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Post by riochforthereebok on Jun 14, 2024 18:00:42 GMT
Got to be honest with y’all
I ain’t got a clue who this Chris Fornio is but good luck to the lad
Welcome to Bolton ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️
Is that 3 centre halves (Santos Toal Forino) is Santos on his way🤔
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Post by whitesince63 on Jun 14, 2024 20:41:14 GMT
Git to be honest with y’all I ain’t hit a clue who this Chris Fornio is but good luck to the lad Welcome to Bolton ⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️⚽️ Very well liked by the Wycombe fans just a question mark over injuries but they seem genuinely sorry to lose him. I wouldn’t personally have said that CH was a problem for us unless of course somebody’s leaving. I certainly hope it’s not Forrester who I thought showed enormous promise but since Forino is right footed it puts a question mark over Gethin and Eoin Toal the most. Of course it could also be Rico who’s off somewhere which would please some although personally I think when he sticks to defending and moves the ball quickly to those who can play he’s immense for us. It doesn’t though answer the problems we’ve all identified in midfield so let’s hope IE has an experienced leader type there? Since I assume we’ll be continuing the wingback system I’d assume a replacement for Ogbeta will be a cert otherwise we’re left with an injury prone Randell or Jack Iredale as our choices which doesn’t fill me with optimism. I’ve no problem on the right because Gethin and JDC are decent options there although I just wonder how much Gethin’s decision on Australia has affected Evatt’s view? It’s certainly affected mine as he’ll be missing a few games this season outside the normal International weeks. Anyway, we’re off and running so let’s hope we have another one in soon?
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jun 21, 2024 19:47:02 GMT
We’ve signed a new goalie yaaaaaaay
“Bought him off a man in Huddersfield who has a goalie with one leg”
Is this straight or what??? Have we signed a goalie that’s got a broken leg?? That’s bad enough let alone ‘stealing’ him away from Cheltenham!!!!!
Is this our limit now, Division 4 goalie??
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Post by OohMac on Jun 21, 2024 20:24:03 GMT
For the main page I took the "if you haven't got anything good to say approach" but we'll between us.
A.) Weird that we've signed a guy and the sentence "(Bolton) were confident it's not a broken leg". Eh? Well if he's passed a medical and we've done x rays I'd be confident too. If we've asked him over a zoom call maybe less so.
B.) He just got relegated from this league.
C.) He's not that young anymore but he doesn't seem to be on a trajectory.
D.) That's twice now on Friday 6pm we've broken stories of signings. Neither of them are too excited, some may even argue aren't even necessary. If I was Marc Iles I'd be seriously wondering why these stories are breaking now. He's had nothing to fill the paper with all week. 3 Jon Dadi Bodvarson back pages and then news leaked when no ones buying a paper anymore and he's clocking off (on the buff said he had finished, doing his big shop and had to write the story on his phone at Asda). Now post Wembley Marc finally wrote some pretty damming things and posed a lot of questions. Are BN/Ian playing hard ball with him? If so how realistically can that last and is that really the way they want to play it.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jun 21, 2024 20:57:16 GMT
For the main page I took the "if you haven't got anything good to say approach" but we'll between us. A.) Weird that we've signed a guy and the sentence "(Bolton) were confident it's not a broken leg". Eh? Well if he's passed a medical and we've done x rays I'd be confident too. If we've asked him over a zoom call maybe less so. B.) He just got relegated from this league. C.) He's not that young anymore but he doesn't seem to be on a trajectory. D.) That's twice now on Friday 6pm we've broken stories of signings. Neither of them are too excited, some may even argue aren't even necessary. If I was Marc Iles I'd be seriously wondering why these stories are breaking now. He's had nothing to fill the paper with all week. 3 Jon Dadi Bodvarson back pages and then news leaked when no ones buying a paper anymore and he's clocking off (on the buff said he had finished, doing his big shop and had to write the story on his phone at Asda). Now post Wembley Marc finally wrote some pretty damming things and posed a lot of questions. Are BN/Ian playing hard ball with him? If so how realistically can that last and is that really the way they want to play it. Have to also throw in OoooooM We’ve been into Wembley twice (revenue) bond scheme (revenue) players released (revenue) 20,000 gates (revenue) toothpaste sponsors (revenue) Franking Sense (revenue) shirt sales and pies/fanzone (revenue) did we actually sign with a transfer fee for Fornio and Southwood, because we are clearly not upping the stakes with less than mediocre signings Nathan Jones and Steve Evans will join Chris Davies at Birmingham and Phil Parkhoofson Wrexham to have their respective sides chasing the top 4 places, heaven only knows how mid table we will be Underwhelming signings, underwhelming manager Another long slog ahead😞😞
