Kenny Jackett in rage at Wolves' slackers
Furious Kenny Jackett today blasted his under-achieving Wolves players and accused Bakary Sako and Leigh Griffiths of slacking.
The Molineux head coach hauled off Sako and Griffiths, who have scored half of the club's 36 goals this season, at half-time of Saturday's 2-0 defeat against MK Dons as the team made it back-to-back losses without scoring.
Defeat, after goals from Chelsea loanee Patrick Bamford and Ben Russell, halved the six-point gap to the play-off zone after Brentford beat Oldham 1-0 with their ninth win in 11 as Wolves' wobble made it two wins in eight.
"There was a basic lack of desire and enthusiasm and the opposition wanted it more and we didn't match that from start to finish," said Jackett.
"It was a poor performance – I didn't think we showed enough appetite."
Jackett replaced Sako and Griffiths with Michael Jacobs and Liam McAlinden at the break.
He said of his decision to take off the 12-goal top scorer and the French winger: "I didn't feel they were closing down or that their workrate was enough.
"The changes were needed in a front-line that was labouring."
