08 Feb 2026 09:16:22
As others have said it does make you question the abilities of Rob, can’t get my head around our starting 11 yesterday, didn’t particularly like his interview after the game where he said we are still learning and making changes.
I did think things were improving recently, even last week v Bournemouth I thought we were ok. To then change the side as much as they did makes no sense. Things like this do make you question his management.
Realise Krejci may not be 100%, why then without your best defender to you go to 4 at the back, bring Doc in who hasn’t played for a while as a full back when recently he has been playing as 1 of the CB.
Don’t think the time to experiment is against Chelsea, no point talking about Hwang, I just assume we have to pick another 10 players to try and compensate.
Forest away next, I assume we will go back to 3/5 at the back with Hwang?
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08 Feb 2026 10:37:06
I suspect yesterday’s game was the beginning of the end for Rob. That lineup and formation was diabolical in the extreme. I’m listening to The Wolves Report tonight because I know Nocky and Tyler will have an interesting viewpoint on RE’s tactics.
I second what someone else on here has alluded to, I fully believe Hwang’s injury was either faked or used as an excuse to bring Krejci on and switch to a back five without making Edwards look a clueless pillock.
08 Feb 2026 19:55:39
Hope your right. N A N
He is out of his depth unfortunately
Surley when we are relegated mathmatically
He will be on his bike
09 Feb 2026 09:43:54
Rob Edwards was never the answer this season. I don't think he is next season either but that's a whole different conversation. Remember he wasn't even first choice. He was behind bringing GoN back as a preference.
He isn't helped by the fact there isn't enough quality in the team, we were already down when he was appointed and we've got arguably less depth now than a month ago.
What should we do though? Who would come before the end of the season? Do we wait it out and make a change after the season? Do we give RE the summer and start of next season?
08 Feb 2026 08:23:11
Someone has to say this, and I’ll get slated, but take Mane out of the team and Rob Edwards’ Wolves side would be on, at best, four points. RE is woefully out of his depth in the Premier League. He might get Wolves out of the Championship but then back in the PL Wolves will be back to square one. Yes he’s inherited a bad side, but without Mane he has made almost no difference to the mess that VP left behind. Edwards does not have the ability to coach in the Premier League. Look at his stats as a head coach. In reality at 43 years of age he’s had eight clubs, and I’m certain that he’s only had a 50% win rate at one club.
I won’t check because I prefer to work on memory, but I think he only surpassed the 50% win rate at Forest Green Rovers. Yesterday’s game against Chelsea showed just how inept his decision making is. He created a system that was never going to work so he could shoehorn players into the team. The back four that he thought would be suitable against Chelsea was horrendously exposed, and it was embarrassing to watch.
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08 Feb 2026 09:37:29
Not sure if it's worth being in the PL with our current owners. Please tell me with Fosun what Manager either with pedigree or ambition are we going to attract. That goes with players also.
08 Feb 2026 10:01:21
Up to yesterday I thought it would be best to carry on with Rob to the end of the season but I agree with you Name he dropped an absolute clanger with 4 at the back yesterday. He stated in his post match interview he had learnt things from the first half performance which again is worrying as some of the failures were obvious and have been talked about on this platform for some while.
1. Hwang should be dropped doesn’t offer much going forwards makes calamitous mistakes going backwards failed to track back yesterday for the third goal.
2. Doc great servant to the club but cannot play in the prem as a full back.
3. We play better with 5 at the back
4. Mosquera has great energy and a danger going forwards but is impetuous and has a terrible mistake or sending off lurking at any moment.
5. Jo Gomes and Andre are similar players and if he wants to play Angel Gomes he needs to choose one or the other or drop Andre back in to centre back where he plays well.
I feel Robs had long enough to work with the players and realise their strengths and weaknesses. I checked yesterday for Wolves and Luton he has won 7 in 52 matches in the Prem. Let’s hope he makes the obvious changes from yesterday’s selection and he gets to 8 wins on Wednesday night against Forest.
On another note the club should give a refund to everyone who got soaked yesterday. As has been said before the Graham Hughes stand is unacceptable and the roof on the Stan Cullis doesn’t protect the seats at the front. Wolves fans deserve much better!
08 Feb 2026 10:27:04
I stand corrected. Rob Edwards, as a head coach, hasn’t achieved a win ratio of more than 50%. He managed 50% with the England U16 team - and that was during a three game stint.
