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We have transfer money to spend - Gartside
2:33pm Friday 26th October 2007
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Wanderers chairman Phil Gartside confirmed money is available for new manager Gary Megson to spend.
Asked about the availability of funds in the January transfer window Gartside told a Press Conerefence at the Reebok: "If the opportunity arises - but the key word is strengthen.
"Bringing players in is easy but bringing in the right players is the trick we have got to get right.
"We have got a strong squad and we have got to get them into a team shape that suits them."
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lord kangana, Bolton says...
2:43pm Fri 26 Oct 07
James wrote:LOVE BOLTON HATE GARTSIDE
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE "LOVE BOLTON, HATE GARTSIDE" GROUP/CAMPAIGN and want to help organise properly, please send an e-mail (and how you would be prepared to get involved) to LOVEBOLTON@WHEELSHOS TING.COM
I read the full statement, and his sliminess said "WE HAVE ALWAYS MADE TRANSFER FUNDS AVAILABLE IN JANUARY"
Might I add "yeah Phil, but some old pesetas, a spare button and your busfare home doesn't really constitute 'a budget' really"
davel, n wales says...
2:44pm Fri 26 Oct 07
liar liar liar liar liar liar liar liar .you have said this since we first came into the premiership ,you even said it too me on a radio phone in .if there was money then why did big sam go you low life .
Northwich White, Northwich says...
2:52pm Fri 26 Oct 07
go now fartside
Northwich White, Northwich says...
2:54pm Fri 26 Oct 07
I had a really bad dream last night, well nightmare really. I dreamt we had another loser of a manager with ginger hair. OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
!!!!!!
!!!!!!
rc1972, Bolton says...
3:15pm Fri 26 Oct 07
A quote from the Daily Mail. (Page 111)"When Brian Little left we felt betrayed, when Mark Maghee left we felt let down. When Martin O Neil left our world stopped. When Martin Allen left we felt disillusioned. Megson leaving, were dancing in the streets" NOT MY WORDS, THE WORDS OF A LEICESTER FAN!! Get these clowns out.
non plussed, Bolton says...
3:31pm Fri 26 Oct 07
Bolton News doing their best to stop the adverse comments, posting a new story every half hour will stop the 300 plus comments from yesterday. 300 plus comments against Megson and they publish a nice photograph of him being welcomed at the Reebok. And the sports editot fobs me of about "a duty to report the facts" well a journalists duty is to publish both sides of any argument and find out the facts not act a Gartsides publicity machine. Its scandalous and its only Spurs sacking Jol that has taken the spotlight from it. (Jol would be rubbish at BWFC btw )
Pedro, Bolton says...
3:45pm Fri 26 Oct 07
Don't just take 5, "sleep on it"! A wonderful therapy for calming our thoughts on what has been going on at our beloved club at the beginning of this season. We all feel we have been let down by the Chairman and can only hope that the Owner might be concerned about his actions too.
However. I thought that our new Manager - FACT - gave a good interview and will give him my full backing for at least ten games.
I do not want the team to go down and will not be a part in any more divisive posts to assist in that.
The reality is that you negative posters are a VERY SMALL MINORITY . The majority, (who are NOT gutless sheep by the way) "as I have said before" are decent, hard working, family men and women and their kids who support their local team.
However. I thought that our new Manager - FACT - gave a good interview and will give him my full backing for at least ten games.
I do not want the team to go down and will not be a part in any more divisive posts to assist in that.
The reality is that you negative posters are a VERY SMALL MINORITY . The majority, (who are NOT gutless sheep by the way) "as I have said before" are decent, hard working, family men and women and their kids who support their local team.
deano, Bolton says...
3:57pm Fri 26 Oct 07
I will give Megson a chance - because Gartslime wont get rid of him - get behind the team guys come on, but as far as Gartslime goes: "money available"!!! THE PROTESTS MUST START NOW - if pinochio syndrome was real, you could slide down Gartslime's nose all the way to Australia. He is the biggest bullshitter there is. WE MUST NOW TAKE SIGNS "GARTSLIME OUT" He wont give us any money he is a liar liar liar. He disgusts me!!!
GARTSLIME OUT!!!
GARTSLIME OUT!!!
deano, Bolton says...
