Wolves Banter 2

10 Jul 2026 19:17:59
Rafiki Said coming in is only going to go one of two ways. He's either going to be brilliant or bloody dreadful. Twenty-six years old, not a huge amount of games under his belt, and no experience of English football. Strikes me as a player a mid-table Championship club would sign. Underwhelming ain't the word.

10 Jul 2026 21:36:55
30+ games in each of the last 4 seasons. 8 goals, 4 assists in 25/26. 8 matches, 3 goals in World Cup qualifiers.

10 Jul 2026 21:02:27
Unfortunately we are shopping in Lidl not Harrods, good times are well and truly over, has this guy really been scouted or is he just someone we can afford and someone who is willing to sign for us??

10 Jul 2026 22:21:14
Will some of you ever be happy? No signings, the club are being the usual, leaving it late, making a signing, he's not up to scratch. Give the guy a chance and stop moaning.

10 Jul 2026 16:11:47
Interesting, but unless I am looking in the wrong places, or the heat has got to me, the notorious "Molineux News" has disappeared. These are the company who claimed "our journalists are all 'wolves experts', and also, Man U, Man C, West Ham etc etc. Odd that!!

10 Jul 2026 18:43:40
Molineux News is part of GRV Media Limited, and is in excellent financial shape according to filings at Companies House.

11 Jul 2026 08:37:41
Don't know anything about Molineux News, but just typed in 'Molineux News' and, lo and behold, the site loaded.

11 Jul 2026 08:43:57
P.S. According to them, we still own Emmanuel Agbadou.

10 Jul 2026 16:04:20
So Wolves are signing Rafiki a winger from Belguim. He's supposed to be inconsistant according to reports. Wolves last guy they bought from Belguim was Tulo a complete disaster for 24mill. Hope this guy is a whole lot better. Still need a boat load of players out.

And if possible Fuson spen some money and improve the team to get straight back up. But reports I have read Fuson are not changing there sustainability policy. If that doesn't change what's the bother of getting promoted to go back down.

10 Jul 2026 15:24:13
Thefuturesildgild3: Give Fosun a chance ?????? Ten years and counting. Have you ever seen a balloon that’s been popped re-inflated?

10 Jul 2026 16:11:23
Ron, I was merely pointing out that this is a common comment.
It was in relation to the highly underwhelming signing the club has made. I know that if you criticise a new signing (or indeed a manager or Fosun), then someone will jump on you saying that you haven't given them a chance.


Surely, if you have ever read any of my posts you would realise that I am far from convinced that Fosun has had Wolves' football team as a primary concern over the past few years.
PS, I am pretty sure it was you who brilliantly said, "If Fosun had wanted a Premier League team they would still have one".

11 Jul 2026 13:31:20
So common, in fact, that I have read it twice already today with respect to the new guy.
Plus, we have also had the usual posters complaining that posters are complaining about Fosun.


I really admire their loyalty to Fosun, but just don't get it?
Shouldn't posters on this site support Wolves?
I guess some people would have been delighted to have plenty of ice available when the berg sunk the "Titanic"!

10 Jul 2026 09:14:08
Weren't we interested in Rocco Vata in the Jan transfer window? Has the interest cooled down or something? He is an amazing talent, amazing dribbling.

10 Jul 2026 09:47:49
Maybe he's waiting for all the other players your source says are on the verge of signing: Alex Calatrava, Filip Jorgensen, Polster, Zetterstrom and Lepenant.

Funny that your source hasn't mentioned Rafiki Said.

10 Jul 2026 07:39:03
{Ed's Note - WhyAreYouSoGoodBrian has posted a new article entitled, Rangers Fans Embrace a Purposeful Summer

09 Jul 2026 21:13:31
Rafiki said having medical tomorrow, left winger £7.7 million.

09 Jul 2026 23:21:00
Isn't that the guy from Lion King? I've heard he swings like a mandrill? 🤣👍

09 Jul 2026 20:17:21
This would be my Wolves team, if I was the manager
Formation = 4-1-4-1
The players being sold are Sasa, Jose Sa, Toti Gomes, Hugo Bueno (Board pressure), Tchatchoua, Mosquera (Board Pressure), Joao Gomes and sadly Krejci (Likely going to Leeds after they sold Struijk).

Starting XI
gk - Radek Vitek (in exchange for Johnstone + some money)
lb - Moller Wolfe
lcb - Max Alleyne (if not then Arrey-Mbi, might be difficult)
rcb- Santiago Bueno
rb- Trippier
cdm - Andre
lm - Gnoto (goes down the pecking order after Harry Wilson's arrival)
cm/cam - Mateus Mane (in case we keep him)
cm - Jordan James
rm - Yeremy Hernandez
St- Raul Jiminiez

Squad = Tolu, Diego Liete (signed on free), Filipo Rannochia, Saba Kharebashvili (backup lb), Rodrigo Gomes, Angel Gomes, Tommy Doyle, Tolu, Adam, Bellegarde, Lima, etc.



