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paulhanley

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  1. 1 minute ago, burnden said:

    Nixon reckons Plymouth may come in for Baxter.

    Can't see that'd tempt him or Bolton. If Argyle offer silly money there might be a conversation, otherwise no.

  2. Thank god for the cavalry. And there's more of it over the hill with the likes of Johnston, Forino, Forrester and Dempsey if he's ever fit. Excited to see more of the new signings.

    The ability to make five subs is a bonus when you are one of the bigger clubs in a division. 

    Very important win in our first game after that dreadful play off final. Bring on them taffs next weekend.

  3. Looks like a decent signing and certainly strengthens one of the areas of the team that needed to be addressed. Knowledge of promotion from League 1 is welcome, that's a commodity that Maghoma didn't have! 

  4. 14 minutes ago, Jol_BWFC said:

    BBC reporting highlights the Bolton trouble is on both sides, which will disappoint a few off here.

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    Second bullet point about Bolton is a bit superfluous. Sack the proof-reader.

  5. 7 minutes ago, TM Trotter said:

    I do appreciate your sentiment on the whole, and I'm not having a go at you specifically.

    But, perhaps if the 'vast majority' of people who are peacefully protesting their concerns about immigration are, in turn, concerned about reputational damage to their cause - they should be calling out/self-policing the extremist members of their community who are choosing to riot. 

    After all, that argument is usually thrown at the entire Muslim community when one of their own does something vile. 

    People who have views to express on immigration are not a "community". They are everyday folk who have views on everything from tax levels to potholes to social care. The "vast majority" are not protesting their concerns, they are expressing them whether in their own front room, on social media or over a pint at the boozer. The point is it is legitimate to have a view on immigration and in a healthy democratic society folk are entitled to articulate it. The act of doing so does not make them "extreme". 

  6. Shocking scenes. Undoubtedly the far-right are involved. They want locking up.

    Many, many people in this country have very legitimate and deeply held concerns about immigration. The vast majority are not out on the streets indulging in mindless violence and do not have "far-right" or racist views. These rioters are doing their cause no favours. Nor have the equivalent social disorder problems in other countries in recent times, notably the Republic of Ireland.

    I hope the Government recognises that people who have views on immigration are entitled to do so and do not use this reprehensible behaviour to brush those views aide as somehow minority/fringe/extremist. 

     

  7. I'd never heard of the Hungarian team we made our new signing from yesterday. Unsurprising to a large degree but usually there's at least a vague knowledge of some teams in each European country (existing or from previous times) from European competition (Hungary: Ferencvaros, Honved, Ujpest, Debrecen). 

    Having looked up Fehervar FC today it turned up a nice footballing memory from the 80s. The club actually had a series of name changes a few years ago. Before that period they were known as Videoton - the team who knocked the rags out the UEFA Cup in 1985. That little episode provided a week or two of material to fire back at the multiple filth fans at school during a bleak period for us. 

  8. 10 minutes ago, Cheese said:

     

    Well ... it bolsters us up in an area that needed addressing and we've made a departure from pretty much all recent transfer business in so doing. 

     

    20 hours ago, VividDreamer said:

     

    I find these highlights reels really tough to place any store by. Let's see how he does in person.

  9. 17 minutes ago, gonzo said:

    Why though?!

    It's just counterproductive.

    Do you really want 5,000 Welsh having a big day out on our first home game of season?

    We will sell miles more than 500 imo.

    No doubt to some degree depends on how we shape up against Orient the Saturday before. Nosedive there and it'll put a good few off bothering.

  10. You genuinely can't place too much store by results in pre-season. The amount of times I've seen us rack up unconvincing results and then have a great start to the actual season, or vice versa.

    We need to get players fit and firing for Orient. Every season needs to start well. After Wembley it feels like there's less leeway than ever for an average or poor start.

  11. He does come in for a lot of stick that's over the top. He's a genuine bloke who loves the club. His time as a player shouldn't be forgotten in his legacy here. 

    He definitely made mistakes and got found out as a manager. His time at Bolton was badly affected by key players not being available - Holden, Muamba etc. But you'd have to guess that over time things would have degenerated anyway 

  12. On 23/07/2024 at 22:03, Mounts Kipper said:

    Went to Oldham for 38 k I was gutted. 🤣

    He was just before my BWFC memories properly started. If you look at his scoring record it was pretty decent wherever he went but he never stuck at one place for long and seemed to make downward rather than upward moves. 

    Steve Taylor (footballer) - Wikipedia

    ... we flogged him and signed Frank Worthington as his replacement !! 

  13. McAtee doesn't appear to be the most prolific of strikers. However I think it's the type of striker he is that warrants attention. My memory of him is that he's tall/capable of being more of a target man. If we do actually sign him I'd say he's the JDB replacement. 

    Anyway, lets wait for the daft grin and the holding up of the scarf.

  14. 7 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

    Yep.

    No one should be resigning themselves to the idea that the top 2 is sewn up, before the season has started.

    The strengthening that Brum and Rotherham have done is certainly something of which we should all be very aware. However we saw how long it took the likes of Sunderland and Ipswich to get out of this division. Nothing is a racing cert.

  15. 1 hour ago, masi 51 said:

    We only announce Transfers at 5pm on a Friday in the summer......No  information but it soon will be that time of the week again

    You beat me to it. Was thinking exactly the same thing a couple of minutes ago! 

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