Liam Keen analysis: Embarrassing defeat shows how far Wolves have fallen

Vitor Pereira's side have been the worst team in the top flight in the opening five games and we are left with more questions than answers.

To put it bluntly, Wolves were appalling against Leeds United on Saturday. It was embarrassing and the club's hierarchy should be mortified at the product Wolves are putting out there every week at the moment.

Vitor Pereira got it wrong with his team selection but the players are also badly letting him and the supporters down.

As we have become used to so far this season, Wolves' starting XI offered up more surprises. Keeping Rodrigo Gomes in the team, returning to a front three and giving Fer Lopez is first Premier League start were all done with the idea of making Wolves more attacking in front of the home fans.

But the decision to drop Andre again was baffling, while Matt Doherty and David Moller Wolfe were left out of the squad altogether.

For a £10million summer signing to be omitted from the squad in the fifth game of the campaign shows just how poor Wolves' summer recruitment was and they are paying the price for it.

Wolves had the perfect start on Saturday too when they took the lead in the eighth minute.

Lopez found Ladislav Krejci's midfield run and the summer signing smashed the ball into the back of the net. Molineux was joyous as Wolves led for the first time in the league this season.

But the performance that followed that goal was bitterly disappointing. Wolves sat back, could not keep the ball and allowed Leeds to dictate play.

The equaliser was such a bad goal to concede and Yerson Mosquera made a mess of marking Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

The second was a moment of technical brilliance directly from a free-kick, but it still came from a mistake with a needless Krejci foul.

Finally, the third Leeds goal sums Wolves up this season. Emmanuel Agbadou gave the ball away with another terrible pass and the transition resulted in a goal.

Pereira's public support for Agbadou was expected and also wise if he wants to keep harmony in the group.

But privately he must recognise that the defender is a million miles away from the player he was last season and he is negatively impacting Wolves. He needs to be dropped.

The second half saw Wolves dominate possession but create next to nothing.

The body language of some players was also embarrassing and Agbadou was the biggest culprit.

It was laughable, frankly, and was exacerbated by Agbadou attempting long throw-ins but struggling to reach the box. Wolves fans almost had no choice but to laugh at the state of their team.

The supporters directed their anger at owners Fosun and club chairman Jeff Shi. Their frustration is warranted and as they stick by Pereira, for the most part, fans will now hope the head coach can turn it around.

He does no know his best team and the challenges in front of him are mounting.

Jorgen Strand Larsen returned and came on at half-time but did very little - and the straight-talking striker gave an honest assessment after the game.

He said: "I think we are in a really tough spot right now. I am really disappointed in all of us. Nobody wants to be in this situation but nobody else can complain about it, only ourselves. We were 1-0 up and cannot give the goals away we did today.

"It kills us, and it kills the people who want to come into the game, too. It's about the mentality of the players and we need to do better and hopefully we can do it because this league is too tough to be playing like this. The goals we conceded were easy crosses and we had give away passes.

"I think the goal we scored shows the quality we have but then again we cannot only be good on the ball. Sometimes we need to win 1-0 at home, or 2-0, or not concede. That's about all of us.

"We need to change our mentality now or it's going to be a long season. I believe in us, I believe in the manager. What we have is something special which we showed last season. We have the quality and just need to focus on the small details."

Wolves have now lost the opening five Premier League matches of the season and it is hard to see where their first points will come from.

Spurs away and Brighton at home are next up before Wolves travel to Sunderland and then welcome Burnley to Molineux.

If they have any hope of staying up, they cannot afford to be pointless after these next four matches.

This latest loss has also come just after Vitor Pereira signed a new three-year contract. The timing of that deal was bizarre before the game but now looks even more ridiculous.