VAR doesn’t just expose bad decisions, it shines a light on the chronic lack of common sense amongst officials.
Bellegarde did push Lockyer away with his boot after the Luton man deliberately entangled himself with our midfielder to encourage a response. But a replay should have been enough to show that Lockyer bought it and the contact itself was minimal. A yellow would have been sufficient.
Some might disagree on that point but the penalty simply wasn’t a penalty. Maybe the ref didn’t see the ball cannoned of João Gomes’ leg before hitting his hand, but the man watching it in slo-mo certainly did, so why wasn’t it overturned?
Any team would find decisions like that maddening, but Wolves simply can’t afford the injustice.
We were second best before and after being reduced to 10 men and that is something Gary O’Neil and his players have to answer for with no shots on goal underlining a desperately poor first half.
Even with a man less, I would have hoped we’d create more after the break but a fine Neto solo goal and a Neto cross that was nearly prodded in aside, we did nothing.
Pedro was excellent again but those around him aren’t pulling their weight.
I don’t know what Kalajdzik needs to do to get some minutes on the pitch but his continued omission is baffling with Wolves unable to hold the ball in the attacking third.
Even today I thought he was a viable option with 10 men but it was clear from the manager’s changes that the performance became about not losing the game.
I thought Toti and Doherty were sensible introductions at the break but after Luton’s equaliser every substitution just forced us back and allowed Luton to get balls into the penalty area. Why not retain at least some presence as an attacking force?
Credit to the lads for defending their own box well throughout. They stood up to that aspect of the challenge a lot better than I thought they would.
Sa was jittery though, almost contriving to give a goal away following a miscommunication with Dawson and for the second week running it was his fast release to try and start a counter that resulted in the opposition getting a goal. I don’t subscribe to the idea he’s a bad keeper but he does need to steady the ship and, like the referees, start making smarter decisions.
Things are really desperate if Luton are able to stuff more into a brown envelope to stockley park than us. The ref will be gretting a dressing down but really for both the ref and the pen it’s VAR that are the most appalling. On both decisions in the heat of the moment you can see why ref made the decision but the whole point of video refs was to take the time to make a decision. How it was a pen and a straight red I will never know.
That said we were awful, GON is looking increasingly idiotic by leaving out our only striker.
So we should have 7 points and be near 10th place.
Totally agree. Sasa needs to start in my opinion. Cunha behind or at the top of a midfield diamond, he’s not a No.9. It’s baffling how bad we are and only a world class manager could get something from this group and GON isn’t that. We’re relying on 3 teams being worse than us. It’s a sad situation. Under Nuno I’d be confident of being able to get a result against City but we’ll get battered. Then Villa. If it’s two defeats he has to go and use tube international break to get someone else in. Problem is Fosun have lost interest and want to sell.
Without doubt a dreadful performance. I’m not on the GON must go bandwagon yet because we are showing some signs of attacking promise, however I do not understand why none of the previous managers have not addressed the obvious striker problem.it is embarrassing because its been a problem for at least 3 seasons and yet nothing immediate has happened, everyone signed is either for the future or injured. Oh, and max kilman is not a captain. This team will struggle to stay up.
With the consummate ease that the current officials are able to singlehandedly suppress our ability to operate fairly and they can hide in the shadows of impunity….must border on criminal. How much money does it cost us at seasons end. It must be conspiratorial. Who gains from their ineptitude because we all know who doesn’t
Sa’s shot blocking is very good. Keeps us in games sometimes. But, needs to fix that distribution.
Here’s the thing. We looked bad. And we should have won. That happens sometimes. You win despite a bad performance. Luton is a premier league team bc they earned it. Regardless of how we played – the bad call took two points from Wolves.
So, my point (if I have one)…if we really are going to be in a season long relegation battle, then it makes sense that, when we play fellow relegation candidates, our goal would be 3 points at home and one on the road. Not a horrible result from that point of view.
But….the refs took away two points for sure.
The red card and the penalty were atrocious decisions which yet again went against us. But it`s surely essential that we look beyond these incidents.
There can be no argument that today we just very poor. Luton outbattled us, and even when we had a full complement on the field, deserved to have been ahead. We were second best to the team regarded as being the worst in the league. Apart from Neto`s magnificent strike there were few positives to take away from this game
I am increasingly concerned that GON is out of his depth at this level. The team today again appeared unbalanced, with individuals seeming not to understand the roles required of them.
But worst of all is the fact that no attempt is being made to overcome our longstanding standing issue of the lack of a serious cutting edge. Who does GON think will score goals ? Cunha is not a goal scorer, but GON continues to select him in the key central striker position. How can he possibly leave Sasa sitting on the bench when he appears to be the only striker in the squad who can be a focal point with the ability to worry defenders, and to score ? What has he got to do to be given a chance?
How sad it is to reflect on the fact that somehow we let go a coach who had performed miracles last season just to keep us up, and now we face a long season of contrition with a novice in charge, and where it is increasingly obvious that our survival depends on there being three worse teams than us in the league. We have fallen a very long way since the heady days of Nuno. !!
I agree Mike – why O’Neill keeps playing Cunha as our CF is beyond belief – he’s no way a goal threat and never will be – what on Earth must Sasa be thinking – if he was on the pitch at the time, he would have buried the Neto cross – which Lemina missed to make it 2-0 thoroughly undeserved – but fact !
p.s : Also bit worried reading Fabio Silva’s little piece this week about ‘ the only reason he stayed at Wolves ‘ was Hobbs persuaded him to and no doubt why he got the No 9 shirt – which concerns me O’Neill is in Hobbs pocket – if Silva came on today instead of Sasi – I would be worried deeply worried !
Chris, did you also see that in his interview, that Silva referred to Shi as being ‘like a father” Is that a relationship that is healthy? I think not.
It smacks of favoritism, suggesting that Siva got the nine shirt not through ability, but rather because of Shi. There`s bound to be a lot of pressure on GON to play him even if he knows he`s not premier league standard
Shi called him a generational talent which shows how very little he knows about football ..Plainly Silva is not a PL striker but Shi will lose face if he admits it so he must remain when he should be sold for whatever we can get for him
Exactly – couldn’t agree more !!
He didn’t play him though and he only came on for half hour against Lpool so obs he is not bowing to any pressure from Shi which is absolute nonsense tbh, Silva did well on his loans last season, it’s a no brainer we would want to keep hold of him this season. Nothing is ever guaranteed though, take Nunes for instance, underwhelming all season, goes to City, plays out of his skin. At least Silva gives his all even if he doesn’t hit the heights we hoped he would. His attitude is exemplary.
