Wolves banter 7

18 Aug 2026 20:34:54
On a completely unrelated note, if you were to choose a manager to guide Wolves back up and lead them to a good PL finish, who would you choose?
Realistic names please

18 Aug 2026 20:45:10
Nuno, it's never happening (he ain't working with these clowns again) but it always would be Nuno for me. 😭

18 Aug 2026 22:11:08
Eddie Howe when Cesar loses his job at Xmas because Fosun haven't invested in the team and we still stuck with Hwang He Chan.

18 Aug 2026 23:57:33
Rob Edwards.

19 Aug 2026 06:35:44
It really doesn't matter who we'd like as Manager; it's who we can get. If CP doesn't work out & not because he's a bad manager, but because of a lack of support from our owners, then this position at Wolves truly becomes a poison chalice.

The only people we're likely to attract are 'has beens'. I can't honestly see us attracting young, ambitious managers any longer, as Fosun will destroy their career before it's started.

19 Aug 2026 08:28:44
Forget to take you're mediication Sammy Chung

18 Aug 2026 20:33:24
I can't believe some Wolves fans are calling for Peixoto to go. Surely that has to be opposition fans trolling? If there are Wolves fans that want Peixoto gone, then someone please stop the world, I want to get off.

If Peixoto doesn't live up to expectations this season, fans have to turn their anger towards Fosun and no one else. If Peixoto 'fails' - can he actually fail? - then fans have to accept that no manager will ever succeed under Fosun and it's the owners who need to go.

Nuno Santo succeeded because of Jorge Mendes. One thing I'm seeing online is the hatred towards Nuno from West Ham fans. I know the Hammers fans are a hard lot to please, but they really don't like Nuno. They hounded out Moyes because they wanted sexy football, and now they hate Nuno's football in equal measure!

18 Aug 2026 20:52:45
Any fans calling for any manager to go after just one league game aren't genuine football fans, let alone actual Wolves fans, they are just trolls. The internet is full of people with far too much time on their hands, so I wouldn't pay it any heed.
As for the West Ham fans, they are equally deluded. They have these grand notions of playing attacking football (the West Ham way), despite absolutely zero proof that they have been up to doing it for over 30 years.

They wanted rid of Moyes, well, how's that worked out? If they want rid of Nuno now, a manager that smashed the points record last time he was in the league, well then they deserve everything coming to them. We thought we could do better, didn't we, and we've hardly spent any time in the top half of the Prem ever since. 🙄

18 Aug 2026 21:04:49
Larpers gonna larp. Also, CP ain't a bad manager by any means. However, like many before him, he is not getting the support of Fosun, with promises not being delivered.

18 Aug 2026 21:59:36
We have burned through enough managers to realize they are not the problem. We need a good director of football, not just amateurs who think they know what they are doing. They just throw a few names to the press to make it look like they are trying to build the team up, then wait for someone else to step in.

They break out in a cold sweat if money has to be spent.

19 Aug 2026 08:47:59
It's ridiculous calling for CP to go. He did well pre-season, and 1 draw, where most of the big sides drew, is absolute craziness.

19 Aug 2026 08:58:03
Managers are not our issue. Yes, some have been much better than others, but the true
designers of our performance have been the owners. They have not backed the managers since Nuno, and I suspect his departure was prompted by Fosun's attitude. I do believe they have conned the fans with the acquisition of Raul and Trippier, at no cost, to ensure ticket and merchandise sales. Their stated ambitions for the ground, which they could do with no impact on profitability rules, have not been actioned. They state welcome ambitions each season, and fail to deliver whilst selling the crown jewels to bring in cash which they are reluctant to spend, having previously spent very unwisely.

They still do not understand football, having underestimated the difficulty in achieving Prem success. They are a fish out of water, and should sell up, but we are so small in their empire, we do not command much of their time. As long as we don't cost money, they will procrastinate over a sale, and our pain continues. How any manager can put up with this demoralizing approach is beyond me.

