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Roger Johnson agrees Wolves move
Tuesday 12th July 2011, 10:00AM BST.
Roger Johnson is set to be unveiled as Wolves’ third summer signing tomorrow as manager Mick McCarthy looks to continue strengthening.
The 28-year-old defender declared he is “halfway” to signing for Wolves as he continued to undergo his medical.
Birmingham confirmed a fee had been agreed yesterday, but it is believed to be slightly under the club-record £7million Wolves paid for Steven Fletcher last summer.
The former Cardiff and Wycombe defender has agreed a long-term deal set to make him Wolves’ highest paid player at around £40,000 a week.
The loose ends of the deal are being tied up but, with all parties hopeful there will be no late hitches, the club plan to formally unveil Johnson at a press conference tomorrow.
Negotiations for Johnson were resumed over the weekend, it has emerged, after Blues came down on their demands because of their financial position.
Wolves are armed with extra funds after the £1million sale of Greg Halford to Portsmouth, who sealed his three-year deal yesterday.
Next on their hitlist is a left-back, although boss McCarthy would like to bring in another central defender and they retain an interest in West Ham’s Matthew Upson.
Jonathan Woodgate, who signed for Stoke yesterday, wanted £20,000-a-week plus £10,000-a-week appearance money, but Wolves declined the offer.
As for left-backs, Wolves have to weigh up whether to go toe-to-toe with Albion for Birmingham’s £3million-rated Liam Ridgewell, or choose the cheaper option in Hearts’ Lee Wallace, who has a year left on his contract and would cost between £1million to £1.5million.
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Fantastic news! Great job 3Ms! Brought in our number one target this summer, lee wallace sounds a good shout aswell keep it up wolves
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Get him signed up Jez and stop messing around, remember Scott Dann was ready to sign before Birmingham offered more money and look how much that has potentially cost us.
Bid £15m for Lescott and I’ll really believe the 3M’s can take us to the next level. Some of this can be funded by selling the deadwood – Ward, Keogh, Vokes, Berra, Stearman, Doyle, Henry and Jarvis.
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Fair play Wolves if this is true – Wages etc show a statement of intent. Also well done for telling crocked Woodgate where too get off very good
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Great news, Johnson is a better choice than Mills as he has prem experience.
Lee Wallace from Hearts worth a punt i think.
We are Wolves
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Go for Ridgewell – why would anybody want to go to Albion when they can come to Paradise? the lad’s not barking mad!
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Well done Jez!!! Upson next please and lets sign the boy Wallace from Hearts!!
Any chance we can sign a quality mid fielder please as i still think Reo-cocker would bring strenght to the squad.
UTW!!
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Moxey should resign if this isnt sorted today, total imcompetence by Wolves
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Bob
You are really something aren’t you? Doyle and Jarvis are dead wood.
Jesus wept.
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Bob Wolf – is that meant to be a joke? if so you need to work on your material…..
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Lescott would be great but I would guess its the wages that would be a show stopper.
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please dont keep going for cheaper options (as in wallace over ridgewell).
can wallace cut it in the premier?? ridgewell has shown he can cope, and has a connection with johnson….and 3m isnt really a vast amount by todays standards anyway
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That’s right Bob Wolf, let’s sell the deadwood of Doyle, Henry and Jarvis.
Why not Johnson while we’re at it? See if we can get 8 million for him next week and put the money towards a bid for Wayne Bridge.
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Here’s the most important line for all of those saying on here who complain so much about how long the signing process takes:
“Negotiations for Johnson were resumed over the weekend, it has emerged, after Blues came down on their demands because of their financial position.”
So we’ve probably saved ourselves 3m from what Birmingham wanted and still got the player.
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BobWolf there is only one piece of driftwood on this board …..it’s YOU!! Get rid of jARVIS,DOYLE,STEARMAN,HENRY….Muppet. If you have nothing constructive to post then go and support the Baggies…Even they say better things about OUR team than you do!!
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I believe this deal truly marks a watershed in Wolves’ history. The way the game has changed in recent times means this is the sort of deal we need to do to try and move on to the next level.
However, it is a massive investment and risk as it must change the wage structure at the club. There are no guarantees, but this shift should cement our position in this league.
But I feel a little sadness and no little angst at what we have lost. Not so much as a club, but as a sport.
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haha since when were Doyle, Henry & Jarvis deadwood Bob Wolf?!