4:00pm Fri 26 Oct 07
Pedro what the hell are you rambling about - people can give any opinion on here that they want - your criticism of other posts means nothing its people like you that are divisive by criticising other fans
pie_in_the, sky says...
4:04pm Fri 26 Oct 07
Hey mister Pedro, I should imagine we are all mostly "decent family types" and we all support our local team. I have in the past been on here defending Gartside against what I thought was unjust criticism, If I seee the current situation as warranting a so called negative response as someone who has been criticised for my so called positive outlook might I repectfully suggest that I and others have the right to so do.
I'd also dispute your statistics supporting your minority claim, I suppose it is down to what you in your wisdom deem to be "negative".
Just maybe your "negative" is someone elses "legitimate concern"
Yours,
Middle England
I'd also dispute your statistics supporting your minority claim, I suppose it is down to what you in your wisdom deem to be "negative".
Just maybe your "negative" is someone elses "legitimate concern"
Yours,
Middle England
trottersforever, bolton says...
4:10pm Fri 26 Oct 07
go now Phil Sh1te-side !
hatemanu, bolton says...
4:17pm Fri 26 Oct 07
Pedro wrote:Well said pedro , its not megsons fault he as been given the job . So all the people abusing him are out of order .i to would never have picked him and Agree gartside as got to go because its is fault . He as been given a two and half year deal , so he is going no where . We all need to give him are full surport and not sing who the fuuk is gary megson like last night .Agree with gartside out though . The next few weeks are massive for bolton wanderers and lets get behind the team .
Don't just take 5, "sleep on it"! A wonderful therapy for calming our thoughts on what has been going on at our beloved club at the beginning of this season. We all feel we have been let down by the Chairman and can only hope that the Owner might be concerned about his actions too. However. I thought that our new Manager - FACT - gave a good interview and will give him my full backing for at least ten games. I do not want the team to go down and will not be a part in any more divisive posts to assist in that. The reality is that you negative posters are a VERY SMALL MINORITY . The majority, (who are NOT gutless sheep by the way) "as I have said before" are decent, hard working, family men and women and their kids who support their local team.
J4, Bolton says...
4:19pm Fri 26 Oct 07
is anyone planning anything for sunday, if so when and where?
birch, chorley says...
4:28pm Fri 26 Oct 07
J4 wrote:boycott the ground, watch the game in scotts bar, its all about not going now, get a refund on your season ticket as a statement, they will give you the money for the games that havent been yet.
is anyone planning anything for sunday, if so when and where?
Paul, Deane says...
4:32pm Fri 26 Oct 07
Money to spend in January??
Does anyone else remember Gartside saying live on National radio after the last game of last season that SL s budget would be "as much as wants"??
If you deduct the 2 million we got for Faye we actually spent NOTHING in the summer.
Does anyone else remember Gartside saying live on National radio after the last game of last season that SL s budget would be "as much as wants"??
If you deduct the 2 million we got for Faye we actually spent NOTHING in the summer.
smegofdoom, nottinghamshire says...
4:32pm Fri 26 Oct 07
Pray that Megson ISN'T given any money. He'll make rubbish signings just like he did at Forest. I feel sorry for Bolton, get ready for long-ball football. Tactically inept, it won't work in the Premiership.
J4, Bolton says...
4:33pm Fri 26 Oct 07
boycotting the groud isn't going to help. we still need 3 points and we need to be heard!!!!
kennelman, Lancashire says...
4:44pm Fri 26 Oct 07
J4 wrote:Like i said yesterday you sometimes have to be cruel to the club to be kind to the club. If everybody boycotts Sundays game I can't see Gartside having any option but to go. Ok, it would be hard for the players and Megson but long term it would be good for BWFC.
is anyone planning anything for sunday, if so when and where?
boycott the ground, watch the game in scotts bar, its all about not going now, get a refund on your season ticket as a statement, they will give you the money for the games that havent been yet.
Paul, Deane says...
4:49pm Fri 26 Oct 07
Quotes from the past week.
"he would be an exceptional candidate for the role". Gartside on Souness, ignoring the huge mess he left both Blackburn and Newcastle in.
"I have paid particular attention to his career". Gartside on Megson, ignoring his record of 7 wins in 48 premier league games.
