The Keen & Judah Show: Has Mario Lemina gone from zero to hero?

Liam Keen and Nathan Judah discuss Wolves' 2-1 defeat at West Ham. Which players impressed and who disappointed?

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00:00Matt Doherty on the way up. On the way down, I've got to talk about the club captain, Mario Lamina.

00:07I want to take it from hero to zero from last season, but at the same time, you look at

00:12the player of the season, had all the accolades, deservedly so as well. He's magnificent,

00:16not just a leader on the pitch, off it as well, scoring goals, man of the match performances, and

00:22let's be honest, he's been a shadow of his former self this season. He really has

00:25not the Mario Lamina that we pay to see. He lost his place briefly in the side. He's regained it.

00:31He's played in centre midfield. He's moved a lot. So he has moved a lot on this side and maybe

00:36that's one of the issues. But going back to centre-back, great game against Fulham. Hasn't

00:41worked out. I'm not sure they'll see him too many times this season again at centre-back.

00:44Back into centre midfield, he did okay last night. Okay. I wouldn't say anything more than that. I

00:51thought it was an average performance, to be honest, but it's after the game and the scenes

00:55that we saw, the ugly scenes in front of the supporters, just terrible, terrible look. Liam,

01:01I was outside the stadium at this time, sir, but I bet you couldn't believe what you were seeing.

01:05And you talk about the traits that have a side going down in the season and problems off the

01:11pitch, problems on the pitch and fighting within teammates and staff, and that's just a terrible

01:16look from what's supposed to be a leader. No, absolutely. Yeah, player of the season last year,

01:22absolutely fantastic. He's nowhere near his levels this season. Has had good games,

01:27but not anywhere near that consistent level. Chopping and changing, I think has disrupted

01:32him definitely in his position. Playing through midfield at times, I think has disrupted him.

01:37There are things that play into that, but there's no excuses for having a pretty tepid performance

01:43on the pitch. Not particularly bad, but certainly nothing to write home about.

01:47And then having those scenes at full time, the Bowen thing is handbags, a bit of a scuffle,

01:54but then to be shoving your own teammates and going head to head with the first team coaches,

01:59not what a leader should be doing. Now, other people are going to be partly at fault for that

02:04as well. You can't all be down on Lamina, but as captain, he is struggling to lead right now,

02:09and he's far better, I think, than those scenes. As we said after the match on the pitch,

02:16that you have to now go and make up for that and apologise for that with a massive performance

02:22against Ipswich. Charles Gomez will be suspended. I imagine he'll play regardless of who's in

02:27charge. That's an opportunity for him to go and do the business, step out there and show people

02:33how good you are and how good you can be.