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There was plenty of information to digest on Saturday, especially if you stayed up to watch the big fight.
Tucked in behind the comebacks, the Twitter rows and a so-so result was an admission which might have been easy to overlook.
In the morning, Ken Anderson announced with a degree of caution that he had struck a deal – for the fifth time – with Dean Holdsworth to buy his shares in the club.
We have been here before. Both sides have accused the other of moving the proverbial goalposts at the last moment, which led us towards to the unseemly situation we had last month, as grenade-like statements were hurled back and forth.
But how encouraging, then, to hear Anderson hold his hands up and admit things went too far.
An olive branch, a thawing of the relationship, call it what you will. In this reporter’s view it represented a big step in the right direction.
Just as I wrote in sheer frustration last month, I now write in optimism that a deal can be struck. After that, the next step is all down to Anderson.
On-field results play such a huge part in the ebbs and flows at a football club that the team has to come first, even more so in the heat of a promotion battle.
So, well done Ken for offering the hand. If both men can work to the betterment of Bolton Wanderers then that has to be a good thing, right?
Of course, the result against Wimbledon did not improve moods around the town. Pressure is on, and emotions run high, as we saw on Saturday night as Josh Vela had a pop at a fans’ blog on social media for being unduly negative.
Whether that is, or isn’t the case, the issue boils down to responsibility.
Every word written about Wanderers is absorbed into the club one way, or another. And those players who choose to run Twitter or Instagram accounts do so in the name of the club. Both need to remember that.
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Tucked in behind the comebacks, the Twitter rows and a so-so result was an admission which might have been easy to overlook.
In the morning, Ken Anderson announced with a degree of caution that he had struck a deal – for the fifth time – with Dean Holdsworth to buy his shares in the club.
We have been here before. Both sides have accused the other of moving the proverbial goalposts at the last moment, which led us towards to the unseemly situation we had last month, as grenade-like statements were hurled back and forth.
But how encouraging, then, to hear Anderson hold his hands up and admit things went too far.
An olive branch, a thawing of the relationship, call it what you will. In this reporter’s view it represented a big step in the right direction.
Just as I wrote in sheer frustration last month, I now write in optimism that a deal can be struck. After that, the next step is all down to Anderson.
On-field results play such a huge part in the ebbs and flows at a football club that the team has to come first, even more so in the heat of a promotion battle.
So, well done Ken for offering the hand. If both men can work to the betterment of Bolton Wanderers then that has to be a good thing, right?
Of course, the result against Wimbledon did not improve moods around the town. Pressure is on, and emotions run high, as we saw on Saturday night as Josh Vela had a pop at a fans’ blog on social media for being unduly negative.
Whether that is, or isn’t the case, the issue boils down to responsibility.
Every word written about Wanderers is absorbed into the club one way, or another. And those players who choose to run Twitter or Instagram accounts do so in the name of the club. Both need to remember that.
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