Leicester serve as a warning to Wolves after relegation to League One | OneFootball

A return to the Championship for the first time in almost a decade has seemed inevitable for a while now for Wolverhampton Wanderers, and at one point, it legitimately looked as if they were on track to break Derby County’s record low points total in the Premier League.

It was strange to watch for many, largely because there were so many instances of them being in games right up until the full time whistle blew.

Hope rekindled?

Wolves supporters have fallen into a pattern of really enjoying a manager’s work before it all quickly unravels, and perhaps that trend will continue when they ply their trade in the second tier next season. Then again, Edwards has a great deal of experience in that arena.

Many of the best betting sites out there will favour Wolves to be clear favourites to go back up. While that may wind up being true, there is a cautionary tale that they need to understand could easily happen to them, and that is the story of Leicester City.

The Foxes have been on a truly remarkable journey in the last ten years that has seen them win the Premier League, win the FA Cup, go down, come back up, make a deep run into the Champions League and even get relegated once again. With the end of this year’s campaign being right around the corner, it certainly feels like Leicester are on the verge of doing what Wolves have ironically done twice before: experience consecutive relegations from the first tier to the third.

The complacency crux

Managerial problems, unhappiness with the ownership and poor investments have all been listed as important reasons as to why this decline has been so dramatic. Unfortunately, the Molineux faithful are all too familiar with those problems, and they have fallen into the trap of becoming a selling club that doesn’t quite understand how to replace the stars that they have bid farewell to.

If they can keep the core of their squad intact, or at the very least keep a handful of promising youngsters, with Mateus Mane being at the top of the list, then maybe an immediate return to the big time is on the cards.

Then again, pessimism is a toxic thing in football, and it can easily seep into the very foundation of a club in the blink of an eye. For now, all we can do is wait and see, but the warning signs are there.