I'm really not bothered at all about what has gone on in the past.

What I am bothered about is the fact that Roger Johnson looked to me, no where near good enough to be playing at centre half for Wolverhampton Wanderers last season.

Seems Stale really is starting from the beginning with all of these players which is a shame as there is a big portion of this squad that isn't good enough to be playing in the team.

No way back in my book. Arrogant big time charlie,same as the bloke who signed him. About 10% as good as he thinks he is with a real bad attitude. Get rid

Good Luck to Wolves for the forthcoming season in the Championship.

I want to make a plea to all Wolves Fans. Please get behind our boys. It is no good booing whilst the game is going on, but if you need to get it off your chest then boo after the game.

I will see you all at Molineux on the 11th of August against Aldershot.

Fletch

I could'nt give a monkeys about his attitude last season. If he helps get us up it will be a distant memory.

On his day Roger will be one of the best CB's in the championship. He just needs to keep focused and have a good CB next to him.

Defence of-

Reckford Johnson Bathe Zubar

The article seems to miss the point that his biggest problem is being accepted in a dressing room where it seems, from the outside at least, that his is not popular.

I have to say that I don't like much of what I saw about him last season, but like most fans I don't need to feel I would enjoy a night out with a player to support him on a Saturday afternoon.

Ward, Hunt are not good enough and should be moved on with Vokes.

Doyle has something to prove if Stale can change his way of playing, he needs to score goals that is why he was bought.

Otherwie sell him.

i fear roger johnson will never get a fair crack of the whip while hapless connor is still there whispering in solbakkens ear.

This will be a BIG ask of the fans lets hope it works out

If he thinks he can make something of Johnson then fair play, but he needs a good CB and LB with him or it won't happen.

Johnson needs to change his mood on the pitch and show the fans he can win their respect.

Still think it's big gamble, but one thing for sure we will not recoup the 4M outlay until he starts to show a big improvement.

Not overly happy about this, BUT I am prepared to give Johnson a chance if he actually shows he's committed to this club!

A good way for him to start is to develop a sense of humour and 'banter' with the fans!! Getting all mardy everytime we sing the "It's your round Roger" is just pathetic. And another tip Rog, don't clap the opposition fans right infront of your own supporters. Whether you (or anybody else) feel it was justified or not is irrelevant. The fact is he shouldn't have done it. He knew what he was doing and it was petty! It's things like that that stop him having a good relationship with the fans.

But like I said, if we see some commitment (which, let's face it, is the least we expect from players!) then he has a second chance.

Roger needs to apologise to the fans if he wants a future at the club.

In particular, he needs to apologise to the Wolves fans who traveled to Wigan on the last day and witnesssed his dispicable behaviour in joining in with the Wigan fan's mocking of his own supporters.

This, under normal circumstances would be unforgivable but I think he has the chance to turn it around if he is clever about it. Emotions were high, he thought his Wolves career was over & seemed to be carrying a chip on his shoulder.

If SS has seen something in him we have to trust that but I would question his motives before I forgave him. Is his new found fitness/mental state a result of wanting to do this for Wolves or to ply his trade elsewhere and to make himself attractive to other clubs??

I For one will hold my hands up and say i was a Johnson boo boy. but will give him the chance to prove what he did was a stupid mistake and let him prove he can hold the defence together. unity within in the team can get us promoted.

A new start for fans and club so lets forget last season and move forward together.

UTW

I'm sure that after a few lessons from Jody that Johnson can be turned into a near decent player.

Good news.

Hope that the fans don't get on RJ's back after his first mistake. If he can recapture that form he showed for Blues we've got a tremendous asset this season.

As long as RJ shows the commitment and improves his performances on the pitch, I'll be happy.

Clean slate for everyone.

This time last year we all thought he was brilliant! He deserves another chance to prove we were right.

ITS TIME TO FORGET WHAT AS HAPPENED IN THE PAST WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES IN OUR LIFE TIME SO JOHNSON NEEDS THE FANS BACKING

if stale thinks this trio of dross are going to play a big part then god help us at least i will be saving my money and wont be going dont thing you will be here long stale.

Met RJ at the end of season do and I have to say he was one of the most down to earth and pleasant players there that night! Had time for everyone, very apologetic for his own performance and vowed to repay the club! I was very pleasantly surprised!

