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title: "Wolves: Fans tear into Matt Doherty despite victory over Southampton"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Liam Togher"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2020-01-18T19:00:56Z"
modified: "2020-01-18T19:00:56Z"
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# Wolves: Fans tear into Matt Doherty despite victory over Southampton

**Despite seeing their team [overturn a two-goal deficit to win 3-2](https://www.skysports.com/football/soton-vs-wolves/408208) this afternoon, a number of Wolves fans were still livid with the performance of right-back Matt Doherty.**

As noted by journalist Tim Spiers on Twitter ([via @TimSpiers](https://twitter.com/TimSpiers/status/1218552617602887680)), the Republic of Ireland defender failed to execute his man-marking duties on Jan Bednarek as the Southampton defender headed his team in front at St Mary’s, while Alex Dicken of [Birmingham Live](https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/wolves-player-ratings-southampton-jimenez-17591686) felt that the 27-year-old “offered very little going forward too” – he recorded just [one cross and that didn’t find a team-mate](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1376150/LiveStatistics/England-Premier-League-2019-2020-Southampton-Wolverhampton-Wanderers).

Doherty’s passing was worryingly sloppy against the Saints, giving the ball away with 19 of his 34 passes as he recorded a mediocre accuracy rate of 44.1%, the lowest of anyone who featured for Wolves today, while he was also culpable of poor ball control on two occasions. \[[via WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Matches/1376150/LiveStatistics/England-Premier-League-2019-2020-Southampton-Wolverhampton-Wanderers)\]

The Irish right-back, who has [started 18 Premier League games](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/94042/Show/Matt-Doherty) this season, [came under fire from some Wolves fans](https://tbrfootball.com/wolves-fans-criticise-matt-doherty-after-watford-loss/) recently after the defeat to Watford earlier this month and, as you can see below, today he was again the target of less than favourable reviews from a portion of the Molineux faithful:

> Doherty needs dropping
>
> — Zach (@XZachM) [January 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/XZachM/status/1218554896980553728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> How can anyone watch wolves regularly and not see doherty as our weak link? Constantly miles off the pace of the game and has no positional sense whatsoever
>
> — Harry Carr (@Harry\_Carr98) [January 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/Harry_Carr98/status/1218557729708609537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

https://twitter.com/cavan\_smart/status/1218552817188818944

https://twitter.com/southallll\_/status/1218552707797147654

https://twitter.com/SmartLikeAShiv/status/1218553339312574465

https://twitter.com/james\_wwfc\_/status/1218552938811076608

https://twitter.com/RyanEvans\_11/status/1218552782313095169

***Do you think Doherty was poor against Southampton this afternoon? Share your views in the comments section below!***