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03 Feb 2026 10:18:37
Morning all, only JSL leaves as far as I know, some will say he left in the summer so £48M seems a good price to me.
I am not that familiar with the quality of the 2 we have brought in, however in the position we are to get anyone in is a surprise.
Time will tell if they are good signings, I am sure there will be plenty more outgoings in the summer.
What is everyone else’s opinion?
1.) 03 Feb 2026 12:01:41
Banksy
Hard to be critical.
I would have liked more of the dross out - especially if Wolves can get such good prices. This would have helped with the early rehabilitation of the financial position and both prepare for the summer dealings and maybe even allow Wolves to keep some of the better players if possible this summer.
But to get £43m + for Larsen is a really good sale - regardless of what he does at Palace - as he was not much more than a training cone at Wolves .
The 2 boys coming in are very different.
Armstrong is a proven quality Champ player who is simply not enough for the Prem.
He is an ideal short term signing. If Wolves fail next season he should be fairly easy to move on to more ambitious teams albeit it is unlikely that as he moves out of his prime over the next year or so there will be any profit in the sale.
Angel Gomes however is a strange one. A full international only 2 years ago but now struggling to hold a place at Marseille and available for pennies?
He is also willing to come to Wolves where he will almost certainly be playing Champ football next year.
He is either a complete steal and will be brilliant for the club or he is a reclamation project with some risk attached due to his likely high, (Champ level), wage contract.
PS I don't buy the flip argument nor do I believe the parallel argument he is "putting himself in the shop window".
It somewhat incredibly would appear he is resigned to playing in the Champ with Wolves.
2.) 03 Feb 2026 12:10:34
Larsen had his head turned by Newcastle and felt he was better than wolves well we will see. On the incoming players Armstrong proven at the championship level so could well prove a good acquisition, Gomes if he is a shadow of others we have taken with man Utd history (Ince, irwin, Ebanks blake) then we will not be disappointed.
As for Agbadou he may still go as window does not close in Turkey until the 6th
3.) 03 Feb 2026 12:51:56
Transfer window average thought Wolves might have got a couple more in they did try with Che Adams bid rejected. I would try again in the summer window plus reports Wolves tried to sign a right back Rooij got knocked back. Also Forest tried to sign Wolfe for 14mill Wolves knocked that back lot of work to do in the summer fingers crossed straight back up.
4.) 03 Feb 2026 17:20:08
Keeping some of our better players was good considering a lot of people thought they would be gone. Not too much disruption in the team still gives us the slimmest of chances. I think the loans out were a good idea, both to help keep value (Munetsi) and get experience (Lopez). Also nice to see some players with prem experience and homegrown come in.
Surprised more people haven’t said anything regarding that seeing as it was a big gripe. Haven’t heard any guff either, other than Adam’s not getting over the line but that seems to be due to Torino not finding a replacement.
02 Feb 2026 10:01:44
If the signings go through I am surprised, thought it would just be sales at the last minute and then the usual excuses.
Angel, I think is a decent player, not seen that much of him but a good signing I think.
They must be confident that JSL will be sold.
13 Jan 2026 11:39:43
Would be sad to see Joao go, however from his side I would understand, if he is to leave, hopefully it will not be until the summer.
What are people’s thoughts, can we beat Newcastle?
1.) 13 Jan 2026 12:47:55
I think we can and we could get a run going the next 4 league games. One game at a time mind. But the aim must be to get within 9 points of Forest before the Forest game
I just want the club to bring two forwards (Pace!), a rwb and a cb.
I would sell Wolfe and Larsen.
I like the idea of McAtee coming in and freeing up space in the squad.
2.) 13 Jan 2026 12:48:07
Yes Newcastles away record is not that good Wolves play the way they have in the last 3-4 games could get a win.
3.) 13 Jan 2026 14:44:24
Agree DMac and Madman time is now for another 3 points and a good run. I am still not giving up hope just yet, would be good for a club to lose points for breaching rules about now. Think all we can do is try and win as many games as possible and see what happens.
