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title: "Wolves: Fans slam Leander Dendoncker vs Southampton"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2022-01-15T16:50:08Z"
modified: "2022-01-15T16:58:13Z"
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# Wolves: Fans slam Leander Dendoncker vs Southampton

**Many Wolves fans were critical of Leander Dendoncker during their clash with Southampton on Saturday afternoon.**

Wolves, who started the day ninth in the Premier League, were looking to make it three straight wins in all competitions. They followed up their first Old Trafford victory [since 1980](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/59798468) with a 3-0 FA Cup win over Championship Sheffield United.

Southampton were also carrying momentum into the game however, having thrashed Brentford 4-1 in midweek. Ralph Hassenhuttl’s Saints had lost only one of their last seven PL matches.

Bruno Lage made [three changes](https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1482360641272823810) from the side that won at United, with Romain Saiss (AFCON), Ruben Neves ([Covid-19](https://www.skysports.com/football/wolves-vs-soton/live/446507)) and Marcal dropping out. In came 22-year-old Toti Gomes for his [debut](https://twitter.com/SkySportsPL/status/1482360641272823810), Dendoncker and Rayan Ait-Nouri.

### Dendoncker’s struggle vs Saints

The Belgian’s [SofaScore](https://www.sofascore.com/southampton-wolverhampton/dsV) rating of 6.3/10 was the lowest in the Wolves side.

He won just one of his ten duels, a success rate of 10%, and was dribbled past four times in total (the most of any player on the field).

Dendoncker tried his luck from the distance in the first half, but [The Athletic’s Tim Spiers](https://twitter.com/TimSpiers/status/1482370537708003329) remarked that it nearly hit the top tier of the stand behind the goal.

And another journalist, [Joe Prince-Wright](https://twitter.com/JPW_NBCSports/status/1482386096059203584), said he was fortunate to avoid giving away a penalty after a challenge on Oriol Romeu around an hour into the game.

### Many WWFC fans slam Dendoncker

**“Dendoncker has been atrocious again. Complete ghost in the middle. Moutinho having to do it all himself.”**

Credit: [@parker\_bradley](https://twitter.com/parker_bradley/status/1482378598543765508)

**“That was a rough attempt by Dendoncker”**

Credit: [@OldGoldAmerica](https://twitter.com/OldGoldAmerica/status/1482370888636928000)

**“Neves and Moutinho work but Dendoncker can’t control the game”**

Credit: [@WolvesNumber37](https://twitter.com/WolvesNumber37/status/1482380803695087617)

**“Yeah, let’s never tell Dendoncker to shoot again lol”**

Credit: [@kcb92](https://twitter.com/Kcb92/status/1482371108477325318)

**“As much as I was fan of Dendoncker in previous seasons, he’s not the same player anymore. I think it’s time to sell him this window and user the funds towards a decent centre midfielder, as Moutinho’s legs won’t last forever! Get your finger out”**

Credit: [@spena2k10](https://twitter.com/spena2k10/status/1482382300486721543)

**“Get him off the pitch he’s been useless again.”**

Credit: [@Jim96925627](https://twitter.com/Jim96925627/status/1482385959169798145)

**In other news, [fans weren’t happy with this transfer news](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/wolves-transfer-rumours/wolves-fans-unhappy-as-adama-traore-set-to-stay-until-the-summer/).**