Megson is the man for Gartside
7:31am Thursday 25th October 2007
Comments (81)PHIL Gartside will confirm the appointment of Gary Megson as manager of Bolton Wanderers today against a rising tide of objections from supporters.
The Wanderers chairman is fully aware that the 48-year-old, who quit Leicester City yesterday, is an unpopular choice, but he is convinced Megson is the man best suited to lead the battle for Premiership survival.
It emerged last night that the Manchester-born journeyman - a tough tackling midfielder who played for 10 clubs and who has already bossed seven in a 12-year managerial career - was the man Gartside identified all along as the best equipped candidate to succeed Sammy Lee, who left the club last week after just 14 games in charge.
He interviewed others, including former Liverpool, Blackburn and Newcastle manager, Graeme Souness, but he has been a long-time admirer of the abrasive, down-to-earth Megson and he finally got his man yesterday when he agreed an undisclosed compensation settlement with Leicester chairman Milan Mandaric.
See Thursday's The Bolton News for the full story
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trev, manchester says...
8:06am Thu 25 Oct 07
Trotter, Bolton says...
8:12am Thu 25 Oct 07
I really hope I am wrong in this assumption I have made, really I do.
Keep the faith
Santa Cruz, rovers says...
8:17am Thu 25 Oct 07
Shellardswift, Astley Bridge, Bolton says...
8:19am Thu 25 Oct 07
rivington3, Horwich says...
8:24am Thu 25 Oct 07
James, Westhoughton says...
8:26am Thu 25 Oct 07
He has finally shown his true colours now - the fans of OUR club mean nothing to him.
He cleary knows nothing about running the club and has in a single move condemned this club. I suspect him and Davies are only interested in the parachute payment.
Megson will be out before the end of the season. We would have been better sticking with Sammy Lee.
Join the Facebook Group
GARTSIDE OUT
Boycott the club shop, food & drink
Hit him where it really hurts and the only place he cares about - his bank balance.
He is a hybrid of Freddy Shepherd and Peter Risdale - at least they spent money.
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Blanco, Bolton says...
8:27am Thu 25 Oct 07
dirty northern, says...
8:29am Thu 25 Oct 07
Zinedine McCann, Black Horse, Blackrod says...
8:30am Thu 25 Oct 07
Ok so it's not ideal but now we have no option but to get behind the new manager and the team and hope "98.3%" of us were wrong.
Den, Leigh says...
8:31am Thu 25 Oct 07
I will be supporting the team and shouting my head off tonight as always ....but Gartside i wont be putting any more money yr way....Its very evident you want Championship football and 9000 crowds....
Trotter, Bolton says...
8:33am Thu 25 Oct 07
posted 5 Weeks Ago
Milan has proved yet again what an excellent judge of managers he is.
Get rid of good ones and bring in mediocre ones.
What a nightmare and I'm not a Leicester fan.
Can someone tell me what Megson has actually achieved as a manager?
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comment by yellow mondeo (WBA)
posted 5 Weeks Ago
take a struggling team - play offs next year. automatic promotion year after. relegation. promotion. and then he struggled so we got rid of him.
Good manager for this level - at forest he was rubbish yes but hey they're hardly world beaters now are they.
comment by CV5Fox
posted 5 Weeks Ago
Well, Megson is the new man and I can't say I'm thrilled.
But, who else was there who was available? Nobody at the club wanted Warnock, who in my opinion would have been a better choice despite his history with us.
Reid would have been dreadful and all the good managers are with clubs and doing well, hence the reason they are considered good managers.
Lets give him a chance, Milan won't hang about if we are struggling, but I don't think we will. We still have the same team Allen had, so why should we be so negative. Most people thought we could be up there with this team under Allen, so why not Megson?