Then when fans quite justifiably take issue with his judgement he calls us fickle!!!
No wonder most fans hate the man and want him out of our club asap
"he would be an exceptional candidate for the role". Gartside on Souness, ignoring the huge mess he left both Blackburn and Newcastle in.
"I have paid particular attention to his career". Gartside on Megson, ignoring his record of 7 wins in 48 premier league games.
Then when fans quite justifiably take issue with his judgement he calls us fickle!!!
No wonder most fans hate the man and want him out of our club asap
barbarossa, poulton le fylde says...
4:52pm Fri 26 Oct 07
How much new money you revolting,fat git?
Ed Page, says...
4:52pm Fri 26 Oct 07
hatemanu wrote:Not well said Pedro. Please do me a favour and stop patronising us with your therapeutic nonsense. Where's your evidence that the majority of posters are only a small minority? I seem to recall the vote on this issue showed over 90% of fans against the appointment! And to assume that those of us with the anger are in some way not decent, hard working, family men and women is a complete insult. I'll agree with you on one count...we should support the new boss now. I'll agree with that. But I'll not support a chariman that accuses the vast majority of Wanderers fans of being too thick to understand this value of this appointment. He owes every fan a massive apology for that comment..and you should also apologise for insulting those of us who wish to voice our opinions.
Pedro wrote: Don't just take 5, "sleep on it"! A wonderful therapy for calming our thoughts on what has been going on at our beloved club at the beginning of this season. We all feel we have been let down by the Chairman and can only hope that the Owner might be concerned about his actions too. However. I thought that our new Manager - FACT - gave a good interview and will give him my full backing for at least ten games. I do not want the team to go down and will not be a part in any more divisive posts to assist in that. The reality is that you negative posters are a VERY SMALL MINORITY . The majority, (who are NOT gutless sheep by the way) "as I have said before" are decent, hard working, family men and women and their kids who support their local team.Well said pedro , its not megsons fault he as been given the job . So all the people abusing him are out of order .i to would never have picked him and Agree gartside as got to go because its is fault . He as been given a two and half year deal , so he is going no where . We all need to give him are full surport and not sing who the fuuk is gary megson like last night .Agree with gartside out though . The next few weeks are massive for bolton wanderers and lets get behind the team .
hatemanu, bolton says...
4:54pm Fri 26 Oct 07
no way in memory of man , will megson be leaving bwfc in next few months . Even is there is only gartside in ground watching him , be funny though watching match of the day with only gartside in the stand . We need to get behind megson and hopefully if he keeps us up , protest against gartside then . Because everybody agrees we do not want him to be our chairman and he is doesnt no what he is doing . Staying in the prem will make or break us , either way gartside out .
ChrisS, Worsley says...
4:59pm Fri 26 Oct 07
kennelman wrote:I wouldn't abuse Megson at this stage. I don't know why he's been appointed given his track record but at least he isn't Souness.
J4 wrote: is anyone planning anything for sunday, if so when and where? boycott the ground, watch the game in scotts bar, its all about not going now, get a refund on your season ticket as a statement, they will give you the money for the games that havent been yet.Like i said yesterday you sometimes have to be cruel to the club to be kind to the club. If everybody boycotts Sundays game I can't see Gartside having any option but to go. Ok, it would be hard for the players and Megson but long term it would be good for BWFC.
Bolton fans (ie those who go and watch rather than criticise on this forum, and hope the the team fails) have been pressing for European football. Last night the ground was two thirds empty, with tickets at £10. No wonder that we can't attract a decent manager. What was worse last night were the booing and shouts against Megson, Gartside and the board, when the team were playing - were these all Blackburn fans wanting us to join them in exiting the EUFA cup?
Try backing the team rather than follow the pathetic Scum fans who refused to watch "their" team because they thought that they could oust the owner!
pie_in_the, sky says...
5:03pm Fri 26 Oct 07
hatemanu - whatever we may think about Megson, love him or hate him the reality is that however innocent, he is not going to be part of the solution.
