The Wolverhampton Gazette
Squad21 Aug 2028
Kostantis Tzolakis keeps Wolverhampton in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings21 Aug 2028
Raúl Jiménez scores twice — 8.20
Two goals and a mark of 8.20 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Market21 Aug 2028
Wolverhampton may not be able to give Emile Smith Rowe what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Emile Smith Rowe wants continental football; whether Wolverhampton can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Market21 Aug 2028
Makenzie Bradbury hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Wolverhampton can pretend not to have heard.
Match19 Aug 2028
4 matches without a win for Wolverhampton
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Wolverhampton are no longer polite ones.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Dan Ndoye in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Wolverhampton this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Aug 2028
Artúr Musák is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Squad21 Aug 2028
A late step up for Fer López
At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom21 Aug 2028
Graduation day at Wolverhampton
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
In brief
- Market Wolverhampton promote Benjamin Mitchell from within
- Market Robert Butler steps up from the Wolverhampton academy
- Boardroom Wolverhampton board go back on their word