Andy Gray has no hope on Wolves staying up

The club's famous former Wembley winner has reluctantly written off the prospect of an "extraordinary" sequence of results.

That needs to happen to save Wolves from the ignominy of a second successive relegation that will leave them starting in League One in August.

But he believes an instant return should be demanded of the management – and that such a target would be "perfectly reasonable."

Gray, who remains one of football's foremost pundits, said: "I can't see a way out for Wolves.

"It's going to take an extraordinary set of circumstances for them to avoid relegation.

"I have to say, that when the weekend is done, I expect them to be in League One – and that's extremely sad.

"It's been bad enough going down from the Premier League, a bad enough period of managers coming and going.

"But to compound that with a second successive relegation is in many ways unacceptable. It's quite extraordinary. The way forward has got to be through a very good close season.

"If it's Dean Saunders who is in charge – and I think it must be – he has to get players who are committed and get rid of those who aren't.

"There will be absolutely no reason why Wolves cannot come back up immediately. They have the advantage still of their parachute payment.

"That means they can pay the best wages in the division and that should mean getting in the quality of player which will see them promoted.

"I would be demanding that if I were in charge. I don't think it is unreasonable to demand that my coach be good enough to get a group of players together with those resources to achieve promotion."

Gray watched last Saturday's failure against Burnley in the final home match of the season with the same dismay as the fans.

And he added: "That wasn't fan violence that we saw at the finish – that was frustration. And can you blame them for feeling that way?

"In no way can I condone what they did, but it was a reaction to what they have been seeing for far too long."