Roy Anderson wrote:

A win is a win - is a win! Bolton are not slouches at the Reebok (5 last games won there)so dogged perseverance was the order of the day - and it paid off. I'm pleased for Jason, he should likely play more!
Now the matter of Sparky and Newcastle has to be resolved.
Always providing that Sparky is really supported by BRFC, I feel he would be committing professional suicide if he seriously considers taking over at Newcastle. One can appreciate that he is ambitious, but a long and successful Managership of BRFC will enhance his reputation much more than the predictable failure which would inevitably follow a move to Newcastle. Sparky should see the sense of staying at BRFC - until the Manchester United job becomes available.
Then, and ONLY then should he be forced to decide if he will move.
Personally, I feel he should STILL stay at BRFC - with suitable remuneration of course!
Well done lads, the win today was a great confidence builder - and well deserved.

REAP WHAT U SO wrote:
I cannot fault a single player for effort.It`s a shame we couldn`t scrape a 1-1 draw. Unfortunately, we are a poor quality side and that is purely down to a patehetic lack of investment on players. Graham Souness stated on Sky before the game that `Blackburn would win because on paper they have the better players`.Gartside and our benefactor should be ashamed of themselves. After 7 years in the premiership the Wanderers have begged, stole and borrowed players and relied on the `Allardyce`factor to over achieve.Every season we are the premiership paupers and our benefactor, who guaranteed the initial debt has been hell bent on reducing the debt at the expense of the team.I have a feeling the loyal supporters will still be here next season while Gartside and our benefactor will have disappeared into the sunset with our team playing Championship football.

Michael wrote:
I dont think I have ever witnessed a worse football match than the one I have ever seen up at the Reebok today. A conference game has more skill on show than the sorry excuse for a football match witnessed up at Middlebrook today. Bolton were dire, the back 4 suicidal once again. The kids I manage on a Saturday morning keep a better shape than this current crop of journeymen, loaners and championship rejects. Nolan, Campo and Davies and Guthrie worked their bo**ocks off covering for the mediocre rest. Gartside and his sock puppet Megson will destroy our club. Shame on them. This seasons signings are practicaly all third rate journeymen, rejected or failures at other clubs. We are preparing for life in the Championship and lower divisions. The last 7 or 8 years hard work will all be for nothing if we keep this useless arrogant manager. I feel thoroughly deflated and angry that we are at this stage, after all the hard work of the past decade. New year, New board, New manager.........

Ewan in Edinburgh wrote:
Andranik is clearly on his way out - a great shame for a promising player - three manager's have clearly seen something we don't seen in training - I'm mystified.

whitehowfan wrote:

Ewan in Edinburgh wrote:
Andranik is clearly on his way out - a great shame for a promising player - three manager's have clearly seen something we don't seen in training - I'm mystified.

What kind of post is that, go back to your comic books.

King Kong wrote:
Lets put a few things in perspective here... Our summer spending bonanza consisted of begging, stealing and borrowing second rate players who could not buy a game at any other club in the premiership, they are at best Championship quality, and I mean at best. We have sold one of the best forwards in the world and have not made any attempt to buy anyone to replace him. We are playing at home with one forward in the squad, who himself is not a real out and out striker. The manager is clueless, he takes off our linchpin (Campo) who is taking every throw, free kick and is at the heart of every bit of play... and replaces him with Gavin McCann!?!?! There is no atmosphere in the ground, fans are pig sick of paying top rate prices for a bargain basement club. The pies are overpriced, so is the ale, you get pestered from the minute you get on the concourse for everything from a program to a credit card, you can't even stand up and shout at the side without a jumped up mini Hitler of a steward telling you to sit down. It is a thoroughly depressing and expensive hobby supporting the whites at the minute and I cannot see any light at the end of the tunnel. We wonder why Big Sam left - he was sick of being the rag and bone man of Premiership football scraping along on a shoestring with second rate freebies and the odd veteran. Myself, I am sick of it, cannot be bothered anymore. I would rather be in the Championship being entertained than watching this shower we have at the minute.

jabaron wrote:
Just read all the posts - read quite a few others this past few weeks. Diouff and Meite away - Anelka sold and no replacements - todays game was like watching a stable of donkeys playing - NO CREATIVITY - Andranik not even on the bench - Mr Megsen is clearly a 'meat an potatoes' manager - serving up the same old same old. It's time for the fans to loudly call for Gartside's resignation before we get relegated. "GARTSIDE OUT" should be chanted at all the next games until he's gone!

