15 Apr 2026 19:17:14
Interesting points made by Pagham Wolf. I don't dispute Rob's love for the club. That's not enough if our Chinese owners don't share that love. But, how can they? How did they not recognise that Nuno had that love? To them we are just a minor holding in the very diversified Fosun empire. Nothing in that Fosun empire suggests any knowledge of English football and none whatsoever of Wolverhampton. We're just a remote overseas investment that's proving to be financially disappointing to them.
Realistically for a club of our size we need the sort of close-knit owners that Brighton, Brentford and Bournemouth etc have. Spurs have suffered for the same reasons as us, there is just not the passion by the Spurs owners for the club.
15 Apr 2026 22:15:24
I get all that, Deep, and generally agree with the premise. However, it's two different debates: one about Foau (which we can't change), and one about Rob, which the club certainly could change!
Sorry, Pag, mate, but I also don't think it's realistic/fair to just cherry pick a handful of games when he had a good month and use that as proof of concept/ability. For more context, try looking up worst 10 Prem managers of all time; our man Rob is number 4 with his Luton team on 0.68ppm! Now, before anyone says it, yes, his Luton team were poor, but going off his current performance he'd still be 7th on that list this season (0.74 ppm)!
Again, for context, Mick McCarthy is 10th on that list, so in Rob's two stints he's done significantly worse than Mick did in his last season here.
Now look at this squad, can anyone REALLY tell me it's worse than the dross Mick had to play with?! Mick had Karl Henry while Rob has Gomes and Andre for goodness sake! I like Edwards, but he's learning his trade, and, like I said before he came, the entire circus that this club has become just feels too much, too soon!
Are Fosun poor? Of course they are, but is that about to change? Unlikely. Therefore, we have to find someone to play the hand we currently have, and for me Rob just isn't cutting the mustard right now, I'm afraid. ?