Transfer Gossip

[Mounts Kipper]

14 minutes ago, Leyther_Matt said:

If Venky’s front up for this then what the fuck are they protesting about 

Fantastic owners the Venkys picked wrong Lancashire club though they can’t hold a candle to BWFC.

[Army 11]

Aldershot nothing comes close bleak times

[Dr. Feelgood]

2 hours ago, Chrisj said:

7 loans if Hardie signs but have a feeling we won’t see Forss or ACD again and even if Forss is fit don’t see how he gets in this team as for the other I think Cissoko misses out which leaves 5.  Anyway this isn’t an issue until April

Agreed. Plus the likelihood that more than 5 will be fit, on form & not banned would be a good problem to have.

[Matt Lofthouse]

9 hours ago, Chrisj said:

7 loans if Hardie signs but have a feeling we won’t see Forss or ACD again and even if Forss is fit don’t see how he gets in this team as for the other I think Cissoko misses out which leaves 5.  Anyway this isn’t an issue until April

TSL being a massive fadge and leaving has really helped our promotion push in more ways than one. 

[burnden]

 

[RUREADY2ROLL]

45 minutes ago, burnden said:

 

Fuck that little club - love it when it finally goes pear shaped and they slip down the leagues

[Johnnyrotten]

56 minutes ago, burnden said:

 

Or put another way, "we'll be spending shit loads of cash tomorrow so there's the door Ryan"

[athywhite1958]

he was recalled by Chelsea I believe, he was on the bench yesterday for them

[Hoppy]

We will no doubt have someone else lined up just in case Hardie deal falls flat 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

No doubt he would strengthen the squad, but how much will he play, as opposed to Dalby?

Presumably Rodriguez will come in, so that only leaves one spot for a striker.

If two strikers play, and Rodriguez, then what formation/midfield is SS going to go with?

[Ratwhite]

1 minute ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

No doubt he would strengthen the squad, but how much will he play, as opposed to Dalby?

Presumably Rodriguez will come in, so that only leaves one spot for a striker.

If two strikers play, and Rodriguez, then what formation/midfield is SS going to go with?

Dalby getting better each game, as (i never thought i’d say this) is McAtee 

[Whitesince63]

On 31/01/2026 at 11:21, Dr. Feelgood said:

After this game we hit town. Later in the evening a good dozen Bolton players turned up in The Anchor, off Bradshawgate, accompanied by a rather pissed Ian Greaves.

Greaves slumped over his pint related that Wolves manager Sammy Chung had sympathised with him & said "you'll do it next season Ian" & Greaves had told "the little yellow cunt to fuck off".

Not surprised he was pissed off, I’ve never seen a team with nothing to play for put more effort in than Wolves did that day.

[Whitesince63]

7 minutes ago, Ratwhite said:

Dalby getting better each game, as (i never thought i’d say this) is McAtee 

McAtee will be off to Barnsley when we get Hardie as Tykes fans over here are almost certain DKD played his last game for them yesterday, taking much longer to go off than normal. At least we won’t have to face him next week if he does. They reckon if it’s not Wrexham, which it likely is, it will be Nob End who are also in for him. Apparently Barnsley have also done a deal for a striker from York so they’re hoping they’ll have both him and Macca as replacement.

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

18 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

No doubt he would strengthen the squad, but how much will he play, as opposed to Dalby?

Presumably Rodriguez will come in, so that only leaves one spot for a striker.

If two strikers play, and Rodriguez, then what formation/midfield is SS going to go with?

If we're only playing one, he'll be ahead of Dalby in the pecking order

[masi 51]

56 minutes ago, Whitesince63 said:

McAtee will be off to Barnsley when we get Hardie as Tykes fans over here are almost certain DKD played his last game for them yesterday, taking much longer to go off than normal. At least we won’t have to face him next week if he does. They reckon if it’s not Wrexham, which it likely is, it will be Nob End who are also in for him. Apparently Barnsley have also done a deal for a striker from York so they’re hoping they’ll have both him and Macca as replacement.

Think most or all of that is spot on

[masi 51]

54 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

If we're only playing one, he'll be ahead of Dalby in the pecking order

Dalby will play the behind Hardie. Every interview since Christmas with SS Dalby has been praised.

Think they will play as a pair rather than one and two wide as we have done most of the season

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

3 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

Dalby will play the behind Hardie. Every interview since Christmas with SS Dalby has been praised.

Think they will play as a pair rather than one and two wide as we have done most of the season

Maybe, but I don't know how we accommodate two up front and our other new signings unless we go 4-4-2/4-4-1-1

 

[gonzo]

Burstow must be well pissed off. 

[Tombwfc]

At some point this season people will realise that we're not going to play the same team and formation week in and week out.

Dalby has done relatively well despite never looking threatening. Burstow's loss of form looks terminal. There's absolutely a role for another striker.

[Jol_BWFC]

7 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Burstow must be well pissed off. 

Whilst I feel for him, if he was playing now like he was in the first 10 games of the season, he’d be starting every week.

[Whitesince63]

7 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Burstow must be well pissed off. 

Well to be fair he knows what he has to do to change it and so far he’s failed to do it so he can’t really have too many complaints. It’s good that Schu plays the ones that are performing and not just favourites like Evatt.

[masi 51]

8 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Maybe, but I don't know how we accommodate two up front and our other new signings unless we go 4-4-2/4-4-1-1

 

We dont accommadate them, they have to show SS that they are better than what we have in training

We have basically sold/released 6 fringe players with 4/5 that expect to start. It is good that SS has that option

[Johnnyrotten]

10 minutes ago, masi 51 said:

Dalby will play the behind Hardie. Every interview since Christmas with SS Dalby has been praised.

Think they will play as a pair rather than one and two wide as we have done most of the season

Agreed I only see it as Hardie being the 2nd striker we've needed all season, to play with Dalby.

If McAtee is off and his replacement is Rodriguez, there's an element of risk given his lack of recent game time and the fact that JM is part of us already integrated in the squad/team.  He could be an inspired signing, he could be one of those that fails to live upto expectation if nobody's seen him play for a year.  His record isn't screaming out that he's an upgrade on McAtee, but let's see how it plays out.

[jmjhb]

13 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said:

Maybe, but I don't know how we accommodate two up front and our other new signings unless we go 4-4-2/4-4-1-1

 

Same as what we play now with Hardie or Rodrigues in for McAtee

Edited February 1 by jmjhb

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

Just now, masi 51 said:

We dont accommadate them, they have to show SS that they are better than what we have in training

We have basically sold/released 6 fringe players with 4/5 that expect to start. It is good that SS has that option

Well yes, that's a given

But they've clearly been brought in to play, and if they're as good as we think they are then I think it's difficult to play a formation that has our new wingers and two up front, which is presumably what a Dalby/Hardie pairing will be