26 Jun 2026 17:51:12
Why do we always set our players at low transfer prices, H Bueno has a price set at £15 million. I would of expected at least £20 million, young and versatile.
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26 Jun 2026 16:49:21
Harvey Elliott.. My mistake.
So, the lad was on loan from Liverpool to Villa. I cannot understand that one at all.
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26 Jun 2026 17:49:10
I would take Elliot on loan anytime with obligation to buy 25mill if promoted. Been in Championship before being loaned to Sheff United.
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{Ed001's Note - Blackburn, he spent a season on loan at Rovers.}
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26 Jun 2026 20:48:16
Sorry Edoo1, my mistake. Still think good enough for Wolves.
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{Ed001's Note - no worries mate, just my pedantry cutting in.}
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26 Jun 2026 22:10:40
Seems to be the new 'in word' for Ed001, Bully's boy II and Whataload.
I need to check my dictionary! 😂
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26 Jun 2026 12:01:05
Arsenal have had some fine French players who have done really well. Arsene Wenger virtually had a side of all foreign players. Look what they won.
With the right coaching maybe our glory days may return.
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26 Jun 2026 15:37:17
If the glory days are to return, Moby, it may be worth improving the stadium now so that we are ready for them next time?
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26 Jun 2026 07:39:02
{Ed's Note - BlueNose1878 has posted a new article entitled, Why Promise David Could Suit Everton
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26 Jun 2026 16:53:37
I watched a few Ligue 1 games on the TV last season, and it's a high standard. I think some of these folks who talk about the EPL being the best league, need to give their heads a wobble.
Been hearing it since 1992. It may have been, but I think it's open to debate. It's more like an expensive slot machine now, you put your money in... and in... and in... and you don't get much back.
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25 Jun 2026 21:21:06
Transfers: why haven't Wolves started buying? Not sure, maybe Wolves need to sell first. Which, to me, is a bit confusing. In Jan transfer window Wolves sold 3 players for 80mill. Agbadou, JLS and Arias.
They then spent 7mill on Armstrong, so that leaves 73mill, plus 49mill parachute payment this season. So maybe Cesar wants to have a look to see who wants to go and who wants to stay. I could be wrong. Any ideas.
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25 Jun 2026 23:23:55
Because there is a World Cup on. Unless we want to spend 130m on players like Anderson to Coty, not many others are buying yet. We have brought two great people in. Jackson was having talks with the new gaffer, and I'm sure we will start to see movement next week, hopefully.
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26 Jun 2026 00:27:39
We have seven weeks to build a team with a new head coach who has no Championship experience. Seven weeks. All of the season tickets are sold and now the club is reverting to type. Those expecting us to hit the ground running and to be challenging at the top end of the table may need to think again.
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26 Jun 2026 09:06:06
But WSD Fosun have agreed to help the Club any way they can. I know it's true because I read it in one of their press releases. 🙄
You're surely not suggesting that the usual encouraging pre season promises coming from the club are just designed to sell memberships and season tickets. 😲
I know some seem to view ST sell outs as some kind of badge of honour, but just for context, West Ham have sold 35K and expect to sell 40K before the season starts.
Joking aside, I always thought I'd give it until the season starts before making any judgments on the 'we will get our transfer business done early' comments, but I thought they'd said they had numerous deals lined up.
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26 Jun 2026 11:31:04
There will either be a flurry of activity during a short period, starting July 1st, or it will be the usual Wolves s***show where everyone comes in too late or not at all. Depressingly, I fear it will be the latter.
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26 Jun 2026 12:13:08
Wait... So let me get this straight... You lot wanted Rob gone and expected transfers to still be done quick time? Are... are you lot being serious? So what... you don't want the manager to have any say over what players he wants? You also want them to try to talk to players whilst they are on holiday or at the World Cup?
7 weeks...
yes, we know. Pretty sure we got Neves in the second week of July. Jota was the last week of July.
Funny how 7 weeks wasn't a problem then...
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26 Jun 2026 12:15:19
DMac, I don't want to upset Blacksford, but it is not as simple as players bought and players sold.
If you sell your house, the first thing you have to do is pay off the mortgage.
Wolves have a £100m loan from a hedge fund that is secured on the parachute payment, so it is likely that either that or the transfer revenues received may have to be used to pay down the debt. No one is lending a Championship side £100m!
The second thing you have to do is pay your bills. If you are living well beyond your means, it is likely that a fair chunk of the house sale proceeds might be needed to pay ongoing bills - food, car, utilities etc etc.
Wolves have been living well beyond their means for years - lost £132m last year alone!
So you may find that, after paying all of this, you don't have enough left to buy the new house you want.
Indeed, you may have to wait until you receive funds from another source - for some the bank of Mum and Dad - (Fosun aren't likely to be as generous as your parents!) or the sale of other assets.
Sadly, the idea that Wolves, as a large, well supported, ex-Premier League side, will be a rich club in the Championship is a myth.
Wolves have major financial challenges, and reducing costs massively is essential if they are to pass the new SCR tests.
Hence my comments on how good the signings of Trippier and Raul are, and how further frees - especially of players that are far better than the players they replace - would be no bad thing!
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26 Jun 2026 12:24:47
A welcome bit of realism, Tfig. Many clubs will have similar issues, but we can't all sell first. With new financial rules, buying players gets a bigger challenge for most clubs other than the big boys.
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26 Jun 2026 13:43:34
Tfiog3, I understand that, but I don't know the ins and outs of Wolves finances, that's why I put on and that Cesar would want a chat. But, with taking so much money in, there must be some left for transfers, plus who Wolves sell.
