To this, I would like to add a fourth, Stan Cullis. He managed Wolves from 1948 to 1964, setting the tone for the inauguration of the European Cup with the glorious triumphs of the 1950s, winning the league twice (1957-58, 1958-59) and narrowly coming second to Burnley by one point in 1959-1960 but winning the FA Cup 3-0 against Blackburn. The worst decision John Ireland, the Wolves chairman, made was to sack Cullis in 1964. Can you imagine? Cullis had made Wolves into the internationally renowned club that it still is today and Cullis gets sacked as soon as he no longer wins anything. Now the football played by Wolves under Cullis was very rudimentary compared to what Nuno has produced. So we need to remember two things: 1) it takes time to build a wining team that does it consistently (it took Cullis nearly a decade), and 2) we should not look to get rid of a talented manager when fortunes change in the short term. I find it absolutely incomprehensible that TWF people are talking about whether or not Nuno will continue as Wolves manager. After winning the championship in style, he's had two 7th place finishes in the Premier League and this third season has been beset with calamitous injury problems. Give you head a shake, guys, and don't do a John Ireland. The stand named after him was demolished to make way for the Steve Bull stand and the memory of Ireland was catapulted into oblivion. I hope some of you have noticed how, once he was satisfied that Wolves could not be even possibly caught up in a bottom-of-the-table fight, Nuno has taken the brake off, released the youngsters he's clearly been working with on the training ground, and produced some heartening displays that augur well for the next season and possibly beyond.
