Wolves are back in Premier League action today against Leicester City – and fans are optimistic this will be the turning point of the club’s season.
Wolves have a new man at the helm in Vitor Pereira, who succeeds Gary O’Neil after he was sacked by the club last weekend.
A 2-1 defeat to Ipswich Town proved to be the final straw for Fosun, who have reignited their Portuguese link to try and save the club from relegation.
Pereira has not had much time with his new players ahead of this game.
So it’s anyone’s guess as to how he’s going to set up today, and if he will be able to make much of a difference in such a short space of time.
Chris Sutton has been giving his thoughts on the game, and believes there’s one thing Pereira could struggle to do.
Chris Sutton sends warning to Wolves fans despite arrival of Vitor Pereira
Vítor Pereira, head coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers speaks with the media during a press conference at The Sir Jack Hayward Training Ground on Dec...
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Wolves fans have enjoyed what they’ve seen and heard from Pereira so far.
A clip of Pereira on the Wolves training ground left fans excited, and he also had came across well in his press conference on Friday.
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Pereira spoke about improving on set-pieces, which has been a thorn in Wolves’ side all season.
It remains to be seen if he can do that, but Sutton has expressed doubt over whether Pereira can prompt defensive improvements right away.
Predicting a 1-1 draw today, he said (via BBC Sport): “Wolves have just appointed Vitor Pereira as Gary O’Neil’s replacement but they could be without their best attacking player, Matheus Cunha, through suspension, and he would be a huge miss.
“They will be hoping for the same bounce in results that Leicester got when they appointed Ruud van Nistelrooy as manager a few weeks back but I think the Foxes were quite fortunate in some of those games.
“Leicester have shown some spirit under Van Nistelrooy, but they are still heavily reliant on Jamie Vardy up front and still leaking goals too.
“Wolves have even bigger problems at the back so Pereira might come in and try to shut up shop, but I don’t know if they are capable of doing that – they are still the same players that conceded so many goals under O’Neil.”
Pereira needs January recruits
There is a reasonable chance that we’ll see Wolves concede more goals today at the King Power Stadium.
Pereira has talked about improving defensively which is obviously good to hear. But he’s just walked through the door and it’s hard to see how he can address this huge problem immediately.
The new manager needs new recruits in the January transfer window, and hopefully Wolves will get two centre-backs who are ready to make an impact.
Wolves are expected to back Pereira with two new defensive recruits, so fans are excited.
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