I think he’s warranted the opportunity because when he has come on, we’ve seen glimpses of how he’s improved, as well as his stature, his strength, holding the ball up and his general game play.
From the fans point of view, he’s had a standing ovation going off the pitch, and that’s to do with effort, determination and work-rate.
“They’ll be disappointed with the goal they conceded as they got caught under the ball and left Toney at the back post on his own, and it was a good finish from him.
Hakeman added: “The second-half saw such better quality in possession that Wolves showed.
“The possession was brilliant and the two goals were superb – especially the first one from Moutinho.
Thompson said: “If we can have both, we’d want both.
“We’ve gone forward and won games 1-0, closed out the games.
It’s that belief that the team has, because they know they’re going to create opportunities, but we’re starting to become more clinical in front of goal.
Maybe with the VAR incident that came just before with the incident with Toti Gomes, maybe the relief that he hadn’t been sent off, lost them that little bit of concentration to leave Toney unmarked at the back post.
“But if you get that resilience defensively, if we graft like we have been – I think Gomes did brilliantly again – but it was a totally different game today .
Thompson said: “I don’t know if it’s come from the manager or just the way that we play, but they’re trying to get the midfielders to back up the forwards.
“If we’re playing three in there, one of them always has to get up to the box.
We’ve seen it with Jimenez getting frustrated about playing up there on his own and not getting much of the ball, but you just need a little bit of help.
I don’t think there was any danger and if you start giving those as red cards then people won’t be able to tackle any more, so it was the right decision from the referee.
Thompson added: “It evened itself up with Traore’s goal! But the reaction and all the teams’ reaction was important.
“You saw what it meant to him and you saw the passion that he’s still got for playing for this Wolves team, the passion the players have got for him and the belief they’ve got in him.