Wolves banter 6

07 Sep 2026 12:16:07
Think we have to give CP some time, overall we have been a better watch than last season’s rubbish.
Fix defence. Realise probably more tricky than it sounds, but with Trippier, Krejci, Digija and Bueno looks much better. Unfortunately Trippier not available. Anyone know how long he is out?

07 Sep 2026 13:06:30
Agreed, but why are we playing JT? He's purely an athlete not a footballer. His decision making is dreadful & he can't cross a decent ball into the box.
Surely there's better options in this position, RG or PL. At least they know how to cross a decent ball for Raul.

07 Sep 2026 11:09:03
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07 Sep 2026 10:21:06
Don’t think Cesar Peixoto is up to the demands of the Championship.
He’s another nice guy.
Mowbray, Nuno and the Birmingham manager have all outwitted him with in game tactic changes and we’re not getting the required results even though we have better players than most of our opponents.

07 Sep 2026 10:47:56
Let's wait until he has the team out there that he wants to pay before passing judgement. It's still early days. Give the guy a chance to do that.

07 Sep 2026 10:54:38
It's five games in and Nuno is on the exact same points as Cesar despite having a better squad and despite having a six month head start! I'm not saying he's the answer, but let's give him some time to actually work with the squad that he's had to cobble together at the last minute due to more, yet more pee poor planning from Fosun.

I think what concerns me currently is the lack of clean sheets. We have one of the worst defences in the league right now (statistically), and that needs to change, and quick. 👍

07 Sep 2026 11:02:50
If he can sort the defence out, we'll be fine. Trippier's return will, no doubt, be most welcomed, as not only will it strengthen the starting 11, Jackson will also be able to learn from one of the best RBs in recent history.

07 Sep 2026 11:35:21
If Trippier can turn Jackson into a decent footballer that would be in the realms of miracles.

07 Sep 2026 14:24:10
Wait until CP has the team he wants on the pitch?
Will that be before the West Brom game or after? Most of the fans want to win this one more than any other game this season.
As you point out, BB, CP has exactly the same points as Nuno, and we are currently sitting on the edge of the play off zone, but he has two points less than James Morrison, who has only been in the job for a few months, but is already ahead of us with a worse squad, the same as the other 8 teams above us.


Chris Wilder is no mug either, and I will be surprised if we get any points from that game. By the time the game arrives, we could be in the bottom half of the table with low confidence, and in-house fallouts between the players who want to be here and the ones going through the motions until they get the move to a club they want to be at.

07 Sep 2026 14:31:23
Actually want to change manager again after the bloke's only had 5 games? Ridiculous, mate. To be honest, I completely disagree with you. I value everyone has an opinion, but come on, he's 5 games in, we don't want to change managers after 5 games.

07 Sep 2026 14:34:59
He needs to sort the defence.
let's see how he goes over the next couple of games.
It needs to be resolved quickly!

07 Sep 2026 15:28:53
I didn't say 'change the manager,' Simon/Laura. I just said that I don't think he has the experience to get us promoted, and the teams that do go up will likely have battle hardened Championship managers.
We've gone from 7th in the Premier, and considered best of the rest, to sitting just outside the play off zone in the Championship, which is now eight teams instead of six.


It's not CP's fault, but Fosun and CP will get treated the same as our last six or seven managers sooner or later.
Won't he?

07 Sep 2026 08:30:13
Why was Armstrong still on the pitch? Should have been the second sub behind Jackson at half time.

07 Sep 2026 06:35:54
If Armstrong hadn't missed a chance my sofa bound mother could have walked we win. Leave Jackson alone.

07 Sep 2026 11:32:52
If Jackson hadn't over hit the worst back pass in the world, then we also still win. Either it's a team problem or it isn't, I'm afraid. You can't say 'leave player x alone' because it's player y's fault anyway; it's all the same problem. 👍

06 Sep 2026 22:47:32
Once the Traore signing is confirmed and he is up to fitness and Trippier is back fully fit, the squad looks a lot better and the team should be:

Sa, Trippier, Djiga, Krejci, Hugo Bueno, Bertrand Traore, James, Andre, Rodrigo, Lopez, Raul.

Subs, Virginia, Mosquera, Konan, Lima, Jackson, Munetsi, Doyle, Neave, Said, Mane and Bellegarde.

I've left Jackson and Toti out purposely.

