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Well going off your previous posts, thank fuck.

She's now got the bug. Wants to know when the next away trip is.

Your tone suggests that you believe that anyone with a negative view of Anderson's management of the club is automatically inclined to discredit the fantastic support ED gave to BWFC. Outside the minds of the occasional simpleton on Twitter or raging lunatic on the BN comments page, I genuinely don't believe you'll find many normal fans falling into that category. A little less of the condescension on this topic, perhaps?

Its three months since Rubins were appointed and today's the day by which they have to report whether Kendo was the mastermind behind the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, the invasion of Poland and the financial undertakings of Bernie Madoff. But I expect that guilty until proved innocent will remain the policy of the journos of the Beeno and other erstwhile chip wrappings whatever Rubins come up with. I don't suppose anyone noticed that most of the lads magnificently representing BWFC on Saturday were products of the, shush don't mention the name, Eddie Davies Academy. No-one would have been more pleased than Eddie. Is it too optimistic to think that a few might have noticed that, despite the impossibly stretched finances over the last few years, the axe did not fall on the academy? Its coming up to the anniversary of Eddie's death and I was reading recently about his funeral published in Isle of Man newspapers. It didn't appear in the Beeno, of course, but there were wreaths of red roses, symbolic of Eddie's lifelong devotion to Bolton and Lancashire. I wonder if, like me, he still addressed letters to Bolton, Lancs.

Never heard a negative murmur in that ground tonight, the fans were behind the lads 100% and that’s what makes it enjoyable. Loved tonight, the results irrelevant, we’re building bridges on the stands that’ll make every match a pleasure.

Everyone who’s put the shirt on this season has given 100%, which is all we can ask. To me though, the most positive aspect is the support. There seems to a a groundswell of positivity from the hardcore...the dickheads who are consistently slagging the players/moaning are either staying away or keeping quiet. If we survive this court charade I really believe it will have benefitted the club. Let’s hope this is the thing that galvanises us. We all know there’s clubs out there that wouldn’t let this shit happen. Bassini wouldn’t dare to do this at other clubs!

He was second cousin to Dennis Stevens, and Ray Parry had been captain of his England Schoolboys team when DE was a year under age, before succeeding Parry as captain the next season. But he chose MU.

They were stronger and older but the bolton boys put a bloody good performance in again and if its like that every week i’ll take it. Felt a buzz in the crowd tonight ive not felt for a couple of years, bolton are back you better be sure of it

I’m on Bridge St not far From the court @ 11am tomorrow. I may have about for a bit

We desperately need to sort the buying of the club out and get some senior players in too help these kids who are doing us proud.

Great following that, not many teams would take 7k to Rochdale....

Those people are cunts.

Fabricate Muamba

Boycotting the match now that the striking seniors are being given a second or third chance.

If you are implying that every Football League Club is doomed without luck or a sugar daddy, I don't agree. Whilst the majority of FL clubs have been seduced into short term-ism (if that's a word!) by paying higher wages and transfers fees than their income could afford, to chase the riches that promotion can give, there have still consistently been 15-20 % of EFL clubs making a profit each season, over the last few years, which suggests that it is possible. If several years ago, BWFC had decided to invest a few more million £ into the development of their academy, instead of transfer fees and first team players wages, I think it's likely that they would have had a higher number of valuable players coming through over a longer period of time. I'm not saying its easy to do, but I'm sure that it can be done.

Where did you get the idea that there was any realistic prospect of 'long term sustainable growth' in the EFL? The best you can hope for is minimising your losses, a sugar daddy to make up the difference and a few lucky breaks to help you beat the odds.

You don't believe the players have been lied to throughout this whole shitshow? It's all just one big moving situation and it's a co-incidence that about seven or eight times it was all going to be sorted on Monday if they'd just play on Saturday. I'd love it if the players turned up and played. I'd love it if the admins waived their fees at the end of this. I'd love it if Brett Warburton, EDT, Ken Anderson and Michael James all wrote off what they believe they're owed. Then'd I'd love FV to come in and stick that £25m into the squad and we'll be pushing for the Championship playoffs in 18 months time. However, the above isn't going to happen, and I don't believe those mentioned above are cunts because of it (except for Ken).

So the US don't export food to the EU?

Or just exclude chickens? So does EU only have free trade agreements in place on food with countries who have agreed to identical standards?

The 1000 pages of bullshit is fast coming into view.

Too easy.

I'd hope there's no situation where I ever have to see Will Buckley in a Bolton shirt ever again.

He didn't say his dad was there.

No Doubt About It!

