Gary’s De-Presser

[Oh When the Wolves]

toti Gomes up front for me.

Bit of pace and a physical presence

 

[Bill S Preston Esq.]

Interesting to see how the pro-FOSUN types manage to defend our tiny squad literally being run into the ground. Disgraceful neglect.

Firstly, Fosun is not an acronym. Secondly, yes our tiny squad is due to a poor recruitment policy that Jeff presumably rubber stamped.

The same Jeff that rubber stamped the decisions that led to our ascension from mid table championship club to mid table premier league club. That would be his "fault" too.

I'm all for heads rolling on account of poor decisions. I also believe good decisions should be remembered when considering rolling a head.

Hopefully the non spend this last year enable us to reset. Hopefully lessons have been learned as to why a reset has been necessary. It has been necessary.

 

[Netherton Wolf]

It could be worse we could all be travelling to Wembley after having paid out a fortune for transport & tickets

 

[Frank Lincoln]

I will see if I have still got my old football boots, I might get a game tomorrow…

I can see the headlines now. Arsenal outgunned by young Frank Lincoln… !!

 

[Ned]

He's either showing a good sense of humour or he's taking a big side-swipe at Fosun/the board

I’m seeing is as a swipe. Passive aggressive but definitely a swipe. He said after Fulham away how bad decisions are making him look like he’s doing a worse job than he is so I don’t reckon he’s seeing this as a joking matter. And rightly so.

 

[Perton Wolf]

It could be worse we could all be travelling to Wembley after having paid out a fortune for transport & tickets

Indeed!

 

[JonahWolf]

Jaysus that’s horrendous. Well, I was looking forward to watching it immediately after work, rather than having to sneak glances at a 3pm kick off. Put paid to that then.

 

[loppers86]

i have two tickets and i’m not going to go. i’ll look at the result and if we don’t get totally hammered i’ll watch on motd.

shi now has us in the position that I wouldn’t watch it if it was free.

 

[Ned]

GON has had opportunities to rotate certain positions almost all season but by and large hasn’t really wanted to do that. Bueno and Doc have been around all season for Semedo and RAN support. Sasa and Fabio got frozen out and shipped out. Santi has been around all season to give Dawson breaks when needed. We’ve also got players out on loan who maybe should have been kept and won over by GON to stay and be part of the squad - this one is hindsight and wishful thinking, admittedly.

The amount of injuries in this period has genuinely been unlucky but I’m not fully on board with GON bemoaning the squad structure and depth when he refused to use it when we actually had depth, regardless whether he rated the players highly or not.

 

[SmiffyWolf]

Match sponsor tomorrow should be West Midlands Ambulance Service

Or the Footwear Crocs

 

[Very Proud (AKA Still Proud)]

With Ricihe Sunak's attack on the sick note culture this morning whilst at the same time having a pop at unacceptable immigration levels, I fear in the summer Cunha, Hwang and Neto will all have to leave and next season DWP will be making us sign people currently on PIP to ease our striker crisis

 

[Boss Hogg]

…..Didn’t think it deserved its own thread so found the first GON thread I could find

If only there was a thread for people who have something to say but don’t need a new thread….

Has anyone guessed your uniform yet @Redhillwolf ? I’m guessing it’s BurgerKing

 

[WeAreTheWolvesII]

I don't know what's normal in this situation, but look at the tickets available for the game tomorrow on the site.

There's absolutely loads available in all four stands from re-sale.

 

[Boss Hogg]

I will see if I have still got my old football boots, I might get a game tomorrow…

I can see the headlines now. Arsenal outgunned by young Frank Lincoln… !!

But he’s withdrawn at half time when his wife says he shouldn’t be out in the rain without a coat

 

[Black Country Wanderer]

GON has had opportunities to rotate certain positions almost all season but by and large hasn’t really wanted to do that. Bueno and Doc have been around all season for Semedo and RAN support. Sasa and Fabio got frozen out and shipped out. Santi has been around all season to give Dawson breaks when needed. We’ve also got players out on loan who maybe should have been kept and won over by GON to stay and be part of the squad - this one is hindsight and wishful thinking, admittedly.

