Danny G wrote:
Nah chris, hes a good un, time for strikers now please, wouldnt mind Luke Moore, realistic target good Player, available for around 3 mill

weonly8manu wrote:
good move. we know what he is about and has played prem football for a number of years. Worryingly though we are desparate for a striker and at least 1 centre half but no moves in these areas?

Chris Manning, Gotham City PD wrote:
strewth half the nico money gone! not overly impressed with this one.

Chris Manning, Gotham City PD wrote:
strewth half the nico money gone! not overly impressed with this one.

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:

Chris Manning, Gotham City PD wrote: strewth half the nico money gone! not overly impressed with this one.

your on your own then chris..... great signing

Chris Manning, Gotham City PD wrote:
strewth half the nico money gone! not overly impressed with this one.

fernando wrote:
Rumours yesterday that he was spotted at Euxton were true then. Good post whoever that was ! We have done well to beat others to his signature, but I'm still not sure about him. Rednapp is no mug. If this guy was that good he would have been a regular in the Pompey team. Been on the Pompey fanzone and the reviews about him are mixed. I hope I'm worrying about nothing because 4 million is a lot of money. We have never spent like this before and we need to get value because if we go down we wont get this sort of cash again. Cahill from Villa and Gomis from Saint Ettienne and it will have been a good January !!

fernando wrote:
Rumours yesterday that he was spotted at Euxton were true then. Good post whoever that was ! We have done well to beat others to his signature, but I'm still not sure about him. Rednapp is no mug. If this guy was that good he would have been a regular in the Pompey team. Been on the Pompey fanzone and the reviews about him are mixed. I hope I'm worrying about nothing because 4 million is a lot of money. We have never spent like this before and we need to get value because if we go down we wont get this sort of cash again. Cahill from Villa and Gomis from Saint Ettienne and it will have been a good January !!

Jon wrote:
Oh dear all the predictions of "we'll not spend any of the Anelka money Gartside and Davies will keep it all" are looking silly. Mind I don't expect those who made the accusations will come on and accept they don't have a clue! They'll just wait for the next defeat before they come on with more tripe and more "I told you so's".

Jon wrote:
Oh dear all the predictions of "we'll not spend any of the Anelka money Gartside and Davies will keep it all" are looking silly. Mind I don't expect those who made the accusations will come on and accept they don't have a clue! They'll just wait for the next defeat before they come on with more tripe and more "I told you so's".

Jon wrote:
Oh dear all the predictions of "we'll not spend any of the Anelka money Gartside and Davies will keep it all" are looking silly. Mind I don't expect those who made the accusations will come on and accept they don't have a clue! They'll just wait for the next defeat before they come on with more tripe and more "I told you so's".

Jon wrote:
Oh dear all the predictions of "we'll not spend any of the Anelka money Gartside and Davies will keep it all" are looking silly. Mind I don't expect those who made the accusations will come on and accept they don't have a clue! They'll just wait for the next defeat before they come on with more tripe and more "I told you so's".

birch wrote:

Jon wrote: Oh dear all the predictions of "we'll not spend any of the Anelka money Gartside and Davies will keep it all" are looking silly. Mind I don't expect those who made the accusations will come on and accept they don't have a clue! They'll just wait for the next defeat before they come on with more tripe and more "I told you so's".

get off this site john, you bore everyone to death with your constant posts looking for a fight. People our entitled to an opinion. Start releasing some tension with the wife and maybee you wont get so worked up! taylor good signing but we are still desperate for 2 creative players in the final third. giovanni and roberts will do for me!

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:

Jon wrote:
Oh dear all the predictions of "we'll not spend any of the Anelka money Gartside and Davies will keep it all" are looking silly. Mind I don't expect those who made the accusations will come on and accept they don't have a clue! They'll just wait for the next defeat before they come on with more tripe and more "I told you so's".

haha ... cue julie...

