Gary O'Neil working to improve Wolves' fitness levels

O'Neil has revealed he has made changes to the 'training structure', but when asked if the fitness levels are at the right level, he said: "It would be easy to say no off the back of the Liverpool game, where we were forced into a few changes and the few of the boys looked a bit leggy.

"But that is an extreme week where we have players travelling an awful long way, it's an early kick-off and some of them were only back in the country on Friday.

"There are circumstances that maybe make that looks worse than it is, but I do think we have been forced into more subs than I would like. Not that I wouldn't have made them anyway, but I don't like being forced into them. Ideally you'd like everyone be able to go for 90 and then I choose when we change them.

"I think we can still improve that, definitely, and the way we train now will help with that.

"I don't like looking at someone thinking 'we'll have to take them off in a minute, they look leggy'. I'd like us to get to a point where I look at a group of players, come the last 20 minutes, we're looking stronger than the opposition and we can choose to change things when we need to."

When asked what has changed in training, O'Neil revealed it is now much harder on the players than it was under predecessor Julen Lopetegui.

He added: "It's harder and more intense. I don't know about the duration, it might be shorter, but the intensity is definitely higher.

"Having spoken to the players and looked at the numbers they were producing before I got here, compared to what we do now, training is a bit more intense than what it was.

"We do things slightly differently to how they were doing them, so there was an adaptation that needed to take place and hopefully we start to see the benefits of that fitness-wise.

"We've changed the training structure, it's changed a bit and sometimes you can pick up some injuries during that change but touchwood we haven't as of yet.

"The boys are in a good spot. Hodgey (Joe Hodge) will be back around it. He's been training for the last few days, which is a positive, and the rest of the players are fine."

Meanwhile, new signing Santi Bueno is available for tomorrow's game at Luton and could play a part in the coming days with Ipswich to come on Tuesday in the Carabao Cup.

O'Neil said: "Santi is available. He has been in the squad for the games, but hasn't been sub yet.

"He's available and will be around it. We have a three-game week as well, so I'm sure we'll see Santi play a part."