18 Aug 2026 19:38:30
Liam Keen leaving now. He has posted on X. Preston will be the last Wolves match he covers.

18 Aug 2026 20:18:32
I'm not surprised. The stupidity of the Express trying to charge local fans £60 a year to read about their local team was beyond stupid. It was never going to work, and I suspect it sped up the paper's demise, as all sponsorship is now behind a pay wall, likely finishing off what little sponsorship they had left. 🙄

19 Aug 2026 00:03:44
I hope he's insisting on going.

19 Aug 2026 14:02:28
Possibly more related to the fact he's just got engaged rather than anything club related. He is a journo, so being able to cover a team you support is a dream job - doubt he's given it up lightly.

18 Aug 2026 18:09:08
2 weeks I think remain of the transfer window. If they fail to sign a minimum of 4 good players, forget about promotion, that is if you haven’t already.
Ashamed and disgusted with what is going on with our club.

Starting to think the early signings of Raul and Trippier were to get the fans on board and purchasing goods and season tickets.
Shi 2 is looking just the same as the idiot Shi 1. They really don’t care, do they? Shocking.

18 Aug 2026 19:07:07
Rob Edwards was at least part of Raul and Trippier deals, and no doubt had drawn up a list of 'potentials'. They sacked him and recruited a manager with no intention of backing him, not the actions of a club's hierarchy who are remotely interested in football, let alone getting promoted.

18 Aug 2026 19:10:51
Banksy, I always felt that Nathan Shi wants to do a good job, but I've also questioned whether he would get the backing to develop the club to achieve that. I now believe he won't.
Fosun seriously need to consider their position, irrespective of new signings, as nothing has changed for all the talk.

A couple of fan-pleaser signings, both on a free, another new signing out before kicking a ball in anger, then more talk but nothing happening.
Prepare for little to no significant change.

18 Aug 2026 20:38:07
Different Shi... same Fosun, Longmynd!

18 Aug 2026 16:11:52
Honestly, as some person on Twitter put it, Amario Cozier Dubery to Wolves is too much of a sensible move for Fosun to make. We will probably lose the race to sign him and then buy some Jorge Mendes knockoff at a high rate.

18 Aug 2026 16:00:59
Sky Sports News saying Wolves have made an enquiry for conditions for transfer of Dubbery from Brighton.

18 Aug 2026 14:13:40
Where's Jordan James then?
No sign of him.
Probably catching next bus.
I think it was all bollocks.

18 Aug 2026 15:04:32
Two weeks from the transfer window closing and the silence from Molineux is absolutely deafening.

18 Aug 2026 15:43:44
According to the E&S, were looking at Duberry now.

18 Aug 2026 16:31:37
I've decided to try and put a positive spin on things, so here goes.

Only 2 weeks of Fosun B******* transfer broken promises to go.

18 Aug 2026 16:36:31
Honestly, you wouldn't run a non league team as bad as they are running Wolves. Totally unacceptable on all fronts. They had the season ticket money in, and then stuck 2 fingers up at the supporters.

Need to get behind Sutty protests, if any planned. They are just a bunch of liars. Jackson needs to find a new job. More importantly, we need owners who want the best, just like the Villa owners.

18 Aug 2026 12:04:53
I agree, give CP a chance. Hopefully he removes Toti as captain tho, definitely! New managers need time and fans need to be on his side.

18 Aug 2026 13:52:55
If CP removes Toti from the team and makes Trippier captain, that would be a good move, and would suggest he can see the problems that the fans all see.
Surely, if Mosquera is out injured for some time, we have to keep Krejci and Santi. These 2 should start ahead of Toti.

18 Aug 2026 15:17:38
Banksy51, yes they should, but Toti must have something in his contract saying he must start. What other reason is there for him to be anywhere near the team? Never mind starting.

18 Aug 2026 15:49:31
There is only one logical reason, Dmac, and that is the club protecting the more likely/sellable assets. If Santi and Krejci aren't starting, it's because they don't want to risk injuring them while the window is still open.

Toti would be fourth choice out of our four cbs, so if he's starting, the only logical reason can be that CP has been told that he can't select the other two until the window shuts.

