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[only1swanny]

Has santos made a statement yet about the P/O final? Odd for a club captain not to, might be a sign he's off 

[Kane57]

9 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

Has santos made a statement yet about the P/O final? Odd for a club captain not to, might be a sign he's off 

This is so weird. 25 years ago today we lost against Watford. Did we need a statement then? Why do we need a statement now? It's fuckin bizarre.

[only1swanny]

39 minutes ago, Kane57 said:

This is so weird. 25 years ago today we lost against Watford. Did we need a statement then? Why do we need a statement now? It's fuckin bizarre.

Different times, different world, 

[tomski]

56 minutes ago, Kane57 said:

This is so weird. 25 years ago today we lost against Watford. Did we need a statement then? Why do we need a statement now? It's fuckin bizarre.

I might be in the minority but I didn’t want to hear off any of em about the game.

I wanted em to do the job on the day. After that it’s done. 

It’s not like someone fucking you over and you need to understand.

They we’re just shit and failed the seasons objective

 

[Arrested development]

1 hour ago, paulhanley said:

It does make you think there's a defender leaving and the guess would be Santos. 
Another theory would be that he plans to use one of our existing CB's in a holding midfield role and bring a new one in. However that's the kind of thing Big Sam would do (Hierro, Campo, Faye, Warhurst), not the kind of thing IE would do.

Johnston has done it before but he's the only one that you could even consider doing that. It's a non starter. Gethin Jones as a DM is the stuff of nightmares lol. 

[Zico]

2 hours ago, tomski said:

I might be in the minority but I didn’t want to hear off any of em about the game.

I wanted em to do the job on the day. After that it’s done. 

It’s not like someone fucking you over and you need to understand.

They we’re just shit and failed the seasons objective

 

Aye 

So far we've had statements from IE, Jones and Dempsey who have all said they don't know what happened

I don't need more of the same 

I don't need an apology or promise to try harder next season

[Kane57]

33 minutes ago, tomski said:

I might be in the minority but I didn’t want to hear off any of em about the game.

I wanted em to do the job on the day. After that it’s done. 

It’s not like someone fucking you over and you need to understand.

They we’re just shit and failed the seasons objective

 

Agreed. It's like these arseholes demanding a refund when we get pumped away from home. 

These fuckin losers don't deserve a moment's thought from full time at Wembley to the first whistle of pre season. 

[DazBob]

57 minutes ago, only1swanny said:

Different times, different world, 

It's only different because of this mentality some fans have. Demanding to hear from everyone about everything.

[Traf]

2 hours ago, paulhanley said:

It does make you think there's a defender leaving and the guess would be Santos. 
Another theory would be that he plans to use one of our existing CB's in a holding midfield role and bring a new one in. However that's the kind of thing Big Sam would do (Hierro, Campo, Faye, Warhurst), not the kind of thing IE would do.

Maybe Evatt has been on here and realised that a line of 4 CBs is the answer.

[little whitt]

13 hours ago, Mounts Kipper said:

37k a week… not a cat in hells chance he’s coming here.

Are they on that kind of Money up there 

In the Farmers League 

[little whitt]

2 hours ago, Kane57 said:

This is so weird. 25 years ago today we lost against Watford. Did we need a statement then? Why do we need a statement now? It's fuckin bizarre.

NO INTERNET THEN 

[Mounts Kipper]

4 minutes ago, little whitt said:

Are they on that kind of Money up there 

In the Farmers League 

 

[Kane57]

5 minutes ago, little whitt said:

NO INTERNET THEN 

Not true. It was a lot nicer as well

[Rizlar]

Seems Dempsey was playing with a back fracture no wonder he was struggling!

[Lt. Aldo Raine]

Salary Sport 🤦‍♂️

[desperado]

14 minutes ago, Rizlar said:

Seems Dempsey was playing with a back fracture no wonder he was struggling!

For those who can’t access:

KYLE Dempsey has opened up on the pain he suffered whilst playing for Wanderers this season with a fractured back.

After picking up the injury in a heavy challenge against Fleetwood just four games into the new campaign, the midfielder tried to patch himself up and continued to play regularly until the start of October, when scans detected a problem in his vertebrae.

Looking back at the decision to play on, Dempsey admits he did himself no favours by carrying the injury as long as he did.

“For me, it has been a really difficult year,” he said. “I don’t think many fans would have realised at the time when I was playing, and my standards sort of started dropping, that I played for a good two months with the fractured back.

“Because of the numbers we were down to at the time, and we didn’t really have any midfield options, I just thought I could keep getting out there. I’d do my best.