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BOB WOLF, go home to your bin behind tesco’s and rub off your fleas….Deadwood… i’ve heard so much rubbish
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Great News…no late hitches please.
Bob Wolf….i Would hardly call Doyle & Jarvis deadwood!
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2. Bobwolf – Doyle & Jarvis deadwood????
what planet are you living on?
think its time for you to jog on back to the poorthawns mate
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2 Bob wolf………….deadwood? get a grip son!
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2. Bob Wolf, your a dreamer! £15m for Lescott? His transfer fee would be much more than £15m for starters then his wage demands would blow our wage structure out the water. Be realistic or grow a brain please!
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@2 Bob Wolf
I suspect I am being suckered into a reaction here by a deliberate wind-up, but how do Doyle and Jarvis qualify as “deadwood”…..?
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2-bobwolf, if we sell the “deadwood” what team will we have left?
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Great news happy we got our target but there will be some people still moaning though bout it for some reason or other
On the upon note rather have tomkins faster younger more athletic
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Bob Wolf – Brilliant! Offload half the team and then see where we are mid season with a few injuries. Thank god you’re not a football manager
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Great signing! :-)))
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No 2 Bob Wolf – What are you on about? Don’t you think they ARE trying to sell the deadwood in Keogh, Vokes, Berra.
As for your comments on Ward, he’s never going to be a world beater but his attitude alone is an example to the younger players and enough to allow him to stay as a squad player.
As for Doyle, you obviously have never played the game or understand it as this guy is class at what he does. He’s not a prolific goalscorer but that isn’t his job, he’s there to do the dog work up front, hold the ball up etc. 4-5-1 ring any bells ?? What do you want him to do?, take on 4 defenders on his own and rattle every chance into the top corner? Of course you do you numpty!
Jarvis, England international?!? Say no more, class act.
As for the crab, leave him in front of the back four, O’hara will do all the creative stuff. He breaks the play up and gets in there, what more do you want from a defensive midfielder??
£15M for Lescott? Are you mad? £5M tops and thats if we want him, he’s injury prone and when does a backward step ever work for anyone? He would have come last season if he had have wanted to.
The 3 M’s are doing a magnificent job, stop whining and show some faith and trust in the most successful managerial team at Wolves in decades.
Best Regards,
Someone who’s had it with whining, un educated imbecile’s!
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Having comeback from a months djing in the states it is always refreshing to read Bob Wolf comical posts. Get 1 player in and getting rid of 8. Hahahahahahaha. Ridiculous! Keep taking the pills Bob!
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Great signing…!
We need another centre half and a full back and possibly a midfielder then we should be in a better position than staying up with only 3 minutes left like last season……
But lets get serious here, we are not going to be bidding 15million for anyone, we dont have that sort of money to throw around.
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Excellent signing if and when it is confirmed, all wolves fans do not need reminding of our past record with losing targets..dann..sidwell….
dead wood like doyle and jarvis – the same deadwood that was linked with small clubs like arsenal and liverpool?
15mill for lescott would be nice, his 100k a week wages may be a small issue. Oh and who wouldnt want to swap the champions league for a rennegation fight! some fans need to get their head out of the clouds.
Need to move on to a left back, and a pacey forward. would like to see koncheskey / wallace, possibly dj campbell has a good record but hear he is off to QPR. struggle to come up with realistic targets to be honest! anyone have any realistic ideas?
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#2 Bob Wolf – You obviously are not a Wolves fan or you just don’t understand football.
Doyle and Jarvis deadwood?? They have been 2 of our best players over the past 2 seasons, we need to keep hold of our best players and add to them with signings like Johnson and O’Hara, which the club are doing.
Lescott is not going to come back to Wolves!!! He is on £90k a week playing for a club in the champion’s league, he is not a realistic target.
The 3ms are doing a great job like they always have done, get another CB to pair with Johnson and a left back then we are good to go!
UTW
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Bob Wolf are you for real-deadwood none of them are deadwood, how insulting are you…
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Spot on Bob Wolf.
Surely a matter of time before you are head hunted by someone like A LAN Sugar.
God bless the Internet.
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How can anyone doubt the three “M’s” !!
Smart, smart business with Johnson. Upson’s odds have been shortened to 4/1 on to join us, intersting Anelka’s odds have been cut to 7/1 to leave chelsea and join us! crazy not sure I’d want that.