18 Aug 2026 16:15:10
Do Toti and Hwang have the same agent? 😂

18 Aug 2026 17:45:23
Seems so, BoSWolf, surely it's not for shirt sales in Portugal. 🇵🇹 👍

17 Aug 2026 21:52:13.
Starting to think Edwards went as his transfer plan meant buying players? If he had lined players up to get them in early, possibly put too much pressure on the board to build a new side if the current squad have no takers.

17 Aug 2026 23:18:03
Yep, he said the players weren't good enough.

17 Aug 2026 23:48:58
I think u may well be right. He wanted an overall s9. Fosun got him gone.

18 Aug 2026 07:12:30
Certainly, Edwards was reported as having said he only wanted to keep 7 from the squad.
He signed Trippier and Raul, and then was sacked!
Approaching the 2nd league game, and, apart from those 2 and one injured player, the re-structuring of the squad seems to have hit a brick wall. Not encouraging.

18 Aug 2026 09:04:26
Where is the proof it's all speculation if and it's probably a big if let's hope they would be better than Armstrong and Angel Gomez i think you must st want Rob Edwards as manager the way you talk you must love that boring five at the bback it's time to move on and give Cesar a chance it' only one game yet and he's being written off give the guy a chance

18 Aug 2026 09:49:50
They certainly don't make them like Mike Bailey anymore. A true professional and a real gentleman of the pitch. Shame we don't have a leader like that now. RIP Mike Bailey.

18 Aug 2026 14:27:37
The Edwards part is speculation, I grant you, but the rest isn't. Nathan Shi stood at that fans forum and told the fans we'd been planning for this since Jan. He said that the squad would be overhauled, and the correct players bought in. He even had the shame-faced audacity to mention figures such as £200m! And what have we actually seen for all his talk? Two free transfers and an £8m winger who's already injured and seemingly hasn't pulled up trees anywhere before! Yes, there's a few weeks to go in the window, but considering it's taken three months to sort just three signings, I'm not especially optimistic. I think the real problem seems to be the hangover from last season.

It turns out if your players looked horrifically off the pace in the Prem, then clubs are reluctant to pay Prem prices to sign them, who would have guessed that?! Clearly not Nathan, who, like the man before him, is somewhat notable by his absence from proceedings! Here we are yet again £30m up in the transfer window, with a lot of work needed to compete.
I watched Cardiff and Wrexham last night, and both looked much better than us! Let's hope the next few weeks prove me very wrong, cause right now it feels like we will need a small miracle to go up. No one would be happier than me to be proven wrong, mind!

17 Aug 2026 20:43:40
Another legend passed. RIP Mike Bailey.

17 Aug 2026 20:59:16
Sad day. The tank R.I.P. Mike.

17 Aug 2026 21:34:00
What a leader! Oh, if only we had him at his peak today, there'd be no lack of passion and drive from anyone in the team. RIP Mike Bailey - you will never be forgotten by those that saw you play.

17 Aug 2026 22:24:46
After Phil Parkes the other day, as well.
He was a great player and a loyal servant to the club.
That Bill McGarry side of the early 70s that he captained is the most successful Wolves side I have ever seen!
R.I.P.

18 Aug 2026 07:52:56
Without a doubt, Mike Bailey was the best captain I've ever seen playing for the Wolves and the 60th anniversary of my first match is in October. A driving force in midfield, he constantly urged teammates on and played a hard but fair game in an era when the dark arts often prevailed. He was sorely missed when he retired, just as he will be now.

18 Aug 2026 09:52:16
Have just seen this very sad news. RIP Captain Fantastic Mike Bailey. I still firmly believe Wolves would have won the UEFA Cup had Mike not been absent through injury for both ties, such was his influence.

18 Aug 2026 10:43:07
Only just learned of Mike Bailey passing. What a man, what a leader. He had everything that's missing from our midfield, and, indeed, captaining.
After Big Phil the other day, it's a shock, but God's rest Mike, and thoughts are with all family and friends. R.I.P. Skip.