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Wolves fans send plea to Jeff Shi and Fosun while watching on during defeat to Crystal Palace

Wolves fans send a plea to chairman Jeff Shi and Fosun while watching on during the 2-0 defeat to Crystal Palace on Saturday.

Palace climbed into the Premier League top four and spoiled Rob Edwards’ first game in charge as Wolves boss. Daniel Munoz and Yeremy Pino scored within six second-half minutes to seal all three points for Oliver Glasner’s side.

Wolves are still winless and bottom of the Premier League with 2 points after 12 games played, and 9 points from safety, making it their worst top-flight start since 1983-84.

Wolves manager Rob Edwards to BBC Match of the Day: “I’m obviously really disappointed with the result. The effort was there but we can still improve in moments that’s for sure. The game is there. We started the second half really well, we were probably the better team. Their first goal was very fortunate. It’s the story of our season, we needed that first goal. And then there second goal is a loose give away and a great finish.

“We then took the shackles off but we need to do that at 0-0. I thought second half we were a bit more dominant, but they end up taking the moments. That’s probably why I’m here. It was never going to be a quick fix, but there’s moments there. You look at the stats and there’s probably not that much in it. It’s fine margins and that’s why we are where we are, and why they are where they are.

“We’ve got no one to blame other than ourselves. We’ve got to look at ourselves and find away to get out of this. No one’s going to give us the confidence and belief, we’ve got to earn that ourselves.

“It’s not going to be done in a week. We knew it was never going to be click your fingers and that’s it. There was a lot in there that has probably been the story of our seasons. We lacked confidence and needed that first goal. We’ve tried to up the intensity. We need to be able to get to work. We’ll have a full week to prepare for Villa and hopefully we’ll improve again.

“We all want a magic wand, no of us have got it, the only way we’ll work things out is by sticking together.”

Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner to BBC Match of the Day: “Very good result here after the international break. It was a tight game and we expected that. It was a very highly-motivated Wolves team. It came to who would take one of those chances.

“We didn’t know because it was a new manager. It was a great adjustment from my assistants. Clean sheet, three points here at Wolves. It’s been a very good start. It’s a real crunch time now so it’s good to start with a win.”

On goalscorer Yeremy Pino: “He always gives great effort and works so hard. Sometimes he is a little unlucky. But of course the goal, but you see in general we have the attack and the defence counter-presses. We pass to Yeremy and he is free and of course the finish is amazing.”

On Marc Guehi possibly getting a second yellow card: “First of all you are taught in England that not every contact is a foul, and not every foul is a yellow card. I think the referee did really well. I congratulated Marc because if you are booked as a centre-back so early you have to be very smart. I think it was the right decision. At the end the referee did a great job today.

“I’m excited and looking forward. We are pleased, this is the reward for the effort. We’re really enjoying our journey together. Everyone can see there is a huge desire and commitment.”

Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton: “We started well which was a positive. We got into good positions. The message at half-time was to keep doing the same things.

“They were tough to beat. They got in their shape and were compact. We got there in the end.

“For us it’s just about moving the ball quick and forcing them out to be able to play in behind.”

On being fourth: “It’s good. It just shows how tight the league is, we can’t get ahead of ourselves. There’s a long way to go, and if we lost today we’d probably be 16th. There’s no need to get ahead of ourselves. We’ll just keep working and going game by game.”

Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi to BBC Match of the Day: “It was a good game, we always knew Wolves would make it tough for us. New manager, new hope and motivation for them. But we stuck to what we needed to do. It was a disciplined performance from us today.”

On Palace’s top-four hopes: “The position is irrelevant at this stage of the season to be honest. It’s more important how we played. It was a really good performance from everyone.

“I think after last season the goal is to hopefully win another trophy, and try to surpass where we finished in the table last season. But I think right now we’re trying to maintain focus and take every game step by step.

“My obsession is to get better. My obsession is also this team and to do well for my team and my team-mates. I’m incredibly grateful to be playing football. Even when I missed one game last week it hurts. I’m still miles away from where I want to be so I’m grateful to my team-mates for pushing me.

“There’s a genuine belief with the fans and everyone in the club that we can do really well in games.”

Twitter users reacted as Wolves fans send a plea to Jeff Shi and Fosun while watching on during defeat to Crystal Palace…

@wolvesbradders:
“I think we had a good transfer window”.
2 points from a third of the season later…

@irishwolf99: Diabolical. Take a hatchet to this squad in January. Not a single ball-carrier in the whole squad, JRB rhe closest we’ve got

@wwfc101: 4 seasons ago we we were 2 players from being a top side. We need 23 now. Great transfer window Jeff

@TobyMarshall__: I have no interest in Wolves until Fosun sell. I am out. ✌🏻 #wwfc

@jon306: @Fosun_Intl sell up and fuck off. #wwfc

@WomWolf93: I miss the days when our only gripe was Adama not being very good at crossing.

@CJ_7171: It’s the morning after & the anger & hatred for this ownership & chairman is still rife. One thing’s for sure however is that Molineux isn’t doing enough to hound these cunts out. They’ve killed every aspect of our club & they’re getting away with it too easily #wwfc #fosunout

@808Slates: About as low as I can remember how I feel about my club at the moment… The rise under Fosun was meteoric the drop off in the last 4yrs has been catastrophic #wwfc

@measlewolf: Hurts doesn’t it? But football is goes in circles, unless you follow a top 4 team. In time it’ll be enjoyable again whatever division #wwfc #COYW

@salopwolf: Fosun won’t be selling the club anytime soon because they are using our famous club & badge to drive their e-sports business, they won’t care what division we are in, we are just a small dot on their landscape, we need to force them out #wwfc

@MDU_2615: This team is allergic to scoring. Started out with unlucky with breaks. Krejci misses the target. Palace scores when the blocked shot falls to them. Later, Palace bends it from outside the box. Something Wolves cannot currently do.

@T_R_U_E_W_O_L_F: Sack the recruitment team, sack whomever hired them, then sack whomever hired those people in turn. If Jeff isn’t sacked at that point, sack him as well. Mismanagement of the highest order from top to bottom. In any other role Jeff Shi would be sacked over a year ago.

@WV1Rep: Morgan wasn’t great but he cared about #Wolves, had good intentions, never took us on a painful 5-year long decline, never killed the soul of the fan base or asset-stripped the squad. Pound for pound he did a better job, imagine what he could’ve done with Fosuns billions? #WWFC

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