Love to see us have a punt on hargreaves, and we certainly need strength at left back. I’d like to see konchesky very steady, ridgwell is a risk injury free tremendous but spends so much time injured. Finally another forward to provide competition and cover not sure we’ve got quite enough with just three. Crazy prices being quoted at momment £5 million for Maynard! £10 million for long. Lets sit it out and see what comes available. Up the mighty Wolves!!! BoB shut up with your dead wood comments half the players named are the spine of the team!
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Great transfer business so far. These signings are failsafe. R.Johnson alone should guarantee fewer goals against Wolves. I think it’s a good strategy to sort of defence first. If we keep all our players, we’ve got no “weaknesses”. Next season we can begin to spice things up a bit, because that’s all we lack – creativity. If we get our defence sorted out and Fletcher finds back to last seasons form, we should be destined for a midtable position. And if Doyle and Fletcher clicks together at the same time we could even end on the upper part of the table.
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Well done wolves. Scott Dann would be a great signing also but I think he may have alot more interest elsewhere. Bob Wolf are you for real?? On your deadwood list is Jarvis and Doyle. You really can’t be serious can you? Doyle is absolute top draw and Jarvis was voted as our player of the season by the fans and players including the manager. I think you must live on another world? And as for the Lescott bid, I’d love to see Lescott back in a Wolves shirt but his wages are about 90k per week. Would you honestly like to see us pay a player that much a week yet the rest of the squad on about a 3rd of that. Imagine what that would do for team morale. You carry on living in a dream world…
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as he singed or what bring back lescott next midtable easy
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Grow up Bob with stupid comments about Jez, if it was left to some fans we would have paid 12 million for Johnson 2 weeks ago…
Clubs won’t pay the money now so well done the 3M’s for doing the right thing…
Bob is a Sad Baggie me thinks too..Dead wood Jarvis and Doyle?? lol now we know who you really support…
Get out more matey!!
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Bob are you serious
Doyle
Deadwood?
Explan please????
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2-”Bob Wolf,” so we bring in Lescott, and get rid of Berra and Stearman. (Among others.) Let’s suppose Johnson and Lescott are injured or suspended, and please tell me who we will use as cover? Jody Craddock, and then who? Zubar? Elokobi? Surely you would then start / continue berating Mick playing players “out of postion.”
To call Doyle, Henry and Jarvis “Deadwood” amazes me. (Actually, it’s you, and so I shouldn’t be amazed.) Ward has proven himself to be a more than useful squad player, being able to fill in at left-back left-wing or striker.
Just admit what we all know. YOU are not really a Wolves fan.
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bob ?olw there is only one word to describe you – “cretin” now go away!
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ridgewell over wallace anyday, we need proven premiership players now.
the likes of hoff and halford weren’t proven and sadly turned out to be no good, thankfully got some return on halford, doubt we will get anything for hoff.
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You lot are giving Bob Wolg way too much air time.
He’s a pure wind up merchant who only goes on this site to win you lot up.
You’ve got to give him a break. It can’t be easy going to work on the yellow bus every morning, working on the checkout at Lidl then having to go home every night and blow up his girlfriend.
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Bob is a wumming baggie obviously
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2) Must be getting ready for your day job as Ronald McDonald I presume?
Let me see…. Man City would struggle to get £15m for Lescott for starters. As for the for sale list??? 6 full internationals and a list of players that is worth about £30m and half of them would walk into either Villa or Albion’s team… fact.
Johnson will be a top signing and get the others and we will be looking to mid-table as there will be many teams with much worse squads!
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Don’t even bother replaying to ‘Bob Baggie’ no 2 our England international and striker who Arsenal want are just deadwood?!?!
Another centre half either Upson, Dann, Evans, Dunne or Cuellar. Left back in Wallace or Konchesky but with Wallace being better value and a 4th striker.
If our defence is stronger and we don’t suffer as badly with injuries we will progress. We could signing league 1 and Championship players like Albion?
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Bob Wolf, you’re not usually quite as crazy as your No posts suggests. Can you seriously qualify why Doyle and Jarvis fit into your category od dead wood? I’ll happily go along with the rest of the names you dropped but those two, er…any comment?
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great news, great signing think we should go all guns now and get Liam Ridgewell aswell
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Me thinks Bob Wolf might be a tesco’s fan in disguise.. Best get back, to cheap shopping, while we continue at Harrods.
On a serious note, I think johnson is still doing his medical on Holby City, its took that long, they have took him on as an extra on the show.
Ps.. keep up the good work Wolves.. Another big signing please after this one.
