Matt Maher: Cesar Peixoto is asking Wolves fans for one thing he can't get

There is no argument the Portuguese, admittedly in a very different accent to his predecessor, has no trouble with telling it as he sees it.

Just as it was hard to quibble with his assessment of Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with Portsmouth, so you also found yourself nodding along at Compton Park on Friday afternoon, when the Wolves head coach delivered an appeal for unity toward the club’s still largely disaffected fanbase.

One particular answer, which ran to almost 500 words long and can be read in greater detail elsewhere on this website, could essentially be paraphrased as this: “I understand things have been bad for a long time now but please, we’re working on it. I can’t fix this without your help.”

This was certainly no rant. Everything about Peixoto’s delivery was calm and considered and as is usually the case, his argument was based on reasonable logic.

It has been obvious to anyone who has watched the last two matches at Molineux some players are lacking confidence on home turf. You could feel the unease during Tuesday’s first half in which Peixoto would later claim they lacked “courage”.

The trouble for the head coach is that any change in atmosphere must always primarily be driven by the team.

In appealing for patience, he is asking for something he is never going to receive from supporters understandably angry at years of decline and worn out by disappointment, who simply want to be given some genuine hope for the future.

They want better results and they want them now. After all, they were promised them, back in May at that infamous fan forum when the mood was rather bullish.

Doubtless few in the audience that night had ever heard of Peixoto, before he abruptly replaced Rob Edwards the following month.

His start to life in English football has been reasonable. Wolves’ position in the Championship table, five points off the top after 11 matches, is not bad. But this is not a season when not bad will be good enough.

None of the club’s long-term issues can be placed at Peixoto’s door. Yet only he can deliver solutions to the immediate problem of finding consistent performances and results, which might start bringing the doubters on side.