2025/2026 Season

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carrowcanario said:
What would you expect him to say ?
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I see no reason to doubt he's saying what he honestly believes. Medic, McLean, Schlupp and Jurasek all have an assist to their name this season. Schwartau is clearly capable of creating chances, likewise Gibbs (as witness his turn and through ball to Sargent last Saturday), likewise Makama. His finger is pointing elsewhere.
 
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1950canary said:
But time is not on our side - we are already in the relegation zone. There is only one person responsible for that squad - Knapper - and that is why he cannot be in charge when the next transfer window comes round. In the short term we have got to have somebody to sort out the squad we have. I truly hope that Manning can but it is hope rather than faith. If he doesn't and we remain in the relegation zone in 2 months time he will undoubtedly be sacked but we cannot possibly have Knapper in charge to find a replacement. As far as I can see the owner is prepared to let matters drift even if it means relegation. Whether that is because he still doesn't appreciate the financial reality of relegation or whether he just looks at the sale of Colney as his financial get out clause nobody can say.
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MA has stated " relegation is not an option" so he is not prepared to let things drift to relegation. January transfer window could be interesting if things do not improve on the pitch.
 
He would say that wouldn't he but he has also implied that Knapper and Manning are safe ' for the time being ' The transfer window opens in a couple of months time and between now and then we have the Christmas period and, after the next 3 games, an international break. If Knapper is still there when the international break ends it will mean, IMO, that we have either got good points out of the next 3 games( hopefully ) or, if not, he will still be here for the transfer window. At that stage, if we are still in the relegation zone, Sargent will want out, players will be reluctant to come here and Knapper has not got a good track record in the transfer market. I know that my pessimism is perhaps ' over the top ' but I've seen it all before.
 
1950canary said:
He would say that wouldn't he but he has also implied that Knapper and Manning are safe ' for the time being ' The transfer window opens in a couple of months time and between now and then we have the Christmas period and, after the next 3 games, an international break. If Knapper is still there when the international break ends it will mean, IMO, that we have either got good points out of the next 3 games( hopefully ) or, if not, he will still be here for the transfer window. At that stage, if we are still in the relegation zone, Sargent will want out, players will be reluctant to come here and Knapper has not got a good track record in the transfer market. I know that my pessimism is perhaps ' over the top ' but I've seen it all before.
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I just can’t see any change being made until the summer at Sporting Director level, perhaps you could do it in February if we have a poor window
 
My new theory is that Delia sold her soul to the devil for 5 years in the premier league in exchange for relegation the year after she steps down.
 
Wolves have sacked head coach Vitor Pereira after failing to win any of their 10 Premier League games this season.

A 3-0 defeat by Fulham on Saturday was Wolves' eighth of the top-flight campaign.

They are bottom of the table, eight points off safety.

Pereira took charge in December 2024 and signed a new three-year contract in September.

But a section of supporters turned on Pereira after the 3-2 loss to Burnley last week, when he was escorted away from heated discussions with fans after full-time at Molineux.
 
Will Still has become the latest Championship manager to be sacked. Just two Saints wins in 13 league games.
P13 W2 D6 L5.
 
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It is dangerous and possibly misleading to compare European leagues but that won't stop me having a go. Still started his managerial career in Belgium at a fairly low level. IMO the top two Clubs in the top league in Belgium might survive in our championship with the rest competing in our Div 1. The lower leagues are about Div 2 level/National league at best. In France Still managed two Clubs. PSG and a couple of the other bigger Clubs would compete in our Premiership but the majority are Championship level at best including Lens and Reims. Still had a strange record at both - they would go on long unbeaten runs and, equally, long poor runs but I don't think he left either Club in a league higher position than he found them. He certainly showed promise and I wondered whether he would be considered for the City job when Thorup left. Southampton was a step up for him and it has not worked out and on that basis I would not want him to replace Manning. He has to improve a lot before being described as a good manager.
 
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1950canary said:
It is dangerous and possibly misleading to compare European leagues but that won't stop me having a go. Still started his managerial career in Belgium at a fairly low level. IMO the top two Clubs in the top league in Belgium might survive in our championship with the rest competing in our Div 1. The lower leagues are about Div 2 level/National league at best. In France Still managed two Clubs. PSG and a couple of the other bigger Clubs would compete in our Premiership but the majority are Championship level at best including Lens and Reims. Still had a strange record at both - they would go on long unbeaten runs and, equally, long poor runs but I don't think he left either Club in a league higher position than he found them. He certainly showed promise and I wondered whether he would be considered for the City job when Thorup left. Southampton was a step up for him and it has not worked out and on that basis I would not want him to replace Manning. He has to improve a lot before being described as a good manager.
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Only the top 2 in Belgium would survive in the Championship? Out of Union SG, Club Brugge, Anderlecht, Gent, Genk, STVV, Standard Liege - who is league 1 level?

I agree I don’t think he is an appointment we should be looking at either though. Can you imagine the fan uproar if we sack Manning only to appoint a manager with a similar record with an arguably better squad
 
SuffolkCanary said:
Only the top 2 in Belgium would survive in the Championship? Out of Union SG, Club Brugge, Anderlecht, Gent, Genk, STVV, Standard Liege - who is league 1 level?

I agree I don’t think he is an appointment we should be looking at either though. Can you imagine the fan uproar if we sack Manning only to appoint a manager with a similar record with an arguably better squad
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Who is League 1 level - they all could be in a poor season!! Look at the squads. Look at how fortunes fluctuate. Look at average gates - none of them beat ours. Watch at least a game a week as I do and you will see what I mean
 
1950canary said:
Who is League 1 level - they all could be in a poor season!! Look at the squads. Look at how fortunes fluctuate. Look at average gates - none of them beat ours. Watch at least a game a week as I do and you will see what I mean
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If only games were won on gate receipts
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Latest rumour from Wolves, is they're considering reappointing O'Neil.
Hopefully Soton would graciously reappoint Martin to remove that consideration from our board & supporters.
If we're relieving Manning (which I don't think we will) then we need to look at lower leagues. Though, as far as I'm concerned we could appoint Pep & Klopp and still achieve nothing with the players currently at the club.
 
NorthCityCanary said:
Latest rumour from Wolves, is they're considering reappointing O'Neil.
Hopefully Soton would graciously reappoint Martin to remove that consideration from our board & supporters.
If we're relieving Manning (which I don't think we will) then we need to look at lower leagues. Though, as far as I'm concerned we could appoint Pep & Klopp and still achieve nothing with the players currently at the club.
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Ornstein now reporting that O’Neil has ruled himself out of the Wolves job
 
We are rapidly entering the period of the season where the table becomes relatively settled in general terms:

Take last season, after 13 games vs the end of the season - of the 24 championship clubs in the table:
- the final top four are the top four places
- two of the bottom four were in place (albeit only one of the relegation candidates)
- no team moved more than eight places (Coventry, Portsmouth and QPR all climbed the table, enough to get Coventry to the playoffs and QPR and Portsmouth out of relegation)
- only six teams moved six or more places - the two above, plus Watford and Cardiff dropping seven places, Hull dropping six places
- most other teams moved 2-3 places at most

Let’s hope we are in the QPR/Portsmouth bracket for the rest of the season, but the odds are tending towards 25% chance of that… And even if we have a stormer from here, bettering last season’s table position is highly unlikely.
 
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