Jaffka's gossip thread on the ins and outs at the 'Bok

[Bruce Rioja]

Danny Guthrie = Zero end product. As you say, right up Coyle's street.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

There are better players available, but not to us.

[thebish]

A

GK
If Jussi starts thumping the table, we could need someone experienced but cheap. Options:
* Andy Marshall (released by Villa, ex Norwich, now 37)
* Marcus Hahnemann (released by Everton, 40, Yankee!)
* Stuart Taylor (Man City so local, career benchwarmer, still only 31)
* Carlo Nash (Stoke, 38, another bench-botherer, Bolton-born…)
* Mike Pollitt (Wigan, 40, Bolton-born)

is my memory right that he has played a couple of absolute blinders against us??

[hi there, i'm craig]

A week on, I've finally found time to peruse that (frequently incorrect) lost of Bosmen posted a few pages back. Some thoughts:

GK
If Jussi starts thumping the table, we could need someone experienced but cheap. Options:
* Andy Marshall (released by Villa, ex Norwich, now 37)
* Marcus Hahnemann (released by Everton, 40, Yankee!)
* Stuart Taylor (Man City so local, career benchwarmer, still only 31)
* Carlo Nash (Stoke, 38, another bench-botherer, Bolton-born…)
* Mike Pollitt (Wigan, 40, Bolton-born)

DF
* Need a big bruising centre-back? There's always Danny Shittu, freshly released by good old QPR. #carefulwhatyouwishfor
* Carlos Cuellar (Villa) would be excellent, but I rather doubt it: at 30 he'll get a better offer.
* Surprised Fulham have let RB Stephen Kelly slip out of contract, but it's no concern of ours.
* More likely: Norwich releasee Zak Whitbread. US-born centre-back. Just turned 28. Speaks same language as Ream.
* Joe Mattock, ex-Leicester left(wing)back, just turned 22, give the bugger a trial.

MF
* Danny Guthrie (25) is so far up Coyle's street, he's head of the Residents' Association.
* Or there's Tom Soares, weren't we in for him when he moved from Palace to Stoke four years ago? Not under Coyle, obvs, but he might fit the template: just 25 but with second-tier experience, six-footer, can play wide and score goals…
* QPR have released Hogan Ephraim: 24-y-o West Ham graduate, either-side winger/striker, 5ft 9in, England U16/U17/U18/U19 caps, you can see where this is going.
* Paul Scharner, very versatile, but at 32 would be short-term.
* Hendry Thomas? Hard-working defensive midfielder? Shows how far we've come...

Well done, very imaginative, suddenly coyle looks like a genious in the transfer market. A couple of them could be bargains.

[Bruce Rioja]

A

GK
If Jussi starts thumping the table, we could need someone experienced but cheap. Options:
* Andy Marshall (released by Villa, ex Norwich, now 37)
* Marcus Hahnemann (released by Everton, 40, Yankee!)
* Stuart Taylor (Man City so local, career benchwarmer, still only 31)
* Carlo Nash (Stoke, 38, another bench-botherer, Bolton-born…)
* Mike Pollitt (Wigan, 40, Bolton-born)

is my memory right that he has played a couple of absolute blinders against us??

He also thinks that Owen Coyle is absolutely clueless.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

* Mike Pollitt (Wigan, 40, Bolton-born)

is my memory right that he has played a couple of absolute blinders against us??

He also thinks that Owen Coyle is absolutely clueless.

He'll fit right in then, etc etc

[thebish]

A

GK
If Jussi starts thumping the table, we could need someone experienced but cheap. Options:
* Andy Marshall (released by Villa, ex Norwich, now 37)
* Marcus Hahnemann (released by Everton, 40, Yankee!)
* Stuart Taylor (Man City so local, career benchwarmer, still only 31)
* Carlo Nash (Stoke, 38, another bench-botherer, Bolton-born…)
* Mike Pollitt (Wigan, 40, Bolton-born)

is my memory right that he has played a couple of absolute blinders against us??

He also thinks that Owen Coyle is absolutely clueless.

does he??

[bwfcdan94]

owen coyle is average not brilliant nor useless/clueless

[H. Pedersen]

owen coyle is average not brilliant nor useless/clueless

He’s pretty useless/clueless.

[bwfcdan94]

i prefer him to fat sam and lee but not megson

[Jez]

i prefer him to fat sam and lee but not megson

[hi there, i'm craig]

i prefer him to fat sam and lee but not megson

I'm sorry what?! I am a fan of coyle despite his mistakes, but big Sam did magic with us and I would have him back at a drop of a hat.

But megson, no no no. I never hated him, he had a job to do and did it, but I'd have Coyle any day over megson.

[bwfcdan94]

but fat sam told us he would stay then went to newcastle for the money. megson has brought all of the players most of u consider to be good. C.Y lee, mavies and cahill

[bwfcdan94]

klasnic

[hi there, i'm craig]

but fat sam told us he would stay then went to newcastle for the money. megson has brought all of the players most of u consider to be good. C.Y lee, mavies and cahill

Ye I agree megson made some cracking signings but he had the money big Sam never had.

[bwfcdan94]

i think if you gave megson and sam 100m to spend on a new team megsons team would be better that is why sam failed at newcastle

[Lord Kangana]

Ok.

[thebish]

i prefer him to fat sam and lee but not megson

and I thought your "zat knight is the worst player ever to play for us" comment was a sandwich short of a picnic!!!

[seanworth]

i think if you gave megson and sam 100m to spend on a new team megsons team would be better that is why sam failed at newcastle

Think you are rewriting history a bit there.

[bwfcdan94]

newcastle were 14th when he left he had spent more money than we will in the next 5 seasons