Wolves banter 9

02 Dec 2025 18:19:02
I would like to wish the best of luck to all the players and fans against forest.
We deserved to get a result against the villa.I thought it was a much improved performance we where robbed.
Come on the lads

02 Dec 2025 11:44:26
Just seen one possible line up for tomorrow, they think Krejci coming in for Mosquera, which is fair enough, and Munetsi replacing Arias. Not keen on either on current form, what do people think?

Who else do we have for this position available rather than Munetsi or Arias, if you have to pick one who do you go for? As you may have noticed I would rather have Lopez or Mane.

02 Dec 2025 13:14:34
Agree its hobson choice in the fact its one or other Banksy. But as I've said before, if we were to pop Hugo into mf ahead of Wolfe, itd let bellegard go behind larsen, someone who can chase a nod on or run.


Hugo started out playing a more attacking role before the U21s I believe.
But I'm in me armchair, RE will have assessed things.
Arias must be better than we've seen tho.

02 Dec 2025 15:13:08
What do you think Johnston Jackson Agbadou krejci Wolfe Andre Gomes Bellegarde Mane Lopes Jsl in a 4 2 3 1 formation

02 Dec 2025 16:00:06
I like this B hill, think Krejci may not be ready for tomorrow, however I think your team and formation is worth a try.

02 Dec 2025 17:19:12
Agree but, trouble is we don’t get to choose the team!
We can only hope and believe in Rob Edwards. Seems he’s building from new foundations and it won’t happen overnight, sadly.
We’re in dark days my friends but we know there’s light ahead.

02 Dec 2025 19:14:49
I thought Mosquera had a decent game against The Vile. He does do some needless fouls though and he's always looks like he's one tackle away from a red card. If Krejci's not fit though I prefer Mosquera over S Bueno. He's just got a bit more pace about him.
I despair with Arias. Personally I'd go with either Munetsi, Chirewa or Mane.

02 Dec 2025 21:41:36
Sad!y there is nothing coming through the Under 21s. Another bad result today against Boreham Wood, so virtually nothing much there for the future. A few home grown players would be a massive help to RE, as It is there is nothing to build around with all overseas players with little or no pride in our club .

03 Dec 2025 11:33:38
Other than mane and chirewa who played for the first team at the weekend and maybe some of the 8 u21’s who are on loan? They also don’t seem to be doing too bad this season. But yes let’s say there’s nothing there because they lost to a men’s team in a cup competition.

I get things aren’t great at the moment but writing all players and teams off constantly is getting boring.

01 Dec 2025 18:46:43
Isn't it refreshing to see a promoted team doing well in the premiership.Sunderland who have a billionaire owner, good coach, good ground, good players, good fan base, a blueprint for success.When Wolves were promoted a few seasons back we had ambitious owners, good coach, good players playing good football, good fan base.

Respected by other premiership teams playing in Europe reaching fa cup semi final top ten in the league. What happened. Barring a miracle relegation will be certain. It's sad that we have gone from Mighty Wolves to Woeful Wolves.

02 Dec 2025 06:57:57
Don’t think Fosun or Shi would agree with you there LinsayB, they thought they would struggle and go down leaving Wolves to finish 17th and be safe, how stupid and naive must the feel now.

02 Dec 2025 08:35:29
Woeful wolves is right lindsayB . Was taking to some Oxford Utd fans yesterday, they're in a precarious position themselves but confident of staying in the championship, their opinion was than we were coming down and no one was going to be worried about us.
They admired RE but didn't think our current lot would concern too many championship sides.
We'd only be a 'big' team in name.

Gotta be honest that was embarrassing to hear. Our current reputation is a laughing stock. How have we got to this Mr.Shi?

02 Dec 2025 09:30:51
I’m afraid Fosuns legacy will be that of betrayal.

02 Dec 2025 10:18:19
Abbey it is hard to tell how the club will get on if they are relegated as it is unlikely that the squad will bear much resemblance to the current one
Obviously all the good layers will leave - that is Krejci, (very much doubt he will be signed and if their is a clause in his contract if he plays so many games this season he has to be signed we may not see too much more of him this year anyway ), J Gomes and Andre. (You might add JSL if he can be bothered to turn up for the next few months).
Then the prospects and saleable ones will go and the high earners will be paid off or loaned out.