Ewan in Edinburgh wrote:
A step in the right direction - I know we are loaded with midfielders but very few of them are up to scratch and will be offloaded I'm sure in the summer if not earlier (Wilhemsson, Braaten possible loan, Campo possibly on his way out, Nolan not up to it etc). I think he'll hopefully be played in midfield rather than in defence where he will be cover for Gardner who I'd still prefer at left back despite his failings. Unlike some of our past signings like Samuel, McCann, Alonso, Helguson, O'Brien I'm a lot less underwhelmed by this one. Fresh faces alone will liven up the squad a bit if they're half decent. We need a minimum of two other players and I would prefer three - a centre back, a creative mid, and at least one quality striker. £4 million is a lot of money for Bolton but fans can't complain when we splash the cash when we've been crying out for it to happen. Lets face it - £4 million is pretty much the minimum for a half decent Premier league player, especially if he's English as they are always at a premium.

ste1982 wrote:
Well done Gartside for providing us with much needed funding, lets hope there's more to come. 2 good signings so far. Megson said that he already had a substantial transfer kitty before Anelka was even sold so lets hope that this is the case. If so it looks like we could potentially have a good squad for the remainder of the season. I hope that these recent movements will stop the incessant abuse being aimed at Gartside who I personally believe has done a marvelous job with Bolton over the last 10 years. Seems to me that people cannot remember that far back, when being in the Premiership and Europe was merely a distant dream!!!

Ewan in Edinburgh wrote:

ste1982 wrote:
Well done Gartside for providing us with much needed funding, lets hope there's more to come. 2 good signings so far. Megson said that he already had a substantial transfer kitty before Anelka was even sold so lets hope that this is the case. If so it looks like we could potentially have a good squad for the remainder of the season. I hope that these recent movements will stop the incessant abuse being aimed at Gartside who I personally believe has done a marvelous job with Bolton over the last 10 years. Seems to me that people cannot remember that far back, when being in the Premiership and Europe was merely a distant dream!!!

I don't want to get into the whole Gartside argument here again but I think that the club was successful largely because of Allardyce and it was inspite of Gartside's tenure rather than because of him. Gartside had a good manager rather than Bolton having a decent chairman. Steinsson and Taylor are two positive signings - lets see at least two more. As much as we need to be ambitious players like Diarra and Defoe won't come to teams like Bolton as long as we are in our current mess and Defoe probably wouldn't even leave London given he thinks he's a celebrity.

Stu1 wrote:

Jon wrote: Oh dear all the predictions of "we'll not spend any of the Anelka money Gartside and Davies will keep it all" are looking silly. Mind I don't expect those who made the accusations will come on and accept they don't have a clue! They'll just wait for the next defeat before they come on with more tripe and more "I told you so's".

Jon, this is the first time Bolton have done this, spent money that we have got from selling our best player. Can you name any other time that we have done this??? That is why people have been on here saying the board/club will keep all Anelka takings.

paul wrote:
Excellent signing but what position will he play? I think Gardner is a better defender than him but taylor is better going forward. I think we may start playing more 4-4-2, but we dont have any strikers. Hopefully Megsons intentions will be properly thought out as we cant afford to waste money.

formula wrote:
Great News ... is this the matt taylor who scores cracking goals from anywhere near the halfway line ... or am i getting mixed up

formula wrote:
Great News ... is this the matt taylor who scores cracking goals from anywhere near the halfway line ... or am i getting mixed up

ste1982 wrote:
Well done Gartside for providing us with much needed funding, lets hope there's more to come. 2 good signings so far. Megson said that he already had a substantial transfer kitty before Anelka was even sold so lets hope that this is the case. If so it looks like we could potentially have a good squad for the remainder of the season. I hope that these recent movements will stop the incessant abuse being aimed at Gartside who I personally believe has done a marvelous job with Bolton over the last 10 years. Seems to me that people cannot remember that far back, when being in the Premiership and Europe was merely a distant dream!!!

Martin Duggan wrote:

paul wrote:
Excellent signing but what position will he play? I think Gardner is a better defender than him but taylor is better going forward. I think we may start playing more 4-4-2, but we dont have any strikers. Hopefully Megsons intentions will be properly thought out as we cant afford to waste money.

I would of thought that Diouffy might play a more central role with Taylor on the left.

I hope that he doesnt push Gardner up to the left side of midfield as he is the worst crosser of a ball I have ever seen in my lifetime

weonly8manu wrote:

ste1982 wrote: Well done Gartside for providing us with much needed funding, lets hope there's more to come. 2 good signings so far. Megson said that he already had a substantial transfer kitty before Anelka was even sold so lets hope that this is the case. If so it looks like we could potentially have a good squad for the remainder of the season. I hope that these recent movements will stop the incessant abuse being aimed at Gartside who I personally believe has done a marvelous job with Bolton over the last 10 years. Seems to me that people cannot remember that far back, when being in the Premiership and Europe was merely a distant dream!!!

i think the "substantial transfer kitty" was because gartslime knew Anelka was being sold, but we live in hope!