Hey Hppy Claptrap, Silva did decently when on loan only because he was playing in nothing more than a division 1 standard in Belgium and a perhaps a championship league standard in Holland .
It`s obvious to the dumbest that he is not up to Premier league standard. Nor will he ever be. He`s with us only because he`s Shi`s blue eyed boy, and Shi will never admit that he paid way over the odds for a substandard player
We should take what we can get — which won`t be much — and move on
Haven’t seen any of the action but followed on a cross section of audio.
It seems clear that “we wuz robbed” by a very dodgy decision (again) and I fully expect a justified hue and cry from the Shi apologists who populate this site.
BUT
We need to examine the big picture.
Read the match stats. We scraped a draw against one of the worst teams ever to “grace” the PL for a start. Second to the mighty Luton on every line.
We are a club in total disarray bordering on a crisis which has been developing over 3+ years. The Fosun regime has completely lost its way. I compared the current situation with early 80’s under the Bhattis a while ago but I was wrong. It’s worse – at least the (albeit speculative, dodgy) Bhattis could claim the mitigation of lack of resources added to a history of neglect.
Most will know I am not Jeff Shi’s greatest fan. But he is only the front man for this Shanghai shanghai of of a once proud football club. Were their motives genuine back in 2016? Probably at least partially so. But their football based strategies which have evolved since indicate that there was always a multi faceted strand of interlinked commercial entities involving agents and associates moving “assets” around with WWFC at it’s core; 25 % ownership of Portugal’s largest bank is also probably useful.
Tonight we may well be standing on the edge of a precipice.
Fosun have gambled with the future of WWFC and are on the verge of abject failure. Their downscaled ambition of just about maintaining PL survival is foundering or more accurately blowing up in their faces. Panic buying to support this objective has led us into FFP issues.
We have a third rate manager who is probably as out of his depth as Sammy Chapman was all those years ago.
We have a mediocre at best squad of players many of whom see us, as did Nunes, as a stepping stone. Big contrast with the likes of Ruddy, Doc mark1, Boly, Cav. Captain Coady, Saiss, even Leo and of course the magnificent Raul who had the cause in their hearts. It makes you wonder if Nuno (yes another fiasco) succeeded in spite of rather than because of Fosun. And the debacle surrounding Lopetegui is unbelievable.
It gives me no pleasure to summarise that we’re in big, big trouble on every front. And it’s very possible that we’ll be back where we were when Fosun came in come next May.
Agree with every word PJB
We all know how many times we have been screwed over by VAR. Going back to Dendoncker at Leicester 2019. It is getting fuckin tiresome now. Howard Webb f**k off and stick your latest apology up your arse. NO Premier league game is easy. We can all say GON this and GON that. But TWO massive VAR already Man U and today. Instead of 4 points it’s 7. Fine margins. Wolves always on the end of it. Conspiracy ?
I said at the start Cheesey .. this totally inexperienced ref was out of his depth .. and John Brooks(VAR) even more so .:
Josh fuckin Smith just did not have a light today ..
that said .. it mattes not a monkeys cuss .. because this whole shambles of officialdom really is a mess …
CoD
I get as angry as you over the injustices we suffer and I don’t know whether you are right or wrong.
We all know the cartel get more decisions than “the others” but are we really treated unjustly compared to our equals? If you can back it up statistically then I can only think that we are singled out on “ethnic” grounds or that Chinese brown paper envelopes are A5 and others are using A4.
Come on PJB mate. You must have witnessed the never ending VAR rubbish against us. We never get a decision. We are always on the end of soft decisions. We actually get proper penalties that aren’t given. Other teams get half hearted shite like today. Given. It makes a massive difference when fine margins are on the line.
As you say fine lines if pen against Utd given and todays not given we would all be a lot happier and not overly criticising
Let us hope we get a turn of good fortune in the near future
The big 6 might have trophies but we’ve got wall full of personally signed apologies from mr Webb
VAR is a joke but we knew that already. Neto is getting back to his best. Other than that we are bang ordinary and GON needs to get a clear view on what his best starting line up is as the continued omission of Kaladjzic and the continuing selection of Semedo over Doherty is costing us. We are definitely relegation material, the only question is whether there are 3 teams worse than us and today’s performance puts even that in doubt.
Can see Neto going in January to the Arse nail probsbly
I can see him wanting 5o go if we don’t improve, not just us selling him
Yet another apology winging its way to WR1. This is really embarrassing for this set of officials, off with there heads and back to the National League north.
It’s not a joke anymore and don’t start me off on team selection.
The appalling referring aside, there were some dreadful performances by Wolves. Hwang and Cunha we’re completely anonymous. Semedo was at his absolute worst. Bellegarde struggled before his card. Neto was excellent as was Ait-Nouri. Lemina and Kilman were solid. But otherwise that was a really poor performance by far too many players.
Yeah but down to 10 men for 60/70 mins.. What do you expect. It is the premier league. It’s Luton away. Just makes me laugh how Luton get soft decisions. Can anyone explain to me a soft decision given to Wolves since 2018 because I can’t remember one.
Me neither … absolutely shit refereeing. It wasn’t a penalty or a sending off . VAR is a fucking joke
There’s an agenda with novice refs being given Wolves games ..
it’s not a coincidence either …
I’m of the opinion that the ‘beautiful game’ that Cloughie once described is corrupt to high heaven ..
why are refs so inept .. and more so why are VAR officials worse and totally lacking in what the rules are ..
I just begin to despair ..
With all due respect cheese, are you that blinkered? We were second best, by a long way, before Bellegarde got sent off. “It’s the Premier League”, what does that mean? “It’s Luton away”, yeah, not Man City!!!!
Passion mate .. that’s what courses through our veins .. whether we’re playing badly or fantastic… it’s the inconsistency of officialdom that is just a joke ..
Bad refs and VAR is starting to really bug me to the point of no return.
But we still have major problems.
What’s the matter with Sasa? 3 shots at goal is a tad measly too.
Not much to be said today, but well done to Neto and Kilman…
I agree almost verbatim with ‘Mike’ who posted at 19.13pm . To focus only on the appalling var decisions does us all a dis-favour.
Wolves lacked shape and structure, again, and are rapidly becoming a polarized team. Either attacking mob handed in a frenzy or scrabbling around desperately defending. No control is exercised in any way or form. Make no mistake , Luton were much the better team and with a decent striker would have beat us easily. We haven’t got the best squad and it’s unbalanced but, to a degree, this can be compensensated by hard work and organisation ….worryingly we don’t have that either. This needs sorting out…..and quickly
Yeah but if VAR did its job properly we would be on 7 points instead of 4. Regardless of all that stuff.