Clearly some issues last year but not sure they were all the media made them out to be! The important thing is that we as a club move forward and if he's considered good enough by SS then he should get the complete support of the fans and play his part in securing our swift return to the Prem!

UTW

@ 3 - You're not the Fletch who sat in the Billy Wright, level with the halfway line are you? If so, I used to sit behind you.

Moral and unity had disappeared from the whole of the Wolves defence for most of the second half of the season. We all witnessed the result of that ! Roger Johnson missed a lot of that debacle because he been dropped, a result of his poor displays early on, his blunders and of course his off field antics and behaviour towards the fans.

It's a long way back from there.

However, he will not be playing against Premiership quality players who tore him apart (as they did other Wolves defenders)and maybe, just maybe, back in the Championship he can find the form that he showed playing for Birmingham.

Yes, it is a long way back, but, if he can show commitment and form and create a rapport with the fans 90% of us will get behind him.

Somebody posted on another thread that Vokes was never given a chance. I have to disagree with that. He had every chance. The lad wasn't up to it, but I wish him all the best.

Staale is doing exactly what he said he would do when he was appointed, and wipe with the clean slate.

Johnson's problems are as much to do with off the field issues as they are on the pitch. Clearly he needs to address his attitude problem with respect to both his fellow players and the supporters.

I understand that during the game against Bray, he was very vocal on the pitch marshalling the defence. This is exactly what we need and what he was brought in to do.

I'm not particularly keen on the guy, but am willing to reserve judgement until after I see him play in the coming season.

It's all upto RJ now. The matter is in his hands. If he comes flying out the blocks, putting his neck on the line for the cause and showing a better attitude then he will win the supporters back over.

If not, his reputation will spread throughout the football world and he'll end up playing way below the standard that he is capable of because clubs will not want him and his influence.

Over to you Rog!

What this translates as is that no one wants to buy him and we're stuck with him.

On the plus side, he has an outstanding (lack of) injury record, and up until last year was rated at £4m - he SHOULD be better than anything we could buy for £2m!

It all hinges on whether he can swallow his pride (which surely must have taken a knock!), and bond with the rest of the team and work under the new club captain - under NO CIRCUMSTANCES should he be considered for the job at this time.

13. Totally agree , good post , move on, move forward, he may well be a revelation this season

RoJo is in a way in good position. He has nothing to loose, everything to win, from what happened on and off the pitch last season.

He needs to let his boots do the talking, heads down and hard work on. It won't be easy and will require a real effort and attitude to revenge the mistakes from last season.

If he overcomes it, it would step up his game even more. Look at it, it's his career there is at stake. He needs to make a comback to rescue the remainer of his footballing years.

Johnson is a good player who lost his way last season for whatever reason.

Goden nuggett (is this meant to be "Golden nuggett") you must be a Sandwell Town supporter.

If you are a Wolves fan then you should reflect on your own attitude.

In Stale we trust!

I think this situation has been handled excellently by Stale

Football fans (especially Wolves) are a fickle breed, if he gets his head down and lets his feet do the talking most of us will forget his antics of last season

I'm all for giving him another chance and if he really has turned a corner then I don't see why he can't be a key player for us in the future

No 12 has htit on the head. The first thing Roger Johnson must do is come out publically and speak to the fans to say how sorry he is for what he did and then maybe the chasm between the fans and himself can begin to be closed.

Is it me, when I type the words most of them come out wrong on this page, I have to go back nd correct them, except th one oh and that one.

Remember his attitude at the wigan match, not good, if the fans abuse him he can't respond just get his head down on concentrate on improving his game. All will be forgotten if he gives us 100% commitment for the season.

If Johnson keeps his head down and works hard that will help him to reach some sort of form which he is capable of then you will find the fans may warm to him.It will not be easy but he must keep trying.A good centre back with him and we may be in business so now`s the time Stale to get rid of Stearman,Ward,Elokobi,Berra,Hunt and Jonnson.Put all their wages into one and we could get a decent centre-back,and we must keep Fletcher and Jarvis as we strive to get Promotion at the first attempt.

12) I was at Wigan and I think that you will find that some Wolves fans were shouting obscenities at Johnson before he clapped the Wigan fans. It's not on and that is why Fletcher was disgusted! Talk of dressing room unrest, was not just about him. There were supposed training ground fights for starters.

