What On Earth Is Going On At Wolves? 

5 months later lopetegui is gone, chan and cunha have sorted our striker problem out, toti has stepped up to the plate as a replacement cb, doyle gomes and lemina have filled the midfield perfectly whilst doherty and semedo have complimented each other brilliantly whilst swapping around as rb. Admittedly every point raised in this vid was 100% valid but remarkably everything seems to have worked out just fine

“Julen Lopetegui leaves wolves just three days before start of premier league season” This video was prophetic 😮

Wolves played a part in the creation of the European cup in fact when they defeated Honved of Hungary in 1954 and declared themselves champions of the world and it was because of that result that a club tournament to determine who was the best club side in Europe was founded the following season

There was a guy in my town in the 1990's who was ridiculously tall and he always wore a wolves shirt. I was talking to him drunk in a pub one night and asked him how he became a wolves fan besaue Wolves were low league and not a popular team. He said that he grew up in North London and saw people wearing this football shirt and he asked his mum to buy a shirt when he was about 12, she took him to the shop and he mistakingly chose the gold one from wolves instead of the yellow one from Watford. Every time i see Wolves or Watford mentioned, I remember that guy.

Hey Alfie, we need a video on the remarkable rise of FC HEIDENHEIM, the Luton of Germany. They have gone from the 5th tier to the Bundesliga under the SAME manager.

"Lopetugi the clubs biggest asset"- Famous last words🤣

This year's PL is going to be fascinating to watch. Basically you have 9 teams that will be challenging for Europe and 11 teams that could all go down.

When we were promoted, we had aspirations of competing in Europe. But then suddenly management felt that simply being the Prem was enough and didn't care if they competed for ANY trophy. Then after the players fought to stay up, they sold everyone because they gave them no reason to stay. But now that they haven't tried to make a signing that could actually help the club, I'm not sure that management even cares about staying up anymore.

Wolves are the most "I dont know" club in the EPL right now.

I do agree, that if Wolves stay up it will only be because three teams were worse then them, not because of their capability. Didn't know things were this bad at Wolves, hope they adjust soon. Edit: Lopetegui has left Wolves. Wishing you guys good luck for the season!

As a greenhorn with club football, the one thing I know for certain is that no matter how bad it may get, Wolves will still have that slick badge.

24:40 Credit where credit's due, he called it.

You mean to tell me that Wolverhampton isn't near Lisbon and so all the Portuguese lads they had weren't counted as homegrown? 😮

I feel a great deal of sympathy to the Wolves fans, seeing similar traits that got Villa relegated, and while they eventually bounced back to the Premier league, I'd also say that Villa were fortunate to do so. Hope they get it sorted, its always been intriguing seeing another fairly local club to me play in the premiership. How they've gone from appointing Lopetegui, to not being able to keep him, in less than a season is quite miraculous really.

Wolves from 2017-2020 were some the most beautiful moments I’ll never forget I hope they eventually regain that success.

I think the turning point was Jimenez's head injury. At the time of the injury, we were 7th in points, off to a decent start and looked to be contenders for European football again. after his injury, lacked a real striker, tried to fix that by bringing in Willian Jose on loan in January but he was awful, they still couldn't score goals, and the team fell to a 13th place finish. The terrible second half led to Nuno leaving, and it seems like it's been a downward spiral ever since. Bruno Lage was awful, they loaned in Trincao who was awful, they continuously failed to bring in a proper striker, wasted a disgusting amount of money on Guedes, and now Lopetegui's left us because we can't buy anymore players. It's not hopeless though. I think Fabio has looked great in pre-season and I expect big things from him this year. Kalajdzic will hopefully be healthy again and could also be a solid option at striker. Cunha, Sarabia, Neto, Podence, and Hwang are all formidable attackers. Matheus and Joao Gomes have had impressive pre-seasons. Dawson and Kilman will be solid at center back. Ait-Nouri, Doherty, Bueno, and Semedo are all solid wing backs (I don't agree with the Semedo hate). I'm not as pessimistic as some about this year; we should survive, but I also don't see us finishing top half.

