Gary O'Neil has vowed to "keep working" to turn Wolverhampton Wanderers' season around after Monday night's 2-1 defeat at West Ham United kept his side firmly in the relegation zone.
Wolves looked to be on their way to a valuable point when Matt Doherty cancelled out Tomas Soucek's opener for West Ham, only for Jarrod Bowen to net the Hammers' second goal less than three minutes later.
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"People above me are supportive, but the supporters want their club to be successful. I understand it's my team and I have to take responsibility," O'Neil told Sky Sports.
"But when I arrived at this club, they had just collected 39 points in the Premier League. Since then, we have managed to make £200 million in player sales.
"We've sold an awful lot of Premier League players - if we go back to Ruben Neves, Joao Moutinho, Adama Traore, Diego Costa, Raul Jimenez, Max Kilman, Pedro Neto. We are not shopping in that market anymore. We are trying to find young ones.
"I am really proud of them. But I can only ask them to give what they give and they are giving everything. They hate the position we are in. And I am right there with them. We won't give up and we will keep working."
O'Neil's men face a huge "six-pointer" against fellow bottom three side Ipswich Town on Saturday, who also have nine points from their opening 15 matches, and the head coach is expecting a positive response.
| Position Pos | Club | Played Pl | GD | Points Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 |
Man Utd
MUN
|
25 | -7 | 29 |
| 16 |
West Ham
WHU
|
25 | -18 | 27 |
| 17 |
Wolves
WOL
|
25 | -19 | 19 |
| 18 |
Ipswich
IPS
|
25 | -27 | 17 |
| 19 |
Leicester
LEI
|
26 | -34 | 17 |
| 20 |
Southampton
SOU
|
25 | -38 | 9 |
"I am really disappointed because it was a decent away performance," he added. "We deserved some points. I watched Leicester City beat West Ham a few days ago and Leicester were absolutely getting pummelled with 30 shots. This game was nothing like that, but Leicester manage to win that game and we come out with nothing.
"There are a lot of things that need to be done. They are a great group. They understand the situation at the club and that it's difficult. But they are standing up and fighting."
