Jonas Olsson maps out future plan
Thursday 26th May 2011, 11:01AM BST.
Defender Jonas Olsson has pledged his future to Albion despite admitting he would like to test himself elsewhere in Europe before he retires.
The Swede plans to at least see out his four-year Hawthorns contract before considering a fresh challenge.
Olsson played in Sweden and Holland before moving to the Hawthorns from NEC Nijmegen in 2008 and the 28-year-old would consider playing in a fourth country before ending his career.
But the Sweden international insisted he is in no hurry to move on.
He said: “I always enjoy living in new countries and learning new languages and I could see myself playing in Italy, Spain or Turkey.
“But it was always my dream to play in the Premier League and I’m happy to have another shot at my dream.
“I am grateful to be here and striving to climb another step on the ladder. I can see myself here for a long time.
“If I’m honest you have to set new targets and dreams to do even better. If you’re playing in Holland then you want to play in a big league like England.
“If you’re playing in England you want to get an even higher club and if you’re at a Manchester United, Chelsea or Arsenal then you want to win trophies.
“But what is important is performing where you are at the moment. If we don’t do that we can’t fulfil our dreams.
“I signed for four years two years ago and that is an indicator that I am happy here and want to stay here.”
Olsson is preparing for his third season in the Premier League and the centre-half is challenging the Baggies to build on this season’s survival by strengthening the squad this summer.
He said: “We need better players to push forwards. We’re a Premier League club for a second season and we need to raise the bar.
“We’re going to California this summer, not Holland, so that’s a step up. Little things like that are important.”
Fresh transfer speculation emerged today concerning Albion but reports of bids from Bayern Munich for Youssouf Mulumbu and Gabriel Tamas are wide of the mark.
However, the Baggies are still in the running to sign Brad Friedel. The veteran Villa goalkeeper has the chance to return to Liverpool but Albion hope they can lure him with the offer of first-team football.
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Stay with the albion, we will be playing in Europe in a few years time. Boing Boing
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Great to hear Jonas is happy here – he is immense and possibly the best CB I can remember since John Wile (Although i did rate Martyn Bennett).
He is right that to go forward we have to step up in many different ways and for the players, going to the US will seem like a step up which they will respond well to.
Not sure if Friedel is the answer to our GK needs – but at 40 he may come in to help Scotty Carson and be a back up (could replace Deanno AND Myhill…..)
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I think he wants a wage rise
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Over on the dark side I see O’hara is spouting off about what a “big club” wolves are…. he’s gonna fit right in !!!
(I look forward to Chris coming on here soon to point out how many posts there were before someone mentioned wolves – Chris, as i type this there are 2).
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Between the lines it sounds as though he wants to move on eventually,if i were Albion i would take heed.Make sure we have the players to cover him when the urge to move on becomes stronger,and it looks as though it will get stronger to me reading his statements.Between the lines Albion,Between the lines.
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5 santa.
As I’m typing this the sun is out and the rain has moved on, I bet wherever you are there’s a monsoon about to start. Cheer up it might never happen.
These articles are usually the player’s answers to the questions he’s asked. All he was stating is that eventually he will move on and by the sounds of it would like to experince the Mediteranean lifestyle. The statement ‘I can see myself here for a long time’ seems to say it all.
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Don’t Panic Santa,Don’t Panic as corp Jones would say.There’s no need to read between the lines he quite openly said he would like to move on eventually which is the same as most modern footballer’s.
Calm down lar,calm down! I bet yo count the smarties in the tube dow ya?
Adéu
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Jonas,
Thanks for your honesty, just like the honesty you show when playing. All the best and roll on next season.
Seen the latest photos of the Custard Bowl, it’s looking better already. Chrisdingle, Make that Three.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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5) Could be worse, could be like Downing stating he is at a “crossroads” now its rumoured Liverpool are sniffing around, might as well just say “come and get me”
On the subject of well run clubs and good decisions, I see Lokomotiv, Odems old employer, who didnt want him (praise the Lord) is looking to spend 3 mill on Celtics Samaras, stats, all competition this season, 30 starts, 5 goals, and we think them down the road are barking!
Remember the “thanks West Brom” banner with a banana on it? (and no sanctions against them by FIFA, UEFA, or the Russian F.A. who stated the banner was not racist) Going to be an interesting World Cup 2018 when the African nations turn up. FIFA, gotta luv um!
