Dean Saunders urges Wolves to save pride
Wolves manager Dean Saunders today urged the club's fallen stars to salvage some pride by going out on a high in the relegation D-Day at Brighton.
A clear-out is expected, even if Wolves achieve a footballing miracle and stay up tomorrow.
But the manager has told the club's under-performing players to bow out in a positive manner in what is expected to be a farewell appearance for some.
He said: "I have said to the players 'you have got one chance to get yourself out of it tomorrow', and that's what we have got to hope.
"There's still a chance. I have said to them 'I have got some pride and my pride has been smashed, and yours will be if you have any pride and you care'.
"If they care, they should be feeling terrible, like I do. I have made sure nobody's downed tools and they have all got some belief that it can happen."
But, asked if the players had given their all this season, Saunders hinted at a lack of application from the players.
He said: "I'm really frustrated by what's happened, and the position we are in. I'm distraught, but there are ingrained problems I need to sort out.
"I used to think everybody thought like me and tried 100 per cent, that everyone thought that football was the most important thing in their lives, but that's not always the case.
"I have to accept sometimes, as the manager, you are probably the most determined person."
Saunders also revealed he wants to change the culture of the club.
He said: "I care – I care about every training session, I care about what everyone's doing at the club, when I walk through the door in the morning, I care about everything going on.
"The culture at the club has got to be all about us winning. You have got to get everyone thinking that way – where the culture and the spirit are right.
"That's where everyone feels part of it, where everyone is delighted when we win and devastated when we lose.
"Everybody has to be working hard, and you don't get any success until you get that right, and I'm a long way from getting that.
"There are still things I see which I think 'I have got to get that right'. We have got to regroup, take a bit of pain, and we might have to take some more."
Saunders says he is waiting on Bakary Sako before deciding on the key winger's level of participation, adding: "He's touch and go – he's still feeling his hamstring."