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Post by whitesince63 on Jun 22, 2024 10:22:46 GMT
I think it’s only one bone in his leg that was broken so not too serious and usually only a six to eight week period to full recovery. I’ve broken numerous bones and they all healed quickly and stronger apparently. My question is why did we sign our new man? Is he replacing Coleman as No2 or Baxter as No1 because both have another year on their contracts? According to Cheltenham fans he turned down two No2 opportunities last season because he wanted to stay number one so given he’s got a 2 year deal here plus an option for a further year it doesn’t sound like a No2 spot would have excited him. Also if his other offers were as a number two and given he isn’t exactly young, that doesn’t say a lot about him and other reports suggest he’s only 6 ft which isn’t impressive for a keeper, though that may be wrong information. Like our Forino signing though it asks more questions than it answers and apart from a few words from the players themselves we’ve had zero comments from management about how and where they fit in which also leads to questions. Maybe we’ll get more info after the 1st July when contracts actually expire and more action is likely with the out of contracts? So far I’m singularly unimpressed as neither of these signings address the real problems we have. Everything hangs on this season so I’d prefer Evatt to take a short term approach and just sign players who have seen it and done it before and can get us out of this league but somehow I’m beginning to doubt he will? ☹️
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Post by OohMac on Jun 22, 2024 10:55:20 GMT
Usually you would expect Ian to speak after a signing "were delighted to have X, we've been looking at him for some time. We know we X offers" etc.
Genuinely now think he is properly sulking because of Iles post mortem of Wembley.
I'm not too impressed, so far, either. I don't think they've strengthened the side too much and they've not added what we lacked last season. It's too early, far too early, obviously as yet to judge but these won't shorten the bookies odds.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jun 24, 2024 9:23:18 GMT
Usually you would expect Ian to speak after a signing "were delighted to have X, we've been looking at him for some time. We know we X offers" etc. Genuinely now think he is properly sulking because of Iles post mortem of Wembley. I'm not too impressed, so far, either. I don't think they've strengthened the side too much and they've not added what we lacked last season. It's too early, far too early, obviously as yet to judge but these won't shorten the bookies odds. It’s now the 38th day since the Wembley debacle, that’s 5 and a half weeks since Ian Evatt last opened his mouth and spoke to the faithful but heartbroken Wanderers fans!!! Is this acceptable or do we have no right to hear from our leader, I mean, we only help pay his wages, is it too much to ask for some communication from him ? Like you say OooooooooooM, these 2 signings are completely out of the blue, no expectations for these positions to be recruited in and no feedback from Evatt or Markham on why we’ve gone for these lowere league players, has Sharon decided we need these, or Nick Mason, or Michael James, or Nick Lucock?? Again, silence is deafening and quite ignorant They send police out these days when someone goes missing for that length of time
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Post by whitesince63 on Jun 24, 2024 15:06:35 GMT
I’m getting pelters (yet again) on Wanderers Ways by the usual cabal for making the same point rioch. I have to say that I don’t remember a closed season where we’ve had so little communication from either management or senior players. Include not a word on our two signings and it’s even more strange. Considering that the club want to sell season tickets you’d think they’d want to reassure fans after the Oxford debacle not shy away and keep schtum? You can’t keep Steve Evan’s out of the paper over here and the Barnsley lot aren’t far behind but the Evatt silence is becoming ridiculous now and it’s time somebody rattled his cage because he has a duty to talk to the fans and start firing us up for next year. Considering he’s got a one v one with Big Sam coming up maybe he’s keeping his powder dry for that and doesn’t want to give anything away? Then again do we know for certain he’s still here at all? 🫣
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Post by OohMac on Jun 24, 2024 20:40:07 GMT
Had to think of the date of Wembley. 18th May. 5 weeks. 2 signings and not a word, it's just odd.
