Wolves banter 7

23 Feb 2026 10:01:32
Maybe wolves will be a better prospect for a new manager and players, as a championship club seeking promotion. Than a premiership club nailed for relegation. There should be a greater chance of attracting better quality, assuming our recruitment are up to the task.

23 Feb 2026 19:02:05
Not with Fosun and their record, Bejawolf, unless it's young prospects acquired cheap and wanting to move on. No real alliance to the club and maximum return for Fosun. We'll be stagnant as a club until Mr Shi etc go.

23 Feb 2026 09:06:26
Seems to be a divided opinion on Rob, some saying no matter who is the manager our players are rubbish to others saying he is not good enough.

Think we all now where the true problems are with our club but unfortunately they will not change. Has anything happened with the potential re-development of the Steve Bull Stand or was this talk a load of nonsense as well?

Back to Rob, I think there has been a slight overall improvement, however we were starting from such an abysmal level after VP, any improvement surely wasn't too hard to achieve.
The introduction of Mane is probably the main reason for this, the lad has been playing too much though recently.
I really don't see how Rob can still be in charge for next season though unless results improve, if we win only say 1 more game surely these results and performances are not enough to save his job?

With that record are they really going to allow him to shape the squad in the summer for next season or have we reached a point where they really do not care at all?

23 Feb 2026 07:39:02
{Ed's Note - SystonVilla has posted a new article entitled, Villa Fans Need Perspective and Positivity

23 Feb 2026 00:06:44
The one that got away, Jimenez keeps scoring penalties unlike Wolves. I know we are doomed but to me some players are just running down the clock waiting to leave at the end of the season.

22 Feb 2026 23:30:39
Given todays events see other posts i think next match we all need to get behind Tolu she him we have his back.

23 Feb 2026 00:24:30
Absolutely rko. Can't believe that this still goes on in 2026.

23 Feb 2026 10:43:00
In 60 years of following Wolves, I've never vented my anger towards a player on the pitch. I'll have my opinion, of course. Although it's probably one of the worst pens I've seen from a Wolves player, there is no room in our club for racist comments towards Tolu or any other player.

These so-called fans need to be found & dealt with. If Tolu was in 2 minds about leaving or staying with us in the Championship, I would say he's now made his mind up. Then the culprits will be saying, "Oh, if only we'd got Tolu." In fairness, if Rob Edwards has asked him to take the pen, it's his fault, cus anyone can see Tolu is lacking in confidence, and there's a guy on the pitch, Armstrong, who takes pens, so in my opinion it's Edwards' fault.

But if Tolu asked for it then I still commend him for having the balls. No matter what I think of him as a player, he's a human being and deserves better. Maybe some of our so-called fans should take a leaf out of Sheffield Wednesday's book, cus their fans were a credit yesterday even though they dropped to League 1. Come on, Wolves fans, you're better than that.

24 Feb 2026 09:24:47
Krejci had converted 13 out of 14 penalties in his career. I don't think Armstrong has scored or taken a penalty in the EPL.

22 Feb 2026 18:55:44
Wolves fans need to stop hammering Rob Edwards. He's the best we're going to get, and he's inherited a monstrously bad team filled with utter dreck. He has to be given a chance in the Championship. He has to be given a chance with a decent team. If Fosun don't back him then EVERY Wolves fan will finally realise that Fosun is the problem. You can't have clowns like Fosun at the top, poorly qualified (cheap) executives working underneath them, and keep blaming the head coach. Some deserve to be blamed, but I don't think Rob Edwards can be blamed for where Wolves are. I feel that he has improved Wolves. West Brom fans wanted Ryan Mason out. They now hate their current head coach even more, and it's highly likely they're going to be relegated to League One.

Wolves don't have a clear leader on the pitch, thanks in part to Vitor Pereira who thought it prudent to have a lorry load of captains - none of whom are good enough. It's now obvious that Conor Coady was a phenomenal captain. He had a mouth like a foghorn, a brilliant footballing brain, and the heart of a lion - and he ADORED Wolves.

It can be argued that Mané has now had two penalties taken from him. A decent skipper with a pair of boll**s would have insisted that Mané at least have the option of taking the penalties he won. It was obvious Mané wanted to take the penalty vs West Ham.

Wolves have too many players at the club who only care about themselves and moving on to bigger better things. They couldn't give a monkeys about Wolves.

I'm now sick and tired of watching Wolves. The team is ****. Most of the players are **** - they are either useless or deluded fools who should ask themselves how good they actually are.

Fosun and the executives at Wolves need to wake up, clear most of the players out of the club, sort out the hopeless recruitment, and build a decent team that has ONE captain and ONE vice-captain - and make sure those captains will be playing almost every game in the Championship. Look at how effective Coady was and at how many games he played for Wolves.

22 Feb 2026 20:28:27
Tolu, Mane, Bellegarde, Armstrong all starting. All attack minded players, yet we create nothing. Tolu mite as well play as c back because that's the only place he's effective. The penalty was disgraceful.