Only just got round to watching this video. I was very surprised to see the tweet being featured in this video - mainly because it was my tweet. Admittedly, I never expected that tweet to blow up the way it did, so I had to take my lumps when people dunked on it, but thank you for discussing it fairly and rationally. And also admittedly, I was writing more from a position of emotional charge than logical reason. It was frustrating hearing the line of "FFP concerns" being linked to Wolves continually while seeing Chelsea spend billions under the regulations, even though I wouldn't accuse them of outright breaches (loopholes yes, but not breaches). I'm aware we spent a lot of money last season, more than we should have, so it's not surprising that there'd be some FFP concern, emphasis on some. My frustration, which has been growing considerably even since this video was uploaded, is how our owners have essentially changed their stance multiple times this summer. It started as a sell-to-buy window with players in the £8m-15m range being targeted. Then when we sold Neves/Collins, we were told we still had to sell more players to buy anyone. After selling more players, we were told we had to focus on frees/loans, but also affirming that Lopetegui was committed to the club. A few days later, Lopetegui left. Now Nunes and Semedo are both linked with moves away with no incomings expected and Fosun will probably change their stance again. It's exhausting. What's worse as well is that every year they've increased season ticket prices, regardless of how much money they've put in themselves. This season especially it feels like more of a slap in the face. They've stopped investing totally, not just in the squad but there are big sections of the ground that need repair and maintenance, especially the Steve Bull stand. I know in my original tweet I was aggrieved at the FFP situation (or as you rightly corrected me, the Profit and Sustainability rules) from an institutional level but now it's just anger at the running of the club in general. It's impossible as a fan to tell what's real and what's BS at the moment because every statement seems to get contradicted by Fosun soon after. At this rate, I just hope we stay up and Fosun can sell us in good enough shape for a rebuild. Thank you for making this video, it's always good to see a neutral take on our issues. I'll even forgive that little bit of Nelson Semedo slander.

HITC Midlands strikes again Absolutely love the villa, baggies and wolves content coming out this summer Just needs a blues video

Julen Lopetegui sacked barely 12 hours after the video came out :D

I don't know if you will see this message HlTC sevens, but I just wanna say thank you bro and your crew behind the scenes. Thank you man. You have given us qaulity product after qaulity product and and each time I see your upload notification I click without even reading the title coz I know I need to know whatever it is you devouring at that time and it has helped grow my football knowledge to a whole new level. Much appreciated and keep up the good work you and your team. Again thank you

Thank you for making this video. More people need to be aware about what is happening at our club.

First off all, it's crazy to see you uploading this video because of Julen Lopetegui. He left the club before the first game of Premier League. Wolverhampton Wanderers is also one of the important clubs in Europe. In 1954, the club faced Hungarian giants Honved, with most of the players having enjoyed the success with Magical Magyars in the World Cup, notably Real Madrid legend Ferenc Puskas. Although some peoples prefer Honved to win easily, the game ended 3-2 in favour of Wolves. This game was the main reason L'Equipe journalist Gabriel Hanot wanted a proposal to create a new competitions. UEFA eventually accepted Hanot's proposals, and a year later, the most prestigious competition was born: the Champions League or European Cup.

Now that I am hearing talking of Lopetegui being sacked, I am quite sure Wolves are going to be relegated - the board is their problem as Nuno, Bruno, and Jules were not properly backed.

Excellent timing Alfie with Lopetegui about to walk out of the job!

Well you Called this one pal. manager just left

Watching this video as Lopetegui’s axing was announced, great timing on this documentary

Big fan of the channel so glad you've done a vid on us 😂 Overall, apart from Nuno, Fosun's recruitment with playing staff and management has been a shambles. Top to bottom the club is a mess. Top focused on survival and turning a profit without realising stagnation will only push us closer to the drop.

Good timing as always Alfie as news breaks that Lopetegui is negotiating his way out after your video dropped.

