{"id":305280,"date":"2025-12-08T16:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/305280\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T16:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T16:06:13","slug":"rob-edwards-told-he-only-has-three-very-good-players-at-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/305280\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Edwards told he only has three &#8216;very good&#8217; players at Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wolves\u2019 squad has not shown itself to be Premier League quality, and it has now been suggested that there are only three that are.<\/p>\n<p>This season is looking disastrous for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molineux.news\/tag\/fosun\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fosun<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molineux.news\/tag\/jeff-shi\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeff Shi<\/a>, as the summer transfer window has left the Old Gold staring relegation directly in the face.<\/p>\n<p>Fans have reached their limit, and now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molineux.news\/news\/mondays-protest-against-fosun-and-jeff-shi-picks-up-steam-as-more-wolves-fan-groups-join-efforts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">protests against the Wolves\u2019 ownership are planned to take place<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the club can rectify the issues within the squad in January, by that point, it may be too late to turn the ship around.<\/p>\n<p>And now a former Premier League footballer has pinpointed just three players that are at the level needed for the top flight.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Earnshaw picks out the three Wolves players with quality<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2247465475-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Wales v North Macedonia - FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifier\" \/>Photo by James Gill \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.molineux.news\/news\/how-many-points-derby-county-had-after-14-premier-league-games-in-2007-08-as-wolves-lose-once-again\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wolves seem set to break Derby County\u2019s points record<\/a>, and barring a turn of form, they most likely will.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.molineux.news\/news\/alan-shearer-rates-wolves-chances-of-breaking-derbys-premier-league-lowest-points-record\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alan Shearer believes the Old Gold could end up on fewer points than the Rams<\/a> did, and one of the members of that squad has spoken up about Wolves\u2019 situation.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Earnshaw was part of that infamous Derby side, so he certainly knows what to do and not to do in the relegation fight.<\/p>\n<p>And the former Wales international has pinpointed the lack of talent within the squad.<\/p>\n<p> How many points will Wolves end up on this season? <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>Speaking about Wolves\u2019 lack of quality, Earnshaw said (via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cly0mr6n0gyo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC Sport<\/a>), \u201cThose moments from top players which change games, in an instant, in five or six seconds \u2013 Wolves have not got that at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can\u2019t score goals. You should be creating four or five good opportunities every half, and they can\u2019t buy a goal because there\u2019s no quality there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve got some very good players \u2013 Andre, Joao Gomes, Strand Larsen \u2013 but something\u2019s not quite right. Is it confidence, ability, or not looking forward to the challenge? If you are dreading it as a player, that\u2019s a real worry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jorgen Strand Larsen has not lived up to expectations<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"711\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2249799784-1024x711.jpg\" alt=\"Jorgen Strand Larsen warms up for Wolves.\" class=\"wp-image-110487\" \/>Photo by Brett Patzke \u2013 WWFC\/Wolves via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>While Joao Gomes and Andre are two of Wolves\u2019 better players, this season Strand Larsen has not lived up to that title.<\/p>\n<p>However, it has to be said that you do not score 14 goals in the Premier League without having the quality for the top flight.<\/p>\n<p>The Norwegian has just one goal to his name this campaign, and in truth, the Wanderers rarely look like they can score right now.<\/p>\n<p>And that seems to be the clear issue around his poor form.<\/p>\n<p> POV: You are Rob Edwards preparing for Manchester United. What changes do you make to sort out this problem? <\/p>\n<p>STAT: Wolves have not registered a Premier League goal in 9 hours and 6 minutes of football. This includes added time at HT and FT. Marshall Munetsi\u2019s strike against Burnley in October was the last league goal for the Old Gold.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2249197125-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Jorgen Strand Larsen looking dejected after Wolves vs Aston Villa\" class=\"wp-image-109869\" \/>Photo by Alex Livesey \u2013 Danehouse\/Getty Images     <\/p>\n<p> \ud83d\udc47 Join the debate; share your insight. Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say <\/p>\n<p>That does garner some sympathy for the forward, as he has often been isolated up top, and the lack of creative forces around him has not helped either.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.molineux.news\/news\/david-moller-wolfe-has-a-theory-as-to-why-jorgen-strand-larsen-has-been-struggling-at-wolves\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">David Moller Wolfe believes they must do better in this aspect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, the reality is that the top strikers in world football are able to create their own opportunities to score, and Wolves\u2019 number nine has been shown to be unable to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Both things can be true. Wolves need to supply him better, and Strand Larsen needs to step up more.<\/p>\n<p>  Join Our Newsletter <\/p>\n<p>Receive a digest of our best Wolverhampton Wanderers content each week direct to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wolves\u2019 squad has not shown itself to be Premier League quality, and it has now been suggested that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":305281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[76984,218,100752,22276,103529,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-305280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-andre","tag-football","tag-joao-gomes","tag-jorgen-strand-larsen","tag-rob-edwards","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=305280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/305280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/305281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=305280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=305280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=305280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}