Could be interesting.

This sounds like progress! We have had a rubbish defense for years. It's always amazed me how every other team in the league seem able to find decent defenders without breaking the bank.

There is no defence to our lack of defence.

A left back next please!

Who!!!!!

Don't know much about him but it sounds promising! I wouldn't mind seeing Batth and Demidov given a chance in central defence at the start of next season.

We have sooo many players, I would expect that not many more will be signed up and we will lose quite a few.

Haven't heard of this guy but anyone would be better than the rubbish we currently have in central defence. To be fair Norwegian defenders are usually solid so bring him in!

Good signing i think. A good player of the ball from the back, being able to pass to the midfield, rather than 'hoof' it all the time. Certaintley looked better than what we have got, and at £1m, looks better business too.

Need to get another good one to sit next to him, and to get rid of Johnson/Berra. also need a midfielder to replace Henry. I know he played ok at times last season, but just not enough from him.

I think we have a good strong squad current,ly, which may be weakend before the end of August, but with the youngsters we have, we will do well. Would like to see more youngsters, as when we have seen the few last season Forde/Davis/Doherty, they did well. Hamill and Batth may also get games now.

Great news. A ball playing defender is the phrase that catches the eye most. Something we sorely missed until the loanees arrived.

I also wish Mick all the best for his potential Forrest appointment.... Sooner that goes through the sooner the Molineux merry go round will start.

Sounds a good deal, Goodbye Roger

Heard this rumour a while back and seen him play over a dozen times.

He's makeshift when it comes to defending and is not 1st choice. Bit lightweight and not tall enough for a centre half I'm afraid, also error prone which is why he's only 1m and why he was dropped, forget the politics excuse.

Rather see us go for someone more recognised, spend a bit more, unless he's cover for Johnson, Berra, craddock and steadman, oh please hope to god they aren't going to be our mainstay this season.

Please, Please don't start the season with Foley, Stearman, Berra and Ward. Not good enough never will be.

Well, we didn't break the Bank for Ludo Pollet, and he proved to be a good 'un.

We needed relegation to make us sort the defence out, looking promising.

1m rated ??? how much is our new stadium and training ground costing ???....erm, something is seriously wrong at board level at our club...prove me wrong please

Could be a good signing.

Sounds like a good signing !

I also agree - We need a LEFT BACK now !!!

At last, a decent central defender linked.

Get it done guys!Is it wrong im looking forward to next season more than i was this time last year when i expected us to struggle........

Nothing wrong with paying £1 million ... if he's any good then it's a bargain.. We've already tried paying a lot more than that and gotten rubbish for it.

I'm really glad to see Stale knows what the team needs... starting with our dodgy defence.

No idea what the boy is like but one thing is 100% for sure, he can't be as bad as what we already have.

A left back next please!

good deal if it comes off. the clear out has begun, leigh griffiths gone, now it looks like either moyokolo or stearman have gone.

ward,berra....next.

just seen the squad for the irish games, a good mix of youth and experience....hopefully forest appoint mcarthy today and he comes back for ,connor/daley/mountain/....utw.

Know him. Seen him a lot over the last years. He is good. Would like to see him together with RJ.

And; Ståle do a raid for Brann Bergen midfielder Rodolph Austin as well. The Jamaican born midfield powerhouse is on his way to Leeds for almost nothing since his contract ends in less than half a year.

Looks a good signing. Sociedad had the 9th best defence in La Liga last season & Demidov played 23 games including a great win away at Valencia. Also he played well for Norway against England. Sign him up. Demidov & Batth is the way forward. Can see us winning the league this year, after all our team is a lot stronger than when we won the championship last time. Especially if we keep hold of Jarvis, O'Hara, Milijas, Guedioura & fletcher!!!

Those of you saying you've never heard of him need to pay more attention.... he played against England in May.

