The Official Lennon Quote Bank

[Enoch]

I wonder how it went. - 20/02/15

I’ve sat down with Johan and had a decent chat about it.

I reckon you could drill holes with them eyes!

[Worthy4England]

I wonder how it went. - 20/02/15

I’ve sat down with Johan and had a decent chat about it.

I reckon you could drill holes with them eyes!

He's only 7 years older than Heskey - might have said "bring yer boots"

[Vertigo]

And now for Neil's word of the month!

"tentative"

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Wigan presser quoted on Twitter (here and passim)

It's an important game for us on Saturday. If we win, we consolidate our position in the Championship for next season.
I have an idea with players out of contract who I want to stay. We've had talks but I can't guarantee anything til we're safe.
We've got Zach Clough. Without putting pressure on him, is he someone you could build a team around? Yes he is. That's a start.
Rochinha had to get used to the culture and pace of the game. The timing was right against Ipswich and he came in and proved that.
It didn't phase him. Rochinha gave us a different dimension. On another night he would score or slip one or two people in.
I have two young players in Josh Vela and Tom Walker who will do a great service to this club. Tom is emerging as a fine player.
This season we've had the likes young players coming in and not just making up numbers. It's been a highlight them coming through.
I've been surprised by Wigan. I thought they would be there or thereabouts. I don't know why it's not worked for them.
Adam Le Fondre, Saidy Janko and Emile Heskey trained yesterday and will be fit. Adam Bogdan is fit and Mark Davies is out on the grass.

[Hoboh]

Wigan presser quoted on Twitter (here and passim)

It's an important game for us on Saturday. If we win, we consolidate our position in the Championship for next season.
I have an idea with players out of contract who I want to stay. We've had talks but I can't guarantee anything til we're safe.
We've got Zach Clough. Without putting pressure on him, is he someone you could build a team around? Yes he is. That's a start.
Rochinha had to get used to the culture and pace of the game. The timing was right against Ipswich and he came in and proved that.
It didn't phase him. Rochinha gave us a different dimension. On another night he would score or slip one or two people in.
I have two young players in Josh Vela and Tom Walker who will do a great service to this club. Tom is emerging as a fine player.
This season we've had the likes young players coming in and not just making up numbers. It's been a highlight them coming through.
I've been surprised by Wigan. I thought they would be there or thereabouts. I don't know why it's not worked for them.
Adam Le Fondre, Saidy Janko and Emile Heskey trained yesterday and will be fit. Adam Bogdan is fit and Mark Davies is out on the grass.

I suppose it's better than being out on the ale!

[thebish]

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wa ... kicks_off/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I’d make massive changes if I got my way, but that is not necessarily going to happen. I need to sit down with Phil and get a clear indication of what I can and cannot do. That won’t be an issue because I like it here, I think I have done a decent job so far but I think we can do better. There is great potential.

I need to speak about player contracts – although I might change my mind with a few of them – and there is a lot of work to be done, in terms of where I want to take this club. You can’t do it overnight, or three months, or even in the space of a year. The first thing I wanted to do is make sure we’re in the Championship next year and then I’ll bolster the squad.

I can’t hark on about it, but there’s no question the injuries have damaged us heavily. There are some really good stalwarts in this squad – I like Matt Mills and Tim Ream, they’ve been really consistent, Pratley and three or four others on the treatment table would play.

(Relaying the Euxton pitches is) something I want to look at going forward. Arsenal have just changed their pitches at the training ground and I think that’s something we’ll have to look at in order to curtail some of these injuries. Clough, Clayton, Pratley and Mark Davies would all make us better – there’s no question of that.

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wa ... xt_season/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

We’d never have been able to foresee the number of injuries we’ve had, so we need to get more durability into the players we bring in. Hopefully they carry that on when we bring them in here.

Character is a big thing for me. And also if the team is losing I want to see how that player reacts. Does he pick the team up by the scruff of the neck? If you’re two or three-nil down, does he have the enthusiasm to keep going? That tells me a lot about a player. You learn more about them in defeat.

But the Championship is an absolute monster. You need players who can cope with the physical demands it places on you – and at the moment I don’t think I quite have that.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

On goalkeepers:
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wa ... sey_again/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I want to get [Adam Bogdan] up to speed as quickly as possible. Ben’s loan runs out pretty soon and Adam’s fit enough now. He’s ready to play between now and the end of the season. I want to give him some games. He’s been called up by Hungary this week and another game certainly won’t do him any harm.

[On Ben Amos] He’s been beneficial for us, he’s made us better, and I think it has worked for Ben too. You can see by his body language that he has enjoyed his time here and he’s done better than I expected, better than I could have hoped.

I was surprised he hadn’t played for so long. I knew his name but didn’t know much about him. We did a wee bit of work on him before he came in but Manchester United have been very good to us in the loan market with him and Saidy Janko.

He has certainly enhanced his reputation and the fact he’s out of contract as well, this has really put him in the shop window. I’m sure there will be potential suitors for him and we may be one of them.

On building a team:
http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wa ... xt_season/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If we haven’t got the finances to go out there and buy what we want, then we’ve got to be imaginative. We’ve got to go and see if there are any little nuggets out there. I think we’ve found one in Rochinha and you’re thinking with him and Zach Clough – would you want to build a team around someone with that quality? Without heaping too much pressure on Zach, yes you would.

So there’s your starting point. I have got some good players but they need some help. I want it to be a better season next year but we need to get absolutely safe in this one first.

We need to balance the squad out a lot better; certainly a lack of full-backs is something we need to address going forward. Full-backs are an important position in the modern game and I would like them to be able to handle the ball well. But some of those cost a lot of money.

Stamina, enthusiasm for the game, pace and then quality at the end – that’s what I want out of the players who come in.