What will be left - v little Toti, Bueno H, Mane, Bennett maybe Wolfe, Djiga and Bueno S .Anyone else obvious?
The squad will be made up of free transfers, old boys and kids from lower league sides. To be honest survival in the Championship may well be difficult even if the club doesn't incur a 12 point penalty for entering admin.
Re Mr Shi one can only assume Fosun will thank him for what he has achieved and acknowledge it was an impossible task and, once the have taken out the bits they want - not the football team, close the file!

02 Dec 2025 13:04:44
The future is going to be far from bright, TFIG, surviving the first season will be the hope.

02 Dec 2025 15:45:15
Regarding players for next season - I’d definitely have Tommy Doyle back. I’d have him back for this season if we could but don’t think we can. I rated him and wouldn’t have let him go out on loan particularly as the team was being decimated in the close season.

But then I don’t know as much about these things as VP obviously. 🙄
Anyway he seems to be doing well in the championship and that’s what we’ll need.

02 Dec 2025 17:13:08
3G You are assuming the Birmingham don't sign him?
If Jeff Shi can get £10m, (or frankly even vaguely close to that), for him next summer that won't be turned down! So I highly doubt you will see him again.
Abbey you are correct. So sad as it doesn't have to be like this. Indeed even now a win tonight, a few scraped points before Jan and then on the 1st show some ambition and sign 3 or 4 decent players and maybe it might still be possible.

However I have no faith that Fosun care or to be fair to them are willing to take the risk that this will involve - over paying for players in January and still going down!

01 Dec 2025 10:18:49
Now the dust has settled I think overall it was a big improvement on what we have seen previously. The back 3 CB all played well, Agbadou is looking more like the player that arrived. In my opinion, Bellegarde played better but Arias still looked poor. Not sure what Rob will change for Wednesday night, is the injury to Krejci bad, or even exist, what about Lopez?
As others have said we need to use both wing backs more if we are continuing with 3 CB’s.

Don’t recall a good cross from Wolfe, however Jackson looked very promising when the ball was played early. Maybe with the quick turn around worthwhile trying Bueno instead of Wolfe, don’t think Rob will change too much as he seemed happy with the performance.

01 Dec 2025 10:13:08
A big improvement Banksy. When the MOTM is the Villa keeper, that says something! We seem to be jinked as we might have won that match on an other day. The JSL non-goal was a fine strike to connect with a ball played behind his legs. Rob has definitely made a difference, and no place for Little Rocket Man, Hwang.

01 Dec 2025 14:05:25
It’s good to hear the sounds of things being dealt with too, Johnstone saying RE is sorting things that had been swept under the carpet when VP was in charge. Hopefully that allows some of the players to improve.

It’s still early days but the team already seems better. If I could find the odd’s for us to stay up I’d have a little flutter. Still confident we can turn it around but maybe it’s just blind faith.

01 Dec 2025 14:36:53
Like your description of Hwang, Deep excellent 👍

01 Dec 2025 16:10:46
I suspect that if Krejci has even a little niggle right now he will be wrapped in cotton wool, we will lose Agbadou and Jackson, as well as Tolu, Munetsi and Chirewa for the Afcon in a few weeks.

So can’t afford any injuries to defenders now. Also with so many games coming up rotating the would makes sense and resting those we can afford to rest now before losing those players to AFCON

01 Dec 2025 17:10:41
5/1 Goatmark fill your boots

01 Dec 2025 18:16:43
Not sure where you saw that OOTD but you can get 9/1 with B365.

01 Dec 2025 18:31:57
10/1 would be more accurate OOTD.

01 Dec 2025 20:16:16
Apparently Jackson has not been selected for AFCON.

30 Nov 2025 18:57:19
It’s alright having a wish list for January but who is going to want to come to a club who are nailed on dead certs for relegation?
Premiership has beens?
Championship hopefulls?
I’ve never been so despondent as a Wolves fan. Even in the Bhatti era. Mind you I was young and full of hope then, now I’m old and cynical 😏
I used to hope I lived long enough to see us win another major trophy, now it’s just long enough to see us out of this Fosun nightmare and back onto an even keel.


Guys sorry for the negativity.
Can anybody give me hope?

