Players We Should've Kept For At Least Another Season

[Trotski]

Yes but we couldn't have kept him on after what happened

I know something happened, but what was it exactly?

[Lofthouse Lower]

I don't know for sure, but rumours were all over that he was released from Blackburn and from us for being caught nicking from his teammates' pockets as they were out training.

Don't know how true it is, but have heard the same story about him from a few different people......

[TKIZ!]

I think if we had invested more time in Jermaine Johnston he could have an outstanding talent

[BWFC_Insane]

I think if we had invested more time in Jermaine Johnston he could have an outstanding talent

No he couldn't.

Wrong attitude. Which is why he never played top flight football again.

[Lofthouse Lower]

That's why Johnson hasn't ever risen higher since we let him go.

There aren't too many that have left us and then gone on to be really successful.

[Bruce Rioja]

Taking it back a bit further -

Well yes, but you can thank Barry Knight for that.

[Lofthouse Lower]

and the brains behind the hotel.....

[BWFC_Insane]

We were 30 odd million quid in debt at the time, without Eddie Davies and a premiership income.

I'd say that the money we got for him was absolutely essential.

However, IIRC Gudjohnsen shafted us to an extent by making it clear he only wanted to go to Chelsea preventing any chance of an auction.

[Lofthouse Lower]

Don't doubt that but had we kept him on in the Prem we could have doubled our money

[TKIZ!]

That's why Johnson hasn't ever risen higher since we let him go.

There aren't too many that have left us and then gone on to be really successful.

Maybe, maybe not. Had Big Sam treated him the same as Dioufy I think we could have had a similar player on our hands.

[Lofthouse Lower]

I remember him being unplayable against Man Utd away, but then dropped off pretty sharpish

[TKIZ!]

Thought that was against Arsenal when Gardner got sent off?

[bobo the clown]

Yes but we couldn't have kept him on after what happened

I know something happened, but what was it exactly?

I don't know for sure, but rumours were all over that he was released from Blackburn and from us for being caught nicking from his teammates' pockets as they were out training.

Don't know how true it is, but have heard the same story about him from a few different people......

No, he was sacked from Jackburn for that ... we actually signed him after that.

We let him go coz he didn't seem to be breaking through.

[bobo the clown]

Thought that was against Arsenal when Gardner got sent off?

It was & he had, frankly, the best game I've ever seen a Bolton winger ever have. I was utterly excited by him.

He still failed to make it though & the 'wacky-baccy' story lingers but if it were so then he'd fail his medicals & be suspended, so methinks it's exaggerated.

[thebish]

We should have kept the Tad - for another season - and then another - and then some more...

[Riviman]

From times past, players that were on our books - Alan Ball and Martin Dobson, both released after being on our books - another season would have shown just how good they were.

[thebish]

Vaz Te - the next season was always gonna be his year!

[CAPSLOCK]

Gudjohnsen didn't shaft us

Chelsea were the only team willing to pay the cash we needed

Memories of his injury and the fact he couldn't hit the proverbial cows arse was what shafted us

[calcalstar]

Surely Ian Walker was in his prime when we let him go! he only needed 1 more year to get his state pension.

[officer_dibble]

Jonathan Walters. Pretty much the only player deemed to poor for Bolton who's actually carved out something that resembles a career later on.

Aye we had a reminder of that recently!