Fan column: Wolves' squad is dangerously thin with the new season upon us

Wolves fan columnist John Lalley has his say ahead of the new Premier League season.

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The approach of a new season invariably stirs a range of emotions; optimism, disgruntled pessimism, wild speculation and conjecture, all surrounding a growing impatience for the action to unfold. 

The void left by the passing of Diogo Jota starkly induces a sense of perspective. The enormity of the tragedy left a spontaneity of grief and a sense of bewilderment around Molineux. 

Now, just the exhilarating memories remain. The control, the shimmy, the pace and the guile but above all, the devastating finishing which contributed so significantly to the wonderful first three years of the Nuno revolution. Jota’s brilliance sealed his elevation into the Liverpool ranks but he remains a Wolves’ icon now inducted into the club’s Hall of Fame. 

He is rubbing shoulders with some very special company but his presence there is wholly deserving. 

WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 09: Players, match officials and fans take part in a minute's silence in memory of former football player Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, who passed away on the 3rd of July 2025 during the pre-season friendly match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Celta Vigo at Molineux on August 09, 2025 in Wolverhampton, England. (Photo by Jack Thomas/Getty Images)
WOLVERHAMPTON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 09: Players, match officials and fans take part in a minute's silence in memory of former football player Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva, who passed away on the 3rd of July 2025 during the pre-season friendly match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Celta Vigo at Molineux on August 09, 2025 in Wolverhampton, England. (Photo by Jack Thomas/Getty Images)