Theres_only_one_J_Byrom wrote:
Where is Julie?? Come on julie we need your acidic wit to tell us were we go next??

ellen123 wrote:
i think everyone should stop and think for a minute about how far bolton have come i am only thirteen but i have supported bolton all my life and i know that we are not doing well at the moment but i think if you all stop criticising bolton e.g the players, the manager, the chairman etc and actually get behind them and support them then just maybe they can get back to the way they used to play ok we have lost big sam and anelka to others clubs and diouf to the african nations cup but maybe the players can get us out of the bottom and next season get bak in to europe.

coventrywhite wrote:
we are going down and thats a fact

coventrywhite wrote:
we are going down and thats a fact

coventrywhite wrote:
we are going down and thats a fact

Dennis Toole wrote:
HAVING JUST BEEN HOME FOR XMAS I WAS AT THE 3 GAMES BIRMINGHAM, DERBY,SHEFF UNT,AND EACH GAME I SAW GOT WORSE THE FOOTBALL WAS DIRE.HAVING JUST WATCHED THE BLACKBURN GAME I THINK MR MEGSON IS FROM THE PHIL NEAL SCHOOL OF MANAGMENT CLUELESS,HOW CAN WE SELL ANNELKA TO GO AND SIT ON THE BENCH AT CHELSEA WHEN WE HAVE GOT NO ONE IN TO TAKE HIS PLACE,PORTSMOUTH WONT SELL TAYLOR FOR THAT REASON WHAT PLAYERS WATCHING THAT CRAP WOULD WANT TO COME TO BOLTON WAIT FOR THE LAST DAY ACTIVITY FOR THE LOAN PLAYERS TO ARRIVE,HOW MUCH LONGER GARTSIDE DO YOU THINK BOLTON FANS ARE GOING TO KEEP SPENDING THERE HARD EARNED MONEY ON THAT GARBAGE THAT IS BEING SERVED UP AT THE REEBOK. PHIL NEAL THE SEQUEL.

arnoldnorris wrote:
bolton will not go down just give up all the moaning be positive i love bolton i was born thereand they will not go down

Theres_only_one_J_Byrom wrote:
Derby who are doomed got 31,000 yesterday (with a man and his dog from pie land) Bolton got 18,000 today with 1000 of them dingles We dont deserve a prem lge team Or am I just fickle???????

Julie Moores wrote:
Just back, nice meal at Nandos after the match, best part of the day.

Could I ask Megson- WHAT DO YOU SAY IN HALF TIME TEAM TALKS? We play really well first half, brilliant goal from Nolan, fair play. As with many other matches we come out and look half asleep, scared stiff to push on for a second goal.

Megson, youre tacticts are hopeless, shown up again by a Manager who knows how to pick subs, and when to play them.

That numpty Swedish winger should never be played again, until we are either winning or losing 3-0. In a tight match, he is a liability.

Jussi- what is going on? As big as a house, but useless at high crosses. They nearly scored twice from corners in first half. Time for a rest please.

This is relegation stuff and nothing for us next week. Thanks Phil, Eddie, Gary- for absolutely nothing.

dazthegolfer wrote:

jabaron wrote:
Just read all the posts - read quite a few others this past few weeks. Diouff and Meite away - Anelka sold and no replacements - todays game was like watching a stable of donkeys playing - NO CREATIVITY - Andranik not even on the bench - Mr Megsen is clearly a 'meat an potatoes' manager - serving up the same old same old. It's time for the fans to loudly call for Gartside's resignation before we get relegated. "GARTSIDE OUT" should be chanted at all the next games until he's gone!

GARTSIDE as no idea, he is a business man not a football man, he should be LISTENING to the fans, the attendances dropping game on game would tell me that something was wrong, just take these posts on here, we all cant be wrong MR GARTSIDE, you open up the papers, and this team is linked with this player, and that team is looking at this one, who are we looking at???????, we are two weeks into the transfer window, and i beleive we are short of at least 2 defenders, 2 midfielders, 2 strikers, thats six players, yet if you take away all the as beens in our squad we will be looking at a total of 12 to 15 players at least, i cant see one player wanting to come to our club at the moment, the position we are in the league, recent performances will certainly not be attractive to a prospective player, but what concerns me is Megson as no character or no idea on selection, tactics or subs, today was dreadful, why take of campo, cohen was lucky to even be on the pitch after 3mins, i have seen players sent of for less than that, he was slow clumsy and couldnt pass, but megson takes of Campo, and i agree with a previous post, when he left the pitch we lost shape, and once Blackburn got back to one - one it was only a matter of time before they took the lead, and my only surprise was it took 36 mins before they did, there are so many players who are out there who 1) are not good enough & 2) dont care, only good point of the game was Nolans goal what a cracker - goal of the season

Julie Moores wrote:
ad- what do you base your " we are not going down " on? Rank bad defence incl a jittery keeper, a midfield that creates nothing and one striker- well he has scored once!!

