Steve Bull: Sam Johnstone has my full backing
Sam Johnstone has come through the door and I think he fits the bill.


He’s a solid goalkeeper who will do well for Wolves.
Jose Sa is also a good goalkeeper but sometimes you need somebody pushing for that spot to keep you on your toes, and Johnstone is the man to do it.
Andre has also arrived from Brazil and it’s brilliant to see him choose Wolves, with so many other big clubs after him.
He needs to come in and hit the ground running to give our other talented midfielders a run for their money.
Andre won’t be coming here to sit on the bench, he’ll be coming here to play regularly.
I always say it, the more the merrier! We were a bit thin on the ground at the start of the season but we’ve now added some more recruits. The only thing I’m worried about now is centre-back!
Meanwhile, in the first half against Chelsea we played some very good football and went toe-to-toe with them.
You always fear the worst when the biggest clubs come to town but we gave them a good game in the first half and I thought we could get something out of the game.
I don’t know what happened at half-time in the changing room, but they were a totally different team altogether.
They were shy, scared to tackle, it was bizarre. It ended up being a very disappointing result at the end of the day.
The positives were we scored two good goals and Jorgen Strand Larsen got his first for the club, which is brilliant.
He is an all-round, natural number nine who never stops working – I like that in a striker!
The fans love it too and it was great for him to get off the mark.
Then the Burnley game came along and it was almost like a training game.
We hardly came out of second gear until the second half when we took control of it and it could have been more than 2-0.
A win is a win and it will help the confidence ahead of a massive game against Forest.
Wolves have a tough fixture list but we know Gary O’Neil and what he can do with this Wolves team.
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