Always Wolves
Always Wolves
Dazzling Dave writes about fans deja vu feelings and reminiscing for times gone by in this weeks BBC Sport article
Deja vu hangs over Wolves – and you could feel it on Saturday.
The mood, the murmurs, even the songs. Fans drifted through a back catalogue of memories, calling out the names of Conor Coady, Ruben Neves, Joao Moutinho and Raul Jimenez. Then further back to Bakary Sako, Nouha Dicko and Benik Afobe.
It felt warm, but also worrying. This is what happens when belief in the present starts to thin. We reach for the past.
It mirrors the end of Gary O’Neil’s reign, almost beat for beat. A bit of early optimism, a few gritty performances, then a slide that felt slow and inevitable.
Last season, the crowd at Everton away sang the same songs, for the same reasons, shortly before the axe fell. Supporters were searching for identity and joy, and they found it in memory rather than on the pitch.
Vitor Pereira’s start has flickered with similar tones. A plan that looks tidy on paper, moments that hint at control, but a team still stuck between ideas.
The atmosphere told its own story – not rage or apathy, but longing. Fans were not just singing; they were placing a marker. This is what Wolves can be. This is what Wolves felt like when belief was shared by the players and the supporters.
That is the reflection that matters now. The songs are a love letter and a warning. The fanbase is still here, still loud, still ready to back a team that gives them something real – but they are also telling the club what they miss: leaders, conviction and a clear way forward.
Alan Shearer had just three words to say about Wolves on BBC’s Match of the Day and I will finish with those: “Must beat Burnley.”