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For heavens sake will everyone stop reacting to Bobwolf! He is a Tesco on the wind up and you lot are just leaping into his net and making yourselves look rather daft!
Don’t even grace him with a response and he’ll soon trundle off back to Handsworth!
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The persons comments I most look forward to reading on here are Jason’s.
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Brilliant Bob – that ridculous post really got ‘em going – we know you’re not for real – nobody could be that stupid. Except of course for Jona no 7 – Total incompetence ? What is that idiot talking about? To get Johnson for £7m when the Blues were asking £14m,then £10m,then £9m is further proof that Moxey is a shrewd operator and I for one am glad he’s on our side. Jona – grow up and get some common sense.
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Bob Wolf,
Evidently you know very little about anything.
Lescott would upset the balance within the team.
Love him back? Of course but not on those sky-high wages.
Even if you were a wolves fan, that is stupid.
Never have I heard such stupidity.
Doyle , Jarvis and Henry – deadwood?! Mental.
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Great news about Johnson – just shows that the wheels are turning at Molineux, even if we can’t hear them. I really don’t know anything about Wallace. Is he ready for the Premier, or does he need bringing on, i.e. is he another for the future?
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I was in Germany last week watching the world cup sad to see England go out on penalties,
10.20am above ,the players you keep suggesting we buy would not get in any of these teams I saw in Germany last week, so please give your comments a little thought and stop flushing Wolves hard earned millions down the pan.Clear off if your not satisfied with the running of our GREAT CLUB WOLVES.
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Johnsons actual quote:
“I’ve not signed yet, we’re still going through the medical,” he told Sky Sports News.
“The physio’s there now, I’ve just got a bit more to do. That’s as far as it’s got at the minute.
“We’re halfway through and we’ll see what happens.”
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I’ll give Bob Wolf a rest, we all know what a plonker he is. But what about Jona? How can it be total incompetence to land our no 1 target for £5m less than we might have paid!
You don’t have to have a brain to be a Wolves supporter but it sure helps.
PS there is only really Manu and Sunderland that have spent big so far and I think we will be very happy with our sensible approach and who we have bought by the time the season starts. Onwards and upwards!
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15. I have to agree.
However its the way it is now so we need to push on and score another decent CB soon as.
Hopefully then our major weakness is a bit more covered for the season ahead.
Mid table would be a godsend!
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51 dont think will bother to come back on anymore
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The only thing that worries me is he hasnt signed yet(remember Dann) still lets hope lighting doesnt strike twice.
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I hope this move wont be financed by Doyle being sold that would be a backward step.
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Bob Wolf – I thought we only signed Irish players from Sunderland? That was your previous argument. Jog on, plank!
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Excellent news!!
It’s interesting how the 3Ms have negotiated this deal. It has been absolutely spot on. Lesser people would have conceded the £10m price tag earlier or even bid against themselves like Leicester!!
The only regret that I have is that the comments have been dominated by that arch tesco fan Bob Wolf.
Let’s try to igonore his wind ups and talk about the Wolves!
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I don’t see any new facts here from E&S to convince me the transfer is a done deal, if anything for the player to issue quotes to the press that he has half way though is more a shout out to say “Anybody else interested in me with a better offer may hurry up” – since when do players comment half way through negotiations.
I wont be at ease until pen has been put to paper, the club confirm it, and he will be holding up a Wolves shirt.
As for Bob Wolf, I learn’t to ignore him months ago, and others should do the same, just a wind up merchant looking for attention…sad really, so didn’t give him it. more than a third of the comments on here are in response to him.
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59 jason
I for one will miss you xx
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Ho dear bob looks like the treatments not working looks like the padded room for you m8.
until Johnson signs i shall not comment but i’ll keep me fingers crossed.
U.T.W
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Allow me to add my voice to the growing calls for Bobwolf to slither off somewhere and have a bloody word with himself! what’s the matter with you man! Has the cheese slid of your cracker or what!
On the Johnson deal …. This is great, really keeping my fingers crossed that no late hitches come up, can’t wait to see him holding up a Wolves shirt, when I see that my faith will be restored, I will then rest easy safe in the knowledge the 3 M’s will be working tirelessly to strengthen further with well researched and well thought out transfer strategy.
Up the mighty wolves!!!!
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Greetings from Australia peeps – deal not done yet, take his cell phone off him, lock his agent in the office & get the ink dry on the contract – then we can start crowing. Tomkins & Dann next please with Upson & Wallace as back up. If as rumoured SEB might be going & possibly Doyle to Arsenal or Juventus than we will need possbly 3 new strikers before the windows closes end of August. All have a good day.
