'Wolves need a team with a spine'

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Wolves' problems go far beyond one bad result. The real fear is that the negativity and toxicity around this club will roll straight into next season unless there is a serious reset.

I had ice cream on the beach before kick-off against Brighton on Saturday and I might as well have stayed there because too many of these players were still sat on their deckchairs when the game started. They never looked like they had turned up for the fight.

At half-time, Wolves' xG was 0.0. Zero. That is embarrassing. For a Premier League side, even one already going down, that is nowhere near good enough. And the bigger picture is even worse. Wolves have now been beaten by all 19 other Premier League teams this season. That tells you exactly where this team is.

Relegated or not, these players should be fighting for the badge, showing pride and giving fans something to hold on to. Instead, far too many of them look like they have mentally switched off. And Rob Edwards should be getting far more out of this group than he is.

The biggest issue is mentality. This squad has checked out. There are no leaders, no-one stepping up when the game turns against us and no real sense of fight when it matters most. We go behind, nobody rallies the troops and then we concede again far too quickly. That is not good enough.

Fans do not expect perfection. They expect effort, honesty, and pride. They want players who understand how privileged they are to wear the shirt and represent this club.

Rob Edwards has stood up for the players enough times now but he has to own some of this too. He has been praising the attitude and the work on the training ground and then we saw something completely different. That gap is hard to ignore and it raises real questions about where this team is really at.

This summer needs to be about more than transfers. It needs a full refresh of the attitude and the mentality. Wolves do not just need better players. They need a team with a spine, because right now this side has seems to have lost it.

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