Positive results and performances can only help and finish the season on a high for a change even if we are relegated.
4.) 13 Jan 2026 18:58:19
Madman, I agree with you on selling Larsen if we get the right money. This will allow us to buy a striker ready for an assault on the Championship next season as well as adding to the midfield once the inevitable Joao Gomes move happens. If not, we know we've got a decent player who knows how to score. Rob Edwards just needs to work out how to get tge best out if him.
I would keep Wolfe as he isn't on big wages, won't command a big fee and actually looks good going forward.
29 Nov 2025 09:36:20
Seen rumours, tomorrow we are playing with JSL up front in a 541 formation. Back 5 of Wolfe, Toti, Agbadou, Mosquera, Jackson, then Andre, Joao, Krejci, Bellegarde.
What are people’s thoughts on this, if true?
1.) 29 Nov 2025 09:42:48
Following on from above, I hoped I would never see Toti, Mosquera and Agbadou play together again after a few nightmares earlier in season.
2.) 29 Nov 2025 10:09:25
Good, as long as Little Rocket Man (Hwang) isn't playing.
3.) 29 Nov 2025 12:18:17
Bet he is on the bench!
4.) 29 Nov 2025 12:35:59
He be on at some stage.
5.) 29 Nov 2025 13:52:45
He has to play at some stage, part of the contract with Asian market. Be better playing with 10 men. If Rob goes along with that what's the point? Hope I'm wrong but I have a feeling Villa are going to give us a hiding .
6.) 29 Nov 2025 14:11:12
I think its pure stupidity to reveal the line up and formation more than 24 hours in advance so the opposition can work on a gameplay to nullify us.
7.) 29 Nov 2025 16:25:40
Why drop our second best cb s.Bueno?
8.) 29 Nov 2025 17:44:58
PLEASE no Bellegarde and DEFINITELY no Hwang even on the bench!
9.) 30 Nov 2025 12:18:29
Well the line ups are out. If I was Emery, my instructions would be simple. Put Toti under pressure as he is the one who will 100% make a mistake and force his fellow defenders out of position.
This will be an easy 4-0 win for Villa.
10.) 30 Nov 2025 12:24:19
No Krejci in the squad but Toti IN and captain?
Krejci isn't injured so what is going on?
07 Nov 2025 15:24:34
Rob Edwards now 1/5, seems likely, don’t think bookies are normally this much out. Refreshing to hear we may have 3 academy players on the bench for Chelsea, long overdue young players actually getting into the team. Everyone will get behind Edwards if it does happen.
1.) 08 Nov 2025 00:36:13
Is he really the best choice?
2.) 08 Nov 2025 08:43:16
To be perfectly honest he may be our only choice.
3.) 08 Nov 2025 10:56:09
A manager that got relegated at Luton sacked at Watford just what we need to keep us in the Prem
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17 Mar 2026 07:37:57
Only seen highlights, but looks like we played well. Poor goals conceded, unfortunately, but to score 2 away at Brentford this season is good going.
Maybe we can trust in Rob after all, keep it going please for rest of season. ?
1.) 17 Mar 2026 10:59:20
A good point away against a team in 7th place. Rob has clearly turned the tide. He took over an unfit, demoralised shambles of a squad. Rome wasn't built in a day. Since the start of the year, his PL stats are: played 12, points 14.
Over a whole season, that equals 44 points and safety. This bodes well for the Championship if Rob is given the opportunity and support.
2.) 17 Mar 2026 15:21:45
Deep, excellent post.
However, sadly, the punishment for being relegated, which, as you say, is almost entirely self inflicted and totally baffling, is that you have to hand over most, if not all, of your good players, and for peanuts.
The rumoured price for the best player, ok not everybody on here rates him, but in my view he is a top 4 calibre player, Gomes J, is a pathetic £30 -40m!
Consequently, next season's side will be nothing like the side currently playing.
