A third of Bolton backroom staff mysteriously hand in notice

[toontownman]

Best opening day fixture we have had in years, will be real spice in the game and an electric atmosphere. Gutted im not going to be around for it!

 

As for the staff as much as we would love Speed back at the club, he is an honourable man and wont walk from Bolton unless pushed, if anything he owes the club for the coaching oppurtunity.

 

Can even see him in the running for the managers job after Sammy Lee leaves.

[Guest Gemmill]

I think we would be extremely bitter if we had just lost a quality manager and he had come back to take the staff that had helped make the club succsessful....

 

The players are ultimately responsible for making the club successful and they're still there. I think that Big Sam's in for a rough ride first game of the season. The message board you refer to is not an isolated case.

 

Can we expect a threatening dance from the cheerleaders?  Will the lion mascot thing be roaring?  The twat with the drum banging it extra hard?

[Guest trotter58]

Whites chief hits back

 

PHIL Gartside has hit back in the bitter war of words with Sam Allardyce, insisting he is neither sad, nor bitter.

 

The former Wanderers boss, now managing Newcastle United, launched a stinging attack on his old chairman, claiming he had not been given the credit he deserved for his contribution to the club's success.

 

But the Bolton chief, although angry with Allardyce for allegedly poaching key members of the Reebok backroom staff, says the bitterness is one-sided and denies a recent spate of departures are damaging the club.

 

"I'm not sad and I'm not bitter, in fact I'm more excited about next season that I have been for a long time," he said.

 

"The people who have handed in their notice have given us the opportunity to upgrade what we've got and there are a number of new initiatives coming on stream soon that are very exciting."

 

Wanderers have, nevertheless, been rocked by a series of resignations since Allardyce was appointed manager at Newcastle.

 

Mark Taylor, who was head of sports science and medicine, has quit to join his former boss at St James' Park and Mike Forde, the sports psychologist whose job as performance director gave him a pivotal role under the previous regime, has also resigned and is tipped for a similar job on Tyneside.

 

Conditioning coach, Mark Howard, and Dave Fallows, whose expertise with the ProZone match analysis system made him a valued member of Allardyce's staff, have also handed in their notice along with other less prominent staff.

 

But new boss Sammy Lee has moved quickly to reshape his backroom team, appointing former Liverpool chief scout, Frank McParland, to the newly-created post of general manager, and former Liverpool, Sheffield Wednesday and current England Under-21s physio, Dave Galley, as head of a newly upgraded physiotherapy team.

 

There has also been a range of other appointments as Lee gets to grips with his first role in front-line management.

 

Gartside suspects that Allardyce's astonishing attack was prompted by Bolton's insistence staff who have resigned should abide by their contracts.

 

He said: "I am trying to get people who wanted contracts with 12 months' notice to work their notice.

 

"If that makes me sad and bitter then so be it. But people have gone and there was an agreement (with Allardyce) that he shouldn't take them with him.

 

"But we are moving on and, far from making it difficult, we are finding it quite easy to replace them with better quality people and we're pleased about that. In fact, Sammy is more than pleased to have the opportunity to make some changes to his staff and the people we are recruiting are all coming highly recommended and will make us a much more professional outfit."

 

On the team front Lee has already added Aston Villa duo, defender Jlloyd Samuel and midfielder Gavin McCann, to his squad and taken young Liverpool midfielder, Danny Guthrie, on a season-long loan. Slovakian striker, Zoltan Harsanyi, has converted his loan into a permanent transfer from FC Senec and former Bordeaux centre-back, Gerald Cid, and Swiss midfielder, Blerim Dzemaili, have also arrived after signing pre-contract agreements in January, although Swiss international Dzemaili is not expected to figure in the first third of the season after rupturing knee ligaments in training with FC Zurich.

 

Top target, Liverpool's French striker Djibril Cisse, looks set to opt for Marseille, leaving Wanderers fans still waiting for a big impact signing. But Gartside says Lee is still happy with the progress being made.

 

"It's no secret that we made a big bid for Djibril Cisse who would have joined Anelka, Diouf and Davies in our forward line," the chairman added.

 

"But we won't be putting in any more big bids unless we find the right player who will improve on what we've got.

 

"We've not lost any players - other than Tal Ben Haim - and we've had two or three people join us. We've also got the young lads who joined us in January who are all fitting in as well.

 

"It's just unfortunate that young Dzemaili is injured, but he's had his second operation and is now well into the second phase of his recovery.

 

"Currently we're up to a squad of 28, rather than the 23 we had last season and we've got offers in for some very exciting young players - people who might take time to secure but who will strengthen us for the future."

 

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/wanderers/wanderersnews/display.var.1517213.0.whites_chief_hits_back.php

[BottledDog]

Whites chief hits back

 

PHIL Gartside has hit back in the bitter war of words with Sam Allardyce, insisting he is neither sad, nor bitter.

 

The former Wanderers boss, now managing Newcastle United, launched a stinging attack on his old chairman, claiming he had not been given the credit he deserved for his contribution to the club's success.