A dreadfully thought out Jeff Shi appointment. If Fosun truly accept their mistakes and want to correct the numerous wrongs that have occurred under their recent ownership, then they need to look at the coaching set up. Angel Gomes and Adam Armstrong are two positive signings, so it would seem that Fosun are preparing for a promotion push in the Championship. Sadly, I think Rob Edwards could derail that ambition.
08 Feb 2026 11:18:27
What a poor performance again no obvious tactics the less said about Hwang the better as for the two new signings A Gomes is no better than Andre maybe not as good Armstrong runs around but little more might as well played some of the u21 surely there are some more Mateus Mane like players their
08 Feb 2026 12:05:50
‘it would seem that Fosun are preparing for a promotion push in the Championship’
I they are then they are dreaming. I’ll be happy if we don’t go down to league 1.
I genuinely love the optimism on here and I admit I’m a pessimist but I was right about this season when I predicted relegation back in July and August.
(Actually I have to admit I was wrong to a certain extent as I confidently predicted a 19th place finish - so maybe we will have a promotion push after all 🤔 )
08 Feb 2026 14:21:38
3GWolf. When you predict relegation all the time, getting it right once is not really very impressive.
08 Feb 2026 16:18:03
Did Armstrong touch the ball?what use is Hwang?
Mosquera apart from a stupid and obvious push, I thought was quite good, Tolu, Mane also but the rest were not very good at all.
1st half we looked completely out of our depth then we won the 2nd half, can anyone explain because I don't think Edwards can?
08 Feb 2026 17:24:21
Hang on HL. What are you talking about?
I predicted relegation at the start of this season and stuck to that prediction ever since. I didn’t predict relegation any other season.
And I wasn’t looking to be impressive, I was just owning up to being a pessimist and predicting we wouldn’t be involved in a promotion push next season.
08 Feb 2026 19:09:14
Tdbridgo, if I'm not mistaken Armstrong provided the ball to tolu to score.
08 Feb 2026 20:44:01
It's got me scratching my head, Nameand number, so I'll ask. How can you have a 50% win ratio in three games? I know that you like to work from memory but you'll need to check that one out.
09 Feb 2026 06:13:33
Doc had an off day. Hwang was terrible. Armstrong I think played well and caused some issues for the Chelsea defence as he was moving along the front line and dragging them out of place. Unfortunately, Hwang didn't move into the spaces that were opened. Angel looked good too.
09 Feb 2026 06:13:58
Win one, lose one and draw one Old wulf. Dunno if that counts? Means nothing on a scale to me.
09 Feb 2026 07:37:33
That's 33%, Abbey. Impossible to have a 50% win ratio from an odd number of games.
07 Feb 2026 20:58:23
Sorry to say but Doc is no longer capable of playing at this level. Not his fault but no legs now to play other than maybe in Division 1. Great servant but time to go.
As over 50 yrs as a STH Hwang being selected every week is absolutely farcical.
I can’t even find the words he’s so bad.
I really do despair, absolutely shambolic, thanks Fosun!
I think I’ts time for me to find something else to support, as much as it hurts.
No faith, no confidence, no aspiration…just like Fosun.
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08 Feb 2026 01:38:40
I agree Oxleymoorwolf. I have supported Wolves for decades, through good and bad. This is bad. I just hope Wolves reach 20 points for the season.
08 Feb 2026 07:35:45
Like those posting above, I am a "lifer" of decades of Wolves being my team.
It is is tragic to see, having built that wonderful platform 5 years ago, it has been allowed to deteriorate to where we are now.
Mr Guangchang seems to have decided he is no longer interested in his plaything, Wolves.
Managing the Club remotely, with no decision makers in Wolverhampton, is not working.
My plea, as always, is put in a CEO with the right experience and give him full accountability to build the Club.
Unlikely, so I fear we will just drift.
08 Feb 2026 15:42:22
Unfortunately Rugeley I suspect that getting the right appointments in football is very much hit and miss, it obviously depends on the owners having half a clue, most haven't IMO, or the owners having sufficient resources to be willing to adopt a try it and see approach, arguably Chelsea are still taking the later approach as well as Tottenham and Man utd to dome degree.
I thought Fosun had learnt quickly from the Zenga, Lambert days, but they probably got lucky with Nuno and that was the high water mark. They appear to have tried to push on without really knowing what they were doing. All the early years work is now history.