Please no hate, this is just my team. Feel free to drop any suggestions.

09 Jul 2026 20:37:30
That's a good team, but not sure Tolu will stay. This might be the team if there was no Fosun.

09 Jul 2026 20:40:19
No hate, Adam, mate. In fact, I agree with a lot of that team. I just hope we keep Krecji, but I also suspect your logic is absolutely bang on (re: Leeds). Would love to see us get Max Alleyne, Vitek and Gnoto in, but worry they are all out of our league. But I very much hope I'm wrong, buddy. 👍

09 Jul 2026 20:52:55
Yet another post with team sheets containing players that have not signed and in truth are nowhere near signing.

09 Jul 2026 21:20:33
Angel Gomes. Hasn't he returned to Marseille? Are you buying him or loaning him again?

10 Jul 2026 06:27:07
Diego Leite is going to Saudi Arabia.

09 Jul 2026 16:40:49
I'm going to ruffle some feathers here and one or two might consider calling the men in white coats for me but I think Hwang will do a ok job for us in the Championship.

09 Jul 2026 16:57:10
Sorry, R KO, I suggest you stay out of the sun.

09 Jul 2026 17:09:53
I get where you're coming from, RKO, but Hwang is too often a passenger in games. Hwang has a good attitude, but as a player, he's a slightly better version of Tolu.

I've watched too many games where Hwang is playing and you forget he's on the pitch.

09 Jul 2026 17:23:53
It depends which Hwang we get. When he's confident he scores goals... Until he gets an injury. He could score 6 in 8 games, get a knock, and then do nothing for the other 38.

Tough to call, but I don't think you're definitely wrong there, Rated.

09 Jul 2026 17:45:05
You need to stay off the drugs Rated, the men in white coats are outside 😂

09 Jul 2026 17:47:45
He has the potential to be decent at this level, but the fact that he's been as useful as a chocolate fireguard for the last 2 seasons cannot be overlooked.

09 Jul 2026 18:25:07
If the focus and desire is there, Rated, then you may well be right. I think there is ability there, and until pre season gets underway we won't know if our new manager can get anything out of him.

Hang on, there's a knock at the door.

09 Jul 2026 18:28:27
What will be, will be, with Hwang. If we can't sell him or give him away, let's give him a chance. The drop down a division might work out for him. He scored some good goals for us in the past.

09 Jul 2026 19:49:00
Acle summed it up perfectly for me, let's not forget here that a) Hwang has scored 10 Prem goals in a season, which is more than Armstrong has done, and b) his home nation calls him the Bull because of how hard he works! So Acle and Rated are absolutely bang on the money here.

Hwang could absolutely light the league up, or he could also spend the first half of the season being a passenger within the team. Personally I'd give him till Jan to see which version turns up this year. 👍

09 Jul 2026 20:37:17
Excellent points made, Bully. I'm starting to warm to the idea of Hwang!

His ineffectiveness has not entirely been his fault. Wolves have stuck with a wretched five-at-the-back system for years, which possibly doesn't suit Hwang. Maybe Peixoto will get the best out of him.

One could look at Hwang as a Steve Bull-type of player who needs an Andy Mutch next to him. When he had Neto and Cunha alongside him, he was, albeit for a short while, very impressive.

Hwang does have a good attitude, and he does love Wolves. RKO could be right.

09 Jul 2026 22:53:22
Too early to start predicting line ups. Need a couple more weeks and to see how things pan out. Jake Gomes looks like he has no place to go at the moment and Leeds wanting Kryci is paper talk.

10 Jul 2026 08:00:59
Hwang is paid far too much to risk that he may gain some form. He has only had 1 good goalscoring season with us. He also goes down far too easily, which will get overlooked by refs in the Championship. We need to move on.

09 Jul 2026 11:28:50
I would like to see Nick Pope goalkeeper at Wolves. Reckon he would be okay.

09 Jul 2026 12:57:43
Nick Pope is worse than Sa and Johnstone, plus he's going to be 34 or 35 this year. I live up the North East, and Newcastle fans are over the moon he could be leaving. They call him Calamity Pope.

09 Jul 2026 13:16:46
OK, how about Hugh Johns, 6ft 3.
Massive hands, good in the
air.

09 Jul 2026 14:57:45
Jose Sa is an excellent shot stopper, but has a weakness in playing from the back, therefore his replacement should be better in that department. Leave it to those in the know, eh?

09 Jul 2026 10:35:18
Villa to play Porto in pre-season friendly while Wolves have arranged games with Maidenhead and Doncaster.

09 Jul 2026 16:39:41
Ikr, it's kinda like one team is a Champions League team and the other just got relegated.
Sarcasm aside, tbh we need the Maidenstone and Doncaster matches to hopefully get wins and some belief back into the side.

09 Jul 2026 20:55:38
Slightly agree, but we do have fixtures against two La Liga teams and would have had a game against a team from Eredivisie, were it not for the intervention of local authorities.