Wolves Banter 3

16 Mar 2026 21:00:24
Cracking finish, Armstrong. Great touch to set himself up. Hopefully we play much better second half.

16 Mar 2026 20:54:13
Frustrating first half. HB is having an absolute mare. Hope RE sorts him out for the second half, or replaced him early on.

16 Mar 2026 15:37:59
Shame that Chelsea just get a slap on the wrist. A small fine that they can easily pay and a transfer ban for those secret payments to agents. They should have had a massive points reduction to put them in the relegation zone!

16 Mar 2026 17:31:36
Even the transfer ban is suspended for 2 years, I think, VB. Meanwhile, Leicester are facing League One next year because of points deduction, and still we await the City saga to come to an end. What will happen there? Do a hundred lines and pay the equivalent of one Haaland toe?

16 Mar 2026 18:14:55
Whilst I generally agree with your premise (e.g. what's happened to City's fines?), this is very different. It happened under the last regime, and the current regime reported it. I'm not Chelsea's biggest fan, but it would seem a little harsh to give them a points deduction when it was a different owner and they reported it themselves?

16 Mar 2026 19:55:49
That's a fair point, Bullys. It's just the imbalance of punishment, or the impression of, that grinds.

17 Mar 2026 11:58:26
Did Chelsea report it to try and soften what they know is possibly on the horizon?
You don't shoot yourself in the foot for no reason, they might have been tipped off and decided to jump before being pushed.

{Ed001's Note - no, the FA/Premier League/UEFA had no idea until they self-reported. It was simply because they found it and wanted to start with a clean slate.}

15 Mar 2026 18:50:24
The way results have gone, even Leeds could go down. They are on 32 points. Thought they were well clear but not now. Forest, Spurs and West Ham all drawing.

15 Mar 2026 14:34:14
After Monday's match, we don't play again for 3 weeks.

15 Mar 2026 17:31:17
The question is whether that is a good thing or a bad thing.

16 Mar 2026 07:30:30
That'll depend on how we play, and the result tonight, I guess, Ilkley!?

15 Mar 2026 11:53:04
Seems to me that Nuno will keep West Ham up, either Spurs or Forest to go for me. Would love for us to miraculously stay up and they both go. Realise not going to happen, aim should be to win as many games as possible and hope we can catch Burnley.


Positive step from Shi 2, maybe there are plans in place after all, we will see.

15 Mar 2026 13:30:40.
Let's hope so, Banksy, otherwise Fosun seriously need to do one. Maybe they have some pride after all, and hopefully Shi 2 knows his job better than Shi 1.

I realise that we will lose even more players in the Summer, but what concerns me is the rebuild.

Do we have the necessary inhouse recruitment capability, as they won't have the 'pull' of the Premier League to rely on this time.

15 Mar 2026 15:05:22
Let's see what happens when the season is over. Personally, I'm 95 percent about renewal at the moment, mainly because I'm not convinced with RE, not happy with the two signings that he's made as yet. Can't see us finishing in the playoffs, let alone automatically being promoted. Hope I'm wrong, but we have to see if the summer signings are any better.

15 Mar 2026 15:33:43
I meant 95 percent against renewal.

15 Mar 2026 09:00:03
Does anyone know if the women's match v Burnley today 14:00 is on the radio anywhere? Could decide if they get promoted.

15 Mar 2026 09:22:03
I think you can listen to it through the Wolves app.

15 Mar 2026 10:11:48
OK, thanks De Wolf.

13 Mar 2026 21:19:22
Good news about tickets prices. Deductions of 25% or more depending on where you sit, if your a youth etc. that has to be good news for season ticket holders!

14 Mar 2026 11:55:24
Next season we will be in the Championship VB, so any price reductions surely just reflect on that. I see there's also talk of upgrading the commercial departments, presumably with a view to improving incomes, sponsorships, etc.

More engagement with the fans is to be welcomed as well, but anything on ground development? Unless that's linked to future commercial improvements.

14 Mar 2026 12:02:08
The reduction in ticket prices is due to the reduction in the quality of the team.
If the owners believed they could sell tickets at current prices, there would be no reduction.
More players will be sold to offset ticket price reductions.
If fans want to watch cheap football, there are other options.

