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10 minutes ago, meanderson93 said:

I still don't like they we seem to be hanging around waiting for him to figure that out though.

Me neither

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  • DazBob
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    FFS. This isn't Behind The Stands. Most folk come on here to read bullshit rumours and conjecture, with the odd bit of accurate stuff thrown in. It's boring as fuck reading your personal squabbles.

  • Sure it's that Mandela effect in full flow here that we all seem to be OK with this. It's a fucking travesty and complete shitshow. He's our most prolific striker by a country mile, has been

  • gonzo
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    We've just won promotion using a gaggle of players nobody else wanted, littered with injury plagued loanees and players that were cast as cart horses, one trick ponies and generally weak as piss.

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On 18/08/2026 at 19:44, Wanderlust said:

If we’re going back that far, Sasa Curcic sale to Villa was outstanding business in the 90s - we made > £2.5 million profit on him in a year. And the Academy players like Danny Ward going to Huddersfield for a million - and Nobby of course. My favourite was Dietmar Hamann who was our player for one day, never played for us, but we got paid.

That apart….

Rank

Player

Bolton paid

Bolton sold for

Approx. profit

1

Nicolas Anelka

£8.0m

£15.0m Chelsea

£7.0m

2

Eiður Guðjohnsen

~£0.4m–£1.0m*

£4.0–4.5m Chelsea

~£3.5–4m

3

Jason McAteer

~£0 / nominal

£4.5m Liverpool

~£4.5m

4

Alan Thompson

£250k

£4.5m Aston Villa

£4.25m

5

Claus Jensen

£1.6m

£4.0m Charlton

£2.4m

6

Gary Cahill

£5.0m

£7.0m Chelsea

£2.0m

7

Michael Ricketts

£400k

£3.5m Middlesbrough

£3.1m

8

Nathan Blake

~£1.5m

£4.25m Blackburn

~£2.75m

9

Kevin Nolan

Academy

£4.0m Newcastle

~£4.0m

10

Gary Madine

Free

~£6.0m Cardiff

~£6.0

Stubbs, free via academy, out for 4 mill to Celtic.

1 hour ago, Campos_Wig said:

Kenny on the bench for Celtic tonight

5 subs and didn’t get a sniff

5 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said:

I'm not adding to the McAtee debate any more, and I agree with what you say, but I'm puzzled by the question over his best position? He came as a striker/no.10 same as Collins, Kenny etc. He's played there for as long as I've seen him ( Barnsley and here) hasn't he? Scores and creates consistent with a striker/no.10 rather than a CF like Dalby. But his natural position is striker not like other so-called no.10s like Randall etc who's a midfielder.

McAtee is a support striker all day long. Not sure what people are seeing but there's no ambiguity there.

At Barnsley he played on the right of their front 3 mainly because they played a rigid 433 and in his first season here when Evatt had lost his mind he also played on the right of our front 3 in a 343. However for both teams he would drift infield and support the main central striker, and ever since Evatt went the only position he has played is either the one behind the striker on a 4231 or a few times SS has put him fully up top in a 352.

1 hour ago, desperado said:

5 subs and didn’t get a sniff

Well to be fair they weren’t exactly looking for a goal at 3 up so it’s probably understandable they wouldn’t be throwing attacking subs on. At least he was in the squad this time so isn’t injured.

1 hour ago, desperado said:

5 subs and didn’t get a sniff

Quite some game that, Celtic could have been two down (two disallowed) then scored three worldies

On 18/08/2026 at 23:53, TroySwoosh said:

Bet they don't have a Sluffy

Lucky bastards

This is the Transfer section 🤔, is he on the list? 😁

Didn’t know where to put this. Majority of info related to squad and recruitment, so thought I’d stick here.

Interesting article.

Key points;

- On-field data had shown fatigue spikes with a handful of other players late in the game, prompting the late flurry off the bench and a nervous finale.

- Of the nine signings made by the club this summer, precious few have arrived ‘Championship ready’ and it could be a few weeks before everyone is up to speed.

- Schumacher has talked openly about the need to manage Ben Davies’s fitness after an encouraging summer.