If they sell the club would the next owners be any the wiser? Probably not! so we're looking at a Newcastle or Man City type owners with ultra deep pockets to salvage this mess, it doesn't look good!
07 Feb 2026 17:15:17
Didn’t see first half, probably for the best. Rob got team wrong today in my opinion. Back 3/5 at home v Bournemouth and today a back 4 v Chelsea makes no sense to me.
Like others have said R. Gomes deserves to be starting, if Krejci not fit enough for 90 mins surely we would have been better to start with him and play him for 60 mins.
Not the right time today to play 4 at the back, see Hwang started again as well, how did he play?
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07 Feb 2026 17:29:34
He was his usual terrible self. He didn't move or run into spaces. His passing was awful. Even Matheus Mane was shouting at him because he just doesn't move.
The moment he was subbed in the 42nd minute, there was a huge sigh of relief in the North Bank where I was sitting and we looked so much better without him.
Hopefully, Edwards won't play him again.
BullysBoy, if you have any positives about Hwangs performance today, I'd love to hear them because every fan I spoke to today all said the same thing. He's awful.
07 Feb 2026 17:33:17
Hwang was bloody awful. Probably not his fault though as Edwards’ formation was laughable. Didn’t make one ounce of sense.
07 Feb 2026 17:49:12
Shot ourselves in the feet again. Two stupid ridiculous penalties dumped the confidence we had into the wet ground.
Fair enough we had a mini go at it in the second half, but nobody can hit the target it seems!
Hwang was there a couple of times defensively, I didn't note any thing else, and we performed better after he and doc had been replaced with kreicji and rodrigo.
Mane seems to need to read the situations a bit quicker.
Tolu was a threat we never had in larsen but isn't as clinical. Mosquiro is abit of a maverick but entertaining until he commits the silly foul and gets involved with things he shouldn't.
Chelsea players were 'falling' quite easily and the 'head' injury farce used to hold up play when convenient.
This aspect of cheating must be dealt with.
OK Chelsea could maybe have Upped things if they hadn't got 3 but we made a fist, (if only a loose one), of it in the second, and the two pens cost us.
I know some on here are blaming RE for his selections, but kreicji wasn't 100% and maybe he thought docs experience would benefit over jackson?
We were looking in it until the pens and RE can't be held personally responsible for that.
Forest Tues I think, could see a better performance, I really hope so because I'm not giving up on RE so quick.
07 Feb 2026 18:49:06
I think on the whole we have been much better in recent weeks, too far behind the teams above unfortunately.
Rob should not be under any pressure in the short term, as long as, our performances are positive, we need some wins though. Big game away v Forest in my opinion, can we go back to 3/5 at the back please including Krejci.
07 Feb 2026 19:04:52
We looked a lot better in the 2nd half but you know by the time of the Forest game, Hwang will have impressed in training and will start.
We are in big trouble next season. Sa, Santi, Hugo, Andre, Joao, Bellegarde, Arias, Agbadou, Mane, Wolfe, Krejci and Jackson will all have suitors and will leave. We won't take up the option to sign Angel as he looks decent so someone else will beat us to his signing.
Armstrong and Tolu looked like they'll knuckle down and fight but Tolu may go too.
This leaves, Johnstone, Toti, Doc, Mosquera, Traore, Doyle, Lima, Rodrigo, Sasa and Hwang.
Lets face it fans, we're well and truly f*cked. Fosun will take whatever money they can for the outgoings and will not invest in this squad.
They'll make Rob Edwards buy either untested youngsters or useless, cheap (for a reason) rejects.
07 Feb 2026 19:55:54
Well Banksy, you've got it completely wrong. The first half was much better, if you just count the first ten minutes when we were the only team in it! Then the usual happened, shooting ourselves in the foot with ridiculously unnecessary defensive lapses.
The trouble is our players probably look good in training. I know why - they're only up against fellow Wolves players! So depressing. I'm fed up of sitting in the Stan Cullis with my head in my hands!
07 Feb 2026 20:05:19
Re keeps on making the wrong starting/ formation, game after game, more outgoings
On horizon.
Hwang 1/10, doc 3/10, on yer bikes
Angel. New boy 7/10. Will he stay
Jao was pretty annoyed being subbed
But.
We all know its championship football next season.,
Lets get some free agents in for rest of season. Weve got nothing to lose
? Raheem sterling, he'd be guaranteed a game
07 Feb 2026 20:08:37
Problem.is with R Gomes that it's three managers now that are ignoring him, with one actually calling him out for his attitude (VP). I don't think any of them doubt his ability but we aren't on the training ground, so how poor must his attitude be to be constantly over looked in this current squad?!
