'Perhaps long-term planning has distracted from short term'
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Wolves scored 63 goals last season but the players who scored 32 of them are no longer at the club.
The club is looking to change strategy and will target more homegrown players in the future, to help their quota, and feel they are at the start of a new cycle, aware of the risks it brings.
There is a long-term view at Molineux that Wolves can succeed and even if they are relegated it can be handled, with owners Fosun not looking to sell the club, instead being open to minority investment into Fosun Sports Group.
But perhaps the long-term planning has seen them distracted from the short term and has left the club facing another battle against relegation, one which looks terminal this time.
Players have become mentally drained after conceding late goals which denied them wins over Tottenham and Brighton.
Last week's late 3-2 defeat by Burnley, in which fans turned on Pereira for the first time, displayed Wolves losing to a team that appeared to be playing for a point with 15 minutes left.
Those results were fatal for the confidence of the side and the Clarets' win at Molineux meant Pereira had lost to all of the promoted sides this season.
The former Olympiacos and Fenerbache manager labelled the Fulham defeat the worst performance under him and there was a debrief planned on Monday for both the head coach and players to air their feelings.
Pereira wanted to understand the nature of the performance, but he will not get the chance after his last orders on Sunday morning.
