A number of Wolverhampton Wanderers supporters have expressed frustration at the performance of forward Diogo Jota against Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Nuno Espirito Santo’s side ran out 1-0 winners over the Eagles courtesy of Matt Doherty’s strike, but the 5ft 10in Jota [Source: Transfermarkt] once again failed to impress.
The Portuguese winger has struggled to replicate the stunning form he showcased in the Championship last season, and the Wolves faithful are beginning to lose patience.
This is Futbol has rounded up some of the best tweets below.
Hate to be negative but starting to get very frustrated by Jota. Featured more today than he has in recent weeks but too often made the wrong decision or execution was poor. Only a matter of time until Cav starts, who was excellent again off the bench. #wwfc
— Paddy Day (@paddyday90) October 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/Matman050988/status/1048700653147762688
I really hope so…it looks like a confidence thing imo. You can see the glimpses of the old Jota but theres not enough of it. Created a couple of chances in first half today tho. Difficult one to call
— michelle (@wellygoggs) October 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/Robbo_WWFC/status/1048642593494638593
Jota is having another complete mare #wwfc #CRYWOL
— MK Wolf ??????? ???? (@Jimeneves) October 6, 2018
https://twitter.com/Jamesgough1985/status/1048589214298898432
https://twitter.com/m_wwfc/status/1048588599267135499
https://twitter.com/SpencerWWFC/status/1048586564908011526
https://twitter.com/WolvesTruth/status/1048586472608153600
Pretty poor first half. Jota looks half the player he was last year. #wwfc
— jon dent (@jon306) October 6, 2018
OPINION
You can see where the Wolves fans are coming from here. Jota was one of the team’s best players last season and was key to their successful promotion winning campaign, but he’s not looked the same since making the step up to the Premier League. He’s still just 21 years of age so there’s time for him to improve and find his feet in the top flight but it’s been a worrying run of form for the Wolves winger. We’re eight games into the season now so Jota’s struggles cannot merely be discounted as a blip. He’s not been good enough and he’s surely hanging onto his starting spot by the skin of his teeth. Nuno has the likes of Adama Traore and Ivan Cavaleiro available on the bench so it’s not like the manager is having to keep Jota in due to a lack of alternatives. How much longer the Portuguese continues to keep his place in the team remains to be seen, but he needs to improve sharpish, that’s for sure.