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05 Jan 2026 19:45:37
So it seems Lima has been bought back to be integrated into the first team not sold, it’s looking like hoever or Jackson are on the way out, more likely hoever in my opinion as his contract is up at the end of the season so I reckon they will try and get some sort of fee for him rather than nothing at the end of the season

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05 Jan 2026 21:30:04
Yes, I saw that report too. Let's see what happens.

05 Jan 2026 18:09:26
Have I gone mad or is the football industry out of control! Man Utd sack their manager or is it head coach - league position 6th Chelsea have done the same -league position 5th. Celtic now have joined in - league position 2nd. Just proves what a crazy business football has become all three clubs will have paid out millions to end contracts and will pay out milllions to secure their new managers/head coach as well as millions in compensation to the former clubs.

Then there is the change over of three sets of back room staff including the ones employed to tell millionaire players how to take a corner and a throw in that could be at least 30 people.

All this in an industry where most clubs make massive losses every year but an industry where there seems to be no shortage of experienced business men/organisations looking to invest. I have been thinking for the last 20 years football will implode as none of this makes any sense but the football juggernaut keeps rolling on!

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05 Jan 2026 18:31:38
That was a very interesting post Major. Thank you.

05 Jan 2026 18:41:45
You're not on your own thinking that Major Frank, maybe there's more to some of these sackings than just poor performances on the pitch.

Sometimes personalities, fallings out, etc also play their part but you're right some of them make little sense. As for football finances, don't ask.

05 Jan 2026 19:17:27
It will indeed implode at some point major Frank, and notably from silly sackings etc.
VAR and TV company's with their KO timings etc will drive the local club supporter away eventually and the atmosphere love and attraction will be lost at root level.
It'll be celebrity striker week or something.

The clubs are already losing identity in the clamour to take more money by different coloured change/away shirts.
I hate watching the old gold parading in neon blue, violet flush or whatever they label them.

Wolves wear old gold unless it's a colour clash, which isn't that often for us, bit it's the clubs identity being slowly eroded.

Get rid of the 'big teams' to their desired super leagues, or cap expenditure on players and squad size. kick off at the same times and get some degree of level playing field.

The manager situation is money for nothing if they're on the circuit, no pride loyalty or dedication .
It's money money money and sod the paying fan., because once we're broken it'll never be mended.

It's a have and have not league now, not football as we knew it, buy the team from the smaller financially well off and sod em.

Happy new year!

05 Jan 2026 20:51:07
I'm not sure how you take the excess money out of the game which seems to be at the root of all of this, maybe a gradual cap on TV revenue, but allow unlimited gate receipts and matchday revenue. Hopefully this would slowly move the game back towards the fans.

05 Jan 2026 21:19:01
Thanks for the replies Cashinblack, Longmyndwolf and Abbeywolf and happy new year. I agree on the clash of personalities being a factor and they have been debating this very topic on Radio 5 tonight. It seems that Directors of football now want the shout on all signings and formations so that makes them the manager in my book but they are low profile and don’t seem to get the flak for bad performances. If they want this level of influence then surely they have to appoint a head coach they get on with and have similar views on formations and style of football.

If in Chelsea, Man Utd and Celtic’s case they can’t work together then surely this is the director of footballs fault he must have interviewed the head coach and should equally take the blame for bad performances.

All seems crazy to me especially when I started supporting the wolves you had Bill McGarry manager and Sammy Chung who should of been paid a fortune as he seemed to be assistant, trainer and ran on with the bucket and sponge. Now there seems to be a whole army of backroom staff and the football is definitely less enjoyable.

I agree on the have and have nots Abbey and feel that the influx of American owners will start to push for a super league with no relegations as in American football to protect their investment. The worry is if they then cut funding to the teams outside this league which could be us then football as we have known it will change forever.

05 Jan 2026 21:49:33
Excellent thread.
Not sure there is too much money - most teams lose bucket loads so more not less would help.

