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It looked mightily impressive. Something that will certainly live with me forever.

It has to be a big blow for Lincoln that. It'll rock the boat enough for one or two or more of their players to leave and far from impossible Skubala will be one of those signing them.

I will be the first person of the summer to say it: "Azzit been done yet?"

Nlundulu to Bloomfield Road. Please let it happen.

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I can remember when we elevated ourselves above Wigan when Bruce won his first promotion in 1993. It was another 12 years before we had to play them after peg-leg got them to the Prem. It was those Prem years that gave them all these high-brow notions. I just wish Evatt had not been such an insufferably numb cunt. Had he shown an ounce of SS's tactical flexibility and nous we may never have suffered that hapless run of results against them. Anyway - its water under the bridge and we went a good way to setting the record straight before wishing them toodle-pip. The legacy of the 2019-2026 era is that as a club and fanbase we will never again under-estimate the depth of their petty obsession with us. If we have the misfortune to draw them in a cup game or in the (hopefully distant) future end up in the same league, we should establish our superiority over them from the word go. Let them fester like a dog turd in the sun.

I think what we say yesterday is the benefit of having a director of football. Two plans - one for going up, one for staying down. The minute we go up, bang, within 48 hours the decks are cleared and everyone knows where they stand. Now we hopefully see the rest unfold. Without someone in that role we may have been farting about before a good few days before getting to this point. Anyway - let's hope the scouting, insight and player judgement is as good as the forward planning. Exciting times to be a white.

Johnston, Dempsey and JOT have been decent for us but with CMG and Schon also gone there is a big clearout of Evatt era players here. Wonder how many of these will wash up at Gloomfield Rd? This is going to be as exciting a summer as we have had in recent history and last summer wasn't too bad to be fair.

Today's date on that, problem solved. Wonder how much dosh we got? Evatt wedged out a very decent six figure fee for him from memory.

If we are going off pure quality and including loanees like ACD and Maghoma then Marlon Fossey should come in to the frame as well.

Think you are missing the point. They have listed everybody who is currently on a contract as part of the announcement on who was released Senior Quartet Leave As Retained List Confirmed | Bolton Wanderers FC

I wonder if that was triggered automatically after a certain number of appearances?

Surprised re Tutu, less so the other two, good as they have been. This is quickfire stuff, no sentiment, no fucking about. There is no two ways about it - that defence has to be several grades higher to give us a chance of getting a foothold in the Championship. Vacancies duly created. A tinge of regret for the three involved but decisive and exciting. I notice Schon is not on that retained list even though he signed a three year deal in 2024.

Are you sure McAtee is out of contract? I know JOT is...

Johnston and Dempsey have fixtures at the club for a good number of seasons now and put in a real shift for us. Both will continue to be well thought of at BWFC. I do think this is the right thing because I don't think either are what's required for Championship football. There is no room for sentiment. However they are good League 1 players and I hope they both find a billet at that level. Good luck to them both and thanks in particular for the hard work, grit and determination shown by the pair of them.

I was going to mention Fabian de Freitas in 1995 but because he played extra time v Reading it was longer than 30 mins!

That thread on their forum represents the burbling and gushing of a turd disappearing down the u-bend. They have spent around 20 years believing themselves to be our equals, sadly often egged on by our own misfortunes and haplessness (Mr Evatt). Crushing reality was always going to hit home at some point. That time is now. I am sure the barren lands of lower division football will feel very empty for them without us and I look forward to seeing them in League 2. Perhaps at some stage we'll get to send our youth team to play them in the Vertu Trophy. It would immediately become the highlight of their dismal existences.

The doubt re Tutu was always his fitness record but he seems now to have a solid run injury free. Still only 27... I would say a two year deal would be appropriate.

From the BWFC website, so 30000 it was.

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I think this is going to be an exceptionally active summer. There is a hell of a lot to do. I reckon there'll be at least a dozen signings, key decisions on out of contract players like Desmond and George Johnston. We also need to resolve the future of the likes of Schon, CMG| and Randall. Obviously the exciting bit is who we bring in and the nature of that will depend on if and how much the Swiss are going to fund the show. There have been always been thoughts that an ascent to Championship football would be when they'd "go big". Let's see. Fergal Sharkey is key to all this but there are four types of signing and it will be interesting to see what balance is struck. 1. Loanees - as a Championship club we are far more likely to have access to the ACD, Connor Bradley, James Trafford types. Top Prem talents in the making. Many of ours in League 1 have been from Championship sides. 2. Spending good money on up and coming players from League 1 - there'll be teams we know very well who have players coming to a point in their contracts where we could swoop in. Even Stockport might be vulnerable to that type of thing. 3. Overseas signings: Harkin was previously at Standard Liege, he knows those markets. Championship football will be a much bigger draw 4. Free transfers: This should not be overlooked. Hull have just been promoted having been under a transfer embargo and thus forced in to signing experienced heads at the level. They clearly made a fine job of it. Also PNE had a massive relegation scare last season and this year solidified with a series of freebies.

Stockport are going to absolutely despise us forever now aren't they. Add them to the list alongside Wiggin, Tranmere, Morecambe, Blackpool. Nice to being viewing that little group from a Championship vantage point.

Your orange neighbours will be glum at our ascent. Make the most!

I had a little feeling RR was going to make a big difference. Oxford karma - it is exactly the type of thing football does. We are back lads and lasses. We are finally out of the wilderness. One of the all time brilliant days in our history.