09 Mar 2026 14:34:31
Although he brought some life to the team, I think we should sell Mane if offered the amounts being discussed. I would also try to get him back on loan with that sale for a year in Championship as he will probably sit the bench for other PL teams.
09 Mar 2026 16:36:21
The sale of Mane will offset losses in ticket renewals. No use re or players talking up next season while Fosun say, and more importantly, do nothing. As for a promotion challenge, where is the optimism coming from? What is it based on? We have only been promoted to the top tier six times since the war, including a stretch of twenty years 1983 - 2003. In 1967 we made it back after two seasons away, after which we had a ten year exile. Other promotions came in 2009 and 2018. Promotions are few and far between, and only achievable with owners, management, players, and fans all on the same page, all wanting and striving for one thing.
With Fosun and their policies we are a million miles away. Rob is not going to fare any better than his predecessors, and either he will go or they will. Money is on the former. Fans of a certain age who have followed Wolves through thick and thin, 1965 in my case, will be extremely fortunate to see top flight football at Molineux ever again. We were convinced, promised even, that our time had come. Let down again does not come close. These owners are on a par with the Bhattis, and are very close to being a mirror image of the Venkys, whatever they want the club for. Football is a long way down their list of priorities.
09 Mar 2026 20:08:14
We will be one of the big teams next season. We need to start acting like it. We need to be buying and loaning players to make us bounce back. Fosun want to be back in the Prem straight away, so they can keep making money. I think we will give it a good shot next season.
09 Mar 2026 20:08:38
Well said, Ron, a lot of people who are saying we will bounce straight back up don’t realise what a hard league the Championship is. I don’t think we will be among the big spenders either. We are in debt up to our eyeballs, so any player sales/parachute payments will go towards that, not buying top-end players. I’m hoping some bored American billionaire with more money than sense buys Fosun out and we never see them again.
Put it in perspective: when we were competing in Europe under Nuno, Wrexham were effectively a non-league club. They could come up this season while we go down, and yet some of the happy clap brigade, especially a certain YouTuber who seems to be cropping up on BBC, Sky Sports and TalkSport regularly (Mr Dazzling Dave), still think we are staying up and Fosun have done a grand job.
10 Mar 2026 10:38:16
Absolutely spot on, Ron. I could have written that myself (including the 1965 bit - well 1964 actually, but let's not split hairs).
Being sold is the only hope we have. It'll happen at some point, but will we see it in our lifetime, and will they be good owners or bad?
Fwaw.
10 Mar 2026 13:47:47
I think we will give it a good shot, and be challenging for promotion next season or the one after. We won't be signing top-end players, as such players will want to stay in or move to the P/L. I see us paying down debt at the same time as supplementing the squad with a shrewd mix of buys: the odd top-class older player coming to the end of his PL career, mixed with promising young lower-cost signings, and a proper evaluation of the academy prospects.
Restore pride, if you will. Rob Edwards can demonstrate in his remaining PL fixtures whether he is the right man for the job or not.
10 Mar 2026 16:12:50
Agree there, Deep Throat, but we've got to live up to our literally 'big name' everywhere we go.
Wolverhampton Wanderers on the fixture list will be one to win for opposition pride in the first season despite a lack of proven players, and life won't be easy.
In fact, our name alone may be a hindrance in climbing back to the Prem, let alone RE and his team.
10 Mar 2026 19:43:40
Yes, Abbeywolf, the relegated teams will be the ones targeted in the Champ. We're bigger than Burnley, and possibly seen as pretty much level with Hammers or Forest, so the opposition will be all out for our scalps. Bring them on, it's the only way, sink or swim.
10 Mar 2026 23:08:19
I wouldn't concern yourselves whether we are bigger than Seat Ham or Forest, as it looks likely it will be Wolves, Burnley, and Spurs for the drop, especially if, as rumoured, they are targeting Ryan Mason as manager. You only have to look down the road to see how bad he is.