Liam Keen comment: Three areas for Vitor Pereira to fix at Wolves

The end of the transfer window was frustrating and big question marks remain over the squad at Pereira's disposal.

Looking at each of the outfield thirds, what issues does the head coach need to fix to get Wolves back on track?

Defensive mistakes

One of Wolves' biggest concerns moving forward is the leaky defence.

Against Everton last time out they conceded three avoidable goals - which followed a Carabao Cup win against West Ham where they conceded two poor goals - and there is a lot of room for improvement.

Emmanuel Agbadou has rightly come in for a lot of criticism for his drop off in form and the centre-back must return to his colossal best soon.

Toti Gomes has also made an under par start to the season, while it remains unclear who will play alongside them in the back three.

Matt Doherty was surprisingly - and perhaps unfairly - dropped against Everton and Santi Bueno was rewarded for some positive displays of late.

But new signing Ladislav Krejci is waiting in the wings, while Yerson Mosquera is still there and will be desperate to play.

A settled defence, at least in the short-term, may help solve some of the problems and that goes for the wing-back positions as well as the centre-backs.

Midfield cover

Wolves failed to sign another midfielder throughout the summer window and are now extremely light in that area.

Beyond starters Joao Gomes and Andre, Wolves have Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Marshall Munetsi and Krejci as their options.

Bellegarde has started the season poorly in midfield, Munetsi has been playing in the front three and is not fancied in a midfield two, while Krejci is a converted defender that has not played in midfield for a few years.

None of these options are ideal replacements for the starting Brazilian duo and Wolves will be riding their luck to avoid any injuries or suspensions in that area.

One of Pereira's tasks will be to manage Andre and J.Gomes carefully, but also to find adequate cover in the options he has available to him.

Bellegarde is most likely to fill in, despite his bad start, due to some of the strong performances he put in last season when transformed into a midfielder.

Creativity

Perhaps one of the biggest concerns of the lot comes down to how Wolves will create and score goals.

Matheus Cunha and Rayan Ait-Nouri have left a big void in this team that the club have, arguably, failed to fill in the transfer window.

Jhon Arias is experienced and has pedigree, but has got off to a poor start, Fer Lopez has showed signs but is still very young, while we are yet to see Tolu Arokodare play for the club.

So far, it seems unlikely Wolves will replicate the creativity of the players sold and that has shown in the opening fixtures.

If Wolves want to be pragmatic and hard to beat under Pereira then that is a feasible game plan, but they must sort out of the defence and be clinical enough with the few chances they will create.

As it stands they are doing neither of those things and Pereira has his work cut out to fix it - although the head coach maintains that with time these players and this team will come good.