New boss Megson watches Wanderers
7:43pm Thursday 25th October 2007
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Gary Megson, who was officially appointed manager of Bolton Wanderers at lunchtime, sat on the bench for the Uefa Cup clash with FC Braga.
The former Leicester City manager signed a two-and-a-half year contract at the Reebok and will take charge of team affairs from Sunday's match against Aston Villa in the Barclays Premier League.
Wanderers' chairman Phil Gartside said: "We have been able to interview a number of quality candidates and have taken into consideration all the factors which we consider applicable for the post and, after due consideration, decided to offer the post to Gary Megson.
"We feel Gary is the right man to take Bolton Wanderers forward. I have paid particular attention to his career and he has demonstrated to me that he is prepared to roll his sleeves up and has the right temperament for a battle, which this season is undoubtedly going to be.
"We have made decisive decisions over the past few weeks and this is one of them. It is not about me, Gary Megson or any other individual. It is all about Bolton Wanderers surviving in the Premier League.
"We have to be fully-focussed on the task ahead to make sure we achieve immediate success. I have spoken to the staff and the players and we are all committed to get behind Gary and turn our fortunes around."
The Manchester-born Megson will watch his new players for the first time this evening, when Wanderers take on SC Braga in the UEFA Cup at the Reebok Stadium.
Your Say YourLeigh Journal
Benzo, Bolton says...
1:00pm Thu 25 Oct 07
James, Westhoughton says...
1:01pm Thu 25 Oct 07
MEGSON OUT
Disasterous day for BWFC. Gartside only cares about himself.
Protest tonight is ON
notlob, says...
1:02pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Aidan, sheffield says...
1:02pm Thu 25 Oct 07
cow-head, westhoughton says...
1:02pm Thu 25 Oct 07
rafe, Sydney says...
1:03pm Thu 25 Oct 07
PS take megson with you
dirty northern, says...
1:04pm Thu 25 Oct 07
don060541, devon says...
1:05pm Thu 25 Oct 07
He knows this is down to money and nothing else.
The fans of BW have been sold the dummy agin by the dummy i hope no one turns up at the match tonight but it wont happen.
notlob, says...
1:06pm Thu 25 Oct 07
lord kangana, Bolton says...
1:07pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Make your voices heard.
This is OUR club, NOT theirs.
PopUpPirate, Chorley says...
1:08pm Thu 25 Oct 07
bendyspoon, bolton says...
1:08pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Angus, Bury St Edmunds says...
1:08pm Thu 25 Oct 07
No mention of the fans in statement from Gartside, get the t**t out and take his new little friend with him.
Gartside, get lost, no one wants you here.
Phil Neal, southport says...
1:08pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Just seen it on sky sports.
PREMIER LEAGUE.
PLAYED 48 GAMES
WON 7 GAMES
WIN PERCENTAGE 15%
I can't believe it !!!
YOU FCUKIN PRIK GARTSIDE
2 1/2 YEAR CONTARCT - SHOULD BE IN THE OLD DIVISION 3 BY THEN.Well Done !!!
Durks, Brockhall says...
1:08pm Thu 25 Oct 07
King Cain, Bolton says...
1:10pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Only one Andy Walker, London says...
1:11pm Thu 25 Oct 07
WE HAVE TO GET THIS TOSSER OUT OF THE CLUB,. HE IS CLUELESS!!!!!
GARTSIDE HAS PANICKED. SAMMY LEE PLEASE COME BACK ALL IS FORGIVEN.
superjohn, bolton says...
1:12pm Thu 25 Oct 07
God_Man, Westhoughton says...
1:13pm Thu 25 Oct 07
James, Westhoughton says...
1:13pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Megson is hated before he has even started. Championship here we come.
Join the Facebook group
GARTSIDE OUT
Aidan, sheffield says...
1:14pm Thu 25 Oct 07
gg, leeds says...
1:15pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Not sure I'd want any of you in the trenches with me though there'd probably be a lot of tears.
bill, rutland says...
1:17pm Thu 25 Oct 07
What a moron
Strick, Bolton says...
1:18pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Gartside has betrayed us all and the club we love. Tonight I will be letting the fat twatt know exactly what I think of him, and I hope that the rest of you do the same.
My season ticket will be in the post to Gartslime by the end of the day.
Paul1970, Fleetwood says...
1:18pm Thu 25 Oct 07
gg wrote:It's mugs like you, who Gartslime has hoodwinked.
Supporters need to roll their sleeves up and battle too - if the Manager and players are prepared to do it then the moaners on this site -if true supporters should do the same. Not sure I'd want any of you in the trenches with me though there'd probably be a lot of tears.
F**k O** to the trenches.
wrothy, westhoughton says...
1:19pm Thu 25 Oct 07
SiH, Leigh says...
1:19pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Championship here we come.
chris, says...
1:21pm Thu 25 Oct 07
FoxForever, LEICESTER says...
1:21pm Thu 25 Oct 07
chris, says...
1:22pm Thu 25 Oct 07
FoxForever wrote:ARE YOU READING THIS GARTSIDE
When Brian Little left we felt betrayed . When Mark McGee left we felt let down . When Martin ONeil left our world stopped . When Martin Allen left we felt disillusioned . Gary Megson leaving - were dancing in the street!
Andy, Bolton, Bolton says...
1:23pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Jethro Tull, Bolton says...
1:24pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Need to get the map book out, and find the location of Dagenham & Redbridge's ground.
woodhouse red, mansfield says...
1:25pm Thu 25 Oct 07
chris, says...
1:25pm Thu 25 Oct 07
bill wrote:ARE THERE ANY OTHER KIND OF DECISIONS OTHER THAN DECISIVE ONES?
"We have made decisive decisions over the past few weeks and this is one of them"
What a moron
non plussed, Bolton says...
1:26pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Jethro Tull, Bolton says...
1:26pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Andy, Bolton wrote:Tosser!
:) And they say its not Christmas for 2 months yet :) Notlob and the Ginger chimp are made for each other.If a few more of you went 2 games instead of whinging in pubs u could afford a better manager. :)
truss, tyldesley says...
1:26pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Daubhiller, Daubhill, Bolton says...
1:27pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Beggars belief on this appointment. Come this evening the whole of Bolton will be booing when he is introduced to the Reebok faithful! BOOOOOO
delboy, blackpool says...
1:28pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Son of Bolton Reader, Amsterdam says...
1:29pm Thu 25 Oct 07
We feel Gary is the right man to take Bolton Wanderers forward. I have paid particular attention to his career and he has demonstrated to me that he is prepared to roll his sleeves up and has the right temperament for a battle, which this season is undoubtedly going to be.
Wrong manager to do so - his stats for this season alone are actually WORSE than Sammy Lee's!!!! (especially as he has come from a lower division!!!)
Munich is going to be my last game in supporting the Mighty Whites, after over 36 years. The Fat Controller in charge certainly has no respect for the fans and as such I no longer have respect in the club I grew up with.
Bolton Wanderers RIP
Gartslime - Bad move
Megson - WTF!!!
Fizzy Pop League - a certainty!
Laughing Leicester, leicester says...
1:29pm Thu 25 Oct 07
King Cain, Bolton says...
1:29pm Thu 25 Oct 07
gg wrote:Iwould not want you in the trenches with me you would fall for an enemy dressed in our uniform, step on a trip wire, go over the top too early - you cretin it's half wits lke you that keep Gartslime in a job. Im sorry i don't usually get personal as everyone is entitled to their opinion but i am close to losing it, this is the final straw.
Supporters need to roll their sleeves up and battle too - if the Manager and players are prepared to do it then the moaners on this site -if true supporters should do the same. Not sure I'd want any of you in the trenches with me though there'd probably be a lot of tears.
Say it as it is, Bolton says...
1:30pm Thu 25 Oct 07
MCGINLAY90, BOLTON says...
1:31pm Thu 25 Oct 07
JennyD, Midlands says...
1:32pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Ooh eck, Horwich says...
1:32pm Thu 25 Oct 07
gg, leeds says...
1:32pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Oh yea of little faith.
PopUpPirate, Chorley says...
1:33pm Thu 25 Oct 07
"Please give a warm welcome to your new manager, GARRRRRRY MEG-SON!!!"
What do you think the response will be?
jay, bolton says...
1:33pm Thu 25 Oct 07
gordon lythgoe, says...
1:33pm Thu 25 Oct 07
He has proved that many times over.
I am absolutely mortified at his choice to replace the unfortunate Sammy Lee.
But Megson is here and all the protests in the world will not alter that fact.
I will grit my teeth get behind him and hope for a miracle.
At least give him a chance to turn it around.
We have enough Quality players to survive.
lord kangana, Bolton says...
1:33pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Andy, Bolton wrote:As opposed to whiging in Ilford, Sussex, Torquay, Bangkok and Nooo Yawk?
:) And they say its not Christmas for 2 months yet :) Notlob and the Ginger chimp are made for each other.If a few more of you went 2 games instead of whinging in pubs u could afford a better manager. :)
....Or at Gigg lane?
James, Westhoughton says...
1:33pm Thu 25 Oct 07
non plussed wrote:I am a member of the BWSA. I've emailed them and awaiting a response.
The silence from any official supporters group is deafening. Where are they? Who are they? Why havent Bolton News interviewed anyone? Its as if nobody matters except the suits at the Reebok. I'm stunned.
SiH, Leigh says...
1:36pm Thu 25 Oct 07
PopUpPirate wrote:Backs to the pitch is what the response should be.
Wonder how they will feel when the PA announcement rings out : "Please give a warm welcome to your new manager, GARRRRRRY MEG-SON!!!" What do you think the response will be?
wrothy, westhoughton says...
1:36pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Laughing Leicester wrote:YOU CERTAINLY WILL,GOOD LUCK FOR REST OF SEASON
Dear oh dear chaps, whats happening to your club - and you've paid us for him..!!! Ha ha ha brilliant. See you down the Walkers next year.
THINGS SHOULD BUCK UP NOW YOU HAVE SENT THAT GINGER TOS POT DOWN TO US BUT PLEASE DONT RUB IT IN WERE HURTING ENOUGH AS IT IS
bendyspoon, bolton says...
1:36pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Laughing Leicester wrote:u reading this gartside? you've made us a total laughing stock
Dear oh dear chaps, whats happening to your club - and you've paid us for him..!!! Ha ha ha brilliant. See you down the Walkers next year.
Den, Leigh says...
1:36pm Thu 25 Oct 07
l.speakman, Wigan says...
1:36pm Thu 25 Oct 07
incey-cyprus, Cyprus says...
1:37pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Daxter, says...
1:38pm Thu 25 Oct 07
What a load of ****! **** right off you idiot.
Right, protest tonight Wanderers FANS, you have to do it to save your club.
Get that clueless twonk Gartside out and take that useless never-has been Megson with him.
