Wolves? winless run continues as Keane Lewis-Potter doubles up for Brentford

Being bottom at Christmas need not mean the drop. Three years ago, Wolves were in such a position, the difference being they kicked off on Boxing Day with 10 points rather than two. The current plight of Wolves is one of historic incompetence, the worst losing run in club history. Keane Lewis-Potter?s second-half double, Caoimh?n Kelleher?s save of J?rgen Strand Larsen?s penalty adding insult to injury, left them 14 points adrift of safety. Only three teams have previously lost 10 Premier League matches in succession. Each of them finished rock-bottom come May.
It had been a week of change and tragedy at Molineux. Jeff Shi, an unpopular club chair who recently described relegation as a ?technicality?, departed on Friday, replaced by Nathan Shi, the interim appointment a namesake but no relation. Ahead of the game, Ethan McLeod, the Wolves trainee and Macclesfield forward who died in a car accident, received a minute?s silence. His brother, Conor, a current under-21 squad member, was among extended family on the sidelines.
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