Mr Grey 805 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Holy shit, it's comedy hour 🤣 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoppy510 105 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 RIoch and Todd rebuilt our club , both financially and on the pitch with limited resources and had an excellent win rate. They built the platform for Allardyce who came in when there was (too much) money slushing around so to some extent Sam was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. From our position now I'd put my house on the mighty Bruce if he was an option as Foweraker aside, he's the best manager we've ever had. Seeing as he isn't - Holden looks in the strongest position with his work at Bristol City being current and built on a breadth of experience on and off the training ground. He was a shit player for us though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Site Supporter Zico 1,837 Posted August 29, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted August 29, 2019 Alladyce wasn't lucky, he worked really very hard at it and was meticulous to the point of obsession Rioch jumped ship at the first opportunity and didn't see the job through Both great but it's not even close Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BWFC_LOVE 56 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 2 minutes ago, Hoppy510 said: Holden looks in the strongest position with his work at Bristol City being current and built on a breadth of experience on and off the training ground. He was a shit player for us though Was he? I was only 11 when he broke his leg, but seem to recall he looked a star in the making up until then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Site Supporter Zico 1,837 Posted August 29, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted August 29, 2019 9 minutes ago, BWFC_LOVE said: Was he? I was only 11 when he broke his leg, but seem to recall he looked a star in the making up until then? Aye, pre leg break he showed a lot of promise Local full backs are never appreciated though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ros Coe 41 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 12 minutes ago, Hoppy510 said: RIoch and Todd rebuilt our club , both financially and on the pitch with limited resources and had an excellent win rate. They built the platform for Allardyce who came in when there was (too much) money slushing around so to some extent Sam was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. From our position now I'd put my house on the mighty Bruce if he was an option as Foweraker aside, he's the best manager we've ever had. Seeing as he isn't - Holden looks in the strongest position with his work at Bristol City being current and built on a breadth of experience on and off the training ground. He was a shit player for us though We were skint when Sam came in! He wheeled & dealed in the transfer market and worked wonders to get us up and then keep us up - he earned the right to spend the amount he did on his back room team because his results justified the expenditure. it all went tits up after he left and he took his back room team with him. We never recovered.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Breightmet Boy 418 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 It’s got to be a disciplinarian, they got to be part of the set up, someone the kids respect and can move the rascals forward. There’s no buying players for two years so we need to stabilise, we need maturity, communication and someone who ticks all the internal boxes. Jimmy Phillips or David Lee for me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kent_white 1,282 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 We won't have another opportunity to reshape the future of the club for 20 or 30 years. We've got the chance to build an attractive, exciting, young squad from the grass roots up providing we buy right and promote from within. Can't help feeling Kevin Nolan would be too much in the mould of Big Sam. Shouldn't we try something different while we've got the chance? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Burndens Bogs 545 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Imo Megson,Coyle, and Freedman were all shit managers for BWFC and they did a great job of undoing what had been one of the best periods in our history. To be fair, they aren't the only ones (or even the worst ones) if we're switching to a "Shit managers at Bolton" list Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ros Coe 41 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 11 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said: Imo Megson,Coyle, and Freedman were all shit managers for BWFC and they did a great job of undoing what had been one of the best periods in our history. To be fair, they aren't the only ones (or even the worst ones) if we're switching to a "Shit managers at Bolton" list Charlie Wright. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Burndens Bogs 545 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) Sammy Lee,Neil Lennon. Jimmy Meadows has to go down as the all time worst with just 1 win in 16 games during a short lived period in 1971. Anyway forget all that bollox from way back, whose going to be our next top man? Edited August 29, 2019 by Burndens Bogs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoppy510 105 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 42 minutes ago, Ros Coe said: We were skint when Sam came in! He wheeled & dealed in the transfer market and worked wonders to get us up and then keep us up - he earned the right to spend the amount he did on his back room team because his results justified the expenditure. Sam inherited a cracking team from Toddy which included Per Frandsen, Eidur Gudjonssen, Per Frandsen, Bob Taylor, Gunlauggson and we'd already had a season in the Premiership in 95 and made some incredible transfer deals that put more money in the bank. In the 12 years before Allardyce we'd risen from the fourth division, become cup giant killers, got a fancy new stadium and got in touch with the top again. Skint is a relative term. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Burndens Bogs 545 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, Hoppy510 said: Sam inherited a cracking team from Toddy which included Per Frandsen, Eidur Gudjonssen, Per Frandsen, Bob Taylor, Gunlauggson and we'd already had a season in the Premiership in 95 and made some incredible transfer deals that put more money in the bank. In the 12 years before Allardyce we'd risen from the fourth division, become cup giant killers, got a fancy new stadium and got in touch with the top again. Skint is a relative term. Which incredible transfer deals are you talking about? I always had the feeling we got short changed when we sold any of our best players during that period. