Liam Keen analysis: Apathy worse than anger as Wolves hit new low

Alongside the now normal chants against owners Fosun and club chairman Jeff Shi, and 'you're getting sacked in the morning' at Vitor Pereira, the fans turned their attentions to their repertoire of old songs.

'Si senor', 'we've got Neves' and 'Nuno had a dream' were belted out, as fans fondly remembered much brighter times to support this club.

As the fans had more fun, they moved on to other players such as Patrick Cutrone, Ivan Cavaleiro, Benik Afobe and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, in any attempt to make use of the hard-earned money they spent to follow Wolves to the capital.

That apathy was mirrored, to some degree, by the performance on the pitch. It lacked any energy, urgency and quality. 

As a result, Wolves have become the first club in top flight history to fail to win any of their opening 10 matches in two consecutive seasons.

Wolves survived relegation last campaign but many feel this year could be a step too far and when you consider that no team has ever survived in the Premier League after achieving just two points from 10 games, it is a mountain to climb for this side to buck that trend.

Pereira was also struggling to win over supporters before a ball was kicked on Saturday as he named Joao Gomes and Andre on the bench.

Considering Wolves were playing in their Lobos third kit, to drop the club's two Brazilian stars was ironic.

J.Gomes has now been dropped for the last two Premier League matches, while it is the third time this season that Andre has found himself watching from the sidelines.

Wolves fans chanted the names of both players early on at Craven Cottage as they made their feelings known about a decision that has bemused the masses.

Pereira's explanation for the decision was that Ladislav Krejci and Jean-Ricner Bellegarde have performed better of late in those positions. Regardless, it was a huge decision that needed a result and the head coach certainly did not get that.

Wolves have started recent games extremely badly and needed to improve on that front.

Against Sunderland and Burnley in the league, and Chelsea in the Carabao Cup, early goals have put Wolves on the back foot straight away.

But just nine minutes into this fixture they were behind again from a totally avoidable goal.

Santi Bueno was well-intentioned when he attempted to intercept the ball, but instead he put it on a plate for Raul Jimenez to slip Ryan Sessegnon through on goal and while Sam Johnstone should have done better, Fulham did take the lead.

Wolves' response was passive. The team looked tired and uninspired. They huffed and puffed with no end result.

Emmanuel Agbadou then got himself sent off to make matters worse. VAR did check if Josh King had handled and many have suggested they made the wrong call by not overturning the decision.

But the straight red stood and Agbadou got his marching orders. 

Regardless of the decision, Wolves were losing and would have lost the game with 11 men anyway. Nothing about the first half performance up to that point suggested otherwise.

 Early goals, changes at half-time and ultimately a defeat. Rinse and repeat.

With 10 men away from home it was a tough ask but Wolves never truly came close to laying a glove on Fulham and Harry Wilson curled home the second with ease.

The third was comical but, as Krejci's own goal at Sunderland did, it summed Wolves up.

They were screaming for a free-kick on the edge of the box when Hugo Bueno went down, but nothing was given. Fulham broke at speed, Sessegnon went on the overlap and crossed low as Krejci and Yerson Mosquera got in each other's way. The ball bounced off Mosquera and nestled in the net.

It was farcical, but that is the best way to sum up Wolves' season so far.

No players stood out, some were only not quite as bad as the others, while plenty were wholly disappointing.

Wolves have been able to scrape some positives out of other defeats but this loss offers none, other than the fact Fulham did not add to their three goals. From start to finish it was a disaster.

As the game came to a close, Andre was first over the away end and he got a positive reaction, as he turned around and beckoned his team-mates over. He was joined by Sam Johnstone shortly after before the rest of the players and staff came over.

The fans showed their anger towards many of them as their team stares down the distinct possibility - or probability - that it will be one relegation battle too many.