He was manager of the year in 2002, so why not in 2007/08?
comment by albion_1
posted 5 Weeks Ago
I really don't understand what I'm reading about Gary Megson. 4the captain seems to have forgotten 2 automatic promotions to the Premier League with West Brom.Megson took us from being an ailing embarrsement & last day survival to the Prem in just 2 years. This was not due to luck either. Several shrewd moves in the transfer market helped. He is a good manager & he signed Kanu. KANU at ALBION !!!! We couldn't beleive it. It's only under Robson & Mowbray that Megson's signings have gone onto better things. He will get the Foxes results & make them difficult to beat like he did with the Baggies. As for Forest, there are so many problems at that club it does'nt matter who the manager is.
comment by dibbdroid
posted 5 Weeks Ago
You can never tell how successful/unsuccess
ful a manager will be. Megson did well for a while but the wheels fell off at Forest, so what. Let's judge the guy on what he does at Leicester in the future. One thing's for certain, he know's more about the job than any of us.
comment by metallicheatman
posted 5 Weeks Ago
When I read that Warnock was in line for the position I thought that was bad enough- but Megson is a complete waste of time. He was a crap player and is worse manager. So I feel for Leicester .
I think you will have yet another manager in the next six months but by then it may be too late to save the season.
Milan- You have made one big mistake!!!!!!!!
comment by Rightontredmore
posted 5 Weeks Ago
As a WBA fan I thought exactly the same, when we appointed him.With 8 games to go, he brought in free transfers and saved us from a certain relegation to the now League 1.He got us to the Play offs the following season.The season after that Automatic promotion to the promised land.Okay straight relegation.But undaunted he got us straight back up at first attempt.The football isn`t always pretty.But we have just banked £30m in player transfers following our Premiership experience.Megson made this happen!I eat my words Mr Megson.Your a legend!!
comment by Grant the grafter
posted 5 Weeks Ago
He'l ruin you. His 'brand of football' and his over aggressive approach towards the dressing room. He lost the dressing room after his first month in charge, how can any of you be looking forward to this terrible terrible man.
One thing I will say though is that he does have an eye for decent players BUT whats the point when you just lump them into a
3-5-2 'hoof' system of football. He is the king of 1-0 wins and sitting back, west brom fans love him but they were so starved of success for so long that they would have welcomed any clown to take them forward then back again.
comment by midlandpope
posted 5 Weeks Ago
Albion fans were so starved of success we would have welcomed any clown??? I suppose Forest have been aplum with success?
I remember not being thrilled with his appointment either. Actually heard some Megson out chants after 3 games but look at what happened at Albion after that. Maybe Forest were just so rubbish they were/are beyond help???
comment by LesterGaz
posted 4 Weeks Ago
Can we at least give him a little time? I know he wasn't Pele, but he has commitment & passion and also the belief that Leicester ARE a Premiership side. After all, do we want a Boss that spends more time in the stands than in the dug out (Warnock) or has the pace of a fleeting slug (Reid)? ALLEGEDLY!!!
lord kangana, Bolton says...
8:34am Thu 25 Oct 07
Practically everyone is in agreement, we don't want Megson.
Are people just going to stand idly by whilst Gartside rides roughshod over the wishes of the fans.
This issue is no longer about trying to back a failure of a manager,or a squad of players its about where BWFC are going to be in the NEXT 10 or 20 years.
I'll be protesting.
Trotter, Bolton says...
8:36am Thu 25 Oct 07
Blanco wrote:He will cost just over £2m over a 3 year period of contract.
Looks like the board is putting the plans in place for life in the championship. All I can assume is that he comes cheap as that would appeal to Mr Gartside and Co. I can't wait to hear what basis he was appointed as his C.V. is mothing to write home about. We're all doomed.
James, Westhoughton says...
8:40am Thu 25 Oct 07
Trotter wrote:Funny, they spend compen on an non-contracted manager, add in 15-20% for agents fees and then give him a fairly decent contract, yet when it comes to tying down players like Ben Haim and Jussi he wont release the purse strings.
Blanco wrote: Looks like the board is putting the plans in place for life in the championship. All I can assume is that he comes cheap as that would appeal to Mr Gartside and Co. I can't wait to hear what basis he was appointed as his C.V. is mothing to write home about. We're all doomed.He will cost just over £2m over a 3 year period of contract.
GARTSIDE OUT
dc, Bolton says...
8:42am Thu 25 Oct 07
We will be the laughing stock of the Premiership, Gary who?
Clearly Phil Gartside is setting his stall out for next year's campaign in the Coca Cola Championship. This is confirmation of what many of us believe will be the inevitable -relegation!
This is too ridiculous for words, please tell me what Phil Gartside sees in this guy?
January transfer window will see Anelka and Diouf off and leave us with nothing to watch but the "silky smooth skills of Nolan" lol.
God help us!! Back into the wilderness here we come!
