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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2019 16:13:37 GMT
I followed Marc Iles blog in the BN today and for once we signed someone. In fact quite a few and many more out of contract players to come.
Very interesting...
Heck, have to go... back soon.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2019 17:29:52 GMT
1. Thibauld Verlinden
2. Liam Bridcutt
3. Will Buckley
4. Jake Wright
5. Ali Crawford
6. Chris O'Grady
7. Josh Emmanuel
8. Joe Bunney
9. ?
All subject to the correct paperwork, no doubt.
Not a bad take for his first "day". No game Saturda, so plenty of time to get them all together to gel.
Seems some are only contracted to January, so Hill/Flitcroft may have something else up their sleeves. Nothing like planning ahead.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2019 17:41:13 GMT
Please I don't want to sound like I'm pissed off but can someone help me with the news that we have signed Will ****ing Buckley what the hell does he bring to this team he has got to be the most bone idle footballer I have ever had the misfortune to watch and as for him cupping his ear to fans after a ball hits his arse and goes in. Do we need or even want him ? COYWM
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2019 17:53:41 GMT
I think he's played for Hill before Chip. Remains to be seen what he does with him, but maybe with Hill's different tactics (than Parky's) he may be a better player.
Not sure on the age of all these player's, but the lad from Stoke seems like a good shout.
As I said before, they seem to have some kind of plan 'cos some are only here 'til January. Not sure if that's because of EFL restrictions, or not.
We can't moan chip, it's not that long ago we were almost dead and buried, 'cos of Anderson.
Whites will be pleased. Next game (after Bradford) is on his home soil in Rotherham, so he'll be able to give the match report on our "new" team!!!
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Post by whitesince63 on Sept 2, 2019 18:19:42 GMT
Glad we got Daryl Murphy in too before the end and of course there could still be a few frees before the end of the week. As for Buckley, I think he is a good player but was always played out of position by Parky and like the lone front man largely isolated. With a more attacking line up he should be a different player at this level. All in all I’m really impressed with what we’ve signed and it puts to shame those who reckoned we’d only get the dregs nobody else wanted. With this squad now there’s no reason we can’t push on and start making inroads into the deficit we need to stay in this division. As for some only signed until January, I’m fine with that as nobody knows how well or not they’ll fit in, plus some of them might not want to stay if relegations a certainty by then, so we have to look at it from both sides. Anyway, I’m totally happy tonight and can’t wait to get my ST and shout our boys towards another great escape like in the good old days.
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Post by davidm on Sept 2, 2019 18:31:26 GMT
I am delighted with the signings.
I don’t think that we could have expected the perceived quality in them.
I think that the signings until January for a lot of them is fine – we can look at them and despatch any that come up short without a long term commitment. The ones that do well can be re-signed in January.
It is now down to the management team to shape a team – 11 days until Rotherham so it’s a decent length of time to get them organised.
I am not expecting to see many of them tomorrow night against Bradford but I am so looking forward to Rotherham.
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Post by kenglowhite on Sept 2, 2019 18:40:58 GMT
I think Football Ventures are really showing they are not vultures. True, they now have some real estate security, but they are surely putting their money where the mouth is. It's a pity this couldn't have happened at the start of the season. Even so I back this lot to get somewhere near our salvation this season, subject to not treceiving further points interference from the EFL. I have been researching the monies behnid FV, and I think their combined asset value is very impressive, and well able to assure finance(albeit borrowed)to maintain their promises to fund us for the next three years at least.nd today fills me with optimism.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2019 18:51:53 GMT
Rotherham is round the corner from me so all being well I will be there and I hope we sell out the away end. Time will tell about Buckley we only have him till January so we shall wait and see, as for the rest we have the makings of a decent team but let's not forget the up and coming youngsters. COYWM
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Post by whitesince63 on Sept 2, 2019 19:41:30 GMT
I’m only round the corner too chip so I’ll definitely be there as I consider it a home game, as will be Doncaster. At least I’m expecting a much more enterprising performance than the last time we were there when I was actually sat right at the side of Parky and Parkin in the away dugout. I’d love to have heckled him but just couldn’t be bothered, the football was just as negative as always and I was just too frustrated to bother. The only highlight was Christian Doidge’s superb strikers goal, which I anticipated would guarantee him a first team spot but not surprisingly it didn’t and we all know what happened then. Anyway, can’t wait for the Rotherham game and hopefully getting my ST for the rest of a thrilling season.