By default that makes him part of the problem.
why?
because of the nature of his appointment
because of his negative track record in the
prem and championship
because of his tactical reputation
because of his man management credentials - consistently alienates his players
because he's here to blag one last pay check before he disappears into obscurity
because the two and a half year contract means nothing it just indicates how much compensation he will take when he's sacked
because it will almost certainly hasten the departure of the talent that we need to stay up
because he represents Gartsides last throw of the dice and he can't deliver
because if he gets his 10 games that works out at 240,000 grand per game in compo and we are then in a position of having to chase points with no more games left = doing a baggies
because worse still if we are relegated and he keeps his job because they think he can get us back first time then we will have reached the disasterous conclusion languishing in the championship going nowhere = doing a forest
2 1/2 years later we are looking for a new manager
in the championship
By default that makes him part of the problem.
why?
because of the nature of his appointment
because of his negative track record in the
prem and championship
because of his tactical reputation
because of his man management credentials - consistently alienates his players
because he's here to blag one last pay check before he disappears into obscurity
because the two and a half year contract means nothing it just indicates how much compensation he will take when he's sacked
because it will almost certainly hasten the departure of the talent that we need to stay up
because he represents Gartsides last throw of the dice and he can't deliver
because if he gets his 10 games that works out at 240,000 grand per game in compo and we are then in a position of having to chase points with no more games left = doing a baggies
because worse still if we are relegated and he keeps his job because they think he can get us back first time then we will have reached the disasterous conclusion languishing in the championship going nowhere = doing a forest
2 1/2 years later we are looking for a new manager
in the championship
barbarossa, poulton le fylde says...
5:04pm Fri 26 Oct 07
Hatemanu:I agree,Gartside to go in any event.He has taken too many dangerous and unnecessary risks with our Premiership status.
kennelman, Lancashire says...
5:06pm Fri 26 Oct 07
hatemanu, by boycotting Sundays match you are protesting against Gartside. I never said megson would leave, the aim is to get rid of Gartside and by entering the ground you are supporting Gartside, you have to be cruel to be kind! It will take months of chanting and singing in the ground before someone like Gartside will leave. Boycott and the board will have no option.
ChrisS, Worsley says...
5:07pm Fri 26 Oct 07
Ed Page wrote:"I seem to recall the vote on this issue showed over 90% of fans against the appointment". Out of a total vote of 699, many of whom probably never go to a game (apart from watching in the pub).
hatemanu wrote:Not well said Pedro. Please do me a favour and stop patronising us with your therapeutic nonsense. Where's your evidence that the majority of posters are only a small minority? I seem to recall the vote on this issue showed over 90% of fans against the appointment! And to assume that those of us with the anger are in some way not decent, hard working, family men and women is a complete insult. I'll agree with you on one count...we should support the new boss now. I'll agree with that. But I'll not support a chariman that accuses the vast majority of Wanderers fans of being too thick to understand this value of this appointment. He owes every fan a massive apology for that comment..and you should also apologise for insulting those of us who wish to voice our opinions.Pedro wrote: Don't just take 5, "sleep on it"! A wonderful therapy for calming our thoughts on what has been going on at our beloved club at the beginning of this season. We all feel we have been let down by the Chairman and can only hope that the Owner might be concerned about his actions too. However. I thought that our new Manager - FACT - gave a good interview and will give him my full backing for at least ten games. I do not want the team to go down and will not be a part in any more divisive posts to assist in that. The reality is that you negative posters are a VERY SMALL MINORITY . The majority, (who are NOT gutless sheep by the way) "as I have said before" are decent, hard working, family men and women and their kids who support their local team.Well said pedro , its not megsons fault he as been given the job . So all the people abusing him are out of order .i to would never have picked him and Agree gartside as got to go because its is fault . He as been given a two and half year deal , so he is going no where . We all need to give him are full surport and not sing who the fuuk is gary megson like last night .Agree with gartside out though . The next few weeks are massive for bolton wanderers and lets get behind the team .
ChrisS, Worsley says...
5:09pm Fri 26 Oct 07
J4 wrote:Yes. I plan to watch Bolton and support the team. Kick off 1.30.
is anyone planning anything for sunday, if so when and where?
hatemanu, bolton says...
