Graham Taylor tells Wolves to get it right

Dean Saunders' successor will be the fifth manager in 15 months after Mick McCarthy, Terry Connor and Stale Solbakken after the Welshman's sacking today.

And Taylor, who managed the club for 18 months from 1994-95, reacted with total bewilderment at the latest managerial upheaval.

The 68-year-old believes Morgan must look closely at what the club needs to move forward – and who he is listening to.

"People who are used to being successful in business think that running a football club is like running a business but it's very different," said the former England and Villa manager.

"Steve Morgan won't be the first person who has come into football and found out how difficult it is.

"When the team loses, you've got to blame someone and it's usually the manager.

"I'm sure Steve has gone through tough times in business but he has still stuck by the guy in charge.

"It's going to be five managers in 15 months and that says to me, what is happening there? What the hell is going on? Is there a long-term plan?

"Where the hell do you get continuity? It's obvious to me that the people who are selecting the manager have got to support the manager, otherwise they do not know what they are doing.

"They're a division lower and what's going to happen if they're only halfway down League One next season – sack him?

"And all these managers have contracts and they are having to be paid off.

"It seems to be sometimes you're better off as a manager being unsuccessful.

"And it seems there is no long-term thinking in football now because it's all about winning straight away.

"The movement of managers now is laughable, not just at Wolves but in general."

Taylor isn't putting himself forward as a candidate or to help out in the selection process after he was linked with Wolves recently in a director of football role.

He insisted he is happy out of management and summarising games for radio.

"This might sound boastful but I got out of the game because this sort of thing has been coming," he said.

"I'm happy turning up on a Saturday watching a game and not caring a stuff who wins!"

Taylor believes whoever takes over from Saunders needs to be not only carefully selected, but given time to get the job right.

"It's going to be very difficult for the next manager," he warned.

"The problem with changing managers all the time is that every manager has different views on players, different ideas and their training methods are different.

"Maybe what they should be saying now is 'we know it's going to take time and we're going on a different path now'."

Taylor added: "Everyone says they've got to go for promotion but you've got to stabilise the club so the group of players are used to what is required of them and aware of what the situation is.

"Do you say 'if you don't win promotion next year you're out of a job'? What does it say when you're only putting managers on one-year rolling contracts?

Taylor was reluctant to criticise Saunders, who took just 20 points from his 20 games in charge, but believes there were question marks about him.

He said: "Doncaster were doing well when he left them but if you look at the involvement of an agent, Willie McKay, who was heavily involved with that club.

"He was also Dean's agent – that would have told me something."

Taylor's sacking by Wolves in November 1995 still rankles with him to this day.

He said: "The biggest disappointment for me as an international manager was failing to qualify for the World Cup.

"But in club management it was not being able to see out my three-year contract at Wolves after we'd finished in the play-offs the previous season."

And he believes the club's hierarchy need to make the right appointment out of respect for the long-suffering supporters.

He added: "They must be feeling the lowest of the low."