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Post by OohMac on Sept 2, 2019 20:08:00 GMT
From the sounds from Marc Iles he thinks Buckley will flourish.
He very rarely gets above a 6 in Marcs rating and i think true reflection hed be averaging 3.7
I wouldnt be signing Buckley but signing him because we think hes better than shown are we closer to admitting Parkinson was awful tactician and motivator?
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Post by OohMac on Sept 2, 2019 21:11:22 GMT
Heres a question. All fit whats our starting 11.
Matthews Emmanuel Wright Hobbs Bunney Politic bridcutt crawford verlinden O'Grady Murphy, D.
With Zouma, Alnwick, Brockbank, Lowe, Murphy L, Buckley, Hall, Darcy. On the bench?
And with a few more free transfers possibly Oneil, Conway?
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Post by whitesince63 on Sept 2, 2019 23:22:07 GMT
I don’t really know enough about the various new players positions yet to make a decision on team selection OM, other than a few obvious ones but the interesting call you’ve made there is leaving our captain Lowe out of the team. It will be interesting to see whether KH keeps Lowe in that role or decides to give it to someone else. My personal view would not be to leave Lowe as captain because frankly I haven’t seen any leadership from him and certainly not since we’ve been forced to field our youth players. On that basis, who would KH be likely to give it to? Leaving the keepers out of it, that would mean only Luke Murphy or Hobbs of the original senior players, neither of whom I think are deserving of it. Could he perhaps give it back to Brockbank? Unlikely, so who should have it or does he keep Lowe in the team purely because he’s the man with it now? The best option for me would be O’Neil if he was to be brought back but at this moment in time we don’t know that he will. Decisions, decisions.
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Post by Alptrotter on Sept 3, 2019 7:14:09 GMT
Like everyone, I’m very pleased that Hill managed to acquire some reinforcements - to achieve the number he did in the time available is impressive indeed. I know little of any of the new players, so will reserve judgement on whether it is good business. Re Buckley, undoubtedly he has skill, my worry has always been does he have the determination, physical courage and commitment to flourish in League One? Has he the bottle, in other words? . I have seen little evidence to date that he has.
One final point, I don’t know for sure, but are the two strikers we got quite similar in style? Do we look a bit light up front still and lacking in variation? Perhaps a fast, clever, darting striker looks to be a missing piece and I worry that with two traditional types, we might still be in for a long ball diet. We’ll see, I guess, but I am very much looking forward to finding out ( and I hadn’t said that about Parky for ages!)
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Post by whitesince63 on Sept 3, 2019 8:10:33 GMT
I think you have to add Hall and Darcy into the striking equation too Alp, both would fall into your nippy , darting description and could prosper alongside the new pair. I’m also looking for goals from elsewhere, something we rarely saw with Parkinson’s style. Both the wingers Politic and Verlinden we know have an eye for goal and if you do add the likes of Buckley and Bridcutt coming in behind the strikers from midfield into that, we could be surprised how potent we are. One thing we have seen from teams in this division is that defences aren’t brilliant and if you can get at them you can have much success. We still have a few places left and I’m hopeful they will be filled with other attacking players and hopefully a dominant midfield player. O’Neil would certainly be an asset at this level and I hope he comes in later this week. All in all I’m pretty confident KH will have the squad to be able to succeed and with a much more attacking style should quickly get the crowd back on side.
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Post by kenglowhite on Sept 3, 2019 8:20:18 GMT
Murphy had his best years playing alongside McGoldrick at Ipswich. It's ironic we lost the Scot to the Blades and got Donaldson in exchange. Once again up front we are asking do we expect our frontman to play the long ball off or get in behind the defence. I see we have a Scot in Crawford, another winger. I have always felt a good Bolton side needs a Scot or two. Regarding Lowe, cetainly not captain material, I would have tought his best position wold be right back, but in Emmanuel he has a serious rival for that spot. We do not know if Buckley suffered from the PP effect, but it is right to give him another go as he has football pedigree. Though he scored the goal of many seasons, I am surprised at the demand for O'Neill, as I did not find him a great midfield influence at 36 years of age last season, and I think we will see a difference with Bridcutt.
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