- "We know we have to strengthen with players who have Championship experience," Schumacher said.

- "We have to strengthen further, obviously, because I still don't think we're finished yet.

- "We are nowhere near the finished article of where we want to be as a squad.

- Wanderers’ next recruitment drive looks set to see them target another striker, some competition on the right wing and potentially a goalkeeper, with an attacking midfielder also an option if they can find a buyer for Joel Randall, or if interest in John McAtee materialises from elsewhere.

- Liverpool winger Kieran Morrison had been linked with a move to Bolton earlier in the summer but it is understood the club targeted a League One loan, above one from the Championship, to help him progress.

- Aston Villa’s Ben Broggio is another name which has been circulated

- Celtic striker Johnny Kenny remains a possibility

- Schumacher has stated that strengthening his goalkeeping options was not an immediate priority but the club continue to be linked with options, the latest being Wrexham’s Arthur Okonkwo.

Okonkwo is a walking disaster. Would be a no from me

8 minutes ago, Kane57 said:

Okonkwo is a walking disaster. Would be a no from me

Except he's not.

38 minutes ago, desperado said:

Didn’t know where to put this. Majority of info related to squad and recruitment, so thought I’d stick here.

Interesting article.

Key points;

- On-field data had shown fatigue spikes with a handful of other players late in the game, prompting the late flurry off the bench and a nervous finale.

- Of the nine signings made by the club this summer, precious few have arrived ‘Championship ready’ and it could be a few weeks before everyone is up to speed.

- Schumacher has talked openly about the need to manage Ben Davies’s fitness after an encouraging summer.

- "We know we have to strengthen with players who have Championship experience," Schumacher said.

- "We have to strengthen further, obviously, because I still don't think we're finished yet.

- "We are nowhere near the finished article of where we want to be as a squad.

- Wanderers’ next recruitment drive looks set to see them target another striker, some competition on the right wing and potentially a goalkeeper, with an attacking midfielder also an option if they can find a buyer for Joel Randall, or if interest in John McAtee materialises from elsewhere.

- Liverpool winger Kieran Morrison had been linked with a move to Bolton earlier in the summer but it is understood the club targeted a League One loan, above one from the Championship, to help him progress.

- Aston Villa’s Ben Broggio is another name which has been circulated

- Celtic striker Johnny Kenny remains a possibility

- Schumacher has stated that strengthening his goalkeeping options was not an immediate priority but the club continue to be linked with options, the latest being Wrexham’s Arthur Okonkwo.

Interesting read that mate, cheers 👍

The subs all make more sense now, hopefully we will see fitness levels improve as players get more minutes.

Think we all agree squad will need to get better, and it will.

Goes to show it was a great 3 points won was that, should give the team confidence

Edited by burnden

2 hours ago, desperado said:

Didn’t know where to put this. Majority of info related to squad and recruitment, so thought I’d stick here.

Interesting article.

Key points;

- On-field data had shown fatigue spikes with a handful of other players late in the game, prompting the late flurry off the bench and a nervous finale.

- Of the nine signings made by the club this summer, precious few have arrived ‘Championship ready’ and it could be a few weeks before everyone is up to speed.

- Schumacher has talked openly about the need to manage Ben Davies’s fitness after an encouraging summer.

- "We know we have to strengthen with players who have Championship experience," Schumacher said.

- "We have to strengthen further, obviously, because I still don't think we're finished yet.

- "We are nowhere near the finished article of where we want to be as a squad.

- Wanderers’ next recruitment drive looks set to see them target another striker, some competition on the right wing and potentially a goalkeeper, with an attacking midfielder also an option if they can find a buyer for Joel Randall, or if interest in John McAtee materialises from elsewhere.

- Liverpool winger Kieran Morrison had been linked with a move to Bolton earlier in the summer but it is understood the club targeted a League One loan, above one from the Championship, to help him progress.

- Aston Villa’s Ben Broggio is another name which has been circulated

- Celtic striker Johnny Kenny remains a possibility

- Schumacher has stated that strengthening his goalkeeping options was not an immediate priority but the club continue to be linked with options, the latest being Wrexham’s Arthur Okonkwo.