Does not seem the healtiest way to start a long gruelling season. Snubbing the press, exiling himself like a bear with a sore head.
I know implore Ian. If you don't want to be here just go because you've never been so quiet before and I don't see this going well.
It's a bit disrespectful to sign a player and not give him the warm welcome. I too have some doubts whether he will start this season. He'll Keith Hill it up or be gone by October.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jun 25, 2024 14:56:40 GMT
We’ve got a new ‘joint’ assistant manager!!!!! So Peter Atherton has got competition has he???
So the Blackpool and Wigan connection continues Can we not get the hat trick and go for Shaun Maloney as well?
It’s the lads that kick the football on the turf that will determine where we finish in the league, not even more third rate managers
ACE..Atherton Crainey Evatt😬😬😬not so ACE
Thought we might go for some decent players of higher quality but we, yet again, seem to be shopping at Home Bargains rather than Sainsbury’s
I wish I could be more positive I really do
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Post by OohMac on Jun 25, 2024 16:17:24 GMT
Started the day pretty happy with news of a shake up. Just what we need. Stop trusting Barrow boys/Flyde maffia to do a job.
None of them have been there and done it. I was really hoping this was Sharon getting a bit streetwise and thinking she needed to have a bigger say. Get some experienced heads in there and if Ego can't handle it he's free to walk.
But we've just let him pick. It's pathetic, like Joint best men at a wedding he can't chose one so we have two assistant managers. Both ex teammates.
Think you're right with the supermarket comparison. I'll reuse one but its like Sharon is promising Michelin star food but Evatt and his chefs are in the back pinging the microwave and deep fat frying the food.
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Post by OohMac on Jun 25, 2024 16:20:30 GMT
Presents a burnt to a crisp fillet steak.
"Does this look right to you?" "Yes Chef" "Absolutely chef" "Masterpiece chef. Best ever" "Bellisimo chef. You've nailed it again"
"Wow. I am great at this"
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jun 25, 2024 19:11:27 GMT
Presents a burnt to a crisp fillet steak. "Does this look right to you?" "Yes Chef" "Absolutely chef" "Masterpiece chef. Best ever" "Bellisimo chef. You've nailed it again" "Wow. I am great at this" 😂🤣😂🤣 Reminds me of a comment I overheard in a Weatherspoons food pub “Please pass on my compliments to the microwave” 🤣😂🤣😂
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Post by riochforthereebok on Jun 26, 2024 9:33:22 GMT
We’ve got a new ‘joint’ assistant manager!!!!! So Peter Atherton has got competition has he??? So the Blackpool and Wigan connection continues Can we not get the hat trick and go for Shaun Maloney as well? It’s the lads that kick the football on the turf that will determine where we finish in the league, not even more third rate managers ACE..Atherton Crainey Evatt😬😬😬not so ACE Thought we might go for some decent players of higher quality but we, yet again, seem to be shopping at Home Bargains rather than Sainsbury’s I wish I could be more positive I really do I now read that we’ve actually paid Wigan a compensation fee for taking Crainey!!!! Do we really need 3 managers and could that compensation fee not have been better spent elsewhere? I’ve seen Evatt lambast Atherton and Gilkes on the touch line when they have been barking out instructions and now he has the chance to shout at a 3rd person in the technical area as well as bending the ear of the ref and linesman
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