COD you`re right about the VAR inadequacies, — but it`s not just us. Many of the the teams at the bottom of the table suffer similarly, while the big boys are consistently favored.
To concentrate on this only obscures the fact that we have a crap team with a novice coach in charge who appears to be clueless in setting up a team to get a result.
Unless this changes PDQ we`re going to be in serious trouble — irrespective of VAR decisions
Let’s face it, we are no match for VAR. But they do seem like thoroughly decent chaps having that apology template primed and ready almost every week.
I’m am not signed up to the “GON out” club yet but even I was a little surprised that as a British coach, he didn’t select a more muck and bullets eleven for a place like K’worth Road.
The basic stats tell you all you need to know –
Shots – Luton 20 Wolves 3
Corners – Luton 10 Wolves 1
Fouls – Luton 12 Wolves 17
Cards – Luton 0 Wolves 2 yellows 1 red
Best 3 Wolves players apparently Neto, Docherty, Toti Gomes. The last 2 of those didn’t feature in the 1st Half. Our main ‘strikers’ or number 9s, Kalajdic and Silva didn’t get on at all!
All we needed to complete our sad day at the office was a novice ref and an inept VAR, though the Luton players clearly cajoled the ref into make those wrong decisions! Notes to HW – Refs to be instructed to remain neutral and avoid knee jerk decisions in all moments of the game. VAR to be scrapped!
Big changes to the team needed for the free hits against the Tractor Boys and Citeh and see who really wants it. Perhaps GON will discover a formula that gives us something to hang onto (like a point or three) against the Veelah.
I remember a similar hysterical reaction under J Lo to Forest away last season . Equally inept and useless. Podence got a late equaliser. It’s the premier league . It’s football.
Both teams had 3 shots on net.
Get over it. Never seen such a bunch of self entitled twats as on social media right now.
Out of order. If it doesn’t fit your view it doesn’t make it wrong.
Neither does it if fits your view.
I’m not calling people self entitled twats.
Watched the whole game dumb struck at how badly organised we were from the off considering that every pre match analysis told us how luton would play and it took gaz 30 minutes to counteract it by changing to 3 at the back after that the game changed and we got a foothold ..then the stupid sending off ..our bloke in a figure four leg lock pushed the geezer off with his foot and gets a red card ..over reaction from a young make a name for myself referee. why no yellow card for the other guy ???
The only conclusion can be that sasa is still crocked or gaz is a bloody idiot its got to be one or the other i am tending to think its the latter.
Cunha is totally inept at striker but decent behind we can all see it but not our manager so what the hell is going on ?
Ok we got a point at the worst club in the prem with ten men better than none i suppose but the never ending saga that is VAR is wearing very very thin and the injustices are simply nail scratchingly down a blackboard grinding us all down it really is so unfair and balancing on corrupt or at the very least an agenda against the only reason i can think of and thats chinese ownership explain why these decisions always go against us because i cant even when i take my gold and black specs off.
Howard webb apparently has got his in first before we all started screaming and said any hand above the head which is hit by the ball will be regarded as handball .
What he failed to say was if it cannoned off the players foot after being blasted at him from a yard away it wouldnt be hand ball unless of course it s a top 6 club.
Even the blessed garry lineker and that ref on sky said it was ridiculous but here we are yet again on the receiving end of a totally crap decision backed up by yet another crap VAR official.
Do you somtimes feel like throwing the towel in because i do !
New manager required before the whole things falls into the abyss !!!
Who would be a good replacement?
Julian !
Nuno?
Lopetegui?
Walter Zenga?
Solbaaken?
graham potter would do
Yea, agree with everything you say, as usual.
GON must be gone asap, clueless.
And we desperately need a leader on the pitch.
Just how bad do we have to be before Sasa gets a kick?
Everton are now starting to turn their season round. They’ve found an attacking forward line.
Our lads will be the most expensive team in the Championship next season, a bunch of young multi millionaires (maybe that’s the real problem).
Everton recruited Beto .He will make the difference
Come on. Give the bloke a chance. He’s only had 6 games. Fuckin hell.
That’s a total of ten as a Premier League manager….includes his time at Bournmouth….the guy hasn’t a fucking clue…not a Scubby fucking Doo.
Do you no what’s funny…………get this……?not even Jeff wanted him……yeah…he only wanted the current Luton manger Rob Edwards…..he was Jeff’s first choice but didn’t want a long drawn out battle to get him.
You really couldn’t make this shit up.
How do you know who Jeff wanted? Wasn’t he away in China at the time? I thought Hobbs was in the driving seat. I’d love to see the details of the hotline you appear to have to Molineux ‘s corridor of power.
I’ve not hot line……but that’s the word on the grape vine.
And do you really think…….Jeff would appoint as his first choice a guy who has managed a team all be it a Premier League team for only a handful of games……..if you do and you are right……then God help us because….. If it does got tits up Jeff cannot fall back on the excuse…..” He was our first choice or He was the only one available ”
Can you see Jeff admitting to that … On the last day of the season when relegation is confirmed …eer Jeff was Gary your first choice as manager……….Jeff……yeah well his record speaks for it’s self……fuck me wake up.
Grapevine? Ridiculous.
Where has this ‘handful’ appeared from? Even in Sandwell they don’t have anywhere near that amount of fingers. And I’d rather not fuck you thanks.
Ain’t got any towels left to throw in
HOWARD WEBB APOLOGY LEAGUE:
WOLVES 5
Everbody else 1 or 0.
I’m sorry but O’Neil is going to take us down……..the bloke is an amateur his tactics are Sunday League not even Bank’s Premier .
That first half was the worst I’ve ever seen a Wolves team set up……shocking no one knew what they were supposed to be doing Neto was moved three times, three different positions ridiculous absolutely ridiculous .
O’Neil is totally and utterly out of his depth his tactics if you can call them that his team selections and subs the guy hasn’t a clue the fact we got a pint was down to Neto and the footballing Gods…. and no it wasn’t a penalty ……but that and the shocking referee decicison and VAR are the least of our problems, the manger is the biggest one he just doesn’t have a clue…….no Sasha again……..WHY the guy must be so fucking frustrated even more than me.
O’ Neil has to go……..or we are going down…..mark my words.
The fact we came away with a point is nothing short of a miracle it certainly wasn’t anything to do with our pitiful excuse of a manager.
Massive over reaction as ever. Apparently Everton are now a slick cohesive unit after today. I remember after Forest away last season similar outpourings of dismay. Usually from the post 2017 crowd who know it all.
