We should spend 14 million on the pair and i think we can manage with Wardy at left back. Get the deal done and put us all at ease before we play any pre-season friendlies. I hear that it is almost a done deal that Rangers will take Berra,as they cannot afford Cuellar from Aston Villa.
Up the Mighty Wolves!!

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Would be an ideal signing for us, lets hope he chooses us over the other clubs. Get another centre half in and a left back and possibly a centre mid and we will hopefully have a good base for an half decent season ahead.

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wardy at left back LOL,
he had 1/2 good games,and that was up front.
bench warmer for me, or reserves.

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My comment on this article is as follows:-

i) Matt Mills should not be our first choice centre half or chief target. As he is totally unproven at this level, we should not bid more than £3.5m and we must get someone experienced like Johnson, Bassong, Cuellar or Evans. I definitely do not want players like Dunne!
ii) If Konchesky is a no, we better have others like Warnock, lined up for left back.
iii) I do not think that Rangers are that fussed with Berra? I saw somethinmg to say that McCoist’s interest has cooled and Cuellar is their first choice!

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EVANS AND MILLS GET EM IN 3M’s

BODOG XD XD XD XD

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yes i would get rid off berra steerman voakes keough knightly hoff and buy johnosn bassong mills i se were are might be singing ndaw wovesforever

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I am sorry ,I am not bothered whether he comes or not.We need defenders with premiership experience who can come in and play in the first team immediately!,not come in and out of the side until Mm thinks they are finally ready. Forget Gardiner we need defenders! IMO this being our 3rd season in the premiership,plus the fact we were lucky to survive last season,we dont need to be taking chances on unproven championship players.

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Berra to rangers….please,SPL wud suit his game here in PL gets caught out to often
Mills would be good at 4mil no more
Give Danny Bath a chance….very promiseing young lad

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This was always going to be the way to break the deadlock. If any player declares that they want to move on, there is little point in forcing him to stay.

However, I’m sure Reading will hold on to him a bit longer to see which other clubs (if any)are really interested in the player.

If another club tables a higher bid, will Wolves up their offer or walk away?

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Berra’s form has dropped off,but he did a lot better in the Prem than I thought he would when we first got promoted.As best as I can recall, he played, and played well, in all those games we won against Man Utd,Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool.He comes up for all the corners and never looks like scoring,but by and large he is solid defensively.He was bad at Stoke evidently,but I would keep him as a solid squad player.

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11 Jason, can see your not a big wolves fan or good at spelling… cant even spell our players names correctly!

We can only pray on Evans but why wudnt he come, would fit in well and hes now 5th choice at man utd, need another one though if berra deal goes through then sort out a left back and a ‘paul ince’ type centre midfielder then we will be fine next season!

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i would sell halford to portsmouth other than that i would keep every one else maybe use eblakes to be part of the deal with johnson

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15: If we were to sell Berra, could you imagine how the relatively inexperienced central defence of Stearman & Batth would cope with the likes of Rooney, Droghba & Carroll?
Jody Craddock as much as I like him,is in his last season IMO. His legs,like mine, ain’t what they used to be.

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Please do not consider playing Ward at LB or any other position, same applies to Berra, Stearman & Henry. Priority has got to be 2 class CBs & LB regardless of price or we are certain for another season of struggle.

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@21 The English Teacher – you are very naughty and provocative – setting yourself up as a pedagogue and then making so many (deliberate?) grammatical errors! E.g. ” your” instead of you’re…… Sorry, couldn’t resist it. UTW.

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Been reading the Man United fans posts in another paper and they have convinced me Evans is not the answer .Posts like static, got two like him in {Berra and Stearman},Another said best news this year let Wolves have him,And One even says the worst central defenders to wear a United shirt,If it happens Just hope Wolves try him on loan and don’t pay big money for him

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18 Flying Winger. It isn’t even July yet. At 2 signings already we are ahead of most clubs in terms of deals done.

A bit of patience in getting the right player at the right price is exactly what is required.

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I’d be very happy with Mills. £4m for him is a good deal given his potential. Better than any of our centre backs, most importantly he’s vocal, is a leader and organises the defence.

Jason, exits for Keogh, Maierhofer and Mouyokolo are a must. Perhaps Vokes as well and Berra if Rangers want him, I doubt they’ll get Cuellar as he doesn’t seem to want to go back to Scotland with a drop in wages.