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rich5wolves shares my sentiments.
Look at his quotes to sky. Since when does a player speak to the press half way through a deal, to me those quotes are translated to “any other clubs interested in me, you better be quick and offer me a better deal!”
Johnsons actual quote:
“I’ve not signed yet, we’re still going through the medical,” he told Sky Sports News.
“The physio’s there now, I’ve just got a bit more to do. That’s as far as it’s got at the minute.
“We’re halfway through and we’ll see what happens.”
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Nice one Bob, I think you’re gonna need a bigger landing net!
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Got to eat some humble pie here,never thought we would sign him.These are the type of players we need: have had premiership experience and can slot in straight away.A great signing IMHO
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Even E&S on twitter tweeted around 11:40 “Johnson set be unveiled tommorow, penmding medical and all parties happy” then a minute later tweeted “Roger Johnson agrees wolves move and is set to be unveiled tommorow”.
There is not mor fact in this article regards the signing!
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Hopefully he puts pen to paper today, this is a good signing.
Lescott, don’t make me laugh, no better than we have got. We need someone with pace but a brain aswell. I think he will go with Stearman and Johnson together though.
Also Wallace would be better than Konchesky who is error prone, reminds me of Lee Naylor and we don’t want anyone like him thanks.
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heard the left back position is about to be filled, watch this space.
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Hope this works out well.He had a good 18 months in the prem but the last few when Dann was out were horrendous and error strewn. I would go so far as to say no better than Stearman at that time. Lets hope he gets back to form and it wasn’t just Dann making him look good. The other worrying factor is the manager’s judgement of a centre back ( his track record is terrible).
For a left back i would go for Ridgewell, a steady eddie of proven experience who can also ( and has many times ) played well at centre back.
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I have to agree with No.7 Jona. Moxey has show complete incompetence by not jumping in and buying Johnson for the original £10m asking price. Moxey the cretin has gone and saved us £3mill and should resign immediately.
I really hate the fact that he’s been the major driving force in turning our club round, keeping us in the Premier league and overseeing the development of the ground.
MOXEY RESIGN IMMEDIATELY so that me and my mate Jona are happy
Nurse, Nurse……….
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stop the silly comments BOB, doyle jarvis are great players for the wolves,maybe the others are abit outdated,but our new signings are great so lets see who mick picks on matchday,just hope he does’nt pick his golden boys, up the wolves.
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Wonder how many people will be knocking on Mr Moxey’s door asking for a pay rise now?
I think the message for fans bodes well – assuming he finally signs (I’m worried that Brum might use this as a last gasp attempt to flush out a few extra pennies). It demonstrates that we are prepared to pay the wages for players, as befits a side playing their third consecutive season in the top flight. An extra 10K a week represents the difference between finishing 17th and 16th (given the £500K price money for each place).
Undoubtedly, there are clauses cutting player salaries if relegated whilst we have demonstrated with our signing of players from relegated teams that their loyalties lie with the premier league rather than their employers, so we would have assets for sale.
Have to admit, when you look at £20K a week for Woodgate rising to £40K if he’s playing ( league starts in 2 years I’ve been told) , it doesn’t seem so bad.
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Talking of Sunderland, how about a cheeky bit for Cattermole since he’s apparently thrown his toys out of the pram at losing the captaincy???
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I hope to got we don’t sign Ridgewell – comedy defender. Rode on the back of other people’s success for years
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55) Welcome back Sir Terry with your sidekick Bob Wolf. There is a rumour that your team, Sandwell Town, are actually considering spending some money and smashing your transfer record? Shane Long… ok player but not a patch on Doyle or Fletcher. Is Odemwingie going?
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7 Jona. If you can manage to string a few words together can you please explain exactly what you mean. Otherwise go and stand in the corner.
No doubt we’ll hear nothing.
2 Well, this must be a PB for you. You’ve certainly reeled a few in
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Great signing if it comes off and glad that we didnt get that muppet with no ambition just greed Mills, however one negative point is it just me that thinks one of our priorities should be a SPEEDY STRIKER an in the box player not just another grafter
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I desperately hope this happens. If it does it will be a fantastic piece of business by the Wolves. Roger Johnson has all the attributes of a top drawer centre half. Hats off to Wolves for getting this done at a sensible cost and for showing real ambition to become an established Premiership side.