Trotter, Bolton says...
8:47am Thu 25 Oct 07
Keep the faith
Trotter, Bolton says...
8:49am Thu 25 Oct 07
James wrote:Good point matey, it was not long ago that Megson worked for Stoke City for nothing due to him being out of work for 18 months.
Trotter wrote:Funny, they spend compen on an non-contracted manager, add in 15-20% for agents fees and then give him a fairly decent contract, yet when it comes to tying down players like Ben Haim and Jussi he wont release the purse strings. GARTSIDE OUTBlanco wrote: Looks like the board is putting the plans in place for life in the championship. All I can assume is that he comes cheap as that would appeal to Mr Gartside and Co. I can't wait to hear what basis he was appointed as his C.V. is mothing to write home about. We're all doomed.He will cost just over £2m over a 3 year period of contract.
Now we offer him over £2m for 3 years of dire and probably relegated football.
richard, darwen says...
8:50am Thu 25 Oct 07
Aidan, sheffield says...
8:56am Thu 25 Oct 07
barbara, norwich says...
9:02am Thu 25 Oct 07
evans.d, Heaton says...
9:02am Thu 25 Oct 07
King Eric, ......... says...
9:06am Thu 25 Oct 07
Sammy wasn't given enough time.
He wasn't given enough money. he wanted to sign good young English players like Scott Carson but was not backed.
Campo told him he wanted to leave so he didn't pick him. Nobody offered Campo the money so he stayed, Sammy picked him.
Sammy was on the brink of getting Saha on loan (Yes I know he's injury prone) through his networks at the top level.
Sammy lost 2 players to Newcastle and had 3 others who want to leave (your 3 best).
The crowds were going down because of the poor football. Sammy was attempting to change that, to bring better football.
There was some backbiting from the dressing room but not widespread problems as you have been lead to believe.
All of the above are facts about your club. It may gall you to hear them from a Manc but I am also a proper football fan & was disgusted by what happened to Sam.
The consequences of the above is the Megson era.
I agree with all of the above
GC, Turton says...
9:08am Thu 25 Oct 07
1. Where has all the money gone? OK our kettle king owner can't compete with Abramovich's millions, but what about the extra TV money? Its not gone on Andy O'Brien and Gavin Mccann surely?
2. Why, after stating the requirements for the new manager have you appointed someone without those attributes?
3. Just what did happen with Sam that made you spit your dummy out?
4. Why did you lie to the fans about the Okoocha transfer as shown on Panarama?
%. Why do you think the fans hate you so much?
Answers please.
AstleyWhite, Astley says...
9:08am Thu 25 Oct 07
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
OO GARTSIDE OUT!!
bez, chorley says...
9:11am Thu 25 Oct 07
Trotter, Bolton says...
9:14am Thu 25 Oct 07
Keep the faith - not the money, Gartside!!
Durks, Brockhall says...
9:15am Thu 25 Oct 07
Brak, Bolton says...
9:16am Thu 25 Oct 07
a) it's still not announced yet (I can dream) and
b) maybe out of all this doom and gloom our pessimism will pay off and maybe, just maybe, Megson can do something.
I know I'm grasping at straws but what else do we have? It's either jump ship or hope for a miracle.
GARTSIDE OUT!
He's a joke and a disgrace and an embarrassment!
birch, chorley says...
9:16am Thu 25 Oct 07
lord kangana wrote:lets get in the west stand and get gartside out!
It has to be protest time for real tonight - we can't just let our club be treated this way, can we? Practically everyone is in agreement, we don't want Megson. Are people just going to stand idly by whilst Gartside rides roughshod over the wishes of the fans. This issue is no longer about trying to back a failure of a manager,or a squad of players its about where BWFC are going to be in the NEXT 10 or 20 years. I'll be protesting.
Trotter, Bolton says...
9:19am Thu 25 Oct 07
Durks wrote:This is a good point you make matey, if a boycott is going to take place then do it while we are on the box, I could not stay away otherwise.
I am devasted. According to Sky Megson has a 15% success rate winning 12 of his last 58 games in charge of various football clubs. I know it will not happen but Sunday's game is on TV and how would it look if we boycott the game. Imagine empty stands live on TV, soak it up Gartside as you are a disgrace. Our key players will not stay under this guy who is a FAILURE as a football manager.