On depression: http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/wa ... epression/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

You become the opposite of what you are; the most gregarious character becomes introverted with low self-esteem and confidence. It’s difficult to relate that to people in a footballing environment. I spoke to the club doctor on many an occasion and sports psychologists, who were a great help, because they understood what I was going through.

There’s no love or enjoyment. It became difficult to put on your boots. Everything that comes naturally or that you enjoy becomes the opposite. You don’t enjoy your food, you can’t sleep, you don’t enjoy training or playing. I’ve had experience of playing an Old Firm derby and winning 2-0 but not being able to remember a thing. Everyone else was in the dressing room and euphoric and I was just sitting there and couldn’t wait to get away.

I have, on a number of occasions, spoken openly about it, which helps them [young players]. I’ve also been able to get the right help for them, which gets them through the process and gives them a better understanding of what they are going through. I notice Nick Clegg was trying to bring through legislation to offer more help to sportspeople who suffer from mental health problems, and that’s fantastic. Again, the stigma becomes less and less.

I remember Stan Collymore coming out, maybe the first to do it, and everyone scoffing at it – including myself – until I had been through it and I could understand what Stan had been through. Funnily enough it attacks stronger-minded people and if you look back through history the likes of Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln all suffered from it as well.

While we all feel ashamed of it, you shouldn’t be because it can strike you at any time. The most important thing is that you can get better from it, and feel so much better and stronger for it.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Pre-Blackpool presser (https://twitter.com/OfficialBWFC/status ... 0723610624" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; et passim)

You'd expect Blackpool to put up a fight. They'd played well against Leeds. It's been difficult season for them.

Lee Clark has had an impossible job. I can't second-guess what they are going to do. We just need to focus on ourselves.

Late goals have cost us nine points. If we had played a minute less in each game then we'd be sitting tenth.

We need to find a balance between playing well at home and not so well away from home. We definitely need to improve our away form.

With the way our home and away form has been, it is important we focus on Blackpool first. 50 points should be enough for safety.

I want to maintain our home form. It has been very good so far and I think the fans deserve it to continue.

I'm not expecting us to have a great deal of money so we are looking at the Bosman market and generating funds through sales.

We might not see Jordan Lussey in the first team this year. Iain has brought him for the Dev Squad. He's one for the future.

I'm pleased with Tom Walker's contribution. I like him as a player and think he is going to have a good future in the game.

It's amazing to have had three players come through this year. It's been the light at the end of the tunnel.

Mark Davies is training out on the grass again but won't be available for these next two games. We're looking at maybe Norwich.

I had a big smile on my face when the news came through about Eidur scoring [for Iceland]. It's a fantastic story.

[CrazyHorse]

Late goals have cost us nine points. If we had played a minute less in each game then we'd be sitting tenth.

That's depressingly terrible.

[Prufrock]

Well, I think he means if we'd played a minute more in each game, but yeah.

[thebish]

Well, I think he means if we'd played a minute more in each game, but yeah.

no... he means a minute fewer...

[bobo the clown]

So ^^ this Jordan Lussey from Liverpool is a loan for next season as well. I did wonder.

We'll have a seriously young squad next year with him, Connelly, Vela, Clough, Walker etc. I'm hoping I live has a chance too. Not to mention Eider & Ivanhoe.

[thebish]

So ^^ this Jordan Lussey from Liverpool is a loan for next season as well. I did wonder.

We'll have a seriously young squad next year with him, Connelly, Vela, Clough, Walker etc. I'm hoping I live has a chance too. Not to mention Eider & Ivanhoe.

we're all hoping you live Bobo - hang in there!

[bobo the clown]

Fckg annoying name the Bulgaria has. Is there an App for that ?

[Prufrock]

Who's Connelly?

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Who's Connelly?

Sean Connelly. Plays as a shupport shtriker.

[bobo the clown]

Clayton. You knew that. Connelly is Welsh for Clayton. Do you know fckg nothing ?

[Bruce Rioja]

Clayton. You knew that. Connelly is Welsh for Clayton. Do you know fckg nothing ?

Well, it has a double L in it, I suppose. Therefor doubtlessly pronounced Carneckly. Tossers.

[CrazyHorse]

Eidur Gudjohnsen is something else; he's had a glittering career but I'd say this week would be right up there with one of the best,"

Eidur Gudjohnsen: Bolton striker has 'one of best weeks of career'
He has won the Champions League, two Premier League titles and La Liga - but this week has been one of the best of Eidur Gudjohnsen's career, according to Bolton manager Neil Lennon.

The 36-year-old made a goalscoring return for Iceland last Saturday after 18 months out of the side, became a father for the fourth time on Wednesday and then scored a stoppage-time equaliser in Saturday's 1-1 draw with Blackpool.

He was without a club when Lennon persuaded him to rejoin former club Bolton last November, and scored his fifth goal of the season to deny Blackpool a rare win.

"Eidur Gudjohnsen is something else; he's had a glittering career but I'd say this week would be right up there with one of the best," Lennon said.

"It's a great story. He was playing semi-pro, just drifting and we met him in Manchester and said, 'We think you've got a bit in you, come and train with us and see how it goes'. He's been a brilliant signing.

"His motivation was to get back in the Iceland team, he's done that, he's scored and he's had a baby this week and only flew back on Friday.

"That's why we couldn't start him because he didn't meet up with us until late. Then he comes on and gets us a goal when we really needed it which, on the balance of play, we fully deserved."

Gudjohnsen, who scored in Iceland's 3-0 win over Kazakhstan in their Euro 2016 qualifier on 28 March, says he has no intention of retiring and could yet appear for his country at next summer's finals in France.

Iceland are second in Group A, five points clear of Netherlands at the halfway stage.