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Christie is a strange one. I can’t remember now without looking. There were a couple of games he came on and sured things up looking good. He also got drafted in to one of the games to start.. was it Bradford away in the league? - Again played really well. But I was also in Cardiff when he had a shocker - but mind you, so did most of them.

SS’s comments last week suggest 5 at the back is a definite option at times this season, so maybe. What what was the scenario again? I know @Casino referenced it this week. We were set to go 5 at the back, because that’s how he expected PNE to go, but they unexpectedly changed, so we reverted back to 4? Just looked at QPR’s formation last week, it looks like they are/were a back 4 too, so maybe we’re more likely to do the same?

Sluffy and Sharon are onto something here. It’s been hiding all this while. We have a BWFC cult, which Sharon knew she could manipulate to her own ends. Arise Saint Michael Nick from Nazareth All led by Sister Sharon. I already have my role as as Lancelot riding into battle to defend the honour of Sister Sharon.

Could go with Christie at RB

Jesus

I’ll be honest I find your response and intentions less “normal” than Sharon’s 😂 Well I think everybody will be glad to hear I’m not going to continue this anymore and respond to questions/challenges that have already been answered. Apologies to everyone else, but I felt my last post was relevant in showing where Sluffy was going wrong and highlighting Sharon’s motivations for taking over BWFC and how much “She gets it” in response to the first post on this topic - I think it’s really important that we understand, appreciate and value her role and have some insight into how she wants to use football and our Club to make a difference - I suspect the large majority are all on board and “Get it” very much. I think we have to accept that when someone is saying stuff that is wrong or which you don’t agree with or needs to challenging because you have better knowledge than the one who’s shouting loudest/longer, that you challenge it. Others did it and carried on the debate on the finance side of things. (Not my hot topic) But as soon as this strayed into the community and social side of Bolton Wanderers, I felt I did have enough knowledge and experience to challenge him. I’m certainly not going to engage on religion and someone’s personal beliefs and motivations! 😂 I don’t have anything new to add now, without boring the pants off folk and/or publicly and repeatedly tete-a-tete ing, which nobody wants. The answers to your answerable questions Sluffy are in all the above comments over the last couple of days, if you choose to see them. If you are struggling or want more info, PM me - I’ll help you out. I’m quite tolerant and patient like that, even though it is my school holidays 😊🤣 But it would be unfair to keep subjecting everyone else to the diatribe, as they have made it very clear they don’t want to keep reading the same thing over and over again. Have a good day.

Two out of two for the ladies 👏💪

Yeh we went upper too. Always a better view away from home if you have the choice

Looks like these two will go again up front. And let’s get the pulling apart of stats/records out of the way, as lots try to do, yes, 4 of those games are “meaningless” etc etc.. .. but 10 wins out of 11 when they’ve started together is pretty impressive whatever other negative connotations can be pulled apart from it. If nothing else it has clearly built up a good bond and relationship between the two and they should be going into this with confidence. Let’s hope it continues to reap the rewards.

Didn’t know where to put this. Majority of info related to squad and recruitment, so thought I’d stick here. Interesting article. Key points; - On-field data had shown fatigue spikes with a handful of other players late in the game, prompting the late flurry off the bench and a nervous finale. - Of the nine signings made by the club this summer, precious few have arrived ‘Championship ready’ and it could be a few weeks before everyone is up to speed. - Schumacher has talked openly about the need to manage Ben Davies’s fitness after an encouraging summer. - "We know we have to strengthen with players who have Championship experience," Schumacher said. - "We have to strengthen further, obviously, because I still don't think we're finished yet. - "We are nowhere near the finished article of where we want to be as a squad. - Wanderers’ next recruitment drive looks set to see them target another striker, some competition on the right wing and potentially a goalkeeper, with an attacking midfielder also an option if they can find a buyer for Joel Randall, or if interest in John McAtee materialises from elsewhere. - Liverpool winger Kieran Morrison had been linked with a move to Bolton earlier in the summer but it is understood the club targeted a League One loan, above one from the Championship, to help him progress. - Aston Villa’s Ben Broggio is another name which has been circulated - Celtic striker Johnny Kenny remains a possibility - Schumacher has stated that strengthening his goalkeeping options was not an immediate priority but the club continue to be linked with options, the latest being Wrexham’s Arthur Okonkwo.

In 😊 Easy Peasy. It’s all right this championship fastest finger malarkey.

