rammywhite wrote: karlypants wrote:Ken Anderson saved the Wanderers.He obviously did not have the resources to do what we would have liked him to do, but we probably would not have a club now if he had not stepped in.
He reduced costs to keep the club in business and now is the time for him to move on.
But we should thank him for what he has done.
Onwards and, hopefully, now upwards.
Allan Lever
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Spain
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There's a kernel of truth in all this back slapping for Anderson, but the guy is still deeply unsavoury with a penchant for lying about everything. I suppose he's a bit like politicians where there are 'alternative' truths about everything. He's not gone yet so we might have to put up with him a bit longer, but like most people I think the sooner he's gone the sooner we can begin to rise from the gutter where he's placed us and begin to show that we're an honourable club again.
Proof about his attitude can be see in the Christian Doidge affair
Genuine question, what is different between the Christian Doidge affair and the Remi Matthews one?
Two players brought in on loan with an intent to be made permanent in the January transfer window.
Both 'football creditor' transactions - and thus both with a guarantee of payment - although as we all know that was only done at the last possible minute.
Both FGR and Norwich were not paid during the loan period BUT were guaranteed to be sorted out from the January EFL staged payment.
Both players went back to their home clubs - Matthews from the time it became apparent he wasn't able to be registered in the FA Cup game - however Doidge apparently was allowed to stay by Vince the FGR owner who was reportedly 'relaxed' about things.
The next thing we knew Vince had gone public making a song and dance about Anderson, Doidge hooked back to FGR and (now for the strange bit of the tale) Vince decided to raise money for Bolton's Supporters Trust???
The EFL money arrived a week later - both FGR and Norwich were financially sorted and Matthews signed for us whilst Vince had drawn a line preventing Doidge from doing so (I wonder if it will ever come out if Doidge DID want to sign for us - Vince himself said his salary with us was much higher than that being paid by him at FGR?).
So almost identical circumstances with Doidge and Matthews - apart from Vince making a spectacle - yet Matthews signed happily enough and Doidge (I suspect - just my opinion) wasn't allowed to, or otherwise he would have also.
The difficulty of paying wages in November and December and the Winding up petitions in January before the EFL payment - all suggest there was no money in the bank to pay people (including the clubs loaning players to us) so why is the Doidge affair a big issue - the Matthews affair certainly wasn't for Norwich and the player - and that's why he's with us and playing - whilst Doidge is back in the fourth tier eating veggie burgers?