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Post by riochforthereebok on Apr 23, 2014 20:30:00 GMT
Interesting cut n paste that SoCal, what else is interesting is the image of David Moyes, Andreas Villas Boas and Ian Holloway parading in front of the Premier League trophy before the start of this season!!! What an advert that turned out to be for newly appointed Prem managers!!! Pity Freedman never got an invite to the photo shoot
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Post by realtrottersforever on Apr 23, 2014 20:52:22 GMT
Copied and pasted:
"We're going to have to find a rough diamond and polish them up, and that's the challenge for me, but I'm very confident I can do that," added Freedman. "If you look at my previous club, people like Yannick Bolasie and Mile Jedinak are playing in the Premier League now. I don't feel afraid of it. I feel I can embrace it and take it on." Is Dougie actually trying to say that Mile Jedinak was a diamond in the rough but he polished him? The guy will be 30 in August and has been a senior professional since 2001, signing for Crystal palace in 2011. As for Yannick Bolasie the guy signed for Crystal Palace in August 2012, Freedman joined us in October 2012, so he had charge of him for 2 months, but he's taking credit for him playing in the Premier League?? Who is he trying to kid......well it certainly ain't me.
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Post by Pedro on May 9, 2014 18:04:24 GMT
Deluded or what? Anyone else think the last 15 games of the season of the season were "unbelievable" and"immense"?
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Post by megsontilidie on May 9, 2014 19:53:40 GMT
haha..agree Pedro... ( btw..so nice on this forum just to be able to post links...used to hate chopping them on old BN site, and then the ruddy site would tell you your post contained a URL even when it didn't ) www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/11201462.Dougie_Freedman_got_results_with_his_tough_talking_approach_with_Bolton_Wanderers/?ref=mrthe funniest line in his latest offering is : “ But I try to be very honest with the Bolton fans" ..hahahahahaha hohohohohoho.. pull the other one Doug-loss . is this the same honesty about playing Zach Clough he said 1 year ago, or the same honesty aobut saying we had a squad of UNDOUBTED QUALITY when he first came, that just needed a bit of tweaking. 2 tfr windows later, he then slated the entire squad as not being good enough. he also said we finished the season strongly. yes, in a broader sense, but in th e last 4 games, we won JUST 1 GAME. ( a 25% win ratio ) & of those 4 , 3 were in the bottom half of the table..sheff wed, brum & charlton, and the latter 2 were relegation threatened and didn't beat either of those. hardly "immense" that bit is it
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Post by riochforthereebok on May 9, 2014 21:05:23 GMT
He just a lying bastard and he's the only one that believes his own shit Apart from Phat Phil Darkslug
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Post by whitesince63 on May 13, 2014 6:32:25 GMT
Yippee, for once a not so dumb quote from Dougie as he at last accepts the blame for our poor start to last season. I would still maintain a lot of the "attitude" problems he blames certain players for were down to his own shortcomings in that area as well as his constant tinkering with players instead of fielding a settled team but at least for once he's actually admitted some responsibility and also that he could have played some of our younger players earlier. How many of us said that? But for me he's actually learned from last season and that to me is at least a positive. So for once well done Dougie, keep that up and maybe one or two of us will start to think there is some hope for you after all!!!
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Post by megsontilidie on May 13, 2014 9:54:20 GMT
agree 100% Whites. small glimmers of hope but he's a bit too quick to burn bridges with people. www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/369399/Tim-Sherwood-s-Tottenham-flops-needed-a-dressing-down-according-to-Sandrogood quote from Tim Sherwood..( bottom of article ) re Sandro... excluded him, but brought him back as not burned his bridges. i heard the radio interview and he was v good saying "if the clubs still paying a players wages it'd be daft to do so. etc ". still suprises me our top scorer form the previous season, Eagles didn't get a few more sub appearances at least. we're still paying his big wages, and surely he has an incentive to impress for a contract elsewhere. Sordell was getting picked pre-season... crazy.. sums up DF's attitude..he thinks he can kid other clubs into believing he was our first choice striker. what happens now Sordell is back. same troubles around. hard to know exactly who he's talking about..guessing some fall out with Eagles. possibly Cravies too..was he miffed at Sordell getting all the pre-season game time. but if he's talking about bad attitudes...Cravies is one he brought in just 6 mths' before that... some absolute classic quotes for this thread in the article when he first signed Cravies. - www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20958171Craig is a player I am really fond of. I actually tried to sign him a couple of years ago and he will bring all the right ingredients to our club. "He is hungry. He hasn't got the T-shirt of playing in the Premier League, but is desperate to get it. He's a good age and represents very good value for the football club. "He is the type of player I want around the place."
it's one thing , things turning sour after several years, but to go so sour with Cravies barely 6 mth's after signing him and knocking out such glowing quotes on him. embarassing !!!
