Bull and the fans have say on Wolves boss sacking

Wolves legend Steve Bull has said "change is for the best sometimes" after Thursday's sacking of head coach Rob Edwards.

Edwards left Middlesbrough, who were second in the Championship, to join Wolves in the Premier League in November. The Midlands club were without a win at the time and finished the season relegated.

It emerged this week the Wolves had agreed to re-sign striker Raul Jimenez from Fulham and signed ex-England full-back Kieran Trippier. Cesar Peixoto, who guided Gil Vicente to sixth in Portugal's Primeira Liga, has been linked with the Molineux job.

Bull added of the sacking: "Sometimes you need to freshen things up." But club legends aside, what are the views of the fans? The BBC has been finding out.

Ryan Leister from The Wolves Report podcast thought supporters' views would "be split" and that assessment appeared to be born out by the comments of fans going about their business in the city on Thursday.

A customer at Bilston market Paul Wood said the sacking was "disgraceful".

The Bushbury resident said: "I mean, the chap's [given] up a good first division side. Where's he gonna go?

"I'm ashamed. I am. As a Wolves fan, I'm ashamed.

"He couldn't do anything for the Wolves because they [were] already down."

However, Wolves fan Gary Green, who works on a fruit and veg stall, seemed to think Edwards had it coming, saying he was not surprised by the development.

Asked whether it was the right decision, he replied: "Yeah, I think so."

Green said "at the end of last season, Wolves were pretty much already down and he was really negative and it's not fair on the fans".

"Why don't you just pick a team and go out and attack and have a go and give the fans something to hang on to?

"I thought it was absolutely dreadful his team selections at the end of last season."

But Leister, when asked whether he saw Edwards' sacking coming, said: "I didn't, no... I mean welcome to the world of Wolverhampton Wanderers and the rollercoaster it is.

"It has been a great week - they've released a fantastic new kit, Kieran Trippier signs, Raul Jimenez comes back and then there's the news... [of] Rob Edwards departing.

"It just seems really strange timing. Now I think lots of fans would've understood... if this happened straight after the Burnley game [the final match of the season]."

The podcast contributor stated he thought Edwards had "lost a lot of the fanbase".

"I think there was a lot of reputational damage done among the fanbase over those last six weeks... because some of the performances were poor.

"I think the fans'll be disappointed... the way it's happened with Rob, but equally I think [they'll] understand the long-term vision."

Bull also saw two sides to the situation before ultimately coming down on one.

Questioned whether it was the right call, Bull said: "I don't know, because I don't like too much change, it's like you with yourself in everybody's job.

"But change is for the best sometimes and sometimes you need to sharpen things up... freshen things up."

The ex-Wolves forward, 61, stated that on Edwards' arrived last year "I thought he was on to a no-win situation".

Asked over rumours about a new Portuguese boss, Bull said: "It might be a bit like when we had Nuno [Espirito Santo, who led Wolves to promotion in 2018] - nobody knows nothing about him, but he might come and do a good job."

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