30 Nov 2025 21:48:28
My first match was 79 so I only vaguely remember the bhattis but my 2 older brothers were in the thick of it when it was all going on, I went we were down in the old 4 division but even then as like you I was younger and more looking to the future and the hope we go up through the divisions which we eventually did, but nowadays I’m just so despondent with what I can see happening and the way the fans are being disrespected by owners who plainly don’t give a 💩 for the club, it absolutely breaks my heart, but what’s worse for me is I have now got to the point where I’m completely starting to lose any passion I had for the club and fosun have done that, no one else it’s fosun international, shi as much as I despise the bloke is just being a good little soldier and following orders.

We are down and it’s only December. We are in for some tough times ahead in the championship, they won’t invest so we will plod along mid table until hopefully some Saudi or American billionaire with more money than sense buys us

01 Dec 2025 07:17:36
Like you guys above I was younger and had got so down about the Club I looked for the results but could only imagine us going out of the league. This from seeing us in two successful Wembley a euro final and recollections of a FA cup victory in 60.
Famous Club, famous team, respected.

This time I know I'll be extremely lucky to even see a semi final again, so my hopes, and that is what keeps me going, is that we can reclaim prem status again next season.

RE is a man who can deliver that. I think he's got credibility amongst younger players and if, a big IF, fosun shi etc allow him the means to recruit, he can build a balanced unified team with a common cause.

The rag bag of foreign players without the direct connection of knowledge and loyalty to Wolverhampton will be replaced by players who respect the club and its history its place in English football.

However, as pointed out above what players will they be, where from and then what?

As an oldies know my love is not that as shared by youngsters, and modern players don't play from a true heart. So a proper manager, a manager who knows the importance of Club, fans and city is the best starting point.
Nuno quickly found those qualities and they were then shared in the likes of Neves.

Rob can instil a similar allegiance and understanding, so I do have hope.

The big question that hangs over us is Fosun, it's Shi, it's their distancing from us the true fans and the city.

It's Fosun sadly that hold the purse strings that will make or break us.

I hope that Fosun will finish with us next summer, and although traumatic I hope a new owner will emerge without £, $, € signs in their heads but images of Wright, Bailey, Hughes holding silverware, and of parades through Wolverhampton bedecked in Old gold, packed north and South banks in a famous Old stadium called the molineux ground.

Abit of nostalgia there I know, but I'd like to think my kids, their kids and yours will enjoy that sort of experience.
Rob can lead us back, football a business now though, can we find a business that will provide and share the investments and belief in the product.?

01 Dec 2025 09:05:07
I want FOSUN out as much as anybody here but the thing is I don't want to be owned by a saudi takeover and become not much different than Man City or Newcastle.

01 Dec 2025 11:07:02
Agree there Fc

01 Dec 2025 11:14:41
The lesser of two evils fcwolves
Fosun are absolutely destroying us on multiple levels, the team is a shambles made up of players who are viewed in what resale value they have not what they bring to the club, the academy is about to lose its elite status due to lack of investment, the ground is a disgrace again due to lack of investment, the women’s team nearly all walked last year due to the club not wanting to pay the appropriate monies if they got promoted, as in they wouldn’t of been allowed to be promoted as the club hadn’t paid what they needed to. Fosun have zero and I mean zero interest in Wolverhampton Wanderers as a club/fanbase/city they just want that iconic wolf head to slap on and market as a brand, especially jeffs love child esports! The same Jeff that said nobody outside of Wolverhampton had heard of us before they took over as we were a little provincial club I mean even the esports shirts have the words West Bromwich on them for gods sake can you imagine any other team slapping the name of their biggest rivals on a shirt? I can’t think of one worldwide that would.

Sudu the kit maker is owned by fosun but they didn’t drop the prices of those! They’ve taken a 100 million pound loan out against future tv money and transfer income, that’s got to be paid at the end of this season. They are killing us so in all honesty yea I would take a Saudi takeover and happily become the next Man City or Newcastle.

01 Dec 2025 13:20:04
Agree 100% De Wolf, 100%

01 Dec 2025 17:51:51
I want fosun out, but I don't want to be an SA owners toy. Real owner who will put Wolverhampton first.
By real I mean a owner who wants the club to succeed being proud if Wolverhampton and to restore our name by sporting skill and not buying anyone they please and given them the field to.play on.