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This is extremely good news for Albion fans and a contract extension for Carson would make things even better.
And there’s more good news. Until the new Stan Cullis stand is completed with shops, bar & restaurant, the away capacity is reduced so not so many of you will be there to witness next season’s mauling by the Golden Wanderers.
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FARMER TED
A contract extension for Carson ????????????, stick to planting potatoes sunshine.
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10)To para phrase your lot, these pages are only for supporters of teams with five seasons or more in the top flight, sorry!
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Scott Dann to partner olsson would be nice.
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Ted
Congratulations on being the first ding to confidently predict our demise at the hand`s of the mighty all conquering Wolves, i`m sure many more will follow in the coming weeks and months.
I am quite intrigued about the shops being built in the new stand, i imagine they will cater for the demand of Wolves fans……..So that will be a chippy and a Burberry outlet.
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Father Ted
Are you one of these people that goes onto Dragon’s Den and tries to sell 5% of your brand new cup holder business for 3/4 of a million? Deluded doesn’t come close.
If Albion had just been beaten in a must-win home game and scraped up by virtue of others losing, I think I’d keep my mouth shut.
If that game at the Custard Bowl, when you lot spent half hour mucking yourself after we started playing, constitutes a mauling, I can’t wait until it’s fairly even…..
You’re hoping we renew Carson’s contract, well we’re hoping you renew Foley, Berra, Craddock, Elokobi, Ward, Henry, Mancienne and Stearman’s.
Plus what’s the point of this extension when you can’t sell out against us, in your biggest home match for years?
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Farmer Ted,
Unlike yourselves we have several players of international quality who unless we continue our excellent progress towards finishing in the top half of the Premiership, eventually Europe and convert that progress into trophies then I’m afraid those players will want to move on,such is the way of modern football, the days of the Bomber Brown’s are long gone.
Obviously next season being your third in the Prem and finishing 15th and 17th in your first two and us finishing 11th in our 5th year of premiership football,next year being our 6th,
you will eventually encounter the same problems.
Adéu
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It’s amazing just how ungrateful the Wolves supporters are. We spend years giving you some of our decent cast off players to help win some games and laterly a whole THREE points to save you from relegation.
Jack gives the club 30 million or more and you are Still not able to succeed in the Premiership!!
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Max’
I knew you wouldn’t be able to resist that one but you jumped in with both feet.
Do I remember correctly at the cocktail party you talking about taking a minute to think before you post or something similar? It was after a few!
From a personal point of view I hope they do offer him an extension.
Adéu
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He’s no daryl Burgess but he’s better than stacey north. up there with Gary strodder ;)
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14 Forever.
It’s the reason Sir Terry has been missing for a few days. He’s negotiating a lease on one of the shops as his new retail outlet, ‘YOU’VE LET US DOWN AGAIN BANNERS ARE US.’
I don’t know if you saw it but Father Ted said on their side yesterday.
‘The Premiership as it stands at the moment is P 0 W 0 D 0 L 0 F 0 A 0 Pts 0
For the moment you are above us alphabetically.
That won’t last for too long. Get ready for second season syndrome, you should remember how it feels, Bryan Robson brought it a few seasons back.’
He’d had to wait all season to say it. Well there was that time they went above us in our bad run but he wasn’t quick enough.
Anyway now Smerrick Eric has cottoned on. ‘It clearly still hurts. Get over it FGS we are currently all on nil points.’
Be prepared for the others to come with it eventually and carry on reciting it. At least until August.
What was the score again, Wolves 2 Blackburn 3. Great reason to break out the Champers, another season of Mad Mick parking the bus unless they keep that digger there.
Cuckoo cuckoo.
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SUPER KEV IN MALLORCA
You are 100% correct mate , cos i did not read his second paragraph and realise he was a doghead till it was to late , LOL.
We will have to agree to disagree on our esteemed Goalkeeper i’m afraid.
Love and Peace me old mate, as always.
Max.
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Bully
Even though the entrepurnarial skills, and business acumen of Sir Terry are beyond question, and the “you`ve let us down again banners” are a big seller, it is quite seasonal.
So to cover his overheads, the 10 quid a week rent, i can only assume he is working on other slogans………maybe for BRW… a That player didn`t cost enough banner.
For Tim Spiers….the there are 3 worse teams than us banner.