You or someone would have to hit all the supporters websites and picket the game itself,banners in the town centre and go on the radio stations - who is up for that?
Keep the faith
King Eric, ......... says...
9:22am Thu 25 Oct 07
The vehicle Davies has used for the takeover of his hometown Lancashire club, is the E Davies Trust, set up for his and his family's benefit, and Moonshift Investments. Both are administered by the Bermuda Trust Company, which is owned by The Bank of Bermuda. "The E Davies Trust," documents issued by Bolton make clear, "does not publish financial information."
Duckworth, while he explained that Davies is a Bolton fan who goes to almost every game home and away, acknowledged that he is a businessman whose funding and takeover is not being done for charity. His loans, Duckworth said, charge interest "at a premium which reflects risk, which is high at a football club".
He painted a depressing picture for the famous old club, a founder member of the Football League in 1888, its history spattered with glory - the first Wembley FA Cup win in 1923 and the Nat Lofthouse- inspired 1958 victory - and tragedy; 33 people were killed in the Burnden Park crushing disaster in 1946.
Now, despite the footballing renaissance in their landmark new home, they were floundering for survival as the Co-op Bank, which readily lent money to football in rose-tinted days, looked to reduce its exposure as wages ballooned, ITV Digital and the transfer market collapsed, and the Nationwide League suffered an administration epidemic.
The evil puppetmaster ?
Brak, Bolton says...
9:22am Thu 25 Oct 07
charlie, wigan says...
9:23am Thu 25 Oct 07
bez wrote:I agree thought LSL should have been given more time also thought that all the comments and insults that came on here for Sammy would come back to haunt them, but whats done is done and like it or not we have to support whoever is brought in I cannot turn my back on a club I have supported for years we have been here before and got over it must say I wasn't keen on Big Sam coming when he was announced either
why is there no mention of the players involvement in all of this if it wasnt for big egos and the big i am (you know who you are) we wouldnt be complaining about the completely useless megson ,ok little sam wasnt my first choice but you could see things slowly improving now all i can see is the championship and beyond
dogger, farnworth says...
9:24am Thu 25 Oct 07
you have driven a sword through the very heart of this great and proud club and fetched it to its knees.
how you can ignore 75-90% of bolton supporters is quite beyond me , but you havent thought about us at all in your capacity as chairman you have only been interested in one thing which you got-the fa board job-
you are a poor excuse for a man
im a season ticket holder of 29 years who sat up all night last night and decided enough is enough -im sick and fed up of YOU Phil Gartside taking me and many thousands like me for a ride .
You wont give a toss if i stop going but many more are thinking the same -be warned phil
once again congratulations MR PHIL GARTSIDE --
Thanks a FCUKIN BUNCH
Durks, Brockhall says...
9:26am Thu 25 Oct 07
Trotter, Bolton says...
9:29am Thu 25 Oct 07
King Eric wrote:Gordon Sharrock in disguise King Eric?
The vehicle Davies has used for the takeover of his hometown Lancashire club, is the E Davies Trust, set up for his and his family's benefit, and Moonshift Investments. Both are administered by the Bermuda Trust Company, which is owned by The Bank of Bermuda. "The E Davies Trust," documents issued by Bolton make clear, "does not publish financial information." Duckworth, while he explained that Davies is a Bolton fan who goes to almost every game home and away, acknowledged that he is a businessman whose funding and takeover is not being done for charity. His loans, Duckworth said, charge interest "at a premium which reflects risk, which is high at a football club". He painted a depressing picture for the famous old club, a founder member of the Football League in 1888, its history spattered with glory - the first Wembley FA Cup win in 1923 and the Nat Lofthouse- inspired 1958 victory - and tragedy; 33 people were killed in the Burnden Park crushing disaster in 1946. Now, despite the footballing renaissance in their landmark new home, they were floundering for survival as the Co-op Bank, which readily lent money to football in rose-tinted days, looked to reduce its exposure as wages ballooned, ITV Digital and the transfer market collapsed, and the Nationwide League suffered an administration epidemic.The evil puppetmaster ?
Trotter, Bolton says...
9:31am Thu 25 Oct 07
Durks wrote:Radio stations, Bolton News, M.E.N, (Sky News, they will be there today) takes a lot of time and energy - not for me but good luck to anyone who does.
