Riga . . .

[Bruce Rioja]

We CANNOT release Riga.
Who will the ESL under the scoreboard feckwits shout for if he goes?

Bernard Mendy, probably.

[TKIZ!]

We CANNOT release Riga.
Who will the ESL under the scoreboard feckwits shout for if he goes?

Bernard Mendy, probably.

Taddy Nowak?

[thebish]

We CANNOT release Riga.
Who will the ESL under the scoreboard feckwits shout for if he goes?

Bernard Mendy, probably.

Taddy Nowak?

how very dare you!

[TKIZ!]

We CANNOT release Riga.
Who will the ESL under the scoreboard feckwits shout for if he goes?

Bernard Mendy, probably.

Taddy Nowak?

how very dare you!

Eh? The man's a legend and should be duly summed forth whenever we need help

[thebish]

We CANNOT release Riga.
Who will the ESL under the scoreboard feckwits shout for if he goes?

Bernard Mendy, probably.

Taddy Nowak?

how very dare you!

Eh? The man's a legend and should be duly summed forth whenever we need help

yes - but not in the same bracket as Riga!!!

[TKIZ!]

Many apologies, your grace. No offence was meant. Riga isn't the same class as Nowak

[malcd1]

we have a 24 man squad why not just include him even if he is crap, just if we get desperate or have a full team come down with the shits!!

My guess is to leave a spot open just in case we can get a good midfielder who becomes a free agent!

I don't think we will be able to do that irie Cee Bee.

If we only had 24 professional players then we could add to it later, say with an out of contract player. We cannot add to our 24 named in our squad because Riga is on our books and he is eligible to be included. In other words clubs cannot name an understrength squad in the hope of getting in a freebie or else you could have 5 contracted players all available for one floating position.

[Randy Watson]

we cant drop him! ive got a riga mug in the office! ha ha

[seanworth]

No more Mustapha jokes. We just lost Shittu. A sad day for Bolton fans.

[boltonboris]

No more Mustapha jokes. We just lost Shittu. A sad day for Bolton fans.

Come on.. We mustapha joke about these things.. We're Bolton fans afterall!

[TKIZ!]

I mustapha one somewhere

[irie Cee Bee]

we have a 24 man squad why not just include him even if he is crap, just if we get desperate or have a full team come down with the shits!!

My guess is to leave a spot open just in case we can get a good midfielder who becomes a free agent!

I don't think we will be able to do that irie Cee Bee.

If we only had 24 professional players then we could add to it later, say with an out of contract player. We cannot add to our 24 named in our squad because Riga is on our books and he is eligible to be included. In other words clubs cannot name an understrength squad in the hope of getting in a freebie or else you could have 5 contracted players all available for one floating position.

Undestood Malcd1, but what happens if we release Riga from his contract. What then ? Could we not then bring in an out of contract player to make 25 ?

[Tombwfc]

I think we could, otherwise that's pretty harsh on out of contract players.

[Gaz Tomorrow]

we have a 24 man squad why not just include him even if he is crap, just if we get desperate or have a full team come down with the shits!!

Is there no-one else we could add instead??

[Gaz Tomorrow]

I think we could, otherwise that's pretty harsh on out of contract players.

Yeah it was my understanding youth players and out of contract player coming don't count in the 25man squad?!

[Sir Nut]

Id love to see him play alongside a proper striker (just like i do with Elmander and Klasnic) I believe he has alot to offer rather than run around like a headless chicken running after balls smashed in the air (bouncing of heads). I remember seeing him and Elmander playing together against Spurs away and they linked up really well with elmander supplying around 5 chances for Riga in a 20 minute period, they looked like they had an understanding something that i havnt seen at Bolton for a good 7 seasons (a strike partnership).

[jaffka]

Starting to fall back into your old ways Nutty...be careful.

[Sir Nut]

Starting to fall back into your old ways Nutty...be careful.

Be constructive on why im wrong Jaffka (Jaffka only please) be constructive and i might respect you as a poster a bit more, stop trying to get me into a personal slagging match and constructivly point out where im wrong!

[BWFC_Insane]

Id love to see him play alongside a proper striker (just like i do with Elmander and Klasnic) I believe he has alot to offer rather than run around like a headless chicken running after balls smashed in the air (bouncing of heads). I remember seeing him and Elmander playing together against Spurs away and they linked up really well with elmander supplying around 5 chances for Riga in a 20 minute period, they looked like they had an understanding something that i havnt seen at Bolton for a good 7 seasons (a strike partnership).

Remind me, what was the score in that match at Spurs?

[Lord Kangana]

I can't believe the answer has been staring us in the face so long.

Just play Riga and Shittu. Job done.

Perhaps we could recall Ricardo Vaz Te, and I heard Stuart Whittaker and Andranik are still kicking around. Greg Strong can't be that old, and Jason Lydiate and Andy Roscoe could do a job, Matt Jansen and Michael Bridges up front....