Ewan in Edinburgh wrote:

Martin Duggan wrote:

paul wrote:
Excellent signing but what position will he play? I think Gardner is a better defender than him but taylor is better going forward. I think we may start playing more 4-4-2, but we dont have any strikers. Hopefully Megsons intentions will be properly thought out as we cant afford to waste money.

I would of thought that Diouffy might play a more central role with Taylor on the left.

I hope that he doesnt push Gardner up to the left side of midfield as he is the worst crosser of a ball I have ever seen in my lifetime

I know I can dream but ofcourse if Megson was so adventurous to as to play 4-4-2 we could have Gardner, Taylor AND Dioufy in a more advanced role. Alternatively ofcourse Taylor could play a more central role and drop nolan but that isn't going to happen. Couldn't agree more about Gardner's limitations as a crosser/final ball.

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:
might just bring a few more fans back aswell.. sign 2 more players in january and then a few more in summer ... needed doing... things have been stale for too long..

big fat sam wrote:
This is a really poor signing,SKY refer to him as 'versatile' meaning not really acomplished in a set position, well done Megson more of the Nicco money frittered away!!!

big fat sam wrote:
This is a really poor signing,SKY refer to him as 'versatile' meaning not really acomplished in a set position, well done Megson more of the Nicco money frittered away!!!

big fat sam wrote:
This is a really poor signing,SKY refer to him as 'versatile' meaning not really acomplished in a set position, well done Megson more of the Nicco money frittered away!!!

weonly8manu wrote:
big fat sams just p**sed of cos he aint got a job any more!

Julie Moores wrote:
Hey BWFC-Till, if we keep making half decent signings,I might lose my bet to you.

big fat sam wrote:
What are you on about: let me explain, he's crap,neither a full back or midfield player,just not good enough for a team with any ambitions,why has Harry got rid?

big fat sam wrote:
What are you on about: let me explain, he's crap,neither a full back or midfield player,just not good enough for a team with any ambitions,why has Harry got rid?

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:

big fat sam wrote:
What are you on about: let me explain, he's crap,neither a full back or midfield player,just not good enough for a team with any ambitions,why has Harry got rid?

he didnt want to but he's got two big money signings in front of him who are scoring for fun .. he is a good signing... pompeys loss and our huge gain....

big fat sam wrote:
Big Fat Sam might not have a job but has a nice big fat pay off and i would have him back tomorrow & BWFC you are a prat with your silly little constant digs at people particulary Julie

big fat sam wrote:
Big Fat Sam might not have a job but has a nice big fat pay off and i would have him back tomorrow & BWFC you are a prat with your silly little constant digs at people particulary Julie

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:

Julie Moores wrote: Hey BWFC-Till, if we keep making half decent signings,I might lose my bet to you.

hahaha.... nice to finally see you on a positive thread julie.......

What are you on about: let me explain, he's crap,neither a full back or midfield player,just not good enough for a team with any ambitions,why has Harry got rid?

gazz_ball - Supera Moras! wrote:
Great news. I wonder if he starts on saturday whose place he will be getting. Do you think megson will throw him straight in?

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:

big fat sam wrote: What are you on about: let me explain, he's crap,neither a full back or midfield player,just not good enough for a team with any ambitions,why has Harry got rid?

he didnt want to but he's got two big money signings in front of him who are scoring for fun .. he is a good signing... pompeys loss and our huge gain....

Deano wrote:

What are you on about: let me explain, he's crap,neither a full back or midfield player,just not good enough for a team with any ambitions,why has Harry got rid?

ARE YOU FOR REAL ??? DO YOU WATCH PREM FOOTBALL ??? Matt Taylor is a fackin good player with tons of prem experience an he was in the Pompey team all last season, he's not getting in now because Redknapp has got millions to spunkk on top quality foreigners, WHICH WE DON'T ! even after the sale of Anelka we have to be carefull with the cash and buy QUALITY and EXPERIENCE both of whic Taylor has.;

Stu1 wrote:

Jon wrote: Oh dear all the predictions of "we'll not spend any of the Anelka money Gartside and Davies will keep it all" are looking silly. Mind I don't expect those who made the accusations will come on and accept they don't have a clue! They'll just wait for the next defeat before they come on with more tripe and more "I told you so's".