Thus, whilst the current side, as you say, might be a lower mid-table Prem side, and probably a v good bet to do very well in the Championship, the team Wolves are able to put out after handing over the better players is far from certain to be near the top of the Championship!
Thanks, Jeff!
3.) 17 Mar 2026 16:02:28
Watched most of the second half. We looked good at times, unlucky hitting the bar and post.
4.) 17 Mar 2026 16:23:36
A good point, Future. All players will take a dramatic pay cut and their values will inevitably drop. Hopefully, Shi 2 will insist that, as players are under contract and the club are not under pressure financially to sell (his words a few months ago), then no one will be sold on the cheap.
Personally, I don't see it as Fosun have run the club over the last few seasons and done nothing but sell us fans short. The squad will be very different come August, so although this squad are now producing, will next season?
5.) 17 Mar 2026 17:19:31
Future, it is of course a crying shame that Fosun and Jeff have squandered our PL status. I also blame Vito Pereira, whatever was he thinking in the transfer window last summer? He inherited a team with some exceptional players and yet was acquiescent in selling those players without adequate replacements.
He should have raised merry hell instead. We gave him too much credit for saving us from relegation in the prior season, but that was no big deal with the quality we had then, was it? Obviously a 'yes man'. I hope he takes Forest down.
6.) 17 Mar 2026 23:02:11
Deep, once again, an excellent post.
To be fair to Vitor, he made it clear he was totally and utterly pee'd off by Jeff and wanted out, but Jeff wouldn't pay him to go, so he stayed.
However, only in body - bit like several of the players - traffic cone, I'm looking at you!
Disgraceful and disrespectful behaviour by all concerned, showing once again what a toxic mess Wolves have/had become under Jeff.
What I can't understand is how a massive multi-billion company like Fosun can have allowed such mismanagement of a not insignificant business for so long?
How did they fail to see what was screamingly obvious in the accounts, for those that read accounts, and on the pitch, for those that can read football pitches, and in the league table for those that can merely read!
15 Mar 2026 18:50:24
The way results have gone, even Leeds could go down. They are on 32 points. Thought they were well clear but not now. Forest, Spurs and West Ham all drawing.
15 Mar 2026 11:53:04
Seems to me that Nuno will keep West Ham up, either Spurs or Forest to go for me. Would love for us to miraculously stay up and they both go. Realise not going to happen, aim should be to win as many games as possible and hope we can catch Burnley.
Positive step from Shi 2, maybe there are plans in place after all, we will see.
1.) 15 Mar 2026 13:30:40.
Let's hope so, Banksy, otherwise Fosun seriously need to do one. Maybe they have some pride after all, and hopefully Shi 2 knows his job better than Shi 1.
I realise that we will lose even more players in the Summer, but what concerns me is the rebuild.
Do we have the necessary inhouse recruitment capability, as they won't have the 'pull' of the Premier League to rely on this time.
2.) 15 Mar 2026 15:05:22
Let's see what happens when the season is over. Personally, I'm 95 percent about renewal at the moment, mainly because I'm not convinced with RE, not happy with the two signings that he's made as yet. Can't see us finishing in the playoffs, let alone automatically being promoted. Hope I'm wrong, but we have to see if the summer signings are any better.
3.) 15 Mar 2026 15:33:43
I meant 95 percent against renewal.
13 Mar 2026 16:52:47
Still want results to go our way this weekend even though it is just about closing the gap. That is of course in the hope we can get something on Monday. ??
09 Mar 2026 08:55:33
Looking at both this site and others, opinion on Rob is definitely split. People saying they also can’t see any plan in our playing style, just looking to contain the opposition and limit their chances.
As we have previously discussed, in my opinion I am still not convinced. Would love him to stay and be a success. Just not sure at the moment.
Last few games I guess will decide. If we manage to win a few and perform reasonably well, he stays; perform poorly and hardly win any, they should replace him.
Doubtful Shi 2 has even contemplated removing Rob regardless of results, anyway.