Yes we still need to strengthen further but this news gives us great reason to believe that we will do.
Keep everything crossed Wolves fans for pen to paper, this is the sort of quality player that can transform our prospects.
C’mon Roger, you could be a folk hero at the Wolves, please join our fabulous club.
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Hope he signs BUT there are a lot of supporters counting their chickens…..
MOXEY don’t you dare let this one go…
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how can you say jarvis is deadwood get real matt jarvis is a good player
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I agree with No 2 post Bob Wolf, he is right. Doyle had a great season the season before last and I am sure we were going to sell him for £12m to a top 4 side and that’s why we got Fletcher. As for Jarvis since he became an ‘england player’ he has been poor he like Doyle has had his head turned and they both think they are better than they are. I would play Hunt and Fletcher in place of those two now overated players anyday!
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I agree no.5 petenuts especially as woy can’t even say his name.
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Good times to be a Wolves fan right now. Once we’ve got Johnson we can get Ridgewell at left back than Dann/Tompkins for the other centre half position. I think its important to get a slightly younger bloke for the other central position. Get these three pieces in place and barring injury bad luck I am more than confident of at least 14th place.
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@87
Don’t talk bilge, man. It’s embarrassing.
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Bobwolf has to post on wolves forums simply because he knows hardly anybody reads and posts on theirs. Your a sad man you really are.
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Great Signing (written assuming it happens of course)
Very difficult business chasing quality players… even this morning, we are seeing the players agent leaving the deal dangling like a carrot, to tempt late interest and a wages auction with other potential suitors
This piece of business sends out the right message to our other principal targets…quality not quantity the watchword this Summer.
Come and join our progressive Club!
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Jarvis was poor after playing for England – remind me did he start when we thrashed West Brom??
And how many goals did Mr Doyle score for us?? Fletcher is a much better striker and kept us up with his goals. Doyle is a more-expensive Andy Keogh, a headless chicken who runs down blind alleys.
No room for Jarvis on the left, and Kightly/Hammill/Guerdiora/Edwards to cover the right.
Sell them both and buy a proper defence.
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Just a few parting words though, PLEASE NOT UPSON!!!
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as a wolves fan for many many years it is nice to see the club in the promised land as anyone knows it is a small process to build a team especially has we have just scraped by over the last two years.
However as regards to Bob Wolf the people that react to this man are giving him exactly what he craves the attention as every body knows that jarvis, doyle and many more players in the team are not deadwood but bob still gets you people to react by doing this i wonder if every body actually ignored his comment would he actually come back on and type the drivell he puts together in 10 seconds. Now to serious note we are climbing as a club even though we are still establishing ourselves as a premier club i for one would go for lb as ridgewell and tomkins as the other ch leave upson well alone midfield what abiut mark noble from west ham and to answer about a fast striker the only one i can think of is shane long but reading are requesting 10m for him if not noble then joey barton yes he might be a gamble and might have to pay high wages but one of the main reasons newcastle did so well last season and is available for 4m
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90 Petenuts. You can’t have seen many games last season. What I am saying is true. Doyle and Jarvis are not as good as they have been. I perhaps agree that thay are not deadwood like the others listed but if we are going to improve year on year the club will have to sell any deadwood and cash in on internations when good money is offered. Otherwise we will be left with 25 championship players who will work hard but we will end up in the bottom 4 every season
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Once the signature is confirmed this will prove to be a real asset for us. I believe our management team has certainly delivered so far. Let us not “rush in”, let us “negotiate” properly and we will be fine. We have saved a lot of money by dealing in this way and I honestly believe we will be an extremely competent side next season, hard to beat, good football being played, and I (and I can be quoted) feel we will be mid table at the end of next season. We are Wolves. We do need another Left Back though!!
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number 2- in more ways than 1, wants to sell 5 of our best players(i mean dead wood) pmsl .
And who are we gonna replace henry jarvis doyle stearman and berra with for less than 50 million and higher wages,what a plonker
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93 Bob Wolf Yes Jarvo lost a bit of form and was left out v WBA, happens to all players.
Have a look at his response in the next match at Sunderland when he came on at half time, and that sublime cross for Fletch to put us 2-1 up. Form is temporary, class is permanent.
As for Doyle, no he is not prolific, but you only have to see how much struggled for 5 games when he got injured after playing for Ireland to know what a good player he is.
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Fingers & Toes crossed, not Upson though, now a good LB.