Jon, this is the first time Bolton have done this, spent money that we have got from selling our best player. Can you name any other time that we have done this??? That is why people have been on here saying the board/club will keep all Anelka takings.

big fat sam wrote:
Big Fat Sam might not have a job but has a nice big fat pay off and i would have him back tomorrow & BWFC you are a prat with your silly little constant digs at people particulary Julie

Trotter wrote:

gazz_ball - Supera Moras! wrote: Great news. I wonder if he starts on saturday whose place he will be getting. Do you think megson will throw him straight in?

No doubt for me gazz he will be in at left back with Ricky just in front, the good in all this is that he has an end product when the ball leaves his boot, a whole hearted player who will bring that grit and determination to our back line, another positive is that he has played along side Andy O'Brien, all things considering gazz the timing and product we have bought is very good. Just my opinion folks.

Nice to see we werent gazumped on the deal as per usual- quality striker needed next please

wrothy wrote:
quality signing and he's english,big bonus in a relegation dog fight,steinsson also a good signing,hope we make a bid for leroy lita and jason roberts both powerful and pacey and know where the onion bag is,and also prem experience things could be looking up at last,HOPEFULLY FINGERS CROSSED

Steven Williams wrote:
plenty of space here for apolgies from all the bitter, cynical, hostile and negative old men that dominate this board and have stated categorically that we wouldnt spend more than a couple of million of the Anelka money... or have you all gone to ground waiting for the next excuse to whinge and moan?

gazz_ball - Supera Moras! wrote:

Trotter wrote:

gazz_ball - Supera Moras! wrote: Great news. I wonder if he starts on saturday whose place he will be getting. Do you think megson will throw him straight in?

No doubt for me gazz he will be in at left back with Ricky just in front, the good in all this is that he has an end product when the ball leaves his boot, a whole hearted player who will bring that grit and determination to our back line, another positive is that he has played along side Andy O'Brien, all things considering gazz the timing and product we have bought is very good. Just my opinion folks.

It didn't even enter my mind about him playing with Andy before. I'm even more excited now, I think a bit of wee just came out

Deano wrote:
mick I

Nice to see we werent gazumped on the deal as per usual- quality striker needed next please

!
Ye i was thinking a big payday from M'boro would tempt him away !
A striker has to be found and soon, i really hope we don't wait till the last week of jan because thats when we could get hald to ransom or worst of all completely miss out on signing someone.
I mentioned Marek Mintal of Nuremberg earlier !
excellent player.

ste1982 wrote:
Apparently the word in Leeds is that Jermaine Beckford could be on his way to ourselves for 3.2m!!

weonly8manu wrote:
comments from the portsmouth paper

"Sad to see Super Matty go but I wish him all the best. Thanks for the memories Matt!"

"matty taylor, a good quality player. has put in a lot of time and effort for our club. he now has to move on for his career. good luck, thanks for the passion and commitment you have put into your football here at pompey. SUPER MATTY TAYLOR......."

"i suppose the only thing that can be said in favour of the departure of matty taylor is that no big club came in for him"

and thats just the 1st 3 people. say no more.

Julie Moores wrote:
Trotter, that is very rude of you. I may have a slightly large mouth, but never once have I posted that we would not spend money this window. I dont think even Gartside had the nerve not to at least spend some of the Anelka money. I may have said I didnt trust Megson to spend it, but that's a different issue.

weonly8manu wrote:
comments from the portsmouth paper "Sad to see Super Matty go but I wish him all the best. Thanks for the memories Matt!" "matty taylor, a good quality player. has put in a lot of time and effort for our club. he now has to move on for his career. good luck, thanks for the passion and commitment you have put into your football here at pompey. SUPER MATTY TAYLOR......." "i suppose the only thing that can be said in favour of the departure of matty taylor is that no big club came in for him" and thats just the 1st 3 people. say no more.

