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Reebok Round-Up (28.04.09)
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 | Ariza Makukula, BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Joey O'Brien, Kevin Nolan, Nicky Hunt, Phil Gartside, Sam Allardyce, Sammy Lee | 1 Comment
What Manny Road has been reading (and thinking) about Bolton Wanderers
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Is this a good enough reason to keep Gary Megson?
Sunday, February 15th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Phil Gartside, Roy McFarland, Sammy Lee | No Comments
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How Alex Ferguson almost changed my mind about the Bolton manager
I’m keen for my view that Gary Megson should be sacked at the end of the season, even if we do stay up, to be proven wrong. Mainly because I want to see my team win and get behind them.
As well as asking my readers for reasons why I’m wrong, I’ve also been actively searching for excuses to change my mind. Here’s the nearest I came last week…
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12 things you (don’t) need to know about Liverpool and Bolton Wanderers
Friday, December 26th, 2008 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Kevin Nolan, Matt Taylor, Sammy Lee | 2 Comments
Your guide to all the pointless big match previews and predictions
1. Gary Megson has lost every games he’s ever managed against Liverpool, conceding 20 goals in six games and scoring just one (in fact, this stat fest contains a gold mine of depressing Liverpool-based stats for Wanderers fans).
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Recommended reading (25.11.08): Danny Shittu is a Wanderers reject… get him out of here!
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 | BWFC People, Danny Shittu, Eddie Davies, Gary Megson, Jussi Jaaskelainen, Mikel Alonso, Phil Gartside, Sam Allardyce, Sammy Lee | No Comments
What Manny Road was reading (and thinking) about Bolton Wanderers over the last few days…
- This lengthy interview with Sam Allardyce in The Times in which he talks in great detail about some of the pivotal games in the early part of his Bolton career, particularly the Play-Off semi-final against West Brom from 2001. He doesn’t hold back in his assessment of Barry Knight’s performance a year earlier either.
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Recommended reading (18.11.08): Capello’s Cahill snub, the curse of Chelsea and more Megsonisms
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 | BWFC People, Gary Cahill, Gary Megson, Sam Allardyce, Sammy Lee | 1 Comment
What Manny Road was reading (and thinking) about Bolton Wanderers yesterday…
- An England squad that included Wolves (yes, that’s Wolves of the Championship) defender Michael Mancienne, who is on loan from Chelsea because he can’t get a game there (what does Gary Cahill have to do to get a call-up, other than playing consistently well in the Premier League every week?).
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Recommended reading (15.11.08): Everybody loves Sammy Lee
Saturday, November 15th, 2008 | BWFC People, Blerim Dzemaili, Danny Shittu, Gary Megson, Heidar Helguson, Jay-Jay Okocha, Kevin Nolan, Sam Allardyce, Sammy Lee, Youri Djorkaeff | 1 Comment
What Manny Road has been reading (and thinking) Bolton Wanderers today…
- This interview with Kevin Nolan in which he follows in Gary Megson’s footsteps by lavishing praise on former Wanderers manager Sammy Lee (shame he wasn’t more supportive when Lee was his boss).
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Recommended reading (13.11.08): And today’s special guest is… Rob Styles
Thursday, November 13th, 2008 | BWFC People, Gary Megson, Heidar Helguson, Owen Coyle, Phil Brown, Sammy Lee | 1 Comment
What Manny Road has been reading (and thinking) about Bolton Wanderers today…
- The incredible news that the referee for this weekend’s clash against Liverpool will be… Rob Styles! (I’m sure he’ll be made very welcome).
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Recommended reading (22.10.08): Kevin Nolan speaks for the fans, Rob Styles takes another victim and Phil Brown does his sums
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008 | BWFC People, Gary Megson, Jlloyd Samuel, Kevin Nolan, Phil Brown, Sam Allardyce, Sammy Lee | No Comments
What Manny Road was reading (and thinking) about Bolton Wanderers yesterday…
- Wondering why the headline wasn’t ‘No shit Sherlock’ for this story in which Kevin Nolan says the Wanderers will not be challenging for Europe this season. Nolan also says:
We’re trying to change it slowly from the Sam Allardyce and Sammy Lee era. But the wheels are in still in motion trying to do that. The fans are starting to come round to the fact that it’s changing.
Really? Which message boards is he reading?
- Reading this brilliant dossier on the many cock-ups of Rob Styles after the hapless ref made another blunder during the Newcastle v Manchester City game on Monday night. The starting XI of Styles’ victims of course includes Jlloyd Samuel.
- And finally… after reading yet another interesting and engaging interview with the increasingly impressive Phil Brown (he came across brilliantly on the BBC’s Inside Sport programme the other night too), wondering why the answer to this equation (best young manager in the Premier League + long history with Bolton Wanderers + still lives in Bolton) isn’t Gary Megson sacked, Phil Brown coming home.
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Desert Island Goals: Jay-Jay Okocha v West Ham
Sunday, October 5th, 2008 | BWFC People, El-Hadji Diouf, Fabrice Muamba, Gary Megson, Gavin McCann, Jay-Jay Okocha, Joey O'Brien, Sam Allardyce, Sammy Lee, Stelios | 2 Comments
Great goals from Bolton Wanderers history (for the benefit of Gary Megson)…
The simplistic analysis of Gary Megson’s tenure as Bolton Wanderers manager says that he restored the tactics and style of play that had brought us so much success under Sam Allardyce.
It’s certainly true that Megson ditched Sammy Lee’s over-ambitious attempt to bring the pass and move Liverpool groove to the Reebok, but I believe Megson’s Bolton Wanderers are considerably different to Allardyce’s.
The most important difference is this: whilst Allardyce stuffed his team with physical players whose main purpose was to upset the opposition, he also understood that you have to find some room in your starting XI for players who are capable off getting you a goal. How do you ever win a game otherwise?
However negative Allardyce’s game plan may have been, he would never have played three defensive midfielders as Megson has done several times this season with Fabrice Muamba, Gavin McCann and Joey O’Brien.
Allardyce would always find room for a player or two who could cause the opposition defence a headache (and keep supporters interested), either with pace (El-Hadji Diouf), skill (Jay-Jay Okocha) or by just being a right pain in the arse (Stelios).
It’s for this reason that we are no longer able to compete against the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United as we once did in head-to-head games. The current game plan still includes the bit about getting amongst the opposition, upsetting their game and making it difficult for them to play. But it no longer includes a section about how to score goals and put teams on the back foot.
It’s also the reason why we’re unlikely to see a goal like the one Okocha scored against West Ham in 2003, when we play the Hammers again today.
So, just for Gary Megson, here’s a reminder that Bolton Wanderers Premier League success wasn’t just about being defensive…
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The clock’s ticking for Megson… six games and counting Gary
Friday, September 12th, 2008 | BWFC People, Gary Megson, Sammy Lee | No Comments
Can the Ginger Mourinho save his Bolton Wanderers career tomorrow at Fulham?
Two weeks ago, before the West Brom game, I wrote that if Gary Megson doesn’t get at least five points from his first nine games of the season then he should fall on his sword.
The reason was that since taking over last season, Megson has made constant reference to Sammy Lee’s poor record; a record against which Megson himself must now be judged.
So, with four points under his belt from three games, Megson has six games to get just two more points. Easy, right?
Well, after tomorrow’s trip to Fulham, the next five games on the fixture list read like this: Arsenal, Manchester United, West Ham, Blackburn and Tottenham.
So, no pressure Gary…
Phil Gartside unveils his new toy. Picture courtesy of Scott Clark, some rights reserved.
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