Nostalgia of old Bolton!

[stelios18]

I was wondering how this team get destroyed in seconds... That kind of stars in sam allardyce times get lost in the dark: okocha, diouf, anelka, campo,stelios... Now we have other club that are not capable to be competitive and to win 3 matches in a row. What happened? We we not invest some milons to improve our situation.Why we do not have a good manager. People let's talk about nowaday situation and how to make it better...

[adamworthy2002]

Because the other teams have better players than us and we don't have millions to invest.

Simple

[stelios18]

Do we need just money to play better?

[plymouth wanderer]

why you got a few quid too lend us

i bet your a secret millionare

[stelios18]

))) I just ask you what to do for the club. I want to see the best of bolton.

[Lord Kangana]

Scout Road is your best bet.

[BWFC_Insane]

Scout Road is your best bet.

Not on a day like today though!

[stelios18]

Scout Road is your best bet.

Not on a day like today though!

that all are to me?

[adamworthy2002]

Do we need just money to play better?

We need money to get better players to play better!

[Bruno3]

Do we need just money to play better?

We need money to get better players to play better!

Serious question - why do we bother about relegation? If we go down we can still enjoy the "entertainment" on offer. If we stay up we know we will never be in a position to challenge for the title and will have all the same financial problems we have now. Remember when we were promoted we were told it was worth £X million to the club? When you take into account higher wages, transfer fees etc it nust have cost us a fortune (I'm sure someone knows how much we owed at the time of promotion and the current debt but, sorry I don't).

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

(I'm sure someone knows how much we owed at the time of promotion and the current debt but, sorry I don't).

Our debt has roughly trebled since 2001. Which is far from untypical of the rest of the western world, from people to clubs to countries.

[Bruce Rioja]

Scout Road is your best bet.

Not on a day like today though!

Some of us were raised on Scout Road, you soft bassa!

[Bruno3]

(I'm sure someone knows how much we owed at the time of promotion and the current debt but, sorry I don't).

Our debt has roughly trebled since 2001. Which is far from untypical of the rest of the western world, from people to clubs to countries.

Thanks for the info. I see two possible trains of thought:
1) Our debt has trebled so we had better be prudent, get relegated, and lower our costs
2) Everybody's in debt so f*ck it we might as well be too

Any idea which one our benefactor favours? I know we spent money in January but, in reality, we made a nett gain thanks to Cahill's sale.

[boltonboris]

The owner of the company will want us to stay up. Obviously.

He's not pumped in a shit load of money to see the business be worth feck all.

If we stay up, we still have a good income (despite expenditure) which adds value to the company.

[Bruno3]

The owner of the company will want us to stay up. Obviously.

He's not pumped in a shit load of money to see the business be worth feck all.

If we stay up, we still have a good income (despite expenditure) which adds value to the company.

Never did understand valuations of companies. Are we saying that, irrespective of expenditure, a good income is all that's need to increase value? Mr Micawber will be turning in his grave.

[boltonboris]

Not entirely, but it's a good indicator to interested parties that we have a solid income. That way, they could chip away at the expenditure part and we could be profitable.

[Andy Waller]

Or get a pan load of cash in parachute payments and sell the club to a Chinaman?

[Bijou Bob]

Scout Road is your best bet.

Not on a day like today though!

Some of us were raised on Scout Road, you soft bassa!

That raised or conceived Bruce??

[Bruce Rioja]

Scout Road is your best bet.

Not on a day like today though!

Some of us were raised on Scout Road, you soft bassa!

That raised or conceived Bruce??

My walk to school was littered with spunk-filled prophylactics, Bob. Littered!

[Bijou Bob]

Really?? Considering half of Johnson Fold/Oldhams Estate/Tonge Moor was conceived up there, I thought nobody bothered with them!