I can post something on various web sites suggesting the boycott?
PJ, Bolton says...
9:32am Thu 25 Oct 07
Phil Neal, southport says...
9:32am Thu 25 Oct 07
I can see alot of tranfer requests coming!!!
King Eric, ......... says...
9:33am Thu 25 Oct 07
Some great info about BWFC's finances.
Daxter, says...
9:34am Thu 25 Oct 07
bez, chorley says...
9:39am Thu 25 Oct 07
come on you whites
Trotter, Bolton says...
9:39am Thu 25 Oct 07
Javier Irureta
Position: Manager
Club: Deportivo La Coruña (Spain)
Birthdate: 01/04/1948
Birthplace: Irun, Spain
cow-head, westhoughton says...
9:40am Thu 25 Oct 07
bez, chorley says...
9:41am Thu 25 Oct 07
but then again a no brain fan like me hasnt got a clue
bez, chorley says...
9:42am Thu 25 Oct 07
Pedro, Bolton says...
9:44am Thu 25 Oct 07
I Don't Belieeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
eeeeeeeve it!
How could we ever have come to this?
BUT I have even more reason to support my TEAM now. They will really need our support with all this business hanging over us. Cheer them loud and hard during the games. Please don't do your protesting when they are playing, that is all would ask. If we continue to have bad results that can be put down to the Management I suggest we nominate a home game on this site for us all to avoid - vote with our feet.
I never thought that I would EVER feel this way
Come on you White men!!!
James, Westhoughton says...
9:49am Thu 25 Oct 07
bez, chorley says...
9:50am Thu 25 Oct 07
Phil Neal, southport says...
9:50am Thu 25 Oct 07
This has completely thrown me.Which premier league was he talking about ?
MrWesrtToYou, Bolton says...
9:54am Thu 25 Oct 07
The idea is to protest b4 the game and at half time!! Not while the game is on we dont want to put the players off!!!!
Alan how are we doing with more banners I am still working on the 500ft banner to say GARTSIDE OUT OUT OUT!!!!! NO NO
NO TO MEGSON !!
Please quote if your joining the protest tonight!!!!
Marlow-white, Marlow says...
9:54am Thu 25 Oct 07
My bewilderment has turned to anger. How can one man (and his mates) ruin a great football club. Gartside should not be allowed to continue, Megson first choice, he is either mad or stupid or both.
Please please dont ruin my club anymore. Gartside out, stop todays appointment and start thinking and acting like a premiership club in Europe.
Durks, Brockhall says...
9:54am Thu 25 Oct 07
MrWesrtToYou, Bolton says...
9:54am Thu 25 Oct 07
The idea is to protest b4 the game and at half time!! Not while the game is on we dont want to put the players off!!!!
Alan how are we doing with more banners I am still working on the 500ft banner to say GARTSIDE OUT OUT OUT!!!!! NO NO
NO TO MEGSON !!
Please quote if your joining the protest tonight!!!!
mick I, bolton says...
9:57am Thu 25 Oct 07
MrWesrtToYou, Bolton says...
9:58am Thu 25 Oct 07
The idea is to protest b4 the game and at half time!! Not while the game is on we dont want to put the players off!!!!
Alan how are we doing with more banners I am still working on the 500ft banner to say GARTSIDE OUT OUT OUT!!!!! NO NO
NO TO MEGSON !!
Please quote if your joining the protest tonight!!!!
Ooh eck, Horwich says...
9:58am Thu 25 Oct 07
It'll break my heart but I for one will be staying away in disgust and dont say then Im not a real fan, I just can't watch my club swirl down the sewer without so much as a whimper. We are a laughing stock and no-one on the board seems to care anymore. why is that ???
gordon lythgoe, says...
10:01am Thu 25 Oct 07
She said she had gone in work to a barrage of abuse.
Villa,Blues,Wolves,
WBA,even Wallsall fans taking the p**S.
She said ,
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON AT BWFC.
We are a laughing stock.
wolfpack, Bolton says...
10:02am Thu 25 Oct 07
Leicester fans are jumping for jo and cannot believe we have done them a favour by taking Megson from them, remmeber that this is a guy with only a 15% success rate in the Premier League so do the maths and you will see that 15% success in our remaining 28 games will not keep us in the Premier League! I could never totally walk away from my beloved club and I for one will not be taking this any further than Sunday but no one person is bigger thn BWFC and Gartslime needs to see that, in no uncertain terms, so how better to show our disatisfaction that staying away for 1 game?