I hope he settles well, he's exactly what Wolves need.

psalm23, who? its the guy or limited woys boys to one goal, remember? thought not.

staines massive, not tall enough for a central defender? 6ft 1.... how tall do you have to be 9ft?

and i think you will find he is first choice for norway , alongside hangeland, you know the guy who marshalls fulhams defence with ease, beacause he plays comfortably with demidov for norway and not because danny murphy provides excellent defensive cover. utw.

more players to leave and a new left back to arrive.

read somewhere lee wallace of rangers is on his way. l/back sorted

Left back is going to be Bryan Ovideo.A Costa Rican playing for Copenhagen

What a contrast to Mick's antipathy 'to signing foreigners'!

Bravo, a ball player at the back......crying out for such a signing.

#11 Solentwolves You are absolutely right, Ludo was a class act and served Wolves very well. What we really need is some organisation back there and a fewer individual errors!! This chap may offer us that.

A ball-playing centre back. We have'nt had one of those for a while. Will the rest of the team be able to cope with this?

At least Staale is trying to address the main problem with the team.

could be what johnson needs with him someone with brains and can play just what he needs

Uber signing if both parties agree.

I cannot wait for the August Leeds Utd. FC. match.

VIVE LE WOLVES

A lot of people are asking WHO, but no one had heard of a certain John DeWolf before he came to Wolves & what a legend he turned out to be,sadly robbed of his best day with us, by injury!

Will be a great signing !

He is a ball playing defender who comfy in possesion so will help Roger Johnson to come good i think !

Everyone still bashing Johnson now needs to stop, Stale's already said he's getting another chance to prove himself worthy and no matter what you think of him is our best defender we have right now...

This bloke has the experiance and the presence needed to partner Johnson, the reason he went down hill so fast after a good start was the rubbish he had round him !

Henners is a great keeper, but let in goal after goal last season cos the people round him but he didnt get a bashing like Johnson did.

GET THIS GUY IN, WATCHED HIM A FEW TIMES AND AT 1 MILLION HE'S A STEAL !!!!!!!!

I know you can't read too much (if anything) into this, but I signed him on Football Manager and he was class!

Solentwolves is spot on. I swear some people aren't going to be happy unless we sign a household name... newsflash folks, it ain't gonna be Vidic!

In fact, that's a point - who had heard of Vidic before he came to England? Next to nobody, that's who. Don't write players off before you've even seen them play!

Curiouser and curiouser!

Whatever happens at the Wolves, we shall see some very interesting changes. Maybe we are also picking up some real bargains along the way. Only time will tell.

On the subject of bargains, how about bringing back Nicholas Parsons and *Sale of the Century. Perhaps we can offload some of our unwanted players.

*For those who don't remember the quiz show, here is a description:

"The format is a general knowledge quiz, where contestants (usually three) earn money for correct answers, and occasionally have the chance to "buy" heavily-discounted prizes with their score money via "Instant Bargains" (also known as "The Gift Shop")."

Read 'players' where it says 'prizes' and you catch my drift.

Bids anyone? Submit your player valuations to the Express & Star!

A ball playing CB, steady now we will be getting ball playing midfielders soon!!

Hope he is better than McCarthy's Icelandic international.

I like the look of this guy.

As for a left back, Sasa Papac is available on a free transfer and he is QUALITY and versatile too.

11. Solentwolves. A blast from the past, Ludo was an excellent defender and could play a bit too. If he's as good as him, we will have a very good player, if he signs.

3) We could say the same about the numerous overseas players the Steptoes have signed over the years and they have done well.

For people on here, saying that he is not going to be good enough? A regular Norwegian international that has played against class players in Spain and is a ball player - with Frankfurt and Bolton sniffing around - sounds good to me!

What on earth has happened to the wolves web site. It's awful. Surely we deserve better than that! Perhaps the money we will save signing Demidov can be spent recruiting a decent web site developer...

Unfortunately this is the level of player we are likely to attract for a while given our relegation and having an unknown manager - the good news is that if he has 2 legs and 2 eyes he is almost certain to be better than what we have so lets bring him in !!!

