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06 Jan 2026 21:54:59
Watching WHU v Forest
A Forest win is the very worst result as it makes the gap 15 points
A WHU win keeps it at 12 albeit with WHU then 11 ahead
However to be honest that is largely irrelevant as Wolves have to catch both WHU and Forest to stay up!
Now looking v v bad!
1.) 06 Jan 2026 23:33:35
They realistically need about 5 more wins from their remaining games. Leeds are in same boat. It’s not over until the fat lady sings but it would be a miracle if we get the results and then the other teams lose so we can close the gap.
02 Jan 2026 22:25:30
If the current squad is, as it appears, miles short of the standard of the three sides that came up last season i.e. the top end of the Championship then once you sell the best 3 or 4 players, (and remember there is a very unhealthy gap between the better players in the side and the others), it is likely that the squad as currently formed not only does not come straight back up but struggles to survive in that league.Therefore be careful about who you want to leave this January.Clearly the club can only sell the players other teams want but as the club allegedly has no financial pressures, (not that anything the club says should be taken other than with a very very large pinch of salt!), it should only undertake business for football reasons.
Sell those not good enough - plenty of choice there - retain the handful of those who are good enough and if possible add one or two more who fit that category.Maybe if this had been the strategy, (instead of selling diamonds for a fraction of their value and buying lumps of coal - being polite- for a king's ransom ), then the club wouldn't be in such a mess!
Thus although it seems highly unlikely, it would be in the club's best interest - which of course may well not be the same as Fosun's - for certain players to be retained if at all possible.
I completely understand that some players may well be highly motivated to leave a sinking ship for better conditions and of course Fosun may well have been encouraging others - the more valuable ones, i.e.
Andre and J Gomes - to get out so that they, Fosun, can pocket the cash but hopefully if the club is properly run, (ok no chance of that then!), it might be able to retain the tiny amount of Premier League quality talent it has this January.
If the 2nd half of the season - as a result of a competent January window and better coaching/ tactics etc - can be at least less embarrassing maybe even once relegation is confirmed then maybe the diamonds can be retained - whilst the remaining coal is sold off - for the following season.
This would then mean that the club would indeed have a chance of returning to the Prem - the diamonds in the squad would outshine anything any Championship side would have!
This January is therefore really very very important for the club.
Another hopeless window - selling Andre, Emmanuel and Gomes for a fraction of their true value and allowing Krejci to return to Girona whilst buying league 1 at best standard players for inflated prices - could mean the club is fated to a very very long period in the wilderness of the lower leagues. Sadly however I have little hope that the basic level of competence that a change in the current insane policy requires isn't still beyond the club even after Jeff's change of role!
1.) 03 Jan 2026 07:04:40
Anticipating how Fosun will be managing the Club going forward, I sadly see a long time back in the wilderness.
There is no sign on a new CEO and much needed appropriate experience.
Plenty of bluster about transfer market, but nothing concrete as yet.
Who exactly is in charge? Interim Shi I assume will not be making any decisions.
28 Dec 2025 15:50:59
Still me but the 4th incarnation for some reason?
Just noticed that Calvert Lewin has scored again.
In the summer I suggested him as a v v cheap option - free transfer and similar wages to JSL or roughly half the cost of Tolu wages and amortised fee- but sadly the club didn't agree.
Reading back the thread however it appears that even on here "Madman" to be fair to him agreed.
Given he is homegrown and was (and seemingly remains) a solid top half Prem player that seems like a pretty poor decision and Wolves loss has been Leeds gain!
1.) 28 Dec 2025 16:00:00
For some reason VP and co just didn’t entertain home grown players, Harry Wilson apparently another player touted but ignored in favour of players from abroad who just have not cut it in the premier, we are now paying the price.
2.) 28 Dec 2025 16:09:40
Tfig to be honedt Wolves could have any striker but with out the service there useless. That is the problem at Wolves no creative players Wolves have 2 strikers in Larsenand Tolu. But if they don't get the service what is the point of being on the pitch.
I've called Larsen more than enough but to be honest he's chasing shadows for most of the match. Only now since Mane and Tolu have stsrted have Wolves looked like a threatwhen Larsen came on he looked a lot better than he has been.
3.) 28 Dec 2025 18:38:05
A slightly different post, wouldn’t it be interesting to see an expose on the going ons in the last five years especially from the ex managers
4.) 28 Dec 2025 20:35:20
Ex-managers sign NDAs (non-disclosure agreements). In effect, they're paid to shut their gobs. It's only money that talks!
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07 Jan 2026 18:35:14
Greyleg
Sadly can't see either of them being there as, unless Tolu has a relegation clause in his contract, their wages will be way more than Wolves can afford.
Plus I would imagine Wolves still hope that JSl will be a saleable asset. There is very little left to sell, (many of the squad are virtually unsaleable due to their high wages relative to their ability), and with massive costs and vast debts to service and income just about to plummet every penny they can raise will be vital!
The side next season will not contain many of this year's squad (either sold or sent out on loan to part fund their wages), and will be made up of youngsters and lower league players bought for pennies.
Wolves will be one of the poorer teams in the Championship - remember Wolves won't have the parachute payment as it has already been promised to the bank - and have huge non football costs so will have to have one of the lower football wage bills!
05 Jan 2026 21:49:33
Excellent thread.
Not sure there is too much money - most teams lose bucket loads so more not less would help.
However perhaps some control over its distribution and expenditure might both stop so many teams losing money - allegedly the idea behind FFP and its successor - and make the game more about football than money.
A broader distribution of the money - i.e. less to the big 6 or 7 and more to other teams, (perhaps even across all of the leagues) - and maybe a US sport like salary cap or tighter squad size restriction that would stop the big teams using their financial muscle to hoover up all the talent would do wonders for the game.
Greater protection for the smaller teams in respect of losing youngsters for free or nominal sums would also be good for everyone including probably most of the youngsters most of whom of course are simply discarded by the big teams ruining their careers.
But does the "money" care about the wider game and would the bigger teams agree to something/anything that takes away their inbuilt advantages?
04 Jan 2026 09:34:25
Rated - it would be the greatest of great escapes but given how truly awful WHU, Burnley and NF look how many points will actually be needed?
People have been quoting mid 30s - which is probably beyond Wolves - but low 30s or even high 20s might be enough?
Mad I know as it requires all 3 of the other sides to pick up virtually nothing, (as Wolves did in the first half), and obviously they have to play each other.
If only Spurs and Brighton had been converted into wins as they should have been it might have been possible for Wolves to get another 20 + points from the last 18 games and made it interesting.
Now a few against the heads are required - wins against sides who are really quite good - such as Newcastle and Chelsea at home in the next few weeks?
We will know shortly - a defeat at Everton and at home to Newcastle might end all hope - but two wins and I for one will be starting to hope!
04 Jan 2026 09:22:15
Good - the Tolu case is an odd one isn't it.
Every time he plays - even only in cameos at the end of a game - he has looked good and his goal scoring record is fine - given how few minutes he has played.
So why has he played so little especially given how poor JSL has been?
29 Dec 2025 22:10:52
Goodwhileitlasted - you are of course correct.
However sadly the £70m is a net number
Wolves, according to the latest accounts were owed circa £65m by clubs for the players Wolves have sold but unfortunately they owed £135m to other clubs for players bought.