The amount of injuries in this period has genuinely been unlucky but I’m not fully on board with GON bemoaning the squad structure and depth when he refused to use it when we actually had depth, regardless whether he rated the players highly or not.

Good post
Im not saying Fosun get off scot free with this but GON has to take part of the blame too
Plenty of chances to rest players or bring them off earlier,he has admitted as much himself
Very unlucky with injuries the past few months it has to be said,but some were avoidable or at least could have been lessened by better game management
It is what it is and there are more winnable games to come,lets just hope Fosun back GON in the summer or its going to be a long old season next time round

 

[JOSWolf]

Really not looking forward to the game tomorrow.

It will be painful viewing as we have no attack and no pace.

 

[Chisels_n_ommers]

This thread should be renamed Gary's Depresser

 

[JOSWolf]

I don't know what's normal in this situation, but look at the tickets available for the game tomorrow on the site.

There's absolutely loads available in all four stands from re-sale.

Can understand why. No players left, no attack left. No chance against Arsenal tomorrow. Thanks for the small squad Fosun and Jeff. January was a disaster of a month for us transfer wise when you look back at it and most of warned what might happen with the squad being far too weak and guess what.

 

[thommo1984]

Actually angry this time.

Shocking stuff from the club, embarrassing.

 

[WKFWolf]

This thread should be renamed Gary's Depresser

You can paste this on most of them if you like

 

[Longford Wolf]

No fit forwards, no pace in defence, a tired midfield, two keepers and a bunch of kids on the bench. What could possibly go wrong ?

 

[JOSWolf]

Actually angry this time.

Shocking stuff from the club, embarrassing.

Yep. It is so poor. Cant say they werent warned about this ridiculous small squad mantra. It has backfired massively.

 

[Ned]

Good post
Im not saying Fosun get off scot free with this but GON has to take part of the blame too
Plenty of chances to rest players or bring them off earlier,he has admitted as much himself
Very unlucky with injuries the past few months it has to be said,but some were avoidable or at least could have been lessened by better game management
It is what it is and there are more winnable games to come,lets just hope Fosun back GON in the summer or its going to be a long old season next time round

Agree 100%. He needed backing regardless of what he did or didn’t do with the players at his disposal, we all agree on that, but he can’t moan about it when he had players to use but hardly did. I know it’s a huge drop down when you bring our first choice forward line off but sadly that’s where we are as a club; we don’t have top class players on the bench. As with everything the truth usually lies somewhere in the middle but, I dunno, I’ve always preferred the approach of making do with what’s at your disposal and then improving when possible.

 

[JOSWolf]

Sponsored by Nuffield Health next season?

 

[Wednesbury Wolf]

Can't wait for this season to end what an absolute disaster it's turned out to be and all totally avoidable.

 

[Longford Wolf]

How can a club that has spent the last 6 years competing in the richest league in the world end up with a squad weaker than Sheff Utd’s. Total incompetence from Jeff and co.

 

[DanishWolf]

It will be painful viewing as we have no attack and no pace.

"No pace in attack, a mess at the back, we're Wolverhampton and Shi needs the sack.. "

 

[Rowzed]

This thread should be renamed Gary's Depresser

Done

 

[Golden Oldie]

Along with most others I'm horrified at the current state of affairs and understand fully GON's dark humour iro a missed Science lesson. But, as a club we came perilously close to exceeding the limits of PSR so where we could have spent £m's recruiting additional players is difficult to understand. We have made some serious blunders in the recent past but that is water under the bridge, and it's no good repeatedly revisiting the scenes of the crimes. The worry for me is that the summer will not witness a spending spree other than funds from sales, and if we don't have fully fit players to sell there won't be much comfort to be found there!

 

[loppers86]

How can a club that has spent the last 6 years competing in the richest league in the world end up with a squad weaker than Sheff Utd’s. Total incompetence from Jeff and co.

that team tomorrow would almost certainly struggle against any National League side.

