Wolverhampton Wanderers

We asked for your thoughts after Saturday's Premier League game between Wolves and Chelsea.

Here are some of your comments:

Wolves fans

Tony: A dreadful performance. An inadequate display by all players. Wolves create their own problems by continually passing the ball back to their goalkeeper and then continually failing to get the ball into the opposition's half. All this achieves is losing the ball and then opponents take advantage of the Wolves team, who are running backwards and can't keep them at bay. Abysmal.

Col: Laughing stock of the Premier League. Can we just forfeit our remaining games? Sooner we are relegated the better.

Dan: Six years ago we were playing in Europe. What followed was a lack of investment and selling our best players - and the result is the owners sending the club back to the Championship. I don't blame all the managers that have come and gone - I blame their employers. What's the point of purchasing a football club if you have got no drive or ambition for success?

Wol: We lost the game in the first half with stupid defending. We started well but once we conceded it was just a matter of how many they would score. I left at half-time and missed the second half. Apparently we played better then, but it was too late. We have been terrible all season and I can't wait for it to end. Hopefully we won't be ripped off by the prices of season tickets for the Championship, but I doubt Fosun will think about the fans.

Chelsea fans

Nick: Hardly the most scintillating performance - apart from Cole Palmer's cool penalties and well-taken third goal - but it didn't need to be. Conditions were absolutely awful. Did enough in the first half to coast through the second. With two far more physical and testing games to come on Tuesday and Friday, this win at a canter was ideal.

Danny: We were expected to win, and we did. Seven victories out of nine games is good but I'm not getting carried away with this improvement in results. The players seem to be enjoying it more under Liam Rosenior, but the passing needs to be quicker and more accurate. Saturday's line-up, albeit without Reece James, was strong and had good balance. Onwards and upwards with more expansive front-foot football please. Certain players will be moved on in the summer - Liam Delap, Benoit Badiashile and Alejandro Garnacho.

Alan: It was a great game until the second half. After the break, we just seemed to lack any energy and motivation. Palmer is not yet match fit but was on fire. Another match when the defence was a disorganised mess - it really needs sorting out. Against a better team, we would have struggled to win with such an error-strewn defence.

Kevin: Palmer is the first Premier League player to score three first-half hat-tricks. Ice, Ice Baby. A great first half meant we didn't need to waste energy in the second. Four wins in four for Rosenior. KTBFFH.

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Wolves manager Rob Edwards, speaking to BBC Match of the Day: "We started the game well. I think we made a couple of ludicrous decisions in the penalties. And you can't give a team like that with the quality that they've got that sort of headstart.

"After that, with the feel around the place, it affected one or two. It wasn't a good environment to play in, up until half time. It was important to get in and fix one or two things. Which we did. The challenge then was for the players to show some character, some belief and understand that what we'll try and do now is win the second half - which we did."

"We'll learn a lot. We're going through a process, we've got to make some changes. We've done that in the window with people leaving, the lads coming in were excellent, Adam [Armstrong] and Angel [Gomes] were really good. Real positives for us.

"It's going to take some time to get it to where we want to be. But there were a lot of signs in the second half against a quality team that everyone is there, and willing to fight and keep doing it."

On new signings Armstrong and Gomes: "I thought they were brave, worked incredibly hard, showed lots and lots of quality. Angel got on the ball and looked to try and make things happen, was really busy and bright.

"Adam was incredibly hard working, linked it really well, looked aggressive at the right times. Very very pleased - I thought they were both a big plus for us."

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Did you know?

• Wolves have gained just eight points in the Premier League this season (W1 D5 L19), the fewest points tally after 25 games in the competition's history and Wolves' worst ever league season after 25 matches.

• The Old Gold scored their first second half goal in 11 Premier League home matches. It had been 469 second half minutes since their last goal at Molineux in August 2025 against Everton.

Gary Rose
BBC Sport journalist

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Bar a minor miracle, Wolves will be playing Championship football next season - but performances since 30 December have given their fans some cause for optimism.

