Lt. Aldo Raine Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Anelka was once one of the most talented young prospects in world football. Before he played for us, he signed for Arsenal, Real Madrid, Paris St. Germain and Liverpool. He's the biggest name to ever sign for us by a distance in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol_BWFC Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: Anelka was once one of the most talented young prospects in world football. Before he played for us, he signed for Arsenal, Real Madrid, Paris St. Germain and Liverpool. He's the biggest name to ever sign for us by a distance in my opinion. Youri would give him a run for his money. Hierro also up there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Biggish Dave Posted April 15, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 15, 2020 As good as he was, I could never take to him. Probably because I knew we were just a shop window to him. Best finisher I’ve seen though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, Jol_BWFC said: Youri would give him a run for his money. Hierro also up there. They were some of the best players of their generation, and Hierro is a Real Madrid legend, but neither of them were as big a name as Anelka. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 12 minutes ago, Jol_BWFC said: Youri would give him a run for his money. Hierro also up there. Yes, but it could be argued that both Youri's & Fernando's careers were effectively over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freds dad Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 He did what he was paid for and that was to score goals. A great footballer who we had the pleasure of seeing play for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted April 15, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, Lt. Aldo Raine said: They were some of the best players of their generation, and Hierro is a Real Madrid legend, but neither of them were as big a name as Anelka. I'd say Stelios is the biggest name to sign for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Aldo Raine Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 5 minutes ago, RONNIE PHILLIPS said: I'd say Stelios is the biggest name to sign for us. I doubt it. He's only 5'8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted April 15, 2020 Members Share Posted April 15, 2020 2 hours ago, deane koontz said: I can't remember fuck all from the season and half he played for us for some reason apart from the Arsenal game. What European games did he play for us? He played a few usually from the bench. It might have been Zenit or Rabotnicki 0-0 but battering them Diouf and Anelka both came on changed the game and almost won it between them both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusan nikolic Posted April 15, 2020 Author Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Mr Grey said: Anelka's close control was a behold to watch, the ball was like glue to his feet, behaved brilliantly with us and has shown us a lot of respect since he left, he may have not been here for long to be classed as a legend, but most certainly left his mark and scored some tremendous goals. I wouldnt mind seeing the stats when he played for us. League app 53 gls 21 Fac app 2 sub 1 gls 0 LC app 1 gls 1 UEFA app 2 sub 2 gls 1 Edited April 15, 2020 by dusan nikolic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol_BWFC Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Traf said: Yes, but it could be argued that both Youri's & Fernando's careers were effectively over. Most certainly they were not in their prime playing days at Bolton, but I’d read it more as the biggest names ever to sign for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Tonge moor green jacket Posted April 15, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 15, 2020 Eidur? Another who we got for a song, sold and went on to achieve wonderful things. Just didn't have him in our prime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marple whites Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Couldn’t get the video to play, but the goal at home to Arsenal - that swerved in the air - sat right in line with that in the east lower - truly magnificent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter RONNIE PHILLIPS Posted April 15, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 15, 2020 20 minutes ago, marple whites said: Couldn’t get the video to play, but the goal at home to Arsenal - that swerved in the air - sat right in line with that in the east lower - truly magnificent. I couldn't.. Just put Anelkas name in Facebook & scrolled down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DazBob Posted April 16, 2020 Share Posted April 16, 2020 Meh, he didn't do anything apart from score goals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Zico Posted April 16, 2020 Moderators Share Posted April 16, 2020 15 hours ago, Mr Grey said: Anelka's close control was a behold to watch, the ball was like glue to his feet, behaved brilliantly with us and has shown us a lot of respect since he left, he may have not been here for long to be classed as a legend, but most certainly left his mark and scored some tremendous goals. I wouldnt mind seeing the stats when he played for us. I always thought this was a great assist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted April 16, 2020 Members Share Posted April 16, 2020 We had some belting shirts whilst Anelka was here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusan nikolic Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 1 hour ago, ZicoKelly said: I always thought this was a great assist Quite brave from Diouf also on the 2nd goal , he could quite easily have been wiped out by their Keeper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter HomerJay Posted April 16, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 16, 2020 diouf was fookin awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Spider Posted April 18, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 18, 2020 Anelka was the best footballer to ever pull the shirt on. Rolls Royce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjhb Posted April 18, 2020 Share Posted April 18, 2020 On 15/04/2020 at 16:20, ZicoKelly said: Okocha was 28 when we signed him, def in his prime, and a snip at £0, given PSG had signed him previously for £10M he wasn't as well known as Anelka though, that's for sure and I agree he was our biggest signing in terms of making a statement of who we were at that time and we only got him because we missed out on Andy Johnson That's a Nigerian 28... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudy Posted April 18, 2020 Members Share Posted April 18, 2020 4 hours ago, jmjhb said: That's a Nigerian 28... So 44 at least Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naytch Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 Anelka has always been very complimentary about his time at Bolton. I also remember reading an article is 4-4-2 magazine a few years ago where fans wrote in and asked him questions, one was asking about how he found it playing with world class players and then being stuck with Kevin Davies. Anelka replied that he loved playing with SKD and that he was one of his favourite strike partners and very underrated. I was concerned that he was just going to be a mercenary when we signed him and show the attitude issues we’d heard about but he always worked hard, caused no problems and produced some absolute quality for us. Great player? I doubt we’ll have someone as good as him again for a long, long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traf Posted April 20, 2020 Share Posted April 20, 2020 I know he "only" scored 23 for us, but it always seemed like more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter White on Tyne Posted April 20, 2020 Site Supporter Share Posted April 20, 2020 and no-one else of that era would've had the instinct to have been in the right position to have scored even half of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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