Wolverhampton Wanderers defender Conor Coady believes he knows where the team has gone wrong after their first two Premier League games.
Wolverhampton Wanderers stormed to the Championship title last season in real style, although their start to life in the Premier League has been slow.
Wolves drew 2-2 with 10-man Everton on the opening day and then went down 2-0 to 10-man Leicester City at the weekend.
The side has played well, despite the results, and Conor Coady, who has captained the team in both performances, believes he knows where things have gone wrong.
“We were known for starting games well last year and we want to keep on doing that now,” said Coady, reports the Shropshire Star.
“We’ve played two games and not scored the first goal either time – I think that’s a big part of it.
“When you’re chasing the game it doesn’t half become tough because these opposition players are great in their shape, they’re very disciplined and don’t move from what they do.”
Coady is certainly right about starting games; Wolves have given up the lead three times this season – twice against Everton and then against Leicester – something they rarely did last year.
Wolves took the lead in 33 of their 46 matches in the Championship and won 30 of those, leaving this successful team without the know-how needed to overcome deficits at this level; blowing away Championship sides is one thing, breaking down teams like Leicester and Everton from a goal down is a much higher level.
They’ll hope to have the mentality and skill to do it by the end of the season, certainly, but this is a fine example of the difficulties Wolves will naturally face after being promoted the way they were.
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