5:12pm Fri 26 Oct 07
pie_in_the wrote:Agree with you, but there is no way megson is going anywhere , so all im saying is we have got to get behind the team and stay up , people in ground sing anti megson song will not help . I personally would get rid of him tomoz , but it will not happen . So just hope he proves us all round .
hatemanu - whatever we may think about Megson, love him or hate him the reality is that however innocent, he is not going to be part of the solution. By default that makes him part of the problem. why? because of the nature of his appointment because of his negative track record in the prem and championship because of his tactical reputation because of his man management credentials - consistently alienates his players because he's here to blag one last pay check before he disappears into obscurity because the two and a half year contract means nothing it just indicates how much compensation he will take when he's sacked because it will almost certainly hasten the departure of the talent that we need to stay up because he represents Gartsides last throw of the dice and he can't deliver because if he gets his 10 games that works out at 240,000 grand per game in compo and we are then in a position of having to chase points with no more games left = doing a baggies because worse still if we are relegated and he keeps his job because they think he can get us back first time then we will have reached the disasterous conclusion languishing in the championship going nowhere = doing a forest 2 1/2 years later we are looking for a new manager in the championship
pie_in_the, sky says...
5:17pm Fri 26 Oct 07
we live in hope my man!
but don't hold your breath
but don't hold your breath
hatemanu, bolton says...
5:23pm Fri 26 Oct 07
kennelman wrote:Utter rubbish , i will be entering the ground surporting the team ,i to hate gartside as much as anybody for making our team a laughing stock and for letting the surporters down badly . Next few weeks are the most important for the last 5 years , games at home to villa and boro are winable and the players need our surport, plus with transfer window approaching we need to stop the rot, to have any hope of keeping half our team . What we need to do is say nobody buy a season ticket for next season till gartside goes . And stop buying stuff in the ground and shirts , but we have got to be there to surport our team , gartside is not bigger than bolton wanderers . That my opinion but no people disagree with it , but we all agree we have to get gartside out .
hatemanu, by boycotting Sundays match you are protesting against Gartside. I never said megson would leave, the aim is to get rid of Gartside and by entering the ground you are supporting Gartside, you have to be cruel to be kind! It will take months of chanting and singing in the ground before someone like Gartside will leave. Boycott and the board will have no option.
kennelman, Lancashire says...
5:28pm Fri 26 Oct 07
kennelman wrote:
hatemanu, by boycotting Sundays match you are protesting against Gartside. I never said megson would leave, the aim is to get rid of Gartside and by entering the ground you are supporting Gartside, you have to be cruel to be kind! It will take months of chanting and singing in the ground before someone like Gartside will leave. Boycott and the board will have no option.
Utter rubbish , i will be entering the ground surporting the team ,i to hate gartside as much as anybody for making our team a laughing stock and for letting the surporters down badly . Next few weeks are the most important for the last 5 years , games at home to villa and boro are winable and the players need our surport, plus with transfer window approaching we need to stop the rot, to have any hope of keeping half our team . What we need to do is say nobody buy a season ticket for next season till gartside goes . And stop buying stuff in the ground and shirts , but we have got to be there to surport our team , gartside is not bigger than bolton wanderers . That my opinion but no people disagree with it , but we all agree we have to get gartside out .
I agree with you but I just think all this could be over with within 90 mins on Sunday. Each to their own.
ChrisS, Worsley says...
5:29pm Fri 26 Oct 07
hatemanu wrote:Hear, Hear!!
kennelman wrote: hatemanu, by boycotting Sundays match you are protesting against Gartside. I never said megson would leave, the aim is to get rid of Gartside and by entering the ground you are supporting Gartside, you have to be cruel to be kind! It will take months of chanting and singing in the ground before someone like Gartside will leave. Boycott and the board will have no option.Utter rubbish , i will be entering the ground surporting the team ,i to hate gartside as much as anybody for making our team a laughing stock and for letting the surporters down badly . Next few weeks are the most important for the last 5 years , games at home to villa and boro are winable and the players need our surport, plus with transfer window approaching we need to stop the rot, to have any hope of keeping half our team . What we need to do is say nobody buy a season ticket for next season till gartside goes . And stop buying stuff in the ground and shirts , but we have got to be there to surport our team , gartside is not bigger than bolton wanderers . That my opinion but no people disagree with it , but we all agree we have to get gartside out .
unhappy wanderer, BOLTON says...
