CLUB STATEMENT: Bolton Wanderers Football Club can confirm that manager Dougie Freedman has today left the club by mutual consent.

Full statement here: http://bit.ly/1rSiG3Q

Just told my lad Freedman has gone, he was happier than he last was last Christmas Day. Says it all really. COYWM

Edited October 3, 201411 yr by bolton in bedford

Pulis wouldn't want it. There's no money to spend and he'd walk into another Premier League job. 

Sammy Lee's departure has done more damage than Coyle and freedman put together.

 

If we can get him back on the staff we'll be ok

Hope so, but I can see another "cheap"  safe option coming. I foresee another 'keep us up ' scenario.

Sammy Lee's departure has done more damage than Coyle and freedman put together.

 

If we can get him back on the staff we'll be ok

Agreed. There's far more to our current situation than "Freedman is shit".

Edited October 3, 201411 yr by Cheese

Sammy lee with six years experience since last time ?

Aye he's gonna leave Southampton

Sammy lee with six years experience since last time ?

But still none as a 1st team manager

Don't think Spider was insinuating that Lee should be manager....

Sammy Lee's departure has done more damage than Coyle and freedman put together.

If we can get him back on the staff we'll be ok

Pretty sure he wasn't forced out. He got a better offer and like most of us, took it.

 

Not coming back.

Pretty sure he wasn't forced out. He got a better offer and like most of us, took it.

 

Not coming back.

He was asked to take a pay cut that was an insult. He was expecting to be asked to take one but not that much, so in a way he was forced out.

Regardless of what's gone on, the most important thing is winning tomorrow. Fucking come on you whites! No speculation necessary.

Disappointed but not surprised.

 

Repairing the massive damage that Coyle did to us was always ( & maybe still is ) going to take a lot of time that you're unlikely to get nowadays.

 

Seems to me that DF did all the dirty work for us - saved us from relegation first season..

 -cleared out Coyle's deadwood shite & replaced them at a fraction of the cost whilst retaining our championship place..

 -made v large financial savings & balanced the books to comply with FFP

-recruited more promising young players & started to blood young players into the first team squad.

 

Good luck to him.

Disappointed but not surprised.

 

Repairing the massive damage that Coyle did to us was always ( & maybe still is ) going to take a lot of time that you're unlikely to get nowadays.

 

Seems to me that DF did all the dirty work for us - saved us from relegation first season..

 -cleared out Coyle's deadwood shite & replaced them at a fraction of the cost whilst retaining our championship place..

 -made v large financial savings & balanced the books to comply with FFP

-recruited more promising young players & started to blood young players into the first team squad.

 

Good luck to him.

 

Agreed.

 

Job done, couldn't take us any further, leaving by mutual consent probably the best option for all parties.

Andy Hughes and keeper coach Lee Turner taking over tomorrow

do you know andy hughes was watching leeds on wednesday night?

 

hughes out

Its been a day of surprises.. I'd never even heard of lee turner and assumed we'd let hughes go.. they could be brilliant though I've no idea

Andy Hughes and keeper coach Lee Turner taking over tomorrow

Are they scotch???

Its been a day of surprises.. I'd never even heard of lee turner and assumed we'd let hughes go.. they could be brilliant though I've no idea

 

 

from snippets ive heard, i suspect a couple of factions have developed

 

a palace one and a bolton one

 

maybe hughes and turner are seen as being somewhere in the middle?

 

if the 'bolton faction' hasn't been pulling for freedman, id like to see them down the road as well

Agreed.

 

Job done, couldn't take us any further, leaving by mutual consent probably the best option for all parties.

Job done??

 

If the job was done he wouldn't be going anywhere. The fact is we are the worst team in a shit league under him and he lost the plot. Job definately not done. Let's hope someone can come in and sort out his mess in time to save us from the third tier.

Andy Hughes and keeper coach Lee Turner taking over tomorrow

 

From what I've heard Fullerton saw his own arse after a bit of a player revolt after this afternoons meeting.

 

Fullerton out!

Andy Hughes and keeper coach Lee Turner taking over tomorrow

Fullerton has told gartside to fuck off or he's involved in jimmys set up?

From what I've heard Fullerton saw his own arse after a bit of a player revolt after this afternoons meeting.

 

Fullerton out!

Summats gone off clearly freedman was pencilled in for this game 12 hours ago

WIll get the full story tomorrow but was told Gartside, Spearing etc and Fullerton in a meeting. Fullerton announced as stand in which wasn't well received. Fullerton asked to speak to Gartside alone out of the meeting.

 

Not sure if both went back into the meeting but certainly Gartside went back in, it was then decided Fullerton would no longer be in charge.

 

Basically sounds like Spearing etc have said fucks chance. Whilst I'd like to think they have a say I'm surprised to hear they have been listened to.

Will be interested to see what others think but this looks like another example of Spearing getting a bit big for his boots. Where was his leadership over the last 10 games. We've obviously got a squad of players who think a lot of themselves. I'm even more convinced of the need for a real disciplinarian. And if some of the players don't like it. Well tough. I rarely enjoy my job either!