Being bottom at Christmas need not mean the drop. Three years ago, Wolves were in such a position, the difference being they kicked off Boxing Day, though with 10 points rather than two. Wolves’s is a historic incompetence, the worst losing run in club history. Keane Lewis-Potter’s second-half double, Caoimhin Kelleher’s save of Jørgen Strand Larsen’s penalty adding insult to injury, left them marooned on two points. Only three teams have previously lost 10 Premier League matches in succession. Each of them finished rock-bottom come May. It had been a week of change and tragedy at Molineux. Jeff Shi, an unpopular club chair who recently described relegation as a “technicality”, departed on Friday, replaced by Nathan Shi, the interim appointment a namesake but no relation. Ahead of the game, Ethan McLeod , the Wolves trainee and Macclesfield forward who died in a car accident, received a minute’s silence. His brother, Conor, a current Under-21 squad member, was among extended family on the sidelines. Continue reading...