Trotter wrote:

Julie Moores wrote: Trotter, that is very rude of you. I may have a slightly large mouth, but never once have I posted that we would not spend money this window. I dont think even Gartside had the nerve not to at least spend some of the Anelka money. I may have said I didnt trust Megson to spend it, but that's a different issue.

Come on Julie, just because you and BWFC-TIL-I-DIE are best buddies now, you are not having a go at me are you? So what do you think so far Julie, I reckon Megson is doing O.K, got to see Steinsson of course but will give him the benefit of the doubt, the lad seems a bit of a character by all counts, Taylor for me is a good signing and I for one would be over the moon if we can get a result at Mike Ashley's Circus on Saturday. P.S: Should I buy a hat for you and BWFC?????

Julie Moores wrote:
Steady, trotter. We're having a trial separation next week. That rude man called him a prat. He might be a prat, but he's MY prat.

Julie Moores wrote:
Steady, trotter. We're having a trial separation next week. That rude man called him a prat. He might be a prat, but he's MY prat.

we are supposed to going for a guy called Hugh Jireksion. he looks big and strong on you tube.

Brak wrote:
I can see it now "Matty Taylor Signing results in love match on the comments page"

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:

Trotter wrote:

Julie Moores wrote: Trotter, that is very rude of you. I may have a slightly large mouth, but never once have I posted that we would not spend money this window. I dont think even Gartside had the nerve not to at least spend some of the Anelka money. I may have said I didnt trust Megson to spend it, but that's a different issue.

Come on Julie, just because you and BWFC-TIL-I-DIE are best buddies now, you are not having a go at me are you? So what do you think so far Julie, I reckon Megson is doing O.K, got to see Steinsson of course but will give him the benefit of the doubt, the lad seems a bit of a character by all counts, Taylor for me is a good signing and I for one would be over the moon if we can get a result at Mike Ashley's Circus on Saturday. P.S: Should I buy a hat for you and BWFC?????

whow !!! slow down a bit trotter.... most definately not.... one reasonable conversation doesnt end in marrage :-)...... need to test drive it first.... haha :-) only joking jules... im sure i'll insult a few more on this website along the way, but hey... 5h1t happens, get over it... got to say though as original respected members of this forum, trotter and gazz certainly seem to be on a similar wavelength to my good self when it comes to the mighty whites... hopefully julie can follow suit....

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:

Brak wrote: I can see it now "Matty Taylor Signing results in love match on the comments page"

hahaha, you can all laugh now but our julie might be a red hot cover girl.....

Trotter wrote:

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:

Trotter wrote:

Julie Moores wrote: Trotter, that is very rude of you. I may have a slightly large mouth, but never once have I posted that we would not spend money this window. I dont think even Gartside had the nerve not to at least spend some of the Anelka money. I may have said I didnt trust Megson to spend it, but that's a different issue.

Come on Julie, just because you and BWFC-TIL-I-DIE are best buddies now, you are not having a go at me are you? So what do you think so far Julie, I reckon Megson is doing O.K, got to see Steinsson of course but will give him the benefit of the doubt, the lad seems a bit of a character by all counts, Taylor for me is a good signing and I for one would be over the moon if we can get a result at Mike Ashley's Circus on Saturday. P.S: Should I buy a hat for you and BWFC?????

whow !!! slow down a bit trotter.... most definately not.... one reasonable conversation doesnt end in marrage :-)...... need to test drive it first.... haha :-) only joking jules... im sure i'll insult a few more on this website along the way, but hey... 5h1t happens, get over it... got to say though as original respected members of this forum, trotter and gazz certainly seem to be on a similar wavelength to my good self when it comes to the mighty whites... hopefully julie can follow suit....

To be honest you have to give Julie credit, I see a lot of sense and football knowledge in her posts and I am not being patronising, she says what see sees and it is stright from the heart, just like any supporter would, after all this is a footy forum and all opinions are welcome in the right context. Keep the faith

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:
I THINK THATS WHY IVE ATTRACTED JULIE YOU KNOW GAZZ..... CAPSLOCK!!!!!!!!!!! THINK SHE SEES ME AS DOMINANT !!!

gazz_ball - Supera Moras! wrote:

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote: I THINK THATS WHY IVE ATTRACTED JULIE YOU KNOW GAZZ..... CAPSLOCK!!!!!!!!!!! THINK SHE SEES ME AS DOMINANT !!!

