Wolves Banter 2

11 May 2026 12:34:09
Many saying Foson spent money but the players didn’t provide the quality we needed. So I shall repeat my previous point and that is we need someone with sound football knowledge and experience to be in charge of all football issues. That includes recruitment and development. Recruiting the manager/head coach and those running the academy. Let Shi run the club, all the stadium development and revenue development, but please get someone else to run the football side.

I don’t care what his title is or who he played for, but he must have proven ability. I’d seriously consider Southgate or even Roy Keane. Not to manage or coach but to identify the right players. That’s got to be worth a million a year.

11 May 2026 14:14:18
Agree with you, Nandi. The fish rots from the head, and the key reason we are in so much trouble is that Jeff Shi had no football knowledge, but thought he could alienate/get rid of those that did, and run the show himself. As things stand, there is very little football knowledge at the top of the club, and for this reason, I am deeply pessimistic about prospects for next season.

We need a clear out and excellent recruitment in the summer. Do we have anyone capable of masterminding that? I fear we don't.

11 May 2026 16:20:20
Totally agree, Nando, but didn't the club/Fosun say that they wanted to employ a football-savvy CEO as well, as Nathan Shi was only a temporary appointment?
However, that may have been just part of the bs to quell the fans' protests, a bit like the resurrection of talk of ground redevelopment and so on.

11 May 2026 10:19:30
We clearly have spent, and spent big money. Trouble is, Jeff was making the decisions. Buy high and sell low. The rot for me started to set in when we bought Fabio Silva, the 'generational talent' according to Jeff. Liverpool ran rings around Jeff when they bought Jota on the never-never with a PX thrown in.

I run a business buying and selling. I would never sell prime stock the Jeff way sold Jota. PX is a good way to get rid of bad stock, but never your crown jewels. Nathan had the opportunity of the January window to show that he could do better, but obviously failed.

11 May 2026 19:57:59
Jota wanted to leave. Neto replaced him in Nuno's books.

11 May 2026 09:43:52
I am not Rob Edwards's biggest fan. I have slated him on here many times. I don't like his football, and I don't think he'll ever be a Premier League manager. However, I can see that the squad of players he has to work with are absolute ****ing dog****. Aside from Hugo and Santi Bueno, Adam Armstrong, and possibly Joao Gomes, the rest of the players are either woefully out of their depth in the PL, or they have stinking attitudes, or both. Jose Sa is Wolves' No.1; he is barely a PL goalkeeper, and one of the worst distributors of the ball I've ever seen. Toti plays like he's wearing wellies filled with custard. Mosquera is a lunatic who can barely defend. Tchatchoua is one of the worst players I've ever seen. Tolu is a lazy donkey. Hwang should have been sold years ago. Joao Gomes and Andre are the same player. Andre too often falls asleep during games. Doherty is too old. Lima is still a kid. Johnstone is dreadful, so is Bentley. It goes on and on. There is barely a Championship squad of players, never mind a PL team.

As I've said, take away Mane catching everyone by surprise, I don't think Wolves would have surpassed Derby's points total.

People on here are saying Krejci can hold his head high. Krejci has been **** for most of the season. He's missed too many games, he's been poor in too many games, and he cost Wolves the game vs Palace. He was overpriced when he came in, and he can't wait to **** off. Great professional.

Fosun, Jeff Shi, Vitor Pereira and Domenico Teti have sunk Wolves - not Rob Edwards.

Fosun has to back Rob Edwards. They have to stop sacking managers. I'm glad he's spitting back because the clowns who are representing him on the pitch week in and week out are putting his job at risk, and they couldn't care less.

Wolves fans need to get real. The club is a mess from top to bottom. Replacing the manager at this stage and for the foreseeable future is a waste of time.

11 May 2026 10:55:11
What's the actual answer then, Mangle, cause if you think we are going to be able to trade 15-20 odd players in just one window then I'm afraid you are in for a shock! Rob has to be able to play the hand he has, rather than just moaning about how bad it is.
I agree with the fact that Fosun have to start backing the manager, however I fear that it's more important to have the correct manager in the first place. When Edwards went down with Luton, they were in free fall and remained in it until Xmas, when they were in the relegation zone and sacked him.

Well, they never managed to get themselves out of it and were subsequently relegated two seasons in a row. Can anyone honestly look at the absolute mess we are in and say they can't see the exact same thing happening again? Worth noting here that Rob's ppm since arriving at our place is very similar to his ppm tally at Luton, when you actually look at the numbers and squads, the many similarities should concern most Wolves fans, to be honest.

11 May 2026 12:26:05
Nathan Shi needs to do the same as Jeff Shi did all them years ago. Sack the manager and bring in a new man and a completely new backroom, so the players who remain do not have a friendly face to go to. Nuno did that when he came in. All the coaching team were moved on, and it worked.

11 May 2026 09:34:58
There's an old saying a poor workman always blames his tools before anyone jumps in about bad tools even they can be sharpend to make them better.