Time to move on but some of the team that started on Saturday are not good enough for a first team start, I suggest? It was nice to see Batth get a start and if we do not sign another centre half, it probably needs Batth to start with Johnson or possibly Berra.

Get rid of him, the man is poison! 40k a week and he distespects the club/teammates and fans..... No second chances IMO sell at a loss or take him out back and shoot him please!

Just stick R.J next to Danny Boy in the centre of defence and watch the partnership flourish. From what I can remember of last seasons games a large percentage of goals conceded were individual errors anyway so a bit of organisation and new coaching techniques will see us alright and hopefully stop defenders givin it the old hot potato treatment. Be strong,be bold,the futures old gold.

Au revoir our kid...

Wolves FC back to the premiership.. I believe it will hinge on having- one team in the dressing room, not two. Whatever the squad these gents must unite, and really care of what is required of them.

VIVE LE WOLVES.

Wolves can't afford to have a £4m player not in the team (especially a defender) because he doesn't get on with the fans or vice-versa.

Time has come to let it go and get on with winning our place back with the best.

Move on.

Get shut of johnson biggest waste off money in wolverhampton wanderers history and while your at it get rid off karl henry too absolute disgrace acting like a big kid cos he was ousted as captain . Thats why we had the dressing room split last year and mr so called henry said in an interview before start off last season we had no chance staying up get rid off this negativity once and for all

The thread wouldn't be the same without wise words from 18 vindaloopi. His grammer and spelling are decidedly dodgy, but, you can't miss the power of what he has to say, eh ?

One thing (or should that be think ?) vindibaby, you keep on this site telling us your not coming to Molineux and how much money your saving. Is this a cry for help ? Would you like me to have a word with Jezzer see if we can come up with a seat in the away section. You'd be a star attraction there.

27 lycanthropist. apart from his attitude you obviously missed his dreadful form from xmas onward when brum went down. i recall seeing his mistakes week after week cost goals.Funny how the price plummeted from talk of £12m to £4m and nobody else wanted him!!!!! Think those in the game saw what i did apart from the "manager" we had

In a perfect world we could ship out everybody who let side down last season, all 20+ of them, but it's not a perfect world and compromises have to be made.

We have a new manager who appears to be changing the style of play and modernising our tactical approach. If Johnson can play to his full potential under the new regime then we'll have a winner.

There have been many occasions in football when new managers have come in, transformed morale, and then turned what looked like a substandard squad into a formidable proposition. Venables did it when he took over the England job from Taylor and O'Neill did it at Sunderland last season.

Supporters who think that the transfer market is the solution to last season's problems are voting to re-arrange the deckchairs on the Titanic. Let's hope that Solbakken can sort things out, and that he gets the support of players, supporters and the owner in taking things forward. The alternative is too horrible to contemplate...

Hang on! Roger Johnson gets dogs' abuse from the the fans for his performances and apparently being a 'Big Time Charlie' yet the week before the Wigan game people who met him at the end of season dinner said he was superb and a really nice bloke. He gets slagged off by his own fans and like any human being feels it. It a disgrace this bloke is booed, I'll never boo any player in a Wolves shirt and no-one will ever convince me it justified! You look on Twitter and the players are all calling for him to stay how's that a divided dressing room? This is a guy who was considered for the England team two years ago. Wolves fans need to get over themselves and back the chap.

If he performs well on the pitch and helps get us to the Prem then why does it matter what happened in the past under Muppet Mick and Clipboard? UTW!

If RJ can help us back into the Premiership then alls forgiven. We all have blips and drops in confidence when things aint right. If we need another centre half why not look at Scott Dann who used to partner RJ and both were solid.

@39 - If you're going to pick people up on their spelling and grammAR, at least spell grammAR correctly! :P Sorry, that was irresistible, please forgive my sarcasm!

Back on topic, I'm a believer in letting bygones-be-bygones. If Johnson can show a little humility, get stuck in and prove himself as committed then I see no reason why sensible fans can't let the past be the past. If he pulls any of last season's boozed-up stunts then he deserves to be condemned but, in the mean time, let's not write-off a multi-million pound player.

