At full-time, everywhere you looked there was utter, unruly chaos. A mix of anger and apathy in the stands at another damaging defeat and fury on the pitch. Rayan Aït-Nouri had to be manhandled by Craig Dawson, an unused substitute, down the tunnel, where he was handed a second yellow card, six days after Mario Lemina was stripped of the captaincy for overheating at West Ham. Matheus Cunha, surely Wolves’ saviour if they somehow get out of this mess, was equally petulant, snatching the glasses off a member of Ipswich’s security staff during a confrontation.

Afterwards an embattled Gary O’Neil unlocked some home truths in a lengthy dressing-room inquest and then openly criticised the amateur defending that allowed Ipswich to depart with three points. It is an increasingly grim picture at Molineux, fast becoming Wolves supporters’ unhappy place.