Hardly suprising... they all gave 100% and they're going to fatigue.

42 minutes ago, burnden said:

Comes across as a really sound fella

5 hours ago, desperado said:

Didn’t know where to put this. Majority of info related to squad and recruitment, so thought I’d stick here.

Interesting article.

Key points;

- On-field data had shown fatigue spikes with a handful of other players late in the game, prompting the late flurry off the bench and a nervous finale.

- Of the nine signings made by the club this summer, precious few have arrived ‘Championship ready’ and it could be a few weeks before everyone is up to speed.

- Schumacher has talked openly about the need to manage Ben Davies’s fitness after an encouraging summer.

- "We know we have to strengthen with players who have Championship experience," Schumacher said.

- "We have to strengthen further, obviously, because I still don't think we're finished yet.

- "We are nowhere near the finished article of where we want to be as a squad.

- Wanderers’ next recruitment drive looks set to see them target another striker, some competition on the right wing and potentially a goalkeeper, with an attacking midfielder also an option if they can find a buyer for Joel Randall, or if interest in John McAtee materialises from elsewhere.

- Liverpool winger Kieran Morrison had been linked with a move to Bolton earlier in the summer but it is understood the club targeted a League One loan, above one from the Championship, to help him progress.

- Aston Villa’s Ben Broggio is another name which has been circulated

- Celtic striker Johnny Kenny remains a possibility

- Schumacher has stated that strengthening his goalkeeping options was not an immediate priority but the club continue to be linked with options, the latest being Wrexham’s Arthur Okonkwo.

Morrison has just gone on loan to Sheff Wed. Maybe Liverpool have someone else in mind for us.

5 hours ago, desperado said:

Didn’t know where to put this. Majority of info related to squad and recruitment, so thought I’d stick here.

Interesting article.

Key points;

- On-field data had shown fatigue spikes with a handful of other players late in the game, prompting the late flurry off the bench and a nervous finale.

- Of the nine signings made by the club this summer, precious few have arrived ‘Championship ready’ and it could be a few weeks before everyone is up to speed.

- Schumacher has talked openly about the need to manage Ben Davies’s fitness after an encouraging summer.

- "We know we have to strengthen with players who have Championship experience," Schumacher said.

- "We have to strengthen further, obviously, because I still don't think we're finished yet.

- "We are nowhere near the finished article of where we want to be as a squad.

- Wanderers’ next recruitment drive looks set to see them target another striker, some competition on the right wing and potentially a goalkeeper, with an attacking midfielder also an option if they can find a buyer for Joel Randall, or if interest in John McAtee materialises from elsewhere.

- Liverpool winger Kieran Morrison had been linked with a move to Bolton earlier in the summer but it is understood the club targeted a League One loan, above one from the Championship, to help him progress.

- Aston Villa’s Ben Broggio is another name which has been circulated

- Celtic striker Johnny Kenny remains a possibility

- Schumacher has stated that strengthening his goalkeeping options was not an immediate priority but the club continue to be linked with options, the latest being Wrexham’s Arthur Okonkwo.

17 minutes ago, Mannyroader said:

Morrison has just gone on loan to Sheff Wed. Maybe Liverpool have someone else in mind for us.

I believe Liverpool wanted him to go to a league 1 club as they didn’t think he was up to championship level yet .

4 hours ago, burnden said:

Yeah but ... another recruit with (now) an injury record.

On 18/08/2026 at 23:13, tomski said:

We really don’t. The reactionary behaviour week after week is ridiculous but happens at every club all over the country.

The Bull's eye quote.

" Iiiiiiin one".

9 hours ago, Kane57 said:

Okonkwo is a walking disaster. Would be a no from me

He's supposed to be going to Charlton anyway.

2 hours ago, Blondi said:

He's supposed to be going to Charlton anyway.

Fine, let’s just keep what little money we do have to sign the quality we need up front.

Another week has slipped by with no real improvement up front.

( I am classing today as Friday because am out all day tomorrow)?

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