Mario Lemina says the Wolves squad will meet on Thursday to clear the air and ensure they have the right mentality for the challenge ahead of them in the Premier League.
Wolves were well beaten at fellow strugglers Everton on Wednesday evening, conceding four goals for the second successive match. The skipper says the players are taking responsibility what went wrong, with set pieces causing a problem throughout, and he says the intensity and mentality have to return quickly.
On putting things right
“We’re going to have a meeting on Thursday to talk about this situation, to do much better than that. They deserved their win because they were more intense than us, just what we'd been lacking last week as well. We need to step up now and try to put our head in the right place, because we’re far away from the level.
“I think it’s mentality. We just want to play with three, four players, and this is not enough. We need the whole team to be consistent, and at the moment we are not. I'm sad for the Gaffer because he's trying everything. I'm sad for the club, because they don't deserve it. We need to talk, to be honest with each other, and try to find the solutions.”
On the togetherness remaining
“To be honest, we are with the Gaffer. It’s our fault. We are the characters on the pitch, and we need to show that we’ve got the mentality to play in the Premier League. He gave us all the advice, what’s key to play the right game, and at the moment we’re stressed about these kinds of games, and we need to change and show character.
“Last week we faced the same thing, we gave away three penalties. That's never happened in a Premier League game, and today we're lacking some consistency defensively, and we need to change that.
“At the moment we don't want to blame anyone. It's the whole team, the whole team is trying to give everything, but we're not in the right way. We need to change that.”
On needing to battle on
“Two games in a row we’re conceding goals in the first minutes – that's a bad start all of the time. We're lacking intensity. We're lacking strong mentality. Right now, we need to have a talk, to chat and to be honest against each other, because at the moment we're not in the right place to race for something in the Premier League. We’re not going to give up. It's just one game, and we need to change that for the next game to try to win games.
“It's two games where we’ve conceded four goals in each game. Definitely, we need to change something mentally. We need to change something as a as a team, because if not we are going to survive in the Premier League.”
