New mentality, new Wolves

While Leicester and Ipswich probably provided harder tests for Wolves, I think it was the win at Peterborough that was the most important.

They hadn't picked up a single point this season, and the Wolves have old may have typically given them their first points. They would have put in a turgid, lifeless performance and left us all miserably. Instead, Solbakken's Wolves put in a confident and strong performance and we had our third win in succession.

The mentality of the team has been talked about by Stale, and he has mentioned how in the Cardiff game we looked like we had accepted that we may lose the game and how we should never do this. We aren't there yet but we have gone a long way to creating this. Too much in the Premier League we set up in the hope that we may nick a point and it cost us in the end.

Most interestingly however, was an article I saw the other day on the Express and Star website. It was about the Sports Psychologist we had brought in, David Young. Stale had this to say.

“David Young has come in with us (the first team) after working with the club for a while.
“I’m always very suspicious about these kinds of people coming in and saying ‘this victory is down to me!’ or that we have to do something else because we lost a game.
“But this guy has really impressed me. I tested him for quite a few weeks to see if he’s really useful and he is very useful. He understands the game and he understands sport and athletes, so he will help us for a day or two a week."

I had read somewhere a while back that we sacked our psychologist before last season, and perhaps that contributed in a small way to our downfall. After a storming start to the season it took one slip by Berra at the back against Spurs for it to vanish. We were never the same; throwing away leads instantly, go in to games ridiculously negatively and never show any confidence on the ball.

Of course a psychologist isn't everything to do with it, but with Stale you can see he is leaving no stone unturned and wants everything to be right. His attention to detail is rather impressive.

Terry Connor leaves Wolves

"Terry Connor’s contract as Assistant Manager of Wolves has today been terminated with immediate effect."

The opening line from Wolves' statement on the official website.

I was expecting this to happen eventually, but for him to be sacked so suddenly and quickly into the Solbakken regime really is a surprise for me.

It's sad to see after 13 years loyal service, two promotions and four Premier League seasons but in the end, I think this is the right decision. We need a fresh start, and I reckon Stale is trying to give the players a wake up call and get them to move on.

Not that Terry is a bad coach, he is quite clearly a good one. Liked by all the players and as Mick said not long ago on TV, 'put ona great training session'. I'm sure he will be missed around the club.

Thank you Terry for your service, I have not a single bad word to say about you and I hope we will see you at Molineux with your new club soon (with Mick?)