I'm assuming that the hotel is part of the alleged purchase of Burnden Leisure from Ken by Bassini - and if so, would too be stayed until the legal wrangling is resolved. If FV walk away from the club because they can't/won't wait things out, then presumably they pull the bid on the hotel as well leaving just one left on the table? If that happens and that bid is £5.5m, then James/PBP have no reason to reject it and he/they take the money and walk off too - just as soon as the court action ends which I suggest would be by a private settlement done immediately after FV leaving the scene. Anderson (via a proxy) would now own the hotel. Whoever buys the stadium would then have to consider doing business with the owners of the hotel if they wanted to develop the stadium in any way. Maybe not many probably would, leaving a relative cheap purchase for Ken/his proxy/backer/whoever to buy out of liquidation. Cost to do so would be added to the £5.5m for the hotel purchase and anything above that from a sale to a developer would be profit and if the profit was more than the £3.5m he would be better off financially, than if the hotel simply was sold for £9m (£5.5m PBP and the £3.5m for Anderson). All if, buts and maybe's and I'm certainly not saying this will happen but for me at least such action would explain the bizarre Bassini interventions over the last month or so and why he's put in an injunction now and not weeks before as most would have? Hopefully the judge will take one look at it, throw it out and then we are back to where we were before the injunction.

Does he use a ghostwriter?

Once set off to London at 5am for a job and didn't finish till 3am. Didn't have anything to eat all day just drank coffee as some idiot fucked up and we were seriously in the shit. Fixed the problem and couldn't be arsed finding a hotel at that time in the arse end of Acton. Set off home wired on coffee and was fine till Birmingham. Going round the bendy bits of the M5 northbound I suddenly nodded off and crossed three lanes and ended up in the ditch next to the central barrier doing fuck knows how fast in some shitty hire car. I pulled off at the next junction and found a petrol station where I slept for an hour then refulled on coffee. Never again.

Bloke who sits by me in esl was saying pretty much same thing...Just making sure he has some control in getting his money back was the comment.

Daughter is having her first away day tomorrow, on the back of the excitement of the Kids on Saturday. If I mentioned an away game to her before, you would have thought that I was proposing to go on a day trip around B&Q, such would be the contempt. 4-0 to them, then.

Something I posted on Nuts that people may/may not find of interest - Being serious though the argument seems to be about who owns the club, so if it is determined on the day that Anderson wins, we simply carry on as we were BUT if it isn't and the judge determines for Bassini, or refers the case on for a full hearing, then everything could be delayed for weeks or even months, which I would imagine would stop the sale on the club for certain - and I reason that should apply to the hotel too, as it's not been made clear as far as I can see what exactly it is he thinks he bought (Burnden Leisure which is mentioned is basically the umbrella company for both the club and hotel who trade separately themselves). I have no idea who would want to fund Administration during the period of a protracted legal fight between Bassini and Anderson and it would not surprise me if that resulted, then FV pulling out - and the club being liquidated. I've mentioned before the thinking that buying the club AND hotel and selling the stadium off and using the money to develop the land and fund the club was the most logical financial plan that I had heard about anyone wanting to buy the club for and they (FV) could not do that if they didn't own the hotel as well as the club. However what about if you aren't bothered about having a football club in the first place? Flip things over and look at things another way. Simply buy the hotel, stop any business plans FV had, and if they then walked away and because of it the club would be liquidated, then simply buy the stadium for peanuts, and because you own the hotel already, then knock it all down and simply develop all the land and not have a loss making football club to bother about and drain your profits? And if it looks as though you won't win in the race to buy the hotel, then toss in the hand grenade of an injunction! Maybe all the original charade of Bassini buying the club from Anderson and not doing, was all part of creating a back stop to prolong everything at the last possible moment to stretch FV's to breaking point and them giving up and buying the club? Maybe Ken doesn't want to win by a clear knock out on Wednesday! Who knows - but it would make some sense of the charade between the two prior to Administration AND the extremely delayed court action by Bassini who could (and should) have taken out the injunction months ago when the Administrator first marketed the club for sale. Murky waters perhaps?

That is a mad post. Proper Bassini-level, writting a love letter to Chris Custard bonkers. It's not about bravery or who'd be better in trenches. It's about what your options are. Luca Connell is not a worse bloke than Joe White just because Celtic wanted him. I brought up the likes of Okocha, Hierro, Djorkaeff because it seemed impossible that anyone could possibly believe that world class footballers who could've easily walked into other clubs would put up with the shit our senior pros have. More fool me.

Why can't stuff just happen anymore. Why does it always need to be a conspiracy?

I think your confusing a League 1 football match with a world war It’s in the kids interest to play a full league game, great experience for them, something they are all striving for They haven’t been sent out of a bunker to face certain death so the older lads can dodge a bullet

aye, and when you keep getting told it will be done and sorted soon and you will get paid, then you keep playing, and then still don't get paid, and see other players getting injured, then why the fuck would you play? especially if you've tried to hand in your notice and the adminstrators have said no (and presumably also said "sit tight lads, be done soon") I don't blame any of them for not playing miself soon as the takeover is done, fresh start and clean slate for everyone