Wolves sign Nouble

We've made our first official signing of the summer!

Sadly it comes in the quite underwhelming shape of 20 year old forward Frank Nouble, who had been released by West Ham in May.

He's made limited appearance for the Hammers and been on loan to various clubs.

I sense Wolves fans won't be impressed, as the consensus is that he's quite a poor footballer but I think we need to make sure we give him the backing he need to progress here. He's strong and quick, and you never know, he may be the 'Vokes' of the 08/09 season. Someone who can come on and offer something different.

On Vokes, it wouldn't surprise me if he is the first forward to leave Molineux. As Nouble will come in as the young back up player (which is strange enough with Cassidy, Winnall and McLinden all looking to get a chance) I can see Sam leaving us for good. I've always rated him, and he scored some important goals but I think it would be best for him to leave. He needs more stability to progress into the good footballer he could become.

This could be the beginning of a busy summer, with the signing of Bjarn Siguardarson looking to happen halfway through July. Hopefully there are more ins than outs!

Fixtures released

Wolves will start their 2012/13 Championship campaign with a tricky game at Neil Warnock's Leeds! Ståle will have his work cut out, Elland Road being a tough place to go, but against a Warnock team will be a taste of things to come, him being the ultimate Championship manager (along with Mick!). 


After that we play Barnsley at home, and play our first ever game at Cardiff's new stadium following another home game against Derby. Not an easy start, but if Ståle has us ready by then then we could definitely get off to a good start. 


Derby games against managerless Birmingham are on December the 8th and April the 1st, both sure to be spicy games and in all likeliness on tele.


We finish the season with games against Charlton away, Burnley at home and finally Brighton away. 


You can get all the fixtures on the Wolves website here: http://www.wolves.co.uk/page/Fixtures?WT.mc_id=fixrel1806