kent_white Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 We won't have another opportunity to reshape the future of the club for 20 or 30 years. We've got the chance to build an attractive, exciting, young squad from the grass roots up providing we buy right and promote from within. Can't help feeling Kevin Nolan would be too much in the mould of Big Sam. Shouldn't we try something different while we've got the chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Imo Megson,Coyle, and Freedman were all shit managers for BWFC and they did a great job of undoing what had been one of the best periods in our history. To be fair, they aren't the only ones (or even the worst ones) if we're switching to a "Shit managers at Bolton" list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ros Coe Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 11 minutes ago, Burndens Bogs said: Imo Megson,Coyle, and Freedman were all shit managers for BWFC and they did a great job of undoing what had been one of the best periods in our history. To be fair, they aren't the only ones (or even the worst ones) if we're switching to a "Shit managers at Bolton" list Charlie Wright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) Sammy Lee,Neil Lennon. Jimmy Meadows has to go down as the all time worst with just 1 win in 16 games during a short lived period in 1971. Anyway forget all that bollox from way back, whose going to be our next top man? Edited August 29, 2019 by Burndens Bogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderlust Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 42 minutes ago, Ros Coe said: We were skint when Sam came in! He wheeled & dealed in the transfer market and worked wonders to get us up and then keep us up - he earned the right to spend the amount he did on his back room team because his results justified the expenditure. Sam inherited a cracking team from Toddy which included Per Frandsen, Eidur Gudjonssen, Per Frandsen, Bob Taylor, Gunlauggson and we'd already had a season in the Premiership in 95 and made some incredible transfer deals that put more money in the bank. In the 12 years before Allardyce we'd risen from the fourth division, become cup giant killers, got a fancy new stadium and got in touch with the top again. Skint is a relative term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, Hoppy510 said: Sam inherited a cracking team from Toddy which included Per Frandsen, Eidur Gudjonssen, Per Frandsen, Bob Taylor, Gunlauggson and we'd already had a season in the Premiership in 95 and made some incredible transfer deals that put more money in the bank. In the 12 years before Allardyce we'd risen from the fourth division, become cup giant killers, got a fancy new stadium and got in touch with the top again. Skint is a relative term. Which incredible transfer deals are you talking about? I always had the feeling we got short changed when we sold any of our best players during that period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter HomerJay Posted August 29, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted August 29, 2019 1 minute ago, Burndens Bogs said: Which incredible transfer deals are you talking about? I always had the feeling we got short changed when we sold any of our best players during that period. Agreed. We have never sold for good money. The only time have I lve thought we'd done even remotely well was selling madine for 7m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughmungus Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 8 minutes ago, Hoppy510 said: Sam inherited a cracking team from Toddy which included Per Frandsen, Eidur Gudjonssen, Per Frandsen, Bob Taylor, Gunlauggson and we'd already had a season in the Premiership in 95 and made some incredible transfer deals that put more money in the bank. In the 12 years before Allardyce we'd risen from the fourth division, become cup giant killers, got a fancy new stadium and got in touch with the top again. Skint is a relative term. Rioch actually inherited the nucleus of a team built by Neal that included Mcateer and Stubbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) 5 minutes ago, HomerJay said: Agreed. We have never sold for good money. The only time have I lve thought we'd done even remotely well was selling madine for 7m Exactly. Mc Ateer - sold too cheap, likewise Stubbs,Thommo,Cahill,Anelka etc etc. We paid too much for plenty of players though. Edited August 29, 2019 by Burndens Bogs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruba Mustafa Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 I’d be well happy with Kevin Nolan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted August 29, 2019 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2019 37 minutes ago, Hoppy510 said: Sam inherited a cracking team from Toddy which included Per Frandsen, Eidur Gudjonssen, Per Frandsen, Bob Taylor, Gunlauggson and we'd already had a season in the Premiership in 95 and made some incredible transfer deals that put more money in the bank. In the 12 years before Allardyce we'd risen from the fourth division, become