VERDICT: Our fans on Zenga sacking

Chris Hughes

Do you think Zenga should have been sacked? In my opinion, no. However I also thought sacking Jackett so close to the start of the season was wrong, especially to bring in a foreign manager who's never been involved in the English game.

Zenga spent the first five weeks of his reign rotating half of his starting XI every game, in a pre-season style, attempting to gauge the abilities of his playing squad.

While recent performances and results have been poor, it's hardly unexpected from a manager with limited knowledge of both his playing staff and of the opposition he's facing from game to game.

Add in the 13 new faces all trying to bed in and gel with their new team mates and surroundings and Zenga was always on a hiding to nothing.

Who do you want to see replace him? This may not be a view shared by many but I'd give Rob Edwards an extended run as caretaker boss, maybe until early December, to show what he can do.

He's obviously highly thought of within the club and his time in charge of the age group team saw them playing an attractive brand of football that was both easy on the eye and, considering how many of the older players eligible were taken away from him to be with the first team, fairly competitive.

This work has continued with Scott Sellars and it would be good to see him step up and support Edwards with the first team.

This would give us time to let someone who's familiar with many of the playing squad, including the young prospects, try and produce results, while also being able to sound out potential replacements in the event that Edwards isn't able to get the squad to produce competitive performances.

Heather Large

Do you think Zenga should have been sacked? Personally I don't think the fans' expectations were particularly high when he was appointed.

His lack of Championship experience was always going to be an issue and the Ipswich game back in August was the first sign that he could be out of his depth.

But I still think the decision to sack him has been made too early. Despite the losses, we have seen matches far more entertaining than some of the dross we witnessed last season. I'm not saying that's down to Zenga but we have played much better and there's certainly a lot of potential in the side.

I would have liked to have seen him given more time to turn things around. As I said after the Leeds game, I would have reviewed it at Christmas.

But I'm not in charge. The fans unfortunately have no say in what goes on. Our new owners have already made it known they want success and a return on their investment so I suppose we shouldn't be surprised that they took action when Zenga didn't deliver the results. Our beloved club is just a business to Fosun. They want Premier League football and they are going to do whatever it takes to get us there. What happens next is anyone's guess.

Who do you want to see replace him? I really don't know. Someone with proven Championship experience goes without saying.

But options at this stage of the season are limited. I just hope they take their time considering potential candidates. Another rushed appointment is not what Wolves need.

Russ Cockburn

Do you think Zenga should have been sacked? Can we still sing 'we're massive in Italy'?

The signs were on the wall and four wins out of 14 obviously isn't great, but the fans were nowhere near turning on him.

When he was appointed I wasn't convinced at the time and it was always likely to end in tears.

There were some high spots, which perhaps merited a slightly longer spell to see if he could have achieved the un-achievable.

Brentford and Reading at home were good, the second halves at Villa and Blues were very good and the Newcastle win was the best performance of the season.

This always had an air of inevitability about it, but felt he deserved a bit more time...unless the right man is waiting in the wings

I also think Butti going might signal a change of direction, which could open the door to a non-Mendes appointment. Time will tell.

Who do you want to see replace him? Big Sam is a proven Premier League manager who would get us up in my opinion.

It might be a nice way for him to get back into football, with money to spend, although one danger is Sunderland maybe giving Moyes the heave-ho.

He wins games, he'll get us promoted and his teams aren't as bad as people make out to watch.

I don't give two hoots about the scandal – I doubt there's any manager clean as a whistle and it's time for us to focus on results.

He'd be my choice but with the structure we've got in place I don't see it happening.

How about Tony Pulis? It's about time he moved to a big club.

Sarah Connolly

Do you think Zenga should have been sacked? The sacking did come as a shock, even if it was unsurprising.

At the end of the Leeds game, Zenga stood there looking dejected, almost as though he knew he was a condemned man. There have been rumours for a few weeks that Zenga only had a few games to save his job and, with results not going our way, it would certainly seem there was some substance to those whispers.

On the one hand, this shows how ruthless Fosun are going to be in seeing their dream of reaching the Premier League within a few seasons come to fruition. They clearly want results. My only concern with that is becoming 'a Leeds' and swapping managers every few months. From what I've seen from Shi so far though, I think he has more sense than that.

On the other hand, to me it just proves Zenga was merely a stopgap after Fosun failed to get the man they wanted in the summer. He won the fans round, we had started to play the more attacking football fans were lusting for and he was a character on the touch line.

His passion won't be forgotten, you only need to picture him on his knees at the end of the Blues game to get that fuzzy feeling.

The only other problem he had was that the fans just weren't returning to Molineux. Despite a pick up in feelings, we were still drawing low crowds due to results and performances.

I couldn't see Fosun standing for that much longer, but for the sacking to have happened so sudden is a shock. Fourteen games is no time for any manager to build a team around the tactics he wants to play. But football is a results business, and Fosun themselves clearly mean business.

Thank you for the memories Zenga, and thank you for bringing the passion back. I'll always wish him well.

Who do you want to see replace him? The obvious choice would be Big Sam. Local lad, proven in management and someone who has a point to prove given recent results.

I can't, however, see Fosun going for that. They will want someone who can see out their plan, and quite possibly someone who can talent spot and build a solid team capable of retaining Premier League status. Given what appears to be a stronghold from Jorge Mendes, I can only see someone like Marco Silva or Vitor Pereira coming in.

The club have always used the rollercoaster analogy, so here's to the next climb on the rollercoaster. Hold on kids, I have a feeling it will be an exciting but very bumpy ride.

Peter Abbott (London Wolves)

Do you think Zenga should have been sacked? No, not really, I've always believed you should give managers a decent run at it, however we had a "tinker-man" and it was difficult to see at this stage where our tactics and form were heading... only time will tell.

Who do you want to see replace him? Big Sam simply because he knows his way around or Tim Sherwood who I've always thought could make it tell at management.

As for Paul Ince? Yes please, very much so.

Russ Evers (Hatherton Wolves)

Do you think Zenga should have been sacked? I quite liked Zenga. I appreciated his passion and knowledge of the club and his believable desire to take us to the Premier. It was also a great terrace chant!

But liking someone isn't enough and he became his own worst enemy by playing tinker-man far too often. I am not sure if squad rotation has ever worked well.

You should pick your best team and stick with it barring loss of form, injury or suspension. You simply cannot expect players to be at their peak when they are selected for sporadic games and then left out for the next four or five, a la Price and Wallace amongst others.

You do have to wonder how much - if any - influence Zenga had in the transfer market. He clearly didn't fancy Stearman, John, Gladon or Borthwick-Jackson, the latter of whom seemed to have far more good minutes on the pitch than bad.

I am not fully convinced he had 100 per cent of the say on the starting XI either so it is good to see his team of assistants has gone with him to leave the next man in sole charge.

For him to say that we deserved something out of the Brighton game where we had a strong last 10 minutes preceded by a poor 80 was almost Dean Saunders Mk 2.

All in all it was a surprise appointment to begin with and whilst I am pleased Jeff Shi has again shown his ruthless streak, we need stability and must avoid following Leeds who seem to appoint one manager each season (spring, summer, autumn and winter).

Who do you want to see replace him? Surely all or most of the names being bandied about were also available to Villa but their Chinese owners quickly realised the Championship needs a hardened experienced man at the helm.

As much as Silva's record gives much optimism, there is only one person who in my eyes fits the bill and that is Sam Allardyce.

Good enough for England four or five months ago he was sacked for an indiscretion that whilst smacking of greed would be something that 99 per cent of us would have done given the opportunity. So it's Big Sam for me - Wolves ay he?!