30 Nov 2025 18:20:01
I guess the site will be flooded with doom and gloom after yet another loss.
I would say we should accept the inevitable relegation and focus one the formation and performance.
That said thought we looked much better today and with a little luck might have got something out of the game.
The back three performances was much better and Despite many critics I thought Arias was much better.
The two areas I would point out for improvement are, we under used Jackson, he clearly had the left back on toast yet we didn’t get the ball to him often enough.


The second is the two in midfield, like everyone I won’t criticise them as they are very good and clearly committed players however they are both the same and neither has the ability to influence the game going forward.
RE has a tough choice but I’d only play one of them as the defensive midfielder and a more crack minder player along side them.

30 Nov 2025 19:20:15
Got to disagree re Arias, I thought he was very poor again, I only noticed him when he was offside for the disallowed goal, not exactly the talent we were expecting and he seemed slow in his choices when with the ball. We need someone more commanding and leading by example, but who? He's what we've got.
Agree on midfield tho, I thought both Andre and Gomez did well today, but yes they're not carrying us forward or getting balls up the wings. Bellegarde isn't the answer.


Larsen was showing what he can do, if only we could provide the service.
Jackson proved he can do it, but again no one provided the balls for him.
We're going down and RE will evaluate and in January it'll be changes all round I'd imagine, if RE has his players earmarked and Fosun allow sales money reinvested we can prepare for next season and make a fist of it in the final games.
Resigned to relegation now, sad days but taking heart in the belief of Edwards for next year.

30 Nov 2025 19:45:14
I think the doom and gloom comes from owners who are and have been extracting the urine out of every wolves fan for the last 4 years. It did look better today although I don't think Vile were at there best.

Don't think Strand Larsen is any where near what he was last season. Think he would struggle to get into any premier league side at the moment. Oh well, on to the Forrest game

30 Nov 2025 21:54:12
I don’t see why it would be anything other than doom or gloom? We haven’t won a game in 218 days!
2 points on the board going into December 2 points, but let’s talk about how great we were as we only lost 1 - 0
Fosun have cleverly appointed a person that they know the fans won’t boo, is it not lost on people how the fosun out chants and shi is a W⚓️ chants have dried up?
Let’s all happy clap along to the championship god forbid anyone pointing out the realities of what’s going on at the club, I can guarantee the people that come on here calling out us “ doom mongers” will be the same people on here next season moaning about the state of the club in the championship

30 Nov 2025 23:50:48
Give arias a chance. Remember Cunha was awful first season

01 Dec 2025 03:37:24
He won’t be here next season to give him a chance kenzie in fact I will go out on a limb and say I don’t think he will be here by the end of the January transfer window ditto Lopez

01 Dec 2025 08:11:41
Possibly ditto. Larsen and gomez and Sa De Wolfe?

01 Dec 2025 08:59:16
Arias hasn't got what it takes in the PL. He's completely out of his depth. He's too lightweight and doesn't create anything. A complete waste of money. If we can sell him in January without losing too much then let him go and try and get an attacking midfielder if not for this league then someone who will be good enough in the championship.
Regarding Fosun I won't give them a penny of my money now out of principle.

I can get a ticket in the Graham Hughes stand on Wednesday against Forest for £18.50 being over 65. I can afford that and would go, but I'm at the point where I detest Fosun and Shi. I really don't understand why Rob Edwards would leave Boro to come and work for this shambles of a senior management team.

01 Dec 2025 10:38:26
I don't think Arias had a bad game. Yes he was caught offside but at least he was trying to press. The big chance we had just before the break was due to Arias' tenacity in winning the ball and playing it to Jackson who crossed and the shot was saved by Martinez.

30 Nov 2025 16:22:06
Thought we were quite good today, they’ve gone 3rd I think and it took a worldie to score and a couple of worldie saves plus a dodgy ish var decision to stop us scoring, however once we went behind we lost all creativity as per usual.

30 Nov 2025 16:24:36
Yes much better today. Martinez really saved The Vile today. Arias though simply not good enough. Cuhna's replacement? Not a chance. He's light years away from Cuhna's ability.
Chirewa ( I guess he's keen and certainly puts himself about), but needless fouls.

