Taken from Setanta Sports webby...

 

El Hadji Diouf has admitted he would like to return to Bolton Wanderers one day, after irritating Sunderland's supporters by clearly demonstrating his affection for the Wanderers fans.

 

Diouf has struggled to make an impact on Wearside after his summer switch and upset the Black Cats fans when continuing his love affair with the Trotters faithful after Sunderland were heavily beaten in Roy Keane's final game in charge.

 

Recalled to face his former club again on Saturday, Diouf produced an impressive performance in a 2-1 win in the FA Cup third round.

 

Nevertheless, he admitted afterwards that he still misses Bolton and has been linked with a reunion with Sam Allardyce at Blackburn Rovers.

 

"I'm waiting to see what happens next," declared Diouf. "Maybe I'll stay, we'll see.

 

"I need to find out Ricky [sbragia]'s plans for me. I don't know how important he thinks I am.

 

"If I am picked more, then why not stay? But if I'm not playing, then I'd want to go.

 

"I had a wonderful time at Bolton," he is quoted as saying The Sun. "I love the club.

 

"I have no regrets at leaving but, one day, why not come back to there?

 

"I miss The Reebok Stadium. I threw my shirt to the Bolton fans at the end because they still love me so much."

 

"I?m a very faithful person," he informed The Sunday Sun.

 

"If you help me, I will help you in return.

 

"Sunderland helped me by giving me the chance to play in The Premiership again and if they want to sign me, I will come.

 

?For the moment, I am here and I will wait and see whether the club wants to make a proposal, but it?s still early days."

it is a yeah from me.

i still have a 'sha la la la la la, diouf diouf' t shirt from the club shop

it is a yeah from me.

i still have a 'sha la la la la la, diouf diouf' t shirt from the club shop

 

And there you go.

 

Backs up my point entirely.

And there you go.

 

Backs up my point entirely.

 

You mean "QED"?

What?

Signing a player just to appease the idiots doesn't make him a fool?

 

Of course it does.

I don't agree with the way lots of our 'fans' behave/speak... but I wouldn't call them idiots.

 

My opinion is that a good manager knows he needs those fans onside, just as much as he needs the players trust n respect.

 

25,000 screaming idiots can be worth a goal a game

 

If it makes you look foolish and you believe it will improve your teams chances of winning [ I think this may be where we really disagree ] then that will do for me.

 

Personal pride and your inability to 'bend' can sometimes cost you as a manager imo

Arnold makes a good point as I would say a large proportion of those who call Megson amusing names will have forgotten Diouf's comments about leaving when we needed the team to be at their most committed.

If Megson signs Diouf to get those folk on side, I might have to resort to calling Gaz silly names too to get heard!

Arnold makes a good point as I would say a large proportion of those who call Megson amusing names will have forgotten Diouf's comments about leaving when we needed the team to be at their most committed.

If Megson signs Diouf to get those folk on side, I might have to resort to calling Gaz silly names too to get heard!

Yes point taken

 

My hope NB was that those of us who:-

 

a] Don't like Diouf cos he's not so bright and a bit arrogant

b] Don't call Gary Megson just becuse he has ginger hair

c] Are not one of what Traf calls 'idiots'

 

would not be so petty when the manager does something 'positive' that we don't necessarily agree with

Edited January 5, 200917 yr by Arnold Jackson

Yes point taken

 

My hope NB was that those of us who:-

 

a] Don't like Diouf cos he's not so bright and a bit arrogant

b] Don't call Gary Megson just becuse he has ginger hair

c] Are not one of what Traf calls 'idiots'

 

would not be so petty when the manager does something 'positive' that we don't necessarily agree with

Bugger! I was just about to get out some old bedsheets and a marker pen!

Bugger! I was just about to get out some old bedsheets and a marker pen!

Well that would be a waste of time really anyway wouldn't it. It's like 'Water off a Ducks Back' to Gary and Diouf well he cannot read properly anyway... he'd just arrogantly see his name and assume you had some sort of crush on him. He'd probably throw you his shirt after the game

Edited January 5, 200917 yr by Arnold Jackson

Bugger! I was just about to get out some old bedsheets and a marker pen!

 

You'll need a trip to JD to kit yourself out.

 

I'd have him back in a shot, he has been missed this season.

