Wolves’ Summer Rebuild: Big Squad and Big Questions

Wolverhampton Wanderers head into the new season with numbers on their side – but not necessarily the profile many expected.

On BBC Radio WM, commentator Mike Taylor sat down with former Wolves striker David Kelly to pick apart the club’s summer transfer window, and one theme kept coming back: size versus seasoning.

Wolves have assembled a large squad, plenty of options in most areas, and the kind of depth that should, on paper, withstand the slog of a Championship campaign. The doubt lies elsewhere – in whether there is enough hardened Championship experience to turn that depth into a genuine promotion charge.

“This might be a promotion squad – the only thing that we can say for the moment, is it is not what we were anticipating,” Taylor said, summing up the mood of a fanbase still trying to work out exactly what this team is.

He didn’t dress it up. “That doesn't mean it will necessarily be bad. We'll know that in a few weeks, but it is not what we were expecting. It just isn't.”

That’s the crux of it. Wolves may yet have the tools to storm back into the Premier League, but this is a different route, a different profile of squad, and a very different feeling around Molineux.

The answers will come quickly once the Championship grind begins.