(That long since we've had any, couldn't find the thread)

Alan Nixon: "Top Liverpool starlet Cameron Branagan will Ben allowed out on loan in Jan.

Bolton lead the race for the 20 year old midfielder"

Edited December 11, 20169 yr by Ratwhite

Agree on oldham

But you can give me walsall away

That game was won til we lost the plot

We easily bettered cambridge

 

10% is massive

Its not 0.2 goals

Its another player on the pitch for 90 minutes

20 hours ago, marple whites said:

Under 18s got knocked out to Rochdale in that youth alliance.

like jules said, too big a jump at this stage into the first team for our under 18s

unless exceptional, they will get battered all over the place by seasoned division 4 players

 

George Thomasson ?

42 minutes ago, Ratwhite said:

 

George Thomasson ?

To be fair, he’s turned 20 a week or 2 back. Granted, he’s come through non league but got a couple of years on these

9 hours ago, Casino said:

Agree on oldham

But you can give me walsall away

That game was won til we lost the plot

We easily bettered cambridge

 

10% is massive

Its not 0.2 goals

Its another player on the pitch for 90 minutes

Agree but we robbed Bradford at home, they missed about 3 or 4 easy chances in the second half.  Our away form has not been a problem bar one or two games (Orient, Barrow, Carlisle first half).

The home performances have been completely underwhelming. Only against Salford, Southend, Crawley and Cheltenham have we looked in control of the game, the latter two only after going a goal behind.

 

I think the sad reality is we are a bit rubbish. These are the worst team in our history. Good news is you don’t need to be very good to go up in this division. Just needs to find the knack of winning more than losing and I think that sits in the much discussed 10%

20 hours ago, DazBob said:

The fixture list doesn't concern me. We've shown we can play well against the teams up near the too, just as we've seen we can play terribly against those at the bottom.

Our result are very much down to how well or how poorly WE play rather than how good the opposition are.

Its a combination of the 2, yes we've had some decent spells against a few higher teams, but fact is we've won 7 games and only 2 are against teams currently in the top 18! 

We've lost 9, all of them v current top 16 and all but 2 top half.

I'm expecting a win v Stevenage on 13th Feb and not a lot from the 5 games before but obviously an impact from new signings and a general improvement is what we're hoping for.

Nicky Adams to Oldham...I’d have thought he’d have been good for us 🤷🏽
 

Local barmpot too

Potentially a very good signing

28 minutes ago, jules_darby said:

Nicky Adams to Oldham...I’d have thought he’d have been good for us 🤷🏽
 

Local barmpot too

I work with his Uncle. There’s been more than one BWfC manager who’s chased his services and he came very close once to signing. But in his opinion that ship has sailed. One of the reasons he gave was that his family are all born and bred Bolton and despite that being a pull factor for some, he wouldn’t now want to have his family, in particular his kids, getting attention and potentially grief if the move didn’t work out well.

25 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Potentially a very good signing

Beginning to think we dont have a clue on transfers. Perhaps if he had played with Evatt hed have been snapped up. 

9 minutes ago, desperado said:

I work with his Uncle. There’s been more than one BWfC manager who’s chased his services and he came very close once to signing. But in his opinion that ship has sailed. One of the reasons he gave was that his family are all born and bred Bolton and despite that being a pull factor for some, he wouldn’t now want to have his family, in particular his kids, getting attention and potentially grief if the move didn’t work out well.

Interesting insight that. Shame but I get it

Off topic slightly but noticable that Cheltenham had two loanees from WBA both played against us & Man City & both performed really well in both games Azas & the goalkeeper. 

I know we are getting a new scout in place , but the Tobias experiment was a resounding failure & trying 'new' methods sometimes is disastrous & really the responsibility of FV & not the manager.

37 minutes ago, Take Hunt Off said:

Off topic slightly but noticable that Cheltenham had two loanees from WBA both played against us & Man City & both performed really well in both games Azas & the goalkeeper. 

I know we are getting a new scout in place , but the Tobias experiment was a resounding failure & trying 'new' methods sometimes is disastrous & really the responsibility of FV & not the manager.

That young WBA keeper, Josh Griffiths, thought he was superb against us, bright future that lad.

1 minute ago, Blondi said:

That young WBA keeper, Josh Griffiths, thought he was superb against us, bright future that lad.

Brighter than Cullen's ?

Kioso gone to Northampton.

That's a shame.

Kioso has joined Northampton on loan.

Edited January 25, 20215 yr by Clarence Carter

1 minute ago, Steejay said:

Kioso gone to Northampton.

That's a shame.

Cobblers.

On 23/01/2021 at 10:03, desperado said:

I work with his Uncle. There’s been more than one BWfC manager who’s chased his services and he came very close once to signing. But in his opinion that ship has sailed. One of the reasons he gave was that his family are all born and bred Bolton and despite that being a pull factor for some, he wouldn’t now want to have his family, in particular his kids, getting attention and potentially grief if the move didn’t work out well.

I used to work with his uncle too, and played 5 a side with him, its a small world.  Don't know how many uncles he has mind....anyway this one is a died in the wool BW fan in his 50s, a great character.  He used to watch Nicky a lot when he was playing for Bury and Rochdale.  I remember asking him what the hell he was moving to Crawley for and it was purely down to getting a relatively fat contract.  It would have been a good story for him to play for us, his family would have been buzzing.

17 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

I used to work with his uncle too, and played 5 a side with him, its a small world.  Don't know how many uncles he has mind....anyway this one is a died in the wool BW fan in his 50s, a great character.  He used to watch Nicky a lot when he was playing for Bury and Rochdale.  I remember asking him what the hell he was moving to Crawley for and it was purely down to getting a relatively fat contract.  It would have been a good story for him to play for us, his family would have been buzzing.

I’ve just sent you a PM 👍

48 minutes ago, Johnnyrotten said:

I used to work with his uncle too, and played 5 a side with him, its a small world.  Don't know how many uncles he has mind....anyway this one is a died in the wool BW fan in his 50s, a great character.  He used to watch Nicky a lot when he was playing for Bury and Rochdale.  I remember asking him what the hell he was moving to Crawley for and it was purely down to getting a relatively fat contract.  It would have been a good story for him to play for us, his family would have been buzzing.

I know a few from that branch of the “Adams family” ....all characters. 

Edited January 25, 20215 yr by Burndens Bogs

2 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said:

I know a few of that branch of the “Adams family” ....all characters. 

Well known in Tonge Moor . 👍 like u say all characters. 

2 hours ago, Johnnyrotten said:

I used to work with his uncle too, and played 5 a side with him, its a small world.  Don't know how many uncles he has mind....anyway this one is a died in the wool BW fan in his 50s, a great character.  He used to watch Nicky a lot when he was playing for Bury and Rochdale.  I remember asking him what the hell he was moving to Crawley for and it was purely down to getting a relatively fat contract.  It would have been a good story for him to play for us, his family would have been buzzing.

uncle fester or maybe lurch, nephew pugsley

Anyone else work with his uncle? 

9 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Anyone else work with his uncle? 

Fester??????

24 minutes ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Anyone else work with his uncle? 

Nah. Used to with his dad.