I’m no post 2017….. Im post 1970 an as usual you cannot admit when thing are going tits up………..you carry on telling yourself Gary’s a great manager whatever……..I tell it as I see it warts an all.
You keep on dreaming if that what gets you through the the day fair play.
I just think GON has been here a matter of a few weeks. Six games. Any fair minded person may think the bloke deserves a chance. I won’t support him forever if we are not showing any points return. But by the time we play Man City next week our first 3 home games have been against the premier league top 3. We have taken 4 points from 4 away from home. Which is acceptable. Give the bloke a bloody chance.
Neto’s goal absolutely fantastic; individual power and skill.
Lockyer should be ashamed for his part in Bellegarde’s red card. He deliberately pinned Bellagarde, whose push with his foot was as far from violent as you could get.
The penalty against Gomes was a a travesty. The ball hit at pace and point blank range deflected off his knee, striking his arm. Awful awful decision. Ludicrous. I don’t want yet another apology from Howard Webb. I want fairness and VAR to be used to correct mistakes, not compound them.
That said, we were poor. Why oh why isn’t Kalajdzic getting any time on the pitch?
Dawson and Sa nearly gifted a goal to Luton.
Our performance didn’t deserve 3 points.
The officials, once again, made sure of it.
UTW
There’s an element of karma for Lockyer who had his pocket picked by Pedro in the lead up to our goal.
Shows how desperate Luton were to win given their bad sportsmanship all game, if we sink to that level I will definitely give up.
I lost respect for Rob Edwards too for his post match comments.
I think it’s important to start with the obvious – today we were shite!
But…
What chance do we have when we get a player sent off for pushing an opponent with his foot. There was no power nor aggression in the “kick” so ok maybe they should have both been shown a yellow for comparing handbags but a sending off, really?
And the “penalty “
If you are telling me it’s possible to react to a ball flying from a boot onto your hand in less time than it takes for Russel Brand to get his cock out ?
We’re now a minimum of four points worse off than if the game wasn’t adjudicated by morons.
Sometimes you have to wonder why we bother.
The really dangerous thing seems to be that it’s being said that a hand in an ‘unnatural position’ – whatever that means – negates the mitigation of a ball hitting a hand after hitting another part of the body not being a foul. The mitigation, I understand, is part of the written laws of football. The ‘unnatural position’ is not, The referees and VARs are making the rules up as they go along – what other sport would allow that? Imagine tennis where the umpire gives the player another chance because his previous shot was only two inches the wrong side of the line. Clubs, players and fans have a right to a level and clearly defined playing field.
My years of supporting WWFC have seen any number of changes to the essentially simple game I used to watch in the 1950s. The changes were made in the name of ‘improvement’. I can’t think of one which has actually achieved that. Just one example – backpasses to the goalkeeper were outlawed in a misguided attempt to stop time wasting. The first effect was that keepers frequently fly-kicked the ball down the field when they were under pressure – so at first the change encouraged the much maligned ‘long-ball game – and, more recently, has led to the tedious and mind-numbing ‘playing out from the back’, the source of any number of stupid goals. Heaven preserve us from misguided improvers who regularly fail to recognise the ‘law of unintended consequences’, Leave our simple game alone, every ill-conceived improvement has chipped away at it’s beauty, made it much more complicated and left it at the mercy of the officials – who are no more competent now than they ever were – just in a position to inflict much greater damage.
Praise be that things of beauty – like PN’s goal – still manage to appear – like flowers in a desert.
The years have also seen any number of changes in manager – I would think that those which have improved things are clearly in the minority, perhaps being a quarter or, at most, a third of the total.
COYW
Interesting Jazz but isn’t the vogue for playing out from the back the result of having a plethora of coaches for whom possession is king?
I take your point HS and certainly coaches have contributed. But where they insist on pursuing a way of playing for which the players at their disposal are clearly unsuited I would categorise them along with the ‘mindless improvers’. There’s no point in expecting your goalkeeper to play like George Best if, in reality, with the ball at his feet he plays as though his bootlaces are tied together. If their clubs are unwilling or unable to provide them with players with the skills necessary to play in their chosen way, they should chose a different way to play.
I’ve no basic objection to playing out from the back – so long as the emphasis is on the word ‘out’. How many times have we seen defenders coming under increasing pressure as playing out from the back degenerates into kick it round your own back third until an opponent comes and forces you into a mistake.
I know times have changed, but the basic principle, that the only time you have a real chance of scoring is if the ball is in or near the opposition’s penalty area, remains unchanged.
One of Malcolm Finlayson’s contributions was that he could kick the ball from his hands a long way – it would frequently bounce ten or so yards outside the opposition penalty area, the second bounce would be inside it. When a player has skills like that it’s only common sense to use them. The long throws of Bobby Woodruff are another example, on all but the widest of pitches he could reach the goal area.
Never saw Finlayson play but did meet him when he came to my parents’ house for a pre dinner drink! Must have been early 70’s.
That’s a great memory HS.
He didn’t have a very auspicious start – I was at his first game which was at home to Leeds – with John Charles in the team – and we lost – 2-1 I think. Some of the South Bankers round about our normal spot started calling him Fumbleson – which really wasn’t called for.
He went on to be one of the team’s best assets. They played a very high offside trap in those days – one reporter described an attack on our goal as being like the start of a cross-country race with the half way line as the start line. In those circumstances MF was often left as the main defence and he never shirked dashing out to dive at a forwards feet. He was often the main cause why a 1-0 victory had been enough to get us the points.
A real
Shitshow
Can’t see how we can get much worse… at times it was like watching a pub team
Neto will get injured if we can continue to rely on him like today
GON needs a rethink and fast!!
I like Semedo but you can see every team targets his defensive frailty
Get him into midfield along with Citeh man
Play 5 at the back with Toti
Pair Sasa and Hwang in attack
I’m flailing here I know but , for dogs sake , no more of that crap
So much darkness and next up it’s Pep and his bully boys
Arrgh
As my last 3 post’s seems to have gone to the Ethernet or I’m blocked. Just like to say I’m sick of this corrupt bullshit game Judy’s winds me right up
Did say in one of my missing posts was we never have much joy with luton
You won’t have been blocked mate ..
Not much to add except that the PMDG’er and I have successfully sold our tickets for next week’s game against Citeh.
A round trip of a couple of hundred miles and a hotel bill of a couple of hundred pounds to watch us play a load of rubbish or get cheated by VAR?….
Not this time.
Hope you received a decent price. Rumour has it Howard Webb was looking for tickets so he can see first hand what he needs to apologise for this time, as it happens. Then he can do it face to face and save the paperwork.