cup giant killers, got a fancy new stadium and got in touch with the top again. Skint is a relative term. He eventually signed frandsen back from bburn and gunlaugsson was gone before he turned up The foundations were there but he was generally bringing in the likes of barness, charlton, Ian Marshall, and farrelly to mould a promotion challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted August 29, 2019 Moderators Share Posted August 29, 2019 32 minutes ago, HomerJay said: Agreed. We have never sold for good money. The only time have I lve thought we'd done even remotely well was selling madine for 7m Another you might say was good business was doubling our money on anelka in 18 months But generally, aye, we"re shit in the transfer market Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burndens Bogs Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 8 minutes ago, ZicoKelly said: Another you might say was good business was doubling our money on anelka in 18 months But generally, aye, we"re shit in the transfer market Doubling our money on Anelka? what did we give/get for him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tombwfc Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 1 hour ago, Hoppy510 said: Sam inherited a cracking team from Toddy which included Per Frandsen, Eidur Gudjonssen, Per Frandsen, Bob Taylor, Gunlauggson and we'd already had a season in the Premiership in 95 and made some incredible transfer deals that put more money in the bank. In the 12 years before Allardyce we'd risen from the fourth division, become cup giant killers, got a fancy new stadium and got in touch with the top again. Skint is a relative term. The last 12 or so years (plus the rest of our lifetimes probably), and the previous 50-odd before that are the only testament to Big Sam's greatness anyone should ever need. Inheriting a side with a 30+ year old Bob Taylor hardly makes you a cert to go to the brink of the Champions League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktrotter Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Fairly sure we got him for 8 million, sold him for 16. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderlust Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Alan Thompson bought for £375k sold to Villa for 7.2m Sasa Curcic bought for 2.5m and sold to Villa for 6m Alan Stubbs free sold to Celtic for 4.75m McAteer free sold to Liverpool for 6.25m - although there was a rumour that we gave Marine a set of shirts and a dozen footballs John McGinlay £150k sold to Bradford for £730k Gudni Bergsson bought for £95k and played for us until he retired a legend Jussi Jaaskelainen bought for £150k but given away many years later Nathan Blake bought for £1.68m sold to Blackburn for 5.95m - where he was crap Pretty big money for us back in the 90s. There are others and we made small losses and small gains with only one big loss - Deano - who for some reason we paid Wimbledon 4.8m for, but overall it was phenomenal scouting and trading during the Rioch and Todd years that put the financial foundations back in place. And there was the gate money for those phenomenal cup runs and Premiership/TV money for the first time. All this before Eddie Davies joined the board in 1999 - same time as Sam arrived. Not saying Sam didn't do well, but he sure didn't do it from scratch and he had a helluva lot more financial help than Rioch and Todd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted August 30, 2019 Site Supporter Share Posted August 30, 2019 I didn’t think we received anything like those figures, I always had the standard £4m received for Thommo in my head. Obviously got them from somewhere though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radcliffe white Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 (edited) I thought curcic went for 4 & Thompson 4.5 & Blake just over 4 Edited August 30, 2019 by radcliffe white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveTheRave Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 5 hours ago, Hoppy510 said: Alan Thompson bought for £375k sold to Villa for 7.2m Sasa Curcic bought for 2.5m and sold to Villa for 6m Alan Stubbs free sold to Celtic for 4.75m McAteer free sold to Liverpool for 6.25m - although there was a rumour that we gave Marine a set of shirts and a dozen footballs John McGinlay £150k sold to Bradford for £730k Gudni Bergsson bought for £95k and played for us until he retired a legend Jussi Jaaskelainen bought for £150k but given away many years later Nathan Blake bought for £1.68m sold to Blackburn for 5.95m - where he was crap Pretty big money for us back in the 90s. There are others and we made small losses and small gains with only one big loss - Deano - who for some reason we paid Wimbledon 4.8m Shame we didn't get anything like those fees. Nor did we pay £4.8m for Holdsworth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 6 hours ago, Hoppy510 said: Alan Thompson bought for £375k sold to Villa for 7.2m Sasa Curcic bought for 2.5m and sold to Villa for 6m Alan Stubbs free sold to Celtic for 4.75m McAteer free sold to Liverpool for 