Save your club.
VOTE WITH YOUR FEET AGAINST VILLA.
Show him that the FANS WON'T ACCEPT THIS TERRIBLE DECISION.
Without Fans, there is no club.
RIP BOLTON.
Gartside you **** ****!
PopUpPirate, Chorley says...
1:39pm Thu 25 Oct 07
YouriLeGod, Bolton says...
1:40pm Thu 25 Oct 07
I hope I'm wrong, but Mr Megson better get off to one hell of a start otherwise I sense there will be trouble.
Forza Whites!!
non plussed, Bolton says...
1:40pm Thu 25 Oct 07
James wrote:thanks, they should have a measured response from someone, at the moment is a despotic Gartside controlling everything. He has questions to answer, serious questions Megson aside.
non plussed wrote: The silence from any official supporters group is deafening. Where are they? Who are they? Why havent Bolton News interviewed anyone? Its as if nobody matters except the suits at the Reebok. I'm stunned.I am a member of the BWSA. I've emailed them and awaiting a response.
James, Westhoughton says...
1:41pm Thu 25 Oct 07
It is not going to happen. When SA came in, we were doing poorly in the 1st Division. He didnt have money and employed different tactics to get the most out of the players. We had few "star" players (unlike now).
Gartside seems to be stuck in an 8 year time-warp. Times move on and everyone cottoned on to Big Sam and Prozone and all that. The reputation we built for reviving careers was mainly because of (and it pains me to say this) Sam Allardyce. Look at Newcastle, he is doing what he did with Bolton there. It is pretty much working because of him. I was not a fan of Sam in the end and the football was at times terrible, but it was effective most of the time.
Now, instead of building upon what was built, and the way to do this was to invest sensible money, Gartside is not prepared to do it. I actually believe they want us to get relegated so they get the parachute money and take a punt on us doing a Watford.
The question on many people's lips, is where is the money gone? For 10 years we've been told there is no money, but surely it is somewhere. I know the 'bok cost a lot of money, but surely we must be making serious in-roads to paying it off??
Today, I worry for the future of OUR club. Megson is an unfortunate pawn now between the will and power of the fans and our egotistical maniac of a chairman.
We need an organised, constructive and peaceful protest movement put in place to out Gartside. It is safe to say, whatever he says is fictional at best.
burndenwasbetter, The Village says...
1:41pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Gary megson, On my way to Bolton says...
1:42pm Thu 25 Oct 07
PopUpPirate, Chorley says...
1:42pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Vote LOSE to show your displeasure at this appointment!
jay, bolton says...
1:42pm Thu 25 Oct 07
gordon lythgoe wrote:if we voiced our opinions game after game yes someting would happen, gartside would resign or megson would or better still both of them! Gartside wouldnt sit and listen to us wanting him out from now till the end of the season, i believe he,d finally get the msg and fkoff! Even if Megson keeps us up it will be down to our quality players and sod all to do with Megson! Managed 48 games in the prem and won 7, only Gartside can see them stats and then appoint the man, hes a fking clown and is ruining years of hardwork! Garside out you fking penny pinching cheap b,stard! Oh and 1 last thing, where are the idiots who always told us what a great job gartside was doing? Have you finally seen the light?????? Gartside out!
Gartside will not listen to the fans . He has proved that many times over. I am absolutely mortified at his choice to replace the unfortunate Sammy Lee. But Megson is here and all the protests in the world will not alter that fact. I will grit my teeth get behind him and hope for a miracle. At least give him a chance to turn it around. We have enough Quality players to survive.
lord kangana, Bolton says...
1:42pm Thu 25 Oct 07
PopUpPirate wrote:Toatl silence and backs to the pitch, as other people have mentioned.
Wonder how they will feel when the PA announcement rings out : "Please give a warm welcome to your new manager, GARRRRRRY MEG-SON!!!" What do you think the response will be?
Lee, Bolton says...
1:42pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Banners tonight, AND RAID THE PITCH AT HALF TIME!
jay, bolton says...
1:45pm Thu 25 Oct 07
lord kangana wrote:would be great to see all our fans turn their bks! I will be 1 of them for sure plz 1000,s of others join me!
PopUpPirate wrote: Wonder how they will feel when the PA announcement rings out : "Please give a warm welcome to your new manager, GARRRRRRY MEG-SON!!!" What do you think the response will be?Toatl silence and backs to the pitch, as other people have mentioned.
non plussed, Bolton says...
1:46pm Thu 25 Oct 07
come on BOLTON NEWS give us some, report our oppinion
parishner, bolton says...
1:47pm Thu 25 Oct 07
svengoli, says...
1:48pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Your assertion that the appointment of Megson has met with "a mixed reception" is a quaint euphemism for "total abhorrence, fury and revulsion" on the part of virtually 100% of Bolton fans (See the Bolton Evening News website, where there are over 400 messages ALL expressing their contempt for this sickening appointment.)
The appointment of Lee was a gamble that failed, but the appointment of Megson flies in the face of all reason, based on his record, and blatantly ignores the views of the lifeblood of the club, the fans.
Incomprehensible and sickeningly heartbreaking.
Paul, Deane says...
1:50pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Played 48
Won 7
Drawn 13
Lost 28
What is it about this record Mr Gartside that attracted you to Gary Megson as the man to take us forward!! ??
Why was this vacancy not advertised to see what quality of candidate might apply??
How many applicants have actually been interviewed??
How much "commission" has Mark Curtis raked off from all this?
Why have you wasted £300,000 compensation for a man who wasnt even under contract while at the same time you are penny pinching over giving Jaaskelainen a new contract??
This is the most depressing day for me in over 35 years as a season ticket holder
Den, Leigh says...
1:51pm Thu 25 Oct 07
gordon lythgoe wrote:Gordon
Gartside will not listen to the fans . He has proved that many times over. I am absolutely mortified at his choice to replace the unfortunate Sammy Lee. But Megson is here and all the protests in the world will not alter that fact. I will grit my teeth get behind him and hope for a miracle. At least give him a chance to turn it around. We have enough Quality players to survive.
you are absolutely right, Gartside has never listened to anyone least of all the fans. My teeth are starting to crumble under the pressure..I do think we CURRENTLY have enough quality players...BUT will they STAY?? will they figure?? will they see Megson for what he is??
In my own view with Gartside still onboard a complete RECIPE for DISASTER..
PopUpPirate, Chorley says...
1:51pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Newcastle have now recorded their best start to a Premier League season since 1996.
Martins says :
"I'm very happy and settled at Newcastle, I don't take any notice of the stories saying I'll leave," Martins said in the Daily Express.
"And if Sam Allardyce is here for five years I will be here for five years as well.
"That is how much I enjoy playing for him. I don't think I'll be going anywhere while Sam is here."
Look at Bolton in comparison, we were scaling the heights last season. Gartside you should have put your money in your pocket and kept hold of Big Sam and given him some money to spend. This is ALL YOUR FAULT.
Savaaaaaaaaage!, Wrexham '88 says...
1:51pm Thu 25 Oct 07
parishner, bolton says...
1:52pm Thu 25 Oct 07
jay wrote:theres the biggest protest on earth due called,not turning up,wait till january transfer window,when fat greedy **** goes in to damage limitation mode,when dioff and anelka,say **** this ****
gordon lythgoe wrote: Gartside will not listen to the fans . He has proved that many times over. I am absolutely mortified at his choice to replace the unfortunate Sammy Lee. But Megson is here and all the protests in the world will not alter that fact. I will grit my teeth get behind him and hope for a miracle. At least give him a chance to turn it around. We have enough Quality players to survive.if we voiced our opinions game after game yes someting would happen, gartside would resign or megson would or better still both of them! Gartside wouldnt sit and listen to us wanting him out from now till the end of the season, i believe he,d finally get the msg and fkoff! Even if Megson keeps us up it will be down to our quality players and sod all to do with Megson! Managed 48 games in the prem and won 7, only Gartside can see them stats and then appoint the man, hes a fking clown and is ruining years of hardwork! Garside out you fking penny pinching cheap b,stard! Oh and 1 last thing, where are the idiots who always told us what a great job gartside was doing? Have you finally seen the light?????? Gartside out!
Jethro Tull, Bolton says...
1:54pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Paul wrote:Good question Paul.I agree 100% with you. Unfortunately, non of your questions will be answered. Especially the one about agents commissions. I suspect, the BBC documentary about agents was about Gartside, and not Allardyce. Gartside is a scumbag straight from the Warburtons mould.
Premier league record as manager Played 48 Won 7 Drawn 13 Lost 28 What is it about this record Mr Gartside that attracted you to Gary Megson as the man to take us forward!! ?? Why was this vacancy not advertised to see what quality of candidate might apply?? How many applicants have actually been interviewed?? How much "commission" has Mark Curtis raked off from all this? Why have you wasted £300,000 compensation for a man who wasnt even under contract while at the same time you are penny pinching over giving Jaaskelainen a new contract?? This is the most depressing day for me in over 35 years as a season ticket holder
bill, rutland says...
1:55pm Thu 25 Oct 07
My best mate is a Leicester fan and is absolutely over the moon
And I thought Roy McFarland was bad
I feel sick
Angus, Bury St Edmunds says...
1:55pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Paul wrote:Everyone needs to look at that record!!
Premier league record as manager Played 48 Won 7 Drawn 13 Lost 28 What is it about this record Mr Gartside that attracted you to Gary Megson as the man to take us forward!! ?? Why was this vacancy not advertised to see what quality of candidate might apply?? How many applicants have actually been interviewed?? How much "commission" has Mark Curtis raked off from all this? Why have you wasted £300,000 compensation for a man who wasnt even under contract while at the same time you are penny pinching over giving Jaaskelainen a new contract?? This is the most depressing day for me in over 35 years as a season ticket holder
34 points from 48 games in the premier league is pathetic....PATHETIC
Gartside OUT, Megson OUT
MCGINLAY90, BOLTON says...
1:55pm Thu 25 Oct 07
marko, Bolton says...
1:57pm Thu 25 Oct 07
parishner, bolton says...
1:57pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Savaaaaaaaaage! wrote:malcom allison would have been better than ,this and god bless im not sure he is still around
Message to the man upstairs:- Is this Karma gone mad... just because we battered Leicester 5-0 at Filbert Street a few years ago. This is a low shot. I'd rather have Peter Taylor in charge !!
ste1982, bolton says...
1:57pm Thu 25 Oct 07
wrothy, westhoughton says...
1:58pm Thu 25 Oct 07
marko wrote:IS ANYONE FROM THE CLUB READING THIS! THANKS FAT CONTROLLER BWFC R.I.P.
I am a originally from Nottingham and i am a Forest supporter. He left Forest in a complete mess and was hounded out by the fans. I am so sorry to BWFC fans in this appointment. He will destroy you.
frankie2u, Canada says...
