Who’s Wolves’ best goalkeeper as they look to address away form issues

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Choices to be made and improvements needed on the road.

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00:00 I'm here with Charlie Haffenden of Birmingham World to discuss all things for the four Midlands

00:06 clubs that we look at. Charlie, we'll start with Wolves, obviously going into a very hectic,

00:13 festive period now. But their away form in the Premier League seems to be something that's

00:18 really stopping them from maybe finding this next level under Gary O'Neill. It's not really

00:24 been very memorable away days, you know, you compare them to the likes of Everton who are

00:29 fantastic on the road, really, and to Sean Dyche lately. What do Wolves need to do to

00:34 maybe ensure that they are getting some points on the road?

00:38 It's disappointing, isn't it? The West Ham result, I think, solidifying the fact that

00:41 Wolves just simply can't get those results away from home. At Moliney, they've been brilliant

00:46 and we've seen them beating some of the top sides. There's been a theme home and away

00:51 where they've been struggling against those in and around them, I think, has been a bit

00:54 of a case of it. But West Ham aren't exactly one of those. They're in the top half of the

00:58 table. They won the European Conference League last season. So here we go again. It's coming

01:02 in against one of the teams that's actually better. So that is kind of solidifying the

01:06 away form not being the best. I think getting a bit better defensively, I mean, it's a pretty

01:11 obvious thing to say is now after losing 3-0, but they just look sloppy. And especially

01:16 Nelson Sameda at the moment. I don't know what's getting into him on the right wing

01:19 back position, but he's just quite sloppy going forward. He's great, but he just seems

01:24 to get caught out of position a lot. And then you're relying a lot on someone. Craig Dawson,

01:28 I think is a fantastic player. Max Kilman as well, but they haven't got that much pace,

01:32 especially with the likes of Mohammed Quddus coming in behind Jarrett Bowen. And that's

01:36 what really cost him at London Stadium. So I think maybe Sameda needs to get in better

01:40 form or maybe rotate in someone like Matt Doherty, see what he can do. I know he's not

01:45 what he used to be. I think those wing back positions, especially on the right, are costing

01:49 him at the moment.

01:50 And there's also a thing you can look at with Wolves, they've changed their goalkeeper

01:55 a few times in the last Premier League games. Obviously Dan Bentley coming in and Jose Sarr

02:00 and then swapping out. It can't really be hugely beneficial having two different names

02:06 swapping inside and out of the sticks every week. What's your sort of take and how do

02:12 they get it right? Because Jose Sarr on his day has been one of the best keepers in the

02:16 league at times.

02:17 I think they're probably at the moment in Gary O'Neill's mind on a bit of a level playing

02:22 field. That's why we're seeing them get a bit of a rotation. You can see in the background

02:25 my Brighton scarf. I'm very aware of what goalkeeping changes can do. Verbruggen and

02:30 Steele at Brighton, you never know who's going to start. It's not overly helpful, I think.

02:36 I think the defenders need to build a relationship, especially when you're trying to play out

02:39 from the back. Wolves not as reliant on that as Brighton are. But as you say, I don't think

02:45 it's going to help. You need some continuity there. You want to build a bit of a force

02:48 in the back line. Maybe this will go away at some point soon. We know Neil figures out

02:51 which one he prefers. I think Sarr probably should just about edge it. He just has quite

02:56 a few mistakes recently. And I think that's why Bentley is getting a bit of a push. You

03:00 got to remember he's trying to get his minutes too. And he's done some impressive performances.

03:04 So he's got a right of his own to get in the team. I think they need to figure out sooner

03:09 rather than later who's the number one.

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