Hi guys, according to the Bolton News, Neil Lennon now has cash to spend. I'm sure that most members of the forum will be wondering where it has come from. I certainly am.
Neil says that so much has been trimmed off the wages bill, he can now add another player to the squad. That really has to be good news but I'm not getting too excited at the moment.
Here is the article.
Lennon finally has funds at his disposal to add to his frontline - but will spend it wisely
Mark Davies has added that extra quality in recent weeks, according to Neil Lennon
Mark Davies has added that extra quality in recent weeks, according to Neil Lennon.
NEIL Lennon reckons the cash currently burning a hole in his pocket is the product of some hard graft off the pitch at Wanderers.
The Whites boss is in the unfamiliar position of knowing he has funds to spend as his scours high and low for a new striker in the loan market.
Considerable cuts have been made to the playing budget in the last 12 months to get the club operating on a more sustainable basis, and Lennon is now looking forward to the reaping the rewards.
“We’ve worked very, very hard," he told The Bolton News. “I think we’re in the black by a considerable distance since we’ve been in there but I’m not looking for a pat on the back; it was a necessary evil if you can call it that.
“I don’t know what the exact amount we’ve got to spend but it’s enough to bring in another player, and someone who can make a real difference for us."
Lennon’s squad remains finely balanced – with Zach Clough’s injury on Tuesday night showing just how shallow his options are in certain positions – but the Northern Irishman is happy with how his side have acquitted themselves so far this season.
“I'm quite pleased," he said. You'd want to turn the draws into wins but you can't have everything.
“They've given me everything and there's a decent style of play. We were the stronger team against Sheffield Wednesday and restricted them to pot-shots for the majority of the 45 minutes and we were on the front foot.
“In the first half it was open and we were a little bit dozy, trying to play off-side which we don't do and Ben Amos made a great stop.
“But in terms of competitiveness, as we're not the biggest team without Darren Pratley or David Wheater, we're competing brilliantly at set pieces and some of the football is very good.
“And in the likes of Wellington Silva and Mark Davies, we've got that bit of quality and people who can go past a player. But we're just lacking that bit of quality on the end of things that will make the difference."
Lennon has cash to spend.
posted on 25/9/15
comment by SUPERWHITEINEXILE (U2020)
posted 4 days, 3 hours ago
Quite easy, we have a laugh at your posts.
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awww thats sweet
posted on 25/9/15
See the first reply in this thread the digestives PG bought were sweet how did you come by that inside information ?
posted on 28/9/15
comment by BWFCCLEGG (U7583)
posted 2 days, 21 hours ago
comment by SUPERWHITEINEXILE (U2020)
posted 4 days, 3 hours ago
Quite easy, we have a laugh at your posts.
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awww thats sweet
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I know, I'm all heart really.
The real problem is, you need to realize our situation is absolutely dire. If you think there is any real money to spend you are sadly mistaken.
The fact that Gartside has mortgaged the stadium, The Hotel and part of the car park should tell you something.
There's nothing in the kitty and there isn't likely to be and the situation is down to your hero, Phil Gartside and Eddie Davies. Goodness knows why he permitted Gartside to mismanage the club for so long. Perhaps there was a hidden agenda which has gone horribly wrong.
Perhaps you in your wisdom can explain.
posted on 29/9/15
Probably not then.
posted on 29/9/15
No there isnt really any explaining.
Why dont you just watch the football, accept the situation is what it is, and stop calling for people to be hanged, when you know very little of the facts. Yes its true, it doesn't sound all that good, but FGS get on with it, just watch the football, if you enjoy it, keep going, if you don't, stay home.
You bang on about hanging Gartside and Eddie, you make out like Gartside had malicious intent, and then go on about his salary. His salary is commensurate to the role he is in, whether he is deemed to fail or succeed. If he wasn't at Bolton, he would be earning it somewhere else. I.e he is paid the going rate. I think in 20 years time, we would look back on his tenure and think it had been a success, maybe not, but its irrelevant, sit in ur seat, cheer on the lads, whats happening in the boardroom shouldnt really be our concern, we should support them through thick and thin anyway
posted on 30/9/15
It has never been said that Gartside has malicious intent. Personally, as I alluded to it could be that there was a hidden agenda or he is totally inept to run a football club. I don't know the answer but what is clear is that he and Eddie have a lot to answer for.
yes I have mentioned his salary. That is because he is still getting paid more than he is worth. I will liken it to the Bankers making disastrous mistakes and still being able to claim their bonus. Or Captains of industry who get sacked and walk away with millions as a pay off. It's just not right.
As for him earning the same money elsewhere, if he had been elsewhere, he would have probably been down the road some years ago.
