Wolves boss O'Neil: No silly mistakes against Chelsea

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24 Dec 2023 • 5:38 PM MYT
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Wolves boss Gary O'Neil says they must cut out their "silly mistakes" against Chelsea today.

O'Neil expects a big atmosphere for the Christmas Eve clash.

He said, I've had busy periods with groups in the past, but because we've still got a few injury issues, with a squad not overly big, so trying to plan minutes and who might play what is probably not the best way to do it with this group, so we'll take every game as it comes.

We'll play the Chelsea one and we'll see where we end up with the lads fatigue-wise and injury-wise, and then move into Brentford and see where we are again.

The festive period is a tricky one for us because our games have been crammed into a smaller period than most, most teams have eight days to play their three games and ours has been trimmed at either end so just six days to play our three, which will be a test, but one that I'm looking forward to.

They're a good side, obviously, and I know they've had something like 11 injuries and they're in a difficult spell, but watching their games and you see the amount of depth they have, even in the cup the other day, when they needed a goal even with the injuries they still had hundreds of millions of pounds worth of talent to bring on, so they've got a good squad that are finding their way

It's clear now what they're trying to do and they'll definitely finish higher in the league than where they are now. They're a team who's improving and will continue to improve as they've got a good coach as well.

It's a tough test for us, but we're back at Molineux, we're seven unbeaten at home, we've made it a good place for us this season, and we're looking to continue that, but of course it will be a tough test and a game where we will need to be at 100 per cent. No silly errors like we made last weekend."