Danny G wrote:
Nah chris, hes a good un, time for strikers now please, wouldnt mind Luke Moore, realistic target good Player, available for around 3 mill

weonly8manu wrote:
good move. we know what he is about and has played prem football for a number of years. Worryingly though we are desparate for a striker and at least 1 centre half but no moves in these areas?

Chris Manning, Gotham City PD wrote:
strewth half the nico money gone! not overly impressed with this one.

Chris Manning, Gotham City PD wrote:
strewth half the nico money gone! not overly impressed with this one.

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:

Chris Manning, Gotham City PD wrote: strewth half the nico money gone! not overly impressed with this one.

your on your own then chris..... great signing

Chris Manning, Gotham City PD wrote:
strewth half the nico money gone! not overly impressed with this one.

fernando wrote:
Rumours yesterday that he was spotted at Euxton were true then. Good post whoever that was ! We have done well to beat others to his signature, but I'm still not sure about him. Rednapp is no mug. If this guy was that good he would have been a regular in the Pompey team. Been on the Pompey fanzone and the reviews about him are mixed. I hope I'm worrying about nothing because 4 million is a lot of money. We have never spent like this before and we need to get value because if we go down we wont get this sort of cash again. Cahill from Villa and Gomis from Saint Ettienne and it will have been a good January !!

fernando wrote:
Rumours yesterday that he was spotted at Euxton were true then. Good post whoever that was ! We have done well to beat others to his signature, but I'm still not sure about him. Rednapp is no mug. If this guy was that good he would have been a regular in the Pompey team. Been on the Pompey fanzone and the reviews about him are mixed. I hope I'm worrying about nothing because 4 million is a lot of money. We have never spent like this before and we need to get value because if we go down we wont get this sort of cash again. Cahill from Villa and Gomis from Saint Ettienne and it will have been a good January !!

Jon wrote:
Oh dear all the predictions of "we'll not spend any of the Anelka money Gartside and Davies will keep it all" are looking silly. Mind I don't expect those who made the accusations will come on and accept they don't have a clue! They'll just wait for the next defeat before they come on with more tripe and more "I told you so's".

Jon wrote:
Oh dear all the predictions of "we'll not spend any of the Anelka money Gartside and Davies will keep it all" are looking silly. Mind I don't expect those who made the accusations will come on and accept they don't have a clue! They'll just wait for the next defeat before they come on with more tripe and more "I told you so's".

Jon wrote:
Oh dear all the predictions of "we'll not spend any of the Anelka money Gartside and Davies will keep it all" are looking silly. Mind I don't expect those who made the accusations will come on and accept they don't have a clue! They'll just wait for the next defeat before they come on with more tripe and more "I told you so's".

Jon wrote:
Oh dear all the predictions of "we'll not spend any of the Anelka money Gartside and Davies will keep it all" are looking silly. Mind I don't expect those who made the accusations will come on and accept they don't have a clue! They'll just wait for the next defeat before they come on with more tripe and more "I told you so's".

birch wrote:

Jon wrote: Oh dear all the predictions of "we'll not spend any of the Anelka money Gartside and Davies will keep it all" are looking silly. Mind I don't expect those who made the accusations will come on and accept they don't have a clue! They'll just wait for the next defeat before they come on with more tripe and more "I told you so's".

get off this site john, you bore everyone to death with your constant posts looking for a fight. People our entitled to an opinion. Start releasing some tension with the wife and maybee you wont get so worked up! taylor good signing but we are still desperate for 2 creative players in the final third. giovanni and roberts will do for me!

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:

Jon wrote:
Oh dear all the predictions of "we'll not spend any of the Anelka money Gartside and Davies will keep it all" are looking silly. Mind I don't expect those who made the accusations will come on and accept they don't have a clue! They'll just wait for the next defeat before they come on with more tripe and more "I told you so's".

haha ... cue julie...

Ewan in Edinburgh wrote:
A step in the right direction - I know we are loaded with midfielders but very few of them are up to scratch and will be offloaded I'm sure in the summer if not earlier (Wilhemsson, Braaten possible loan, Campo possibly on his way out, Nolan not up to it etc). I think he'll hopefully be played in midfield rather than in defence where he will be cover for Gardner who I'd still prefer at left back despite his failings. Unlike some of our past signings like Samuel, McCann, Alonso, Helguson, O'Brien I'm a lot less underwhelmed by this one. Fresh faces alone will liven up the squad a bit if they're half decent. We need a minimum of two other players and I would prefer three - a centre back, a creative mid, and at least one quality striker. £4 million is a lot of money for Bolton but fans can't complain when we splash the cash when we've been crying out for it to happen. Lets face it - £4 million is pretty much the minimum for a half decent Premier league player, especially if he's English as they are always at a premium.

ste1982 wrote:
Well done Gartside for providing us with much needed funding, lets hope there's more to come. 2 good signings so far. Megson said that he already had a substantial transfer kitty before Anelka was even sold so lets hope that this is the case. If so it looks like we could potentially have a good squad for the remainder of the season. I hope that these recent movements will stop the incessant abuse being aimed at Gartside who I personally believe has done a marvelous job with Bolton over the last 10 years. Seems to me that people cannot remember that far back, when being in the Premiership and Europe was merely a distant dream!!!

