Wolves Need a Plan, Not Another Reset
Concerns over Fosun are put in context, but the bigger frustration is the lack of a clear football plan. Recruitment, shape and defensive standards are all questioned, with pace and width top priorities.
It is easy to lump all overseas owners into the same bracket, but the truth is Wolves under Fosun feels a bit more complicated than the usual lazy narrative. Even so, nuance does not win you points on a Saturday. What matters is whether the club has a plan, and over the past few seasons it has looked like we have been drifting rather than building.
For all the criticism, Fosun have shown their face and they have put money in. The problem is that the direction behind it has not been convincing, and this season especially it has felt like a plan, or the lack of one, has caught up with us.
PSR, sales and the cost of standing still
PSR has clearly shaped the way Wolves have operated. Selling players before wages start to squeeze you might be sensible business, and that is how the club has approached it, with big departures referenced like Neves, Kilman, Neto and RAN.
But being sensible on the books is not the same as being smart on the pitch. If you move key assets on, you have to replace them properly, and that is where the frustration really lands. It is hard to accept the situation we are in when it feels like the squad has been weakened and then patched up with the wrong profiles.
Shape, width and what Pereira is being blamed for
There is a tactical complaint here that keeps coming up: we are far too narrow for the Premier League. Without width and proper pace in the right areas, everything becomes cramped. Attacks are easier to defend and we end up playing in front of sides rather than stretching them.
Pereira takes some of that blame in this view, because even if you accept limitations in recruitment, the set-up still has to give you outlets. You can carry one or two issues, but when you are short of width and short of pace, you are constantly fighting the game.
Recruitment accountability and a better summer approach
A big point is about timing and structure. With a director of football and a clear coaching plan, the argument is that six quality players should have been through the door early in the summer, rather than scrambling late. Names like Pubill, Sanches, Elliott and Guessand are floated as examples of the sort of business that would have changed the feel of the side.
There is also a question over squad building logic. If Cunha has gone, why move towards another forward who is a target man type? It is suggested that maybe there was movement around Larsen, given Tolu was signed late, but either way it reads like reactive decision-making rather than a joined-up plan.
And it is not just one person who has to wear it. Teti and Vitor are called out too, because signings such as Arias, Wolfe, Jackson, Krejci, Tolu and Lopez are judged as not having been good enough to lift the level.
Defensive standards, clean sheets and a squad rebuild idea
The biggest on-pitch worry in this take is the defence. Whether it is a back five or a back four, the demand is simple: more pace at the back and higher standards. Clean sheets are brought up as a basic marker, to the point where incentives for defenders are suggested because Wolves are nowhere near where they need to be this season.
There are suggestions for a core to keep, including R Gomes, Bueno, Angel Gomes, Adam Armstrong and Mane, plus the idea of bringing through academy options. Names like Abbey, Lembikisa and Okoduwa are mentioned to fill specific replacement roles, and there is also talk of a McAtee-type player to link up with Doyle and Angel Gomes.
Experience is not dismissed either, with Adam Webster and Dendoncker mentioned as options, and a call for Coady to come back and reset the standards around the place. Up top, Che Adams is discussed as a potential fit, and the wider point remains the same: we need more width, more explosive pace, and far fewer short-term fixes.
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