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Wolves’ changes to increase performances under Vitor Pereira
National World - LocalTV
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26/02/2025
Wolverhampton Wanderers had a productive January transfer window, strengthening key areas of their squad. With a focus on quality signings, the club bolstered their midfield and defence, adding depth and competition in crucial positions.
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You probably can look at the sort of stage that we're at with him being the new manager
00:06
and maybe sort of look to judge him a little bit and the way he's gone about things at
00:10
Wolves.
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I mean, you know, we mentioned before the Mateus Cunha situation where it sort of took
00:15
a massive turn and there was attitude problems and then suddenly he puts a couple of fantastic
00:20
performances in and he signs a new deal, albeit with that release clause.
00:24
But it seems like he's really sort of, you know, grabbed the bull by the horns in terms
00:28
of this job at Molyneux.
00:30
It's one of them where Jeff Sheehan has looked to a saviour manager again, like they did
00:35
with Julian Opetegui just a season or so ago.
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What have you sort of taken from Vitor Pereira's time so far and from what you've seen?
00:44
I mean, you've not been covering Wolves too long, but you've seen an array of managers
00:48
in the dugout.
00:49
I certainly have seen an array of managers and there's been such a contrast between them
00:54
all really in the mood, in the stadium.
00:56
I think with Pereira, even though the results haven't quite been there since the very start,
01:01
the performances have.
01:03
Maybe the Newcastle defeat 3-0, the Forest one as well 3-0, actually kind of played alright
01:08
in that Forest game in fairness, so the performance was still there.
01:10
But so many of the other defeats have been narrowly by one goal against Liverpool at
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Anfield.
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First half, not good at all, so many mistakes, but that second half, Wolves were the first
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team to stop Liverpool from having a shot in the second half of the game at Anfield
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since 2003.
01:25
Just put that into context, when Wolves have been one of the worst teams defensively in
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the Premier League this season, to go to Anfield and do that, especially after all the mistakes
01:33
in that first half from the defenders, Toti Gomez and Emmanuel Agbadoo, coming out in
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that second half, such a great response, I think was really spirited and they can take
01:42
confidence from that.
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No points at all from Anfield, but they could have very much got one on that day and probably
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deserved to, in fairness.
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Yeah, and obviously Wolves have drawn Bournemouth away in the FA Cup now.
01:54
Obviously, Bournemouth is an incredibly tough place to go to and Wolves have a love affair
01:59
with the FA Cup over the last couple of seasons.
02:01
Obviously, last season, it sort of started Gary O'Neill's downfall, maybe, you know,
02:06
missing out very, very late on against Coventry with that trip to Wembley.
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What do you sort of take from the draw and how Wolves fans will be feeling going down
02:14
to an incredibly tough place to go to this season?
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I think, yeah, if you look at it on previous years, you think Bournemouth away, we'll
02:25
take that.
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You know, it's a winnable game, either way, 50-50, it's definitely not 50-50 this year.
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The way Ariola has got Bournemouth playing is incredible, fighting for Champions League,
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Europa League or Europa Conference League football as well.
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Wolves will have to be at their very best to go and get a result.
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But we have seen Bournemouth falter at times this season, not been at their best, sometimes
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not quite clinical enough, sometimes on the transition phase, they can be a little bit
02:50
open as well.
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So Wolves, if they can be on their best and with Matthias Kuhnje firing on the counter-attack,
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who knows what can happen and then potentially another quarterfinal on the cards.
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