Wolves have no need to panic, insists Sam Ricketts
Captain Sam Ricketts today told Wolves not to panic in the wake of their demolition Derby.
Saturday's 5-0 humiliation by the Rams was Wolves' biggest away loss at second tier level for 31 years.
Defeat was the second in a week for Kenny Jackett's side after the 2-1 reverse at Ipswich and made it one point from nine. But it was the first time in 11 months they have lost back-to-back league games.
And Ricketts, who was recalled for only his second league start of the season, believes there is no need to hit the panic button.
"There's nothing to worry about long term – this was one game and three points lost," said the 33-year-old. "Derby got beaten last season by a good few goals and look at them. There's no reason why we can't learn from this and push on again.
"I remember Manchester United getting beaten 5-0 at Chelsea (1999) – these things happen. It's not the end of the world. We could have lost 1-0 and it still would have been three points lost so let's not get too carried away.
"There are things we need to work on; we'll watch the game back and we'll look to improve."
Ricketts acknowledged how good Derby were.
"They need to take lots of credit – they stopped us and they passed the ball really well and you can see why they got to the play-off final last season."
