Wolves blog: Nuno has plenty of positive Wolves problems

The team ended the last set of games on a high, dispatching Burton comprehensively 4-0 after a disappointing loss to Sheffield United.

The squad will have given Nuno a headache in terms of selection so far this season – there are dilemmas all over the pitch.

Even in goal, Will Norris has impressed and kept three clean sheets in three cup games – one bad game for John Ruddy and he could be watching from the bench.

Ryan Bennett came in for the suspended Conor Coady at Burton – Coady has been one of the best performers this season but Bennett didn’t put a foot out of place.

Batth and Miranda also performed well but Willy Boly and Kortney Hause can’t be far away from a return to first team action – when is the last time Wolves had six centre backs, none of whom would significantly weaken the defence?

One position that is pretty nailed on is Matt Doherty at right wing back – he hasn’t got any real competition with Ofosu-Ayeh’s long term injury, but he hasn’t yet let Wolves down this season.

The opposite flank is one of the big selection dilemmas – does Nuno stick with Ruben Vinagre, who scored a sublime goal against Burton and offers a direct and pacey attacking threat, or does he stick with the more balanced, but still very effective Barry Douglas?

Wolves had been searching for a ‘proper’ left back for years and now two have come along at once – in recent years Doherty and Hause have played there, but the only impactful left back Wolves have actually bought in this decade is Scott Golbourne (other than six-game Jelle van Damme).

Before that, Stephen Ward played most of his games there, with George Elokobi deputising.

Vinagre and Douglas have both been fantastic additions to the squad and it’s so refreshing to see the position being taken seriously, rather than sticking a centre midfielder like George Saville there.

In the centre of the park, Saiss and N’Diaye have both put their cases forward to partner Ruben Neves – again, either of these players could feasibly play against Villa.

Wolves started with a dynamic front three of Helder Costa, Diogo Jota and Ivan Cavaleiro at the Pirelli Stadium – leaving out Bonatini, who has a combined total of eight goals and assists, more than any other player in the division.

Due to fitness, you would imagine it to be Costa who would drop to the bench if Bonatini is reinstated to the starting eleven – what a selection problem to have.

Wolves have strength and options all over the pitch – I can remember particularly under Paul Lambert and Kenny Jackett you would be waiting for the team to be announced an hour before kick off with a sense of dread that often still lingered after the line-up was revealed.

Nuno has options that most fans are comfortable with and that can fit into the team without being a square peg in a round hole.

Villa, who have won four straight league games, will pose a stern test at Molineux, but I know which team’s set of players I’d rather have.