We do need to be a lot more aggressive going forward though. Too many times we broke and then looked to pass sideways then backwards again. Obviously frustrated that we lost, but pleased with the players response.

30 Nov 2025 16:37:34
Arias is actually worse than hwang.poor guy.let him go back to brazil.whybthe hell keep him on till 88min when we need a goal.question the subs today.looks like wer havin a look at the squad ready for nxt ssn in the championship.can see us setting all kind of records thatl never be broken.including not winning a single game.in which will be over a full ssn

30 Nov 2025 18:00:17
Not to mention there was a foul on Gomes in build up to their goal and at the time of them scoring we was down to 10 men temporaly.
Much better performance seemed to be a togetherness, I think was it Totti who said "things used to get brushed under the carpet but all that is sorted now"
Which indicates Vitor may have been toxic.

01 Dec 2025 05:34:14
Rated, agree I thought the the way we played yesterday was better.
My take on recent events is:
1. Pereria submits transfer "wish list"
2. Shi let's Hobbs go and re-structures with himself Head of Football
3. He procrastinates over targets, many then missed
4. Summer pre-season poor, results were dreadful, no new signings.
5. Manager frustrated, then panic buys, which the manager is not happy about.


6. Effectively our preseason is the first few games of the season as Pereria trys to find best player options.
7. Pereria (like those before) has enough of Shi and it felt like he went on strike to engineer his exit (no credit to him)
8. Shi delays too long before sacking him and now we are nailed on for relegation.
I just find it difficult to understand Fosun leaving Shi insitu.

30 Nov 2025 16:18:28
I thought we were better today, not exactly exciting but at least we competed. A few more chances created, would have kept Bellegarde on rather than Arias. No Hwang or Munetsi which is an improvement and Mane came on. Makes you wonder if Krejci is really injured, think we have already paid for Lopez so he must be injured.


Arias unfortunately is nowhere near as good as Cunha, stating obvious.
Important now that we keep similar side moving forward, Krejci, if he is allowed to play comes back in and I would still like to see more of Lopez.

30 Nov 2025 16:57:00
Possibly not being risked Banksy due to Africa's cup over Xmas, apparently we'll be losing five players for it. We'll be needing santi kreicji at the back and kreicji is the 20 game I think before Fosun have to stump up.


Lopez is stranger though I'd have thought he'd have been before Chirowa and mane, so maybe injury. Hopefully Doc will be back soon too.
Roll on Jan when we might get some quicker thinking going forward.

30 Nov 2025 17:03:54
Inability to play a ball over a player to “in oceans of space wing backs” is beyond belief. Gomes and Andre playing tippy tippy football in our own half is asking for trouble. We have the fastest player in Prem but fail to use him as much as we should.

We must have someone who can play that Coady/Neves cross field ball. Why play with high wing backs if you don’t use the them. Looked far more organised defensively than under previous manager.

01 Dec 2025 09:29:36
Didn't we have someone who could play a good crossball? Then loaned him to the bluenoses.

30 Nov 2025 15:00:59
Mysterious injuries of lopez and kretchi

30 Nov 2025 14:06:04
Again maybe contracts and time played may have a part of it simonandlaura but we're improved a little still too slow in getting forward. Jackson should be used in the right more in 2nd half get the ball behind and give larsen the opportunity.

30 Nov 2025 15:56:40
Lack of wingers is killing us. Ended up with three so called strikers on the pitch and nobody to cross the ball. Ait Nouri and Semedo are badly missed too. No one like Cunha too to provide that bit of quality. Doesn't bode well for rest of season, mission impossible.

30 Nov 2025 14:58:37
Played very well first half; need more of the same second half. Martinez had to be at his best.

30 Nov 2025 15:02:38
We just don’t have enough creativity in the team. Second half we just stayed defensive. We had them every time on the right and just did not test them. So frustrating.

30 Nov 2025 15:37:56
Totally agree VB, when we had chances martinez made his luck count, but we are just so slow in making choices, there's no dynamism in the team, no one carrying forward.
Was abit disappointed with the performance although it showed some encouraging signs.

Forest could be our turning point at home wed, if we don't pick up our win then it's not coming before Jan methinks. Its a chore watching this days.