WOLVES ace Daniel Podence admits he and his team-mates carry blame for Bruno Lage’s dismissal.
Lage was sacked after a poor start to the season, which saw the Molineux outfit drop into the relegation zone.
Podence admits “something had to change” but the players should have done better as well.
Wolves are looking to replace Lage as soon as possible having already drawn up a list of potential candidates to take over.
Sporting Lisbon boss Ruben Amorim posed as a top target but the Portuguese tactician is not keen on swapping the Champions League for a relegation scrap.
Podence’s former Olympiacos boss Pedro Martins has also been linked but it seems like Wolves are not prioritising him and he now seems likelier to join Hull.
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Sevilla manager Julen Lopetegui poses as a top candidate as he looks set to be sacked and replaced by Jorge Sampaoli.
Podence told Sky Sports: “It’s very sad because it means us as players didn’t make a good job as well.
“We are playing in a good way but we are not winning points or games. It’s not just about the boss, it’s us as well. It makes us feel bad.
“At the same point, we needed something new or a different way to do things because players were not doing so good in training sessions or at matches. Something had to change and the club realised the boss had to go.
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“We have to accept it and we have to deal with it now with a different [boss]. As players, we have to demand much more from each other.
“It’s a mix of everything: the system and the management. Even the players were getting comfortable and we needed something different and now we have it.
“We have been watching a lot of teams sacking their manager and still doing a bad job so I think us as players, we have to think and realise that we have to do so much more.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
