{"id":307712,"date":"2025-12-09T22:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/307712\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T22:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T22:18:11","slug":"tim-spiers-shares-some-very-uncomfortable-context-about-wolves-and-sends-big-warning-to-fosun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/307712\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Spiers shares some very uncomfortable context about Wolves and sends big warning to Fosun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wolves crashed to yet another defeat in the Premier League on Monday night, and Tim Spiers\u2019 assessment of the situation is damning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.molineux.news\/club\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wolves<\/a> fell to a 4-1 loss against Manchester United, and throughout the game there were chants against owners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molineux.news\/tag\/fosun\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fosun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And before the game, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molineux.news\/match\/powerful-scenes-outside-the-billy-wright-stand-at-molineux-as-wolves-fans-protest-against-fosun\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">many Wolves supporters congregated outside the Billy Wright Stand<\/a>, before entering the stadium 15 minutes after kick-off.<\/p>\n<p>The images were powerful. For many, Fosun have destroyed this great club and the general consensus is that the Chinese conglomerate should now sell.<\/p>\n<p>It seems unlikely that will happen any time soon. But certainly, fans are now ready to crank up the pressure to levels we have ever really seen before.<\/p>\n<p>Wolves really are in a terrible spot, and on X last night, Tim Spiers offered some sickening context.<\/p>\n<p>Tim Spiers suggests why this Wolves team could be the worst ever <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2250919816-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Wolves fans present a 'Fosun Out' banner at Molineux.\" class=\"wp-image-111463\" \/>Photo by Catherine Ivill \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Fosun oversaw great success in their early years at Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>But for around four years now Wolves have been on a steady decline, with Fosun making terrible decisions over managers, sporting directors and recruitment.<\/p>\n<p>The current squad is atrocious, and many are now wondering about <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\">that Derby County points record<\/a> in 2007\/08.<\/p>\n<p>The Rams got 11 points that season, and at the moment Wolves are threatening to finished with fewer.<\/p>\n<p>On social media, journalist Tim Spiers \u2013 who remains popular with Wolves fans for his past coverage of the club \u2013 pointed out one alarming aspect of the club\u2019s current situation.<\/p>\n<p>          Tim Spiers has hit the nail on the head, hasn\u2019t he Wolves fans? <\/p>\n<p class=\"grv-talking-point__subtitle\">What Fosun have done is unforgivable \ud83d\ude24<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At least Derby 07\/08 and Saints 24\/25 were newly promoted teams. Wolves have been in the PL since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>This is managed decline on an unforgivable scale. The protests will only get bigger and louder.<\/p>\n<p>A club in decay, a fanbase without hope. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ekw7vUdape\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ekw7vUdape<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tim Spiers (@TimSpiers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimSpiers\/status\/1998354469675765789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">December 9, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>View Tweet<\/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>He said: \u201cAt least Derby 07\/08 and Saints 24\/25 were newly promoted teams. Wolves have been in the PL since 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is managed decline on an unforgivable scale. The protests will only get bigger and louder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA club in decay, a fanbase without hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fosun\u2019s ownership of Wolves has been calamitous<\/p>\n<p>The context given by Spiers here really does hammer home how bad things are for Wolves.<\/p>\n<p>It is absolutely unfathomable how Wolves can have a squad this bad after eight whole seasons in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/GettyImages-2195870025-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Guo Guangchang looks on at Molineux.\" class=\"wp-image-111467\" \/>Photo by Naomi Baker\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Wolves got into the Europa League and reached an FA Cup semi-final when Nuno Espirito Santo was at the helm.<\/p>\n<p>That should have been the moment to push on. To show ambition.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Fosun did not invest as much as they should. And when they did, they invested really poorly, and made shocking appointments.<\/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<p>       <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wolves crashed to yet another defeat in the Premier League on Monday night, and Tim Spiers\u2019 assessment of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,122934,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-307712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-fosun","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307712","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=307712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}