I agree we need a left back and an experienced central defender. Jonny Evans = Irish + Ex-Sunderland = Mick’s wet dream. Bassong may want too much in wages, if Liverpool get Zapata then Dann will be back on the market. I’d like Dunne, maybe Collins from Villa would be more of a statement of intent, but again wages would be a problem.

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22) Let’s see, at long last you have achieved a commercial coup! On the downside you struggle to fill a ground with one decent stand and you are in debt.
On the playing side, signing freebies is a recipe for disaster. Dream on about a European final. Both Albion and Newcastle will struggle next season. Second season syndrome!

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16. Wolves til I die, unlikely. Don’t know where you heard that from, Arsenal have their eyes on Gervinho and that will be all they need up front.

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Can’t say i’ve seen too many of Mills performances so it would be unfair to comment on him, but i do expect an “expensive (£5m+) centre back, and also a centre back costing less than £5m so i would think Mills is in that second bracket. Clearly Johnson is our number 1 target but £10m is vastly overpriced for a 28yr old and let’s face it, we have never really done our business through the media so expect some suprises!

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Not sure about Mills. Is he any better than Stearman, Berra or Moyoukolou? I doubt it.

By the way, went to Glastonbury – Wolves flags everywhere!

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Cuellar is available for £3m…..
Why cool interest in a solid experienced LB which we sorely need?

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Dunne is a self-proclaimed “recovering alcoholic” who fouls up team bonding trips by getting hammered and ripping into his team-mates. Not the kind of man we want in our squad, I’d argue.

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Bougie as he is known in Glasgow wont leave Rangers unless its for a top four club,as the guy rates himself more than the rest of the football world!!!
Anyone fancy a punt on Sol Campbell? I saw him play for England once and he was just fantastic,granted it was a few years ago but he was a man mountain!!

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Disagree with a number of posts on this thread.
Jonny Evans is proven Premiership ? In my view he has proven that he struggles in the Premiership. He’s not an improvement on what we have.
Mills doesn’t need to have a proven Premiership record. Like many others before him he has shown he’s got what it takes to come up from the Championship and do well. Reading want to keep him, but, he has his mind set on the Premiership by the look of it. Just gotta make sure another club doesn’t gazump us ! Don’t blink Jez
Well done that fan with the Wolves flag at Glastonbury. There for U2, Coldplay and Beyonce ! Showed the World.

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28 The Cullis Dome. An excellent, well thought out posting. Hats off to you sir.

I would take a pairing of Mills and Cuellar. Not a huge outlay, but a promising central defender with all the tools, paired with a proven Premiership defender. Total cost, less than one Roger Johnson. I was not convinced that Johnson was made to look better than he is by having Dann alongside him. Look at how the Blues went downhill defensively after Dann was injured. I also believe we should at least see what an injury-free Mouyokolo can do before getting rid, as most on these boards seem keen to do. Some of them want rid of Berra, Stearman, Ward, Elokobi and Mouyokolo. Have they never heard of suspensions and injuries? We will still need back-ups in case of these scenarios.

Jason, it’s KIGHTLY. There is no “n.”

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thank you number 53 but im given up on my spelling i will just look in future i bet irve made a mistake in this lol

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FordhousesWolf – Im all for getting the youngsters more involved with the first team if they are ready. Who are we to judge on whether or not a kid is ready to grace the first team though? We are outside looking in and whilst I agree in an ideal world we would love to bring through some homegrown talent, sometimes it isn’t possible. The level just isnt there. The reserve fixtures and Cup games give youngsters chance to shine, whilst this coupled with training is what the manager etc……….. will use to judge the suitability of whether they can crack into the first team or not.

I agree i’d love to see some of our youngsters break through, but no point relying on them if they arn’t good enough. Burtrand hasnt signed yet but is obviously seen as at a different level than what we have in our youth set-up. If we sign him that is.

I would not let Mendez leave for £50,000 from what I saw of him, he did rip Swindon to shreds that game, BUT, again what goes on inside the club, every day in training etc……… who knows.

Id bring in a left back, a centre back or 2 and a striker personally. I kind of trust what Wolves are doing at the moment though and I know they are very keen to bring on the youth team, since the days of Taylor in fact.

Exciting times ahead and I agree 100% with Jamie O’Hara who says the types of player we are being linked with are the kind of players we will need to move to the next level. I cannot see a homegrown youngster thrown into a Premiership game as yet. The stakes are too high and we need the best of what we have not the untested if possible anyhow.

Up the Wolves.