The price tag on it's own does not mean a lot.

Players from the Nordic countries have always been exceptional value fro money. £1 million for a player from this region would cost 3-4 million if he was British born or from many other parts of Europe.

Also remember we are not playing in the Premier League this season so therefore are not going to pay or attract Premier League standard players (So called) and certainly not pay the wages involved with these people.

Looking positive at last.

By the way why are people so certain that Macarthy will take the dregs of Molineux if he gets the Forest job?

Don't forget that the back room staff were mainly forced on him when he arrived which doesn't necessarily mean he would want them with him at Forest. Some of the players maybe but at what price? With some of the faith he showed in them while he was here he should be offering multi-million pound deals for them all. Just my thoughts thats all.

Enjoy the coming season everyone.

I think some of you lot are very unfair on Stearman and Berra.At Championship level both could do a decent job.Some people talk as if they are the worst defenders we have ever had.This is nonsense. Both played and played well when we were the first team to beat Man Utd the other season.I didn't see any improvement in our defensive performance last season when Bassong was played instead of Berra.If we sign this Demidov,and still ship in goals,who will get the blame then?

Nice.Atleast in the spanish league he would have faced some seriously gifted attackers and would ahve spent majority of the time defending.With wolves he will face a much lower calibre forward line and will find that we will dominate teams in terms of possesion alot more this season hence why I beleive that both Berra and Stears will do very well this season.Last season they were under tremendous amount of pressure and had very little time for respite.When a team faces so much time on the back foot no matter how good the defender you will suffer.Not only were we under pressure from the opposition but our position in the league created immense pressure.Any good team needs to win a couple of games on the trot draw a few and lose 3-4 in the premeirship to survive.We were just losing every week.The more we lost the more the confidence of the players was drained.

Hence why Fletcher Jarvis need to stay put!This league will give them the platform to regain confidence and hopefully return to the premier league with enhanced beleif.As both players are no way going to be purchased by a top ten club...The likely hood is they will go to a club who loses more than they win.With their confidence already dented they may find themselves in a relegation fight again resulting further hammering to the confidence.

Look at the wolves players majority of them had been relegated previously.Fletcher went down with Burnley Johnson with Blues doyle hunt etc have all been involved in not just one relegation but two.

Looks promising but we need 3 or 4 more defenders.

Johnson, Stearman, Berra, Craddock need to go at least.

MM's budget at Forest could be 50MIL so he aint gonna be shopping in Wolverhampton!

Charlie

ATLANTA WOLVES

fantastic news if he signs, signs are posative.Stale has seen how bad the defece is.now the clock is ticking and the next good news of the day, will be mad mick has got his new job.Then the loud cries from molineaux will be, TAXI FOR CONNER, WARD ,STEERMAN AND HUNT.

Let's hope he doesn't do a Jelle Van Damme!

40 What a Shocker - I agree with you on the website.....its going to take some getting used too.

Way to go Stale.This man means business.£1m for an international centre back-bargain of the century.

On the other hand he will still be surrounded with dross of the highest order.

You need to sell about 30 players Stale and get 20 in to sort this mess out.

sounds good to me but i wont rest or renew my ticket intil[ stearman,berra,ward are gone

But can he play left midfield?

Sorry he's gone now, sounds a v good buy and age, full international who speaks the lingo for 1m

Going

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43 chris hoggard shut up you idiot they are rubbish and people like you are the reason we went down

If Wolves are looking for another LB, i said last season about the young lad at Crystal Palace, Jonathan Parr (24), who is a Norwegian lad, who can play LB or in Midfield. He played 39 games last season, and easily won player of the year,he's a big strong lad,who is a good header of the ball,excellent in the tackle,and also good on the ball.

43. Chris Hoggard. I agree about Stearman and Berra and have been saying similar. Berra in particular was playing really well during the first half of the season.