6.25m - although there was a rumour that we gave Marine a set of shirts and a dozen footballs John McGinlay £150k sold to Bradford for £730k Gudni Bergsson bought for £95k and played for us until he retired a legend Jussi Jaaskelainen bought for £150k but given away many years later Nathan Blake bought for £1.68m sold to Blackburn for 5.95m - where he was crap Pretty big money for us back in the 90s. There are others and we made small losses and small gains with only one big loss - Deano - who for some reason we paid Wimbledon 4.8m for, but overall it was phenomenal scouting and trading during the Rioch and Todd years that put the financial foundations back in place. And there was the gate money for those phenomenal cup runs and Premiership/TV money for the first time. All this before Eddie Davies joined the board in 1999 - same time as Sam arrived. Not saying Sam didn't do well, but he sure didn't do it from scratch and he had a helluva lot more financial help than Rioch and Todd. Where in Christ’s name have you got these figures from? Bet you’ve got a ten inch nob as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLH Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 Nobby for me... no brainer. Would get it if Hill or Pearson get it given the experience, but Nobby has a 43% win record. Sacked prematurely at both clubs, who incidentally he had in or around the play offs, but then ended up being relegated from the league the season after he left.... some record that. Holden call is bonkers. Cannot believe people at saying get an assistant manager in with no experience over him to be honest... Think it would be a bit of a PR coup as well for FV if they got Nobby in, especially if they could get him in with an experienced assistant, say Hill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Casino Posted August 30, 2019 Moderators Share Posted August 30, 2019 7 hours ago, Burndens Bogs said: Doubling our money on Anelka? what did we give/get for him? Eddie gave 8 million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwfcfan5 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 6 hours ago, Hoppy510 said: Alan Thompson bought for £375k sold to Villa for 7.2m Sasa Curcic bought for 2.5m and sold to Villa for 6m Alan Stubbs free sold to Celtic for 4.75m McAteer free sold to Liverpool for 6.25m - although there was a rumour that we gave Marine a set of shirts and a dozen footballs John McGinlay £150k sold to Bradford for £730k Gudni Bergsson bought for £95k and played for us until he retired a legend Jussi Jaaskelainen bought for £150k but given away many years later Nathan Blake bought for £1.68m sold to Blackburn for 5.95m - where he was crap Pretty big money for us back in the 90s. There are others and we made small losses and small gains with only one big loss - Deano - who for some reason we paid Wimbledon 4.8m for, but overall it was phenomenal scouting and trading during the Rioch and Todd years that put the financial foundations back in place. And there was the gate money for those phenomenal cup runs and Premiership/TV money for the first time. All this before Eddie Davies joined the board in 1999 - same time as Sam arrived. Not saying Sam didn't do well, but he sure didn't do it from scratch and he had a helluva lot more financial help than Rioch and Todd. When Sam arrived it was because Todd walked out over the players being sold. We were on brink of bankruptcy. And football at that point was full of money. Rioch came just as money was flowing into the top end- the effects weren’t fully realised it was easier to build with little. Allardyce picked up a club on brink of bankruptcy selling its best players got them to three semi finals lost them all and then lost his whole side and had a summer to rebuild with frees and a few hundred thousand for Ricketts. In an era where spending was increasing. The rest is history. But it’s clear to me who the better manager was by a mile and their careers reflect that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadRunnerFan Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 7 minutes ago, Casino said: Eddie gave 8 million But then creamed off a 'player success fee*' the big villain. *The fee was never paid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ros Coe Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 31 minutes ago, bwfcfan5 said: When Sam arrived it was because Todd walked out over the players being sold. We were on brink of bankruptcy. And football at that point was full of money. Rioch came just as money was flowing into the top end- the effects weren’t fully realised it was easier to build with little. Allardyce picked up a club on brink of bankruptcy selling its best players got them to three semi finals lost them all and then lost his whole side and had a summer to rebuild with frees and a few hundred thousand for Ricketts. In an era where spending was increasing. The rest is history. But it’s clear to me who the better manager was by a mile and their careers reflect that. This ^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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