5:32pm Fri 26 Oct 07
ChrisS wrote:You don't have to go to games to have an opinion. What's the evidence to suggest "many?probably never go to a game"? Maybe most people are simply right on this. How are you better qualified to comment than anyone else on here? Why would people express opinions on something they have no interest in?
Ed Page wrote:"I seem to recall the vote on this issue showed over 90% of fans against the appointment". Out of a total vote of 699, many of whom probably never go to a game (apart from watching in the pub).hatemanu wrote:Not well said Pedro. Please do me a favour and stop patronising us with your therapeutic nonsense. Where's your evidence that the majority of posters are only a small minority? I seem to recall the vote on this issue showed over 90% of fans against the appointment! And to assume that those of us with the anger are in some way not decent, hard working, family men and women is a complete insult. I'll agree with you on one count...we should support the new boss now. I'll agree with that. But I'll not support a chariman that accuses the vast majority of Wanderers fans of being too thick to understand this value of this appointment. He owes every fan a massive apology for that comment..and you should also apologise for insulting those of us who wish to voice our opinions.Pedro wrote: Don't just take 5, "sleep on it"! A wonderful therapy for calming our thoughts on what has been going on at our beloved club at the beginning of this season. We all feel we have been let down by the Chairman and can only hope that the Owner might be concerned about his actions too. However. I thought that our new Manager - FACT - gave a good interview and will give him my full backing for at least ten games. I do not want the team to go down and will not be a part in any more divisive posts to assist in that. The reality is that you negative posters are a VERY SMALL MINORITY . The majority, (who are NOT gutless sheep by the way) "as I have said before" are decent, hard working, family men and women and their kids who support their local team.Well said pedro , its not megsons fault he as been given the job . So all the people abusing him are out of order .i to would never have picked him and Agree gartside as got to go because its is fault . He as been given a two and half year deal , so he is going no where . We all need to give him are full surport and not sing who the fuuk is gary megson like last night .Agree with gartside out though . The next few weeks are massive for bolton wanderers and lets get behind the team .
GARTSIDE OUT. Show your support for the team when the players show an equal measure of commitment to the club.
hatemanu, bolton says...
5:36pm Fri 26 Oct 07
kennelman wrote:If i thought in anyway mate , gartside would go after villa match , i would not go . But the arse is going no where. Atleast everybody on the website agree , with gartside out. We have to find away of getting rid of him , without affecting the team , and that maybe prove impossible . Lets hope for a miracle .
kennelman wrote: hatemanu, by boycotting Sundays match you are protesting against Gartside. I never said megson would leave, the aim is to get rid of Gartside and by entering the ground you are supporting Gartside, you have to be cruel to be kind! It will take months of chanting and singing in the ground before someone like Gartside will leave. Boycott and the board will have no option. Utter rubbish , i will be entering the ground surporting the team ,i to hate gartside as much as anybody for making our team a laughing stock and for letting the surporters down badly . Next few weeks are the most important for the last 5 years , games at home to villa and boro are winable and the players need our surport, plus with transfer window approaching we need to stop the rot, to have any hope of keeping half our team . What we need to do is say nobody buy a season ticket for next season till gartside goes . And stop buying stuff in the ground and shirts , but we have got to be there to surport our team , gartside is not bigger than bolton wanderers . That my opinion but no people disagree with it , but we all agree we have to get gartside out .I agree with you but I just think all this could be over with within 90 mins on Sunday. Each to their own.
Ian H, Bolton says...
5:48pm Fri 26 Oct 07
Nobody wanted GFM, he is here now and stated his position. Hard work and wants what we all want to take BWFC forward. No amount of protests - booing - and campaigns to get Gartside out will make the sligtest difference.
Gartside is not going, Megson is not going. Time for protests etc is if by January we are still in the bottom 3. By then we will know if Gartside has made the right choice, Megson is up to it and we can see a way fwd to competing for a euro place.
GET BEHIND OUR TEAM - THE ELEVEN PLAYERS WHO TURN OUT DO NOT WANT TO HEAR THE FANS BOOING.
Gartside is not going, Megson is not going. Time for protests etc is if by January we are still in the bottom 3. By then we will know if Gartside has made the right choice, Megson is up to it and we can see a way fwd to competing for a euro place.
