Under-pressure Wolves boss Gary O’Neill says he will punish Rayan Ait Nouri as his senseless red card against Ipswich Town could have ‘catastrophic consequences’ .
Ait Nouri was sent off at the end of the season and is now banned from next week’s big game against Leicester City. Wolves lost 2-1 to Ipswich Town on Saturday.
Wolves players have lost their cool in three of their last four games The pressure was palpable, and O’Neal’s anger after the home defeat was palpable.
O’Neal—— Who is the favorite to be the next sacked Premier League manager? – said: “When players step out of line, they are punished severely by me. Rayan already knows how I feel because getting a second yellow card and not being able to play next week could have disastrous consequences.
“No matter how much pressure we’re under, we need to stay in control. I don’t see what that does.
“As you saw last week, we take matters like this very seriously [with Lemina losing the captaincy]. This is very annoying. Players need to understand the importance of making good decisions under pressure. We have enough to do or need to address without fixing this problem. “
Half of the 40 goals Wolves have conceded in the Premier League this season have come from set pieces, and it was Jack Taylor’s header from a corner that helped Ipswich claim all three points at Molineux.
“If the guys are in the right spots, I’m going to be responsible for the goals that are set for the game,” O’Neal said. “For some reason two of them decided to change roles late in the game.
“It was a decision the players made under pressure. They will always try to find a solution but it was a bad decision.
“You either find a way to get good enough or you get replaced, and that’s true for me and for the players. That’s the nature of the business. It’s a very competitive industry. If you’re constantly below level, change will come.”
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ipswich Currently three points ahead of Wolves Premier League standings Head coach Kieran McKenna said he was always looking to capitalize on the pressure O’Neill was under: “You always talk about the background of the opponent, how they are running, what form they are in and what the crowd might be like.
“It’s always an away game thing. If a team doesn’t perform well, you know if you start well and score the first goal, the atmosphere can go against the home team. We did really well.”
But the Wolves boss, who was named November’s Coach of the Month, is not worried about his future as he reportedly has “full support” from the club’s hierarchy to turn things around.
“I’m not interested in my position,” he declared. “I know the job I do every day and I know the situation we’re in.
“I know it’s a lot of work to get this team to do things the way they do. People can point the finger at me but some accountability has to fall on the players.
“I am happy with myself as a coach, my standards and what I ask of the team. I also embrace this difficult moment.
“That group of guys downstairs need me to help them get ready this week. I’m going to continue to fight for them and fight with them until I’m told not to.
“That doesn’t mean I don’t think I’ll get fired. For everyone [poor] The result is that my likelihood of losing my job increases. This has nothing to do with me and this situation drives me to want to do better. “
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