Some leeway needs to be given. As far as I could gather we were just starting to get a foothold in the game after a terrible first 25 minutes. Then the debateable sending off forces us to play with 10 men for 68 minutes. Away from home. Adjustments made to the team accordingly. Then the ‘penalty’. Again a long way to go 42 minutes at 1-1. Someone on another forum said not one yellow card for a Luton player despite a rugby tackle and an elbow in Neto’s face. Apparantly the referee went to university in Luton. What ? We probably did well to get out of there with a point. And the long list of VAR howlers. Why is it ALWAYS Wolves on WRONG end of them ?
You are right to call the sending off “debateable” COD. For me the Luton player was holding down our man by gripping his legs between his own. The ‘kick’ looked to me like the result of trying to work his way free from the hold by wriggling out sideways. No red and a yellow for the Luton player would have been a more appropriate outcome. Perhaps the officials ought to be made to wear earplugs so that they don’t get influenced – scared? – by the crowd. What a pathetic lot they are.
Good luck with sorting them out Howard, you’ve got some job on.
I find it disturbing that what seems like a majority of Wolves’ fans seemed to be aware that this game required a different approach to the Liverpool game ; the opposition have different strengths. A lot of us saw the need to have stronger and bigger defenders and attackers in the team for this game. I think we were proved correct for this match.
Playing Hwang and Neto on the wrong sides to meet their strengths was also a big mistake in my view.
Due to events, I can understand keeping Neto as the sole forward due to his speed, mobility and dribbling ability. There was, however a good argument for starting with Sasha, Toti and Doc. I cannot understand the thinking at all. I based my winning forecast on at least two of these changes and not hamstringing the wide men.
I fear for the future at present but will give it ten games before I make my mind up about GON.
For me the failure to improve the stadium speaks volumes with regard to Fosun’s future thoughts with regard to their investment. FFP has no bearing regarding infrastructure and Fosun are posting healthy profits despite the present problems with the Chinese economy. Thanks for the past few years, Fosun, but where now for goodness sake.
Sounds of wind and visuals of tumbleweed fill my mind.
However I’m looking forward to Tuesday and seeing the play of some different players against a good Ipswich. The fallout with possible failure might prove interesting. Or not!
I want to be clear on one thing about ‘chucking in the towel’.
I’ve supported WWFC for 63 years through the good times, bad times and very bad times and it is only now that I consider ‘chucking in the towel’.
That is because I am sick of putting up with rotten and incompetent officials both on the field and in the VAR room, not the club’s problems, they’re just part of the ups and downs of supporting a team.
The autocrats controlling football are just ruining the sport and I’m getting to the stage where, if it stresses me as it already does, I will chuck in the towel.
I just don’t need the aggro, but the only ones that will suffer are the clubs that we all dearly love.
Interesting. I am just a few years behind you in the support years (57 years). If I can’t get to a match then I listen to the commentary of Wolves TV . Yesterday I had to be somewhere without a decent connection (and, in any case, it would have been rude to try and listen). And, whilst I am incensed by the decisions, I don’t feel the same stress as after the Man U game. And that’s probably what the doctor would order for a person of my years. Perhaps I can get “decent VAR” on presecription.
Just a few thoughts on yesterday’s game.
Football cliche; sign of a good team winning when playing badly. And, probably Wolves would have won, except for according Danny Murphy, the worst referee/VAR decision this season. Or even ever.
Do you think Sean Dyche, Paul Heckinbottom and Vincent Kompany get the same amount of abuse, even on this normally rational Blog, as GoN. Yes probably, there are idiots everywhere.
And when down to 10 men!
Not sure on GON yet ,surprise at the way we were not prepared for the way they came at us from the start yesterday ,we didn’t get out of our half for the first 25 minutes.
On the rare occasion Neto put the ball in the box there was no one there and why are we so bad at throw in,we always seem to give it back to our opponents.
We all know what happened in the rest of the game as discussed by others above,
Could be zero pts as well in the next 2 games, but somehow GON needs to get them to play like they did in the first 45 mins against Liverpool for 90 mins, it’s as simple as that.
I would like to remind a lot of you that this is the Pedro Neto who took over Diogo’s left forward position and allowed Jeff to sell him.
And why we weren’t particularly bothered at the time.
As poor as we were we have the right to expect competent officials, an absolute shitshow from them, soft sending off and 100% not a penalty as agreed by every pundit on TV. With the Onana decision and this one within the first 6 games we have been robbed of 3 points. Disgraceful.
Hopefully we will see a lot of Kaladjzic in the Ipswich game and then a lot more in the league after that, it’d be good to see some of the new signings get a run out too. Tractor boys are flying though so we will need to be on point to win that game if McKenna takes it seriously, lets hope they have bigger fish to fry and send the kids out.
All the people screaming for O’Neil to be sacked need to give their head a wobble, really, you want more turmoil after the farce that preceded his appointment. Clowns.
That is the key mate. 7 points now instead of 4. Anyone see Newcastle 2nd goal today. Clear handball in the build up. VAR ????
The Silva hatred bugs me. Almost seems personal with some of you.
1. He’s 21 now. But, some of you have been deriding him since he was 18. What were you doing when you were 18?
2. He didn’t negotiate his asking price
3. He actually gets himself into much better positions than Cunha or any other striker.
4. Why is he singled out? Cunha was more expensive and hasn’t scored any more goals than Silva did in his first couple of dozen games.
I think he’s our best bet to get regular goals from a striker.
And, I really thinks there’s some “stay off my lawn” crankiness towards the long haired kid. It’s just weird that people feel this strongly.
And, the thing is….it’s just the people who are outspoken enough to comment . Most fans get excited seeing him in the line-up.
Agree ? percent Lou
There’s a very good player in there somewhere.
He’s beefing up now and a years time who knows?
Who would actually be so derisory to his face…
I’d rather see him used than not.
He probably didn’t want the £35 mil’ tag ..something that is like an anvil around his neck.
I don’t hate him I just don’t rate him. And I agree with you he cannot help the price tag but the time he has been with us now he should be showing signs that he can play in the Premier League.
I also agree you you about Cunha why we paid £43 million pound for him I don’t know.
I said last year when Silva was sent out on loan he should have gone to a Championship club that would have better prepared him for the Premier League, it’s a tough physical league muck and bullets twice a week but the powers that be thought it better he went to Belgium and Holland.
He also doesn’t help himself if thinks are working out he sulks…….and may I add he did go on record saying he didn’t want to come back to Wolves.
See my blog from yesterday re: Cunha and Silva IMO both were brought for far to much money……not there fault…..that lies with our recruitment team…..ie Jeff.