They went four games unbeaten - winning two and drawing two - while producing some encouraging displays.

However, it is now three defeats in a row for Rob Edwards' side and their performance in the first half of this game was a reminder there is still plenty of work for them to do as poor defending - particularly with the two penalties - killed the game for them.

Matt Doherty needlessly clipped Joao Pedro inside the box for the first, before Yerson Mosquera shoved over the striker for the second.

Wolves were much better after the break, showing plenty of fight and desire, but by then the damage had been done.

Whether you were at the game or following from elsewhere, we want to know what you learned.

Have your say on Wolves' performance

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Wolves boss Rob Edwards gives new signings Adam Armstrong and Angel Gomes their debuts. Matt Doherty also returns to the starting eleven.

Wolves XI: Sa, Doherty, H Bueno, S Bueno, J Gomes, Armstrong, Hwang, Arokodare, Mosquera, Mane, A Gomes.

Subs: Johnstone, Lima, R Gomes, Tchatchoua, Wolfe, Krejci, Andre, Rawlings, Bellegarde.

There's two changes for Chelsea as Cole Palmer and Pedro Neto come back into the first XI.

Chelsea XI: Sanchez; Gusto, Fofana, Chalobah, Cucurella; Caicedo, Andrey Santos; Palmer, Fernandez, Neto; Joao Pedro

Subs: Sharman-Lowe, Acheampong, Sarr, Badiashile, Hato, Garnacho, Estevao Willian, Guiu, Delap

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Chris Sutton is making predictions for all 380 Premier League games this season, against AI, BBC Sport readers and a variety of guests.

His guest for week 25 is Gladiators star Apollo, real name Alex Gray, who supports Newcastle.

Sutton says: Chelsea were accused of being too negative in their Carabao Cup semi-final against Arsenal in midweek, but I can't see that being the case here.

I was far too optimistic about Wolves last week when I said they would draw with Bournemouth and I am not making the same mistake this time.

The games have been coming thick and fast for Chelsea and I actually admire their manager Liam Rosenior for the way he changed things up in their comeback win over West Ham.

Wolves boss Rob Edwards has probably got one eye on preparing for next season in the Championship, and his side will be one step nearer to that after this game.

Sutton's prediction: 1-2

Apollo's prediction: 1-2

AI's prediction: 1-2

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Chris Adams
BBC Sport journalist

Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior is looking to become just the second English manager in Premier League history to win his first four games in charge when his side visit bottom club Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

A win in the Black Country would edge him towards Craig Shakespeare's record of five with Leicester City between February and April 2017.

Four successive league victories is something his predecessor Enzo Maresca only managed once across his 57 games, winning five on the bounce in November and December 2024.

Rosenior has won six of his first eight matches in all competitions, with both losses coming in the two-legged League Cup semi-final against Arsenal.

Cold snap for Palmer

How best to use Cole Palmer is something Rosenior has had to contend with during his whirlwind start to life in the Stamford Bridge hotseat.

In the England midfielder's last 16 top-flight games of the 2024–25 season, he scored one goal – a penalty against Liverpool – while in 13 league games this campaign, he has scored just twice from open play.

After a blistering start to life in west London, when Palmer scored a seriously impressive 43 goals in his first two seasons, injuries have meant a stop-start campaign this time around.

The numbers show that the fifth-placed Blues have fared better from an attacking and defensive point of view when he has not been in the team this season.

Wolves on the wane again

Wolverhampton Wanderers' mini-revival under Rob Edwards, which saw them go four league games unbeaten over the new year period, is very much over now they're on a run of three straight defeats.

They haven't found the net in those three games and with one of last season's stalwarts, Jorgen Strand Larsen, departing for Crystal Palace on transfer deadline day, they find themselves without their top two goalscorers from last season.

Adam Armstrong has joined from Southampton, but even with his addition the entire Wolves squad combined has just 69 all-time Premier League goals to its name - only promoted Sunderland come off worse.