14 Mar 2026 19:35:01
Exactly, all these people creaming their pants because they have announced a reduction are cracking me up. A top end ST at the minute is around the 840 pound mark; now 25% off is making it 630 pound. Coventry's premium season ticket is currently 600, so no, it's not Fosun "taking a different direction", it's just aligning us with top end Championship sides.

Now, if by some miracle we stay up (we won't), I can bet a pound to a pinch of Albion the tickets won't come down 25%; we will still have one of the most expensive st in the Championship next season. This is Fosun doing what they do best, feeding us s*** and some people are calling it ice cream.

14 Mar 2026 19:50:27
Should say that's what I pay. 🤣 I think our most expensive is about the 950 mark, so that will be around the 720 ballpark for Championship football.
Oooohhhhh Fosun are doing us all a fabulous service.
Wake up and smell the coffee, peeps, Fosun only give a monkeys about Fosun.

What was the other sound bite Shi Mark 2 said, something like football first or along those lines. Now, unless I'm much mistaken, we are a football club, so why should, or has it been, anything other than football first.

14 Mar 2026 21:14:18
Just to give a different opinion, Coventry have an average of 29000 this season. Their highest average attendance since the 70s, I believe. It might have something to do with why their prices are lower, as they have not been able to sell out for 50-odd years. I am sure next season their prices will go up accordingly, as more fans want to watch Prem football, so demand will be higher.
A quick Google to see how Middlesbrough compare, and their top price is 780, so more expensive than us.

Now I am not saying I agree with the prices, tbh I think they are all stupidly expensive.

But each club differs in their own valuation, depending on amount of fans, etc. To compare us to one other team does not give a true picture of whether we are too expensive or roughly the same as others. The only way to tell is if we do not sell them all, in effect Fosun will shoot themselves in the foot if they have judged it badly.

My gripe is with train fares, it would cost me 2-3 times more than the price of a season ticket to attend the games. I would say it is cheaper to drive, but in the current climate that is probably not true.

14 Mar 2026 22:09:00
Not sure about that, Goat. I'm fairly positive Boro is the most expensive st in the Championship, and that comes in at 620. Blues is about 320, and QPR, a London club, is even less than that. Make no mistake, unless Spurs come down with us, we will have the most expensive ticket in the Championship.

14 Mar 2026 23:15:26
Not sure what to say, De, just saying what I can see. So we are clear, im not deliberately trying to argue with you, as I know we keep disputing things. Just trying to give the other side of the coin.

Obviously im using the most expensive ticket price I can see, as I thought that was what you mentioned earlier. Boro, I'm seeing west upper @781 and east upper @736. Their lowest price is 620.

Blues I'm seeing @580 with club class (whatever that is) more expensive still. If it's renewal it's £50 off the price above. Their lowest renewal price is @320.

As for QPR, they have a weird loyalty scheme seating system, with prices ranging from platinum @713, getting lower through gold, silver, bronze, and blue being their cheapest seats @305 new (again a bit cheaper for renewal).



So with our highest being around 700, that doesn't seem far off the mark, and again I'd argue all those clubs vary in circumstances. Blues just coming up, QPR being down the bottom for a while, etc., so of course prices will vary.

So unless Boro go up (hoping they won't personally), we won't have the most expensive by around £80. Not sure I can be bothered to research the rest of the Champ prices.

14 Mar 2026 23:22:28
Ok, so I thought I'd just check one of the relegated clubs last season. Southampton, they gave their fans a 5% discount on the previous season prices when they were in the prem. Their top price for the 25/26 season comes in at a massive £855, no matter if you're an adult, over 65, or a disabled 14 year old, which just seems a bit shocking.

15 Mar 2026 09:27:24
I get where you are coming from, Goat. I think the point I'm trying to make is people seem to be going on that Fosun are doing us this massive service by cutting the prices, but they aren't. They are just making the same as most other Championship clubs, not this "oh my god look what they are doing it's amazing". It is not; it's perfectly normal for when a club gets relegated.

The problem we have is we have effectively been gaslighted by them, and they have crapped on the fans for such a long time and treated us all with contempt. When they do something that any other club would do, people go crazy and make out they are brilliant.
I've said before, Fosun care about Fosun.

