Kitman

That Nolan negotiation in full Gartside: "Hi Joe, this is the Bolton chairman. We're looking to offload Kevin Nolan on a free, you interested?" JFK: "Yeah, deffo, I like 'im. Mind you, I won't be held to ransom. I can't go to more than 4mill. Maybe 4 and a half at a push." Gartside: "Errrr right. That's just what I had in mind. We can deal at that price. When can you sign him?" JFK: "I'll need to speak to Mike and Dennis. But we're definitely interested. No more than 5 mill tops. Not that I'll be held to fuckin' ransom, did I mention that?"

too heavy and old???...... fuck off! you dont have a clue do you! The Duke's 33 years old and has an appalling injury record. Leaving aside the fact he's been consistently accused of being overweight and lacking motivation, by both ours and Boro's fans, do you think he's worthy of a new contract on the basis of his age & fitness record alone? Personally I don't.

He's a stupid cnut [Charles Dyslexia]

Off the radar, into a strange hinterland which prescription drugs are necessary to keep things under control

That would entail the poison dwarf scuttling out from under the stone he's been hiding under for the past few months. Which he plainly has no intention of doing.

I'm sure he'd love to play for Joe Kinnear in a relegation battling side. I'm also sure Kinnear would improve his play. "Tell that fackin Savlon to fackin tackle back or I'll fackin kick 'im up the 'arris! Fackin Argies Jesus (no offence Colon)!" Inspirational, I bet he can't wait.

I'd be depressed if JFK was appointed long term. He was all right for a stop gap - on the basis he was better than nothing - but imo he's a very ordinary manager who's lacking on all sorts of levels. IF we survive, we need to replace him in the summer with a visionary appointment with the next 5 years in mind, who's willing to work within whatever contraints the Board want. We will never go anywhere with JFK except down into the championship.

Damn them EMOs

I can't be confident about staying up with our squad, injury record, manager and recent record. I don't think that's being unduly pessimistic given recent events and the lack of investment as things stand. If there is the intention to invest, our recent run also highlights the folly of leaving things till the very last minute.

It might help if Mike & Co realised that football is a squad game, because of the injuries, suspensions, and loss of form. Especially our club. On second thoughts....

Agreed. Wouldn't it be typical of our club that we decide to get serious about transfers at the end of the transfer window? Ashley: "What do you mean there's no-one decent available, there's a good 4 days left! Let's work those phones!"

Look at Ashey's eyes, I've always said tiny eyes is a handicap. Piggy eyes. And grasping piggy hands. Piggy must go

I agree. Maybe he'd do better in a less physical league, as a back up striker in a big Italian or Spanish team.

Toon career over as well.

Looks like the ship's going down with no survivors. The captain is a fuckwit who's randomly spinning the wheel this way and that in the hope something might happen. The few remaining able bodied crew are in the liferafts already. The chief engineer is abroad looking at spare parts. In the meantime the owner Piggy Clueless is in the restaurant stuffing his face a la Mr Creosote, ignoring all pleas for urgent repairs. Somebody pull the flush and send us round the U-bend.

That's my view too. We're building up momentum towards the championship, and I don't think JFK has a clue what to do about it, not helped by injury crisis after crisis. There's a whiff of death about us at the moment I'm afraid. New signings needed to lift the quality and morale of the squad. Time to deliver, Fat Mike. Pizza? Too slimming. He eats LARD, in handfuls and washed down with lager

That's my view too. We're building up momentum towards the championship, and I don't think JFK has a clue what to do about it, not helped by injury crisis after crisis. There's a whiff of death about us at the moment I'm afraid. New signings needed to lift the quality and morale of the squad. Time to deliver, Fat Mike.

Tough times for Mark Hughes. If this is true, be interesting to see if Citeh get the same flak as we did for Bowyer & Barton from the press. Plus, if convicted, will Citeh cancel his contract and write off their 32.5 mill outlay? Real must be counting their money and laughing, the guy seems a bit of a loon, whether this is true or not.

My questions: 1. Why is communication with supporters so poor? 2. What is the Board's strategy to ensure we do not get relegated this season or the next? 3. Does the Board recognise it needs to recruit senior people with expertise of running a large premiership football club? 4. Does the Board consider that all things being equal Joe Kinnear is worthy of a long term appointment? 5. Would the Board like to apologise to supporters for the season to date?

Yes. There's free drinks and enough fun and sunshine for everybody apparently.

I don't believe we've Donadel at all. I thank you.

The unluckiest billionaire on the planet? He's probably only a multi-millionaire these days. I bet he hasn't even got a yacht. What a loser.

If you listen to some people we should be grateful to Fat Mike because we're not in liquidation. Plainly it's unreasonable to expect him to have been able to afford the club, and invest it. Thank fuck we've got him and not some super rich Arab consortium, eh? To be serious, there's no doubt we were heading into financial difficulty under the Halls/Shepherd, hence the Halls desperation to sell, but there may have been an opportunity cost to Ashley's swoop on the club. Which we're paying for now, because he's brassic (figuratively speaking). Still, we do have a "plan" instead, so we'll be all right. * Takes more Prozac *

I expect it's been said elsewhere but this comparison with Arsenal is totally superficial. Firstly you need a Wenger type character at its head PLUS an extensive scouting system - it's well documented that Wenger has a huge amount of contacts, especially in French football where a lot of the best African talent starts out, which brings players to his attention. We have Joe Kinnear and Dennis Wise, draw your own conclusions. I couldn't see us signing Vieira from AC Milan or wherever it was for instance. Secondly, Arsenal were still a top club when he took over and being based in London is an attractive draw for young and older players alike, especially foreigners who can find plenty of home comforts in the big smoke. The toon doesn't have the cultural diversity of London of course but my sense is we've never as a club been professional about helping foreign players settle in, like Man Utd say. Thirdly, Wenger didn't take over at Arsenal and spend nothing on the first team, as per the good doctor's post above they've invested heavily in certain areas notably in attackers and wide players. This without considering someone like Bergkamp, whose wages would have been hefty (and worht every penny). Wenger was lucky enough to inherit the best defence in English football, whereas our squad is crap from top to bottom, particularly in the wide positions including defence. Fourthly, there's nothing to suggest young talent will flourish at our club. It hasn't in the past, we've been very good at taking young players and ruining their careers (Viana anyone?). We can sign as many 16 year olds as we like but we have to turn them into first teamers and bring them through. I haven't noticed too many starlets getting a chance in the first team but we'll have to see on that one. My point is, just signing these guys doesn't make us like Arsenal - until we have a Fabregas or Van Persie playing in the first team, it hasn't actually saved us any money at all.

I think he was being tongue in cheek mate.