 

But the Bolton chief, although angry with Allardyce for allegedly poaching key members of the Reebok backroom staff, says the bitterness is one-sided and denies a recent spate of departures are damaging the club.

 

"I'm not sad and I'm not bitter, in fact I'm more excited about next season that I have been for a long time," he said.

 

"The people who have handed in their notice have given us the opportunity to upgrade what we've got and there are a number of new initiatives coming on stream soon that are very exciting."

 

Wanderers have, nevertheless, been rocked by a series of resignations since Allardyce was appointed manager at Newcastle.

 

Mark Taylor, who was head of sports science and medicine, has quit to join his former boss at St James' Park and Mike Forde, the sports psychologist whose job as performance director gave him a pivotal role under the previous regime, has also resigned and is tipped for a similar job on Tyneside.

 

Conditioning coach, Mark Howard, and Dave Fallows, whose expertise with the ProZone match analysis system made him a valued member of Allardyce's staff, have also handed in their notice along with other less prominent staff.

 

But new boss Sammy Lee has moved quickly to reshape his backroom team, appointing former Liverpool chief scout, Frank McParland, to the newly-created post of general manager, and former Liverpool, Sheffield Wednesday and current England Under-21s physio, Dave Galley, as head of a newly upgraded physiotherapy team.

 

There has also been a range of other appointments as Lee gets to grips with his first role in front-line management.

 

Gartside suspects that Allardyce's astonishing attack was prompted by Bolton's insistence staff who have resigned should abide by their contracts.

 

He said: "I am trying to get people who wanted contracts with 12 months' notice to work their notice.

 

"If that makes me sad and bitter then so be it. But people have gone and there was an agreement (with Allardyce) that he shouldn't take them with him.

 

"But we are moving on and, far from making it difficult, we are finding it quite easy to replace them with better quality people and we're pleased about that. In fact, Sammy is more than pleased to have the opportunity to make some changes to his staff and the people we are recruiting are all coming highly recommended and will make us a much more professional outfit."

 

On the team front Lee has already added Aston Villa duo, defender Jlloyd Samuel and midfielder Gavin McCann, to his squad and taken young Liverpool midfielder, Danny Guthrie, on a season-long loan. Slovakian striker, Zoltan Harsanyi, has converted his loan into a permanent transfer from FC Senec and former Bordeaux centre-back, Gerald Cid, and Swiss midfielder, Blerim Dzemaili, have also arrived after signing pre-contract agreements in January, although Swiss international Dzemaili is not expected to figure in the first third of the season after rupturing knee ligaments in training with FC Zurich.

 

Top target, Liverpool's French striker Djibril Cisse, looks set to opt for Marseille, leaving Wanderers fans still waiting for a big impact signing. But Gartside says Lee is still happy with the progress being made.

 

"It's no secret that we made a big bid for Djibril Cisse who would have joined Anelka, Diouf and Davies in our forward line," the chairman added.

 

"But we won't be putting in any more big bids unless we find the right player who will improve on what we've got.

 

"We've not lost any players - other than Tal Ben Haim - and we've had two or three people join us. We've also got the young lads who joined us in January who are all fitting in as well.

 

"It's just unfortunate that young Dzemaili is injured, but he's had his second operation and is now well into the second phase of his recovery.

 

"Currently we're up to a squad of 28, rather than the 23 we had last season and we've got offers in for some very exciting young players - people who might take time to secure but who will strengthen us for the future."

 

http://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/wanderers/wanderersnews/display.var.1517213.0.whites_chief_hits_back.php

 

Could deserve it's own thread maybe.

 

A more concise report can be found here - http://www.newcastle.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=71866

[Lloydie]

Right, if people go and sign contracts with 12 month notice periods I don't think it's unreasonable to ask them to work them, or to ask them to buy themselves out (which effectively means we buy them out).

 

12 months is practically unheard of in business, presumably these clauses were there because they wanted to be protected in the event of the manager changing...

[Guest trotter58]

Right, if people go and sign contracts with 12 month notice periods I don't think it's unreasonable to ask them to work them, or to ask them to buy themselves out (which effectively means we buy them out).

 

12 months is practically unheard of in business, presumably these clauses were there because they wanted to be protected in the event of the manager changing...

 

Exactly. They can't have it both ways. They were the ones who insisted that those clauses were in place!

[madras]

if it's quite easy to replace them with better people why is he trying to get them to work their notices............................i think someone's nose is growing

[Guest Gemmill]

The whole article could be condensed into "Yeah well so what if they're leaving?!  We didn't want them here anyway!  We've got people coming in who are even better, so there!"

[Dokko]

The whole article could be condensed into "Yeah well so what if they're leaving?!  We didn't want them here anyway!  We've got people coming in who are even better, so there!"

 

Which is what the horrible bastard said about SA leaving and thats why SA is calling him bitter, nothing to do with the other staff leaving and/or coming here.

 

One warped Chairman who i've totally lost all respect for.

 

 

[Guest onetallpoppy]

 

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theres your secret right there