Gary O’Neil insisted he’s not involved by hypothesis over his future after Jack Taylor’s stoppage-time aim condemned Wolves to a 2-1 residence defeat to fellow strugglers Ipswich.

Wolves’ defensive woes have been on show as soon as once more as they conceded a calamitous opener quarter-hour in, recorded as a Matt Doherty personal aim though that advised solely half the story, after which allowed Taylor area to move residence from a nook on the dying after Matheus Cunha dragged them degree.

A fourth consecutive defeat was greeted by a refrain of boos at Molineux and feelings amongst the gamers spilled over as Rayan Ait-Nouri was proven a second yellow card after the whistle whereas Cunha additionally needed to be restrained, simply days after ugly scenes following the 2-1 defeat at West Ham.

“I’m truthfully not concerned about my very own place,” O’Neil mentioned. “I do know the work that I do day-after-day and I do know the scenario that we’re in. I do know that getting this group to carry out the way in which they did took plenty of work at present.

“So in fact individuals can level a finger at me however a few of the duty has to land on the gamers in these moments. After we get in good conditions and we spoon the ball off the pitch, I can’t assist them with that. That’s like, ‘Come on guys, it’s the Premier League now’…

“I’m actually snug with myself as a coach, my requirements, what I ask of the group and what I’m going to do over the subsequent nonetheless a few years that I resolve to be a coach for.

“However I additionally embrace this tough second. That group downstairs want me once more this week to assist get them in a spot the place they’re able to go and I’ll maintain preventing for them and with them till I’m advised to not.

“However I’ve no considerations round that. That doesn’t imply that I don’t assume I’m going to get sacked as clearly with each end result that comes, the possibilities of me dropping my job will heighten as everyone knows, it’s nothing new.

“But it surely doesn’t concern me. The scenario drives me to wish to be higher and drives me to to get extra out of the group.”

Ait-Nouri’s first-half reserving was already sufficient to see him suspended for subsequent week’s journey to Leicester. Additionally booked after the whistle was Ipswich striker Liam Delap, already substituted, and his fifth card of the season will rule him out of the Newcastle sport subsequent week.

Ipswich have had three late winners go in opposition to them already this season, together with a late double from Bournemouth in a 2-1 residence defeat final week, which made it doubly candy for the Tractor Boys to get considered one of their very own.

“It’s improbable in fact,” Kieran McKenna mentioned. “That’s soccer and these moments are moments to cherish for everybody concerned within the membership.

“We’ve had just a few go in opposition to us this yr. Not solely final week, however Brentford was a tricky one within the 97th minute (a 4-3 defeat in October), however we’ve had lots go for us in the previous couple of years as nicely, so there’s no violins for us as a soccer membership.

“It’s about doing the proper issues as typically as you possibly can. We all know if we do very well this yr, do plenty of issues proper, we’ll be aggressive within the video games.

“We’re not going to blow groups out of the water so we’re aggressive each week and it means video games are going be selected effective margins and we’ve received to maintain working actually exhausting on each tiny element that may flip the tide in our favour and at present we got here out on prime of it.”