That was a good summary but as a Wolves fan it didn't shed any new light on anything much tbh. As I understand it, there's a massive rift between the owners/chairman and the manager. Who's primarily at fault for this is actually hard to discern, because it basically depends which side of the story you trust. If like many Wolves fans you tend to place blame for everything directly at Jeff Shi's door then you trust Lopetegui's version is the fair one, and that he was indeed massively deceived by the owners about available transfer money. But JLo has a record for talking out of school, and so there are many other fans who feel that by publicly stirring up trouble, he is at least partially to blame for the current situation. The last I heard, JLo is now desperate to leave the club but does not wish to lose out on a massive payday which he will by walking out on his contract. For the same reasons, Fosun will not sack him easily. So, if rumours are true, there appears to be a standoff. Maybe a compromise deal will be struck where JLo eventually leaves in some mutually agreed way. As a fan, this is all quite worrying of course. Regarding the squad, I don't think it's as bad a picture as you paint. We have lost a bunch of players but, and leaving Neves aside, most didn't feature much last season. Moutinho may have had around 30 appearances, but I think they were mostly substitutions. Likewise Adama frequently came off the bench. The big miss will be Neves of course, but even this opens the way for others like Gomes and Traore, youngsters who already look pretty good. And currently up front we have two options when last year we only had one - Raul who has been a shadow of his former self ever since David Luiz very nearly killed him. Silva is still young and looks hungry. If Kaladjzic can remain fit I think he'll score goals too. There's also Cunha adding additional pace and skill. As you say yourself, the centre back pairing is fine and Toti offers some needed cover, but we obviously do need to strengthen here. Ever since the Nuno era we have always lacked cover in this area, as in attack. Full backs are sound - I disagree about Semedo btw - Wolves fans are quite divided on him. In midfield there's Lemina and in the preseason games, Nunes has been looking like the player we paid such a large fee for. We've lacked that kind of box-to-box midfielder throughout the Fosun era. Neto appears fit again, which is another bonus. Hwang has improved a lot since we signed him and offers a different kind of goal threat. Sarabia appears more settled. And Podence will most likely be sold on which would recoup some additional spending money. In my view, with the return of Silva, Kaladjzic, Doherty, and even Ait-Nouri (back in from the cold) the squad is actually looking stronger than last season and importantly more balanced. We also currently have a far better manager - Lage was a disaster and then we spent months replacing him - so if Jlo does stay I think we'll be fine. If he leaves, everything is back up in the air of course. But isn't that true whenever any manager leaves a club?

As a wolves fan I did enjoy! Just gives me motivation and a story for this year's FM when it comes out! 😊

the same day as this went out, and lopetegui left the club

I’ve been watching your videos for years and enjoyed this segment. What I hoped would never happen. If not couldn’t possibly imagine a few years ago. Is that we would be subject to one of them. Scary times

Lopetegui’s just walked🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

HITC NEW VIDEO HYPE ! I've been seriously watching your stuff these last few weeks and i've never been a football fan but your content has gotten me really interested in the sport, as a south american myself all my life got exposed a ton for it, for example, sometimes school would let us leave to go watch a world football match for the national team or just plain no school that day. Seeing your videos made me realize why people live and breath the sport, it's crazy.

What a timing with Lopertagui leaving the club < 24 hours after this video was released

BRO YOU ARE THE FOOTBALL ORACLE!!!!!

came here after Wolves 1st game against MU, they absolutely played MU of the park at OT under the new coach Gary O'Neil, i think they be alright.

Hey Alfie, got a fun video subject reccomendation that you might like. "Teams that moved countries". There are a handful of clubs that have moved from one country, to another, due to certain historical events. Think of AEK Athens, Apollon Smyrnis, and Panionios (the oldest existing club from Turkey) due to the Smyrna Campaign. Anorthosis Famagusta due to the 1974 coup attempt. Or you could make it more general about trams that have changed football leagues

I really hope that Kalajdzic finally stays fit, he was a real life-saver in Stuttgart, though he has always been injury-prone. Whish him the best of luck, and also the club.

Great video! Just coming from an Irishman, Matt Doherty name is pronounced Daw-her-tee. Keep up the good work

Yo Alfie, love the video as always, was wondering if u were running an FPL league this year

Honestly I think you can pinpoint everything back to Jimenez getting injured. It seems like that was where things started going downhill fast, They' have spent over 125 million euros trying to replace him with Fabio Silva, Cunha, and now Kalajdzic and nothing has seemed to work

I always thought that buying Wolves was pretty much a public relations exercise for Fosun. My understanding is that they where heavily involved in the proposed fast rail link to Birmingham and buying a football club in the area, would win favour and help get the project approved.

