Liam Keen analysis: Discontent growing after Wolves capitulation
It has all turned a little bit ugly and something must give.
Wolves may have scored three goals away from home, but they lost comfortably at Brentford.
Going forward is clearly not the issue. Yes, Wolves have not been at their free-flowing best in some fixtures, but they have consistently scored goals.
The second was created by Rayan Ait-Nouri and smartly finished by Jorgen Strand Larsen.
The third was superb solo work from Ait-Nouri.
However, Wolves’ remarkably bad defending and constant defensive errors mean they are leaking goals at an alarming rate.
This is coming from players experienced enough to do better and although Gary O’Neil has made mistakes of his own – which will be discussed and analysed – these experienced professionals are letting the head coach down.
Toti Gomes’ positioning for the first, third and fifth goals was criminal.
Sam Johnstone – 3
The goalkeeper had a day to forget conceding five goals, the fifth of which he was partly at fault for. He did not command his box.
Nelson Semedo – 4
The defender had one good assist going forward but was caught out a few times defensively. Not one of the worst performers, but not the best.
Craig Dawson – 5
Dawson was the pick of the centre-backs with a solid enough performance in difficult circumstances, while those struggled around him.
Toti Gomes – 3
Premier League star Morgan Gibbs-White has highlighted the racial abuse he suffered at school and said it’s still hard to “control your anger”.
The former Wolves playmaker, who moved to Nottingham Forest in 2022, opened up about the vile taunts he has received on the pitch and online.
The 24-year-old midfielder revealed he was first racially abused while playing football at school.
He said: “They almost make you feel different to other people, just because of the colour of your skin, which is obviously wrong in so many ways because everyone is human and everyone’s blood is red.
“When I first received racial abuse, I was quite immature and didn’t know how to handle it, but as I’ve got older and spoken to more people, that’s helped me massively on how to deal with things in the right way and get support.”
He was speaking as Nottinghamshire Police promoted Black History Month which runs throughout October.
Gibbs-White told how he deals with racists and so-called ‘keyboard warriors’ who post sick comments online.
He said: “I just believe that you have to think of it as you’re unique and you have to, in some way, represent the culture in a positive way by not reacting in the moment.