Better my lad. Fkin love Bolton fans!!!! Look at the research we do for eachother. Hell, we even love our closest enemies once a bit of good news comes in. Julie, I love ya.........now get back in the kitchen. hehe, just messin x

Steven Williams wrote:
plenty of space here for apolgies from all the bitter, cynical, hostile and negative old men that dominate this board and have stated categorically that we wouldnt spend more than a couple of million of the Anelka money... or have you all gone to ground waiting for the next excuse to whinge and moan?

Julie Moores wrote:
Steady, trotter. We're having a trial separation next week. That rude man called him a prat. He might be a prat, but he's MY prat.

ad_bwfc wrote:
these newcastle fans a starting to pi55 me off now, saw on sky sports news a bunch off them going 'keeeeeegan' they were about 12 years old, so that would making them a whopping one years old when he was last there.they dont even know who he is! come on you whites spoil there party! matty taylor hat trick

Ben the Beast wrote:
How many times have any of you seen Matt Taylor? I've seen him for Portsmouth against us but that's not enough to judge. I might not go as far as Big Fat Sam's post but all I've seen is a couple of wonder goals over the last couple of years. Why isn't he in the Portsmouth team? Is it a fall out with Redknapp or is it because he's not good enough? What do Portsmouth fans think? I'm not slagging the lad off and I hope he slots in and does a great job. I'd just like a bit more info on Taylor and his situation at Portsmouth if anybody's got it.

gazz_ball - Supera Moras! wrote:

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote: I THINK THATS WHY IVE ATTRACTED JULIE YOU KNOW GAZZ..... CAPSLOCK!!!!!!!!!!! THINK SHE SEES ME AS DOMINANT !!!

Better my lad. Fkin love Bolton fans!!!! Look at the research we do for eachother. Hell, we even love our closest enemies once a bit of good news comes in. Julie, I love ya.........now get back in the kitchen. hehe, just messin x

Julie Moores wrote:
Last season, Taylor was a real good player, tipped for England at one point. My only concern would be that Harry hasn,t included him this season, but we will have to see. Not sure where his best position is. Hope the Icelander can play well in centre defence, otherwise Owen and Viduka against O'Brien and Mich.

ad_bwfc wrote:
what do you think of getting rid off braaten and wilhelmsson and signing Wayne Routledge for 1.8 million? he always seems to cause left backs problems and is a decent crosser. we desperatly need a stiker tho now.

Jacko wrote:
What about Andy Johnson?,2nd time lucky!!!.

Julie Moores wrote:
Run, rabbit, run- you are so negative. A young, English, versatile player who was tipped for England last year. Nothing the club does pleases people like you.

Jacko wrote:
What about Andy Johnson?,2nd time lucky!!!.

Jacko wrote:
Andy Johnson & Jason Roberts about £8m for both,the pace we need at the right price!!!.

Jacko wrote:
andy,there are plenty of strikers but they cost a hell of a lot to buy!.I dont think we can risk strikers that havent played premier football before,we dont have the time for them to settle in.Lets see us bid for decent forwards ie,Johnson/Crouch/De fore etc even if we get told were to go it shows we mean business!!.

andy1979 wrote:
Andy Johnson & Jason Roberts will not get us the goals on a regular basis. Everton are having the best season for a long time and how many has Johnson scored not a lot!!! Roberts only did well against us because he was fresh and he scared the living daylights out of us!!!! Apart from Elamnder the Swedish lad and its questionable whether he will adapt quick enough to keep us up, their are no other strikers good enough!!!!!!!!!

MarkHatton88 wrote:
would love to see crouch come boltons way now u come to mention it!

run rabbit run wrote:
And to the kids on here doing your love/hate thing. This isn't a playground or a public place for smokers. So can you feck off and get a room, or start a thread on a social network. I want to read about football, not your tedious droning. Oh, and its not banter, just ballox

ad_bwfc wrote:
elmander is valued at 22 million! so megson has already said he cant afford him. we are gonna have to go abroad to get real quality for six million. this bafe gomis would be brilliant, but he's attracted alot of big name teams such as arsenal

Julie Moores wrote:
Run, rabbit, run- you are so negative. A young, English, versatile player who was tipped for England last year. Nothing the club does pleases people like you.