The second I pressed play on this video I got a notification saying Lopetegui has left us

Breaking news: They're in talks to terminate the contract of Lopetegui 😂😂😂🤦‍♂️

With Ndiaye gone, Berge going to Burnley, Sharp leaving on a free, Jebberson possibly going to Everton, no players coming in, no shirt sponsor at this time. All going into the new premier season as favourites to beat Derby’s lowest points tally; maybe it’s time for a What on Earth is going on at Sheffield United?

I hope there is a follow up video to this at the end of the season!

Mate, they just lost their manager today!!!!! You are truly the football prophet of our times, Alfie!

Queen Victoria wasn't wrong to be fair. At the time the whole area was HEAVILY industrial.

As someone of Mexican descent It makes me sad for Raul and for Wolves fans what his injury resulted in for both his club and our national team, the tears in his eyes on his last day at the club I believe signified his appreciation for your support of him whether he had a good or a bad performance, he knew you all truly cared about him and yet the sadness of knowing what was once a great team was coming to an end and the sadness of leaving unable to recover the greatness it once had for the fans he loved. 😔 On behalf of Raul's countrymen, we are sorry. And we hope to see Wolves one day become more successful than it has ever been. Sarabia and Cunha will be responsible for hopefully surpassing what was accomplished with Traore and Jimenez, I believe it can be possible once they find the right chemistry together. Dont lose hope.🥺

It's funny that you posted this because Lopetegui just walked out on them three days before the season started. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Their new signing Gary O'Neil has an impressive 29.73% win percentage in his massive career spanning 37 entire games!

Well said 👏 there is alot of uncertainty at Wolves, some of our fans probably needed to see this and you covered it really well. You told us more about the situation at Wolves than the owners have told us all summer 😂

As a Leicester fan our downfall to the championship was rapid but deserved, with Maresca as manager and several signings that don't break the bank I think we can do enough to get back into the Play offs at least. As for Wolves I think they'll be ok this season, they'll struggle but I think there are worse teams in the Premier League and they'll do just enough to stay up.

Congrats Alfie you predicted the future 🎉please don’t make a video on what’s going on at Forest I don’t want Cooper to quit 😂

Do you think lopetegui watched this just before he decided to leave. 😁 Sad feels like a Southampton story repeated again. Is this a parachute payment thing, financially it doesn't matter if you go down for a season, especially if you are prudent in the PL?

GREAT timming with video..hours post your video this came in news: (Wolves in talks with Julen Lopetegui to mutually terminate his contract)..

One of the better predictions I’ve ever made is getting the read on wolves early. I had them 17th last season which was going well (too well even) before they invested heavily in January to stay up and hired a Europa league winning manager and finished comfortably ahead of relegation. But I’ve seen the writing on the wall, if not this year it’ll be next year for wolves and their return to the championship won’t be pleasant either

Fascinating stuff yet again, Alfie

Much love to wolves from USA. Fun team to watch I hope they turn it around.

Alfie, you should make a video on What on Earth is Going at Santos. the club is on crisis and they could be relegated in the Brasileirão Série A for the first time ever.

Thank you for posting about this crazy saga that could end up relegating us

Thanks for the video! I often wonder how Wolves ever got Lopetegui to agree to come to Molineux. I imagine it was a bit like that movie, Sexy Beast, with Ben Kingsley in it, if you know it. Wolves fan in Japan, hoping for three worse teams.

This video comes out, 8 hours later Lopetequi got sacked..

You know your club is in a bad spot when Alfie makes a video about you

As a wolves fan, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaAaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAÀAAAAAAAAÆAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Great video..thank you.. it was needed as there are still many wolves fans, myself included who were a little unclear on how the financial issues had culminated into this situation Having said that, with a couple of additions, Wolves will be fine this season I think. We won three games on the trot towards end of last season when Ruben Neves was suspended. It allowed others to grow and play in a different way. Fabio Silva and Sasa Kaladjzic are like new signings anyway. Hodge looks like he'll be in a midfield rotation with Nunes, Gomes, Traore and Lemina. Doherty finally providing Semedo some competition in the RB spot too. Another CB is our biggest priority now

Well, there goes Lopetegui, that was quicker than expected hahah

Very difficult for us to scuff up the season now

Thank you for this our club is often overlooked who knows what the season holds !! The club is a huge part of our community I really hope we can get to January and get a few players in wolves ay we 🐺

As an Ajax fan I would love one of these style videos with their current state of affairs. Not only are we on manager number 3 in less than a year but also we have sold many of our first team players since that magical champions league run as well as half the back up squad without really having any new signings or signs of you d wonder kids that the ajax academy used to produce frequently like seriously what is happening

You called it with Lopetegui!

