TM Trotter

I had a season ticket for 9 years before I went away to university in 2011, and have some impossibly great memories of that time. Although I've been back in Bolton for 5 years, I've not had one since (gone to about 7-8 home games a season since, and a few of the northern away days). Last season, I gave up after that mauling at home to Norwich, and I haven't been since. However, this summer made me realise that I had been taking it all for granted. Genuinely don't know if I could follow football again if the unthinkable happened. So, against my better judgement (and that of my football-hating missus), I'm 100% coming back this season. I don't really care if our ragtag squad of kids and flids get stuffed every game - I just want to see 11 blokes give their all for that famous white shirt. Count me in - £20, £24, £240, whatever. I can't sit around half-listening to Tower FM while the existence of the club I've followed all my life hangs in the balance.

A combination of Time and Money, and we'll be able to Breathe again. Until then, I think the uncertainty is giving me Brain Damage...

Done wonders for site traffic though, even if it's been a bit of a (not my words) 'idiot magnet'! Hopefully the staff here have been able to negotiate a better rate for advertising space/pay per click since Howard arrived. Silver linings, and all that.

Positive to hear the kids looked decent, but (and making a lot of assumptions here), does anyone think they'll be used more often in League 1? We won't have a pot to piss in, playing against weaker opposition, so it would surely make sense to look within, especially if the youth setup is the one half-decent thing we have going for us. Surely, if he's still here (and the club is too, of course), Parkinson would be obliged to actually develop the youth?

With Sam Allahdyce as Director of Football?

More mysterious and unknown than the 'H' in the BBC's 'Line of Duty', our very own H-equivalent has brought the end to weeks of deafening silence with a volley of rapid-fire posts late at night, and quite a lot of members are unwilling/unable to question her/his motives. There are an awful lot of people jumping the gun here. Again. Isn't it better to take it with a pinch of salt, read with interest but not hang onto Howard's every word?

There's no Bahraini knight in shining armour coming to save us.

Makes you wonder - if the unthinkable happens... Who is going to organise a splinter club? God help us if it's the supporters trust. As a fanbase, we're not exactly unified right now, let alone if it came to liquidation.

Just a thought - Warnock got Cardiff up last season playing quite defensive, pragmatic football, in a similar vein to Parkinson's dirge. The difference is, they had the money to fund attackers who could take the limited chances they got in front of goal. I'm not defending the dross we've been served up for the past couple of years, but looking at the pool of footballers available at Championship level, finances mean we're not even in the same pond.

He looked more capable with the ball than any other man in a white shirt. Tallest dwarf competition though (quite apt) - they were all embarrassing.

Great minds and all that.

Long time lurker, first time poster; not a Twitter using tit. I too am hooked on the pantomime that is the sale of BWFC, but I'm losing my patience with some of the posters on here. Please can certain members stop badgering Howard with the same questions? We've got a golden f*cking goose in insider info, and some of you are intent on asking for blind percentages and predictions. Nobody on here (Howard included) can directly affect the way this saga will end. If you haven't got something constructive to add, just sit tight like the rest of us.