paulhanley
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15 minutes ago, Casino said:
B team
And seeing as we have signed B team players from much higher up, Im getting in first
He will never play a game
You could easily be right.
What I would say is that the Isthmian League is probably the highest standard of all three feeder leagues in to the National League. Plus they did have a good long look at him first hand and clearly saw potential.
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Good call for setting up this thread. Let's hope it stays busy.
Our scouting network clearly extends as far as coastal Essex!
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Is this thread the substitute for the usual "transfer gossip" thread this summer?
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2 hours ago, Whitesince63 said:
Well whatever is being said on social media chat I’d be absolutely amazed if Randall was one of the ones who was going. I know he hasn’t lit any fires here but it’s hard to deny he’s a quality player and I don’t really think he’s had much of a chance to prove himself then but what do I know, it’s down to what Schu sees not us. Maybe he believes he can still get a decent fee for him, albeit nothing like we paid but money towards incomers.
It would be a surprise if Randall left so soon. That's what makes me think Sheehan might be sold. At 29 it's now or never to make some money on him as a full Welsh international and I reckon we'd accept less than £500K. Maybe even half that.
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25 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:
He’s left footed and plays either left back or left centre back but probably left back for us unless needed in the middle. Well thought of though and if he does leave Lincoln there’ll be competition for him I’m sure.
Seems to have been left back in a back four in recent weeks.
Played every game for Lincoln last season. Stark contrast to our sicknote culture.
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It's this. Found it!
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Nah this tune goes faster and faster like a race reaching its conclusion. Starts very slow.
Not helping much here probably!
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On 29/04/2025 at 02:04, Krimzon said:
WHO WAS THERE ? ...
Me.
It did seem to take Oghani forever to put that equaliser away. There's a rare glimpse after one of the goals on this video of the Manny Road north in absolute full effect. There were some serious characters/not-rights/hard nuts populating that part of Burnden Park in those days.
I also have a memory of some spanish sounding music being played just before the teams came out of the second half. Clearly designed to get us all going after that Wigan goal - and it worked. Wish I could remember the name of the tune, a pretty famous one.
Wigan's following was utter dogshit. For the chance of a trip to Wembley I'd say 1,000 at best.
A long, long time ago!
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2 minutes ago, L/H White said:
20 times 20 times
I am glad they've equalised United's total because it irked that they had won it the most. But that's as far as it goes for me.
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Double over Wigan.
Double over Blackpool
Double over Stockport if they stay down.
Double over PNE if they come down.
Not too arsed about Salford if they come up but we'll have the double over them as well.
I'll be saying different when the actual fixtures approach but now is the time for over optimism.
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Good to hear about Inwood.
Reads like they've shown some guts today! Hope we can finish with a flourish against Stevenage before we embark on a very important summer for BWFC
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We've lived through this before at BWFC.
Everybody states the classic example as Bruce Rioch taking over from Phil Neal and there was certainly a culture change and style of play change there.
The classic example here though is surely Big Sam taking over from Colin Todd. The 96/7 side molded by Todd had absolutely everything. But then he lost touch with those principles and we ended up with a physically weak side, particularly in midfield. Along came Sam and created a mentally and physically strong squad that got us out of the Championship and then kept us in the Prem.
As others have said there's a formula for getting out of League 1. Do the basics very well with good players not deployed as square pegs in round holes. Don't be physically weak, have a plan B if things start going wrong on any given day. Pragmatic stuff. Don't get too clever and over-complicate.
I do think we are in the right hands for delivering the above.
Every single one of us was right about Evatt weren't we! And from quite some way out. Lost time.
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With a poor season for us petering out it's easy to overlook just how exciting the conclusion to various parts of the football league are: Bottom of the Championship has been of car-crash interest for weeks now, top end of our league is boiling up nicely with four of the top six playing each other today. Then the bottom of League 2 has been very stirring (with a slight chance of the bindippers being exiled to non league football again).
Hopefully it's us involved in the excitement for 12 months but there's plenty to keep interest high.
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3 hours ago, thebells said:
Yep. For clarity, the 'budget' may cover a combination of wages / fees. But i was told when we took the job it was on the understanding he'd have a competitive (top end) League One budget. I do think he may look to trade as well as this, and possibly even cut some costs on one or two players.
It was mentioned last week that Fergal was 'negotiating' the exact budget with the board, and i'd imagine the ideal scenario would be a 'promised' fund for fees and an overall wage budget which gives him enough room to potentially freeze players out who refuse to leave!
The second part is me speculating. But the first part i was told, and we should be one of the top paying League One clubs next season!