This too shall pass. Raul Gimenez was our talisman before his injury, but we will recover.

I don't get how Wolves can continue to be so mediocre and disappointing. It's a shame to see my home team be so bleh

I wish more of us Wolves fans would watch this video instead of saying "Fosun out" with no concept of the issues we are facing atm. That being said I think the squad morale is very positive and I think we have a few players who will rise to the challenge this season (Joao Gomes/Bueno/Silva). Nothing is guaranteed in football

boy that manager chat aged quickly.

The Nathan Collins thing is especially baffling. Even if you think his form last season was disappointing, it calls into question the decision making to only give a player bought at least partially on the strength of his potential only one year. It wasn’t personality issues, every Wolves fan I know instantly loved him and it’s very doubtful he was on wages any higher of that of a starting CB at other clubs. Just strange.

This was my PL team for a time, it was like a little Portugal in the UK ! The signing of Fabio Silva was to save Porto, who were in financial dire straits at the time. Let's see how they hold up now they're moving away from signing more players from portuguese teams (although they still signed Matheus Nunes early this year, who I believe can be one of the best midfielders in the PL).

lopetegui now apparently in talks to leave with Gary O’Neill coming in, they’re gone

This video has come out at the perfect time. Lopertagui looking to walk is understandable due to the lack of bodies in the squad and a main candidate for relegation for me

Love it video comes out and the Wolves manager walks lol

I can very easily see Wolves get relegated this season. They have sold all their best players without replacing them, whilst the teams around them are strengthening. It could be a very similar situation to Leicester, just less shocking

As soon as he said 'how did Wolves end up in such a mess?' I thought 'Hmmm, let me guess - huge wage bills? Overpriced players? Not enough income?' Yup!

Wolves along with Bristol City are the only club to suffer relegation from the top flight to the 4th tier in succesive seasons that is a story within itself

Great video with the only minor mistake that Wolves have got 3 CB with Toti Gomes. Easy mistake to make as his appearance were few and he doesn't look like a CB. Decent player though.

As a Mexican, it infuriates me that David Luiz suffered no suspension for his reckless header on Jimenez. That incident ruined his momentum, and who knows, possibly his career.

I'm not a Wolves fan but I was wondering what's going on there. I thought that they were better than what they're playing and were then just a bunch of underachievers. Thank you for explaining what;s really going on. Good luck,mates.

All but confirmed Lopetegui is walking now

Some of the info on this video is i correct. For example, Boubacar Traore was injured last season, not on loan. We also have Joao Gomes, who is an exceptional midfielder.

That tweet quoted at the start 4:08 is spot on. FFP isn't designed for anything other than keeping the top teams at the top. You'll never see another Leicester again in the Premier League. It's nothing but a joke.

Matheus Nunes is the latest firesale of the season. With these moves, Wolves will be so lucky if they escape relegation again this season.

I think it could be a good thing so many players leaving. Nothing changed from each manager so it must come to a point where you can blame the players.

My wife likes them🤣🤣🤣 . Keep up the great content from Lancaster Ohio

Damn.. Just when you mentioned the names.. That was one hell of a team.

Would love to see something similar on Liverpool. This summer ‘rebuild’ has been horrific, 10 outgoings - 2 incomings

This is so sad, we had started to dream again, to believe again. We were 7th in the prem for two seasons, what the hell has happened

But... can we talk about wolves, the large canines, because I think that would be such a twist that I'd love this channel even more! 🐺

Could have done this video about two years ago. As a Wolves fan (I say this before watching this video) I would say ''managed decline'' and cashing out from Fosun, essentially recoup what they have invested and then sell.

Seven seconds in and this one is already golden

I've been dreading they day we would get a video like this . Dear god it's over isn't it

How do you still not have a million subs yet?🤦🏻