As for all the supporters that are on various message boards saying that they are done with the club? You are not proper supporters anyway! You can moan all you like but at the end of the day you choose your club and you stick with them through the good times and the bad. There are literally hundreds of lads who went watching BWFC all through the gloomy 80's that don't go nowdays because of the extortionate prices of football today, some have jokingly said to me that they look forward to us going down so that they can afford to go again, and whilst I don't agree with all their sentiments I do understand where they are coming from. The past few years have been an amazing ride for us Bolton fans and we all know that it was BSA we have to thank for that but to have the dream seemingly ripped from under us without so much of a fight is gut wrenching. I just urge you to take this protest no further than Sunday's game....Let's fill the pubs, wear our colours, show all the other Sky regulars your season ticket to make sure they know you are not a part timer and above all....pray we win!!!!
We have to show our disatifaction somehow and I don't fancy protesting to people sat eating prawn sandwiches that don't give a rats that you are outside in the rain so I think that empty seats are the only way that Gartside & Eddie Davies will take notice.......It will be hard but the tv watching nation will understand our protest and hopefully Gartside will step down, it is the best we can hope for at this time i feel.
Say it as it is, Bolton says...
10:02am Thu 25 Oct 07
Can you now see what this twisted deceitful crook is really like? Do you still think he's doing a good job for BWFC?
All members of the Gartside fan club PLEASE STAND UP!!!
ph, chester says...
10:04am Thu 25 Oct 07
James, Westhoughton says...
10:04am Thu 25 Oct 07
Trotter, Bolton says...
10:08am Thu 25 Oct 07
Javier Irureta
Position: Manager
Club: Deportivo La Coruña (Spain)
Birthdate: 01/04/1948
Birthplace: Irun, Spain
Trotter, Bolton says...
10:09am Thu 25 Oct 07
ph wrote:There is always one, others will follow if he is what you make him out to be.
Let me say straight away that I am not a Gartside fan and I was one of those who never wanted Sammy Lee, but in appointing Megson I can see where Gartsides coming from! Megson is similar in many ways to Big Sam, no-nonsense, tough talking, uncompromising, pragmatic, will do anything to win a game, defensive minded and with a reputation for having well organised defensive teams. He did get West Brom promoted and kept them in the premier league. Since then he hasnt done anything of note but at Bolton he will have better players. Sure the much talked about attacking style will go but we need to survive at all costs, Megson might be the answer. Now cue the abuse!
Look after our club Gartside
wrothy, westhoughton says...
10:11am Thu 25 Oct 07
ph wrote:NO ABUSE PAL YOU HAVE MADE YOURSELF LOOK A **** WITH THAT POST WHY KICK A MAN WHEN HE'S DOWN
Let me say straight away that I am not a Gartside fan and I was one of those who never wanted Sammy Lee, but in appointing Megson I can see where Gartsides coming from! Megson is similar in many ways to Big Sam, no-nonsense, tough talking, uncompromising, pragmatic, will do anything to win a game, defensive minded and with a reputation for having well organised defensive teams. He did get West Brom promoted and kept them in the premier league. Since then he hasnt done anything of note but at Bolton he will have better players. Sure the much talked about attacking style will go but we need to survive at all costs, Megson might be the answer. Now cue the abuse!
James, Westhoughton says...
10:12am Thu 25 Oct 07
ph wrote:I took a season off watching the Wanderers, because I couldnt stomach Fat Sam's boring football. When Sammy Lee was appointed, I came back knowing that we'd get to watch some (funnily enough) football.
Let me say straight away that I am not a Gartside fan and I was one of those who never wanted Sammy Lee, but in appointing Megson I can see where Gartsides coming from! Megson is similar in many ways to Big Sam, no-nonsense, tough talking, uncompromising, pragmatic, will do anything to win a game, defensive minded and with a reputation for having well organised defensive teams. He did get West Brom promoted and kept them in the premier league. Since then he hasnt done anything of note but at Bolton he will have better players. Sure the much talked about attacking style will go but we need to survive at all costs, Megson might be the answer. Now cue the abuse!
He was hounded out of the club and never stood a chance and now we've got a worse version of Allardyce.
