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i still scratch my head in disbelief that freedman was ever appointed in the first place .. average player .. no solid and clear success in management, listening to his post match interviews recently he sounds lost ... i don't doubt he's a nice enough guy however like coyle before him no plan b ... fact !!! ..... I don't blame him though - that lies at the feet of mr gartside who hired him based on what ?? crystal palace in a play off position midway through a season ! .... Gartside should resign its time he took some responsibility for this .. the fallout from allardyce is plain to see ... i don't really give a shit who the next manager is - i want gartside out ...the sooner the better ... the longer he stays in position the worse its going to get

Broadcast yesterday ..30th march ....I was on the paddock fence, Everyone's seen the worthy goal, didn't remember england manager ron greenwood being there or tad novak's debut ... full match highlights and interviews ...a must see .... cant believe how much airtime we got ! https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/the-big-match-revisited/series-2/episode-17-bolton-wanderers-vs-ipswich-town-1978-79

Just to take your minds off uefa/relegation depression here's a little story from my Wanderers history. In 1978 just before my 10th birthday (39 now) my mum accidentally bumped into Ian Greaves (then Wanderers manager) downstairs in Whiteheads store sports department in Bolton town centre. How she managed to persuade him to give me a guided tour of Burnden Park and meet the players as a birthday present I will never know. Anyway it was probably on reflection all these years later the best birthday surprise I ever had. I remember being in the changing rooms with all the players folllowing a training session. I was totally in awe. I was presented with a signed (by all the players) souvenir casey ball. I treasured it. One day though I could not resist going out on the back field where I lived (Gilnow) to play with it. After a break between being Frank Worthington and Neil Whatmore combined I took a toilet break and left my ball in my back garden. When I returned - it was gone - this is where it gets embarrrassing - with me distraught my mother phoned the Bolton Evening News - they in turn offered a reward for the ?9 ball - next thing I know i'm dragged out of class at school midmorning for a posed glum looking "Paul is devasted" page 9 headline photo story (cue huge amounts of pisstaking and bullying on the council estate where I lived). Fortunately though this tale had a short term happy ending. The Evening news in their infinite journalistic wisdom scratched a few backs and whisked me off on a 501 bus after school up Blackburn Road to a rendezvous in a sports shop with two Wanderers stars for a replacement ball. This story in their opinion now represented a front page slot .... (cue even worse pisstaking) ... I haven't named the players photographed with me.. i'll leave that to you ...... Happy days (if you're old enough to remember) ......

He was looking for a way out as soon as he felt the time was right. The one thing he did right ... he took as far has he could .. this is ultimately as far he can take Newcastle too ..... what goes around comes around ...... just remember the best chance we had to win a trophy in recent times he blew against 'McClown'. Says it all ......

especially with our lineup on the bench !!!!

Campo 1-1 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Starts today ... first U turn by LSL .. lets hope the mop does the business today ..Come on you white men !!!!!!!

he must be our coach driver !!

you're not big sam in disguise are you ?.... or just a geordie realising the revolution hit the wall tonight

Clever insinuation Mr Greavsie ...

or possibly the captains armband ! (are you related to the infamous Boltonian .. Gerry Luczka ?)

more of a han solo !!

Depressed I am, but you've perked me up a bit with that post... Roll on Birmingham !!

Defeats ....the figures don't lie ..at least our contract man bagged another ... the only bright spot on a bleak horizon !

"Sort of foooking whinging and moaning" is what I express here on 'WWAYS' not at the Reebok. If a 'blind faith' as you put it, crowd, could swing our fortunes then I would be first in the queue before yourself. We are better supported now then in the 1970's but the way the stadium and placement of fans was conceived in transition has nullified the 'loudness' you desire. The only time we come anywhere near the Burnden Roar is when the Scum turn up and that is usually brought to an abrupt halt the moment their first killer goal goes in. Bolty, like yourself, I have been passionately fcuked off down to our start this season. To make some sort of honest stand I will not post another message on this site until after 10 games (Arsenal 20th October). If by then our situation remains the same I will not shut the fcuk up in biggest of senses !!!!!!!! See you then .... I wonder if any other of my fellow whingers can hold out that long ?

I hope he does too but I was worried after the West Ham press conference last season and got slagged off on here for saying it. Its not looking good Casino. I respect your views (you've had more than me) I'm not saying that for the sake of it.

Egg fcuking xactly !!!!!!!! ...

maybe ? we didn't choose that, allardyce sort of chose it for us, he'd have fcukd off a long time before he did if he could have. As soon as he qualified us for Europe first time, that was job done, as far he was concerned. England didn't want him (due to his dodginess) and if he had gone to Newcastle around the same time he'd have lost 100 percent of the Bolton fans instead of the split we have today.... thats football I suppose ..

Well said, I wonder how many posters on here have actually experienced Wanderers full up and down history over the last 30 years. As a season ticket kid in 1980 I didn't see the car crash coming. I'm not saying we'll drop so dramatically now but having experienced my team freefall then I have every right to express a concern that even so early on in the season is so blatantly apparent. Its that frustration that drives I and probably many other true wanderers fans emotions at the moment .....

Sorry for the Boy ref ... I like being referred to as one of the boys in the right context. Its a bad habit ....Not sure about the butchness of pink with diamonds though