However perhaps some control over its distribution and expenditure might both stop so many teams losing money - allegedly the idea behind FFP and its successor - and make the game more about football than money.
A broader distribution of the money - i.e. less to the big 6 or 7 and more to other teams, (perhaps even across all of the leagues) - and maybe a US sport like salary cap or tighter squad size restriction that would stop the big teams using their financial muscle to hoover up all the talent would do wonders for the game.

Greater protection for the smaller teams in respect of losing youngsters for free or nominal sums would also be good for everyone including probably most of the youngsters most of whom of course are simply discarded by the big teams ruining their careers.
But does the "money" care about the wider game and would the bigger teams agree to something/anything that takes away their inbuilt advantages?

06 Jan 2026 08:19:32
Sadly the answers are NO to the last questions asked Tfig, the money makers only care about one thing, keep it alive until they've sqeezed every last penny, and then dump it until such time as interest can be mustered again.
Footballs ruined and further damage with tinkering to the spectacle and overload of competition (s) will saturate and lose the average fan.
Take the carabou/fa cups, no replays at the detriment to smaller clubs, where a lucrative draw against higher placed clubs could be a life saver.

Now you'll get a big 6 teams reserves, battle a draw and even if you win on the night via pens you javnt got the big money a replay would give, you go through most prob to a lower team which wouldn't provide the same income.
It devalues our home competition to ensure European teams and media get the cut.

06 Jan 2026 09:11:14
Excellent thread, thanks to all contributors, made good reading over breakfast. The top clubs have virtually controlled the game to the detriment of the rest with loyal fans seeing their interests sidelined. No replays, serving the big clubs with congested fixtures as they play in absurd leagues for European qualification and bigger games than a replay at Barnsley. Makes you wonder. Should we have let the top 6 join that Euro league? Would the smaller clubs have got back to a more traditional game with cup replays, Saturday 3 pm kos, and the ability to nurture young players protected from clubs sweeping up talent with huge numbers on loan in Europe.

In reality I believe money will call the tune as ever, if you have the rules changed regularly to prevent what The Mancs, Chelsea etc have already done then beating one of the top 6 will be all clubs like Wolves can realistically aspire to.

05 Jan 2026 08:01:26
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05 Jan 2026 07:39:05
{Ed's Note - RPD has posted a new article entitled, Why Chelsea's Ownership Is Playing the Long Game

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04 Jan 2026 14:49:33
Media full of how poor West Ham were yesterday and I quite agree. As were Liverpool a week ago at Anfield for the last 30 minutes when they just about hung on. As were Man U a couple of days later who were very fortunate to get a point. As were Arsenal and Villa who were both very fortunate to scrape a win against us.

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04 Jan 2026 15:54:45
Every win we've ever had since we won promotion to the PL has been because the opposition have been poor. The media never say Wolves played well. Never.

05 Jan 2026 09:25:09
Always the case but surprisingly Wolves v West Ham was first up on MOTD followed by a lengthy discussion on Wolves and Mane in particular.

04 Jan 2026 14:02:48
When did Nuno's team become possession based? They had 67% possession according to the BBC website.

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04 Jan 2026 16:19:24
Most teams are possession based if they are actually able to keep hold of the ball and not give it away. On the other hand, it also depends on the style of play of the two teams. As we were more direct yesterday it meant handing over possession more quickly and West Ham were very methodical, almost Wolves like one may say, in their build up with lots of sideways and backwards passing and no shots on target was the result.

04 Jan 2026 11:48:54
Such a better feeling after our win yesterday, realise we have a long way to go but 3 points and a clean sheet against any team is fantastic. West Ham were poor but we still had to win, hope we can play well and come away with something v Everton.
With the long awaited emergence of Mane, certainly think it is worth a look at others that may be useful in reserves at least from the bench, is Enzo any good?
Don’t remember seeing him at all.