IMO Silva is far to lightweight for the Premier League he is much better suited to the Europen Leagues and his loans proved but what do I know…….I’ve only been watching football for 56 years.
I don’t blame him not wanting to come back when he just gets perpetually slagged off by a baying mob and when did he silk, I don’t recall anything but professionalism from regarding Wolves ownership of him.
Sulk
Honest question…I can research after. How many strikers are successful in the EPL at 21-22.
Lukaku, Rooney and Owen come to mind. Lukaku and Rooney had muscle and Owen was a blazer. Fowler?
How did Kane do? I think he was decent. (I’m not making my point at all ???)
Salah?? Aguero?
How many goals has he scored per chances he has had……research that one, I bet he’s missed more than he has scored in fact I’m sure.
Missed a sitter against Everton but scored against Blackpool…….if it was the other way round then may be I could be convinced.
He has been in and around the Premier League for 3 years now and he’s showing he still hasn’t got to gripes with the pace and demands.
But again that’s only my opinion based on watching him play.
My point is that he gets into the position for the so called “sitter”. Positioning if the hard part. Cunha doesn’t miss as many sitters bc he doesn’t seem the openings the way Fabio does.
There both as bad as each other , they carnt score despite having plenty of chances Iand the hardest part is scoring…….any striker forward player will tell you that
Whilst I agree partly with Fabio didn’t decide his price, but it his price and wolves trying to get some return on it that is meaning that he is getting a lot more game time than players at the same level. Frazer a great youth prospect and Sasha an effective striker are apparently further down the pecking order despite arguably better form. Players with similar “potential” have been seen as failures and phased out and replaced by us a lot quicker in the past Rafa Mir, Patrick Cutrone, Leo Bonatini were all seen as not up to the premier grade after a much shorter shrift than Fabio.
He didn’t choose his price tag but also he doesn’t deserve the “special” leeway he’s getting from the club because of it. We aren’t in the position to carry players and at the moment Fabio is more of a cart horse than the thoroughbred we were promised.
I’ve always been in the give him time camp Lou but even I’m coming round to thinking perhaps the Premier league might be too physical for him and maybe he needs a move to Spain or Italy where he might flourish.
That said, playing him as a lone striker probably doesn’t help his cause as he does get isolated and has to go hunting for the ball.
Ironically him and Costa might have been a good combination.
Following completion of this weekend’s round of games it is clear there are some very poor teams around and below us.
Now more than ever we need to keep our nerve with two difficult home games against in-form teams to come.
It’s a long season and when GON does eventually get his best team on the pitch AND his tactics/Subs right we will surely draw away from the relegation zone.
Now is not a time to focus on scapegoats, doubt the coaching team or the players, they are all giving their utmost to achieve. When we start scoring 2 goals a game then the frustrating VAR decisions should also have less impact on our points.
Never a dull moment at the Wolves and we would not want it any other way.
OODCL.
I am looking back at VAR since 2019 v Wolves . From the initial Dendoncker ‘handball’ to now. I can count at least TEN VAR howlers against us. Probably more. My point is this. They say decisions even themselves out over time. So in this respect you would expect at least FIVE howlers in Wolves favour over 4 years . Can anyone reasonably explain the 5 howlers in Wolves favour in 4 years. I can’t think of one decision. Not one. How often have you seen the Arsenal/Man U/ Liverpool manager on MOTD livid at a refereeing injustice costing them a game v Wolves?How many ? Let me know.
And i know for a fact. The Newcastle second goal today. The ball hit the Newcastle player on the hand on the build up to the goal. You hear the Sheff U crowd shout ‘handball’. But no VAR goal given .You know when we go there on a few weeks time. Same thing happens. A lengthy VAR check will follow. And goal ruled out. You know it.
Greetings Friends,
It is with deep regret that I’ve read this blog. Laid out before us the deep inadequacies in our football, from top to bottom.
Depression only relieved by a swift injection of amphetamine.
Lockyer, what a Benny. Bellagarde what a Bellend for taking the bait. Especially at the Kennel. Words fail me.
Even Danny ‘no way was that a pen’ Murphy says it wasn’t a pen. Over to you VAR Apologies. What’s that? Your secretary’s on holiday in Ibiza? Well shaft me with a scaff pole you utter plank.
I don’t begrudge the Hatters a point. If it wasn’t for Neto ………..
I’ll nod at Gazzbo if he gives me the eye, but he’s not on the Chrimbo card list just yet. Sadly there’s no way he can say we deserved to win. Which isn’t good for our prospects.
I refuse to accept that we can’t improve, that we’ve seen the best under Nuno. 7th and Europe, and that’s it for the next 40 yrs, fighting out the Division 1 playoffs with Charlton.
Jimi nearly scored for Fulham. Adama hasn’t even got on the pitch. Even the old school are struggling. And Citeh next week.
Time for the improbables to start turning up.
1 lv & COYW
RW
Good post with perspective.
Penalty, of course not
But did we deserve to win, also of course not. And being incapable of even looking like beating Luton tells it’s own story.
Red card? Harsh, but naivety and petulance always carries a risk. Would have been a yellow though had he been playing for one of the cartel.
As to whether we can improve, I think that depends on whether Fosun want to cash in in Jan. again (Neto?). And whether a wet behind the ears “coach” can coax any more out of a disjointed and I suspect dispirited (45 minutes in the shop window v Liverpool excepted) blank firing squad overloaded with expensive mediocrity.
Sadly don’t see any sign of improvement unless Fosun either clear off or revert to treating Wolves as a serious individual project rather than as central in a football financial merry go round involving other “associates”.
Clearly Lopetegui had similar thoughts.
Equally PJB. Did Man U deserve to beat us at Old Trafford?
No.
We need to be careful what we wish for regarding Fosun PJB.
They don’t always get it right but they’ve never been scared to splash the cash – which is why we were where we were this summer.
Look at Everton and the bunch of clowns trying to buy them. They have a track record of mismanagement and are still odds on to pass the rather vague fit and proper persons test.
They might have some mates who’ve always fancied relocating to Wolverhampton!
I do agree Prawny, we’re between a rock and a hard place. But my problem with Fosun is that their strategy regarding WWFC hasn’t just shifted but almost taken a u turn and unless that changes dramatically the downward spiral we fell into well over 3 years ago will continue into at least one relegation.
WWFC as a viable project, whether stand alone or otherwise no longer seems to have any appeal to Fosun, so almost any alternative seems potentially attractive, even if it means another rebuild from a lower level.