13 Mar 2026 16:52:47
Still want results to go our way this weekend even though it is just about closing the gap. That is of course in the hope we can get something on Monday. 🤞👍

11 Mar 2026 20:24:42
My pick for the team to be relegated with Wolves and Burnley is Forest. I think both West Ham and Spurs will pick up vital points against Wolves. Spare a thought for the Spurs goalkeeper subbed after seventeen minutes.

In an Australian League match recently, one team conceded four goals in the first half, subbed the goalkeeper at halftime, lost the game 5-0. The team's coach resigned after the game. Goalkeepers be aware.

12 Mar 2026 04:58:56
Was that the New Zealand derby, Lindsay? I saw the awful own goal by one of the goalkeepers.

12 Mar 2026 07:55:35
Yes, Wellington Phoenix vs Auckland FC. 5-0 to Auckland.

12 Mar 2026 09:12:16
Reminded me, for what it's worth, of an experience I had many, many years ago in my childhood. I was put in goal by my rugby playing sportsmaster, and promptly let in 2. One he blamed me for, for not catching a corner when I'd punched it out; the other, for not diving at the feet of the oncoming striker.


He took me off at half time with much belittling. My replacement then let in 5 more after the break.
I never tried the position again. I despised the teacher, and the memory still gets at me.
The poor guy for Spurs must have had his confidence shattered the other night, and Tudor's attitude will never be forgotten.

12 Mar 2026 14:07:24
Definitely Forest for the drop for me. Can't think why, lol.

11 Mar 2026 09:44:59
I see that our former captain, Mario Lemina, scored against Liverpool in the Champions League last night.

I'd be interested to know who fellow fans want to be relegated with us and Burnley. I'm going for Forest, for the disgraceful way their owner treated Nuno. Nuno saved them from relegation and then got them into Europe the next season. I want Nuno to stay up with West Ham, and for Spurs I hate them slightly less than Forest.

11 Mar 2026 10:11:57
Personally I would like to see Forest go down, if only to knock their self-entitled fans and owner down a peg. After that, Spurs, as that would be hysterical, watching one of the so-called "big six" trudging up to Preston/Stoke, etc.
Would like West Ham to stay up, as I've always had a soft spot for them, as my grandad was from the area before he moved to the Midlands in the 50's, and he was a massive fan.


On a different note, is it just me or is anyone else finding themselves more interested in the Championship table than the prem? I've been resigned to us going down for months, so I've sort of stopped looking at our position, but I'm constantly working out what it's going to take to see the Tesco bags drop into League One.

11 Mar 2026 10:14:55
Tottenham for me. For a simple reason. I made 2 predictions with them a few years ago that a big six team would have a bad season and get relegated, which is why they were so keen for the revenues from this super league. The other was Millwall would reach the Premier League within 10 years. Amazingly, they could happen at the same time.

11 Mar 2026 12:38:17
Looks like Spurs or Forest for the drop, Millwall promoted, West Brom down to League One, and Nuno's West Ham saved. All this would soften the blow of us going down, I think! BTW, Acle, could your big six team getting relegated have happened already? Leicester were PL champions only ten years ago, so they were obviously big six for a while?

11 Mar 2026 13:00:25
Not sure it really matters, but I would say whoever will have the biggest financial headache by being relegated.

11 Mar 2026 13:45:11
Deep, fair point, but I don't count Leicester as big six despite their PL and FA Cup wins. It seems slightly crazy they won more than Spurs, but Spurs had the Super League Invite. I count those teams as the supposed big 6, even though it clearly can't be fully on sporting merit.



For a while, Leicester looked like they had a club model to follow. Whether it was a house of cards or the tragic helicopter crash that led to their freefall, we'll never know.

11 Mar 2026 13:49:01
Well we are 300 million in debt Arddunby, so I think we will be getting a major migraine next season. 🤣

11 Mar 2026 13:50:05
If there's a God, it will be Forest, cus as mentioned they treated Nuno shockingly, so please send them down & also dear lord please relegate the 6 fingered lot.

11 Mar 2026 15:00:19
I'd love Spurs to come down with us, but in reality it'll be Forest or WH.
I hope it will be Forest to give them a 'p****ed balloon'. They appeared arrogant in their attitude, and relegation would level it a bit.


Spurs can't survive with Turgid or whatever his name is. He's lost the players after last night's farce. I expect him to go and a new gaffer bounce come about.

11 Mar 2026 19:02:56
De Wolf, at least we won't be on our own!!