07 Feb 2026 20:26:46
At the back we have a few issues, firstly playing a back 4 we don’t have particularly good full backs, so doc made more sense defensively than Rodrigo. I think with Krecji just getting over flu he was hoping to get away with a back 4 and not have to use him, unfortunately RE couldn’t account to stupid defensive errors giving away penalties.
But like everyone else can’t understand why Hwang keeps starting.
07 Feb 2026 21:37:53
I’m sure someone will have an answer for that!
07 Feb 2026 23:05:09
Your right BoS our last five managers will have an answer for that, each one of which consistently picked him and each one of which have FAR more of a background on pro team selection than ANYONE on this forum! 😂😂😂
08 Feb 2026 00:38:15
Problem is Good that you seem to keep (choosing) to miss my point, SO often in fact that it now seems somewhat pointless explaining it to you mate! It's not that I rate Hwang, in fact I've been VERY clear in previous posts that I don't! The point is that all of the managers we've had in the last five years seemingly do rate Hwang and seem to think he's worthy of consideration. So either you know more than each of them collectively or more likely they see something in this guys approach that they think is worthy of recognition! I don't pick the team mate, so either man up and call the manager out or don't but either way don't blame me or the player for regularly being picked cause it's not his (or my) fault! Reminds me of Karl Henry, everyone had a go at him whilst ignoring the fact that the manager rates him.
At no point have I said that I rate Hwang, what I have said is that most mangers do whilst equally most managers have consistently decided that R Gomes isn't working hard enough to start! Don't blame me for the choices this club makes but maybe be big enough to accept that maybe each of those managers have seen FAR more of these players than any of us get to?!
08 Feb 2026 00:50:20
How long you been following wolves?. How much do you know about football?. That team selection is a Sunday morning selection. you can slate me as much as much as you want but Edwards is not better but worse than the previous manager's. mosquera is absolutely awful.
Doc is league 1 at best. Hwang is just milking us cus he wasn't injured today he just bottled it. The club is rancid and needs a deep clean. Edwards is not our messiah he's just a bang average run of the mill manager. and that's coming from a wolves home and away since 1966.
08 Feb 2026 00:55:30
Slinger. who picks the team. Edwards is not our saviour by a country mile.no better than vp.
08 Feb 2026 07:02:27
BullysBoy, yesterday confirmed my suspicions regarding Hwang playing just for sponsorships sake.
As I was walking into the ground, I met a group of 6 Koreans and they were all excited. However at half time I saw that they were leaving. I managed to ask them why and they told me that they had only come to see Hwang play and now that he had gone off, they weren't interested but were going to take their position outside the players entrance to try and meet him. I did ask them who else they hoped to meet and they said no one, only Hwang.
Although I have no inner knowledge of the club, based on the football I and others watch, Hwang is not being picked on footballing ability. If you can't see that, then it's you that's missing the point. As I say, this isn't about football to Fosun anymore, this is about money and Hwang is very marketable in the Asian market but isn't a good player.
08 Feb 2026 08:02:22
There's an awful lot of things wrong with the club at the moment, and at the end of the day who wanted the job in hand after VP?
Edwards at least, he put his hand up being a local chap and ex wolves. He gave up what was looking a promising season with Middlesbrough. It was literally a no win situation here.
There has been abit of a rise in the passion and the energy of games, we've equatedourselves relatively well at arsenal and Liverpool, City.
Given the situation we're in, with players knowing they won't be around next year he's got a job on his hands to just keep us ticking over, and to compare that to Sunday morning football management is just stupid.
No, we always know better when we've not seen or heard from players involved, or studied what we think are strengths and weaknesses.
I'm sure RE isn't just selecting for the sake of it, which brings me to Hwang, now I've been one of his biggest critics, he dumbfounds me, but a comment from Thommo and Naylor on commentary made me think again.
Hwang was getting a lot of gyp from the S bank when he simply shielded and attack instead of going in to win a ball, they asked what did the crowd expect him to do, challenge and possibly lose the ball leaving us open, commit the foul and where was he going if he won the ball, he was simply giving our lads the chance to get back and align.
