Nathan Collins

I'm not a Wolves fan, but maybe, just maybe, Lopetegui hoped to improve things. Damned if he did, damned if he didn't. Suggesting substitutes - experienced or otherwise - should be saved from a "mess",  is nonsense. Had Collins been ignored you'd bemoan him not getting time . . .  and if he wasn't Irish you wouldn't give a fat rat's arse either way. 

We've had any amount of "defensively minded" centre backs over the years, we should want him to be developing into a player like John Stones in 5 years, not another Shane Duffy. 

You can't simply play "safety first" for a couple of years and then magically develop back into ball-playing defender, you have to work through the difficult periods, make your mistakes, and come out a more complete player on the other side of it.

Honestly as said Wolves fan on this forum. I'm kind of ignoring yesterday. I think the win (massively important) against Palace took it out of us and Brighton are a significantly superior team who just had a disappointing result in the week so came in significantly more motivated with European football in sight.

Lopetegui definitely has a "I'm going to send them a message" tendancy. Which might be why he changed so much. He's kept a presumably fit Raul Jiminez and Rayan Ait-Nouri out of repeated matchday squads as apparently not training hard enough. When it works it's fine but won't win him some friendships with some players. Ultimately he took us from rock bottom 20th at Christmas to being basically safe mainly with a very unbalanced squad who don't score goals. He will deservedly get his own chance to change things in the summer. 

I'm not sure where Collins stands but don't consider it likely we would disregard a young homegrown CB so I reckon he will have his chance.

Almost a clean sheet but the keeper had a disaster in the 99th minute and Everton got a late equaliser.

Same individual thinks Kilman is being sold in the summer. 

Yeah the same fella likes Lopetegui but does worry it’s a high profile manager with a weak board situation. Cited Ait Nouri being frozen out as a good example talented young player who could be a £40/50m sale in a few years if developed properly. Stated a strong board doesn’t allow that to happen to a potential asset/talent. 

Collins would be another good example in the mould of Ait Nouri. Would make no logical sense to not want him/develop him long term but it’s hard to know what Lopetegui makes of him tbh. 

It will all stand to Collins with a view to the long term anyways.

I don't think we'll sell Collins at all. Young and homegrown players don't grow on trees and we won't get profit yet. Kilman is a different case as he's been here several years and we paid a pittance for him from non league so it's easy FFP profit. Though I'd also think we would be stupid to get rid of him too. Shame that partnership doesn't seem to be the most successful yet both need an experienced CB partner for sure, it could work in the future I'm sure though.