Jackson is utter garbage. Why r Gomes doesn't get more game time, I don't know!!! Get Frank in for nxt ssn. Re just isn't up to it. I fear for us nxt ssn with this lot. Double relegation looming.

22 Feb 2026 23:46:00
You're right that the club is poorly run and the players are s***. So who is going to give us decent money to buy players who you yourself have admitted are s***? Rob Edwards is not the best we're going to get. There are plenty more out there with tactical nous. I've named 2 earlier today - Robbie Keane and John Mousinho. Yes, the players Rob inherited are poor, but it's clear that Rob cannot organise the team to play in a rigid system.

We know we're doomed to relegation; however, to not fight for the cause is unforgivable, and I'm sorry, but this squad, bar Joao Gomes and Mosquera, do not have any fight in them. We'll get rid of some of the better players for less than their true worth, but that is a financial exercise rather than a footballing plan.

23 Feb 2026 00:26:10
Breadline, the man is inept & clueless. He's not the answer to our prayers. After following Wolves since 1964, he's in the top 5 managers with no discipline. No tactics & no organisation. No matter what players he's got, he still picks the team & sets out the game plan. Our penalty was given to a guy who cannot hit a cow's arse with a banjo & we got Armstrong on the pitch, who took them for Saints.

Rod Gomes should be playing, no ifs or buts. His record in the Premier with Luton and us is the worst ever. So what makes you think he'll turn us into a Championship-winning side? Nuno did it, but Re is nowhere near that man.

23 Feb 2026 06:56:39
I think we could add Hugo and Santi to the fighting list, Goodwhile. Maybe Mane, but the fact remains we ain't got a team, we ain't got no purpose, and I'm afraid Rob Edwards doing post match interviews, smiling and almost accepting a defeat as being a good performance (because it comes across as it was only 1-0), and full of smiling humour. Is he 'fighting', and how does that attitude pass down? The performances are of a turning up, fulfilling a fixture, we're down, what does it matter. I think we've seen better performances against Arsenal etc. because of who they are and the players they've got, and our lot pitting themselves as individual matters.

We'll have to lift things against Villa and Red Scousers or it'll be truly embarrassing. So it comes from the top, Fosun aren't interested, Rob Edwards doesn't 'command' too much, and the players have no idea what is expected and have no worries if they don't do it. The club doesn't seem to hold any shame, they don't get that it's us, the fans, who are embarrassed by it all. The rot and apathy lies at Shi Shi Ii and Fosun's doors, we have to embarrass them big time globally as a company. We're on BBC in the FA Cup, big audience, global, protests should be visible and audible against Fosun then.

22 Feb 2026 18:08:55
"Arokodare's side-footed spot-kick was easy for Henderson to save low to his left, though, and was the Nigeria striker's fifth straight penalty miss, a run stretching back to September 2022."

From BBC Sport. what is he doing anywhere near a penalty kick? Don't get me wrong he is a decent target man and holds the ball up reasonably well at times but he is not good with the ball at his feet or heading other than in our own box. Maybe he will be better when fully fit in the championship. We can hope

22 Feb 2026 17:08:23
I guess by the letter of the law Krejci deserved a second yellow, however the decisions are not consistent, thought it was harsh, maybe book Rice for Arsenal for taking forever to take a corner.
We should have scored at least 1 before the sending off, abysmal penalty.
I did see something this morning saying by no means is Rob guaranteed to be manager for next season.

I think it should depend on remaining performances and results, if we say win 1 more game, how can we keep Rob for next season with a record like that?
I have given up blaming Fosun they going nowhere and Shi 2 seems very much like Shi 1, unfortunately.

22 Feb 2026 18:03:20
Problem is, Bansky, that if going by the letter of the law then Hughes should have gone in the first half. Two blatant bookable offences that the ref chose to ignore, but then Krejci kicks the ball literally seconds after the whistle, and the ref couldn't wait to pull his card out. That's not why we lost, though; that's on Rob and the players. So that's now Brighton at home and Palace away, both of which haven't won forever, and both of which looked terrible, and still they beat us fairly easily. Sorry, but I think Edwards has had long enough, and it simply isn't working. Mind you, I do still feel a bit sorry for him, because, like every manager before him, they've entirely screwed him in the window.

Tolu should have been pulled at half-time today, but he can't be, can he, because who exactly is Edwards supposed to bring on? We are playing our 18 protege every minute of every game, and still don't have any options. It's pathetic, and Fosun should be ashamed of themselves. Time to get more banners back out, I think; needs to be wall to wall every game, and how about throwing some balls on like Celtic? It might not make a difference short term, but at least they won't be able to keep ignoring it if it's every game.

22 Feb 2026 19:01:07
Tbf to Rob Edwards, how many points did we have before he arrived? That was with a manager who is deemed good enough by another Premier League club. Not to mention he's lost players in the window. I'm not really sure what people expect him to achieve with a team that was so short of confidence.

I'd give him maybe 5-10 games next season to judge. I don't think any manager we could bring in would have done any better. He's definitely got the team playing and fighting.

