He had better come good for that amount of money. I will actually admit that I thought he was a good signing at the time, but he has looked very shaky.

In reality, how much of Johnson’s struggles have been down to the poor defence around him?
Berra – shirt puller and too slow
Ward – out of position and ripped to pieces by anyone with moderate level of pace
Stearman – out of positin and very poor

We needed a number of changes to the defence and only signed one player – who is to blame Mick, Moxey, Morgan or all three?

We have to change back to 4-5-1 for the foreseeable future – too poor a midfield and defence to ever play 4-4-2 at this level. Hopefully this should see Milijas and Guedioura given some time on the pitch.

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perhaps just perhaps if we had of brought scott dann in aswell things might be a little different now with regards to rogers confidence. utw

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Before the usual lot start spitting their bile about the place, take a minute to google the article that the express and star published on 2nd August titled ‘Wolves make Roger Johnson captain’. (I’d print the link but I don’t think they’d publish it then). Scroll down to the comments section and look for your names, I bet you’ll find many of the present hate mob expressing their delight at what a great move it was to make Johnson captain and how he has all the attributes to become one of the great wolves captains of modern times! In the 87 days that have passed, has Johnson really done enough to become a public hate figure and warrant some morons to call for him not just to be dropped but sold at the earliest opportunity? The answer to any right minded individual is no. He’s had a poor 5 or 6 games and said a few things that a few people did’t want to hear. He is still our captain and almost certainly our best centre half so for God’s sake lets give the man some support when he needs it to lead us out of the mess that many of you morons have been partly responsible for creating.

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Not just out of form, seriously out of form! Has a 50p head…. Where the ball goes, nobody knows! Slow! Caught out of position and talks to much off the pitch! Other than that, I hope he comes good!

My question to MM is…. How does a member of the squad get into the team? The only way I see possible is injuries! If players are out of form, give them a break and take them out the firing line!

Cmon Wolves!!!!!

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MikeQB I agree with you 100% he is baby sitting Berra and Stearman in every game!

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Spot on 1 & 2. Absolutely no help from the key positions mentioned, the positions management identified for strengthening in the Summer window!

Also agree we don’t have the quality of player or tactical awareness to play 4-4-2 against teams playing 4-5-1 or 4-2-3-1.

Solution therefore obvious: get the players in the Jan window and get a tactically aware coach on the staff. Are you watching Steve Morgan?!!

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He has been guilty of complacency, but he has to realise that he needs to work harder than he did at Blues since he is now playing in a inferior defence.

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I will admit, that i was very happy when we signed Roger, i thought then and still do, that he’s a very good CH, but we all know football and football players thrive on confidence, if you and your team mates lose it, its very hard to play without making mistakes, as players around are usually making them aswell,and being defenders they show up even more,cause they usually end up resulting in goals against you. But im sure when he was signing for us,he was told like us, we would be getting two CH’s and another FB? ,yet we’ve ended up with the same defence thats struggled for the last two-three seasons. I dont expect anything from tomorrow’s game,and its alot to expect ‘one’ player to ake such a big difference? But i would just like to wish the team my best, you never know in football, it as an habit of throwing up suprises, so give it you best ,thats all fans ask of you. GOOD LUCK LADS: UTW:

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GOT TO AGREE,HE’S PLAYING BADLY BECAUSE OF THE CRAP PLAYING AROUND HIM,,STEARMAN, BERRA TO NAME TWO…THE QUICKER THESE TWO ARE OUT THE BETTER OUR DEFENCE MAY BE….

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Could it be that, as he has only been here such a short time, being made captain hasn’t actually helped his situation?

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Surely if your out of form your dropped? hes needs to change it at the back

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I remember you backing stearman and look at him now the worst player in the prem

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Well done Mike QB and Moxley wolf. Berra is not a footballer and Stearman is out of position at RB. Hmmmm …..lets see, keep conceding goals, lets keep the same back four!! Good thinking Mick….. Not!!!

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……………..Hennessey……………..
.Doherty..Johnson………Craddock..Elokobi.
.Hammill..O`Hara…………..Milijas..Hunt.
……………….S.Ward……………….
…………….Ebanks-Blake…………….

Subs:Gk
Berra
Stearman
Henry
Guedioura
Jarvis
Doyle.

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Spot on 17. He has been personally at fault for a number of goals. I’m sure he knows it two, they do a lot of video analysis. Unlike the people on this website…

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What options do we really have. I can’t see the Craddock and Johnson working and Micks not going to go back to Craddock and Berra.

Doherty is too inexperienced to play at this level and Elokobi is not going to take Wards position in his current form.

Our only options are to either stick which what we have, bring in another defender who’s out of contract (unlikely) or bring back Mouokolo off his loan (no thanks).

Were stuck until Jan or when Zubar or Foley are fits so lets just get on with it.

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Well perhaps he could come good in the reserves first – he’s hardly worth a place in a pub team on current form (likewise Berra!). Never mind that he is surrounded by poor players he is the captain and our leader on the pitch for crying out loud!!!

Craddock and Elokobi looked better on Wednesday but Doherty struggled and was caught out of position several times – he doesn’t look ready yet.