Now I'd agree if I was watching, he'd be looking idle, I'd be shouting at him too, but maybe it's little things like that that managers ask and players have to do. (remember dendonker)
I think it's this that Bully's refers to when several managers have played him over others
As it happens I still personally think its time for him to be rested as he looks 'lost'.
To criticise RE at the moment is short-sighted and unjust, giving what he's inherited, save it for next season.
I'm hoping to see a more fluent and intelligent game on Tues with Angel and Armstrong feeling better incorporated and more at home and with kreicji and hopefully jackson starting.
08 Feb 2026 09:47:11
The game is on Wednesday 7:30 Abbey. On TNT Sport 6.
08 Feb 2026 10:02:22
There's an awful lot of things wrong with the club at the moment, and at the end of the day who wanted the job in hand after VP? Edwards at least, he put his hand up being a local chap and ex wolves. He gave up what was looking a promising season with Middlesbrough. It was literally a no win situation here. There has been a bit of a rise in the passion and the energy of games, we've equated ourselves relatively well at arsenal and Liverpool, City.
Given the situation we're in, with players knowing they won't be around next year he's got a job on his hands to just keep us ticking over, and to compare that to Sunday morning football management is just stupid. No, we always know better when we've not seen or heard from players involved, or studied what we think are strengths and weaknesses.
I'm sure RE isn't just selecting for the sake of it, which brings me to Hwang, now I've been one of his biggest critics, he dumbfounds me, but a comment from Thommo and Naylor on commentary made me think again.
Hwang was getting a lot of gyp from the S bank when he simply shielded and attack instead of going in to win a ball, they asked what did the crowd expect him to do, challenge and possibly lose the ball leaving us open, commit the foul and where was he going if he won the ball, he was simply giving our lads the chance to get back and align.
Now I'd agree if I was watching, he'd be looking idle, I'd be shouting at him too, but maybe it's little things like that that managers ask and players have to do. (remember dendonker). I think it's this that Bully's refers to when several managers have played him over others
As it happens I still personally think its time for him to be rested as he looks 'lost'. To criticise RE at the moment is short-sighted and unjust, giving what he's inherited, save it for next season. I'm hoping to see a more fluent and intelligent game on Tues with Angel and Armstrong feeling better incorporated and more at home and with kreicji and hopefully jackson starting.
08 Feb 2026 12:11:53
Thanks for correcting me Doog.
09 Feb 2026 17:38:09
Haha, OK.Good mate what an incredibly fortuitious meeting you had it's almost to convenient to believe but let's not pull at that thread eh! 😂
Whilst you were interviewing your 'definetly real' South Korean supporters, who by the way clearly have more money than sense when travelling so far just to leave early, I bumped into some definetly not made up board members.
And I asked them why Hwang keeps getting picked and they said 'no idea mate, maybe ask the manager as that's his job not ours?!'
So we both had educational meetings that definetly both really happened! 🤣🤣🤣
Here's a question for ya, how much do you think it's worth to this club to play Hwang? C'mon, if we are just playing him for the HUGE money it's brings in how much exactly is that (best estimates)? Cause what price do you think our board are selling off a place in the squad for? And how much do you think it costs to make 5/6 managers ALL pick a player that they honestly don't rate?! One of which BTW was Lope, ya know the guy that quit because we wouldn't buy the players HE WANTED but you honestly think THAT guy played Hwang on command?! OK then 😂🤣😂🤣
07 Feb 2026 16:32:21
Angel is tidy on the ball and has been looking for forward passes. If he does stay next season he will be great in the champ. Armstrong has been working hard and putting in the tackles. I don’t feel he should have had a yellow card he got all the ball. Chelsea just love to dive whenever they can to stop the play; especially Gusto!
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07 Feb 2026 18:10:14
So with Jhon Arias, Emmanuel Agbadou and Jorgen Strand Larsen going, that's over £80mil in. 7mil spent.with others set to leave in the summer could be £150mil in. how much will or can they spend?
07 Feb 2026 18:34:29
Not quite correct on the money to be received for Arias as that deal will be paid in installments over 4 years and in 2 payments per season.
07 Feb 2026 18:36:56
My guess Buxwolf 50 to 75 mill easy if they want to get straight back up could be more with other players leaveing. H Bueno 20mill Andre 35mill Gomes 45mill wolfe 15mill plus others who want to go nice little war chest. If Wolves can get any where near them prices.
07 Feb 2026 19:59:13
I'd imagine most of those figures are on the high side, DMac.