Gary O’Neil press conference: Brighton vs Wolves preview

Wolves manager Gary O’Neil spoke to the media ahead of Saturday’s Premier League match against Brighton (start at 15:00 BST).

These are the key lines from his press conference:

Sam Johnstone has trained this week and O’Neil will “make a decision” on his possible inclusion. Asked if he has a “firm idea in mind” about whether Johnstone or José Sa will start in goal, O’Neil said: “I’m very clear about who the best goalkeeper is to start tomorrow.”
O’Neil has given the FA his comments on his comments following Manchester City’s latest win at Molineux on Sunday. He wanted to emphasize that his comments were made in a wider conversation about VAR in general and were “not related to John Stones’ goal”, which he had said earlier in his press conference that he could understand why it was given.
O’Neil said he can understand why Wolves fans are frustrated with VAR decisions involving the club: “I was sent a league table, external in the week and we have -20 in VAR interventions, which does not mean that they are right or wrong, it just means that every time the VAR intervenes in the last five years, if you get a point for that, it benefits you and you get a point negative for going against you, we have -20″.
He continued: “The closest team to us is West Ham at -6, so you understand why Wolverhampton and the fanbase aren’t big fans of VAR at the moment.”
O’Neil said that “there are some things that seem to go against you when you are in last place in the league”, such as a series of difficult opening games, but added: “Regardless of all that, the team, me, the club and the fans just get up and fight in every game, as you saw against Manchester City. We have had some difficult obstacles, but we are all here ready to fight again and ready to go to Brighton to give everything to improve our situation in the game. the league.”
On Brighton: “It’s a big challenge, they are doing very well. They have a fantastic team; they were already a fantastic team with Roberto de Zerbi there last year. There are still a lot of things left from Roberto and it seems that “It’s like the new manager I was trying to change it, but there are parts that are very similar.