“Not pretty or sexy” – Wolves coach reveals Arokodare’s top qualities away from goals

Wolverhampton Wanderers head coach Rob Edwards has praised Super Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare for his performance in their goalless draw against Nottingham Forest, Afrik Foot reports.

Sean Dyche’s Nottingham Forest were all over Wolves at the City Ground, but their display couldn’t be rewarded with a goal.

After the game, the Nottingham Forest hierarchy decided it was best to part ways with Sean Dyche, sacking their third manager in the Premier League this season.

Rob Edwards lauds Arokodare’s quality off the ball

While Wolves are still bottom of the Premier League, a point somewhat salvaged what could’ve been worse, and the club’s coach praised Arokodare for winning the duels, against the pretty type of football the Super Eagles forward would’ve preferred.

“I wanted us to show more intensity and fight, as I thought it was a bit too easy for them in the first half, and they ran over us a few times. [The six on one chance that Forest missed] was one of the things I was going mental at at half-time.

“They know that cannot happen,” the 43-year-old said in quotes revealed by Wolves’ official website.

“But they’re a really athletic, powerful team, and they have some amazing players in Anderson, Morgan Gibbs-White, Callum Hudson-Odoi, who I thought was a real threat, but we allowed too many crosses to come in the box, there were too many times where they could switch it and cross into the box from 40 yards out, so we had to change it and get some double width to try and protect it and stop the crosses from coming in.

“We needed a focal point, and I thought Tolu gave us that in the second half, and we were better on second balls and duals – the basics of football – it was nothing pretty or sexy, but we did see more of that in the second half, no doubt,” the Wolves head coach concluded.

Wolves have won just one game in the English Premier League this season, and are currently bottom of the top-flight with nine points from 26 games.