That's all good stuff to hear but we just need rid a few more than those out of contract to create the culture change we so plainly require and get the required number of different players in to the mix to tip the balance. We also need to sell a few to balance budgets a bit.
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23 hours ago, deeane Koontz said:
Just put talksport on and Sam Matterface Is chatting about who's dating Maya Jama while commentating on the game. Odd bloke
Intensely dislike him. Everything wrong about modern day football commentators his embodied in him.
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We all want a thorough shake up. We can give free transfers to the likes of Santos and Jones. There are also the returning loanees in the shape of Matete, Murphy and Etete. That's five slots - but to make the changes in the depth we need I think we need eight or nine. Within those additions we need to be adding physique, pace and leadership/character.
The question therefore becomes how we create further space for new arrivals. To be saleable they need to be proper assets who other clubs will covet but who we won't miss. That sounds like a contradiction in terms but given Evatt's predeliction for signing the same type of player over and over there are possibilities.
- We aren't going to sell Randall given how soon he is with us. Thus the logic is that Sheehan has to be sold. As a full current Welsh international you'd have to think there'd be bidders. However he is now 30 so you are probably talking about £200-£350K
- We have to sell Nlundulu even if it's for 20p. Victor would have been top of this list had he been fit
- Morley is of a much younger vintage than Sheehan and having impressed at Wycombe he would fetch a few bob. Whether we sell both is a different matter. Would there be any takers for Thomason? I doubt it at Championship level.
- Schon is yet another player of the Evatt template, ill suited to League 1 football. There would surely be teams on the continent who would consider him as a recruit even if not quite at the price Evatt paid.
McAtee is probably too early in to his deal to sell. I do think with him he is one of those players who only thrives in certain systems/teams. CMG is hard to assess - he's never fit. Which would make him hard to sell! As a full Norn Irish international there'd be interest in Toal and we certainly need more of a mixture of varieties of central defenders.
I think we will successfully sell a few. Whether it is soon enough in the window to create space for Schumacher's new recruits in bulk who knows.
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1 hour ago, Rizlar said:
Our weakness is a weak spine of the team so get in a solid no nonsense CB , CM and big striker who are vocal and things would look better who would make players more accountable on the pitch !
Trouble is we need two of each really so we have back ups of that type when one gets injured.
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39 minutes ago, burnden said:
Good interview. He sees what we see and does not wear the Evatt blinkers.
Change this summer, change next season. We are going to be toughening up at last.
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Big changes required this summer and as dismal as these last three results have been I am looking forward to our first post Evatt/Markham transfer window.
The only thing you can say about losing six in eight is that Wigan away was not one of them.
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2 hours ago, ianofcleveleys said:
Jimmy Meadows had taken us down the previous season, the third manager of a grim season that included Nat having one of his three spells as manager.
My first game was the last one we won, 2-1 v Sheff U, in Jan. I didn't see another victory and we went down with a whimper. I was still hooked though and back the next season, when things started looking up again
Was that the one when Nat dropped a load of senior players and fielded the kids and we won out of the blue?
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27 minutes ago, Farnywhite said:
We need all that for a start but with injuries and suspension double the amounts of cunts .
It’s not happening in one summer window to many contracted players SS will need next season and the one after to shift them on and mould a side . unless we can do a Portsmouth make Major changes in one window . but will cost millionsIf you are saying we have got no cunts but we need double the amount of cunts to cover when a cunt gets injured or suspended then I would agree.
Summer 2025 needs to be the summer when cuntishness returns to the BWFC squad.
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I was rooting for Justin Rose but when the likes of McIlroy and DeChambeau get on the charge he just doesn't have that extra gear. Surely McIlroy won't blow this again.
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51 minutes ago, W.cramp said:
Something I always remember rioch saying ' you can never have enough strikers' look at us now !
I know the tough tackling midfield is needed 'and am pretty sure ss will sort that after his comment of 'it took us 30-35 minutes to make a tackle' but up top is where you win games and that must be priority
The scary thing is we need to tighten the defence as well. Look at the goals conceded column. We really are some way off were we need to be in every department.
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When Rioch came to Bolton in 1992 we won three of our first give games then drew 1 and lost 5 of the next six. A very similar thing happened when Big Sam arrived in 1999. It is very early days and SS has his first transfer window upcoming. I would bet good money that he thinks the same as us in terms of the flaws we have been seeing week in and out for a considerable period now.
I had lost patience with Evatt. I have loads of it for SS. He has one hell of a job on unpicking the mess Evatt left and he needs to turn us from flat track bullies in to a far meaner machine. I think he will do it.
Transfer Rumours Summer 2025
in Terrace Talk
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New trade deals with India and the USA
New Pope elected.
Still no new signings at BWFC. Schumacher out.