The problem was they all lost confidence together and took some severe beatings (Fulham away and Baggies at home being the worst). In the end they didn't know whether they we drilled, bored or countersunk and Bassong made little or no difference. Stale clearly has to repair this back line and although I don't know Demidov we have to trust our new managers judgement. With everyone wanting Batth to be given a chance it will be interesting to see which CBs leave as some must surely do so.

If he's the next Brede Hangeland then he'll be a bargain.

Not had a decent left back since lee naylor

Note to Petenuts

See what you've done to #44 Wanderer in "EIRE"?

Charging round the "WORLDWIDE WEB" threatening people like some latter day "BILLY THE KID". Poor old Wanderer in Eire's letters just aren't capital anymore and somewhere in the playground he's dropped "APOSTROPHES" and doesn't know where to find them. He's also started moving his vowels.

Well you don't scare me, I've gotta bagful of "PUNCTUATION" and I'm gonna use it. Me and my "GANG" are planning a double dutch day with "DIPHTHONGS" and things. We look forward to you trying to "CORRECT" that little lot.

Hah!

Last ball playing centre back we had was butler, shame it was with his head though!!

chris hoggard - "If we sign this Demidov,and still ship in goals,who will get the blame then?"

So we have appointed a new manager, a new coach and now buying new players and you come out with that drivel..........

I don't believe it ! A positive posting from (17) Richwolf64. I need to recouperate with a large glass of Bathams.

...and by jove he's right, a million pound defender could be worth five times that if he can bring stability and teamwork back to that defence of ours.

52 Getsomein - I watched most of the games last season and didn't spot Chris Hoggard on the pitch, bench or in the Directors box - so why would he be a reason for our relegation?

Just like Vindaloopi, Sd and now you - Getsomein - I ask you all to post just one thing that you actually like about the Wolves - let the rest of us know that you actually support Wolves rather than just slag them and the fans off at every opportunity.

As I have said before - the past is the past - no more Numpties or Happy Clappers - just Wolves fans getting behind our team in an effort to get back to the Premiership.

I love the Wolves - be proud to follow this great club.

Firstly bassong is a reconised left back, not a centre half, and we all know what happens to you if mad mick is in charge, you play where he wants you to play, not where you play,ask van dame.If anybody thinks steerman is quality or capable to defend,taxi to the looney bin now. As ive said many a time, he spends most of the games on his arse, thats why i call him bambi.

Demidov is maybe on his best as midfieldplayer/central defence. he runs a bit qquicker than rest of the today Wolves defence.

52 getsomein

I've been watching the quality of your postings for some time now. I think we could have unearthed a rare talent. You'll need to extent it a little, or rather a few thousand words, but,m try submitting your work to a publisher. The clever use of abuse and the towering wit. Could even earn you a Booker prize.

Thanks for your illuminating contributions.

Slow down people, we not signed him yet as other teams are after him besides us, although he does sound a very exciting defender if we do sign him.

On another note wasn't Siggurdson supposed to be signing for us today? I heard nothing so far except "subject to medical".......

@32 I had heard of John de Wolf before we signed him, was a player you coulnt miss - by name or physique. Had seen him play for Holland couple of times, once against England....forever a Wolves legend :)

Love da Wolves!!!

Hope we are not going from an Irish Hurling team to a Nordic Down Hill team...

56. You're having a laugh, Lee Naylor was was worse than Ward and I felt sorry for him in the Prem. Jackie Mc Namara is the best back in recent years and Mo Camara and the great Thommo.

This would have been a decent signing if we were still in the Premier League. An amazing steal considering we're a Championship side. He's got good La Liga and International experience. I'll be very impressed if we pull this off.

As a postscript to my earlier submission (#35), I just want to add that I too have seen the new Wolves website - and agree it is quite dreadful.

Hope it is also not a bad omen for the season ahead.

I've been away from the internet for a few weeks and this is the first chance I've had to look at the Wolves comments.

