'The forward line was non-existant!' Fans frustrated at toothless Wolves

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00:00Back-to-back 3-0 defeats, what do you make of that tonight?

00:04It's a tough one. I mean, I don't know what to say. A lot of them lack strength.

00:10A lot of them look lacklustre. Not enough fitness in the team.

00:13In the wide areas we look really weak. Yeah, tough one.

00:19They were defending quite well as a side but obviously the Huang mistake led to that first E-stack goal

00:23and then it's always difficult from then on, isn't it?

00:25Yeah, I think the problem is it was waves of pressure. Kept losing the ball up the pitch.

00:29Front line was non-existent at the first half. I think we're against that side.

00:33There's only so much you're going to defend against, isn't there?

00:35You keep losing the ball and it comes back to us. They're going to score at some point.

00:38What do you make of that then? Back-to-back 3-0 defeats in the league.

00:40To be honest, I think playing against a strong team like Newcastle at the moment is a bit of a test for us

00:45but there is some development so you can see it on the pitch.

00:48Patience is a virtue but I think the fans need to get more behind the team and get a bit more confidence.

00:53That's what the team needs. A new manager, new fan belief and I think we'll be fine.

00:58Again, disappointing. We had the chances. Strand-Larsen, two goals he should have scored, missed.

01:08What can I say?

01:10And they were made to pay for the defensive errors in the end as well.

01:13Again, it's Newcastle's top team, aren't they? They're up there so we're going to struggle.

01:21But I think we've still got enough.

01:23Yeah, it couldn't have changed it in a way for us in terms of the fact that we weren't losing the ball

01:27every ten seconds the moment he came on. We looked like we could actually score when he came on.

01:31Simeone did alright when he came on as well. He did the same thing.

01:34But yeah, probably a second centre-back needed. We need another one there.

01:38I was saying, Abdul just come in. What do you make of him so far?

01:42OK. Strong enough. Can do the basics defending that we need.

01:47Can pass with his right only. Probably need to get him on the right side of the three, I would say.

01:52But need another one in there?

01:54Yeah, we do need another one in there. It's a tough way to balance the side.

01:57He's got something. Yeah, a bit of work on passing them.

02:01We need some more attacking structure. The defence, obviously, was quite tight at the beginning.

02:06But I think we lost momentum with the first goal.

02:09But just more belief. Like I say, the fans need to get behind the team. That's what we need.

02:13Hwang Incheon's going through a tough time at the moment.

02:15Some of the fans are obviously quite frustrated, visibly and vocally.

02:19What do you feel with him at the moment? Do you feel him?

02:21Like anyone, everyone needs a chance.

02:23And sometimes when we don't develop as players or we don't score as a player,

02:31we get that frustration as fans.

02:34But give him a chance and he will be part of the team, if that makes sense.

02:39We've got enough quality in the team to stay up.

02:42We need someone to lead the line. Simple as that.

02:45We need a wondrous number nine. And at the moment, we haven't got one.

02:49Look, they've made one transfer in Agbadoo. Do you feel they need some more transfers in this window?

02:54We do. But Agbadoo, he's been...

02:56He's been OK so far?

02:58He looks solid. He's confident.

03:01It's his second game, I think.

03:03Slipped into the bottom three tonight. Do you still feel confident they'll be OK this season?

03:06I'm not sure. I'm not sure.

03:08I'm 50-50 with it. I've been up, down, up, down.

03:11So, yeah, not expecting too much.

03:13We'll try and win the FA Cup and then we'll go down.

03:15Well, you slipped into the bottom three tonight with that defeat.

03:18Do you still feel confident they'll survive this season?

03:20I do. I think we're going to be OK.

03:22I mean, Koonen's back.

03:24But as Tony was saying, we need a good number nine and we haven't got one.

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