As additional concerns over Gary O’Neil’s future surfaced, Wolves lost to West Ham in the Premier League for the tenth time this season. After a tough start to the season, Julen Lopetegui and Gary O’Neil were under tremendous pressure to get a win going into the game at the London Stadium.
Naturally, Lopetegui defeated O’Neil because Wolves was still in 19th place in the standings, but the 41-year-old wasn’t fired as a result. Many fans are disappointed to learn that Fosun completely supports O’Neil in spite of his dismal performance, which exacerbates their worries about the awful ownership at Molineux. Surprisingly, Mick McCarthy, the previous Wanderers manager, supports the team’s present position.
Having managed nine clubs over the course of three decades, Mick McCarthy is well-versed in the challenges of football management and wants Gary O’Neil to stay as Wolves’ manager. Wolves was one of them; he was dismissed of his responsibilities in 2012 after five and a half years at Molineux beginning in July 2006. The seasoned manager kept the Old Gold in the Premier League for the next two seasons after leading them to the Championship title in 2008–09.
McCarthy was sacked in February 2012 with the club in the bottom three after they were thrashed 5-1 by Black Country rivals West Brom.
Now, after experiencing what life can be like at the bottom of England’s top flight, the 65-year-old has urged the Wolves board to stick with O’Neil despite him only winning two league games since April.
McCarthy could be granted his wish as O’Neil set to stay at Wolves
In any normal circumstance, boasting just two wins from 15 matches and the worst defence in the league would result in a manager being sacked.
However, Wolves want to find a replacement for O’Neil before sacking him, and this is a questionable approach when the club’s Premier League future is on the line.
They are presently four points clear of exiting the bottom three. When Wolves hosts Ipswich on Saturday in a game that must be won, O’Neil will be in command. Regardless of what McCarthy claims, he has more than enough time to turn things around, so anything less than three points at Molineux should eventually mark the end of his 16 months in the dugout. He hasn’t had the finest hand with Fosun’s self-sustaining model, of course, but it doesn’t take a genius to figure that out: Wolves’ chances of surviving seem very limited if they retain O’Neil in command for very long.
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