Expect ST sales to be in 4 figures in 12 months time.
GARTSIDE OUT
norwegian wanderer, Norway says...
10:20am Thu 25 Oct 07
young Ned, BL6 says...
10:24am Thu 25 Oct 07
Still, Bolton Till I Die
King Eric, ......... says...
10:32am Thu 25 Oct 07
Raise some money
Get 20,000 A4 'Red card' made.
Get a cogent spokesperson/fans rep
Tell the media what you are doing
Use one high profile TV game to protest
Organise and mobilise
Start a fans website outling the issues
Brak, Bolton says...
10:35am Thu 25 Oct 07
ph, chester says...
10:37am Thu 25 Oct 07
wrothy, westhoughton says...
10:42am Thu 25 Oct 07
ph wrote:SO U CAN UNDERSTAND WHY THE FAT MAN HAS CHOSE A MAN THATS BEEN AT 12 CLUBS IN 7 YEARS AND HAS WON ONLY 7 OF HIS LAST 48 GAMES,WELL YOUR A BETTER MAN THAN ME!!
I didnt say I agreed with his appointment, I would fight touth and nail to get Paul Jewell, I said I understand Gartsides thinking.
King Eric, ......... says...
10:50am Thu 25 Oct 07
And with the former West Brom and Nottingham Forest boss set to be rubber stamped at the Reebok Stadium, Flynn is not sure his strong arm approach will work on players like Nicolas Anelka and El Hadj Diouf.
"He was a winner and tried to instil that into the players," he said. "He had a great zest for life which initially took us all aback.
"There were no grey areas with Gary. He told you how he wanted things and if you fell short, he smacked you back into line.
"In a way he was quite sergeant majorish.
"My big concern though would be how he would handle guys like Anelka and Diouf.
Old school
"He is really from the old school, he hated the idea of flash cars, personalised number plates and big watches. And he told you that as well.
"He had a good playing career but wasn't in the same class as those players.
"I suppose Bolton may be thinking, if the worst comes to the worst, then they have got a manager who knows what it takes to get out of the Championship."
norwegian wanderer, Norway says...
11:02am Thu 25 Oct 07
I did'nt have much beleife in LSL, but now I wish he hed stayed on. He was after all a much better alternative than Megson.
We are a lot of Norwegian supporters coming over to see our beloved team several times every season. We are coming this weekend. I have seen Bolton play in all divisions, and must say I prefere the Premiership. But with Megson I think were going down...
Daxter, says...
11:04am Thu 25 Oct 07
martin1980, bolton says...
11:27am Thu 25 Oct 07
MrWesrtToYou wrote:where u all meeting then ? count me in
Did you see us on sky sports news!!! Thanks to all who came down I no it was only a small number but its the start!!!! The idea is to protest b4 the game and at half time!! Not while the game is on we dont want to put the players off!!!! Alan how are we doing with more banners I am still working on the 500ft banner to say GARTSIDE OUT OUT OUT!!!!! NO NO NO TO MEGSON !! Please quote if your joining the protest tonight!!!!
lord kangana, Bolton says...
11:33am Thu 25 Oct 07
martin1980 wrote:MEGSON NO! NO! NO!
MrWesrtToYou wrote: Did you see us on sky sports news!!! Thanks to all who came down I no it was only a small number but its the start!!!! The idea is to protest b4 the game and at half time!! Not while the game is on we dont want to put the players off!!!! Alan how are we doing with more banners I am still working on the 500ft banner to say GARTSIDE OUT OUT OUT!!!!! NO NO NO TO MEGSON !! Please quote if your joining the protest tonight!!!!where u all meeting then ? count me in
BWFC R.I.P.
SACK THE BOARD
F.A. FOR GARTSIDE (SPOT THE PUN)
BYE BYE PREMIER LEAGUE
Just a few suggestions for banners if anyone else is bringing any.
Main entrance I reckon, before the game.
martin1980, bolton says...
11:33am Thu 25 Oct 07
Pedro, Bolton says...
11:41am Thu 25 Oct 07
Are you going to have the Reebok to yourselves on Sunday? ST holders are we going to protest by voting with our feet?
bwfc_lover, Bolton says...
11:47am Thu 25 Oct 07
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pie_in_the, sky says...
7:59am Thu 25 Oct 07