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Post by realtrottersforever on May 13, 2014 12:55:22 GMT
Talking of burning bridges this is what DF said about Eagles in December 2013 www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/10868212.Chris_Eagles_is_back_in_business__says_Bolton_Wanderers_boss_Dougie_Freedman/?ref=rssONCE billed as the jewel in Dougie Freedman’s crown, it looked as if Chris Eagles had lost some of his shine until Saturday’s match-winning display. Several weeks in exile set tongues wagging around the Reebok, and with the winger’s contract up for tender at the end of the season, the future looked bleak for last season’s top scorer. Freedman announced shortly after walking through the doors last October that he intended to “build a team around” the former Manchester United man.But since picking up an injury on the opening day of the campaign at his former club Burnley, plenty of doubt has been cast on whether he would ever command a regular starting place again. Yet Eagles looked as sharp as ever on his return to the side in the 3-0 victory over Doncaster, six games since his last appearance as a substitute against Ipswich Town. Freedman may have put contract talks on hold across the board, meaning Eagles and five other members of his first team will be free to negotiate elsewhere come the end of the month, but he is still adamant there is room for the talented playmaker in his plans. “People know what I think of Chris – I love the guy because he is a real diamond of a fella,” he said. “He went through one of those moments a lot of players have when they find themselves out of the team. “But he has good qualities and is very chirpy so even if he is down, you never really see that side of him. He knew he had to work hard to get back into the team but the quality he has, and the amount of games coming up... then watch this space. “It is set up for a big Chris Eagles contribution.”
What DF says and what DF does just don't corrolate at all!!
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Post by megsontilidie on May 13, 2014 14:33:32 GMT
haha some good ones there RTF... i skim read that at first and must have missed the date ( dec 2013 )..i was expecting the quotes to come from at least a year ago..maybe more.... oh no another instant Dougie u-turn lol .
Just thinking about it for a sec, DF's motives very easy to see thru'. it's from December...tfr window approaching fast.... Df thinks, give it some flannel and some dopey clubs will fall for it. but they don't Doug-loss.. you're only thinking what YOU would have done.
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Post by realtrottersforever on May 13, 2014 15:09:48 GMT
Here's another......
The Whites boss admits his policy of selecting players who were angling for moves elsewhere “backfired” – and that he could have turned to his younger players sooner.
“There have been so many ups and downs, we need that little bit of consistency from the off. We haven’t had it the last two seasons – and I have to take the blame for what happened in the first 13 games, if I could do my time again of course I’d pick one or two different people, or a couple of the youngsters who played the other week,” he said.
“But we were in a position where we were playing some players maybe to let them get an opportunity to get away for what they thought was a dream move and it backfired on everybody. ”
As you say Meggo....he was trying to pull the wool over other clubs eyes, by making out certain players were our first choice in the hope they would get signed by other teams, whilst sacrificing our success......unbelievable
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Post by BWFCTILIDIE on May 13, 2014 17:54:15 GMT
Getting a bit tedious this Df witch hunt is now.
Season over guys, great final third, big earners off the pay roll that Df clearly didn't want, so give him a break and look forward to the rebuilding job over the next three years or so.
Nobody thinking that he may have been instructed to play these players by Gartside ?
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Post by megsontilidie on May 13, 2014 18:22:58 GMT
big earners he didn't want ? like Eagles who he's talked up ( as above) & Knight who HE made captain !? . it ain't a witch hunt, its just logical points and analysis being made. i don't see many of his backers offering much logic as to why he'll do well or defend him in these dumb quotes. just blind faith. 6 home wins. shocking football (21st in avg possession rankings...in ch'ship.. ffs ), and failure to beat any side in the top 9 ..that's all i see.
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Post by BWFCTILIDIE on May 13, 2014 18:47:16 GMT
We'll see won't we
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Post by whitesince63 on May 13, 2014 22:13:59 GMT
Getting a bit tedious this Df witch hunt is now. Season over guys, great final third, big earners off the pay roll that Df clearly didn't want, so give him a break and look forward to the rebuilding job over the next three years or so. Nobody thinking that he may have been instructed to play these players by Gartside ? Stating facts isn't a witch hunt BTID, he's said one thing and done another all season. As for getting the high earners off the payroll I don't think you can actually give any credit to Freedman for that. Their contracts ran out and I think you and I could have achieved that one. You are however right it's end of season and time to reflect so battery's re- charged we'll be back to see what happens next year. I'm not confident but willing to at least give him the benefit if the doubt for now.
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Post by BWFCTILIDIE on May 14, 2014 6:33:20 GMT
Please enlighten me as to which part of my post makes you think I'm giving credit to freedman for getting top earners off the books ?
Simplified just for you.... Top earners off the books he can now begin the rebuild.
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