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Bolton Wanderers opinions you won’t read on the BBC

Monday, January 25th, 2010 | BWFC News, Mark Davies | 3 Comments

Alan Wiley gets in the mood for another balanced performance (via cliff1066)

Alan Wiley gets in the mood for another balanced performance (via cliff1066)

This post, the first by our second new guest blogger Stephen McClusky, was originally posted on the BBC 606 message board, from where it was swiftly censored on the grounds it would ’cause too much controversy’. In the interests of free speech, here it is…

I know we are probably sick of hearing about the HORRIFIC challenge on mini-Davo; however I need to express my sheer anger and disgust at what was, in my opinion. A VERY cynical (even malicious) tackle on a player who was a massive part of the game.

So here is my honest opinion…

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Time to ‘get real’ about Bolton Wanderers. Here goes…

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010 | BWFC News, Gary Megson, Owen Coyle | 7 Comments

Keeping it real, unless youre a journalist of course (via nimish gogri)

Keeping it real, unless you're a journalist of course (via nimish gogri)

Football fans will ‘get real’ when journalists do too…

Disliking Bolton Wanderers has become default mode for most journalists and pundits these days. Their main problems with us are that we bullied Gary Megson out of a job and have ideas above our station when it comes to what we think our team should be capable of.

The first point has been covered at length on this site, but I will just link to a comment I left on this article, which repeated the misleading argument that results had nothing to do with Megson’s sacking. I added a bit of realism.

On the second, am I the only person who finds it incredibly ironic that Sky and theĀ  newspapers, who have spent the last 15 years hyping the ‘promise land’ of the Premier League, are now telling us that we should ‘get real’?

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Another season, another lesson in how to patronise northern football fans

Friday, August 14th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Kevin Davies, Sam Allardyce | 4 Comments

Its like looking in a mirror (Pic: Terry Wha, some rights reserved)

It's like looking in a mirror (Pic: Terry Wha, some rights reserved)

By ‘eck, The Guardian thinks we all wear flat caps and work down mines…

Regular readers from last season will know Manny Road is not a huge fan of match previews. I attempted to hijack the ridiculous notion that stats and facts based on past events have any bearing on upcoming matches with the regular ‘… things you didn’t need to know about Bolton Wanderers v Team X‘ series.

Manny Road won’t be doing that this season, partly because I think I made my point, but mainly because I’ve got better things to do on a Saturday morning (like sleeping off hangovers, for example) than trawling through endless, tedious football fan sites reading anodyne facts about how many times Kevin Davies has used his enormous backside to win a free-kick.You can read this nonsense for yourselves over at NewsNow.

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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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13 things you (probably don’t) need to know about Chelsea and Bolton Wanderers

Saturday, April 11th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Gavin McCann, Kevin Davies | No Comments

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Your guide to all the pre-match predictions and Mystic Meggery ahead of Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers

Reasons to be cheerful
1. Only Arsenal have a better record at Stamford Bridge than Bolton in recent years… in fact we have only lost once in our last five visits to Chelsea.

2. Kevin Davies isn’t too disappointed that his rumoured January move to Chelsea never materialised. In fact, he thought it was as funny as everyone else did.

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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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Are these guys really better than Jussi Jaaskelainen?

Sunday, February 8th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Jussi Jaaskelainen | 1 Comment

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Why was Bolton’s keeper not included in best keepers list?

The Daily Mail completed its countdown of football’s 50 greatest goalkeepers on Friday, and there was no place in the list for Bolton’s Jussi Jaaskelainen.

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Bolton Wanderers player of the month: January ‘09

Friday, February 6th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Chris Basham, Kevin Nolan, Mark Davies | No Comments

And the winner is… Chris Basham

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Wanderers window shopping dispatch #4: Five questions that need answering

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009 | Ariza Makukula, BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson, Heidar Helguson, Kevin Davies, Kevin Nolan, Mark Davies, Phil Gartside, Sebastien Puygrenier | 1 Comment

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The final round of ins, outs and shaking it all abouts at Bolton Wanderers this January

Ins
With the three ins this year – Davies, Sebastien Puygrenier and Ariza Makukula – already in the bag, Bolton barely got a mention on Sky Sports News’ overly-dramatic transfer deadline day coverage (was the countdown of the last 10 seconds, accompanied by pictures from Big Ben, really necessary, especially as the Premier League had extended the deadline due to the bad weather?).

Gary Megson confirmed after the Spurs game that he was targetting two more signings before the window shut at 5pm yesterday, so the Wanderers failure to bring in any more new players has to be seen as leaving Megson short of what he feels he needs to keep us in the Premier League.

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Desert Island Goals: Wanderers FA Cup magic

Saturday, January 24th, 2009 | BWFC News, BWFC People, Gary Megson | No Comments

For those feeling a little left out this weekend

Memo to Gary Megson: The FA Cup is not about surrendering to Sunderland and then pretending it’s in the best interests of the club. This is what the FA Cup is all about…

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