There have been parts of his tenure that have been successful but that was when Big Sam was on board and we don't know if Gartside was actually the man who made the difference. I think you will find the fans would say it was Sam.
What has happened since Sam left? The club has gone down to it's lowest level in many years and there is no short term solution unless the club is sold and at the the moment that doesn't seem an option. So no I and many more will not be looking back and saying Gartside did a good job. Quite the opposite.
What has happened in the boardroom is the fans concern. We can't afford the players the club needs to move forward or perhaps even stay still. If you could ask the fans, I am sure they would agree with me.
Just face the facts for once instead of viewing the situation through rose tinted glasses.
posted on 30/9/15
I am facing the facts, the fact is we are at a level where our club should be
I don't look at the tenure and think we are at our lowest, I look back to not so long ago, when we were at the highest point in our history, we are currently at our level, not flying high and overachieving, and not underachieving.
You say they have a lot to answer for????? To who???? The fans?? Surely not, they haven't spent there money, they have spent there own.
We are jus fans, not owners. Stay as a fan. Not a boardroom wannabe
posted on 2/10/15
Do you not understand the fans are the club.
Yes they spend their money on season tickets travel and refreshments which put money into the coffers and they will be there when Gartside and Eddie have long gone.
Of course they have to answer for the state of the club. It's like saying a bad owner of a company who bankrupts it, has nothing to answer for. They are responsible for the good running of the business.
No one in their right mind would even suggest that Bolton Wanderers Football Club has been well run. Or are you going to tell me that it has?
posted on 7/10/15
Do you not understand the fans are the club.
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No....not anymore - football has changed. The money comes from TV and other commercial interests. Thats not to say we arent a stakeholder, but as a stakeholder our power is very low at best
Of course they have to answer for the state of the club. It's like saying a bad owner of a company who bankrupts it, has nothing to answer for. They are responsible for the good running of the business.
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Im not saying they dont have anyone to answer to, im saying who do they have to answer to? Gartside has to answer to Davies, thats it. Davies would seem to be in a position of trusting Gartside, there must be a reason for that.
No one in their right mind would even suggest that Bolton Wanderers Football Club has been well run. Or are you going to tell me that it has
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Incorrect, nobody in there right mind would say theres a black and white answer to that question. The facts are, under the tenure of Gartside we enjoyed the best ever period in our clubs history. The period after that was where some "Gambles" where taken. Gambles, which at the time seemed correct, the Gamble was to spend a load of money (Offered to us by our owner) on replacing the ageing squad we had. Surely, that was a "reasonable" decision to make at that time. Yes....fine the Gamble didnt work out - the players we signed, the manager choices...ok...not good enough. i have always said, Gartside was responsible for the hiring and firing of the managers. The debt however, was bourne of a necessity to compete at the top level. What was the alternative? Thats up for speculation, and the result of the action is hugely unknown.
Further on from that, you could argue, well what else has Gartside done, what was the plan b. As far as i can see, the accounts make provisions and notes for other commercial interests, which should see long term benefit, i.e the academy, the free school etc, the stadium and facilities, hotel etc.
So in summary, the answer isnt a case of, its been good or bad, its been a good amount of both, the fact remains, we have never underachieved under gartside.
posted on 8/10/15
If the fans didn't turn up for every game the club would fold despite the money from TV rights. At the moment there isn't enough money coming in to pay the bills. Otherwise Gartside would not have had to mortgage the ground the money from the TV rights and the car park. To say the fans are not the club is total rubbish. You can't have a commercial football club with out fans. As I stated in an earlier post, the fans will be at the club after Eddie and Gartside have long gone so they certainly aren't the club. They are merely custodians of the club at this moment in time and they alone have knackered it.
You have always alluded to the suggestion that Gartside has done a good job. Well if where we find ourselves is in a good position, I wouldn't like to see the result of him having done a bad job.
The commercial efforts haven't yet had a positive effect on the clubs finances and at present there is no evidence that they will have. The Hotel is a white elephant. Why do you think the De Vere group pulled out. The Academy may produce surplus in time but in spite of the young talent coming through, there is no positive evidence to suggest that it will provide a good and lasting profit. The stadium? It's not attracting the commercial events that will provide a decent income as the likes of Old Trafford and City's new ground seem to be taking the cream of events available. To sum up, the possible riches that you assume will come from these avenues are just pie in the sky.
Of course we have underachieved under Gartside. We are underachieving now. If you go back to Bruce Rioch's time, we were moving forward and making progress. Our best times for many years were under Big Sam. But don't get carried away because it was under Gartsides reign, most fans will agree it was down to Sam not Gartside. Gartside has shown since Sam left the club that he has made many mistakes which have lead to the clubs present predicament, which even you can't say, is a good one.