My team for tomorrow…

Hennessey
Stearman Craddock Elokobi Ward
Hammill Guedioura Henry Hunt
O’Hara
Doyle

Some of the comments and teams above are just staggering – but then what do I know?

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I sure hope Johnson comes good, too, especially considering the sizeable amount of moolah he’s costing the club each week.

It only puts into perspective just why he should shut up and say nothing until he’s got some decent form to back up his mouthing-offs.

Was very pleased we signed him, but what a complete let-down since. Prove your worth and prove Mick’s faith in you is justified, Roger.

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Hennessey
Doherty- Craddock -Johnson -Ward

Guedioura -Henry -Milijas- Hammill
O’hara
Doyle

Johnson, Ward, and Doherty have got to be tight on attackers at all time. Craddock should be spare. Henry and Milijas sit- Henry tracks Silva- Milijas- Yaya when he comes through. Guedioura, Hammill, and O’hara- pick up nearest man and interchange as needed. Doyles is outlet and stays central as much as possible. City will kill you with runners from midfield as they did on Tuesday- midfield and defence have to track runners at all times. Also have to defend deep compress space- think Inter Milan against Barcelona- don’t let them get behind you- keep goal side of runners. Simple :-)

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17) Do you not think Hennessey should have punched or caught the first Newcastle girl? As for the second, any one of four players were guilty as he strolled past em!

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When McCarthy made the double substitution v Swansea, it was Karl Henry who took the captain’s role in approaching the manager to enquire how the revised system was to work. It was also Karl who had taken the initiative in trying to lead from the front; in fact, up until we scored, he was the only Wolves player I can recall having a shot on gosl.
It was a bold move to give Johnson the captaincy, based mainly on McCarthy’s expressed admiration of Johnson’s thirst for “a fight”. Thus far, both individuals have directed most of their beligerance at the supporters, whilst Henry has quietly attempted to keep a crumbling team (dressing room??) together.
Perhaps McCarthy should now attempt to show how ‘big’ a pair of characters he and Johnson are, by admitting his earlier error and restoring the captaincy to Henry.

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Anyone who wants to write of Johnson needs their head examining. He is undoubtedly our best CH and a few games of poor form will not alter that. For my money Berra is good when he has a big target man to mark, but poor against pace. He is actually fairly quick in a straight line, but too slow to turn. As for suggesting Elokobi to play Sat at LB or CH I love the guy, but he just is too much of a liability.
Hopefully Zubes is not too far off and then we can play
Ward Berra Johnson Zubar

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Funny that, Rumour is that his wages are one of the reasons the squad is split amongst itself; that and McCarthy’s ‘babbiez’, the Reading crew, the Irish contingent, Mick’s golfing squad and those that are ostracised; some osmosis into the other groups are inevitable, except the last one of course, who get shunned in every which way;

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dear roger ,the same fans that you know nothing about , cheered the team off three nil down at half time ,and gave them a standing ovation at full time six nil down . anybody remember the southampton game ?

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Agree a lot with 39 – and I feel RJ will come good. He’s been asked to do a lot at the heart of a shaky defence at same time as taking on the captaincy. I think what was seen as him ‘slagging off the fans’ was maybe an attempt to step up as captain to try and shield the team from some fans’ hostility. And MM has tried to sign other quality players but some (many?) have walked away – eg Scott Dann first time round, McFadden, others could be listed. I think 39 is right in saying ‘No wonder we cant attract a better quality of player, if they get such abuse from fans’.

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Chris Hoggard…As I remember it Joe Gallagher was an over rated record signing for a Wolves defender from Birmingham City and after a a handful of ineffective games Gallagher admitted he was only putting in 70% effort in a Wolves shirt…and that was pretty well the end of him.

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Personally I don’t think he has played well in any game this season, excusing perhaps the Blackburn game, but in our clean sheet against Fulham, especially in the first half he kept giving the ball away & the rest of the season, unfortunately, his fraialties have been there for all to see.

I think one of the problems is the way Wolves, as a club acted when he signed, making out he was some sort of defensive saviour & putting him on a pedastel, hailing him as some defensive superstar & that it was bordering on a miricle that we signed him????

The guy’s previous clubs are Wycombe, Cardiff & Birmingham, so we are the bigest club he has played for, yet we welcomed him with open arms & imediately made him club captain, for me that is an honour that should be earned, not gifted, this was a huge mistake by the managment of the club, I can only presume that this was done because he dared to have ago at McCarthy during a game, whoopee!!!

Johnson’s attitude & body language smacks of someone who thinks he’s ‘arrived’ & when you look at his previous clubs that should not be the case, he should be honoured to wear the shirt, never mind the arm band!!

For the record I was pleased when we signed him, as I think he has been a decent defender at this level, but nothing more & I too think he will come good, but he needs to lose the chip on his shoulder & buckle down.

Personally I’d drop him for a game or 2, just to see how he reacts & just how badly he wants to represent & captain the club, perhaps he should take a closer look at the Wolves career of a certain Jody Craddock for guidance.

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