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19 Mar 2024 08:30:15
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19 Mar 2024 07:39:19
{Ed's Note - Ed001 has posted a new article entitled, PSR Regulations

18 Mar 2024 23:05:55
Eds,

What are the changes to FFP from this summer.

I heard a so expert say that in layman's terms, it will now be a salary cap so that a club can only spend 70% of all income on wages. Apparently all other expenditure used in the previous method has been removed.

{Ed001's Note - I am writing it as an article for you mate. It would be pointless me saying what has changed without explaining what the current PSR is. It has ended up as far too long a reply to just shoehorn in here, so I will post it as an article. That will also give the rest of the sites a chance to read it as well.}

19 Mar 2024 06:03:53
Cheers Ed.

{Ed001's Note - in case it fails to autolink: PSR Regs.

It is bloody complicated and we won't know for sure what the new PSR will be until the league AGM in June. They might even decide not to change yet! But hopefully they will go with the UEFA set up, as they have currently agreed to that. It is much simpler.}

18 Mar 2024 18:18:03
So Forest are in the bottom three apparently.

18 Mar 2024 19:19:09
Yeah 4 points even though their offense was worse than Everton? Will they appeal? Will Everton get more docked points? What a mess.

18 Mar 2024 21:43:27
Yes vbwolf, apparently they had more lenient deduction because they were compliant with the investigation. It would seem unlikely that they'll appeal because of that. But you never know they could, they've got 7 days to do so. It's a right mess for the clubs at the bottom not knowing where they are, and what to aim for.

19 Mar 2024 07:42:21
.and if Leicester return to the Premiership they are likely to be hit for previous seasons over-spend. When does this all end?!

19 Mar 2024 07:52:37
Well for all our moaning and groaning at the time over transfers and departures, we seem to have had some acumen in the boardroom.
We should be thanking our lucky stars things have worked out.

17 Mar 2024 21:50:14
Sad to say it, but it looks like Neto could have possibly played his last game for Wolves. Even if he does get fit before the end of the season, I can see them not wanting to push him because I believe they're banking on him for our summer spending, an injured Neto may be disastrous if he can't pass the fitness tests of potential buyers.

18 Mar 2024 06:34:25
Hi Emerald Wolf,
Based on Neto's injury record and FFP rules I'd be surprised if any of the teams interested offer more than £40Million if at all. Wouldn't surprise me if we don't sell him. I expect big bids to come in for RAN, Gomes and Sa.

17 Mar 2024 18:42:40
Despite our result yesterday, this weekend has provided us fans with 3 outstanding Qtr Finals to show the World why The FA Cup is so unique.

17 Mar 2024 20:17:46
Just proves var is corrupt.
W.ham goal ruled out
Coventry's allowed.
Smh

18 Mar 2024 00:52:19
VAR is not corrupt. It’s just the standard of people on VAR and refs in general who are terrible and don’t know how to interpret the laws.

18 Mar 2024 05:56:19
See man city avoided man u in the semis! Thus ensuring maximum chance of maximum tv fees, or am I being too cynical? And that's just it vbwolf, do we trust the people who 'don't know how to interpret it'.?

18 Mar 2024 13:50:52
I've seen a few wild theories on X saying the balls for the draw have bumps on them for city and united so those who draw them know.
But it is just conspiracy theories.

18 Mar 2024 15:39:19
Apparently the ball numbers for the cup draw weren't displayed on TV showing which teams they represented. In theory therefore the draw could have been doctored. Not saying it was but just fuelling the conspiracy theories!

18 Mar 2024 16:14:16
I think it's most probably a recurring coincidence, but it always seems to favour the same way. Or I'm still a tad bitter, I bet we wouldn't have got Leicester if we'd both got through though!

18 Mar 2024 20:34:44
I was told a long while ago that certain balls could be put in a fridge before the draw so as to differentiate them from the others. No idea of the truth in any of that.

17 Mar 2024 14:10:50
I'm not going to focus on the forwards in my debrief. My concern is we allowed 25 shots on goal with 12 of these on target. XG of 4. To allow this against a championship side with 3 centre halves and 5 across midfield whilst defending has shocked me badly. What a waste of a chance.