A protest by Wolves fans against the club's ownership saw thousands of them boycott the first 15 minutes of a 4-1 defeat to Manchester United at Molineux in December. They could be forgiven for staging a repeat after the half-time whistle.

Wolves haven't scored a second-half goal in any of their last 10 league home games. Only three sides have ever had a longer spell without a home goal in the second half of a match; Everton are the worst offenders, with a run of 13 ending in January 1999.

Curiously, the arrival of Angel Gomes on loan from Marseille means Edwards now has four players called Gomes to choose from – captain Toti, midfielder Joao and winger Rodrigo, which is sure to be music to the ears of commentators everywhere.

Phil Cartwright
BBC Sport journalist

Wolves boss Rob Edwards has been speaking to the media before Saturday's Premier League game against Chelsea at Molineux (kick-off 15:00 GMT).

Here are the key lines from his news conference:

• Angel Gomes and Adam Armstrong are in line to make their Wolves debuts after joining the club on Monday, while defender Ladislav Krejci is available to play after recovering from flu.

• On midfielder Gomes, who has joined on loan from Marseille: "I've always joked with him when we've spoken over the years that I'd sign him one day. It's nice to be able to do it now and get him in the building. He's a brilliant technical player, really intelligent and versatile - which is something that always appeals to me."

• Striker Armstrong signed from Southampton for a reported initial fee of £7m and Edwards said: "I've admired him for a long time - again, he's someone who is versatile. He has a brilliant attitude, a great work ethic and is a really good finisher. It [the deal] made complete sense for the here and now and going forward as well."

• Asked about the potential of a "classic big man/little man" strike partnership between Armstrong and Tolu Arokodare, Edwards said Armstrong's arrival gives him the flexibility to be able to play them as a pair and gives him another "slight difference" in how the team can play.

• Wolves sold striker Jorgen Strand Larsen to Crystal Palace on deadline day in a deal that could be worth up to £48m. "I've got nothing but positive things to say about him, he was always the ultimate professional and always gave everything," said Edwards of the Norway international. "He leaves with my best wishes. It was the right thing in the end for the football club and for him - it's worked out well for everyone."

• Edwards confirmed centre-back Emmanuel Agbadou is on the verge of joining Turkish side Besiktas, while Jhon Arias' departure is expected to be finalised in the next few days. It has been reported that Wolves have accepted a bid from Brazilian side Palmeiras for the Colombian midfielder.

• On facing Chelsea: "They've got an amazing squad so whatever team Liam [Rosenior] chooses will be fresh, ready and packed full of talent."

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Wolves midfielder Joao Gomes is helping children in Wolverhampton who have a stammer.

Gomes, who has a stammer himself, is supporting Wolf Words - which is offering more than 30 school children in Wolverhampton mentoring and activities to build confidence.

The scheme is funded by the Premier League and PFA Players' Fund and currently supports nine students at Warstones and 32 children across five schools in total.

"This is so special and you can really see the impact the project is having," he said.

"I want to give back to Wolverhampton for everything that the city has given to me, and this is something that I really believe in."

Listen to the full interview on BBC Sounds

Wolves have accepted Palmeiras' offer of £21.6m for Colombia winger Jhon Arias, and the 28 year-old is already discussing personal terms with the Brazilian side. (UOL - in Portuguese), external

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Emma Milton
Fan writer

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Wolves' window was always going to be a no-win situation.

When relegation odds keep shortening, it is hard to attract true Premier League talent. Players with options rarely choose a four-month slog that will probably end in the Championship and if the club is not shouting ambition from the rooftops, the pitch is even harder.

It felt fitting that the window closed on Groundhog Day. After weeks of waiting, I half-expected Wolves to do what they often do on deadline day: nothing.

Instead, they squeezed most of their business into the final hours, bringing the familiar mix of excitement, anxiety and instant judgement.

Angel Gomes feels like a genuine coup. Not long ago he was talked about as an answer to England's problem of managing games in possession and you can see why.