It has the feel of yet another deja vu. Never thought I’d almost miss Steve Morgan and Jez Moxey or even some earlier jokers. But will always respect what SJH did for us.
Forever a Wolf regardless, but it’s bloody hard work.
Mo salah boots the ball away after scoring the penalty against west spam yet no yellow card
You think we have problems? I was at Stamford Bridge yesterday. Chelsea created chance after chance but couldn’t score against Villa. Unbelievable, with a billion quid spent since takeover and a top coach brought in. I was at the Bridge 11 years ago when Chelsea beat Villa 8-0. How the mighty have fallen. I read this morning that Lopetegui was at the match yesterday. Maybe they see him as a survival specialist after last season with Wolves? Poch, watch your back mate…
Just been reading the Athletic artcle. Wolves are not going to bother protesting the ‘penalty’. Had it with the apologies. The chats. The excuses. It lists a whole series of VAR /referee interactions going against us since November 2022 starting with Guedes being chopped down against Arsenal and no penalty. It also says they could add more to this list but this is enough to be going on with. What it does say is also Liverpool FA cup. Forest league cup. Newcastle away. Man u away. I can think of at least half dozen on top of this. Also article on sky sports also detailing the ‘bad luck’ Wolves have endured via referees and VAR. Let’s not forget if VAR had done the job properly this season we would be on 7 points above Brentford.
COD
We all know that the cartel get the benefit of bias. But you have yet to produce any evidence that we are treated any more harshly than “the rest”. Where are the facts (comparative v others, not just random subjective incidents) to support your perceived conspiracy against us?
Or are you just grasping at straws to camouflage the gross inadequacies of the performance of those who purport to manage our football club.
Come on PJB. The list is endless. We all know . Even Sky and The Athletic have highlighted half a dozen bizzare VAR episodes going back to Arsenal November 2022. Or are you thinking the refereeing was all great so you can continue your agenda against Foaun/Jeff Shi ?
And those comparative stats COD?
Everyone gets bad decisions as you yourself have highlighted below.
And the only “agenda” I have against Fosun is over 3 years of gross mismanagement under Shi’s autocracy. And the decline has been spectacular.
Time to agree to differ before it descends into playground debate if it hasn’t already
Wolves are wrong not to protest. If you leave this issue it will not change! We need to put them on the spot and MAKE them apologize.
It is clear that the VAR officials either don’t know the rules, are incompetant, or dare I say it, corrupt.
We should protest!
I watched the whole match on one of those “illegal” streams and regular Blog contributors have covered already every aspect of what was overall a dreadful performance particularly in the first 45 minutes. Paradoxically I thought we looked more comfortable with 10 men! Lockyer is a seasoned and experienced pro who knew exactly what he was doing – more fool Bellegarde for taking the bait frankly. MOTD presenters actually rubbished the penalty decision, not that it makes me feel any better of course. Now Neto is coming into some fine form no doubt Shi is rubbing his hands and looking forward to January..
Just a couple of points – firstly a word about the Wolves supporters. Once again tremendous support at Luton and it came across loud and clear. I understand that apart from a few seats with “restricted view”, Wolves have sold their allocation of 2,300 for the long haul to Ipswich tomorrow evening. By road its approximately 340 miles round trip from Molineux to Portman Road and to virtually sell out for a Tuesday evening Carabao cup tie, especially considering the parlous state of the club, is testimony to the loyalty of those supporters.
Secondly the manager. I can fully understand the emotive mindset for those calling for change even at this early season stage. Since Shi engineered the departure of the Holy Trinity of Nuno, Dalrymple and Thelwell, the club has lurched from one crisis to another when, in the words of Whitney “didn’t we almost have it all”. I also cannot fathom some of the team selections and substitutions during the game. However, O’Neill had about a week before the season started to assess his charges and we are just 6 games in and as I see it he has been dealt a right rough hand on the quality he has inherited. The question is – who in their right mind would step into Molineux to work with an executive chairman who by all accounts (in common with the mindset and culture of the Chinese business fraternity and President Xi) is “economical with the truth”, cannot abide any threat to his job (witness his handling of Laurie Dalrymple) and makes himself scarce as rocking horse faeces when the going gets rough. Plus of course the financial factor – in that respect I doubt Pep could work the oracle. I do agree that O’Neill is probably out of his depth but I am willing to be proved wrong over the next half a dozen games or so and to cut him some slack.
Actually I have just written to Shi asking if he would be good enough to have a 30 minutes face to face at any time and any place, because I am just curious to know why he has systematically dismantled the very fabric of the club when all was going so well. Naturally he will think I am just a cheeky upstart punter and I do not for one minute think I will not get a reply but you never know.
Anyway to all those ultra loyal fans travelling tomorrow, hats off to you and lets hope Wolves beat the Tractor Boys because a win is a win is a win and at the moment Ipswich are flying and oh boy we do need a confidence booster.
Plus a near neighbour is a season ticket holder at Portman Road….
Bedfordshire Old Gold
BOG
Can’t agree with you BOG. Fosun the best owners we have had for half a century. No Wolves team as successful since the 1970’s. Pumped half a billion quid in to the players/managers. I agree you can argue around the success of each player manager and if they are value for money. But you can’t argue they haven’t spent the cash.
NET SPEND well under £200 million – do the maths.
1980 League Cup winners and 6th in old First Division – check the facts.
Iam saying sustained top level. Not yo yo late 70″s 80’s.
Glad someone other than me has highlighted the sea change since as you point out “Shi engineered the departure of the Holy Trinity of Nuno, Dalrymple and Thelwell”. It seems to have passed by the vast majority of Wolves supporters.
Good luck with your face to face with Shi.
Many Wolves fans hated Thelwell. Did that escape you? Like the old ‘Jota’ thing. He wasn’t even in Nuno’s starting 11. Again some Wolves fans highlited (not me) him falling over and not scoring goals. Same with Coady. When we had a difficult start under Lage it’s all of a sudden ‘being Coady back’ . Blah blah blah.
For anyone up for a face to face with Shi, better check which face you will be facing. He has more than one. Two-faced is hardly adequate.
Nice one DWW.
Could I quote an old Scottish work colleague of mine from many years ago – “this man has more faces the the town square clock”.
It must be very difficult for him given the culture of his employers to see how many faces he has to save on a daily basis.
Tough job Jeff but presumably the massive remuneration helps.
No, being from China and using the old Chinese proverb, he has already “lost face!”?
lovely
Just seen a clip on telly of Eddie Nketia of Arsenal ploughing through the Spurs keeper. Far far worse than Bellegard. Bellegard red card. Nketia yellow. Beyond my comprehension. A spurs defender also palms away a corner. Result= nothing. Siltch. Laughable set of clowns we have charge. In my view something more sinister against Wolves FC than just being a clown. How can this keep happening time and time again. Unbelievable.