GET BEHIND OUR TEAM - THE ELEVEN PLAYERS WHO TURN OUT DO NOT WANT TO HEAR THE FANS BOOING.
steve, bolton says...
5:51pm Fri 26 Oct 07
It's true "unhappy wanderer" you don't have to go to the game to have an opinion,your opinion is more valid if you do go though.I know many Liverpool,Manchester United fans who all have opinions but never go to games, now Bolton too appear to have a lot of fans who think they can read reports/watch telly and have an opinion worth listening to - and many appear on this site criticising things they know nothing about.All you can say to these "fans at home" is get down to the ground and form an informed opinion worth listening to.
Pedro, Bolton says...
6:03pm Fri 26 Oct 07
Just watched extended highlights of the RSB v Bayern game on the Bayern Website(English commentary too)- 12 euros for three months subsciption. Both goalkeepers look suspect and teams look good but beatable by an in-form Wanderers team. Pitch condition was poor according to the commentator. Described as not good enough for European Football. In one of the preview interviews it was said that RSB are full of very young inexperienced players and the team would be only be equivalent to teams in the bottom half of the second Bundesliga. They still gave Bayern quite a game though.
unhappy wanderer, BOLTON says...
6:05pm Fri 26 Oct 07
steve wrote:The point I am making here is that slagging off people's views on the basis they "probably don't" go to games is patronising and presumptious. If a person enters the Reebok on one occasion a season he has enriched the club & is entitled to a say. Does BWFC whinge that the paying customers who watch Sky are not "true fans"? Not bloody likely, Sky pays rather well. I think lively debate is a good thing provided it does not seek to justify Gartside as the club's chairman. If it does, it is overwhelmingly misguided.
It's true "unhappy wanderer" you don't have to go to the game to have an opinion,your opinion is more valid if you do go though.I know many Liverpool,Manchester United fans who all have opinions but never go to games, now Bolton too appear to have a lot of fans who think they can read reports/watch telly and have an opinion worth listening to - and many appear on this site criticising things they know nothing about.All you can say to these "fans at home" is get down to the ground and form an informed opinion worth listening to.
jpl, bangkok says...
6:05pm Fri 26 Oct 07
so what's the problem?, just been away participating in a triathlon, swimming in warm sea's, cycling along the coast, running through old fishing villages, drinking good quality red wine, enjoying the warmth of good, pleasant conversation and company,(sorry for the smug part) I guess you guys are not getting much, are you?(sorry again) so gary megson is in charge, makes no difference, we are going to do just the same even if we had lil sammy, souness, jewel, coleman, bruce, etc. there are only a few managers around who will make a difference but they are outside our finacial boundaries. my advice is to let's see what happens and to take a chill pill, worry about when you are next going to have a laugh,(oh another smug bit) because seriously this is all low down on the seriousness radar, now what is serious is celebrities are losing their 3rd homes in san Diego and need you help:) thats serious!(a bit of humour at the end, always a winner).
Pedro, Bolton says...
6:11pm Fri 26 Oct 07
70
Graeme Souness
64
Chris Coleman
12
Gary Megson
152
Steve Bruce
401
A.N.Other
Total Votes: 699
I rest my case - a VERY SMALL MINORITY AND SURELY YOU ALL VOTED?
tom3465, farnworth says...
6:12pm Fri 26 Oct 07
J4 wrote:it will you plank no fans no money board gets no bonus they start to think wheres our next holiday coming from and sack the skeerote gartside
boycotting the groud isn't going to help. we still need 3 points and we need to be heard!!!!
Julie Moores, Bolton says...
6:15pm Fri 26 Oct 07
This is the first opportunity I have had to comment on our new appointment.
Certain questions I would like to put to Mr Gartside:-
Do you now see us as a small club with what can best be described a journeyman manager?
Do we no longer have ambition to be a top 6 side?
Frankly, I am appalled at the appointment. This is a man who was hounded out from Forest by discontented fans, then spent the next 18 months applying for, and being rejected by lower league clubs.
The same man who 6 weeks ago was out of a job, we now pay around £300000 compensation to Leicester, whose fans also jeered him out of their ground.