1:58pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Savaaaaaaaaage!, Wrexham '88 says...
2:01pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Appointment
Really
Terrific
Superb
Imaginative
Decisive
Elated
What a fantastic signing. Can't wait to go to Scunthorpe next year.
Daxter, says...
2:01pm Thu 25 Oct 07
svengoli wrote:Well bloody said.
I have just emailed the following to sky sports. Your assertion that the appointment of Megson has met with "a mixed reception" is a quaint euphemism for "total abhorrence, fury and revulsion" on the part of virtually 100% of Bolton fans (See the Bolton Evening News website, where there are over 400 messages ALL expressing their contempt for this sickening appointment.) The appointment of Lee was a gamble that failed, but the appointment of Megson flies in the face of all reason, based on his record, and blatantly ignores the views of the lifeblood of the club, the fans. Incomprehensible and sickeningly heartbreaking.
Mixu Pantiliners, Dublin says...
2:01pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Finchley, Bolton says...
2:02pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Unfortunately they were the Leicester fans.
Why was Gartside so set on getting Megson in particular? What's the agenda?
Troubling times.
lord kangana, Bolton says...
2:02pm Thu 25 Oct 07
ste1982 wrote:Ah, but the translation from the French was bad.
I'm beginning to agree with Meite. Only the Messiah can save us now!!!
What Meite actually said was "Gary Megson? Jesus Christ Phil, we'll need bloody miracles if that clown takes over".
It also sounds slightly sexier in French as well.
parishner, bolton says...
2:02pm Thu 25 Oct 07
wrothy wrote:he will sell the , club whithin two years when he has took all he can,and take the gitside with him
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME ANYONE SAW EDDIE DAVIES AT A MATCH????? DOES HE GO?????
PopUpPirate, Chorley says...
2:03pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Why did Sam go? Is there more to him leaving than what we already know? There must be a juicy story behind it all.
Pele, rio says...
2:03pm Thu 25 Oct 07
philstyan, Sutton says...
2:03pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Instead of signing us a new manager, you have only succeeded in signing our own death warrant.
You incompetent arsehole!
rc1972, Bolton says...
2:04pm Thu 25 Oct 07
James wrote:I wrote to the 'BFG' Big Fat Gartside 4 years ago, I'm still awaiting a response
non plussed wrote: The silence from any official supporters group is deafening. Where are they? Who are they? Why havent Bolton News interviewed anyone? Its as if nobody matters except the suits at the Reebok. I'm stunned.I am a member of the BWSA. I've emailed them and awaiting a response.
joegreen1, bolton says...
2:05pm Thu 25 Oct 07
20 million was asked
20 k was given
sums bolton up doesn't it all gartslime had to do is give BSA what he wanted and we would of been champions league bound.
Now we've got sum idiot in which i could manage a team better and have a better record than. And i am 15 yrs old.
1 Solution and 1 solution only . . . .
Sack the board !!!!!!!!!!!
barbarossa, poulton le fylde says...
2:05pm Thu 25 Oct 07
parishner, bolton says...
2:05pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Paul, Deane says...
2:05pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Jethro Tull wrote:I agree with you.
Paul wrote: Premier league record as manager Played 48 Won 7 Drawn 13 Lost 28 What is it about this record Mr Gartside that attracted you to Gary Megson as the man to take us forward!! ?? Why was this vacancy not advertised to see what quality of candidate might apply?? How many applicants have actually been interviewed?? How much "commission" has Mark Curtis raked off from all this? Why have you wasted £300,000 compensation for a man who wasnt even under contract while at the same time you are penny pinching over giving Jaaskelainen a new contract?? This is the most depressing day for me in over 35 years as a season ticket holderGood question Paul.I agree 100% with you. Unfortunately, non of your questions will be answered. Especially the one about agents commissions. I suspect, the BBC documentary about agents was about Gartside, and not Allardyce. Gartside is a scumbag straight from the Warburtons mould.
This question of Mark Curtis bugs me almost as much as the appointment of Megson.
Once the anger over Megson dies down this needs to be taken further.
Why was this man described as Boltons football advisor?
What was he doing on the seletion panel representing the club when he is also Megsons agent?
I wrote on this site 5 days ago that having Megsons agent on board would mean we wouldnt be looking any further for our new manager, and that has turned out to be right.
Sorry to go off the subject!!
Savaaaaaaaaage!, Wrexham '88 says...
2:06pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Michael, Westhoughton says...
2:07pm Thu 25 Oct 07
My season ticket will not be renewed.
A grey day for all Wanderers fans.
Shame on you Gartside
joegreen1, bolton says...
2:08pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Savaaaaaaaaage!, Wrexham '88 says...
2:08pm Thu 25 Oct 07
He's fat
He's round
He's signed a f***ing clown
Phil Gartside, Phil Gartside
Repeat, ad infinitum
Phil Neal, southport says...
2:09pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Michael, Westhoughton says...
2:09pm Thu 25 Oct 07
My season ticket will not be renewed.
A grey day for all Wanderers fans.
Shame on you Gartside
cow-head, westhoughton says...
2:09pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Sadly you do not have the ambition that all of our loyal supporters crave for, so can you please sell this club to someone who will invest in it.
Hiding behind Gartside's "substantial" frame has been a very easy thing for you to do, so please sell to someone with greater ambition than you have shown by making the Ginger to**er our new manager.
Dave, Westhoughton says...
2:10pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Paul wrote:Is Mark Curtis a Man Utd fan in disguis, sent round to demolish BWFC!!
Jethro Tull wrote:I agree with you. This question of Mark Curtis bugs me almost as much as the appointment of Megson. Once the anger over Megson dies down this needs to be taken further. Why was this man described as Boltons football advisor? What was he doing on the seletion panel representing the club when he is also Megsons agent? I wrote on this site 5 days ago that having Megsons agent on board would mean we wouldnt be looking any further for our new manager, and that has turned out to be right. Sorry to go off the subject!!Paul wrote: Premier league record as manager Played 48 Won 7 Drawn 13 Lost 28 What is it about this record Mr Gartside that attracted you to Gary Megson as the man to take us forward!! ?? Why was this vacancy not advertised to see what quality of candidate might apply?? How many applicants have actually been interviewed?? How much "commission" has Mark Curtis raked off from all this? Why have you wasted £300,000 compensation for a man who wasnt even under contract while at the same time you are penny pinching over giving Jaaskelainen a new contract?? This is the most depressing day for me in over 35 years as a season ticket holderGood question Paul.I agree 100% with you. Unfortunately, non of your questions will be answered. Especially the one about agents commissions. I suspect, the BBC documentary about agents was about Gartside, and not Allardyce. Gartside is a scumbag straight from the Warburtons mould.
wrothy, westhoughton says...
2:10pm Thu 25 Oct 07
PopUpPirate wrote:SAM LEFT BECAUSE OF GARTSIDE AND THE BUNG ALLEGATIONS,HE WAS NEVER BACKED BY THE GIT AND WHATS MORE WAS SLAGGING OF BIG SAMS SON AT EVERY OPPURTUNITY,LYNN SAMS WIFE DID NOT ATTEND A HOME MATCH FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS WHILE SAM WAS IN CHARGE YET SHE WENT TO THE AWAY GAMES,REASON BEING SHE WOULD NOT SIT IN THE DIRECTORS BOX WITH GITSIDE.
I know someone who has played under Megson reckons he is a big bully with no man management skills. Compare this to BSA's new biggest fan, Obefiah Martins. Why did Sam go? Is there more to him leaving than what we already know? There must be a juicy story behind it all.
THEN THE FINAL STRAW WAS WHEN SAM ASKED FOR 25 MILLION FOR REBUILDING THIS YEAR AND WAS TOLD HE COULD HAVE 10 AND SELL ANELKA FOR 15
THATS GOSPOLL!!!!!
delboy, blackpool says...
2:11pm Thu 25 Oct 07
lord kangana, Bolton says...
2:11pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Phil Neal wrote:Agreed.
Is the Bolton Evening news going to print how the fans feel.This should be the big story NOT Garry Megson's appointment. If the Bolton news speaks up for the town then something should be printed on behalf of the fans.After all we are the ones who keep your company going.
And we'll be the only ones keeping the company going once the sky money stops rolling in.
Phil Neal, southport says...
2:11pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Marlow-white, says...
2:13pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Words from Gartside like we need someone ready for "a battle" and its all about "surviving" take us back to the bad old days. We are in this mess due to Gartsides poor running of this great club.
We should be aiming for Europe again not fighting relegation. Why was all money earned over past few years not reinvested in taking club forward. Megson is another clear indication that the people running this club have no skill or ambition.
Gartside listen to the fans, leave now and take your friends with you. Its just not right that you can ruin this club and make it a laughing stock.
Good luck to everyone brave enough to protest against this crazy appointment. Keep supporting the team but keep shouting until we rid ourselves of this man/men.
Savaaaaaaaaage!, Wrexham '88 says...
2:13pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Ere me now !
Go and
Sod
Off
Now
batman, says...
2:14pm Thu 25 Oct 07
BWFC forever !!!!!!!!!!!
Phil Neal, southport says...
2:14pm Thu 25 Oct 07
wrothy wrote:Heard the same. Gartside walked into the boardroom where Sam and his Scouts was sitting.Sam wanted 20 million. Gartside said 10 million was available and walked out the room without any further discussion.Typical of the arrogance of this man !!!
PopUpPirate wrote: I know someone who has played under Megson reckons he is a big bully with no man management skills. Compare this to BSA's new biggest fan, Obefiah Martins. Why did Sam go? Is there more to him leaving than what we already know? There must be a juicy story behind it all.SAM LEFT BECAUSE OF GARTSIDE AND THE BUNG ALLEGATIONS,HE WAS NEVER BACKED BY THE GIT AND WHATS MORE WAS SLAGGING OF BIG SAMS SON AT EVERY OPPURTUNITY,LYNN SAMS WIFE DID NOT ATTEND A HOME MATCH FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS WHILE SAM WAS IN CHARGE YET SHE WENT TO THE AWAY GAMES,REASON BEING SHE WOULD NOT SIT IN THE DIRECTORS BOX WITH GITSIDE. THEN THE FINAL STRAW WAS WHEN SAM ASKED FOR 25 MILLION FOR REBUILDING THIS YEAR AND WAS TOLD HE COULD HAVE 10 AND SELL ANELKA FOR 15 THATS GOSPOLL!!!!!
batman, says...
2:14pm Thu 25 Oct 07
BWFC forever !!!!!!!!!!!
Jen, Bolton says...
2:15pm Thu 25 Oct 07
skyrack, radcliffe says...
2:15pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Brak, Bolton says...
2:17pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Why appoint Megson when there are all these Halloween pumpkins for sale. Same colour, miles cheaper, more talent and more loyalty than he has shown to Leicester.