Conversely I think this is one reason that he would NOT be a fool.

 

I think Gary needs to swallow his personal pride and try to get some of the fans who dislike him onside! I think the more desperate he comes across is attempting this the better.

 

Stop all this "Water off a ducks back" and offer some embarrassed olive branches out to those who are still stinging at past mistakes.

 

We all need to pull together and it's made easier if the man at the helm loves us enough to buy who we want

 

Summer Signings '09:

 

El Hadji Diouf

Ivan Campo

John McGinlay

Tony Kelly

Nat Lofthouse

 

That'll get the fans back on side. And then Megson can sack himself and appoint Allardyce in his place.

 

The day any Bolton manager starts trying to appease the fans by doing as they ask is the day we might aswell give up. There's a reason fans aren't football managers, because they'd be ragging shite at it.

 

Diouf was sold because he contributes nothing to the team and when the going got tough all he wanted to do was work out his fastest route out of town. Diouf won't be coming back for those exact same reasons. Let Megson get on with his job.

fcuk diouf

Diouf was sold because he contributes nothing to the team.

Rubbish! In fact 2 pieces of rubbish in one sentence! And Gary Megson himself would tell you that!

 

 

Let Megson get on with his job.

You mean stop writing about what I think he should do on this football banter forum?

 

You first!

Yes for me if it was at the right price

 

Do believe he was my Christmas wish-list choice

In the last calendar year......

 

27 apps 1 goal 1 assist

 

In comparison, Matt Taylor......

 

33 apps 8 goals 4 assists

 

The ?3mil we got for Diouf was absolute robbery.

The ?3mil we got for Diouf was absolute robbery.

 

Agreed on one thing.

i would only take him back on loan and with a guarantee that we would get 10 goals from him....

In the last calendar year......

 

27 apps 1 goal 1 assist

 

In comparison, Matt Taylor......

 

33 apps 8 goals 4 assists

 

The ?3mil we got for Diouf was absolute robbery.

 

Stats eh? Well lets look at ones that mean something for the whole of the Premier League OPTA STATS!!!

 

Have a look... play spot the Bolton player... lets see who was effective in their eyes

 

Premier League player rankings May 2008

 

Total shots attempted

 

Ronaldo 131

Adebayor 104

Torres 96

Gerrard 89

Rooney 85

Bentley 83

Berbatov 82

Tevez 82

Carew 80

Santa Cruz 77

 

Number of times hit woodwork

 

Bentley 4

Berbatov 4

Gerrard 4

Rooney 4

Ashton 3

Downing 3

Fabregas 3

Giggs 3

Hunt 3

Keane 3

Ronaldo 3

 

Assists

 

Fabregas 17

Young 14

Barry 10

Kalou 10

Rooney 10

Bentley 9

Berbatov 9

Elano 9

Nani 9

Shorey 9

 

Total passes and passing accuracy

 

Fabregas 2318 81.06%

Clichy 1975 83.19%

Flamini 1710 86.55%

Gerrard 1652 77.66%

Butt 1630 75.03%

Scholes 1592 89.70%

Carrick 1585 83.22%

Hleb 1552 82.73%

Ferdinand 1546 84.80%

Neville 1533 72.47%

 

Crosses and corners attempted and crosses and corners accuracy

 

Bentley 416 25.72%

Downing 383 25.07%

Young 340 26.76%

Arteta 299 26.42%

Shorey 293 26.62%

Diouf 289 22.15%

Petrov 279 24.37%

Giggs 222 23.42%

Gerrard 219 27.40%

Davies 217 24.88%

 

Tackles attempted and tackle success rate

 

Reo-Coker 178 79.78%

Mascherano 165 75.76%

Malbranque 158 75.95%

Muamba 156 76.28%

Butt 151 71.52%

Clichy 150 80.67%

Warnock 130 76.92%

McCann 117 65.81%

Brown 116 81.03%

Brown 112 68.75%

 

Number of saves made and saves to shots ratio

 

Hahnemann 152 69.72%

James 138 79.31%

Taylor 134 71.28%

Friedel 123 71.93%

Green 116 69.88%

Hart 107 75.89%

Kirkland 101 67.33%

Howard 89 74.79%

Schwarzer 88 65.19%

Niemi 85 68.55%

 

Shots without a goal

 