11 May 2026 16:08:57
Well there's plenty of them running and playing for the club.

11 May 2026 09:03:10
As now Rob has blamed everyone else including some of the players, who will start our next game, will we see some new faces?
I have never been negative to any of our players during a game before, however I may start on Toti unless I calm down before the weekend.
The way Rob is talking, we should see a much changed side.

11 May 2026 12:28:25
Hopefully, Edwards will have had the conversations with the players who will not be here next season and decide to play only those who will be.

11 May 2026 15:05:42
Obviously, any player with any quality will leave in the close season. So, we are left with the second raters. How do we attract any decent players to come to us, who will be expected to carry these no holders and ruin their own reputation? Face it, we are in a very deep hole, and have no tools to dig ourselves out.

As it stands, we face a bleak future.

11 May 2026 06:25:18
Fosun sold a whole Premier League squad, our ex players are playing in half the teams in the PL and some of the top teams in Europe, they buy to sell with no intention of building a team. Why so many fans thing there’s going to be a rebuild and a promotion challenge is beyond belief. We had a PL. team they sold it. We had a Manager doing us proud, they sacked him. We’ve struggled to better the points gained by the worst team in the history of the PL, seem to recall Derby spent a good few seasons in League One, aren’t we in a very similar situation? Fosun aren’t interested in the football, the fans or the upkeep of the stadium they promised to redevelop.

As football fans we’ve all seen what could happen to poorly run clubs, are we really that far away from being the next Sheffield Wednesday? Clubs that recover from relegation, especially following the worst season in the club’s history very rarely bounce back under the same ownership, in fact the decline almost certainly continues, we haven’t got the stability shown by Ipswich we’re more like Leicester, we all know what needs to happen before they do irreparable damage, the ten year plan is in tatters, it’s time to move on.

10 May 2026 22:05:04
I don't think it's the Fosun ain't spent it; just the crap they spent on the do spend money at lesst... Look at our last few windows they sell crown jewellery and buy poo.

11 May 2026 06:38:54
Agree, Simon. The money has been there, but Shi dithered and hesitated when managers put in their transfer requests. The pattern has been the same each summer since Santo: panic buys, overpaying, and providing players the manager didn't want in many cases.


Now, we have an expensive (by our standards) squad, with few of the right standard.
We can only hope things take a different direction in the summer.

10 May 2026 15:40:34
Anyone else watching the Villa match?
Are Burnley really down the bottom with us? Attacking, passing, creating, and really playing decent football against the team in 5th place. Compare their effort to our (pathetic) effort yesterday. 1 place, 3 points, and a million miles apart.

10 May 2026 15:55:47
Agree, Half. So much more pride and passion in their play than our sad lot.

11 May 2026 08:25:43
But we beat the Villa comfortably.

10 May 2026 15:29:15
When we had a few better results I was happy to stick with Rob and hoped performances and results would continue in a better way until the end of the season.
Everything has now changed, some of the things he says don't help, apparently when he first came in we were playing survival football, keeping it tight and trying to gain points, well that went well.
Then we have him saying the situation is not his fault, sorry but he is part to blame being the manager. I understand he came in to a bad situation with little chance of turning it around, awful owners and poor players.

The least you would expect with 70+ points to play for is that we would at least play in a positive way and gain as many points as possible.
Now it is the players who are letting Rob down, he picks them each week, why not pick others if he is not happy. Then we have signings and substitutions, Angel and Adam don't fill me with any confidence for the overhaul in the summer.

10 May 2026 16:33:43
Who does he pick? The entire squad, bar a couple of players, is utter s***. There's no squad depth at all. There's nothing.

Imagine having RE's job and looking at the bench when you need to shake things up. The last time I remember seeing such a rubbish squad, completely devoid of quality, is when they went down to League One.

10 May 2026 18:49:41
Do Burnley have a massively better squad than us then, cause I'm not seeing it, I'm afraid! 22% possession is not just about the players, it's also a complete lack of any tactical plan. Letting soft corners in again is not the players, but the coaching. Not being able to keep a clean sheet for just one flipping full minute of the match. Sorry, but League One Mansfield managed to do that. Do they have better player options than Rob as well, do they?!
Yes, the team's poor, which is precisely why no one expected Rob to keep us up.

What they did expect was for him to get the team fighting, and at least leave it all on the pitch. Can anyone honestly say they've seen a single performance when that's been the case this season? Cause I know I can't, I'm afraid. I like the guy, but he just hasn't ever been good or experienced enough for the monumental task at hand, sadly.

10 May 2026 18:59:12
Well said BBoy ll, I was thinking the same about Burnley.

10 May 2026 19:11:08
Agree, BullysBoy, if he's been that unhappy with the squad, what's wrong with putting a couple of the young players out wide when needed? Yet he didn't give Gonzalez a try, or Edozie in midfield. He had nothing to lose. Was he too scared or too stubborn to try something different?