Yeah £1 in the supermarket! We should all get one each complete with candles - would be like a proper mourning ceremony.
Gartside you complete F*CKWIT!
the wandering wanderer, Sweden says...
2:17pm Thu 25 Oct 07
How is this man the right person for the job? I stated to all and sundry that LSL appointment would get us relegated and I had a slim hope that his leaving at this stage may give us some hope, but i fear that has been dashed now.
Some manager perform better at some clubs than they do at others. One being a big success at one club may be a total waste at another. lets hope BWFC is a club where Megson can have some success!!!
Heres to hoping and If he does, you will have my sincere apologies Mr Gartside for ever doubting you, ha ha ha.
King Cain, Bolton says...
2:18pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Phil Neal wrote:I agree but the Bolton News have never been over critical although having said that i have detected a slight change in Sharrock's reporting over last couple of months whereby he has been a touch critical. Bolton News join the revloution - report on the fans' feelings, don't pull the one positive comment to the appointment out of the 200 negative ones. Tell it like it is - we are not happy the Bolton News should not be happy if the people are not happy forget losing your rights to interview Gartside or the players just tell it like it is and don't worry about the consequences - deal with the truth.
Is the Bolton Evening news going to print how the fans feel.This should be the big story NOT Garry Megson's appointment. If the Bolton news speaks up for the town then something should be printed on behalf of the fans.After all we are the ones who keep your company going.
parishner, bolton says...
2:18pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Savaaaaaaaaage!, Wrexham '88 says...
2:19pm Thu 25 Oct 07
A Megson is for life, not just for Christmas.
God I'm depressed.
bwfcfan, Chorley says...
2:20pm Thu 25 Oct 07
mick, bolton says...
2:21pm Thu 25 Oct 07
skyrack, radcliffe says...
2:21pm Thu 25 Oct 07
ks Gartside and the board of mealy mouthed tossers who didn't/couldn't stand up to him...
Savaaaaaaaaage!, Wrexham '88 says...
2:21pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Atherton Fruit & Veg are now threatening to pull their sponsorship !
Brak, Bolton says...
2:21pm Thu 25 Oct 07
wolfpack, Bolton says...
2:21pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Phil Neal wrote:That would be bigger than the Bible going off what is being said on here mate.
Is the Bolton Evening news going to print how the fans feel.This should be the big story NOT Garry Megson's appointment. If the Bolton news speaks up for the town then something should be printed on behalf of the fans.After all we are the ones who keep your company going.
Just also read that Gerry Taggart may be follwing Megson here....Gets better and better eh?
Daxter, says...
2:21pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Savaaaaaaaaage! wrote:I want to hear this people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Song for tonight... He's fat He's round He's signed a f***ing clown Phil Gartside, Phil Gartside Repeat, ad infinitum
Raoul Duke, Priest Town says...
2:21pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Dave, Westhoughton says...
2:22pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Savaaaaaaaaage! wrote:Saved me a forune in Christmas pressies, no visit to the Wanderers shop for me now !!
A Megson is for life, not just for Christmas.God I'm depressed.
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2:22pm Thu 25 Oct 07
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bwfcfan, Chorley says...
2:23pm Thu 25 Oct 07
King Cain wrote:You forget the Bolton News sponsor the North Stand. They are club 'Partners'.
Phil Neal wrote:I agree but the Bolton News have never been over critical although having said that i have detected a slight change in Sharrock's reporting over last couple of months whereby he has been a touch critical. Bolton News join the revloution - report on the fans' feelings, don't pull the one positive comment to the appointment out of the 200 negative ones. Tell it like it is - we are not happy the Bolton News should not be happy if the people are not happy forget losing your rights to interview Gartside or the players just tell it like it is and don't worry about the consequences - deal with the truth.
Is the Bolton Evening news going to print how the fans feel.This should be the big story NOT Garry Megson's appointment. If the Bolton news speaks up for the town then something should be printed on behalf of the fans.After all we are the ones who keep your company going.
parishner, bolton says...
2:23pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Martin, BX says...
2:23pm Thu 25 Oct 07
I have been conned out of my hard earned season ticket money! Munich away is the last time a shell out a penny to watch BWFC. That's it 30 years and it's all over!
What a bunch of pillocks the board are. A sheer embarrasment. Hide your heads in shame!
wolfpack, Bolton says...
2:24pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Can Bolton News web guys start a new page? It is going to go into 500+ posts by teatime today
Phil Neal, southport says...
2:27pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke wrote:Who is this Eddie Davis?
If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.
bwfcfan, Chorley says...
2:27pm Thu 25 Oct 07
All Bolton Fans wrote:Excellent. Kudos for that one.
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PopUpPirate, Chorley says...
2:27pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Stephen Jackson (Bolton Wanderers fan) says...
The end of Bolton Wanderers has finally arrived. This is the biggest mistake that Gartside has ever made. I hope that he is presented to the fans on the pitch at tonight's game so we can all make our voices heard and display our utter disgust at this pathetic appointment. There were some people who says Mandaric had lost it. I think he's a genius! £300k for a 6 week investment. He must be laughing so much at Phil Gartside's stupidity. The comments from Leicester fans say it all. They're glad to get rid of him and the club has made money in the process. Foolish Bolton Board. "Sack the board, sack the board, sack the board"
Posted 14:00 25th October 2007
Daniel C (Bolton Wanderers fan) says...
Im not that happy that Megson has got the job. Would rather see Paul Jewel in the Bolton dugout, but hopefully Gary can turn it around for us. I think Gartsides time at the club is up though, he only seems interested in money and not the thoughts of the fans.
Posted 13:44 25th October 2007
Gaz Derbyshire (Bolton Wanderers fan) says...
What is Phil Gartside and the shocking Bolton Wanderers Board thinking about bringing in Gary Megson? The man has achieved nothing in his career as a manager, look at his sucess rate 15%. The man is not capable of turning things around, Paul Jewell was the right man for the job. We can kiss goodbye to Anelka, Diouf and Jussi in January then the Premiership in May. Mr Gartside what are you doing to our beloved club?
Posted 13:40 25th October 2007
Ryan Tait says...
I think that this is a wrong move from the bolton chairman. I dont think Megson has what it takes to manage a premiership club, his history has proved that. Sorry Bolton but i think your going down this year!!
Posted 13:39 25th October 2007
Matthew Jensch (Leicester City fan) says...
What a relief! I can go and enjoy a pint knowing that the next manager has to be better than megson.... 6 weeks ago I was devestated. The way to look at it now is simple, 300k for nothing (apparently the compensation figure). I think mr mandaric may actually be quietly relieved himself as even he must admit we can employ a better candidate...
Posted 13:38 25th October 2007
Steven Anderson (Manchester United fan) says...
Mr Gartside has just shown his passion & desire to play Championship footie!
Posted 13:38 25th October 2007
Adam Trainor (Bolton Wanderers fan) says...
Gartside has made a poor decision. GARTSIDE OUT!
Posted 13:38 25th October 2007
Nic Brown (Celtic fan) says...
Bye bye bolton Championship Awaits
Posted 13:37 25th October 2007
Adam Jones (Newcastle United fan) says...
So Bolton have gone from a team who under Sammy Lee were going to play exciting football, to a team who are going to have a tough season in the Premiership and the main priority is too survive, well done Phil Gartside!
Posted 13:36 25th October 2007
Michael Painter (Manchester United fan) says...
What are they on?? A manager that has been in charge of a championship team for just 6 weeks now appointed manager of a premier league team?? No justification what so ever, bigger mistake than appointing Sammy Lee
Posted 13:35 25th October 2007
Warren Bainbridge (Bolton Wanderers fan) says...
What record has this guy got in the Premierhsip? I'll tell you, taking West Brom down. Gartside must be off his head, he needs to go with Warburtons. Get Reebok in charge!
Posted 13:35 25th October 2007
Craig Swanson (Leicester City fan) says...
As a leicester fan im glad gary Megson has gone and now we can hopefuly play some attacking football, score some goals and get some points on the board
Posted 13:33 25th October 2007
Dave, Westhoughton says...
2:28pm Thu 25 Oct 07
All Bolton Fans wrote:Hehe, can i use this as my forum avatar!!
http://gickr.com/res ults3/anim_55d1dc36- 6b43-cea4-fd15-7b211 9e78c8d.gif
Can anyone hack into this site and replace the images up top with this one !!
LOL!
Den, Leigh says...
2:28pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke wrote:Are you for real?
If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.
I will be supporting the team no matter what!
However i do not support the Board, Gartside or the new Channel 4 faking it representative.
Maybe if you knew a bit more about the club, what Gartside's aims are..you may just may feel the same way......
Just for YOUR INFORMATION....we have gone from the brink of a Champions League place (would have secured if Gartside spent) to Relegation candidates within 12 months......Does this not tell you something?
Would you like me to draw you a picture?
Den, Leigh says...
2:28pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke wrote:Are you for real?
If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.
I will be supporting the team no matter what!
However i do not support the Board, Gartside or the new Channel 4 faking it representative.
Maybe if you knew a bit more about the club, what Gartside's aims are..you may just may feel the same way......
Just for YOUR INFORMATION....we have gone from the brink of a Champions League place (would have secured if Gartside spent) to Relegation candidates within 12 months......Does this not tell you something?
Would you like me to draw you a picture?
scoobydoo, harwood says...
2:28pm Thu 25 Oct 07
please take all our thanks for what you have done for the club but if you are unable to put money in then please sell up and take gartside with you. i wont slag megson as he is unproven with our beloved club but if we do go down this year i fear for the future. mr gartside please dont underestimate the depth of hatred of the bolton public towards you for the disgraceful way you have allowed the club to be run in the last few months , allowing sam to go without getting compensation then paying it for someone who was out of work for 18 months is a remarkable act of idiocy for an alleged "businessman" . if he was that good why didnt you bring him in in the summer for FREE !! as the red indian saying goes WHITE MAN SPEAK WITH FORKED TONGUE .
i have been going to bolton since 1973 so do have a bit of emotional attachment to the club NOT a monetary one
King Cain, Bolton says...
2:29pm Thu 25 Oct 07
wolfpack wrote:I would say 800-1000 more like unless a new article comes on.
My scrolling finger hurts... Can Bolton News web guys start a new page? It is going to go into 500+ posts by teatime today
Phil Neal, southport says...
2:29pm Thu 25 Oct 07
bwfcfan wrote:If the bolton news won't speak up for the fans then we should boycott the paper too.This is a complete stitch up!!!