Papa Bouba Diop 46

John Arne Riise 36

Gary O'Neil 31

Luis Boa Morte 26

Manuel Fernandes 24

 

Fouls without a card

 

Dean Ashton 55

Mikael Forssell 33

Lucas 32

Mark Viduka 27

Peter Crouch 23

 

Percentage of goals involved in

 

Cristiano Ronaldo 47%

Roque Santa Cruz 47%

Fernando Torres 42%

Elano 39%

Emmanuel Adebayor 37%

 

Minutes without a foul lost

 

Michael Johnson 191

Lewin Nyatanga 180

Daniel Braaten 143

Danny Simpson 128

David Cotterill 100

 

Minutes without a foul won

 

Ian Harte 306

Ledley King 294

Rade Prica 206

Emiliano Insua 205

Kelvin Etuhu 203

 

Minutes without a shot

 

Stephen Kelly 3420

Jonathan Woodgate 1376

Sun Jihai 803

Daniel Gabbidon 766

Elliot Omozusi 689

 

Minutes per goal scored

 

Cristiano Ronaldo 88.6

Fernando Torres 105.9

Emmanuel Adebayor 122.2

Yakubu 144.4

Benjamin Mwaruwari 153.3

 

Minutes per goal conceded

 

Roy Carroll 33.2

Stephen Bywater 39.5

Shay Given 44.0

Paul Robinson 47.9

Antti Niemi 50.8

 

Minutes per save

 

Roy Carroll 20.0

Joe Hart 21.9

Marcus Hahnemann 22.5

David James 22.8

Maik Taylor 22.8

 

Minutes per discplinary point

 

Carlton Cole 16.9

Alan Smith 21.2

Kevin Davies 21.2

John Carew 22.3

Andr? St?phane Bikey 22.4

 

Minutes per chance created

 

Francesc Fabregas 25.5

Steven Gerrard 27.3

Ryan Giggs 30.6

Nani 30.7

Florent Malouda 31.8

 

Minutes per shot

 

Cristiano Ronaldo 21.0

Wayne Rooney 25.7

Fernando Torres 26.5

Dean Ashton 27.7

Emmanuel Adebayor 28.2

 

Minutes per foul lost

 

Carlton Cole 22.3

John Carew 25.7

Kevin Davies 27.9

Tim Cahill 27.9

Luis Boa Morte 28.6

 

Minutes per foul won

 

Mikel Arteta 28.8

Alan Hutton 28.9

Cristiano Ronaldo 31.2

Kevin Davies 31.9

Luis Boa Morte 33.1

 

Minutes per offside

 

Marcus Bent 43.2

Emmanuel Adebayor 44.4

Dean Ashton 50.4

Nicolas Anelka 57.5

Emile Heskey 59.6

 

Minutes per tackle

 

Javier Mascherano 13.1

Gavin McCann 17.2

Nigel Reo-Coker 17.5

Wilson Palacios 17.6

Steed Malbranque 18.0

 

Minutes per pass

 

Paul Scholes 1.16

Francesc Fabregas 1.23

Michael Carrick 1.39

Frank Lampard 1.42

John Obi Mikel 1.44

 

Minutes per cross

 

David Bentley 8.0

Mikel Arteta 8.2

Nolberto Solano 8.8

Stewart Downing 8.9

El Hadji Diouf 9.2

 

Shots with none on target

 

Vedran Corluka 7

Graeme Murty 5

Steve Sidwell 5

Henri Camara 4

Claude Davis 4

 

Shots with none off target

 

Jlloyd Samuel 4

Steve Finnan 2

Danny Simpson 2

Glen Johnson 1

Nuno Valente 1

 

Percentage of team assists

 

Francesc Fabregas 23%

Simon Davies 22%

Nicky Shorey 21%

Elano 21%

Ashley Young 20%

 

Goals scored per game

 

Cristiano Ronaldo 0.91

Fernando Torres 0.73

Emmanuel Adebayor 0.67

Nicolas Anelka 0.56

Benjamin Mwaruwari 0.52

 

Goals conceded per game

 

Roy Carroll 2.71

Stephen Bywater 2.28

Shay Given 1.95

Paul Robinson 1.88

Antti Niemi 1.77

 

Saves per game

 