For the majority of them the delusional….there are only 3 teams better than us banner.
I`m sure we can think of more for Sir Tel to achieve Bill Gates`s lifestyle.
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Wbaforever
‘Mossive club ay we’
‘W’im bet ‘Onved’
‘Wi’m invented European football ay it’
‘Pride of Staffordshire’
For Shadrag: ‘We’ve got a better sponsor than you’
For Lone: ‘Come on you Baggies’
As an alternative to the numerous ’12th man’ banners floating about, the South Bank could have a ‘Down to 10 men with us booing’ banner.
Boundless possibilites……
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The real money-making could be on an inter-changeable digital banner like the ones you see at Old Trafford etc. You could have ‘_______ Mick’, the space being filled with Super/Magic/Merlin/Muppet/Thick depending on the scoreline at the time….
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You could even have a ‘Wolves loyal’ banner, but then you’d have to segregate the 3,500 that went when they were rubbish to the rest of them……
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WBA forever.
You’re idea for the banner…there are only 3 teams better than us. I’m struggling to think of one!
Congratulations to Peter O on a great season. Following the abuse he received as he left his previous club, I genuinely wanted him to do well…just not that well.
Looking forward to 2 more of the best games in football next year.
In Mick we trust!!
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Ted
What shops and restaurants are you talking about , a pound shop and a hot dog stand more like. You may have read Ted that shops are closing in Wolverhampton quicker than Mick makes excuses so don’t get too excited.
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21. WHB. I’m with you 100% on the goalkeeper issue, as has been said before you might remember. Also, before his fan club launches WWIII at me, can I say that I don’t hate him or think it’s right to boo him. I simply don’t believe he’s good enough. I agree that most keepers make mistakes, but Carson makes more than his fair share and that’s a fact. Some argue it’s because he has no confidence in his defence. I think the opposite is the case and the defence has no confidence in him. The second worse GA in the division speaks for itself and clearly things need changing at the back, starting with the goalkeeper. Like it or not that is what is going to happen.
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Forever – surely the best seller for Sir Tel has got to be the reversable Mick in / Mick out banners…. they turn those round so fast I can feel the draft from here !!!
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Farmer Ted,
11 West Brom 38 -15 47
12 Newcastle 38 -1 46
13 Stoke 38 -2 46
14 Bolton 38 -4 46
15 Blackburn 38 -13 43
16 Wigan 38 -21 42
17 Wolves 38 -20 40
18 Birmingham 38 -21 39
19 Blackpool 38 -23 39
20 West Ham 38 -27 33
How does it feel to be a supporter of the worst team in the Premiership? Plus, it will be harder next year.
Cheerio
Boing Boing!!
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Shamrock Mick
Superb mate!!!
Warren/Happy …..quality, the Shadrag one is a winner!!
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23 WARREN
Why you waste your obvious intelligence on those Wulfies i will never know , still if it keeps you happy me old son , so be it.
Sorry i had to rush away from the Cocktail Party so early , i will plan better next time and make sure i repay the pint you kindly bought me.
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20 TRBH-
you’ve quoted a wolves fan recently saying about Albion-
‘for the moment you are above us,but that won’t last for too long’.
Hmmmmm…..now where have I heard that before?
Actually,because we are all starting the new season on zero points,I’m waiting for the first wolves fan to say ‘on current form,we are joint top of the prem.’.
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Mangel Wurzel,
P-0, W-0, D-0, L-0, F-0, A-0, P-0. Un yowm still bottom bay ya, Ha,Ha,Ha,Haa. O see they’ve let ya plough up the Custud-Bowl, soo yo con plant sum mooer taerters, ay thay. Dough ferget yer “Duck eggs” fer next seasun. See yoove got big hof back, to wind up yo’er windmill agen. Any road yo better get back t werk, theers anuff bull and wolf muck tew shuvvul off the dark side , what yo lot have postid this term, ay tha.
BOING~~~~BOING~~~~JtH.
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33) Obi Wan, These ARE the droids you’re looking for. (amongst several hundred others)
brummierobwolves
April 3, 2011 at 7:33 am
You are not safe yet and we will overtake you
Mills wolf
April 2, 2011 at 8:46 pm
Wolves to go above west brom
couldnt resist this one
Lone wolf
October 30, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Class will tell in the end.
It certainly did my friend, it certainly did.
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