King Cain wrote:You forget the Bolton News sponsor the North Stand. They are club 'Partners'.Phil Neal wrote: Is the Bolton Evening news going to print how the fans feel.This should be the big story NOT Garry Megson's appointment. If the Bolton news speaks up for the town then something should be printed on behalf of the fans.After all we are the ones who keep your company going.I agree but the Bolton News have never been over critical although having said that i have detected a slight change in Sharrock's reporting over last couple of months whereby he has been a touch critical. Bolton News join the revloution - report on the fans' feelings, don't pull the one positive comment to the appointment out of the 200 negative ones. Tell it like it is - we are not happy the Bolton News should not be happy if the people are not happy forget losing your rights to interview Gartside or the players just tell it like it is and don't worry about the consequences - deal with the truth.
superkris, Manchester says...
2:30pm Thu 25 Oct 07
wolfpack, Bolton says...
2:30pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke wrote:A 'silent' protest is appropriate, for exapmle stay away for the tv game on sunday. I do agree that to go down to the Reebok and boo the new' ginger toss pot, gobshite, usless **** of a ****' is pathetic and childish. You won't catch me getting involved in any of this mudslingling aimed towards the fat lying fikker Gartslime....you knut
If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.
wrothy, westhoughton says...
2:31pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke wrote:**** OFF IF YOU DONT LIKE IT
If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.
Brak, Bolton says...
2:31pm Thu 25 Oct 07
wolfpack, Bolton says...
2:33pm Thu 25 Oct 07
King Cain wrote:So 800 - 1000 is not more than 500+?
wolfpack wrote: My scrolling finger hurts... Can Bolton News web guys start a new page? It is going to go into 500+ posts by teatime todayI would say 800-1000 more like unless a new article comes on.
Duuuuuhhhhhhhh!!!!
Only one Andy Walker, London says...
2:34pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke wrote:MEGSON HAS ONE OF THE WORST MANAGERIAL RECORDS . WORST THAN SAMMY LEE.
If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.
MEGSON WON 1 GAME IN 10 IN PREM WITH.
WHAT YOU A REAL FAN?????
YEAH YOU JUST SIT ON THE DECK DOING NOTHING AS THE SHIP SINKS.
I'LL, AS WELL AS OTHER TRUE BWFC SUPPORTERS WILL GET HE WOMEN AND CHILDERN ON THE LIFEBOATS WHILE YOU SIT THERE IN APPARENT BLISS.
PopUpPirate, Chorley says...
2:34pm Thu 25 Oct 07
VOTE "LOSE" TO SHOW YOUR DISPLEASURE
svengoli, says...
2:35pm Thu 25 Oct 07
r perhaps PG is, after all, just a simple, incapable, naive, ignorant, deluded imbecile who is now choosing managers in his own image!
King Cain, Bolton says...
2:35pm Thu 25 Oct 07
wolfpack wrote:ha ha numb nuts me! (get's another comment on towards our total)
King Cain wrote:So 800 - 1000 is not more than 500+? Duuuuuhhhhhhhh!!!!wolfpack wrote: My scrolling finger hurts... Can Bolton News web guys start a new page? It is going to go into 500+ posts by teatime todayI would say 800-1000 more like unless a new article comes on.
Paul, Deane says...
2:36pm Thu 25 Oct 07
bwfcfan wrote:Absolutely brilliant point.
Megson knew this day was coming, he must have had contact with BWFC weeks a go. That's why he never signed a deal at Leicester. Why would a man who's been working for free not immediately sign a contract at a good club like Leicester. He'd then have protection and a pay-off if he was sacked. He knew that if he didn't have a signed, written contract it would be easier to go when Sammy Lee finally got the sack.
This would also tie in with this agent representing both Megson and the club and why we only interviewed one other candidate. I dont like Mr Souness but his comments that he thought he was being used as a smokescreen now make sense.
This has been a carve up from day one.
I wonder if Curtis and Gartside have split the commission?????
PJ, Bolton says...
2:36pm Thu 25 Oct 07
wolfpack, Bolton says...
2:38pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Den, Leigh says...
2:38pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Angus, Bury St Edmunds says...
2:40pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke wrote:Actually, if you were a REAL fan, you would stick up for the club that has been captured by money-grabbing Gartside. You must realise Megson will take us down without a fight.
If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.
lord kangana, Bolton says...
2:40pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Paul wrote:Never even thought of that!
bwfcfan wrote: Megson knew this day was coming, he must have had contact with BWFC weeks a go. That's why he never signed a deal at Leicester. Why would a man who's been working for free not immediately sign a contract at a good club like Leicester. He'd then have protection and a pay-off if he was sacked. He knew that if he didn't have a signed, written contract it would be easier to go when Sammy Lee finally got the sack.Absolutely brilliant point. This would also tie in with this agent representing both Megson and the club and why we only interviewed one other candidate. I dont like Mr Souness but his comments that he thought he was being used as a smokescreen now make sense. This has been a carve up from day one. I wonder if Curtis and Gartside have split the commission?????
V V interesting point - for a man to have been out of work for 18 months and then to NOT SIGN A CONTRACT with the first fools willing to offer him one stinks.
It seems to just get worse and worse and worse.......
PopUpPirate, Chorley says...
2:40pm Thu 25 Oct 07
jimmy, halliwell says...
2:41pm Thu 25 Oct 07
WHY WHY WHY WHY
RIP bolton
PS well said PJ above nice post
newshound, bolton says...
2:41pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Between then and now, too many highs to mention, and a lot of lows too (I was at Blackpool on the afternoon of that fatal stabbing)......loads of laughs and a few tears as I followed my beloved Wanderers up and down the country......but ALWAYS unwaivering loyalty to MY TEAM.
2007 - My final game at the Reebok v SC Braga
Thanks very much Mr Gartside for ruining my associationship of over 40 years with the Club........MY club!!!!!
I cannot support this present regime, run by a despot, who heeds the thoughts of NO-ONE.
The end............
wrothy, westhoughton says...
2:42pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Paul wrote:YEAH SPLIT THE COMMISION PLUS THE TWENTY GRAND THEY HAD ON MEGS AT 33/1,THEN WHEN IT GETS TO MUCH FOR THEM, THEY WILL RESIGN AND WALK OFF INTO THE SUNSET WITH HALF A MILL EACH IN THEIR POCKETS,AND BLAME US FOR OUSTING THEM OUT
bwfcfan wrote: Megson knew this day was coming, he must have had contact with BWFC weeks a go. That's why he never signed a deal at Leicester. Why would a man who's been working for free not immediately sign a contract at a good club like Leicester. He'd then have protection and a pay-off if he was sacked. He knew that if he didn't have a signed, written contract it would be easier to go when Sammy Lee finally got the sack.Absolutely brilliant point. This would also tie in with this agent representing both Megson and the club and why we only interviewed one other candidate. I dont like Mr Souness but his comments that he thought he was being used as a smokescreen now make sense. This has been a carve up from day one. I wonder if Curtis and Gartside have split the commission?????
FUKCING MUGS"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!
lord kangana, Bolton says...
2:42pm Thu 25 Oct 07
PopUpPirate wrote:Thankyou :-)
Fed up of scrolling down? Press the END button on your keyboard, doh! ;)
wolfpack, Bolton says...
2:42pm Thu 25 Oct 07
"Bolton Wanderers who are dey den?"
"Exactleeeeeeeeeeeee
e!"
Raoul Duke, Priest Town says...
2:42pm Thu 25 Oct 07
wrothy wrote:Maybe you should take some of your own advice?
Raoul Duke wrote: If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.**** OFF IF YOU DONT LIKE IT
Anyone who thinks we 'deserve' to be in the Premiership is a deluded moron. The sad truth is, Sam Allardyce was the magic ingredient that kept us flying high for the last few years. It's about time a lot more people realise that.
King Cain, Bolton says...
2:43pm Thu 25 Oct 07
wolfpack, Bolton says...
2:45pm Thu 25 Oct 07
PopUpPirate wrote:Geek!!! Also my new laptop doesn't have an end key....maybe we should start a new thread at www.icantuseafriggin
Fed up of scrolling down? Press the END button on your keyboard, doh! ;)
gcomputer.com ?
Pedro, Bolton says...
2:45pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Den, Leigh says...
2:46pm Thu 25 Oct 07
tis gonna get a lot worse!! Anelka will be right back, jussi right wing...Speed left wing, Andy O'brien centre forward, with Nolan in midfield...Davo will be left back, Stelios the new centre half....Dioufy in goal... ...have i missed anyone??
Angus, Bury St Edmunds says...
2:47pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke wrote:You talk some s**t. You don't think that players such as Anelka, Diouf, Nolan, Jaaskeleinen are premiership players?
wrothy wrote:Maybe you should take some of your own advice? Anyone who thinks we 'deserve' to be in the Premiership is a deluded moron. The sad truth is, Sam Allardyce was the magic ingredient that kept us flying high for the last few years. It's about time a lot more people realise that.Raoul Duke wrote: If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.**** OFF IF YOU DONT LIKE IT
This is a premier league club, one that should be pushing for Europe. If we had the chairman and the manager in place we'd be fine, but with Gartside and Megson we sure as hell don't.
Raoul Duke, Priest Town says...
2:47pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Angus wrote:I'll be sticking up for my club by cheering on the lads for the rest of my life, win lose or draw. Unlike people like you, who'll probably sod off back to the pub to watch Manchester United if we get relegated.
Raoul Duke wrote: If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.Actually, if you were a REAL fan, you would stick up for the club that has been captured by money-grabbing Gartside. You must realise Megson will take us down without a fight.
Smurf, Bolton says...
2:47pm Thu 25 Oct 07
concernedfan, bolton says...
2:50pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Over 90% of Bolton fans on various forums and in Bolton News object to the appointment of Gary Megson as BWFC Manager. Nothing against him personally but his CV just doesn't stack up for a proven Premier League manager's job. He will have the fan's full support as he's here now here but it is obvious he is not up to the job.
I would like Mr Gartside to answer the questions that every fan wants to know the answers to, perhaps Sky's reporter at the press conference could ask these :-
Why does he think he is the best candidate for the job against some of the other names mentioned ?
Why was Mark Curtis involved in the process as it appears that he would always favour Megson ?
What was the rush as we had a competent person in Archie Knox looking after the team, surely the job should have been properly advertised to see who was REALLY interested and a decision made based on this ?
There will be protests made against Gartside I have no doubt. I do not blame Megson for wanting to better himself but it appears loyalty is not in his vocabulary !!
Concernedfan
trotter, Bolton(Horwich) says...
2:50pm Thu 25 Oct 07
http://www.ipetition
s.com/petition/megso
nout/index.html
wander why, spain says...
2:50pm Thu 25 Oct 07
ki/Gary_Megson. The best option he promises is to save the club from relegation (but don't bank on it) in the final game of the season, and to cause sufficient unrest in the boardroom that Gartside resigns. He's not one for staying anywhere long and what do you make of a man that agrees terms at Leicester in September and jumps ship in October.
jimmy, just now HELL says...