You’ve got hung up on just one of her quotes which you keep repeating - 'to do good and change people's lives'. I think the bit you are missing Sluffy is that she is a football lover. It had to be through football for her. “It has always been my intention, and will always remain so, to help make a positive difference to people’s lives through the power of football.” “I was born in Manchester, so when I decided to go into football, I knew I wanted to work with a community and try to make a difference to people’s lives - and I knew I wanted to do it at a club in the north of England.” And, crucially, she talks about the emotional relationship people have with Bolton Wanderers: “I also hear from supporters all the time who write to me or approach me to tell me their stories and explain what Bolton Wanderers means to them.” “The bigger the platform we can get, the more good that we can do, and the community side is equally as important to me as the football.” I’m more than happy if you don’t respond as I’ll know you’ll have read it and will now hopefully see there’s more to her involvement than just 'to do good and change people's lives'….. She’s explained this herself…..it’s just as much about football. If you do respond, keep it about the comments I’ve posted, please don’t repeatedly re-quote what we have already heard from you especially the line about only doing good and comparing it to other causes.

5 subs and didn’t get a sniff

🤣 Point taken

I’ll take this as a small win that you are at least kind of listening to me. But not that much as all you’ve done is quote yourself. I’m actually with @Rival Son about you having a voice on here - room for everyone. But it would be so much more welcoming if you actually dug a little deeper into what I was saying rather than quote yourself. Yes you are correct BWFCITC is a long running charity arm of the club. But it was on its arse and completely dysfunctional before Sharon came. It is now thriving. Look at the key headline figures from their latest impact report. Across the season as a collective, both BWFC and BWitC have generated £4,372,766.24 in social value across four key areas; Physical health £316,745.35, Mental health £3,537,610.97, Community and Social £83,158.13 and Education and Employability £435,251.81 Highlights from the season include: A total of 1,455 free lunches over the summer period to 221 individuals as part of our Bolton Lunches partnership with Urban Outreach. Over 1,000 children engaged in anti-discrimination workshops throughout the year. Feedback from our Premier League Inspires programmes shows a 72.5% improvement in participants’ mental well-being. 90% of men we interact with reported their anxiety has decreased through Team Talk 95% of Extra Time Hub attendees report an improvement in their social wellbeing I’m sure everyone knows there are more worthy causes to change lives than BWFC - of course there are, but I think it’s disingenuous to belittle Sharon’s social responsibility in taking on her role. Yes, Sharon, Nick, Michael and the Americans are not solely involved with Bolton Wanderers to change lives for the better, as you say they could have gone to a million places to do this. For everything that owning a football club brings either altruistically or for other reason, (lots unknown to us) it is a massive pull for lots of business folk to get involved in football ownership I don’t think we need anymore debate on the above as I am into waffling stage too! But here’s the thing I hope you are not closing your mind to and your last post suggests you might be more willing to listen. There IS (not more than hospitals) a real positive difference you can make to a community and have a real impact with, if you are the right owners and run the club properly. Sharon “Gets it” and that being the owners of Bolton Wanderers means you have a responsibility and commitment to the town. Something which she takes very seriously and is doing fantastically well with. If we can agree on that, then we can hopefully move on 😊

Well there we go. Complete avoidance 😂

If you really are looking at me to respond to your “worthy causes” claim, while trying to dodge my questions, then I think @Zico and @Lt. Aldo Raine answer this much better than what I could. (See their responses above) Anyway all that is miles away from the point I’m making. So you have a choice now, keep blabbering on to me about hospitals, avoiding the point at hand. Or acknowledge/answer the below. Do you not agree @Rival Son ’s list of achievements under FVs is impressive? And can you not see that; Bolton Wanderers in the Community have done/are doing great work (beyond fat clubs), which is making a a real positive difference to the lives of those in the Bolton Community? And these are all reasons why Sharon/FV “get it”

Why on earth are you going back to hospitals and cancer with me! That’s your beef with Krimzon, who I think has every right to be aggrieved with you.

Must have missed (which feasibly could have happened) the bit where you acknowledge/give credit to @Rival Son who offered some excellent advice in looking at the impact FV have had and also on what you could do in the future to see what the majority of us are seeing; “If you haven’t spotted that, perhaps you spend less time reading financial statements and get out a bit more. It’s not just about the money.” You completely ignored looking beyond fat clubs as to the impact Bolton Wanderers in the community have across the town. https://www.bwfc.co.uk/news/bolton-wanderers-community-release-2024-25-impact-report

I’d have a bit more respect for you @Sluffy if you acknowledged and accepted opposite sides of the debate. As opposed to going off on a tangent and comparing saving BWFC to saving Townleys, as this would save more lives. Talk about folk being in a bubble, I think you need to step out of yours. Do you not realise you spend most of your considerable time on here bamboozling everyone (including yourself) with over-complicated financial fantasies?

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Top of the league start for the whites! Love it! Not bad Deano for a squad that’s on its arse! 🤣

Not sure on that… Plenty of deals still to be done yet across the EFL/EPL. And one or two more for us I expect. No reason why these deals, or any others, won’t go to the wire.