on rough VAR calls or blame it on the loss of Pedro Neto and Max Kilman, last season’s best players, in the summer.
The reality is that very few managers can survive a run of one win in twenty, especially when the cost of leaving the Premier League is so high.
Yet O’Neil is not the only guilty party. In addition to their under-pressure manager, the spotlight should also be focused on chairman Jeff Shi and sporting director Matt Hobbs.
Since sacking Nuno Espirito Santo at the end of the 2020/21 season, Shi’s approach to hiring and managing managers has been haphazard at best.
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