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'Wolves need a team with a spine'

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[BBC] [Getty Images] Wolves' problems go far beyond one bad result. The real fear is that the negativity and toxicity around this club will roll straight into next season unless there is a serious reset. I had ice cream on the beach before kick-off against Brighton on Saturday and I might as well have stayed there because too many of these players were still sat on their deckchairs when the game started.

They never looked like they had turned up for the fight. At half-time, Wolves' xG was 0. 0.

Zero. That is embarrassing. For a Premier League side, even one already going down, that is nowhere near good enough.

And the bigger picture is even worse. Wolves have now been beaten by all 19 other Premier League teams this season. That tells you exactly where this team is.

Relegated or not, these players should be fighting for the badge, showing pride and giving fans something to hold on to. Instead, far too many of them look like they have mentally switched off. And Rob Edwards should be getting far more out of this group than he is.