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What can Wolverhampton Wanderers fans expect from Ståle Solbakken?

One of the Football League’s fresh intake for 2012/13 has already made a surprising managerial appointment as it prepares for life back in the second tier. But what can Wolverhampton Wanderers fans expect from the new man in charge? Charlie Anderson, editor of the Nordic football blog Stone by Stone, shares his insight. A new manager has been appointed. You must have heard about it; it’s been all over the papers. He’s very highly regarded in Norway, we’re told, and he did great things with FC Copenhagen. But will the players respect him? Can he get those big egos on…

Brentford boss Rösler’s Norwegian roots

Uwe Rösler’s arrival at Brentford is the latest in a growing trend of foreign managers trying their hand in the English lower leagues, hot on the heels of Paolo di Canio’s appointment at Swindon Town and the success of Brighton manager Gus Poyet. All three played plenty of football on these shores, but Rösler cut his managerial teeth in Norway. Charlie Anderson, the man behind an excellent new Nordic football blog called Stone By Stone, has been kind enough to share his knowledge of Rösler’s time in the dugout so far. The first game I attended in Norway was between…