Incompetence is not the word to describe Shi - gross negligence is better but even that doesn’t quite do his performance justice.

 

[AndyY]

GON has had opportunities to rotate certain positions almost all season but by and large hasn’t really wanted to do that. Bueno and Doc have been around all season for Semedo and RAN support. Sasa and Fabio got frozen out and shipped out. Santi has been around all season to give Dawson breaks when needed. We’ve also got players out on loan who maybe should have been kept and won over by GON to stay and be part of the squad - this one is hindsight and wishful thinking, admittedly.

The amount of injuries in this period has genuinely been unlucky but I’m not fully on board with GON bemoaning the squad structure and depth when he refused to use it when we actually had depth, regardless whether he rated the players highly or not.

But it was the use of those “main players” that got us to an (outside) sniff of a European place and an FA Cup 1/4 final.
There would have been an outcry if RAN, Semedo, Lemina, Gomes, or Cunha been rested (when otherwise fit) and Hugo, Doc, Traore, Doyle or Fraser played instead.
There were plenty of posts about “best team available” for the FA Cup for eg. Thats what GON has done, and we suffering for it now but in reality he had no choice and plenty would have moaned if had rotated.

 

[stevev53]

This thread should be renamed Gary's Depresser

I have just watched the press conference in full and I am very impressed with everything GON says about the team and the situation facing the team over the last 6 games . There are a lot of guys on here who should take a good look at themselves and be ashamed of their constant winging every time we have a set back . I will be there tomorrow and Wednesday and next Saturday to do what Gary has asked for which is to cheer on the players .

 

[AndyY]

How can a club that has spent the last 6 years competing in the richest league in the world end up with a squad weaker than Sheff Utd’s. Total incompetence from Jeff and co.

The fees paid out for Silva, Guedes, Cutrone, etc etc, along with the failure to cash in on Adama at the right time and so on.
A shorter answer would have been, “ Jeff Shi”!

 

[Bradstonian]

No fit forwards, no pace in defence, a tired midfield, two keepers and a bunch of kids on the bench. What could possibly go wrong ?

I suspect it’s all designed to lull Arsenal into a false sense of security…

 

[Longford Wolf]

I suspect it’s all designed to lull Arsenal into a false sense of security…

Yes Baldrick , a cunning plan

 

[Ned]

But it was the use of those “main players” that got us to an (outside) sniff of a European place and an FA Cup 1/4 final.
There would have been an outcry if RAN, Semedo, Lemina, Gomes, or Cunha been rested (when otherwise fit) and Hugo, Doc, Traore, Doyle or Fraser played instead.
There were plenty of posts about “best team available” for the FA Cup for eg. Thats what GON has done, and we suffering for it now but in reality he had no choice and plenty would have moaned if had rotated.

It was, I agree, but I’m talking about during the game with all the red zone stuff and not even considering two senior forwards we had at our disposal for the first half of the season but largely ignored, neither were his type of player but both were 100% waaaaaaay better options than the kids we’ve played since.

 

[Scallywolf]

I will see if I have still got my old football boots, I might get a game tomorrow…

I can see the headlines now. Arsenal outgunned by young Frank Lincoln… !!

I’ll play wide left, Frank, and get the ball into the box as quick as I can for you to glide past Gabriel and Saliba. Pick your spot and give Raya no chance.

Just like the old days when I played in the Wolverhampton Sunday League and you were playing in the er, er, er League!

 

[Dorbelflunk]

People are already revising this season into a failure based on this limp ending then.

 

[Wednesbury Wolf]

The worst thing about this complete farce is experience tells us that its very possible that not a great deal will change next season.
We all expect several big names to leave and it's highly likely that only a fraction of the incoming money will be reinvested as Fosun have abandoned any idea of progression. The tiny squad idea is from the top and GON will have to like it or leave.

 

[JOSWolf]

"No pace in attack, a mess at the back, we're Wolverhampton and Shi needs the sack.. "

Love it!