Talking of centre-halves, Batth looked useful at Bray at the weekend. Granted, the opposition were pretty poor (apart from their number 10 who scored the goal - good player) but I liked his attitude and commitment.

He's got a second chance with me anyway for the good of the club i think the rest of the wolves fans should do the same.... BUT

FOOL ME ONCE SHAME ON YOU

FOOL ME TWICE TOTAL SHAME ON YOU COS YOU WONT FIND ANOTHER CLUB AS GOOD AS THIS ONE TO PLAY YOUR FOOTBALLING DAYS OUT

Blimey thought this would never happen I agree with Jiwal!

@39 Fozzy Bear- grammer? Were you being ironic?

Roger Johnson has nothing to apologise to you lot for... NOTHING!!!

He got a lot of grief last season from you idiots and he got cheered by the Wigan fans- I was there and i dont blame him at all for given you the cold shoulder.

For all any of us know he might have spoken to Solbakken and he will have wiped the slate clean...

I heard last week the STEARMAN had caused a divide in the dressing room by backing Karl Henry publicly and it was a case of Play for Roger or Play for Karl... and when Roger got the captaincy there was a major problem in the dressing room... now if Solbakken has ironed that out there is no reason why we cant get behind all of them and back them all... Last season has gone... the management has gone and if you want us to succeed get there and back them! We have been here before and we know its a hard league but with 30 THOUSAND TRUE SUPPORTERS BEHIND THEM THEY COULD WALK THIS LEAGUE!!!

Roger Johnson and Danny Batth could be the best partnership of any defence in this league!

Not wishing to list the names of footballers who have done much worse things (you know who they are), for me Johnson does not rank any where near them as far as being reprehensible goes. He made a couple of bad mistakes; he was not flavour of any month with me - but I am going to give him every chance to win me over.

Johnson will never be accepted especally after he applauded the wigan fans.This big time southern charlie thought he was better than anyone at wolves - he clearly was not.

He has insulted wolves fans on numerous occasions with his comments,gestures and remarks.And he thinks he can play for England.....he would not get in the England Ladies team

Why is everyone putting Batth in the first team?????????????????

Did you see him last year??

I did, alot, he isnt quick enough for champ or prem, and looked clumsy at times.

Just sell him and find another. Berra and Stears are both better.

Good news, whatever anyome thinks of RJ he is the best central defender at the Club and probably the best ccaptain. Not sure what Henry, Ward & Co. will think abouth this though.

Keep up the good work, Ståle.

I'm also reluctant to give RJ another chance. Big things were expected of him and he couldn't live up to that, maybe not his fault. The rest of the squad will have a big influence on whether he stays or goes, depends whether he fits in or not. He SHOULD be capable in the championship, but one thing he must do, stay on his feet, cut down on the sliding tackles, good way to get injured and an opportunity for a half decent forward to skip past him and he won't have time to recover.

All of you who think Stale has "seen something" in Johnson or think he can "develop" him are bonkers... Stale has ben told there is no money to replace RJ and so he is towing the moxey line like he was brought in to do - any experinced manager would tell the both to shove it !!

Moxey has his Yes man in place so expect more quotes from Stale written by Jez...

Guediora - thanks for your enthusiasm and best wishes at Forest. Maybe selling a few middle-ranked players will increase the chances of keeping Jarvo and Fletch

It seems Stale has learned nothing from watching the 38 videos from last season.Now lets imagine that the players who failed us last season manage to get us promoted during the coming season.The fact is that we would still need quality players to stay in the Premier.The problem is still there.All we are doing is applying sticking plaster to the problem.I'm afraid that we need to start from scratch and build for the long term future rather than making expedient moves.

47 - Sue. I agree. What's the betting he will be the man of the season for Wolves this time out?

I am ever the optimist, but, even so, he could dominate 2012/13.

I truly hope so.

Can't understand why he wants to wear the tatty orange shirt ever again after the slating he got last year. Come home to the Blue boys Jonno!

Give RJ a chance, we performed poorly as a team last season and not just as individuals. Ward, Hunt, Shearman, SEB, Elokobi, Guediora and Henry are simply not good enough. Hopefully Stale will see this. Bring in a left back, a ball winning midfielder that can pass forward and another centre half. UTW

just seen on wwfc site forest buy guedioura, good luck hope you get more games than under m/m.

