Pilko

Let's hope that Smith has the odd decent game when he plays in the first half of the season (hopefully not too frequently) and that Allardyce is stupid enough to buy him in January. Then Gosling can actually compete with Nolan, Guthrie and Barton (and Vuckic, or any new signings) for the central midfield spots.

The Everton appeal will make no difference, surely? It's all about a fee, not as if their appeal will get him to sign a new deal there. I do realise that Dave or someone will have already made this point btw.

Bit annoying waiting on the confirmation from .cock

Formally being the key word. They don't really have a leg to stand on.

Funniest page ever this. http://www.the-wanderer.co.uk/boards/viewtopic.php?p=557389&sid=6fcb9d8db7e032d7addde6a1ba42ad48 They all start off saying what a great signing he'd be if he was to come to Bolton, until someone says that Alan Nixon has posted he's coming to us... then they all start to tot up savings on wages whilst he's injured and make slurs about the Geordie Nation and stuff.

Dave, do you have a link to said Bolton forums?

malandro proving he's a total and utter berk in this thread. No-one is 'getting a stiffy' over this signing, people are just pleased we are signing a young, hungry player with some prospects for (next to) nothing. It's a good transfer and a fairly low-risk one at that; and it is also pleasing to see we are closing in on targets and doing things nice and early, instead of the usual panic bids in the final three days of the window. If this comes off then it's good news imo. Think he's the sort of signing we should have always been making, or trying to make, anyway. Obviously, we'll need a few proper 'quality' additions to the squad before the window closes, but getting solid players like this who have plenty of endeavour and who are good squad players (and can play a couple of positions; whilst still having a preffered one) is almost as important. Fingers crossed. Blaming Dave if this goes Pete Tong.

Okaka for £2m, if that is true, would be quite good imo.

Not bad. Games have generally been shite, but there's been a few good ones and some memorable moments - Suarezgate, Bafana Bafana beating the French, Palermo's goal, Lampard's non-goal, the performance of Ghana, Heinze nutting the camera...

no matter how many times you variate that joke, it never gets old.

For every find like Palacios, there's about a hundred of Milton Nunez.

What a waste.

Which game was it?

Carroll on the boxing? Accident waiting to happen.

not bad.

Nadir Belhadj gone to Al Sadd. What a waste.

it was off here I think. You pair of massively observant wankers.

Where to? I don't remember reading anything

West Ham jettisoning Green just for that world cup mistake

Think our (apparent) lack of money could see us an advantage re. the Gosling deal - if he sees that the mackems are loaded he'll know they have the potential to sign better players that will see him being a squad player at best again like he was at Everton.

Quite bold for them to expect Lovenkrands to share his number with LuaLua too.

Loan one out till January, then loan the other out from then till the end of the season. That way both get some games and both get experience sitting on the bench and making the odd appearance should Harper be injured, or in the cups.

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cp40 vs Red team that.

Surely if we want Mansare we'll get him soon. We're credited with an interest, Toulouse will let him go, and he's been giving us the come on in the press.