Wolves boss O'Neil admits mixed reaction to Christmas Eve clash

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28 Oct 2023 • 5:31 PM MYT
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Wolves boss Gary O'Neil admits a mixed reaction to their Christmas Eve Premier League fixture.

Wolves will meet Chelsea on Christmas Eve this year.

I can understand the fans' point of view, I was a fan a long time ago and I understand Christmas Eve is an important family day for a lot of people," O'Neil said.

Also, it's something nobody is really used to and has been put in after not being around for a while.

I guess there will be a split on it. I'm led to believe that more people are unhappy with it than happy, but I'm sure there will be a few people that fancy to go watch football before they go home and spend the evening with their families.

I also understand the pressures it can put on some other people to be with their family that day and they don't want to miss Wolves or Chelsea playing. I understand it can be tricky for some fans to commit to watching a football match on Christmas Eve."

He also said, December will be testing schedule-wise, as it always is.

We have seven games and then those ones in real quick succession. That will be testing for the group, no doubt.

We play Brentford who have a long break. We'll have had a couple days to prepare and they'll have had 10.

But that's the way it goes. It's a long way off for me to be worrying about Brentford and Chelsea."