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25 Jun 2026 12:18:23
Our first game is Blackburn home, then second is Preston Away.
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25 Jun 2026 13:27:12
I remember Blackburn at home, last match of season, relegation decider, May 2011, I think. Either one of us could have gone down instead of Birmingham. Then news came through that Birmingham were losing at Spurs, and the players at the Mol were getting signals from the managers to the effect that a draw would save us both.
We started to pat the ball to Blackburn and back. Ref got incensed, and threatened to call the match off as nobody was trying to win or lose! Not surprisingly, the match ended in a draw and we both survived. At least that's how I remember it. A dodgy result though.
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25 Jun 2026 19:17:01
I was at that game as well, Deep. It was only the last 15-20mins when they actually started just passing it about. I vividly remember Steve Kean screaming at both teams to just sit on the draw! Happy days indeed. 👍
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26 Jun 2026 07:21:23
Both wrong... Wolves 2 Blackburn 3.
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26 Jun 2026 09:57:48
You're right, Sevlow, it was a defeat, but it felt like a victory. At 3-1 down, we needed a goal, and Stephen Hunt scored it, and we cheated relegation on goal difference. If we had kept our foot on the pedal in the closing minutes, and scored again, Blackburn might have gone down. At 2-3, both managers were happy. Impromptu match-fixing in reality!!!
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25 Jun 2026 11:23:21
Fixtures out soon
Give us the baggies at home 1st.
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25 Jun 2026 12:12:42
Blackburn at home at 20.00 on Friday.
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24 Jun 2026 19:05:14
Hardly a stampede for our summer signin……. Same old?
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24 Jun 2026 19:42:36
I've heard it's reported that the whole program is being held up because of the delays in the sale of just one player, Joao Gomes. Why would that be the case if true?
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24 Jun 2026 21:57:07
I suspect Long, because it's hard to spend money that we don't actually have. I think the Gomes money was likely earmarked for contributing towards Cesar's transfer budget. The cynic in me also wonders if this is why we have suddenly put a low price tag on Mane.
Let's be honest, we don't have a lot of assets worth big money. With Andre tied down, that pretty much leaves Gomes and Mane.
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24 Jun 2026 23:22:33
Absolutely Bully's, I suspected our new CEO may want to rescue Wolves from the downward spiral, but everything will have to be funded by the Club, as I doubt Fosun's requirement for Wolves to be self financing remains unchanged. As for Mane, the fact he's been priced to sell confirms this, imo.
As I've posted before, my concerns are that building a team to get promoted is one thing. But what happens then? If Fosun hasn't changed their ways, that's when we'll see it. In which case, it will be a case of 'ok lads back on your heads' and get ready for more struggles in the Prem, or worse.
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24 Jun 2026 23:36:18
BB, as usual, a sensible post grounded in reality.
I think posters need to smell the coffee, and realise that a few free transfers, ironically of players who are markedly better than the players currently at the club, are not "below" the club now.
Stability is required after several years of self-induced catastrophic collapse, and a few high quality (if old) pros will bring that in the short term. Without them, Wolves could easily be looking to rebuild from Div 1 next summer
I love the optimism of some, but it's going to be a long and painful summer trying to exit the various overpriced, over-paid, but not very good players that currently fill the squad and replace them with substantially (wages and amort) cheaper, but better players!
With the new SCR coming into effect this year, Wolves simply have to exit a number of them, albeit it will be at not insignificant losses that, ironically, are no longer going to be relevant with the demise of PSR.
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25 Jun 2026 08:45:53
It's that time of year again, where all the speculation abounds again. tfig, with all his sermons on finances, if you're that good, mate, why aren't you CEO of finances for Fosun? Who knows where the club would be with your expertise.
As for signings, maybe the targets are enjoying a break and pondering their decisions. Let's wait and see before knocking what is or what isn't being done.
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25 Jun 2026 10:34:40
The market is always slow outside the big 6 when a World Cup is on. It might be more stagnant at the moment, with extra players involved. 42 squads of 25 players each are a lot of footballers.
We will still need to sell to bring players in, though.
The only thing the owners could fund is infrastructure, otherwise the club have to be sustainable with the playing squad whether the owners want to or not.
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25 Jun 2026 11:12:22
I think the fact players are on holidays and at the World Cup might be affecting things. Also, the transfer plan will have changed now there is a manager change.
Personally, I don't think it matters, as I don't think the new manager has the experience or ability for the Championship.
I just have the feeling the cycle is going to continue, and we will have a new manager by New Year.
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25 Jun 2026 11:49:46
Give the guy a chance. There's not a ball been kicked in anger yet, and he's being written off. Look what Brighton and Bournemouth did with unknown managers.
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24 Jun 2026 19:03:27
O’Neill will hopefully take his favourite Toti Gomes to Ipswich. 🤞
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25 Jun 2026 13:13:15
And Hwang.
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24 Jun 2026 11:13:38
Fosun have reportedly put a prove tag of 30 Mil on Mateus Mane.
Thoughts?
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24 Jun 2026 12:13:54
Even though he's very young, that does leave the door ajar a bit for a sale, imo.
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24 Jun 2026 15:30:56
Needs to be double that, but I would keep him, get an experienced midfielder in, and let him learn from him and Raul.
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24 Jun 2026 15:39:43
Will they never learn!!
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24 Jun 2026 19:11:23
Agree, Phimans, but only ££££'s register with Fosun, whether Jeff or Nathan... Same objective, change the name, game's the same, nothing changes.
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24 Jun 2026 23:33:15
Blackbirds, Simple answer... No.
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25 Jun 2026 11:13:48
He is not in the new manager's plans. He probably wants out, thinking he will be replaced.
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