'I hate to say it' - Former Aston Villa boss offers frank verdict of Gary O'Neil's Wolves future ahead of Liverpool game

That’s the frank verdict of former Aston Villa manager Tim Sherwood, who believes the 41-year-old must act sooner rather than later if he is to remain in charge at the Premier League’s bottom-placed side.

Wolves entertain Liverpool at Molineux today (5.30pm) still looking for their first league win of the season. They sit bottom of the pile with just a draw against Nottingham Forest to show from their first five games of the campaign - a run of results that already brings with it a -14 goal difference.

Sherwood knows all too well how quickly things can change for a manager in England’s top flight having been sacked by Villa after six defeats in a row back in 2015. He was only appointed Villans boss seven month prior back in February 2015.

And he believes O’Neil is heading into the same territory unless Wolves can pick up a win against the Reds today or from one of their next three games - Brentford (A), Manchester City (H) or Brighton (A).

Speaking on Sky Sports Soccer Saturday, Sherwood said: ‘Gary won’t be able to catch his breath at the moment.

‘He needs to find a win from somewhere to get the confidence to take into the next games.

‘That’s building up to the international break as well, so I hate to say it, but you have to say what you see, and I worry for Gary.

‘I’m not sure he’s making the decisions there. He has to get one result out of the next four games or it will be very difficult in my opinion to keep his job.’

Wolves have conceded 14 Premier League goals already this term. Sherwood believes O’Neil’s first priority must be making his team harder to beat.

He added: ‘He has to try to find a solution to be hard to beat, first and foremost.

‘They’re not scoring a huge amount of goals so he has to try to find a solution. But it’s very, very difficult. It’s easier said than done.’