22 Feb 2026 19:12:06
Very well said. If Fosun back Rob, he'll get the team promoted. If Fosun don't back Rob, there will be nowhere for them to hide.

22 Feb 2026 18:01:49
Following on from above, just seen the interview with Rob saying we were very good today, we were ok first half but I would not say we were very good.

22 Feb 2026 18:28:15
We've got no identity under RE there dosnt seem to be a method in the madness, if we win the ball we know where its going, backwards. The players don't seem to know where to go moving forwards or runs are ignored. The long (trendy) throws havnt provided. The last goal were opportutist or lucky, Santis knee at grimsby.

Now, we choose Tolu who can't hit a target to take a pen and he rolls it at perfect position for the keeper to collect. Edwards just hasn't got the nous tactically to create, but Fosun will stick with him until we protest to their embarrassment because they see no shame in defeat. They don't care as long as they're rinsing us of cash.

22 Feb 2026 18:35:57
Hughes should have gone BB and I thought the penalty could have been a red, wasn't he denying a goal scoring opportunity.
It seems to me that any chance the officials have to punish us they take, but at least for some opposition they get away with it.
If there was a decent alternative manager out there would they consider coming to us in our position and with our owners? Think this is the problem and will be for some time unless Shi 2 shows something different than Shi 1 which, for the moment at least seems unlikely.


Maybe it is just me, Rob's post match interviews are starting to annoy me now, all happy and smiley, today we played very well, really, is it just me?
Moan and rant over for a bit.

22 Feb 2026 20:19:15
Agreed, Banksy, buddy, it is hard watching these post match interviews where it feels like Rob was watching an entirely different match. I am slightly on the fence with Edwards because I like the guy, and whilst I agree that he's been completely let down in the window I'm just not sure it would make a difference as I'm beginning to worry that Rob just ain't up to the job. For those saying that he'll get us straight back up, it is worth considering his record at Boro.

In his short stint he averaged 1.81 points a game. For context on this, Kim Hellberg has come into the Boro job and, in a debut Champ season, he's managing an average points per game of 2.21 with the same squad! This concerns me as it increasingly looks like whilst Edwards was at Boro they were in fact underperforming if you consider where they currently are. 😔

22 Feb 2026 16:38:11
So over this season! Can we just stop it now.

22 Feb 2026 16:26:57
Fosun have already sold the family silver.

In the summer, they'll sell the fixtures and fittings too and spout some tripe to us fans in the hope that we're gullible enough to buy into their bull.

Sa, Hugo, Santi, Wolfe, Krejci, Andre, Mane, Joao and Jackson will all leave for about £175m.

They won't invest. They'll say, Johnstone, Doc, Lima, Djiga, Toti, Rodrigo, Munetsi, Bellegarde, Tolu, Armstrong, Sasa and Hwang are a good base. Add to this the returning Doyle and Traore, all we need is minimal investment and players like Chirewa, Fraser, Pond and Chiwome to step up.

Mark my words. Fosun will demand that Edwards works with what he's already got and any profit will not be reinvested into either the playing squad or the stadium.

22 Feb 2026 16:51:36
I think Wolves will try to make a real effort next season. However, for it to work, many players have to go. There are too many bad players at the club. Years of selling and bringing in cheap replacements have been a disaster. There are players at Wolves I wouldn't even want in the Championship. The club should already be in the process of rebuilding the team, as relegation is a certainty and Wolves get themselves ahead of the teams who are still fighting for survival.

If Fosun don't show ambition and prepare a decent team who can get promotion from the Championship, they should be prepared for 13, 000 gates and constant protests.

22 Feb 2026 17:01:34
They won't back Rob Edwards. It will be a case of 'work with what you've got'. That's what they told Lage, Lopetegui and Gary O'Neil, so why would they change their ways now?

22 Feb 2026 16:59:46
bull for one Doc is out of contract god some people talk some rubbish on this site. If i'm proved wrong i will apoligise but don't think so wolves will sell but will buy to get back in the PL.

22 Feb 2026 17:48:12
Oh, so Doc is definitely going, and there is no chance of him staying?

22 Feb 2026 18:06:29
He's going to be 34, he's out of contract, yes, he's leaving imo.

22 Feb 2026 18:27:00
OK. So its in your opinion.

In my opinion, he'll sign a new contract as it'll be on reduced terms and he has experience.

And also in my opinion, Fosun will not spend massive amounts for the reasons I've already said. Or is this still 'bull' and am I talking 'rubbish' as you posted earlier?

22 Feb 2026 22:55:15
Hope they don't re-sign him, to be honest. He's well past his best and too slow for even the Champ. I'd sooner we give Pedro Lima a chance, to be honest. I think the actual version will be between the two. I think Wolves will sell and intend to reinvest in Champ-ready players (eg Armstrong). However, there are two problems with that.

Firstly, by the time you get back to the Prem, you just have a Champ-standard squad, which is a very real issue. Secondly, as we've all seen before, Fosun's take-on flipping players and reinvesting hasn't worked for over five years. Get the next transfer window wrong and we might not get back up for a decade! No pressure, then. 🤣 👍