Wolves have duristically end up the season by losing at away from home against Ipswich on Saturday with a shocking 2-1. The loss, which arrived in the 93rd minute through a header by Jack Taylor, is another blow in a season that is going from worse to worse for Wolves.
Accusing fingers will be pointed at two of the young stars, Matheus Cunha awkwardly handled the loss frustratingly conflicts with Rayan Ait-Nouri. However, what really answered the bell was the post-match comments of Gary O’Neil.
In an interview with the BBC O’Neil rued that his team lacked the capacity to handle the English Premier League. He said: “Our ability to cope at this level is really becoming incredibly hard for the team.” This is my third year and I work at this level. I’ve never had such a tough time to assist a group to deal with the level, even in real basic things, real basic things.
But O’Neil’s comments did not sit well with Match of the Day pundit Ashley Williams. “I don’t like that, Gaz, because he has kind of put a bit of space between himself and the players,” Williams said. He is overstating they are at certain level, and as if it is not ‘we’ again, then it is ‘them’ and ‘they’ I do not like that.
It may come as no surprise that O’Neil’s comments have angered many Wolves fans, who are becoming more and more disillusioned with their team. Wolverhampton again failed to show any sign of life and this latest loss to the Ipswich is just the latest addition to the string of poor performances this season.
As many more fixtures continue to accumulate with more pressure to change the team’s fortune, it is going to be a herculean task for O’Neil at Wolverhampton. But his commentaries have only deepened much of the clinic sense far as the club is concerned.