BW, Dead Wood?????
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out of darkness coumth the light .now a left back please and we should be on our way mid table up the WOLVES
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just checked the odds on skybet matthew upson at 1/4 to join wwfc and shane long4/7 to join the tescos.
need left back, and a holding midfielder other than henry.
utw
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Get a bid in for Dann TODAY. With Johnson almost in the bag we’d have a tried and trusted defensive partnership that has been together for 2 years.
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It’s still early days yet…….
I am sure that we have some loan signings in mind – Onourah, Bridge, Lescott, Bertrand to name but a few, there are more deals to be done before we make more signings….33 days until the season starts!! One more centre back, left back, centre midfield and an attacker – sell Keough, Hoff, Elokobi, Berra and we are getting there….
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LMflippinAO Bob wolf is a Albion fan obviously.
Bring Lescott home.
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Bob wolf – i couldnt agree more with your comment, i’d add hunt, foley, edwards, craddock, fletcher to the list.
Bunch of money grabbing players who dont put a shift in, out now & while were on the “out now” the 3M’s get out the door!!
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Clapham Wolf-spot on
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96 We need a
Codswallop !
I saw every home match and 7 away matches last season. One thing you fail to address; and that is the form of any sportsman. They can never be at the top of their game all the time. Take Berbatov and Rooney as high profile examples. Doyle, Jarvis and Henry all suffered a dip in form during the season, but, they are an integral part of Wolves development, to shift them out in the manner you suggest makes no sense.
Every player has a price of course, but, surely if you “cash in on internationals” in other words your better players, that’s when you will be left with 25 Championship players.
Bit by bit, year on year, with a few mistakes, MM is building a squad that can establish us a a sound Premiership club. Sorry you can’t see that and feel it necessary to agree with an attention seeker.
Hope the Johnson deal goes through, he will definately strengthen us.
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He’ll probably be used on the left wing :-)
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106….Wolfie rules…now you are just being a tit arnt you! whats the matter didnt mommy give you enough cuddles when you were little! seen the reaction that Bobwolf is getting and thought to your self ‘i want some of that lovely attention!’ grow up will you.
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2Bob Wolf
Deadwood i question.
Dolye is excellent although may be on his bike.
Congratulations to the 2 M’s
Does Roger Johnston remind anyone of Kenny Everett?
Taxi
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93 Bobwolf
Doyle is the best player we have dont just take my word for it ask Wenger.
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I really hope this transfer goes through as i personally didnt think it would come off.
Who next ????? Dann will be overpriced and too expensive due to the amount of interest in him.
(plus he backed out of a deal at wolves before).
Upson will rock the boat … no thank you !!!
Dunne …. alongside Johnson ???
surely a lack of pace
Tomkins … not sure … have seen he drop some terrible clangers (but what defender hasnt).
Evans … all gone quiet on that … but surely he wont get a look in at Utd this year ?
Nedum Onuoha surely would be ideal.
He can play all across the back … and his career only took a turn for the worse when the megabucks went into city.
OR even Madjid Bougherra from Rangers (if they are interested in Berra ??).
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108 farmer ted…I agree with what you say on ‘form’ However my main point was that Flether and Hunt are better footballers than Doyle and Jarvis and if a big offer came along we should cash in. However its only my thoughts and I guess what do I know when at Sunderland I was giving George a bit of stick for more than once kicking it out when he was trying to pass it down the wing. Even our players would not pass to him as he was that bad and he then gets a goal. Also it was a great cross by Jarvis for the goal in that game much better than his normal ‘float over’
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Good signing but I think best news for me today is the plans for a major redevelopment of the training ground, it seems to me that Morgan wants a better academy, 50 million investment although that’s from different sections of public and private sectors for a whole community project at Compton
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Welcome back to the E&S forum I would love a load of Azerbaijani droppings from your horse if you have any to spare, many thanks.
WOLVES I AM WOLVES
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108 Farmer Ted
I come in peace. I know we had a few words on a previous Baggies thread but fair’s fair. Out of the 100-odd postings on this thread, you are one of the very few to make any sense at all.
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110 – Big Bad Telford Wolf, 106 was being sarcastic mate – was he not? lol
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Credit to Jez Moxey for getting the player for a price closer to his valuation rather than Birningham’s.
At the outset, Birmingham were quoting £14m and there were some so called fans wanting Wolves to pay what they called the “going rate”.
Johnson will certainly strengthen the defence, but I believe we still need another CB to partner him. Tomkins might be an option.