He brings calm control on the ball and the composure that relegation fights often lack. He finds space between the lines, plays through pressure instead of around it and could be the creative link Wolves have been missing for months. He is the midfielder you pick because you are tired of your team going side to side, then backwards, then side to side again.

Adam Armstrong makes sense too, but for different reasons. He is sharp, quick across the ground and lives off half-chances, which can decide tight games. Still, it feels like a signing built for the Championship more than the Premier League.

It is pragmatic planning for the drop and I am not averse to that. If the worst happens, his record suggests he could be central to a quick return.

Jorgen Strand Larsen heading to Crystal Palace will not bring many tears. After showing promise last season, he has not kicked on and one penalty goal across the Premier League campaign tells its own story.

Wolves needed a striker to deliver in big moments and he did not. With his numbers, £43m plus add-ons feels like a fee that flatters.

With other markets still open, there could be more exits yet, including Emmanuel Agbadou and Jhon Arias. But in a brutal window, this is decent business. I would rate it 7.5 out of 10.

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Mike Taylor
BBC Radio WM reporter

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A quirk of the calendar promised a cheap gag about the deadline falling on Groundhog Day, 2 February, and the familiar feeling of Wolves leaving everything to the last minute.

That would have been both unfunny and probably unfair, this January being unlike any previous window since Wolves were last promoted.

The idea of lying doggo and holding money back until the summer gained more support than might have been expected. It had an undeniable logic.

You could wonder how it would really feel the morning after, realising that the rest of the campaign – which season-ticket holders paid for months ago – had effectively been written off as a bad job. (Perhaps, after the rest of the league was equally inert for most of Monday, not that bad after all.)

At a meeting with the club's senior management last week, a selection of fans' group leaders and podcasters were assured that work was continuing, but with a "focus on protecting the club's value".

It was also noted that attracting players had proved very difficult, which was not hard to believe. Players who feel their place is in the Premier League could consider any club in the top half of the Championship more likely to appear in the top flight next season than Wolves.

But the deadline day business offers encouragement that squad-building, now overseen by Matt Jackson, will be better next summer – as it will need to be if the stated aim of an immediate bounce back up is realistic. Adam Armstrong, proven in the second tier, was a logical purchase at a fair price.

The signing of Angel Gomes is more intriguing. A full England international within the last 18 months, his record suggests he could be a very high-end Championship player. The notion that he might use a loan at Wolves to remind Premier League clubs who he is feels misplaced after his first club interview, in which Gomes was clear that the chance to work with Rob Edwards, one of his coaches at England Under-20 level, was a major pull factor.

And of course there was the Jorgen Strand Larsen deal. It's better that we remember his form from last season, which feels more aligned to the Crystal Palace offer.

Last summer, Wolves' mishandling of the window left them in a position where both choices – either rejecting Newcastle's massive offer or allowing their striker to leave with no serious cover – felt equally unthinkable.

The next window could be their most complex for years and they cannot afford to be so poorly prepared again.

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We asked for your views on Wolves' signings of midfielder Angel Gomes and striker Adam Armstrong on deadline day.

Here are some of your comments:

Kieran: Gomes is a really good signing. Armstrong one for the future. Good luck Strand Larsen.

Paul: Great signings. Will help in the Premier League but more importantly - get us up from the Championship.

Bobby: Well done. A difficult transfer window but our business is with an eye to the future.

David: New signings Gomes and Armstrong both want to be at Wolves and will bring positives to the squad. Both of them could potentially shine at Championship and Premier League level. Crucially, unlike last summer's arrivals, they know the level they'll be aiming at. So let's be optimistic.

Kieron: Armstrong will be a good addition for the Championship next season, and getting Gomes with an option to buy is a bonus as can play as a six, eight or a 10 in midfield. They both have the rest of this season to bed in for the next.

Rhys: I am quite annoyed that Jorgen left, but saying that, look who we've brought in. Adam Armstrong is an incredible Championship player and will help us when we get relegated (maybe?).