I was expecting to see loads of positive comments about our manager being up for signing a player he knows well, an established international who has been playing in one of the top leagues in Europe and who has the intelligence to learn another language quickly.

I should have expected the moans from the usual suspects regarding the cost, €1m is too cheap so he can't can't be any good but to start slagging off other players, especially Berra, Stearman & Ward (I could understand RJ who let the squad down so badly last season but if he stays, we should give him the chance to right the wrongs) who will all do a decent job at this level is hardly going to do much for the individual's confidence if they read these posts.

Well said Chris Hoggard & SBQ we need more positive comments and people supporting the team.

I really hope we get Demidov and a few more like him but knowing our luck he'll probably look a world beater in his first few games and then get injured and be out for most of the season.

UTW

I do hope if he signs,he will be given a chance,utw.

Sounds promising.One down three to go.

36 we have some good ball playing midfielders it's just that Mad Mick never played that way. unless they ran round like headless chickens he didn't play them.

bring on the beautiful game

Number 57: Smerrick Eric. Are you a teacher of English like what I am?

1no52 Getsomein, I have posted on here for a number of years,saying the club should have shown more ambition in the transfer market,and I was the first to point out that building a new stand before building a team was the wrong priority.And yet you have the brass neck to blame me for us getting relegated.

2no59Rich5, Maybe it went over your head,but I was defending two of our players,who I believe receive too much criticism.I was also pointing out the fickle nature of fans.A signing welcomed one minute,can soon get the blame if things go wrong.

3no62 Karl, Factually incorrect ,Bassong is a recognised left sided central defender,who can also play left back and defensive midfield.

The rumors in my lokal newspaper in Norway, think Espen Ruud(Odense) is Solbakkens next signing. He is a RB and can use both legs.

All sounds veryposive to me.Demidov woud be a great signing and I think he could bring out the best in a certain Roger Johnson

UTW

32. Never heard of John de wolf? The guy captained holland in a world cup!

Don't worry no.9 this guy is the same height as Martin Keown and 3 inches taller than Barcelona's Puyol

Number 43 ,You should have gone to Specsavers.

40.

I can't agree. It's nice to have a decent, funtional-looking website that doesn't look exactly the same as Hull City's for the first time in a decade!

I have been following Vadim Demidov since he played in 2. tier in Norway for Hønefoss, via Rosenborg to Spain. His biggest asset is his fighting spirit and his extremely strong will to win games. Ståle want players with a strong mentality and that is what Vadim is all about. He will bring a winning mentality to the team.

£1m? sounds like a bargain, hey like alot of people have already said we are no longer a Premier League club so anybody expecting a Lescott, Kompany signing then forget it.

Albion have done well over the years signing free transfers or next to nothing players that turn out to be gems. So why not us?

Won't pretend to know anything about Demidov.

Let's hope that he gives our defence some steel and calmness when anyone gets within the eighteen yard box.

You look at teams that are successful and they defend from the front not just watch the ball get passed too easily through midfield to expose the defence time and time again.

I know we were poor at the back but midfield was a big problem at times last season.

I am not a Wolves fan, and I may be influenced by the fact that I am a Norwegian supporting Demidov´s former club Rosenborg. In my view Demidov is on the top 3 list of Norwegian players that can develop into making an impact on a high level, among the likes of Brede Hangeland and John Arne Riise. If he signs for Wolves I hope he reaches his potential, and then you will have a solid modern defender with ball playing skills. He might even throw in the odd goal every now and again.

This may actually be a bargain and from what I saw of Wolves defense last season he should be of a certain improvement. If not, it would be very sad because he got the potential.

9staineswolf- "not tall enough for a centre half I’m afraid". Please tell that too Carles Puyol, not the tallest buy consistently one of the best for a decade :) As for Demidov, not really seen him play but cant be worse than what we saw last season! Would love to see Batth given a chance, along with Johnson who could hopefully start a fresh this season! Would like to see berra shipped out and a new left back signed!

