Gary O’Neil is confident Wolves will overachieve again in the Premier League this season despite falling to a 2-1 defeat to Newcastle on Sunday.
Mario Lemina had given the hosts a half-time lead, most effective for Fabian Schar and Harvey Barnes’ prolonged-vary efforts polishing off the turnaround for the Magpies.
Wolves occupy now failed to discover any of their opening four league games this term and hang the last space in the bottom three.
Their single point against Nottingham Wooded space makes this their joint-worst originate to a Premier League advertising and marketing and marketing campaign, along with 2003-04, as soon as they were relegated in last space.
O’Neil’s aspect occupy now moreover misplaced six of their last seven league games at Molineux, shedding more games on residence turf in 2024 than any other team in the tip-flight (eight).
However the Wolves head coach, who oversaw a 14th-space attach in his debut advertising and marketing and marketing campaign on the helm last One year, is confident his players will earn their groove.
“We now occupy got better depth, surely. The tear is the tear. The team ought to aloof be judged on what they did to your complete of last season.
“I am particular we will overachieve what many folks will request of us this season.
“All individuals seems to be determined for our first discover. That modified into shut to being our simplest on the present time.
“We now occupy got long gone up against a aspect which occupy spent an terrible lot of cash and were in the Champions League.
“There are no longer a form of groups that can accelerate against Newcastle and search the most inclined to discover.”
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There had been positives for O’Neil to know from the defeat, alternatively, most particularly the performance of present addition Andre in central midfield.
The Brazilian carried out all 40 of his passes against Newcastle, the most on document by a participant on their first ever Premier League originate with out misplacing one (since 2003-04).
“Very genuine, he’s a genuine participant clearly. Recent system on the present time with the three midfielders in. An terrible lot of positives,” O’Neil acknowledged.
“Of course the most energetic positives that of us are drawn to is aspects.
“From my point of gape, to occupy give you a brand unique structure for the team and for it to search the plot it did against Newcastle modified into a essential plus for us.”