2:50pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke wrote:so players we had and still have had coc all t do wi it did they pal ye i remember that team sheet
wrothy wrote:Maybe you should take some of your own advice? Anyone who thinks we 'deserve' to be in the Premiership is a deluded moron. The sad truth is, Sam Allardyce was the magic ingredient that kept us flying high for the last few years. It's about time a lot more people realise that.Raoul Duke wrote: If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.**** OFF IF YOU DONT LIKE IT
left back BIG SAM
right back BIG SAM
centre back BIG SAM
etc
are you fartside in disguise a$$ hole
wolfpack, Bolton says...
2:51pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Pedro wrote:We'd be better off with Jerry St Clair that Gerry Taggart.
Look on the bright side ( as I try to always!) We might get Gerry back, survive the drop and be bought by Robert Kraft and have billions to spend! I think and hope this is the Davies/Gartside agenda.
Jon W, westhoughton says...
2:52pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke wrote:Outrageous. What you mean is we should cheer and clap whatever Gartside does to OUR club. What nonsense, he is supposed to represent us not alienate us. I will support the players for 90 minutes but I will be letting Gartside know my feelings on his ridiculous last 2 managerial appointments. When we supported the team in Divs 3 and 4 at least we knew the club was doing what it could to appoint the right men and to try to progress, but the current regime are not, they are taking the mickey.
If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.
lord kangana, Bolton says...
2:52pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Den wrote:Nick Hunt as our top earner and star player?
Lord K tis gonna get a lot worse!! Anelka will be right back, jussi right wing...Speed left wing, Andy O'brien centre forward, with Nolan in midfield...Davo will be left back, Stelios the new centre half....Dioufy in goal... ...have i missed anyone??
Silly me, thats next year :-(
P*ss*d Off, bolton says...
2:53pm Thu 25 Oct 07
trotter, Bolton(Horwich) says...
2:53pm Thu 25 Oct 07
s.com/petition/megso
nout/index.html
get him out!!!
wolfpack, Bolton says...
2:53pm Thu 25 Oct 07
jimmy, halliwell says...
2:54pm Thu 25 Oct 07
P*ss*d Off wrote:know were they play i have a shovel ???
Megson is a golfing buddy of Gartside's... mystery solved . Honestly, they are mates, that's why he gave him the job.
PopUpPirate, Chorley says...
2:55pm Thu 25 Oct 07
It's time to move on for Wanderers fans: What will be the result against Aston Villa in Gary Megson's first game on Sunday?
Win
9.8%
Lose
84.5%
Draw
5.7%
Come on who's this 9.8% that are supporting Gartside?
Brak, Bolton says...
2:55pm Thu 25 Oct 07
http://en.wikipedia.
org/wiki/Phil_Gartsi
de
Savaaaaaaaaage!, Wrexham '88 says...
2:57pm Thu 25 Oct 07
It's Boxing Day.
Southend v Bolton 12:00 ko
You saw it here first.
PopUpPirate, Chorley says...
2:59pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Savaaaaaaaaage! wrote:And in the dugout - Barry Cowdrill
The years is 2008.
It's Boxing Day.
Southend v Bolton 12:00 ko
You saw it here first.
Actually, that would be an improvement on where we are now!
rc1972, Bolton says...
2:59pm Thu 25 Oct 07
ad_bwfc, Essex says...
3:00pm Thu 25 Oct 07
King Eric, . says...
3:03pm Thu 25 Oct 07
I have nothing to say.
Savaaaaaaaaage!, Wrexham '88 says...
3:04pm Thu 25 Oct 07
I've never been to Scunthorpe
NEGATIVES ON MEGSON:
Plymouth away on a Tuesday night.
Dave, Westhoughton says...
3:05pm Thu 25 Oct 07
wolfpack wrote:Oi!, i had to work a lat tonight, i was trying to get out of it last week so i could go, then i think i have been saved with a blessing in disguise by having to work tonight, i will be listening on th radio (hopefully, i cant get much of Radio Manchester) let me hear your protests guys!
Get some work done you lazy gits
AlanHandsome, Garstang says...
3:05pm Thu 25 Oct 07
lord kangana, Bolton says...
3:05pm Thu 25 Oct 07
King Eric wrote:And you thought you were so important that we needed to know that, right?
Luckily. I have nothing to say.
Den, Leigh says...
3:06pm Thu 25 Oct 07
wolfpack wrote:Just been told that!!
Get some work done you lazy gits
nice one.....I cannot focus on work....I feel i've just been told that the world is about to end....
Raoul Duke, Priest Town says...
3:06pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Angus wrote:Yes, and that's why Diouf, Anelka and Jaaskelainen will be out of the door in January. Why would any player want to play for a club with fans as fickle as ours?
Raoul Duke wrote:You talk some s**t. You don't think that players such as Anelka, Diouf, Nolan, Jaaskeleinen are premiership players? This is a premier league club, one that should be pushing for Europe. If we had the chairman and the manager in place we'd be fine, but with Gartside and Megson we sure as hell don't.wrothy wrote:Maybe you should take some of your own advice? Anyone who thinks we 'deserve' to be in the Premiership is a deluded moron. The sad truth is, Sam Allardyce was the magic ingredient that kept us flying high for the last few years. It's about time a lot more people realise that.Raoul Duke wrote: If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.**** OFF IF YOU DONT LIKE IT
Protesting against a new manager before he's even had a single game in charge???? Pathetic.
trotter, Bolton(Horwich) says...
3:08pm Thu 25 Oct 07
trotter wrote:this petition will be printed off and sent to the board....please sign it and send it to everyone!!
get megson out petition http://www.ipetition s.com/petition/megso nout/index.html
megsonoutsacktheboar
d, Bury says...
3:09pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Tim D, Bolton fan living in Blackburn says...
3:10pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke, Priest Town says...
3:12pm Thu 25 Oct 07
jimmy wrote:Get someone else to write your protest banner for you mate.
Raoul Duke wrote:so players we had and still have had coc all t do wi it did they pal ye i remember that team sheet left back BIG SAM right back BIG SAM centre back BIG SAM etc are you fartside in disguise a$$ holewrothy wrote:Maybe you should take some of your own advice? Anyone who thinks we 'deserve' to be in the Premiership is a deluded moron. The sad truth is, Sam Allardyce was the magic ingredient that kept us flying high for the last few years. It's about time a lot more people realise that.Raoul Duke wrote: If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.**** OFF IF YOU DONT LIKE IT
ad_bwfc, Essex says...
3:13pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Vlad the Impala, Ipswich says...
3:14pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Leave now please!
Brak, Bolton says...
3:16pm Thu 25 Oct 07
mighty boosh, astley bridge says...
3:17pm Thu 25 Oct 07
wrothy, westhoughton says...
3:18pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke wrote:LIKE I SAID DUKE FUKC OFF
Angus wrote:Yes, and that's why Diouf, Anelka and Jaaskelainen will be out of the door in January. Why would any player want to play for a club with fans as fickle as ours? Protesting against a new manager before he's even had a single game in charge???? Pathetic.Raoul Duke wrote:You talk some s**t. You don't think that players such as Anelka, Diouf, Nolan, Jaaskeleinen are premiership players? This is a premier league club, one that should be pushing for Europe. If we had the chairman and the manager in place we'd be fine, but with Gartside and Megson we sure as hell don't.wrothy wrote:Maybe you should take some of your own advice? Anyone who thinks we 'deserve' to be in the Premiership is a deluded moron. The sad truth is, Sam Allardyce was the magic ingredient that kept us flying high for the last few years. It's about time a lot more people realise that.Raoul Duke wrote: If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.**** OFF IF YOU DONT LIKE IT
PopUpPirate, Chorley says...
3:18pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Gartside made a glaring error of judgement in appointing the hapless Lee to take over from Allardyce, and then compounded the mistake by burdening inexperienced Lee with the tag that he would be better than Allardyce in the role.
Now he looks like antagonising fans further by appointing Megson, whose managerial credentials are hardly earth-shattering and whose loyalty to previous employers has been questioned more than once.
Square Football
Its also difficult to believe that such an appointment would do much to persuade the likes of Jussi Jaaskelainen, El-Hadji Diouf and, particularly, Nicolas Anelka that their futures lie with the Trotters.
Having punched well above their weight in recent years, Bolton is now reeling on the Premiership ropes. These are tough times at the Reebok Stadium and with Gartsides ability to spot a decent manager looking increasingly open to doubt, many will regard the appointment of Megson as being tantamount to throwing in the towel.
BWFC not just the laughing stock of the premier league, but the laughing stock of football. And it's all down to Gartside not putting his hand in his pocket for Big Sam, a phenomenon who should have been chained to his desk, instead of all that claptrap about Little Sammy playing "proper" football. What an ABSOLUTE JOKE the club has become.
rc1972, Bolton says...
3:20pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Ed Page, says...
3:21pm Thu 25 Oct 07
The only way I can rationalise this is to try and get into Gartside's psyche. Why would he want to employ a manager whom, by his own admission, is an "abrasive" character? It can only be because Gartside believes the players are a complete bunch of overpaid prima donnas that need to be taught a lesson. He's not realising that using fear to motivate just will not work on the majority of our players. I can't think of any of our players who needs any grief from a new Manager. They're not stupid and will simply jump ship to another club when Megson start to crack the whip. Players these days don't take kindly to bullies..they don't need to take that kind of stuff anymore. That's not to say they're all lazy gits - far from it actually, they just respect guys with more insight/intelligence
/all round leadership qualities than bullies. This appointment says more about Gartside's contempt for Players and Fans than for his desire to move the club forward.
Alder Brownstone, Lancashire says...
3:21pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Considering Gartside dragged BWFC through the mud in the Panorama 'BUNG' programme, I'd have thought he would have learnt something. Clearly not!
bolton, little lever says...
3:23pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Wot a joke !!!!
Things are going from bad to worse wot the hell is going on...
I manage a girls team @ U14's I could of been a better candidate for the bolton job than wot they have chosen no disrespect to Gary Megson but he is not the man for the job we need someone who has had better results than him...
We pay over £400 a year for season tickets and this is how Gartside pays us back, dont the players have a say on who they appoint ?
I will still be a true Wanderers fan as I have been for the last 25yrs but we need to show Gartside who pays the wages WE DO !!! no fans no money...I will be there tonight and yes GARTSIDE OUT!!!!!
Tel, bolton says...
3:25pm Thu 25 Oct 07
PopUpPirate, Chorley says...
3:26pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Den, Leigh says...
3:27pm Thu 25 Oct 07
rc1972 wrote:CORRECT!!
Did I read earlier that a protest was to be started at the reception between 6.30 and 7.00 ?
Brak, Bolton says...