Bob: Wolves have clearly accepted that relegation is now inevitable and have started building for the Championship. These signings are a reasonable start but it all depends which of the current players they can keep for next season.

Nick Mashiter
Football reporter

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Wolves had to tread carefully this window.

They needed to start preparing for next season but if they sold too much of the silverware it would look like they were surrendering too early.

With relegation increasingly likely, they could not leave it until the summer to revamp the squad but they have struck the right tone in the difficult winter window.

The additions of Adam Armstrong from Southampton and Angel Gomes from Marseille give the squad fresh faces and voices.

The signing of Gomes is especially positive.

Just under 18 months ago, he was making his England debut under Lee Carsley against the Republic of Ireland and his loan from Marseille sees the midfielder return to the UK for the first time since leaving Manchester United in 2020.

Armstrong has Championship pedigree, even if his record in the top flight is hardly prolific, as Wolves rebuild the frontline after Jorgen Strand Larsen's £48m move to Crystal Palace.

Strand Larsen is a high-profile exit. Joao Gomes and Andre had interest in January - although Gomes was happy to stay until the end of the season and assess his future, with Napoli current frontrunners for the Brazil international.

Marshall Munetsi and Fer Lopez have gone out on loan - Munetsi's time at the club appearing over as Wolves try to keep his value high, while Lopez will return in the summer.

Rob Edwards needed to bring players in who would be willing to step into the Championship and help bring Wolves back to the Premier League. The first steps have been taken.

Wolves have completed the deadline day signings of midfielder Angel Gomes and striker Adam Armstrong.

Gomes joins on an initial loan from French side Marseille until the end of the season, with an option to buy at the end of the campaign.

The 25-year-old only joined Marseille from Lille in the summer but has not started a Ligue 1 match since November, scoring four goals in 20 appearances in all competitions for the club.

Gomes came through the ranks at Manchester United, where he featured 10 times for the first team.

Speaking to club media about the deal for the England international, boss Rob Edwards said: "I'm delighted, really excited. I've got a really good relationship with Angel – we go back quite a long way now.

"At the FA we got on really, really well. I thought he was a brilliant, technical player, and he's got a great brain. He gives us real quality in that midfield area and it's a really exciting signing for the football club.

"He's young, but he's experienced now, he's got a lot of games behind him. Everything that he brings, his intensity, his energy, his enthusiasm for football, we want him to bring all of that. He's got bags of quality, so I'm looking forward to seeing him integrate into the group."

Armstrong has joined on a three-and-a-half-year contract for a fee of £7m from Championship side Southampton.

The 28-year-old has 11 goals for Saints in the second tier this season, contributing to a tally of 43 for the club since joining from Blackburn in 2021.

His arrival follows the departure of forward Jorgen Strand Larsen to Crystal Palace for £48m.

"Adam's really excited to be here. He's a competitor and he's got something about him that we need now. He was really keen to come and join Wolves, and wants to play for Wolves, so it's a really good day for the club getting him in," Edwards said.

"He's someone I've admired for a long, long time. He's a really good footballer, a goal threat and a goal scorer. He's someone who can play off the sides if we wanted him to, he'll see himself as a nine and as a goalscorer, but he's more than that.

"We were only going to bring people in if we felt they could really affect the group in a positive way, not just on the pitch, but around the whole place as well. Hopefully everyone really gets behind him and shows him that love really early on."

What do you make of Wolves' business on deadline day? Can they have an impact in the final months of the season? Or is it preparation for a possible Championship campaign?

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Wolves have done the following business on deadline day:

• Midfielder Angel Gomes has joined Wolves on an initial loan move from Ligue 1 side Marseille, with an option to buy in the summer.

• Adam Armstrong has completed a permanent move to Wolves from Southampton. This season the 28-year-old has scored 11 goals in 29 Championship appearances. Armstrong has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract at the club.

• Striker Jorgen Strand Larsen has completed a move to fellow Premier League side Crystal Palace in a deal worth up to £48m.

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