Sky Sports News are reporting that James McFadden has left Birmingham without agreeing personal terms this evening, and that a second club have come in with a rival bid.

Many news outlets have already reported that Faddy has joined Birmingham, but after a story appeared on Everton's Official site today claiming a fee had been agreed, it was down to the Scot to agree personal terms.

Everton had agreed a fee of up to £5.75m but McFadden's agent Willie MacKay claims another club have expressed an interest.

Everton striker James McFadden has left Birmingham and his agent has claimed another club are interested in signing the player, according to reports.

This afternoon, Everton announced they had accepted a bid from Birmingham City for the 24-year-old Scotland international - thought to be around £5.5million.

However, Sky Sports News have reported that McFadden ended talks without reaching an agreement and his agent Willie McKay has claimed another club have now expressed an interest.

A negotiating technique or something more serious? More details will follow when they become available....

ad_bwfc wrote:
if we sign james mcfadden we will have absolutly no pace up front. im hoping the other club is rangers

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:
crouch doesnt get me excited jb...

JB wrote:
I'd go for Crouch, Reports saying Roberts is going to turn down offers to see if he can stick it out at Blackburn... Roberts reminds me too much of Ricketts a lazy sod but can pop up with the occassional goal!!! Now how about Crouch???

Jon W wrote:

JB wrote: I'd go for Crouch, Reports saying Roberts is going to turn down offers to see if he can stick it out at Blackburn... Roberts reminds me too much of Ricketts a lazy sod but can pop up with the occassional goal!!! Now how about Crouch???

I dont doubt that Roberts has got faults and I would agree with anyone that says he doesnt score enough goals, but I cannot think of another striker that works harder up front (I am not counting Davies as most of his hard work is done in a defensive, not attacking, role). Roberts runs his socks off and is a nightmare to defend against. Well worth a couple of million whether or not we sign another striker. I would settle for Lita as there would be no settling in period if we buy English.

fernando wrote:
We have to go to the EU for a striker. Proven premiership goalscorers of real quality cost 10 million plus. We can buy a striker who cannot make the grade with another club for 5 million. Roberts and Lita are poor replacements for the quality we had. Lets not settle for second best. There are good srtikers out there with unfashionable EU clubs. Megson said he had scouts out there. We can pay better wages than many of these clubs and offer them the shop window of the premiership. I would rather gamble on a young prospect with pace, skill and ambition than settle for an ageing reject where who will lose us a fortune if he can't do the job.

ad_bwfc wrote:
yeah it would be nice to give harsanyi a go, but i suppose megson would argue this isnt the time to be testing untried players at this level. although we at least need to stick a striker on the bench instead of 3 defenders!

dandan1990 wrote:
when will we all stop compaining and get behind the ginger one! whether we like it or not he is the gaffer and i for one am pleased to see us at last spend some money on a decent british player! who next? a centre back, oh yes and a forward to score the winner on saturday!

Julie Moores wrote:
Run, rabbit, run- you are so negative. A young, English, versatile player who was tipped for England last year. Nothing the club does pleases people like you.

Jon W wrote:

ad_bwfc wrote: yeah it would be nice to give harsanyi a go, but i suppose megson would argue this isnt the time to be testing untried players at this level. although we at least need to stick a striker on the bench instead of 3 defenders!

I find it puzzling that with the current lack of strikers available to us Megson didnt even put Bratten on the bench, but had 2 defenders who were never going to come on. I still dont understand why everyone has decided Bratten is no good, if anyone had watched our last few games and no others, we would think Davies, Nolan, Joey O'B, Jussi & Wilhemson werent cut out for the Premiership - too slow, lightweight, overweight, take your pick. Yet only Bratten and Alonso seem to be judged by these standards. Bratten has still produced 1 of the moments of the season for me, a 50 yard run at Birmingham that the rest of the team could only dream about doing, because he's the ONLY player we've got that possesses both strength and pace. I'm not saying he should be starting, but if he we have no strikers on the bench again I will be seriously brassed off, because you can guarantee we'll be trailing with 20 minutes left as with every away match.

Ben the Beast wrote:
McFadden is a great example of how over priced players are in January. Makes sense for Birm to sign him as McLeish got lots out of him for the Jocks. Even Lita would cost a few million because Reading know we are desperate. When is Helguson back?