17 Mar 2024 14:51:23
We missed Dawson. Kilman, Toti, Semedo and AIT all Tey to push up the pitch. Santiago Bueno played the Dawson position yesterday and did well but it was clear that Dawson organises the defence hence Kilman and Toti both being exposed when Coventry played the ball over the midfield.

Hopefully Dawson and Cunha will be ready for the Villa game.

17 Mar 2024 15:21:16
Rumours are nettos season finished,
Maybe why our performance was bad.
If that's the case, go maybe settling for where we are now, and staying up.
So disappointing if so

17 Mar 2024 17:05:57
I was thinking the same Greyleg but to be fair, no matter how naive yesterday's performance, we have over achieved the expectations of most.

Let's see this season out, get to wherever we get and look forward to a good window, pre season and a more experienced GON.

17 Mar 2024 18:21:58
Agree 100% Raging, the defence calls short every time. None of them know how to mark their man and positioning is a bit of a joke. All Coventry's threat came from left wing crosses, so Semedo stood off him and allowed him to get crosses in which we have no idea how to deal with. Their striker just stood at the back post waiting for the cross and despite having three centre backs on the pitch no one marked him. I know we desperately need a good striker but a half decent centre half would be good.

18 Mar 2024 06:47:09
Agree too Raging.
Inexcusable the way Coventry had chance after chance.
Could be a defining result for the rest of the season.

See all in 2 weeks or a fortnight which ever comes first.

16 Mar 2024 19:14:12
Re people slating Lemina today. Yes he had a poor game but surely that was down to GON’s tactics. What’s the point of playing one of our best players, wide in the left wing? Even worse was giving him no or very little service all match. I said at half time we needed to push Mario up front and more central, as he did against Fulham. He was, for a lot of the game today, a wasted bystander. Now for Fraser, yes he had a poor match but for so called fans to come on here and say he’s no good is either a disgrace or laughable. There’s a big big difference between being ‘not good enough’ and ‘not good enough Today’. Fraser was the latter- not good enough today. He will come good, he’s still learning his trade at this level. Stick with him, get behind him, not on his back. He may or may not turn in to a prolific scorer like Jimenez, but he’ll come good and be a big part of the squad

16 Mar 2024 19:58:53
Call me a disgrace all you want but I'm entitled to my opinion. I know what I saw.

Circumstances have dictated that he gets game time but he clearly needs time to develop.

Only absentee against Villa will be Neto so hopefully we can kick on.

16 Mar 2024 20:08:51
Halftimepie, agree completely on Lemina, but have to disagree on Fraser. Unfortunately he lacks speed and presence. We were put under pressure constantly as he failed to hold the ball up or reach easy passes. That is in all the games he's played not just today. Chiwome looked far more interested although like rabbit in headlights at times. The big issue is we lack quality outside the main 15-16 players and the drop in quality after them is vast. Players are needed in the summer. Coventry deserved their win today and we need to lick our wounds and hope some of our injured players return for Villa.

17 Mar 2024 00:52:39
Lemina has been incredible this season. He is up there for player of the season for me. This was unfortunately a game to far for us given our small squad and injuries. If we had the full squad we would have won today. The boys are trying, but sometimes you can’t always play amazing.

17 Mar 2024 06:24:40
My tuppence worth.
Lemina didn't make any more mistakes than others in the team but looked ineffective because he was played out of position instead of the position where he has excelled all season so let's not rip him. Gomes wasn't as effective without Lemina working beside him so the disruption to team efficiency was magnified as a result.

In regards to Fraser the occasions where he was fed a decent pass or a ball played into space were virtually nil and he was reduced to chasing around searching for scraps. Let's face it, a depleted squad, players out of position, few opportunities to make effective substitutions and a Coventry team that turned up for the match were always going to make it a tough day so let's not start slating individuals after all that they have done so far this season.

17 Mar 2024 06:58:46
Gotta be honest I think GON got his tactics wrong. Lemina looked uncomfortable he was getting the ball and visibly asking for players to recieve it as no one seemed to be in linking positions. He did what was asked of him bit couldn't perform as he'd want to.

Fraser, well he's a young lad thrown into a massive game. Nerves no doubt had a role but the lad was attempting to make the move but we dallied on trying to release him or Coventry were blocking any attempts which more often than not were coming from sarabia, who I thought was the only one showing genuine 'nous' and purpose in the first half. It was a bad day in the office mainly but I blame GON for it. That said, we came back and took the lead, at that point the players should have had the ability to hold the lead. Our ball boy seemed to recognise that and took the brunt of Robbins 'celebration' at the end, for which Robbins as now apologised.