Here here 34 bigjase, the p!!!cans had his chance and disrespected our club on a number of occasions, get rid along with another cockney Charlie, O,hara, we need players who care about Saturday afternoon not Saturday night.

Back to the beach.

FWAW

Addy Guadarora sold to Forest.

First mistake by Stale ,hope he dosn`t haunt us in championship.

No way back. No respect for our club, not fit to milk Jody's cat. Get some quality alongside Danny Bathe. Push the boat out for quality Wolves. 3 blind mice can tell you more than Mr Connor, Stale.

I said in a previous mail that i thought this would happen.If it comes off and i beleive it will,it will show us Staales man management skills.It will also be like having a new signing,because we did not see much of the real Roger Johnson last season,the one that Cappello wanted to cap.COME ON THE WOLVES.STAALE SOLBAKKENS GOLD AND BLACK ARMY.

What nobody is considering here is Johnsons' relationships with the rest of the team.

We know that making him captain created discontent and then there was the resentment at his superior wages and his lack of effort and boozed up appearances. There must be many in the team who have lost respect for Johnson, quite rightly!

I think that he is still an object of resentment and can cause divisions in the team. I still think that we should sell him *NOW* while we can get a bit back for him.

Johnson is a natural trouble-maker and we need rid of him quickly before he screws up Staales team as well! Staale is being a nice guy here, but Johnson is just an opportunist who will take advantage of him as he has done of everybody else in his football career.

Get rid of Johnson *NOW*!

Well said Walthamstow wolf No 41......

It takes a Londoner to say it as it is. Some of the comments here are realy depressing.

Everyone is ssd bout last year but lets get behind the team and give ALL te player a chance. Everyon was plased when Johnson was bought and he started well. Mick made him captain and that was a mistake and put too much pressure on him but he was an excellent player at Brum and I bet he will be again if he is given a chance. So to all the miserable moaners on here - start being supporters and give Stale and the lads time. We'll know everything aboutthe season y the end of September I think we'll be top and stay there.

selling adlene some kind of joke what way better player than millijas and henry and stephen ward. selling vokes what is stale doing vokes scores more than doyle. dont tell me hes going to stick with wardy over elokobi please no.Big george and Hamill and zubar must stay.

adlene is attack minded henry his defensive boring football has for nenad to slow and cant last full ninety minutes.

We've all needed a second chance at some point in our lives,not just for making a prat of ourselves in front of maybe 6 or 7 friends but especially when your mistake has been witnessed by 25,000 fans and the TV cameras, and everyone seems to want to keep reminding you of it.What does that feel like, I wonder?

I would ensure that he has no responsibility other than getting WW back in the PL,but he must improve his relationship with the fans and vice-versa.As ever UTW !!!!

@44.Yossa

I agree and he probably wouldn't cost too much. Unfortunately it begs the question as to, Why did the blouses sell them in the first place if they were so effective together ???

Forest have signed Guedioura for 3 years so you've completely made that bit up. Gutted.

The Club just lost me. -I am reading that Adlene is being sold off to Forest!!!. So we keep Johnson who has yet to convince anyone that he wants to play for this team and let go a player who always wanted to give his best effort for the cause!!! Someone has some explaining to do!!!

Good Luck R.J.

This season,fingers crossed will be far better than last.

You did not stand a chance last season trying to defend the back line on your own!!!!!!!

Berra,Stearman plus Dodgy Hands and Clueless Hennessy were total Trash.They MUST BE SOLD or given away to some crap team like Rangers in the Scottish 7th division.

You have a manager now with some knowledge of football.

Mick Muckcarthy,was clueless, aided and abetted by T Connya.

Dont listen to anything that pillock advises on the training ground.

Hopefully he will be on his way to Madeira F.C when M.M signs up as there new Manager next week. (MAD EIRA).

You now have a REAL football manager Roger,go and prove all the boo boys and idiots were wrong.

GOOD LUCK

up the WOLVES

After such a horrendous first season with us what are the odds on him being in the running for player of the year this coming season? It's written in the stars people. Faults on Johnson's side and some blsme must lie at the feet of the people who find it so easy to criticise, boo and verbally abuse players who put on the gold shirt. Perhaps some of these people should apologise first as a matter of good faith towards our players then perhaps the gesture will be returned by the players towards these bad mannered and ignorant people.

