Owner Steve Morgan issued a fresh promotion pledge to disheartened Wolves fans after their Premiership dreams were crushed for another year at Molineux.
The 1-0 victory over Plymouth was not enough to leapfrog Adrian Boothroyd’s limping Watford outfit who clung to sixth place and the play-offs with a 1-1 draw at Blackpool.
That left Wolves stranded in seventh by the agonising margin of one fewer in the goal-difference column which brought a flat finish to a difficult season for manager Mick McCarthy and his players.
But Morgan, continuing the tradition of an end-of-season chairman’s address from the centre circle, came out fighting despite a year which has seen Wolves slide from fifth-placed finish on 76 points to seventh with six points less.
“We just have to make sure we don’t need the play offs next season,” he said. “We have to make sure we win it.
“I don’t remember ever seeing a group of players who have actually won a game look so unhappy. We all feel the same. It’s my first year at the club. It’s been a very emotional, up and down season, we’ve had our bad spell but plenty of good times as well.
“I’m so excited to be here and I know Wolves are moving forward and we will be back where we belong - in the Premiership.”
The Cheshire-based multi-millionaire staged initial talks with McCarthy and Chief Executive Jez Moxey last week to discuss their summer plans, a further sign that the grumbling disatisfaction among fans about the manager’s performance this season is not shared in the office that matters.
The biggest problem for the club will be to prevent their top players becoming unsettled by approaches from Premier League suitors.
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mr morgan now lets see you put your money were your mouth is,im getting really fedup year after year we hear the same old excuses dopey mick keeps saying we’ve got the players to get us there no we have’nt get rid of breen collins ward etc,and buy young hungry players in the summer then lets see the wolve roar.
Wolves are a second rate club.Only the Stadium and support is of a Premiership nature.The new owner says he intends to increase Molineux’s capacity.This is not a priority.The playing staff quality are Number 1 priority.The staff responsible for the fitness of the players is second.The coaching levels of competence is third.I submit that all at Molineux start acting as a Premiership concern.The rest will follow.