However Coventry earned the win, we didn't deserve it and if it eernt for Sa and some awful finishing by the sky blues we'd have been slaughtered. Lemina has been a tower of strength for us and Frasers starting out on a promising career, please don't pin this defeat on them.

17 Mar 2024 07:06:12
Lemina was very poor for me yesterday. I know we're all perfect in hindsight but I couldn't understand why GON didn't put Traore on in the final 10 minutes. He has such energy and great at breaking up play. We allowed Coventry to come at us and got exactly what we deserved. Hopefully the players will regroup and put this right against Villa.

17 Mar 2024 12:06:16
I agree lemina. Is a super player, i'm not saying he isn't
But you can't get away from the fact
That he was very poor yesterday
I remember the legendary Roy walkers
Catchphrase, " say what you see"
And that's exactly what most saw
No one should be criticised for their view,
We all want success at this club
If I have upset anyone, I apologise
Not intended
Coyw

17 Mar 2024 12:17:34
Il tell you now.you can see if a player is going to come good and just like silva fraser wont.simple as that and as for lemina.hes a pro and should be able to adapt.he spent90mins getting in the way of his own players.that said the defence should be slated for all3goals. Poor positioning and defending all round. or maybe this is all just bitter dissapointment

17 Mar 2024 12:39:39
I agree Abbey and said it all along. Imo the tactics were off. Not necessarily the players' fault and it’s a bit harsh to jump on individual players backs when the whole team were poor. Gon almost says it himself after the game. He said we pushed defensive players up but then needed defensive players at the end but didn’t have any on the bench.

Why not move the defensive players back and have some faith in players actually playing their preferred position. Where did the game management go at the end, why didn’t we hold the ball up more the ball boy could see it so why couldn’t the profesional players and manager. It’s an opportunity missed, I think it will help us push on and hopefully gon learns from it too. Why are we signing players like lemina’s bro etc if they aren’t even good enough to come on against Coventry.

17 Mar 2024 13:10:52
Afternoon all, now the dusts settled a bit, yesterday was just a bad day at office, when you can't get the ball.to.stick with the forwards you're always going to be put under a bit of pressure, that said the defence was very poor, the continued runs by Coventry caused us all sort of problems, but the main issue of not picking up and closing down players in and around the penalty area cost us dearly, a win for us would have been harsh on Coventry.

On another day with a full team, it would have been another outcome, I'd say.
Would surprise me. Now that we go and take all 3 points at the Villa in 2 weeks, Bellgarde and Cuhna hopefully back in the side.

17 Mar 2024 14:37:29
I hope we do bounce back sydneywolf, my worries are that that may have burst our bubble this year and the lads energy and won't for a win will diminish. They'll have something to prove now tho I guess.

17 Mar 2024 16:12:01
I hear ya Abbey, I think the international break has come at a good time for a few to get over knocks etc, and hopefully a couple of players back, Dawson was a big miss yesterday

16 Mar 2024 15:31:58
The Wolves dressing room would have been very subdued after the game . Players thinking what happened out there, beaten again in Fergie time.Coventry wanted it more. Excuses, leg weary, injuries. A mini break before Aston Villa.

16 Mar 2024 16:40:31
I think its time to cash in on neto.out for9weeks!. he's never fit for long enuf.sell neto andRAN for 150mil and rebuild the entire team

16 Mar 2024 16:41:22
It doesn't surprise me, with pretty much our entire attack out injured and little in the way of replacement due to running with a threadbare squad we offered little.

However, those last minute goals, AGAIN, are just ridiculous. Still suffering from the consequences of the previous poor buying decisions leaving us exposed to ffp as a result, I'm afraid.

16 Mar 2024 16:54:17
And who exactly is going to pay that kind of money for Neto?

16 Mar 2024 17:06:45
Agree Long. We are paying for the gross financial miss-management in previous years.
Didn't deserve to win today.even so, had the chance and blew it.

16 Mar 2024 18:13:40
We need new signings in the summer of which I'm sure we will make.
We've been fortunate with injuries up until recently but there no excuses for the woeful display today.
The players and manager today are to blame.
It was a q/f for goodness sake, no desire no will to win.