3:27pm Thu 25 Oct 07
http://thinkexist.co
m/quotes/phil_gartsi
de/
claasicayo, liverpool says...
3:28pm Thu 25 Oct 07
lord kangana, says...
3:29pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke wrote:Pathetic?
Angus wrote:Yes, and that's why Diouf, Anelka and Jaaskelainen will be out of the door in January. Why would any player want to play for a club with fans as fickle as ours? Protesting against a new manager before he's even had a single game in charge???? Pathetic.Raoul Duke wrote:You talk some s**t. You don't think that players such as Anelka, Diouf, Nolan, Jaaskeleinen are premiership players? This is a premier league club, one that should be pushing for Europe. If we had the chairman and the manager in place we'd be fine, but with Gartside and Megson we sure as hell don't.wrothy wrote:Maybe you should take some of your own advice? Anyone who thinks we 'deserve' to be in the Premiership is a deluded moron. The sad truth is, Sam Allardyce was the magic ingredient that kept us flying high for the last few years. It's about time a lot more people realise that.Raoul Duke wrote: If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.**** OFF IF YOU DONT LIKE IT
What is?
Caring about your club?
We've just signed one of THE worst managers on the market, with a shocking record in results, and YOU want US to support him?
Now that IS pathetic.
CD, Harwood says...
3:29pm Thu 25 Oct 07
I personally don't give a **** about Gartside and his happy mob known as the board. In thirty-odd years of supporting BWFC I don't think I could recall the names of too many board members. I can, however, recall the names of all the managers starting when I started watching. My first was Jimmy Armfield. Some managers were memorable because they were good. Others were memorable because they were crap. The thing with every single one of them was that we, the fans, didn't have crystal balls and thus didn't know which would end up good and which bad. Let's give Megson at least a few games to turn things around. He at least deserves that doesn't he?
Blanco, Bolton says...
3:32pm Thu 25 Oct 07
So its not just us then.
trotter, Bolton(Horwich) says...
3:32pm Thu 25 Oct 07
http://www.ipetition
s.com/petition/megso
nout/signatures.html
Raoul Duke, Priest Town says...
3:33pm Thu 25 Oct 07
lord kangana wrote:I'm not asking you to do anything mate. If you want to be a mindless sheep with jerky knees, feel free.
Raoul Duke wrote:Pathetic? What is? Caring about your club? We've just signed one of THE worst managers on the market, with a shocking record in results, and YOU want US to support him? Now that IS pathetic.Angus wrote:Yes, and that's why Diouf, Anelka and Jaaskelainen will be out of the door in January. Why would any player want to play for a club with fans as fickle as ours? Protesting against a new manager before he's even had a single game in charge???? Pathetic.Raoul Duke wrote:You talk some s**t. You don't think that players such as Anelka, Diouf, Nolan, Jaaskeleinen are premiership players? This is a premier league club, one that should be pushing for Europe. If we had the chairman and the manager in place we'd be fine, but with Gartside and Megson we sure as hell don't.wrothy wrote:Maybe you should take some of your own advice? Anyone who thinks we 'deserve' to be in the Premiership is a deluded moron. The sad truth is, Sam Allardyce was the magic ingredient that kept us flying high for the last few years. It's about time a lot more people realise that.Raoul Duke wrote: If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.**** OFF IF YOU DONT LIKE IT
Brak, Bolton says...
3:35pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke, Priest Town says...
3:35pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Brak wrote:Why? Because I'm not spitting and hissing like a little girl having a tantrum? I'm not saying Megson is a great appointment (far from it), but protesting before he's even been in the job 12 hours is just ridiculous.
Raoul Duke, where the h£ll have you crawled from?? I suggest you get back there right away!
If the majority had had their way at the time, we would never have appointed Allardyce. Of course, you wouldn't remember that would you.
claasicayo, liverpool says...
3:36pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Laughing Leicester wrote:Laughong leicester. when did leicester last saw prem. Sit down and cry for ya club and stop posting here.
Dear oh dear chaps, whats happening to your club - and you've paid us for him..!!! Ha ha ha brilliant. See you down the Walkers next year.
Forget Aidan he copies me, Whitefield says...
3:38pm Thu 25 Oct 07
notlob, says...
3:38pm Thu 25 Oct 07
lord kangana, Bolton says...
3:41pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke wrote:I supported Allardyces appointment because we were in the sh1t and had nowhere to turn at the foot of the 1st division. Now we are a European, top-8 premier league club.
Brak wrote: Raoul Duke, where the h£ll have you crawled from?? I suggest you get back there right away!Why? Because I'm not spitting and hissing like a little girl having a tantrum? I'm not saying Megson is a great appointment (far from it), but protesting before he's even been in the job 12 hours is just ridiculous. If the majority had had their way at the time, we would never have appointed Allardyce. Of course, you wouldn't remember that would you.
I have constantly defended Gartside to friends of mine, even though the evidence became overwhelming. Now he has signed a moron.
Turkeys don't vote for christmas unless they are particularly stupid or have a hidden agenda.
Stop trying to defend the indefensible.
Paul1970, Fleetwood says...
3:41pm Thu 25 Oct 07
MrWesrtToYou, Bolton says...
3:42pm Thu 25 Oct 07
.
HAD TO WORK!!
I JUST CANT UNDERSTAND THIS!!!
IM TOO UPSET
James, Westhoughton says...
3:42pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Forget Aidan he copies me wrote:The point you've missed is that we were not a Premier League team when SA took over. We've built ourselves in to a top 10 team, with 2 UEFA cup qualifications in the last 4 seasons.
Lets forget all this negative commentary. The facts are we are in Europe tonight in a league we can easily escape from. We are in the quarter finals of the cup next week and we are bottom of the league. We need to pull together. The last thing we need is protests and negativity towards a manager that hasn't taken charge of a game. Protests spell the end not the appointment of a manager. Whether the protests are aimed at the Chairman, the club or the team - they are NOT helpful. Lets not forget I dont remember anyone being positive about Gartsides appointment of Big Sam - he was scratching around with Blackpool, Limerick and Notts County before he did his magic at Bolton. I have spoken to a West Brom and a Stockport fan today and they say there best times were under Megson. Give the Guy a chance first though.
We needed someone to push us to the next level - however without the board - GARTSIDE - prepared to spend sensible money, we've ended up with Megson. If he is around by Easter, I'll be v. surprised.
Megson is not wanted, Gartside is responsible, so people are going to protest. I am. For god's sake - stand up and be counted.
The club is run with more secrecy than the Stasi, it is about time the fans know the truth.
Apathy simply means Gartside wins.
Smurf, Bolton says...
3:43pm Thu 25 Oct 07
!!
PJ, Bolton says...
3:45pm Thu 25 Oct 07
jimmy wrote:CHEERS JIMMY. JUST LIVIN THE DREAM MY FRIEND LOL. IM GOIN 2NITE BUT HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE A POO ON MY SEAT B4 I GO.
Fartside please tell me how a man who has a 15% win record can be the best man for a job which primeraly involves winning fcuinkg football games A*$ hole WHY WHY WHY WHY RIP bolton PS well said PJ above nice post
Brak, Bolton says...
3:45pm Thu 25 Oct 07
I think it will boil down to us having to give Megson a chance but it still doesnt make the future any easier seeing how Gartside has operated in this, and other situations.
We feel hurt but its not just a minority opinion. Megsons stats speak for themselves.
peakydav, Daisy Hill says...
3:46pm Thu 25 Oct 07
CHAMPIONSHIP HERE WE COME! WHAT SHORT SIGHTEDNESS!
JennyD, Midlands says...
3:48pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Seriously i really dont think there is a positive side. Nobody wants us to fail and get relegated (except the board obviously) but Megsons record and his attitude are as bad as each other. We're not writing him off...he did that himself with his 15% win record.
bwfcfan, Chorley says...
3:49pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Smurf wrote:I'm too busy sobbing to type.
The posts are starting to slow down. Maybe people are starting to warm to the appointment of Smegson....NOT!!!!!!
!!
Ed Page, says...
3:51pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke wrote:RD. I think you mistake genuine anger and concern with fickleness and I think your aspiration for our club is depressingly pessimistic. BSA had big ideas..and in large part turned them into a reality...he didn't do that thinking that he couldn't possibly achieve greatness with the odds so clearly stacked against him..he went out, set his sights high and through meticulous planning and passion achieved great things. If we follow your logic we would set our sights low and live a life without hope of aspiration. The hostility you're receiving on this list is reflective of the fact that the majority of fans want to continue to "live the dream"...and what the hell's wrong with that? Quite rightly they're telling you to shut up because no-one likes a pessimist. Every football fan believes his or her team has the potential to achieve greatness..that's the essence of being a fan. And rightly we don't like it when the leaders cynically exploit the loyalty of fans for their own ends. Which is exactly what Gartside has done with this appointment. Megson is wrong for this club. It's a depressingly negative appointment that's doomed to failure. Every fan has the right to voice their objection and should do so...because we are the true custodians of our club's future....not the elitist self interested cynical likes of Gartisde et al.
Angus wrote:Yes, and that's why Diouf, Anelka and Jaaskelainen will be out of the door in January. Why would any player want to play for a club with fans as fickle as ours? Protesting against a new manager before he's even had a single game in charge???? Pathetic.Raoul Duke wrote:You talk some s**t. You don't think that players such as Anelka, Diouf, Nolan, Jaaskeleinen are premiership players? This is a premier league club, one that should be pushing for Europe. If we had the chairman and the manager in place we'd be fine, but with Gartside and Megson we sure as hell don't.wrothy wrote:Maybe you should take some of your own advice? Anyone who thinks we 'deserve' to be in the Premiership is a deluded moron. The sad truth is, Sam Allardyce was the magic ingredient that kept us flying high for the last few years. It's about time a lot more people realise that.Raoul Duke wrote: If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.**** OFF IF YOU DONT LIKE IT
bwfcfan, Chorley says...
3:52pm Thu 25 Oct 07
MrWesrtToYou, Bolton says...
3:53pm Thu 25 Oct 07
FROM 6PM
IM TO UPSET TO TALK ABOUT IT!!
joannebk, bolton says...
3:53pm Thu 25 Oct 07
through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.
Psalm 23
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joannebk, bolton says...
3:56pm Thu 25 Oct 07
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Savaaaaaaaaage!, Wrexham '88 says...
3:56pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Can we please have a spokesman from Atherton's Fruit & Veg on here !
delboy, blackpool says...
3:57pm Thu 25 Oct 07
On the positive side, someone has posted that Megson is not a stayer. Fan pressure particulalrly at games is very likely to move him on and if he goes then it would be impossible for the Chairman to remain. Their futures are closely linked now; move one and get rid of both. So will the last two fans make a noise at every game.
Big_Andy, Farnworth says...
3:58pm Thu 25 Oct 07
pie_in_the, sky says...
