PREVIEW: Walter Zenga calls for consistency from Wolves

The Bees lie sixth in the league after thrashing Preston 5-0 last weekend.

Dean Smith's side have conceded fewer goals (five) than any other team and Zenga knows it'll be another tough test for his new team.

After one win, one draw and two defeats in Wolves' last four games, the Italian wants to see stability and consistency from his players.

He said at Friday's pre-match press conference: "We want now stability.

"It's not true that you can lose 1-0 and lose 4-0 and it's the same. It can affect you. We are in our house, our home, and we don't want to give nobody a chance to come and do whatever they want.

"What is done is done. I hope this (Barnsley) happens two times – the first and the last.

"We're looking for stability, a strong mentality and not to show weakness again.

"My job is to not be up and down, depending on the result.

"The win in Newcastle gave to us more power, more attitude and for us to understand that we 'can'.

"This was a great result for everybody, not just for public opinion but also for ourselves.

"The most important thing is you have to respect yourself, and give yourself a good attitude and positive mind.

"Saturday is a very difficult game. We have to be together, we have to concentrate for 95 minutes and everyone has to give 200 per cent."

Wolves are winless in their last three home games and were thumped 4-0 by Barnsley in their last Molineux outing.

But Zenga doesn't believe it should make a difference whether they're at Molineux or away from home.

"We have to get continuity from our result," he repeated. "Of course somebody can think it can be more easy (at home) but it can be more difficult because somebody can feel maybe the pressure from the fans.

"It can be possible. If some player makes some mistake and somebody starts to whistle and this is your fans, you can feel worse than if the other fans whistle.

"It's something strange but it's important.

"My point now is that I'm looking for continuity. I'm looking for two or three games in a row that we play in the right way with the right attitude, show the nice football and the result will come, if you play in this way."

Wolves last week spent five days in Newcastle, staying in the city between the Championship and EFL Cup clashes.

Zenga believes it was an important getaway for his new players to get to know each other.

"The last five days that we spent in Newcastle were very important for us," he said.

"We're not talking only about football, but different things. It was a good time to spend together and to know each other better.

"It's important to create a relationship between everybody.

"My job is not only to make 4-3-3, 4-4-2, tactical, technical, all these things...it's also to have a knowledge about everything, not just the players, but the technical staff, everybody.

"The more time you spend with someone the more you can understand his mentality, like the small details outside.

"I would like all the time my players to be fully concentrated in the job. But for example you discover someone has a small problem outside, like they don't have yet a house, it can create a big problem."

With the likes of Silvio and Ola John now involved in the squad Zenga currently has 23 fit players to choose from.

Is it a problem keeping such a big squad happy?

"This is my job," he said. "I choose, it's my job, it's not a problem.

"I saw yesterday one picture in the stadium, there was only 13 players in 1974. If you want (to go) back to 1974...it's 2016 and somebody has to stay out.

"I don't find it strange.

"Of course now after 45 days I'm more clear, my mind, and for the players it's not easier but they're starting to understand my philosophy.

"For example the second goal against Newcastle is not my mentality!

"But of course day by day, we improve our knowledge between us, this is normal.

"It happens in everything in life. And in football it's the same – more days pass, more knowledge you have about everybody."

And of tomorrow's opponents, Zenga added: "Now we play against a team that have had some good results – they are compact, a very nice, organised team and play nice football.

"The results show they are in very good shape. This is what we have to look for, the continuity in our results and performances.

"They have a couple of very interesting players – the top scorer (Scott Hogan), the keeper (Daniel Bentley) is a very good keeper, they're organised – the results speak for them."