Our players wearing the wolves shirt let us down and more than capable to of won this game.

16 Mar 2024 19:10:12
Totally agree Phil, the desire wasn't there, God knows why, if you can't be up for a home tie in the fa cup quarters then there's something wrong, no matter who pulls the shirt on

16 Mar 2024 19:18:56
Neto AND RAN. got to be at least 120mil.surely.AND ANOTHER THING. I trusted gon to get it right today with the limited squad resources that we have. And he got it badly wrong. making changes when we go1down.so he was happy with how it was going until then?i bloody wasnt.the season could implode on us now.so injuries apart wel see how good a manager he is now won't we.but its time to giv doc a permanent rest and play hugo instead.

16 Mar 2024 19:21:06
Even more deluded than the ones at work getting 150m for Neto and ran. Must mean Bailey is worth 200m.

16 Mar 2024 19:25:28
Phil, I’ve been to 5 semi finals and believe me no one is more disappointed than me . I half guessed it would be a hard task today but to lose it in the way we did was cruel. We looked tired and Coventry raised their game but I’m not laying blame at the players or the manager. Sh*t happens!

16 Mar 2024 20:06:32
Respect your opinion 47vintage,
Was a bad day today as you say *hit happens.

16 Mar 2024 18:15:12
I thought babacar Traore was worth an appearance today.

16 Mar 2024 18:40:15
The most disappointment was conceding two when we could/should have seen the game out. We gave the ball away too often today and that's cost us in the last few minutes again. Had we have won we'd admit we were lucky, but in the end we couldn't do the basics in defending our lead, so we deserved it. Sad day and now I worry for the rest of the season.

16 Mar 2024 20:34:35
Thanks Phil. Really can’t work out what happened in the last 10 minutes. Coventry obviously raised their game and we had nothing left in the tank. Still very proud of what we’ve achieved this season.

17 Mar 2024 09:17:45
Well said Phil789. Why GON bought Doc on instead of Traore I'll never know. I like Doc, but he did virtually nothing. Traore is full of running and he's great at breaking up play. Hate to say it but that was a mistake by GON today. I'm just so fed up that we missed a golden opportunity for a semi final place. All the difficult teams we've beaten to get this far and we blow it big style. The silence coming out of Molineux from either GON or I guess Kilman as captain on such a shambolic performance is deafening.

17 Mar 2024 14:24:47
Superjack2 is that the same Leon Bailey who missed an open goal against wolves last season 😂😂

16 Mar 2024 15:25:17
Absolutely shocking performance by Wolves Coventry could have been 3-0 before half time. The second half didn't improve much till we scored then got the second. Shut up shop but not Wolves how many times did we give the ball away. Unforgivable the way we played get the season over and hopefully spend some money and get 3 or 4 new players rant over.

16 Mar 2024 17:01:19
I think the game showed clearly how thin our squad is. Some youngsters with potential, but not ready yet. Bad luck to have 3 main strikers out, but Neto seems prone to injury, and if he stays he is unlikely to do a full season. Dawson was a big loss and we badly need another centre back of his stature. We seem to be able to introduce one new player with a full side and maintain momentum, but today was a lot of non-regulars. Grateful for the break to sort some injuries out.

16 Mar 2024 17:17:50
Coventry City were worthy winners. If we didn't already know it, today proved that our squad is not strong enough. Anyway, hopefully our injured players will be back soon and we can concentrate on winning a European place. No major problems.

16 Mar 2024 14:33:07
Taking consolation from the fact we never deserved to win. Totally outplayed. Sa and Ait-Nori only guys played well. Semedo deserved a red card as well.

16 Mar 2024 14:42:03
Very poor but too many injuries

16 Mar 2024 14:51:02
We missed Dawsons organisation at the back, Neto, Hwang and Cunha driving the opposite defence back.

Nathan Fraser simply is not good enough.

16 Mar 2024 14:54:33
The entire game plan seemed poor nigelt2, from the off. Passing was poor running was poor, defending woeful. Players going to the same positions, players hold out hands wanting someone to move. GON knew he'd got it wrong when Sa was 'injured' and he called outfield to the dugout for instruction. We were chasing the ball with little awareness. The injuries obviously made a difference but we were awful. Coventry should have been out of sight and credit to them. But I feel let down today.