“I was only really training Thursdays and Fridays to try and manage the pain and loading up on painkillers and injections just to stay out there on the field.

“It got to the point where my levels of performance had dropped that much that I had to try and protect myself, and that is a learning curve for me.

“Sometimes you think you are doing a job for the team and helping the team but I was so hindered I couldn’t really turn or get up to maximum speed.”

Even after returning a month later with a goal in the 7-0 thumping of Exeter City, Dempsey carried a hamstring injury for a number of weeks, further limiting his performances.

He managed to start 28 games for Boltonin all competitions but is now hoping that a full pre-season can get him back up to speed, allowing him to make more of an impact when the team returns in the summer.

“From last year, at the back end of the season, I had such a good run of form and was playing really good football,” he said. “And then I started off this season really well too.

“But I have just been hindered, really. It has been one of those seasons where I have had injuries which I haven’t been able to help. It has been frustrating and disappointing.”

Dempsey is one of nine players who has made a century of appearances for Ian Evatt at Wanderers, his milestone reached in the Good Friday goalless draw at Stevenage.

Ricardo Santos, Gethin Jones, George Thomason, Aaron Morley, Dion Charles, Josh Sheehan and Dapo Afolayan are the other centurions under the Bolton boss – but with two years left on the contract he signed last summer, Dempsey is looking forward to adding many more to his tally.

“I didn’t realise it at the time but to get that many appearances under my belt in such a short space of time is massive, especially at a club of this size,” he said.

“It is something that I am proud of. I’ve still got a long time left on my contract and I want to make as many appearances as I can.”

[Cheese]

45 minutes ago, Rizlar said:

Seems Dempsey was playing with a back fracture no wonder he was struggling!

Been common knowledge since October.

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/23866958.bolton-wanderers-star-kyle-dempsey-back-fracture/

[tomski]

10 minutes ago, Cheese said:

Been common knowledge since October.

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/23866958.bolton-wanderers-star-kyle-dempsey-back-fracture/

Surely you question why he was played then?

[Whitesince63]

He wasn’t on his own playing through injury either. Baxter with his wrist, Toal wasn’t fully fit when he was rushed back, no way has Rico been fit in the last months of the season with his calf and Paris should have been much earlier removed for Demps at Wembley. It’s not like we don’t have a decent squad of stand ins, there’s just no need for it. I know players play every week with minor issues but these were serious and cost us so let’s hope next season Evatt accepts that and doesn’t risk it.

[Rizlar]

Just now, Whitesince63 said:

He wasn’t on his own playing through injury either. Baxter with his wrist, Toal wasn’t fully fit when he was rushed back, no way has Rico been fit in the last months of the season with his calf and Paris should have been much earlier removed for Demps at Wembley. It’s not like we don’t have a decent squad of stand ins, there’s just no need for it. I know players play every week with minor issues but these were serious and cost us so let’s hope next season Evatt accepts that and doesn’t risk it.

I would suggest that midfield was weak in numbers 5 players for 3 positions and GT continually getting booked didn’t help either .

[Ratwhite]

3 hours ago, paulhanley said:

It does make you think there's a defender leaving and the guess would be Santos. 
Another theory would be that he plans to use one of our existing CB's in a holding midfield role and bring a new one in. However that's the kind of thing Big Sam would do (Hierro, Campo, Faye, Warhurst), not the kind of thing IE would do.

Said for ages, play Iredale in that role.

He's got the agressive / nasty streak we need

[Ratwhite]

2 hours ago, tomski said:

I might be in the minority but I didn’t want to hear off any of em about the game.

I wanted em to do the job on the day. After that it’s done. 

It’s not like someone fucking you over and you need to understand.

They we’re just shit and failed the seasons objective

 

This is where I'm at. 

Don't want to see, ne near or hear anything from them until August

Last season was probably one of the most frustrating in my 52 years of attending. 

It's gone, it can't be changed. Learn from it. Improve. None of this "licking their wounds" bollocks. Use the fact we were totally out thought and out fought as a motivation to evolve into something better.

 

[Rizlar]

5 minutes ago, Ratwhite said:

Said for ages, play Iredale in that role.

He's got the agressive / nasty streak we need

Got to agree with this we need somebody as Sheehan would be better further forward .

[gonzo]

Dion Charles was having pain killing injections before matches right up until wembley.

Necking painkillers during the game too.

[Whitesince63]

3 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Dion Charles was having pain killing injections before matches right up until wembley.

Necking painkillers during the game too.

So let’s hope they’re all fit and over their respective problems for the start of next season because I still believe when they are we’re a top six side even before any changes this summer. A couple of good additions and we’ll be there or there about again for sure.