Wolves boss Bruno Lage is defending his decision to bench Adama Traore against Crystal Palace.
The attacker, who is going through a contract dispute with the club at present, came on in the 68th minute of the game.
Wolves fell to their first loss in six matches, losing 2-0 to goals from Wilfried Zaha and Conor Gallagher.
Traore does not have a goal or assist this term.
"That is the question every time. When you look for the starting team we want, every time we have to take decisions," Lage told reporters about Traore.
"We play with Adama also against Leeds and we don't have the chances to go in the transition. Okay, I understand your question and for sure we think about it.
"We try to understand the game and to find spaces to play with Rayan (Ait-Nouri) and Nelsen (Semedo) because they are in good positions.
"We try to see, especially from the back, if our midfielders come with the pressure or not and to also find Hwang Hee-chan and Francisco Trincao between the lines.
"After that we go and attack the defensive line but for that we need to have good decisions from the back and to find the spaces, so that is why when I look at the game it wasn't a good performance."
When asked if Traore's contract situation influenced his decision, Lage replied: "No, no, no. I don't know what happened before. But for sure I am 100 per cent free to take my decisions and that is my job.
"The personality I have, I don't accept these kind of things in my role. One thing is the contract and the other thing is my ideas. If I need him to play and to win games, I will put him in again."
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