Connor: Wolves are still together

Terry Connor today insisted any disagreements in Wolves' camp haven't affected training or the togetherness on the pitch.

Rock-bottom Wolves head into tonight's clash against Arsenal against a backdrop of negative headlines after Stephen Hunt and Stephen Ward hinted at unrest behind the scenes, which followed Wayne Hennessey and Roger Johnson angrily squaring up to each other during the Bolton game.

"I'm not saying there won't be disagreements in the dressing room, but they haven't spilled over," said the boss. "When we train, we train well and we've played with togetherness."

Johnson's appointment as captain upset the dressing room but Connor is happy for players to clash as long as they respect each other.

"You'd like them to all get on, but it doesn't matter as long as people are right with each other," he said.

"They voice their opinions, and you'll get people who are more friendly than others. But when they train, they train together, and when they play, they play together. It's always been the same.

"Players are demanding of each other, and, as long as they keep it together and understand they're voicing different opinions to different people, that's fine."

Connor thinks it's healthy for players to have heated debates.

"They should challenge each other and that happens, and I'm sure when the players are in the dressing room, they're saying 'if you do that better and I do that better' etc," he said.

"Some of them may disagree with each other, and they do. What happened with Roger and Wayne shouldn't spill over into public. It does happen but it doesn't mean everyone is at odds with each other.

"And it doesn't mean they never speak to each other and there's dressing room unrest."

Asked if the players can put their disagreements aside, Connor believes Wolves' position at the bottom of the Premier League is why the stories of unrest have surfaced.

"They do that. Everyone will highlight that because of where we are in the league," he said.

"There will always be negative comments.

"But even when we were top of the league before we got promoted and we lost a couple of games, things were said discreetly."