Ewan in Edinburgh wrote:

ste1982 wrote:
Well done Gartside for providing us with much needed funding, lets hope there's more to come. 2 good signings so far. Megson said that he already had a substantial transfer kitty before Anelka was even sold so lets hope that this is the case. If so it looks like we could potentially have a good squad for the remainder of the season. I hope that these recent movements will stop the incessant abuse being aimed at Gartside who I personally believe has done a marvelous job with Bolton over the last 10 years. Seems to me that people cannot remember that far back, when being in the Premiership and Europe was merely a distant dream!!!

I don't want to get into the whole Gartside argument here again but I think that the club was successful largely because of Allardyce and it was inspite of Gartside's tenure rather than because of him. Gartside had a good manager rather than Bolton having a decent chairman. Steinsson and Taylor are two positive signings - lets see at least two more. As much as we need to be ambitious players like Diarra and Defoe won't come to teams like Bolton as long as we are in our current mess and Defoe probably wouldn't even leave London given he thinks he's a celebrity.

Stu1 wrote:

Jon wrote: Oh dear all the predictions of "we'll not spend any of the Anelka money Gartside and Davies will keep it all" are looking silly. Mind I don't expect those who made the accusations will come on and accept they don't have a clue! They'll just wait for the next defeat before they come on with more tripe and more "I told you so's".

Jon, this is the first time Bolton have done this, spent money that we have got from selling our best player. Can you name any other time that we have done this??? That is why people have been on here saying the board/club will keep all Anelka takings.

paul wrote:
Excellent signing but what position will he play? I think Gardner is a better defender than him but taylor is better going forward. I think we may start playing more 4-4-2, but we dont have any strikers. Hopefully Megsons intentions will be properly thought out as we cant afford to waste money.

formula wrote:
Great News ... is this the matt taylor who scores cracking goals from anywhere near the halfway line ... or am i getting mixed up

formula wrote:
Great News ... is this the matt taylor who scores cracking goals from anywhere near the halfway line ... or am i getting mixed up

ste1982 wrote:
Well done Gartside for providing us with much needed funding, lets hope there's more to come. 2 good signings so far. Megson said that he already had a substantial transfer kitty before Anelka was even sold so lets hope that this is the case. If so it looks like we could potentially have a good squad for the remainder of the season. I hope that these recent movements will stop the incessant abuse being aimed at Gartside who I personally believe has done a marvelous job with Bolton over the last 10 years. Seems to me that people cannot remember that far back, when being in the Premiership and Europe was merely a distant dream!!!

Martin Duggan wrote:

paul wrote:
Excellent signing but what position will he play? I think Gardner is a better defender than him but taylor is better going forward. I think we may start playing more 4-4-2, but we dont have any strikers. Hopefully Megsons intentions will be properly thought out as we cant afford to waste money.

I would of thought that Diouffy might play a more central role with Taylor on the left.

I hope that he doesnt push Gardner up to the left side of midfield as he is the worst crosser of a ball I have ever seen in my lifetime

weonly8manu wrote:

ste1982 wrote: Well done Gartside for providing us with much needed funding, lets hope there's more to come. 2 good signings so far. Megson said that he already had a substantial transfer kitty before Anelka was even sold so lets hope that this is the case. If so it looks like we could potentially have a good squad for the remainder of the season. I hope that these recent movements will stop the incessant abuse being aimed at Gartside who I personally believe has done a marvelous job with Bolton over the last 10 years. Seems to me that people cannot remember that far back, when being in the Premiership and Europe was merely a distant dream!!!

i think the "substantial transfer kitty" was because gartslime knew Anelka was being sold, but we live in hope!

Ewan in Edinburgh wrote:

Martin Duggan wrote:

paul wrote:
Excellent signing but what position will he play? I think Gardner is a better defender than him but taylor is better going forward. I think we may start playing more 4-4-2, but we dont have any strikers. Hopefully Megsons intentions will be properly thought out as we cant afford to waste money.

I would of thought that Diouffy might play a more central role with Taylor on the left.

I hope that he doesnt push Gardner up to the left side of midfield as he is the worst crosser of a ball I have ever seen in my lifetime

I know I can dream but ofcourse if Megson was so adventurous to as to play 4-4-2 we could have Gardner, Taylor AND Dioufy in a more advanced role. Alternatively ofcourse Taylor could play a more central role and drop nolan but that isn't going to happen. Couldn't agree more about Gardner's limitations as a crosser/final ball.

BWFC - TIL - I - DIE wrote:
might just bring a few more fans back aswell.. sign 2 more players in january and then a few more in summer ... needed doing... things have been stale for too long..

big fat sam wrote:
This is a really poor signing,SKY refer to him as 'versatile' meaning not really acomplished in a set position, well done Megson more of the Nicco money frittered away!!!

big fat sam wrote:
This is a really poor signing,SKY refer to him as 'versatile' meaning not really acomplished in a set position, well done Megson more of the Nicco money frittered away!!!