Norwegian Rosenborg-fan here. I see that Demidov is lost for us and must congratulate you guys on a coup. We really, really wanted him back to Rosenborg as he proved at a young age that he were a real solid stopper for us.

He has now even more experience, and for £1 million he is a steal.

You are damned lucky to have him.

Ståle Solbakken is an very ambitious manager, and I have no doubt that he will return you to the Premier League as quickly as he can. The signings so far shows his ambition, as I have seen Sigurdarson play for Lillestrøm in the Norwegian league. Pure class.

In Demidov and Sigurdarson you have players of Premier League quality.

Good luck with your season!

As a curriosity Vadims father, Sergej Demidov, was a USSR national handball player. Vadim is solid. If this lad signs for £1 mill its a very, very good deal. I predict that this season norwegian media will write more about Wolves than ManU, Liverpool.

we always need 2 goals or more to win games because of our defence this has been like his for years and years so i hope this year will be able to keep more clean sheets.

What a JOKE signing!

Stalbokken out!!

67Goldenwolf "Having a laugh" ?

Mo Camara ??!!

Sorry, mate,I fear it is you who is having a laugh. Lee Naylor had his poor moments, but, played well throughout the Championship years. Mo Camara should NEVER have been allowed to play at that high a level.

Todays transfer news........! Mcarthy not taking the job at Forest! Why is that under

'Wolves' transfer news? He is nothing to do with this club now why is the E&S reporting it? Why do you have to remind us about him?He dragged this club down in the prem and we n eed to forget him as best we can not keep being reminded.

It ain't transfer news and nothing to do with us. Der!

Interesting to see a number of scandanavian posters commenting on this website.

There is clearly a following in that region. Some weeks ago I suggested that it would'nt be a bad idea to arrange a friendly with one of the Norwegian clubs. If this deal with Demidov comes off, perhaps at some stage in the next few months, it would pay Wolves to play either Lillestrom or Rosenborg in a friendly.

This would generate further interest and could have a long term positive commercial impact. I would urge the club (if they read posts on this site) to seriously consider this suggestion.

HI GUYS ,JUST GOING OFF THE SUBJECT A BIT,,THE NEW WOLVES WEB SITE..ANY THOUGHTS??? ME, WELL DO NOT LIKE AT ALL....

Lets hope he dont do a boggie? get us all excited that we cant sleep then dont sign and make a laughing stock of all the posters.

Johnson is a better player.

73, I agree unfortunately they don't know how or were not allowed to pass forward to the one striker

90) Jog on Tesco. It looks like he is coming and I reckon both Scandinavian signings plus the manager and no.2 is exactly what Wolves require. Things are starting to take shape and we should have a decent looking team. On the downside, we could do with moving about 10 on!

Austin was mentioned. A very good player at the end of his contract. Midfielder, powerful, huge working rate, very good crosser. Can go for 300.000 now. A bargin. Stale knows this player, won best player prize in Norway 2011.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zO3JUwGECyM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q49hKuRYDzU

9. Staineswolf;

You must be a genius. His name's STEARMAN not "steadman"; he's only been at the club for 4 years FFS.

Just waiting for Grace to second-guess me on this.... no wonder women get grief in the game; in your case darling stay at home as your impression of sports economics is wanting.

Possible team for next season:

Carl Ikeme

Bryan Oviedo (hope we sign him)

Vidam Dimitov

Roger Johnson

Ronald Zubar

Adam Hammill

Adlene Guedioura

Eggert Jonsson

Anthony Forde

Steven Fletcher

Bjorn Sigurdarson.

What a team that would be :) x

Curious that when MM signed Eggert J, there was a lot of buffoonery and japing, yet this guy comes with a whole lot of respect, even though NObody on these threads knows him either. Wolves fans fickle? one could even get to respect a certain Mr Moxey