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We cannot play “WARD” in the side.WARD as cost us atleast 14points last season has he was a serious liability on the left side.This is nothing persoanl but he as to go.Berra can go also along with Hoff,Mouyloko and Henry.
Who we bring in is anybodies guess,who we dont want is “DUNNE” he is half the player he was.With Mickos training he will be 1-5 of the player.
Halford needs to go players that are never going to be in the team have to be moved on.Moyoluku cost us 2.5 mill and then his wages,can anybody say this wa a great investment?same with Halford and hoff…So all this thinking and weighing up this that and other just goes to waste when the players are signed.Mick as managed to get 1 in 4 players to be of a good standard.Since his reign we have had not had a player sold for double the amount for what he was purchased at!
Doyler will not go to “ARSENAL” they have “CHAMAK” Who scored 14goals last season and played less then half the game….Doyle scored 2?!I would do a straight swop right now!

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54) Chris Hoggard. I think we should enter JZ in the World Staring Championships. I wouldn’t take him on. Didn’t mean to sound patronizing towards our esteemed CEO (Some Might Say), but, it would appear that’s the position we find ourselves in with a number of the main targets. Would you pay £8 million for Cameron Jerome, let alone £10million for Johnson ?
47) Petenuts. For once we agree, We have enough recovering alcoholics on the terraces (terraces?) also Dunne is too slow and pulls more shirts than Berra.
Hope my spelling and grammaticals are up to scrtatch !

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Ita all speculation at the mo, the 3Ms know our targets and have a plan b, dont listen to title tatle all will be revealed when we have a signature !!

P.S my mates sister’s friend has a girlfriend who’s auntie works in one of the hotels in town, and she said Ditamar Berbatov and

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54 – Chris Hoggard -

What you will notice, is that The Hoff’s cooking is excellent, and when I work late he rustles me up a great burger.

Bargain in my book. Not like the rubbish we serve in the ground.

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gets more amusing by the day this page, Sol Campbell – very funny.

the guys on here dont seem to take Dunnes little foibles into consideration.

Campbell and Dunne at CB, sounds good to me.

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So wolves were ready to break there tranfer record well looks like blackburn are going to sign roger johnson 8 lillion what lying cheapscates wolves are moxey out thicko out morgan out.

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52. scott malones never played for the england under 21′s under 19/20 maybe but not 21′s

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1.8 m upfront for the Hoff, with 900k to follow IF we stayed up, which we did = 2.7m. pretty sure they were the figures mentioned at the time.

u19′s Malone. i’d be shocked if we sold NML for 50-100k, surely were not that desperate for a hundred grand. another 12 month loan, should be looking to hold on to him for a year or two to see how he develops, hasnt long turned 19. apparently he doesnt feel Wolves really want him.

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49. Billy Wright (God rest his soul) was also once an excellent defender for England but I wouldn’t advocate digging him up to solve our centre back problem. Sol Campbell, you’re having a laugh!

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@61 Farmer Ted

Like a solar eclipse, our sun and moon were bound to align on an opinion eventually. And I’m pretty sure that your spelling and grammaticals are always going to be better than Mister Dunne’s as well…

We should have some scouts at the women’s Euros that are happening right now. Have you seen how bad those goalkeepers are? Anyone who can defend in front of them deserves a look!

I await an appalled response from our lady readers…

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# 66 brw, think Hoff had some kind of an escalator clause in his contract which meant we paid an extra mill for him if we stayed up in the first year, so overall cost was closer to 3m. Hope that wasn’t true or if it was that in some way payment was tied to games played, goals scored, burgers fried, etc.

Money well spent ummm

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I wish some of you would get real. We’ve got no chance with Evans or Johnson, they will go to teams like Villa, Sunderland or Stoke who seem to want every centre half going. Mills is the only realistic centre half we are targeting.

At LB I think the Konchesky deals dead having heard his wages. No chance with Warnock, McLeish will give him a new start or he’ll go to another top half team. Looks like McWard will be starting there agaisnt Blackburn :(

Glad we got O’Hara but I think we’re targeting too many players out of our reach…I just hopw we have other targets that we may stand a chance of getting, otherwise it’s going to be another long horrible season!

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I see Mouyokolo who cost £2.5m is being sent out on loan.Now we look to sign Mills for £3m+.They are both chump players.Have we not learned any lessons? Get the cheque book out and buy a proper CB !!

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7.55 am, above
so you didn’t go to the match then ,or you would have seen us handed 3 points on a platter by our kind friendly next door neighbours.

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