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118 old gold….you know what they say about sarcasm…lowest form of wit and all that? no wonder i failed to see the funny side !
up the mighty wolves.
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Agree with. 2, lets sell r.johnson because his number 28 will cost too much for the fans to put on there back. Same with hennessy, e didnt save odemsausage’s penalty in the jammy 3-1 win! Also get rid of the 28,000 fans who dont put a shift in at home or the 3,000 away travelling support! Not forgetting 3M’s, do they know what theyre doing! I got wolves relegated to blue square north on football manager! Thats what the 3M’s should do so we win a game! I love you dad(bob wolf!)
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110 BBTW – Not only did Bob Wolf get a reaction out of you but # 106 got you!
Great work by the 3M’s, Ridgewell & Upson will seal the defence. 1 more proven stricker would do nicely.
UTW!!
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@Big Bad Telford Wolf (120). I know mate, some good comments on here too though, slightly impacted on by some who do not know what they are talking about. I feel that our management has done good so far, not being silly and making good decisions at the right time. Plenty of time left yet, let none of us panic as I see moe good “quality” players coming into the club and in the right positions. Let us keep our faith. We are Wolves.
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51 – Ben
Actually laughed out loud. Brilliant.
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Remember – it was Fletcher and Hunt who saved us last season, not Doyle and Hunt. I would start with Fletcher and Hunt with Doyle and Jarvis on the bench – not deadwood but not as important as everything seems to think!
If a big money offer came in for Doyle and we could use the money to buy Dann – good business imo.
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96 – Your basing your evaluation of Jarvis on the last few games of the season. Thats like saying Messi played poor in that 1 game last season, sell him quick, hes obviously too big headed to perform at his usual high standards. As for Doyle, Even with his lack of goals, he was still receiving many plaudits last season and winning many man of the matches, If you honestly beleive that Doyle and Jarvis are now deadwood, thats your oppinion, but it does show that you are a complete moron. Are you also of the oppinion that 2+2=3?
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Wolfie rules…. And now you got me too!
I just can’t resist rising to the bait, can’t resist pointing out the flawed outlook of some of our so called fellow wolves fans, It’s all good fun though, but serious point…. Bob wolf is the end of a bell.
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Farmer Ted-I think I Love you, you talk a lot of sense.
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It was the goals that never walk alone scored what served are bacon.
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126 wolfedd. You know nothing! I’m fear you have been found out to be the moron by your post as any good failed accountant [like me] will tell you 2+2=5!!!! Jez would confirm this!
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… Come back Jason – We need some sence spoken on here!!
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BBTW – End of a Bell pmsl – Awesome mate awesome!
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102 – and WolfieRules. That is proponderous to say we should get rid of Hunt – you know the one that kept us up with his late goal against Blackburn. Another idiot along with
2 -BobWolf
obvious West Brom fans in disguise
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128 Sue, I can hear Cupid’s arrow quivering from here !! I think most of us can see what’s happening at our Club and appreciate it, especially after the last three decades we’ve had to suffer (taking out the Bully years, of course)
If the Johnson deal goes through (and I sincerely hope I haven’t put the kibosh on it) I think there are a few Wolves ‘fans’ who owe some apologies to our board. I can understand a few of the fans getting impatient, but there are some who have dished out dog’s abuse to Moxey, in particular, and should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.
On a brighter note; on the dim side our old friend Jack the Hat has implored his Albion cohorts to have some “patients, guys, patients “. Do you think he’s talking about the injured players like Owen Hargreaves they are trying to sign ?
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Bob Wolf – I’m gonna steer away from that last part of your comment, and instead focus on the part where you said not signing Scott Dann has cost us.. Scott Dann signed for Birmingham, and has played for Birminham ever since, now, the thing is, Birmingham got relegated, despite having Scott Dann in their team, whereas, we stayed up, so please explain how “not signing Scott Dann was costly”?
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i’m glad to see that the penny’s just started to drop with the 3ms and some fans on here
If we serioulsy want to sign a better quality of player than we already have, we have to agree a fee and offer more in wages.We are a premiership club and I’m afraid this comes with the teritory.
If we could get another centre back and Konchesky in we would have significantly improved our defence. I still think we also need another defensive midfielder, who can pass the ball, as Henry though reliable is poor on the ball.
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GOOD SIGNING BY THE WOLVES ME THINKS
C’MON ALBION NOW SPLASH THE CASH
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