Nuno Espirito Santo
Nuno Espirito Santo is coming under-fire over his team selection for Wolverhampton Wanderers’ dire FA Cup exit to Southampton.
Explaining his decisions after the game, Nuno Espirito Santo said: “It’s not about regrets. It’s how you decide it. We want to find more things for our team. Playing with four midfielders showed a clear intention to control, but at the same time give moments to young players that can then give us better performances in the future. It’s not about regret, it’s about knowing the intention that we had. This is my responsibility of course.”
Explaining his decisions after the game, Nuno Espirito Santo said: “It’s not about regrets. It’s how you decide it. We want to find more things for our team. Playing with four midfielders showed a clear intention to control, but at the same time give moments to young players that can then give us better performances in the future. It’s not about regret, it’s about knowing the intention that we had. This is my responsibility of course.”The Wolves boss made six changes to his starting XI with key outfield players Conor Coady, Nelson Semedo, Adama Traore, Pedro Neto and Willian Jose making way for youthful replacements. Rui Patricio also dropped to the bench for cup goalkeeper John Ruddy. In doing so Nuno showed exactly where his priorities lie – at St Mary’s for the Premier League clash with the Saints on Sunday. He passed up the opportunity to reach an FA Cup quarter-final in favour of potentially moving up to 12th place in the Premier League at the weekend.
