Gary O’Neil - Trust statement

The Wolves 1877 Trust would like to put on record our thanks to Gary O'Neil and his backroom staff. He took over in difficult circumstances at the beginning of last season. His high point will be the win over West Brom at the Hawthorns in the FA Cup.

Results this season have simply not been good enough. Saturday's performance, against Ipswich, showed all the hallmarks of a lack of discipline and questionable fitness of an unbalanced squad. The Club has sold Three Club Captains in as many years and over £200 million in player sales.

We feel Gary can't be held responsible for this situation alone with questionable recruitment and poor leadership from our Chairman who has done his best to alienate the fan base in recent months with above inflation season ticket prices and inconsistent communication with the press and fans.

We feel that Fosun needs to review the leadership of the club. The club has commercially never been so successful but this is not being reflected in investment in the Team.

As a Trust we feel we need an experienced Premier League Manager who can organise our defence and retain our Premier League status. We need our owners to back our new Manager in the January and future windows.