Hi Gorgonzola,
I’m sure you got MGW theatrics that had Rodrigue sent off for Citeh at home, v Forest. That’s the sort of quality moves that cost £25mil. As soon as the incensed Spanish stuck his hands at the neck, MGW was down like a sack of spuds on Absinth.
Citeh looked vulnerable for 2 minutes.
I’m hoping, fingers crossed, that MGW has inadvertently handed us a trump to play at home v. Citeh. A decent, 3-1, injury free run at Portman Rd. Can Gazzbo pull off some personnel and sub swaps? Neto going like a train, Sasa on one….? Improbable I know…
1 lv & COYGazzbo.
So the people on here who disagree with me about Fosun. You think Sir Jack or Steve Morgan were better ?. Please come on and explain why.
Better?
Worse?
Richer?
Poorer?
What are your Terms of Reference?
My own answer.
Local man SJH did it from the heart and at the very least brought WWFC out of obscurity and into the 21st century on the up with a fraction of Fosun’s resources.
Chinese conglomerate with turnover of a small country has played with a new toy and become bored.
No comparison.
sorry pjb but sir jack although from good old wolvo and im sure his intentions were good but was only negating his capital gains to avoid the tax when that was done the plug was pulled as we all know.
Agree there was always something in it for him, but that’s true of all owners; I would argue that from a lower base he took Wolves far further forward than Fosun have in relative terms.
He also rebuilt a derelict ground from scratch. This same legacy is now reverting to dilapidation due to Fosun’s neglect. Shiny new 50k capacity stadium. Bullshit and probably always was.
how can we forget and if it had been us in his in his fortunate position i think we would have done pretty much the same because when its in your blood you would do almost anything for your club
Unfortunately COD you are equating financial spend to good ownership and they are not the same thing. In comparative terms Sir Jack for example, spent heavily in the championship. His spend was also largely ineffective in terms of playing success, however, he also spent heavily on the stadium and was humble and open enough to recognise his own weakness in the famous “ Golden Tit” quote. However , his failing was in loving Wolves too much, and leaving his objectivity and clear thinking business brain at the door, in some of the decisions he made. Fosun have spent heavily, I would never dispute that and have never done so on here.Their poor decision making however is spawned not out of love and emotion clouding judgement but incompetence , dictatorship and a highly suspect player trading model, involving inflated fees for mediocre talent and siphoning of money in massive agent fees into an entity, gestifute, where they have a majority ownership stake. Like the Chinese political landscape, Shi’s approach is one of autocracy and diktat. In factual terms, Fosun have achieved less than the Harry Marshall/ John Ireland era, for those that can remember that far back. Steve Morgan was/is a Liverpool fan who “ wore” the wolves shirt only as a flag of convenience and I would agree that fosun have “achieved” more than him. As a supporter for 49 years, I’ll still be in Ipswich tomorrow night , as I have a deep love for wolves but do I like the fact fosun own our club and Jeff Shi is in charge ? No, I hate it. And those that think Fosun have “ achieved “ something during the last 5 years since Jeff assumed full control need to give their heads a wobble. We haven’t even achieved what Albion did under Jeremy Peace in terms of PL tenure, so we shouldn’t exactly be shouting that from the roof tops. Villa, Brighton, Newcastle, West Ham to name but four have all gone past us in the last 3 seasons because of the regression under Shi and the better management and strategy executed by those clubs. Unfortunately, because the life of a wolves fan has largely been to feed off scraps, even the mediocrity delivered under fosun seems like success to some. It isn’t, not if you have any proper ambition for our club.
bloody well said sutton right on the money !
I agree with most of what you say Sutton. But the comparison it not so straightforward. Fosun have owned Wolves since 2016. We are now in our sixth season in the top flight . Sir Jack and Steve Morgan never achieved anything like that. Indeed, in each of the four top flight seasons under those owners, we struggled relentlessly for survival. Also Sir Jack and Morgan were owners, Jeff is not. Jeff works for the owner, just as Moxey did.
For sure, Jeff has badly mismanaged Wolves under his control, but there’s one thing he hasn’t done, that Sir Jack and Morgan did, and that’s get us relegated. Give him time I hear you say, but I don’t believe the Wolves owner will allow that when push comes to shove.
So here we are, struggling again, but with the finest Wolves squad in decades. We signed players we could never even dream of in the recent pre-Fosun past, players that many fans rated the greatest ever to play for Wolves. There are some compensations at least.
Valid pointsDWW that I wouldn’t argue with. I guess my dislike of Fosun and Shi is rooted in simply not trusting them. I didn’t trust Morgan either but Sir Jack I did. I guess it is also borne out of frustration in that with better management and recruitment , allied with the money fosun have indeed spent , we should be in a far, far better than we actually are and we are actually going backwards each season.
The above are some pretty good, well formed arguments from both sides of the divide. I do tend to think Fosun’s `model` of ownership is a real problem for fans who want to keep the best players and reach the top. I strongly suspect Neto will be sold for the profit this model is designed for, as pointed out above. That I could just about weather if really good players come in to replace him, but I would not be really happy at losing such a player. I also suspect Lemina might be touted towards Liverpool and Cunha, suffering from being played out of position imo, might be another. I know I could well be very wrong.
Could the replacement of ownership could bring us something far worse, or not… ? That’s my problem, I just don’t know, but I see signs that, to me, are significant and worrying and there is no enlightenment from the hierarchy. I keep harping on about the failure to improve the stadium being a `tell` as to true intentions; at least the maligned Steve built a new, much improved North Bank. These guys are not replacing the one outmoded stand and you have to ask yourself, `Why?` They have the cash and cannot spend `like they wish` on the squad because of FFP. But they are free to invest in a bigger and better stadium, which has no recourse to FFP but choose not to.
Oldies, like me whose first game was in 1951, have the experience and love of the team to have weathered far greater catastrophes. I found enjoyment in watching much lower divisional play at times and have suffered the years of struggle and failure, so know I can cope with the vicissitudes of supporting Wolves in bad times if they really come again. But it would be gut wrenchingly awful to endure at my stage in life, so let’s hope better times are round the corner. They might well be.
I’m off to Portman Road soon with my youngest to join a set of travelling fans who can not be bettered. I hope they get, for once this season, a fully well deserved win against a good Ipswich team. COYW.
Strike a `could`…
Beaten by an Ipswich second string team. Oh well, at least we can concentrate on getting relegated now!
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