10 May 2026 19:26:13
The answer was there for me, BB, when after the match Re said their minds were still in the nice hotel. Well, he should have made bl**dy well sure they were fixed on the game and ready to get out there from the off.
Every game I've watched this week has displayed an effort and desire not seen in our efforts.


We haven't got a side of club-minded players, and, more to the point, we haven't a manager or on-field captain/character to inspire or lead by example.
It's time for change, complete clear-out. Big ask, I know, but I dread things being allowed to stagnate further.

10 May 2026 19:48:46
Can see all your points.
Beggars belief. Why he even took on the job.
He must have known what would happen.
Maybe he didn't expect us to go down in a whimper, and show some sort of fight in the last few games, any other team performing like us, and the manager would av been sacked.


Fact.
Can't see any improvement next season if he is in charge.

10 May 2026 19:55:59
Burnley are a much better side than Wolves. Mateus Mane is the only reason why Wolves are on the points total they are. I know he's fallen off a cliff now, but without him, I don't think Wolves' PL points would be in double figures. The glaringly obvious 'Mane effect' will show that Mane beat West Ham 3-0; Mane drew Everton 1-1, and Mane drew Arsenal 2-2. Five points in three games.

This current Wolves team is as bad as the team that went down to League One. Maybe Rob Edwards isn't playing the kids because they're not good enough, and a 'fans' picked team of nippers pinging the ball about would turn a 3-0 loss into 7-0.



Wolves fans are seeing things that aren't there - because they want Rob Edwards sacked. People are gushing over how good Burnley are, then stating that they're not much better than Wolves. The closeness in points means nothing - Mane gave the team most of those points. Maybe Mane's not a diva, maybe he's calling out pros who lack in every single department - and their fragile egos can't handle the truth from a kid.

10 May 2026 20:25:20
Strikes me, Noisy, you're RE's biggest fan. How do you know the kids arnt good enough unless you give em a chance.

10 May 2026 20:29:11
What metric are you using to decide Burnley are a much better side exactly, Mangle? According to TransferMarket they are the only team in the league with a squad value below ours. In fact, their squad value is seen as an entire EUR25m worse than ours, so sorry, but again I don't think that's true. And I don't see anyone 'gushing' over Burnley.

I think they are simply pointing out the fact that it shows what a little effort on match day can actually achieve.
As I've asked before, would you also say that Mick McCarthy's final season squad was also better than the current crop, because he is also currently outperforming Rob's current ppm? Which one would you drop for Karl Henry, Andre, or Joao Gomes?!

10 May 2026 21:46:38
I don't think it's so much that Burnley are that much better than us. Perhaps they have a manager who can motivate them. Plus, players have pride in the shirt, our lot just couldn't care less. When they came out at Brighton and saw the big crowd of Wolves fans who spend good money to travel that far to support them, you would think they would fight to give them something back.

But they just literally couldn't care about Wolves and their own pride. Just a bunch of losers.

10 May 2026 21:56:14
Burnley are better than us because they have more points and play better football. As are West Ham. At least they are fighting as a team. We are a disgrace.

11 May 2026 09:36:40
Thank you, Ray and Old, for making my point for me. Burnley are only better because they are actually playing for the shirt, and that, I'm afraid, sits squarely at Rob's door. It would seem that a caretaker manager is getting more from a bang average Burnley team than Rob is managing to get out of ours. What does that tell us? I wanted him to succeed, but, like those before him, he's been set up to fail.

Not convinced anyone would be able to turn this dressing room around with how broken we currently look! 😱
Gonna need a new manager before the start of next season, with none of the baggage carried from this absolute car crash of a season!

10 May 2026 14:51:46
It's not Rob's fault though.....

10 May 2026 13:35:16
Rob has to play some of them to get them in the shop window to get rid of.

10 May 2026 14:42:26
Correct. The only problem is that the more they play, the more value is wiped off as they are useless.

If this season is anything to go by, the club would need to pay the other clubs to take Toti, Hwang and Tolu.

Mosquera plays like he's valued at about a tenner.

10 May 2026 14:52:01
If you put a pile of rubbish in a shop window, people are not going to rush to buy it. Same goes at Molineux. Apart from J. Gomes, Andre and possibly Mane for his potential, other teams will not be interested.

Can't think of any manager who's gullible enough to waste money on them. Rob is nice books, but way out of his depth. The problem is the 3 year contract, I doubt we can afford to pay it up. So what you see is what you get. Help!

10 May 2026 15:43:34
Re may be out of his depth. In fairness, it was a poison chalice. Awful task to resurrect the season. We can sack him, but that scratches the itch, and does not cure the problem. We have incompetent management in the owners.

They have no real understanding of football, or how much the club means to fans and the city. They have no respect for history. Prepare for League 1 under Fosun. Huge protests are all they will listen to. I fear for this club.