I just hope we can finish our dismal season in a positive way. ??
1.) 09 Mar 2026 11:28:11
It's not just Rob and the team doing badly, it seems to run right through the club. The Under-21s and Under-18s both just got hammered. They produce nothing to go on to our first team, and it seems to me it may be that coaching is substandard.
They are where you need good coaches to develop these lads properly. We are not a buying club now, so it is important we get the best of these young lads.
2.) 09 Mar 2026 11:48:40
Banksy, will Fosun 'back' the manager, whoever he is, going forward? We are, barring a miracle, down, so do they have a plan to bring us back up to this level?
That, of course, ties into your question about RE: is he good enough. In the Prem, I'm not so sure, but maybe, with the right players, he could be.
Is he good enough for the Championship? Probably, but again he will need the right players to succeed.
Fosun can make or break any manager with their transfer policies, but for now, at least, RE probably ticks their boxes.
3.) 09 Mar 2026 11:55:37
With the introduction of Mane into the first team, I was hoping for more, Ray389. Unfortunately, this seems unlikely. Fosun have a plan, Long. Doubtful, mate, unless it makes them money.
4.) 09 Mar 2026 16:51:46
Look at the quality of what they're working with. Managers and coaches have an impossible task. What they'll have after the close season and another window doesn't bear thinking about.
5.) 09 Mar 2026 20:58:28
Ray389, the Women's team don't seem to have a problem. Just saying.
6.) 10 Mar 2026 13:59:53
That's true, perhaps it's down to their coach!!
13 Mar 2026 16:50:39
I like R. Gomes and think he is one we should definitely try and keep. Still not sure what his best position is, though. Joao, I guess, will go, unfortunately.
14 Feb 2026 20:49:24
I agree DMac ?
14 Feb 2026 17:21:24
If we were a normal well run club I think he would be better to stay with us, think he needs a rest now to be honest.
15 Jan 2026 17:58:43
Bit surprised but good news.
13 Jan 2026 14:44:24
Agree DMac and Madman time is now for another 3 points and a good run. I am still not giving up hope just yet, would be good for a club to lose points for breaching rules about now. Think all we can do is try and win as many games as possible and see what happens.
Positive results and performances can only help and finish the season on a high for a change even if we are relegated.
09 Mar 2026 11:55:37
With the introduction of Mane into the first team, I was hoping for more, Ray389. Unfortunately, this seems unlikely. Fosun have a plan, Long. Doubtful, mate, unless it makes them money.
08 Mar 2026 12:32:16
I agree, B Hill and Long. I sometimes watch us and think I don't see or understand the plan of attack. For a time, it was give the ball to Mane; he will create, and lately maybe exploit the pace of Jackson, however I am not sure, as once or twice a game doesn't really seem like a plan. I expected and hoped 2nd half v Liverpool we would have attacked more with a plan, maybe they prevented this, but surely 1st half we could have executed some plan a little better.
Angel Gomes, at least from what I have seen, hasn't really offered anything better than we already have, appreciate it is another midfielder that we needed so he fills a gap.
In some games I think we have improved, and then others we still seem poor. I maintain what I have posted before, in my opinion, the team is better than bottom of the league, questions therefore have to be asked on Rob's abilities.
I heard a commentator say that Wolves' plans for life in the Championship are well underway, are they sure, given recent history we are never prepared.
27 Feb 2026 19:44:35
I don't get it either, Prestonwolf. Someone said he doesn't perform well in training, but I think it matters more in matches rather than training. I understand a little if he is very poor in training; however, he seems a good lad who always gives everything.
24 Feb 2026 18:39:41
I know what you mean, Long, frustrating and depressing, comes and goes with me. Thought Armstrong was a little fella, B Hill, then would be little strides. ?
24 Feb 2026 17:23:00
Just seen Rob said big strides forward in the performance v Palace, and we were excellent with the ball. I think I must have been watching something else. We were ok, that's about it; maybe he is trying to improve confidence.