TOMolloy

Got invited to the Bolton presser at Euxton yesterday and got some stuff from Dougie Freedman about transfers. http://www.touchlinetalk.com/drastic-measures-bolton-change-way-play/99440/

Rodrigo? The very same is subject of a £35million bid from Zenit. Funny how things change.

The highlight was 'rather steal a living than not have one tbf'

The highlight was 'rather steal a living than not have one tbf'

Had an impressive record last year as well despite only being a first year. Golden boot in the Milk Cup as well.

Anyone who thinks he's out of his depth in the championship is an idiot. 2nd top scorer in the league pushing 20 goals.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/1900942.stm

I seem to remember Kostas Konstantinidis getting sent off on his debut for 2 yellow cards within 3 minutes or something similar.

If Alonso is trusted in the league, then I don't see why Riley can't.

Only 17, plenty of time for the lad yet. His only real issue is that he kicks players off the ball, seen him do it 3 times so far, and twice it's resulted in the other player going off injured.

Obadeyi played 90 minutes for the reserves last night so can't see him starting. I reckon only kids on the bench will be Blakeman and Connolly with Riley starting. Obadeyi could potentially be on the bench due to our lack of wingers, I'd be shocked to see Vela on there (even though he's a big talent), and I really can't see O'Halloran being on the bench.

My point still stands that he'll never win certain fans over no matter how well he plays because he doesn't put a 'shift' in.

Petrov will never win some fans over. Simple. It's hardly his fault that he has to play in front of one of the slowest left-backs in the league.

That's probably because Wheater actually looks a decent player when he is played in his natural position.

He's the biggest conman since Ali Dia.

That would be Josh Vela.

Yeah, he was. I think on the wing could be his true position. He's always looked good going forward, he's a great crosser and as shown against Chorley, he can finish. A bit like Bale but not as good obviously.

That was Blakeman, but I thought Riley (number 7) was our best player.

When we sent Ward to Huddersfield in was on the back of a bad hernia injury and he had signed a 3 year contract the summer before which indicated we wanted to keep him. Also Ipswich bid for him as well.

It was just a hypothetical question, based on the opinion some people have formed that Ward won't cut it yet they'd welcome Rodrigo back with open arms.

Didn't judge them on their youth career, judged Rodrigo on his record for Real Madrid Castilla (who play in the Spanish 3rd Division) And judged Ward on his record for Swindon and Huddersfield (who play in the English 3rd Divison) Was jut covering the youth bit incase somebody brought it up as a counter-argument.

Nope, just don't see the massive difference between them in their actual records apart from Rodrigo being from Madrid's academy.

Explain? Ward has a better scoring record at the equivalent level than Rodrigo did. Both are striker/wingers. They're the same age. Not too different in my eyes, we've just seen more of Rodrigo. And you can't use International youth records because Tope has a better international record than Rodrigo.

According to Nixon, we're close to wrapping up a loan deal for Rodrigo with view to a ?4m permanent move. I think Rodrigo is a decent prospect who was over-hyped because he came from Real Madrid's youth system which made people overlook his flaws. Put it this way. Hypothetically, if Ward had the same chances here as Rodrigo last season, do you think he would have managed any less than 1 goal and 1 assist (same as Rodrigo)? We did, after all, get Rodrigo on loan after scoring a few goals in the (Spanish) third tier. Not all too different to what Ward's been doing for the last 2 seasons.

White Okocha.