07 Sep 2026 09:45:22
In order to include Traore, we need to lose one player presently in squad. Beggars can be choosers, and it may well depend on who, out of Santiago Bueno and Bellegarde, attracts interest. Given that buying club can do the math, we are going to have to settle for a loan with option. Not ideal, but the result of little interest being shown in those surplus to requirements.
I would prefer to keep Bellegarde. I think he has shown glimpses in the past of being able to create opportunities by his willingness to carry the ball from central positions.

He played that role for Haiti in the World Cup, and is more effective there than when deployed wide.
It's a bit of a concern that we have had to settle for loans with those who have been shipped out. Hopefully they will play well enough to attract offers next year. Certainly don't want any returning irrespective of the league we are in (unless it's League One!!!!).

07 Sep 2026 10:01:32
Can we sell Jackson?

06 Sep 2026 22:35:19
We have what we have. I know this is all about opinions. Can’t keep making scapegoats out of them. Mane out 1 week, Armstrong out, Gimenez out. Da out. I’ve heard it all on here. Only one person to blame. Fosun, let’s not take it out on the players. Take it out on them. Only 1 place to blame this s*** show on.

06 Sep 2026 19:56:59
Lots of people blaming Sa and Jackson for the own goal. Sa was positioned to receive the ball to sweep. Jackson didn’t look where he was passing the ball. He had 3 opportunities to deal with it before he ‘scored’.

Who passes back to the keeper at head height to the side of him? Unbelievable. Hope Tripps is back after the international break. James has to start. But we need to be better all over the pitch.

07 Sep 2026 00:25:50
Sheffield, I am questioning the manager here. He's stuck by Jackson & let's be honest, he's awful. Mane needs sitting down & a good talking to. Munetsi has to be on the bench, & Armstrong needs to be benched. Raul is no good to us without wingers, & our boss reckons we don't need them.

I sincerely hope the piss we took out of the undateables down the road doesn't come back to haunt us, but I got a horrible feeling it will. Play Mane. Play James. Play Lima instead of Jackson until Trippier is back.

07 Sep 2026 01:17:59
I can't disagree with anything you've said there, Lex. People on here saying Raul is off the pace. As the song goes, give him the ball and he will score. Service is everything for a number 9. I don't think Haaland would score in our team, as there's no service. Front 3, Mane, Raul & R Gomes should be hunting in a pack, with Fer pulling the strings, backed up by JJ. A front 5 that should be devastating to defenses.

imo the team should look like this:

Sa
Trips (captain once fit, until then maybe Konan can't be worse. KC - yes I know he's left footed?)
Djiga
Krejci (captain until Trips is back)
H Bueno
James
Andre
Lopez
Mane (drilled about teamwork)
R Gomes
Raul

That should be a team that can destroy anyone in the Championship.



Toti and JC should have gone to Saudi - too late now! Nowhere near good enough.
Both are disasters with a football.

It's still early days, and CP is still new to the team and league. Get behind the boys, and it will come good. Now Krejci is back and RB gets sorted, the defense will settle.

Sheff Utd next... I'm looking fwd to that one being 'a local'!

In CP we trust. Come on me babbies!

07 Sep 2026 06:55:54
Own goal was just down to awful judgement from Tchatchoua. The guy is a liability, both in defence and going forward.
Sa, I thought, had a good game under the Brun second-half pressure.
Krejci is clearly too good for this side.
The big issue is the defence. 10 goals conceded already!
Time for the manager to step up and sort things out.

07 Sep 2026 09:47:43
How in God's name did Jackson get to be a pro footballer. Christ's sake. 🤛 😫

06 Sep 2026 19:30:15
We'll be okay when Trippier returns.

06 Sep 2026 21:55:09
I highly agree. Best Rb in the champ.

06 Sep 2026 17:49:08
Well Armstrong thinks he's playing rugby; how did he miss & what an own goal.
Well I am flabbergasted.
When we coach players we told them them ball is always played forward, not back & not across pitch in front of your own goal.


Always play forward. What's up with these players.
On this performance, I am dreading the Baggies match.
I know it's early days but unless we improve things quickly.
Middle table finish.

06 Sep 2026 18:06:38
Not sure what coaching badges you have done, but we definitely do not coach players to always play forward. We also do not say never play back or across goal - it's not the 1980s!
Coaching and football have moved on, Moby, and football is played in all directions in order to move the opposition around and find spaces and passing lines!
However, today we had a player who knocked a bouncing ball back towards goal at chest height to a goalkeeper who had come off his line and didn't call.

Also, I'm not understanding why Sa did not just knock the ball away and give away an indirect free kick. Two very poor players!

06 Sep 2026 21:30:20
When passing back, always to the side of the net in case something goes wrong.