The subs bench is embarrassing and we have the most tactically inept Manager in the league. Dont hold your breath for any new buys to boost centre defence or attack.

You on some kinda happy pills?

eenie wrote:

Julie Moores wrote:
ad- what do you base your " we are not going down " on? Rank bad defence incl a jittery keeper, a midfield that creates nothing and one striker- well he has scored once!!

The subs bench is embarrassing and we have the most tactically inept Manager in the league. Dont hold your breath for any new buys to boost centre defence or attack.

You on some kinda happy pills?

You know something, everytime I read one of your posts I throw up a little bit in my mouth. You seem to be against everything what happens at the club, for the sake of being against it rather than because of what it actually is. We are not going down, because we have to believe that. We have to have the courage to go up against the bigger teams and upset them again, and I know that I for one would put on that kit & go out and play for the boys for nothing if I had half a chance to. I have never before seen such negativity from a bunch of people, and that includes Wolves fans, who're quite the boring type.

I do feel Andranik should be given a go, but we've got to look at the rest of what we've got. Ad, Dzemaili has played 1 game for us in the first team, he like cohen needs to be introduced sparsely especially considering he has had no football in 10 months. You can't just pick up the pace of this league, but I do think he should be there or there abouts, ie. bench for now. Our defence is a big problem and something we need to sort out. This Steinsson guy is just what we need at right back and now we need a commanding centre half with pace. After that we need to find someone who can play the campo role, same role, but someone with legs. Ivan is struggling now with the pace of the game and he never had a lot to begin with. We then need a pacey forward for upfront to interchange with Davo and to chase his flick ons, kinda like Stelios, but again, someone with pace. Stelios is such a good player but his lack of legs are why, like campo, speed etc, his days have to be numbered as a 90 minute guy. Give him 20-25 minutes every week & i'll be happy. I'd like to know where Vaz Te is in that sense, or even Sinclair, both are fast and if they could get some composure could be great for us.

Whatever we do though, get behind them at all times. Don't be a morgue. The fans play such an important role and the negativity shown by so many bolton fans plays into the hands of the opposition. Bugger the fireworks, the dancing, the flags, lets make the reebok a real fortress.

Ewan in Edinburgh wrote:
I know fans are frustrated and I am no Megson fan but do we really think having a third manager in one season is going to stabilise things? Gartside is well past his sell by date and must go but a managerial merry go round won't help stabilise things at the club right now ...

I cannot fault a single player for effort

Chris Manning, Gotham City PD wrote:

I cannot fault a single player for effort

I can, K Nolan.

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:
well, an expected result considering.. a so-called prem team with a division 2 defence, no shape, and absolutely no attack.... that is the furthest we have looked from being a prem team since the mid 80's... two reports this morning saying we have agreed a 4mil deal for defender stienster(or whatever he's called) but we have been priced out of a deal for salmander?? HOW THE HELL HAVE WE BEEN PRICED OUT FOR GOD SAKES??? WE HAVE JUST RECIEVED 15MIL AND APPARENTLY ACCORDING TO MEGSON ALREADY HAD A LARGE AMOUNT TO SPEND!!!! ONCE AGAIN MEGSO,,,,, IS THIS BU115H1TE JUST BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT THE FANS WANTED TO HEAR???? GARTSIDE, FECK OFF NOW!!! YOU HAVE DESTROYED OUR CLUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!

amosc99 wrote:

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote: well, an expected result considering.. a so-called prem team with a division 2 defence, no shape, and absolutely no attack.... that is the furthest we have looked from being a prem team since the mid 80's... two reports this morning saying we have agreed a 4mil deal for defender stienster(or whatever he's called) but we have been priced out of a deal for salmander?? HOW THE HELL HAVE WE BEEN PRICED OUT FOR GOD SAKES??? WE HAVE JUST RECIEVED 15MIL AND APPARENTLY ACCORDING TO MEGSON ALREADY HAD A LARGE AMOUNT TO SPEND!!!! ONCE AGAIN MEGSO,,,,, IS THIS BU115H1TE JUST BECAUSE IT WAS WHAT THE FANS WANTED TO HEAR???? GARTSIDE, FECK OFF NOW!!! YOU HAVE DESTROYED OUR CLUB!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what were you expecting from the yes-man???? This is normal for our club to say one thing and do another (remember we have had 8 years of it under Sam Allardyce - its no wonder he left the way he did!!!) When is Gartside going to be investigated for bung deals - this is never happened and clearly showed that he lied to the fans with regards to Jay Jay on the Panorama programme!!!!! GARTSIDE, DAVIES, WARBURTON, DUCKWORTH - OUT NOW FOR THE SAKE OF THE CLUB!!!

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:
MARCO.... WHAT IS KNEE JERK ABOUT OUR CIRCUMSTANCES... WE AINT CALLING FOR HIS HEAD JUST BASED ON SUNDAYS RESULT.... HAVE YOU JUST WOKEN UP FROM A LONG LONG SLEEP??

amosc99 wrote:
Gartside is the main man but the others and the owner back him all the way!!! Anyway, since Warburton and Duckworth families have been on board we have never had any sense of aspiration and they never seem to do anything decent for the club except sit at the desk every now and again for their wages!!!! What good do THEY ALL do??? The only way for the club to proceed to the next leverl is a complete clear out and completely rebuild the club from bottom to top and that means a new owner with the passion and money (like Mike Ashley of Newcastle) and a new board with a sense of aspiration and achievement and not afraid to take the risks to bring in decent players/managers to help take the club to the next level (which would create more revenue from the fans and, hopefully, increase the fan base with the fickle-glory-hunter fans).

Julie Moores wrote:
eenie- see a Doctor or stop reading this site as I think you will find 99% agree with me that we are in desperate trouble without any positives in sight.

Are you an agent for Vaz te? That bloke has had so many chances, blown them all. Things are much worse than I thought if we are relying on him to pull us through. Get a reality check mate and stop being a drama queen.

Roy Anderson wrote:

A win is a win - is a win! Bolton are not slouches at the Reebok (5 last games won there)so dogged perseverance was the order of the day - and it paid off. I'm pleased for Jason, he should likely play more!
Now the matter of Sparky and Newcastle has to be resolved.
Always providing that Sparky is really supported by BRFC, I feel he would be committing professional suicide if he seriously considers taking over at Newcastle. One can appreciate that he is ambitious, but a long and successful Managership of BRFC will enhance his reputation much more than the predictable failure which would inevitably follow a move to Newcastle. Sparky should see the sense of staying at BRFC - until the Manchester United job becomes available.
Then, and ONLY then should he be forced to decide if he will move.
Personally, I feel he should STILL stay at BRFC - with suitable remuneration of course!
Well done lads, the win today was a great confidence builder - and well deserved.

sharan J wrote:
Bolton Wanderers have agreed a deal for AZ Alkmaar's Gretar Steinsson, skysports.com understands.



The Icelandic international was left out of AZ's clash at Ajax on Sunday - which ended in a 6-1 demolition for Alkmaar - as he prepared to travel to England.


AZ boss Louis van Gaal explained why he left out Steinsson.


"Steinsson expects a transfer. Both clubs are in negotiations and there is a big chance there will be an agreement. Therefore I have placed Steinsson on the bench.


"I only want to work with players who are fully concentrated on AZ. That is with Gretar currently not an issue. He will probably leave the club."



Bolton buy


The right-back, who can cover anywhere across the back four, is now set to become Bolton's first signing since the departure of Nicolas Anelka.


Bolton have £15million from the Anelka deal and are ready to use it to bolster their squad in all areas.


Steinsson only signed a new long-term contract at AZ last summer, which at the time was to fend off interest from Middlesbrough.


Now after seeing a move to Teesside fail to materialise, Bolton look to have agreed terms with AZ and the 26-year-old could sign within the next 48 hours.


Bolton legend Gudni Bergsson - who still has close contacts with the club, is believed to have recommended the deal to both the player and his former employers

Unfortunately as we are heading for the Fizzy-pop I can see Leeds replacing us in the Prem.

amosc99 wrote:
Unfortunately as we are heading for the Fizzy-pop I can see Leeds replacing us in the Prem. TBH if they had not had 15pts deducted they would be clearly at the top of the Fizzy-pop - but I still feel that they will make it back - at our expense (Gartside next chairmanship will be of Leeds - it really wouldn't surprise me!!!!!)