3:58pm Thu 25 Oct 07
then v soon
Megson signs on
live in hope
rc1972, Bolton says...
3:58pm Thu 25 Oct 07
MrWesrtToYou wrote:Gartside must go.
PLEASE QUOTE IF YOUR GOING TO BE AT THE PROTEST FROM 6PM IM TO UPSET TO TALK ABOUT IT!!
wrothy, westhoughton says...
3:59pm Thu 25 Oct 07
peakydav wrote:YOUVE CHANGED YOUR TUNE?
SORRY NO POSTS TODAY I'M STILL IN SHOCK! CHAMPIONSHIP HERE WE COME! WHAT SHORT SIGHTEDNESS!
WHAT HAPPEND TO STICKING UP FOR THE FAT CONTROLLER?
joannebk, bolton says...
4:00pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Savaaaaaaaaage! wrote:Most important are the fans...
It would be nice to get the views from a major shareholder in BWFC... Can we please have a spokesman from Atherton's Fruit & Veg on here !
apparently Megson 7-4 on being sacked before end of season. just do it now and save us all a lot of grief.
Raoul Duke, Priest Town says...
4:00pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Brak wrote:Please, tell me what the fans have done that means we deserve a top quality manager?
I'm afraid Raoul Duke I do remember Allardyce being appointed and I was actually quite happy about it. The fans are protesting because it wasn't the direction we thought Gartside would take us in so it's a big shock and a major disappointment as we had bigged are club up to deserve a proven top flight manager. Is this wrong to have such ambition? I think it will boil down to us having to give Megson a chance but it still doesnt make the future any easier seeing how Gartside has operated in this, and other situations. We feel hurt but its not just a minority opinion. Megsons stats speak for themselves.
Attendances have hardly been consistent and inspiring even at the height of our success!
Why would Gartside splash out on a big-name, proven manager when the fans don't even seem interested?
No. In Megson, we really are getting what we deserve thanks to the fickle stay-aways.
PopUpPirate, Chorley says...
4:00pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Didn't Souness get 6 wins out of 6 at Newcastle or something? At least we'd have had a fighting chance!
Savaaaaaaaaage!, Wrexham '88 says...
4:02pm Thu 25 Oct 07
4-0 down at Scarboro and singing "Sutty for England!"
"Ooh, George O'Ghani !"
King Eric, . says...
4:02pm Thu 25 Oct 07
You cannot say neither.
Or Capello etc.
joannebk, bolton says...
4:03pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?
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lord kangana, Bolton says...
4:03pm Thu 25 Oct 07
King Eric wrote:Capello etc sounds good, who he?
Simple question Lee or Megson ? You cannot say neither. Or Capello etc.
Brak, Bolton says...
4:04pm Thu 25 Oct 07
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Raoul Duke, Priest Town says...
4:06pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Ed Page wrote:If we'd consistently seen sold-out crowds at the Reebok, you might have a point. As it is, our attendances show we've got a mediocre fanbase who deserve a mediocre manager. So-called "fans" were happy enough to walk away because of the 'ugly' football under Allardyce, in spite of the success it brought. This is what they deserve.
Raoul Duke wrote:RD. I think you mistake genuine anger and concern with fickleness and I think your aspiration for our club is depressingly pessimistic. BSA had big ideas..and in large part turned them into a reality...he didn't do that thinking that he couldn't possibly achieve greatness with the odds so clearly stacked against him..he went out, set his sights high and through meticulous planning and passion achieved great things. If we follow your logic we would set our sights low and live a life without hope of aspiration. The hostility you're receiving on this list is reflective of the fact that the majority of fans want to continue to "live the dream"...and what the hell's wrong with that? Quite rightly they're telling you to shut up because no-one likes a pessimist. Every football fan believes his or her team has the potential to achieve greatness..that's the essence of being a fan. And rightly we don't like it when the leaders cynically exploit the loyalty of fans for their own ends. Which is exactly what Gartside has done with this appointment. Megson is wrong for this club. It's a depressingly negative appointment that's doomed to failure. Every fan has the right to voice their objection and should do so...because we are the true custodians of our club's future....not the elitist self interested cynical likes of Gartisde et al.Angus wrote:Yes, and that's why Diouf, Anelka and Jaaskelainen will be out of the door in January. Why would any player want to play for a club with fans as fickle as ours? Protesting against a new manager before he's even had a single game in charge???? Pathetic.Raoul Duke wrote:You talk some s**t. You don't think that players such as Anelka, Diouf, Nolan, Jaaskeleinen are premiership players? This is a premier league club, one that should be pushing for Europe. If we had the chairman and the manager in place we'd be fine, but with Gartside and Megson we sure as hell don't.wrothy wrote:Maybe you should take some of your own advice? Anyone who thinks we 'deserve' to be in the Premiership is a deluded moron. The sad truth is, Sam Allardyce was the magic ingredient that kept us flying high for the last few years. It's about time a lot more people realise that.Raoul Duke wrote: If any of you are REAL fans, you'll get behind the new manager and support the team more than ever while we're in this predicament. Instead, most of you would rather stage some pathetic 'protest' like a group of spoiled children. Grow up.**** OFF IF YOU DONT LIKE IT
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Otherwise I'd be swearing. Sell your stake Davies and Gartside. Sell uuuuuuuuupppppppp!
Phil Neal, southport says...
4:11pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke, Priest Town says...
4:12pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Brak wrote:So would I, but for whatever reasons - we haven't got them.
Raoul Duke, why so down on your fellow fans? I know it's annoying when people start not going to games but do we really think we deserve Megson?? Just for the record I'd of been happy with Dowie, Jewell or Coleman.
What I'm saying is, protesting outside the ground is completely childish at this early stage. If he wins a few games, all these petty hypocrites will disappear without trace again.
MrWesrtToYou, Bolton says...
4:12pm Thu 25 Oct 07
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WE HAVE NON!!!!!!!
GARTSIDE MUST GO AND QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PROTEST MAIN ENTRANCE
FROM 6PM BRING - HORNS - DRUNMS - BANNERS - FLAGS..
Show your support its your club if you care and have ambition be there tonight!! i have to stress that we have full suport for the players please respect that!!!
Andy, Staffordshire says...
4:14pm Thu 25 Oct 07
ything he says and everything he does. Give the **** hell tonight while we sing"You can stick your Gary Megson up your arps"
joannebk, bolton says...
4:14pm Thu 25 Oct 07
MrWesrtToYou wrote:Thats why we need to protest outside the ground before and after the game. Support our players on the pitch.
AMBITION! DIRECTION! MANAGER! WE HAVE NON!!!!!!! GARTSIDE MUST GO AND QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PROTEST MAIN ENTRANCE FROM 6PM BRING - HORNS - DRUNMS - BANNERS - FLAGS.. Show your support its your club if you care and have ambition be there tonight!! i have to stress that we have full suport for the players please respect that!!!
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Phil, Bolton says...
4:15pm Thu 25 Oct 07
or
Fans?
Too many FANS MOANING!
Not enough SUPPORTERS SUPPORTING!
MrWesrtToYou, Bolton says...
4:16pm Thu 25 Oct 07
DIRECTION!
MANAGER!
WE HAVE NON!!!!!!!
GARTSIDE MUST GO AND QUICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PROTEST MAIN ENTRANCE
FROM 6PM BRING HORNS - DRUNMS - BANNERS - FLAGS..
Show your support its your club if you care and have ambition be there tonight!! i have to stress that we have full support for the players so please respect that!!!
Savaaaaaaaaage!, Wrexham '88 says...
4:17pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Dear Robbie,
I am in total disbelief at the incompetence shown by Phil Gartside at BWFC. Please advise.
Yours
All of Bolton
Robbie says:
Cheer on the lads tonight, and when you visit Munich drink a collosal amount of the strong German beer and the appointment of the Ginger haired one will all make sense.
pie_in_the, manifesto 1 says...
4:17pm Thu 25 Oct 07
delboy has got it right in terms of the consequences of this decision for Gartside.
When Megson goes and he will undoubtedly be gone lets hope sooner rather than later Gartside will have a lot of egg on his face if the appointment hasn't worked out. Personally think he's running out of slack when it comes to making bad decisions and he is going to be under a lot of pressure if Megson fails with the same nose dive that Sammy had.
The last thing Gartside need is restless natives calling for his head ever week.
Know your power as fans and keep up the pressure and we will get what we want.
SUPERWHITE ARMY IS GETTING MOBILIZED
Brak, Bolton says...
4:19pm Thu 25 Oct 07
So would I, but for whatever reasons - we haven't got them.
What I'm saying is, protesting outside the ground is completely childish at this early stage. If he wins a few games, all these petty hypocrites will disappear without trace again.
I hope Megson does prove us all wrong but whatever happens it still leaves an uneasy feeling about Gartside. I won't stop supporting my club but can't agree with what is happening at the moment.
bez, chorley says...
4:19pm Thu 25 Oct 07
bez, chorley says...
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Ed Page, says...
4:20pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Raoul Duke wrote:Raoul Duke. Your contempt for the fans says more about you than the fans to be honest. Many teams have seen a decline in attendances which is due to a number of factors (rise of commercialism in the game, ticket prices, moving stadia to out of town sites, extent of live games on SKY, changes to schedules to accommodate TV audiences, centralisation of resources/wealth into the hands of a few top clubs, growth of external ownership etc etc)To put it down to "fickle fans" says you're either too thick to understand the complexity of the issue or too stubborn to care. Let the fans speak as they're the only ones that truly care about the club and have the clubs best interests at heart. And it's clear that the majority view is that Megson's appointment is bad for our club. Anyone who cares about the Club's future should rightly protest at that.
Brak wrote: I'm afraid Raoul Duke I do remember Allardyce being appointed and I was actually quite happy about it. The fans are protesting because it wasn't the direction we thought Gartside would take us in so it's a big shock and a major disappointment as we had bigged are club up to deserve a proven top flight manager. Is this wrong to have such ambition? I think it will boil down to us having to give Megson a chance but it still doesnt make the future any easier seeing how Gartside has operated in this, and other situations. We feel hurt but its not just a minority opinion. Megsons stats speak for themselves.Please, tell me what the fans have done that means we deserve a top quality manager? Attendances have hardly been consistent and inspiring even at the height of our success! Why would Gartside splash out on a big-name, proven manager when the fans don't even seem interested? No. In Megson, we really are getting what we deserve thanks to the fickle stay-aways.
darthvader, Tatooine says...
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oddfellow, bolton says...
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bwfcfan, Chorley says...
4:23pm Thu 25 Oct 07
Phil wrote:I've been a supporter for the last 20 ye
Supporters!
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Too many FANS MOANING!
Not enough SUPPORTERS SUPPORTING!
Brak, Bolton says...
12:58pm Thu 25 Oct 07