Some of you have memories like goldfish.The damage this guy has done to our club is nothing short of disgraceful.He has cost us considerably more than his transfer fee and massive wages.He should have been sacked for gross misconduct,last season.This club is run by people with no spine,who will take mediocrity in their stride.As long as RJ wears a Wolves shirt,i will not support him.

GET RID OF BAD RUBBISH

i recon giving him the captains job was the downfall of him,and the player unrest.i'm ok with him staying as long as he does not captain the team again.

Johnson? Why is he still here. Lets get rid of that loser. He is NOT Wolves.

Sell.....selll.....sell.....

JOHNSON LET HIMSELF DOWN LAST SEASON MAINLY BBECAUSE OF THE MISFITS HE HAD ALONGSIDE HIM.

HE WILL COME GOOD SO LETS GIVE THE GUY A CHANCE, HE ISNT THE FIRST AND WONT BE THE LASDT PLAYER TIO TUTRN UP FOR TRAINING THE WORSE FOR DRINK.

LEGLESS DID SOMEONE SAY, WELL THERE WERE A FEW PLAYERS LIKE THAT AOUND JOHNSON TRYING TO PERFORM ON MATCH DAYS WHEN OF COURSE THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN PREMIERSHIP PLAYERS IN THEIR LIVES.

TROUBLE IS AS OF NOW THEY ARE STILL AT MOLINEUX AND NO-ONE GIVES A HOOT..

So the wolves defence is looking so desperate that we have to hang on to a troubled player who was at the centre of our relegation last season. Sorry but I do not believe this is going to happen. He left Blues under a cloud. He was devisive in the dressing room last season and people do not change that easily. He will start with the best of intentions and then revert to type.I see only problems unless he goes. On match days I will support the team and I never boo anyone. But I think the comments above are more in hope that expectation. Prove me wrong Roger and I will be as pleased as anyone but I don't think you will.

Tried to post this yesterday but it didn't get through - Stale does not "see something" in RJ nor does he think he can "develop" him or think he is a good defender....Jez has told him there is no money for a decent replacement and to "bring him back in" which he is doing.... so expect a season of Jez's words from Stales mouth.

Cant believe the amount of people on here who think RJ is a new player - did you not see him ALL last season ????? Dreadful !!

What an absolute joke.

Moxley out! Stalbokken OUT!!!

69 ianclarke. Do you ever watch the games? Totally disagree with EVERYTHING you said

I should have thought Adlene was a player we needed to hang on to for the upcoming season. He hasn't even had the chance to show Stale what he has to offer. Sometimes I think we have some of these players and then move them on just to turn in a little profit, to keep the books "ticking over" nicely. We have got to prune the existing staff but surely there were a few names that should have been well ahead of Adlene's?

The only people who ruined R.J last season was mad mick and terry the clown.Mck firstly upset the clique by making him captain,then blames him for a couple of defeats, so dropped him.When terry the clown took over,he decided BAMBI (steerman) was the best option.Now if i saw Bambi was playing insteadf of me ,i think id hit the bottle.Yes alot of what he did last season was wrong,but this is a new season and he should be given a chance,we now seem to have a manager who knows what he is doing. UP THE WOLVES

@68 E11Wolf

"It takes a Londoner to say it as it is"?!?! Give it a rest, me old china. I've been here 16 years and have to take a long weekend away from the place every other month just to get the stench of bull-fritters out of my nostrils for a a couple of days. Someone's been spiking your jellied eels, methinks...

New manager, new era, new start. The Johnson issue obviously divides opinion, but most people in life deserve a second chance. However, it's up to RJ to win the fans over because he'll never get a third chance.

amazing. calls for Solbakken to be ousted already!! can we have a little perspective here please, as well as a little patience. give the guy a break!

As said get rid off johnson and henry once a bad boy always a bad boy both off them we need dicipline and stability at the molineux remember GEORGE BEST now he was a bad boy but was a life long wolves fan and had more skill in his babey toe than these two numptys get shut stale and lets have a new begining

He is getting the nod simply because we cant get more than twenty quid for him. dont blame anyone for not wanting him, just a pity that we are stuck him.