Jeff Shi’s verdict on Wolves’ summer is looking even more tone-deaf after Sunderland loss

Earlier in the summer Jeff Shi made a comment saying that he felt Wolves’ transfer business was good, but eight games into the season, and he could not have been more wrong.

The Old Gold have a much weaker squad this campaign, and nearly all of the new arrivals have yet to adapt and make an impact.

Ladislav Krejci is perhaps the only outlier, and his quality has been clear to see from his very first game for Wolves.

However, after a winless run that has seen Vitor Pereira’s side pick up only two points, it looks increasingly clear that Jeff Shi’s verdict is ageing like milk.

Wolves’ summer business has left them in a relegation battle

While the players Wolves have signed may turn out to be good signings over the coming months, the early indicators are that the recruitment has led to the Old Gold being in a relegation fight.

Fans were well aware that the new players had no Premier League experience, and they were worried that their business was not good enough to stay up this season.

Matheus Cunha, Rayan Ait Nouri, and Nelson Semedo have not been adequately replaced.

Jeff Shi disagrees, with the executive chairman adamant it was “a good window” and that they had helped Vitor Pereira build the squad he needs.

However, those comments look to be proven wrong, and fans are already looking to be vindicated in their opinion.

While Pereira is not blameless, and fans have started to turn on the Wolves head coach, he has not been helped by the board, as Shi insists.

The disconnect between the board, fans, squad and the head coach keeps growing each week, and brazen interviews, such as the one the executive chairman did, have turned out to be cheap attempts at PR that have significantly backfired.

Wolves are not expected to spend big in January, but truthfully, even if they were, it may be too little too late.

The Old Gold were lucky to get away with surviving relegation last season after selling some important players like Pedro Neto.

However, the board have ridden their luck too far this year, and that same approach has not worked with the promoted sides being much stronger than in previous seasons.

Difficult to see where Wolves can turn things around

Wolves’ next five games are all difficult.

Burnley will be tough opposition based on how previous games against the promoted sides have gone.

Fulham won’t be much easier, and then a string of games against Chelsea, Crystal Palace and Aston Villa poses a real risk of the Old Gold going winless over the next five as well.

There is a genuine chance that the Wanderers enter December still only on two points, and if that is the case, it would seem like an impossible task to survive the drop.

Vitor Pereira simply needs to pull off a miracle over the coming games, and if not, the board will only have themselves to blame if Championship football is what Molineux sees next season.