16 Mar 2024 14:56:04
VAR, 5 minutes to make the wrong decision ; Lemina stood on the left touchline most of game ; My recycling bin would have done better than Fraser! I'm going to bed! FWAW .

16 Mar 2024 15:17:59
Very poor today. Worst I've seen Lemina play. Let's be honest if not for Sa it could have been worse. RAN was excellent again, but everyone else today was poor. What frustrates me most is that this on paper was the easiest draw. Home against a lower league club and after the difficult games we've had to reach this position. We made Coventry look good. They'll get battered in the semi's. That's not sour grapes it's just a remark on how poor we were today.

16 Mar 2024 15:20:11
Disgusting from the players all of them except for RAN and Sa need to be docked wages.

16 Mar 2024 15:24:35
My dream became a nightmare.

16 Mar 2024 15:37:14
Fraser hardly won a header. Didn't trouble the defender. Very poor. I know he's one of our own but I don't think he is Premier League level. Hopefully Neto, Cunha and Bellegarde are back after the International break.

16 Mar 2024 15:55:27
Leave Fraser out of this. He would not be playing if we were not down to the bare bones. We wolves fans are the worst sometimes. He has great potential but let’s not do what we always do and get on his back. He has been thrown in the deep end. He hardly got any service today anyway.

16 Mar 2024 16:01:21
Dawson is the one we want back jas, get some organisation and drive in the back line.

16 Mar 2024 16:08:35
vbwolf, I get what your saying but answer me this.

What is the difference between the circumstances of Fraser being forced to play and when Fabio Silva was forced to play.

Why was it OK to lambast Fabio but not Fraser?

I'll tell you the difference: Fabio will always be judged differently based upon his transfer fee which was not his fault, but Fraser won't.

The fact is that neither are good enough.

16 Mar 2024 16:36:58
Lemina toti doyle tall bueno all garbage and sarabia .we shudv gone at them from the start not when 1down. anyway better to go out now than in the semis or lose in the fonal because with that side wed get battered by the other teams that are will be left in.

16 Mar 2024 18:00:36
Fabio is in same boat. But needs confidence and a run in a team. Fraser has played a couple of games and wants to be here. He can’t be judged on those few games. Needs a loan. Grow as a player. Last chance saloon for Fabio. He will be sold I’m sure.

16 Mar 2024 18:10:39
I agree vbwolf, I’m now understanding why other fans say what they do about us. Jas I used to think you were the voice of reason on here but lately not so much. The whole he’s not good enough jibe at various players is getting old. Your talking about a 19 year old who was making his second start, how can you pass judgment so easily. The whole team played badly, everyone loves RAN but he needlessly gave the ball away just before they scored when he could have taken it to the corner. Very poor game management and I think O’Neil is to blame. Tactics were wrong and he obviously hadn’t got the players in the right frame of mind. We had a poor game that doesn’t mean everyone’s not good enough, just underestimating our championship opponents again. On to the next one, focus on the league and bringing on some of the youth without telling them they aren’t good enough for us hopefully. I mean we are only wolves, I’m not sure what some people expect. Almost as bad as some Man Utd fans demanding their team be at the top, football doesn’t work like that.

16 Mar 2024 18:28:55
Wounding to watch but even more so for those who shelled out and was at the mol today.
Think tomorrow or when the pumped up frustration has gone there will be clear posts.

Imo Fraser had no service at all was a lone isolated figure if whang was fit can't see he doing much better today than Fraser.

16 Mar 2024 18:35:01
I'm not suggesting for one moment that Fraser can't make the grade but let's be brutally honest here. He hardly won a header, was out muscled and couldn't pass. I base my opinion on what I've seen in the last 2 games. I was there and believe me, he offered no threat. At least Fabio won headers or made runs into the box. Yes, he is inexperienced but if you ask me who I would rather have, Fabio or Fraser, I'd have to go with Fabio. I'm hoping Fraser will prove me wrong but from what I've seen, he is a long way off where we need him to be.

He needs a loan move but my point is, when Fabio was in the same position, the fans more or less drove him away.

Most fans I spoke to today said that Coventry deserved the win and they did. Does that make us a bad team? No. Maybe we should praise Coventry rather than saying we only lost because we played badly.

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