Graeme Souness hits out at Wolves defending as Bruno Lage makes Trincao comment

Hello and welcome to a round-up of all the latest Wolverhampton Wanderers headlines on Monday, February 28 2022.

Bruno Lage's side are reeling from a 1-0 defeat to West Ham United at the London Stadium that has dealt their chances of European qualification a big blow.

Here are today's top Wolves stories...

A fuming Graeme Souness blasted Romain Saiss after Wolves' 1-0 defeat to West Ham.

Lage's Wolves were downed by Tomas Soucek's goal just before the hour mark, the Czech Republic midfielder ghosting into the visitors' penalty box to slot home past Jose Sa.

Soucek latched onto Michail Antonio's cross with his outstretched right leg having been afforded the freedom of Wolves' six-yard box to secure a valuable three points for the Hammers.

Saiss stepped up to leave Soucek unmarked and Souness, on punditry duty for broadcaster Sky Sports, lambasted the Moroccan's decision not to follow his captain Conor Coady.

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Lage says Wolves needed to freshen things up to compete with West Ham as he jumped to Francisco Trincao’s defence.

Wolves’ line-up against West Ham showed five changes from the defeat to Arsenal on Thursday, with key players Joao Moutinho, Daniel Podence and Raul Jimenez all benched. Leander Dendoncker, Trincao and Fabio Silva started in place of the aforementioned trio.

Ki-Jana Hoever made his first start in two months with Nelson Semedo missing due to a hamstring injury, while Marcal also replaced Rayan Ait-Nouri at left wing-back.

Soucek netted the winner for West Ham in the second half as Wolves lost in London for the second time this week.

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Wolves suffered capital punishment for the second time this week as West Ham further dented their bid for Europe.

Soucek struck