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Site Supporter HomerJay 444 Posted August 29, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted August 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Burndens Bogs said: Which incredible transfer deals are you talking about? I always had the feeling we got short changed when we sold any of our best players during that period. Agreed. We have never sold for good money. The only time have I lve thought we'd done even remotely well was selling madine for 7m Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hughmungus 62 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 8 minutes ago, Hoppy510 said: Sam inherited a cracking team from Toddy which included Per Frandsen, Eidur Gudjonssen, Per Frandsen, Bob Taylor, Gunlauggson and we'd already had a season in the Premiership in 95 and made some incredible transfer deals that put more money in the bank. In the 12 years before Allardyce we'd risen from the fourth division, become cup giant killers, got a fancy new stadium and got in touch with the top again. Skint is a relative term. Rioch actually inherited the nucleus of a team built by Neal that included Mcateer and Stubbs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Burndens Bogs 545 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, HomerJay said: Agreed. We have never sold for good money. The only time have I lve thought we'd done even remotely well was selling madine for 7m Exactly. Mc Ateer - sold too cheap, likewise Stubbs,Thommo,Cahill,Anelka etc etc. We paid too much for plenty of players though. Edited August 29, 2019 by Burndens Bogs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ruba Mustafa 85 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 I’d be well happy with Kevin Nolan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Site Supporter Zico 1,837 Posted August 29, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted August 29, 2019 37 minutes ago, Hoppy510 said: Sam inherited a cracking team from Toddy which included Per Frandsen, Eidur Gudjonssen, Per Frandsen, Bob Taylor, Gunlauggson and we'd already had a season in the Premiership in 95 and made some incredible transfer deals that put more money in the bank. In the 12 years before Allardyce we'd risen from the fourth division, become cup giant killers, got a fancy new stadium and got in touch with the top again. Skint is a relative term. He eventually signed frandsen back from bburn and gunlaugsson was gone before he turned up The foundations were there but he was generally bringing in the likes of barness, charlton, Ian Marshall, and farrelly to mould a promotion challenge Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Site Supporter Zico 1,837 Posted August 29, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted August 29, 2019 32 minutes ago, HomerJay said: Agreed. We have never sold for good money. The only time have I lve thought we'd done even remotely well was selling madine for 7m Another you might say was good business was doubling our money on anelka in 18 months But generally, aye, we"re shit in the transfer market Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Burndens Bogs 545 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 8 minutes ago, ZicoKelly said: Another you might say was good business was doubling our money on anelka in 18 months But generally, aye, we"re shit in the transfer market Doubling our money on Anelka? what did we give/get for him? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tombwfc 157 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Hoppy510 said: Sam inherited a cracking team from Toddy which included Per Frandsen, Eidur Gudjonssen, Per Frandsen, Bob Taylor, Gunlauggson and we'd already had a season in the Premiership in 95 and made some incredible transfer deals that put more money in the bank. In the 12 years before Allardyce we'd risen from the fourth division, become cup giant killers, got a fancy new stadium and got in touch with the top again. Skint is a relative term. The last 12 or so years (plus the rest of our lifetimes probably), and the previous 50-odd before that are the only testament to Big Sam's greatness anyone should ever need. Inheriting a side with a 30+ year old Bob Taylor hardly makes you a cert to go to the brink of the Champions League. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ricktrotter 4 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Fairly sure we got him for 8 million, sold him for 16. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoppy510 105 Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Alan Thompson bought for £375k sold to Villa for 7.2m Sasa Curcic bought for 2.5m and sold to Villa for 6m Alan Stubbs free sold to Celtic for 4.75m McAteer free sold to Liverpool for 6.25m - although there was a rumour that we gave Marine a set of shirts and a dozen footballs John McGinlay £150k sold to Bradford for £730k Gudni Bergsson bought for £95k and played for us until he retired a legend Jussi Jaaskelainen bought for £150k but given away many years later Nathan Blake bought for £1.68m sold to Blackburn for 5.95m - where he was crap Pretty big money for us back in the 90s. There are others and we made small losses and small gains with only one big loss - Deano - who for some reason we paid Wimbledon 4.8m for, but overall it was phenomenal scouting and trading during the Rioch and Todd years that put the financial foundations back in place. And there was the gate money for those phenomenal cup runs and Premiership/TV money for the first time. All this before Eddie Davies joined the board in 1999 - same time as Sam arrived. Not saying Sam didn't do well, but he sure didn't do it from scratch and he had a helluva lot more financial help than Rioch and Todd. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Site Supporter Biggish Dave 567 Posted August 30, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2019 I didn’t think we received anything like those figures, I always had the standard £4m received for Thommo in my head. Obviously got them from somewhere though Quote Link to post Share on other sites
radcliffewhite1 674 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 (edited) I thought curcic went for 4 & Thompson 4.5 & Blake just over 4 Edited August 30, 2019 by radcliffewhite1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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