We are a club in freefall. There has to be a hidden agenda here. Brave enough to tell us what it is, Phil?
Certain questions I would like to put to Mr Gartside:-
Do you now see us as a small club with what can best be described a journeyman manager?
Do we no longer have ambition to be a top 6 side?
Frankly, I am appalled at the appointment. This is a man who was hounded out from Forest by discontented fans, then spent the next 18 months applying for, and being rejected by lower league clubs.
The same man who 6 weeks ago was out of a job, we now pay around £300000 compensation to Leicester, whose fans also jeered him out of their ground.
We are a club in freefall. There has to be a hidden agenda here. Brave enough to tell us what it is, Phil?
trottersforever, bolton says...
6:18pm Fri 26 Oct 07
under the mugson/ phil sh1teside era, i think the team should run out to this. very apt. read the words ... sad but true.
"Mad World"
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cos I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad World
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me
"Mad World"
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
And their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying
Are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you
'Cos I find it hard to take
When people run in circles
It's a very, very
Mad World
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me
brian, bolton says...
6:19pm Fri 26 Oct 07
we will get beat on sunday and that will be the 1st nail in megsons and gartsides coffin.
jpl, bangkok says...
6:24pm Fri 26 Oct 07
i have just heard some sad news, that the 2 boys in the photograph have been kidnapped by some anti megson/gartside fundamentals. they have demanded that there will be a videoed beheading unless we bring back rioch/todd. It certainly is a mad world.
Paul, Deane says...
6:29pm Fri 26 Oct 07
This "agent" business keeps nagging at me, what is a guy like this doing representing our club, given his dodgy background.
Is it possible that Gartside,moreso than Allardyce, was involved in the bungs scandal, and that this agent knows enough to convict him, therefore Gartside has to keep him onside by offering him work,fees, commissions etc and by offering his totally unsuitable client the managers job??
Just a thought.
Is it possible that Gartside,moreso than Allardyce, was involved in the bungs scandal, and that this agent knows enough to convict him, therefore Gartside has to keep him onside by offering him work,fees, commissions etc and by offering his totally unsuitable client the managers job??
Just a thought.
ERic Snookes, says...
6:29pm Fri 26 Oct 07
The Warburtons -How much influence do they have?
This is not meant to be a witch hunt (I stand to be corrected on aspects of this posting)but Since I started watching Bolton in the 1970s one family has lurked in the background rarely venturing publicly to outline their strategy or vision for our club .
This family one of Britians wealthiest have been making decisions that have seen our club almost go out of business several times whilst their own business appears to go from strength to strength.
1-Bromwich Street training ground sold off that the club owned - for years the club did not have a training ground Colin Todd I think got the present site at Euxton - though I don't know id we actually own it?
2-The Normid Superstore- wasn't that going to be bult further back and have a football stand, sports centre incorporated into its design.
3-Lack of investement in an infrastructure for the club as well as players for the football club.
4-The failiure to redevelop Burndedn Park and build a stadium in the heart of our town on land that the club owns - I suspect the Reebok site is on a long term lease like many of the new stadiums
5-Floating BWFC as a Public Limited Company that resulted in supports losing money
This is not meant to be a witch hunt (I stand to be corrected on aspects of this posting)but Since I started watching Bolton in the 1970s one family has lurked in the background rarely venturing publicly to outline their strategy or vision for our club .
This family one of Britians wealthiest have been making decisions that have seen our club almost go out of business several times whilst their own business appears to go from strength to strength.
quoteLets recall some of the decisons that they have been involved in making whilst serving as baord members
1-Bromwich Street training ground sold off that the club owned - for years the club did not have a training ground Colin Todd I think got the present site at Euxton - though I don't know id we actually own it?
2-The Normid Superstore- wasn't that going to be bult further back and have a football stand, sports centre incorporated into its design.
3-Lack of investement in an infrastructure for the club as well as players for the football club.
4-The failiure to redevelop Burndedn Park and build a stadium in the heart of our town on land that the club owns - I suspect the Reebok site is on a long term lease like many of the new stadiums
5-Floating BWFC as a Public Limited Company that resulted in supports losing money
James, Westhoughton says...
2:38pm Fri 26 Oct 07
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