Hope we can add a couple in the window and offload others who don’t want to be here. 🤞👍

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04 Jan 2026 13:58:26
I wonder if the 'wantaways' are as many as some may think Banksy, listening to WHC's interview after the game I got the impression that they believe they can pull it back or at least he does.

Wishful thinking maybe, or just PR for the fans, who knows but if Mane keeps performing that alone will motivate them.

04 Jan 2026 13:59:45
What about Sasa?

04 Jan 2026 14:08:06
A further point, Mane apparently signed a contract with Wolves until 2029 when he turned 18, something the Club didn't announce so maybe he will be around for a while longer.

04 Jan 2026 15:21:40
Looks like the club got something correct then Long. As every time it comes around, the transfer window will be very interesting. Surely with a couple of sales they will reinvest 🤞, then again.

04 Jan 2026 15:31:51
Cunha signed a new five yr deal, didn’t stop Shi taking the money and selling him, don’t trust this lot

04 Jan 2026 22:28:12
The Cunha deal was engineered by Cunha for Cunha. Shi is to blame for a lot but not that one.

05 Jan 2026 09:01:14
Just saying that signing a long term contract doesn’t mean anything these days .

04 Jan 2026 10:02:58
The progressive improvement in both results and performances continues which is a good thing and it's probably fair to say that the West Ham game came at the perfect time for us as they are/were pretty woeful. However, I saw a desire to get forward, compete and be clinical in front of goal, that could have been 5-0 by half time if not for their 'keeper.

What's also pleasing that on the back of two improved performances away they did that at home which was becoming a monkey on their back, no doubt. So a flash in the pan or onwards and upwards, can they maintain this improvement against sides higher up the table? I tend to think it's the latter as the team selections now make sense giving players the opportunity to play with more confidence and effect, WHC for example.

I always believed that any team needs a talisman player, someone who'll take the initiative and use their ability to inspire those around them to 'keep up'. After so much talk about Wolves failing to replace Cunha who would have thought they would find the solution within their own youth setup? Mane is a revelation and in my opinion will only get better so how long before the vultures start to circle? That will be the acid test for Fosun who claim they want to help and Nathan Shi whose comments implied a new dawn at Wolves.

Too little, too late, maybe, but good performances will enthuse the fans and reward their loyalty as God knows they've suffered enough. However, as the secondary cause of our demise has now gone, although the jury is still out for me on the primary cause, will we now see a period of steady but progressive growth? Matt Jackson is highly rated within the football world so will he get some backing, will this January window be busy or will changes be minor but effective?

As usual so many questions based around an understandable uncertainty even distrust of our owners, an atmosphere created by Fosun and increasingly aggravated by Jeff Shi before his removal. So the foundations are starting to take shape on the pitch but will the owners facilitate further improvement and create a period of stability in the management structure as we've had too much hire and fire under Shi the first both on and off the pitch, imo.

So is this window critical and should it be viewed as an indication of Fosun's sincerity?

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04 Jan 2026 11:00:24
Great Post longmynd, my only questions to the 'improvement' yesterday against, and let's be honest, a very poor WH, is are/were players putting that little extra in because of the impending window and opportunity to jump ship?
Maybe RE has got his messages across and finally found the right attitude and balance?
If he has, what chance does he have of keeping/finding players to maintain it?

I'm not wanting to put doom and gloom on things so early after our first win in 20 odd prem games but equally I don't want to be over optimistic.
I don't think Fosuns stance will have changed, I can only think we'll be taking steps backward by Feb and that finding our feet again will take time.

So let's all enjoy what and when we can, let's hope we carry on the current confidence at Everton.

The goal now is get more points than Derby's low, and not finish bottom.
Whatever, COYW forever.

04 Jan 2026 20:27:52
Totally agree with that last line Abbeywolf. We need to be realistic and look at small steps. We are in a unique position in some ways now. Relegation remains the most likely outcome by far, but if we go down on a "high", fighting our fate all the way, then that will stand us in good stead for the future.