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Fingers firmly crossed. Although i believe he will go to Liverpool.

That would be brilliant but i think Ashley will be looking for money tbh. I reckon we will get 1 loan player and that will be it.

nolan? Well if we have raised money for Nolan by selling NZogbia, where is this 10m kitty gone? Either way we should not have to sell to buy.

Good player that has/had plenty of potential. N'zogbia, Given and Owen leaving the club does say something about the ambition and current state of the club. However, the way in which he has gone about leaving the club (including before the ashley regime) has been disgraceful to say the least. At least Owen and Given have kept their mouths fairly shut. In terms of the deal, if Milner is worth 12m then Zoggy's fee should match it IMO. However, i will take into account the fact that we bum raped Villa for Milner so 6m is about right. Getting a solid player coming in the opposite direction is a big bonus for us. The million dollar question is will we re-invest with the money recouped?..... i doubt it.

It looks to be that we have dropped our interest in the foreign lads in order for premiership experiance. Personally, i think this is a good move, since we are in a relegation battle. However, which way would you have preferred us to go? Ignoring the fact that we are meant to getting Taylor in on the cheap?

Who are Nolan's friends on the back room staff? EDIT:Danny Guthrie, Robbie Elliot and Barton

I remember when Bolton were on the verge of relegation a couple of years ago and Nolan was asked if they got relegated would he leave in order to stay in the premiership and Nolan said that he would stay with the club as long as they wanted him, regardless of what league they were in. That's the sort of attitude we are missing. Nolan is an incredibly loyal player and i'm convinced the guy will be a fan favourite.

Get him signed in time for the mackems.

Pretty much confirms that this is in response to the Barton injury. I don't know whether that's a good thing or not. Or at least some sort of realisation in the last couple of days. It's a start.

Given no 4

We can now predict: Harper Taylor Colo Bassong Enrique Butt Nolan Jonas Duff Lovenkrandes Carroll

Good signing...... next please.

Aye but bare in mind we aren't doing it out of principal but out of greed.

I was thinking that too. Straight into the deep end against the Mackems, with the arm band. One of the few players who i think could handle the pressure. he seems like a good candidate, was having the captaincy conversation in the pub and there didn't seem to be any decent candidate, nolan would seem like the best choice If Beye was a couple of years younger he would be the outstanding guy but right now we need a Barton or Nolan.

Still think he's a decent youngster, even if he is a knobhead.

I forgot about the captaincy as well, I say give him the armband straight away, we've got nobody else to wear the thing. I was thinking that too. Straight into the deep end against the Mackems, with the arm band. One of the few players who i think could handle the pressure.

Amen to that. Technically he maybe fairly average but he is a battler and can force the game onto the opposition. Added to that he is a captain and a penalty taker (should we ever get one). This isn't a good signing because he's a great player but a good signing because he's a good player at a resonable price.

Of course we did..... Mike Ashley's pie fund.

Don't particularly rate the lad, Lee "yellow card" Cattermole perhaps.

I wish we had signed Pennant on loan, so we could have moved Jonas out to left for the remainder of the season. That would have improved things vastly for us.

There was a day when big clubs would have been courting N'Zogbia and i wouldn't have wanted him to leave but that was a long time ago. His attitude isn't good enough if he wants to achieve his potential, therefore i don't care who we sell him to. Fine him to make up the transfer fee we have lost because of his winging.

The only way i can see us bidding 10m for Veloso is if we have let Given go for 14m, therefore we are making a profit if we sign him. I don't believe for a second Ashley's decided to "loosen the purse strings". We won't sign Veloso but in the short term i don't think he would have made an "impact" anyway.

I prefer Butt. Say what you want about him but he's definately a fighter who gives his all. People say the same about nolan but i really don't agree. He has a decent shot on him but other then that, he offers nothing else. He's also extremley slow and about a half a stone overweight. He's the sort of player that rarely gets involved in play but might come up with a decent shot on goal now and again, then go back to doing nothing. I trump you Jermaine Jenas.

I'm desperate for this to go through. Everytime i have seen Bolton play at SJP Nolan has been the one constant thorn in our side, he's got a brilliant no nonsense attitude which we are desperate for. He's certainly not a flair player but he will hang at the edge of the box and chip in with a few, as well as fight the fight in midfield.

I think Smith might have a few decent games for us this season. If he aint going nowhere, we need to get behind him.