Roy Carroll 4.50

Joe Hart 4.12

Marcus Hahnemann 4.00

David James 3.94

Maik Taylor 3.94

 

Disciplinary points per game

 

Kevin Davies 3.91

Tim Cahill 3.67

Carlton Cole 3.61

John Carew 3.59

Papa Bouba Diop 3.48

 

Chances created per game

 

Francesc Fabregas 3.50

Steven Gerrard 3.06

Mikel Arteta 2.54

David Bentley 2.43

Ryan Giggs 2.35

 

Shots per game

 

Cristiano Ronaldo 3.85

Wayne Rooney 3.15

Fernando Torres 2.91

Emmanuel Adebayor 2.89

Steven Gerrard 2.62

 

Fouls lost per game

 

John Carew 3.13

Tim Cahill 3.00

Kevin Davies 2.97

Carlton Cole 2.74

Papa Bouba Diop 2.64

 

Fouls won per game

 

Mikel Arteta 3.04

Alan Hutton 3.00

Kevin Davies 2.59

Cristiano Ronaldo 2.59

David Bentley 2.43

 

Offsides per game

 

Emmanuel Adebayor 1.83

Marcus Bent 1.74

Nicolas Anelka 1.56

Dimitar Berbatov 1.25

Emile Heskey 1.25

 

Tackles per game

 

Javier Mascherano 6.60

Nigel Reo-Coker 4.94

Wilson Palacios 4.94

Nicky Butt 4.31

Steed Malbranque 4.27

 

Passes per game

 

Francesc Fabregas 72.44

Paul Scholes 66.33

Frank Lampard 57.42

Mathieu Flamini 57.00

Javier Mascherano 53.72

 

Crosses per game

 

David Bentley 11.24

Mikel Arteta 10.68

Stewart Downing 10.08

Ashley Young 9.19

El Hadji Diouf 8.50

 

Most...

 

Appearances - 12 players - 38

Substitution on - Marlon Harewood, Shane Long - 22

Substitution off - Elano - 23

Passes in own half - Rio Ferdinand - 912

Passes in opposition half - Francesc Fabregas - 1690

Dribbles attempted - Cristiano Ronaldo - 191

Clearances - Martin Laursen - 739

Blocks - Richard Dunne - 37

Interceptions - Ga?l Clichy - 136

Fouls conceded - John Carew - 100

Fouls won - David Bentley - 90

Offsides - Emmanuel Adebayor - 66

Yellow cards - Nicky Butt - 13

Red cards - Richard Dunne, Sulley Ali Muntari, Ryan Nelsen - 2

Looks like big Kev to me

Edited January 5, 200917 yr by tyldesley_white

My 3 favourites:

 

Minutes per foul lost

 

Carlton Cole 22.3

John Carew 25.7

Kevin Davies 27.9

Tim Cahill 27.9

Luis Boa Morte 28.6

 

Minutes per foul won

 

Mikel Arteta 28.8

Alan Hutton 28.9

Cristiano Ronaldo 31.2

Kevin Davies 31.9

Luis Boa Morte 33.1

 

Minutes per discplinary point

 

Carlton Cole 16.9

Alan Smith 21.2

Kevin Davies 21.2

John Carew 22.3

Andr? St?phane Bikey 22.4

So we've deduced that he puts in a lot of crosses. In 2008, not a single one of these crosses ended with a goal.

 

I'll re-iterate my earlier point that he contributed fcuk all. Unless they've started giving out points for putting in harmless crosses.

You mean "QED"?

 

Is QED to be the new WW buzzword . . . or is it buzzacronym?

Is QED to be the new WW buzzword . . . or is it buzzacronym?

I prefer f?cksponge, but I'm a potty mouth!

So we've deduced that he puts in a lot of crosses. In 2008, not a single one of these crosses ended with a goal.

 

I'll re-iterate my earlier point that he contributed fcuk all. Unless they've started giving out points for putting in harmless crosses.

Crosses and corners attempted and crosses and corners accuracy

Edited January 5, 200917 yr by Arnold Jackson

We might as well be talking about resigning Anelka.

 

There is fcuk all chance of Diouf returning to Bolton. He may fancy it but I can't see anyone at the club being interested.

I love BWFC and would play for free

 

Let's see how deep his love is and offer him a job at Tesco and a start for every game and some love