the BEN feels the need to tell us this nugget of bullshit...

Born to be a wanderer wrote:A year since we won at QPR 4-0 was that our last clean sheet.

5-0 vs Stoke and 0-0 vs Arsenal.

Not a great record, but more recent than QPR last August.

Nearly as bad as Susan's lad mentioning in his first sentence after the match that it was he who signed Paterson.

He takes the credit for the first goal against his side.

Doffcocker - the player was Chris McCann.

largehat wrote:One of the best things about having Diouf is that unlike many of our other stars of that era, we got him at his best, in his prime. He was fast, he could dribble, and he scored important goals. Purely as a footballer, what's not to like about that?

He was rarely the way you described him though. He did do all those things but not often enough to be described as a legend or great player. Like I said he was average imo.

Bernard Dennis Park wrote:

He was rarely the way you described him though. He did do all those things but not often enough to be described as a legend or great player. Like I said he was average imo.

I agree he was inconsistent, but what I am trying to get at is he was an exciting player, yes, you never knew which version would turn up, but add to the type of player he was that he was invariably the focus of opposition attention too, and I think he had a lot going for him.

I wouldn't describe him as a legend or anything that extreme though.

Pele picked him in his FIFA 100. ITK fact.

Best memory of Diouf?

Tripping himself up to con the ref and get a penalty at Blackburn.

Offensively unsporting behaviour- but great to watch all the same!

rammywhite wrote:Best memory of Diouf?

Tripping himself up to con the ref and get a penalty at Blackburn.

Offensively unsporting behaviour- but great to watch all the same!

^ this...

largehat wrote:

I agree he was inconsistent, but what I am trying to get at is he was an exciting player, yes, you never knew which version would turn up, but add to the type of player he was that he was invariably the focus of opposition attention too, and I think he had a lot going for him.

I wouldn't describe him as a legend or anything that extreme though.

Pele picked him in his FIFA 100. ITK fact.

Diouf was utter crap. Never has a Bolton player had so much of the ball and done so little with it. There seems to be a myth that he had pace and could beat a man - he had/did neither. He scored the odd goal I'll give him that, but the only reason he is a "legend" to some is he had a hand in starting the chav culture in Bolton.

The people who like Diouf are the same people who think Tulisa Contostavlos is the most beautiful woman in the UK.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

largehat wrote:

I agree he was inconsistent, but what I am trying to get at is he was an exciting player, yes, you never knew which version would turn up, but add to the type of player he was that he was invariably the focus of opposition attention too, and I think he had a lot going for him.

I wouldn't describe him as a legend or anything that extreme though.

Pele picked him in his FIFA 100. ITK fact.

Diouf was utter crap. Never has a Bolton player had so much of the ball and done so little with it. There seems to be a myth that he had pace and could beat a man - he had/did neither. He scored the odd goal I'll give him that, but the only reason he is a "legend" to some is he had a hand in starting the chav culture in Bolton.

The people who like Diouf are the same people who think Tulisa Contostavlos is the most beautiful woman in the UK.

come on nat...

Diouf WAS good... yuo just write stuff to wind poeple up?

who is it you actually like, if anyone?

Reebok_Rebel wrote:

come on nat...

Diouf WAS good... yuo just write stuff to wind poeple up?

who is it you actually like, if anyone?

No, I form my opinion on what I saw.

Diouf rarely actually got behind a defence, and on the rare occasion he did he almost always fell over or skied his shot into row Z.

Diouf was shit at Liverpool, shit at Rovers, shit at Sunderland, shit at Doncaster, shit at every English club he's played for. It's called a pattern of shitness.

Natasha Whittam wrote:He scored the odd goal I'll give him that, but the only reason he is a "legend" to some is he had a hand in starting the chav culture in Bolton.

Natasha Whittam wrote:
The people who like Diouf are the same people who think Tulisa Contostavlos is the most beautiful woman in the UK.

largehat wrote:

Natasha Whittam wrote:He scored the odd goal I'll give him that, but the only reason he is a "legend" to some is he had a hand in starting the chav culture in Bolton.

Natasha Whittam wrote:
The people who like Diouf are the same people who think Tulisa Contostavlos is the most beautiful woman in the UK.

I think Anelka, Jay Jay, Djorkief and cahill were shit...

Reebok_Rebel wrote:

I think Anelka, Jay Jay, Djorkief and cahill were shit...

Anelka & Youri were great players for Bolton, Okocha average and Cahill pisspoor.

Reebok_Rebel wrote:
I think Anelka, Jay Jay, Djorkief and cahill were shit...

The more recently they have played for Bolton, the more likely they are to be considered "shit" by Natasha. It's like a sliding scale.

Anelka and Youri were great players. They were a class above Diouf imo.

I think Diouf's main asset was getting the crowd going. The amount of times the atmosphere was dead and he would do something to get the crowd going. He also annoyed the hell out of the opposition defence due to him being a pest.

He could be very tricky draw a few players which would leave big gaps for anelka and stelios to exploit. I also remember 4 or 5 home games on the bounce when he was voted motm. He certainly wasnt shit.

WhiteBic wrote:I think Diouf's main asset was getting the crowd going.

I'll give you that one. But they could have employed 12 stripers to run up and down the touchline to get the same result, but for a fraction of the price.

Reebok Rebels?

Lofty_Love wrote:Reebok Rebels?

there is only one of me...

im happy to do it though if the price is right?

Lofty_Love wrote:Reebok Rebels?

No, proper women with boobs and everything.

12 strippers?



Would be an interesting formation, I would go for a quick 1 up front, 5 on either side and 1 at the back