When Did We Stop Being Bolton Wanderers?

Natasha Whittam wrote:

wanderlust wrote:

No f****** loyalty some people so why don't you f*** off and support Manure and then you can whinge about one Premiership winning season not being as good as another Premiership winning season?

So your definition of loyalty is to agree with everything the club/manager does and never moan?

That sounds more like blind loyalty or stupidity to me. Not really my style.

Or perhaps the founder member of "The Happy Clappy Club"!

Soul Kitchen wrote:I hung my "star" on Bolton Wanderers because I'm Bolton born and bred, and pay my money and whinge or cheer accordingly!

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Keegan wrote:

Soul Kitchen wrote:I hung my "star" on Bolton Wanderers because I'm Bolton born and bred, and pay my money and whinge or cheer accordingly!

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Perhaps if I'd been born and bred in Twickenham I'd be a SCUM fan, but it's nice when a team picks you and not you them!

It could have been worse... as a Jamaican, I could have chosen to support any team and I picked Bolton!

Natasha Whittam wrote:

wanderlust wrote:

No f****** loyalty some people so why don't you f*** off and support Manure and then you can whinge about one Premiership winning season not being as good as another Premiership winning season?

So your definition of loyalty is to agree with everything the club/manager does and never moan?

That sounds more like blind loyalty or stupidity to me. Not really my style.

What a load of tosh. You know perfectly well that I have the occasional moan as is my right and yours and I haven't even attempted to define loyalty. But there's a difference between that and always moaning about the players, the manager, the club and anything else that comes to mind. Worse still are the ongoing attempts to promote booing at matches etc. It could easily have been written by BH or some other sad fuck whose apparent goal is to cause discontent and very few people new to this site would believe that this crap was written by a "supporter" of BWFC. If we didn't have fans who supported the club through thick and thin as I have we'd be reduced to glory hunters who only show their support for BWFC when we're kicking ass.

wanderlust wrote:



What a load of tosh. You know perfectly well that I have the occasional moan as is my right and yours and I haven't even attempted to define loyalty. But there's a difference between that and always moaning about the players, the manager, the club and anything else that comes to mind. Worse still are the ongoing attempts to promote booing at matches etc. It could easily have been written by BH or some other sad fuck whose apparent goal is to cause discontent and very few people new to this site would believe that this crap was written by a "supporter" of BWFC. If we didn't have fans who supported the club through thick and thin as I have we'd be reduced to glory hunters who only show their support for BWFC when we're kicking ass.

I have supported my club for the last 25 years through thick and thin. I once went nearly 10 years without missing a game, home or away, in any competition. It would be fair to say BWFC was my life.

Now the club is a shambles. Millions in debt, clueless people running it, players that don't give a shit, and you know what, it will never recover. The good times are well and truly behind us.

That pisses me off. Hence the anger.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

wanderlust wrote:



What a load of tosh. You know perfectly well that I have the occasional moan as is my right and yours and I haven't even attempted to define loyalty. But there's a difference between that and always moaning about the players, the manager, the club and anything else that comes to mind. Worse still are the ongoing attempts to promote booing at matches etc. It could easily have been written by BH or some other sad fuck whose apparent goal is to cause discontent and very few people new to this site would believe that this crap was written by a "supporter" of BWFC. If we didn't have fans who supported the club through thick and thin as I have we'd be reduced to glory hunters who only show their support for BWFC when we're kicking ass.

I have supported my club for the last 25 years through thick and thin. I once went nearly 10 years without missing a game, home or away, in any competition. It would be fair to say BWFC was my life.

Now the club is a shambles. Millions in debt, clueless people running it, players that don't give a shit, and you know what, it will never recover. The good times are well and truly behind us.

That pisses me off. Hence the anger.

I wouldn't argue with the fact that we're struggling, but apart from the "millions in debt" bit, the rest of your sentence is subjective speculation rather than fact.

You're entitled to your opinion, but my opinion is different. In my opinion we have been overspending on an unsustainable model for the last 10 years and we are now forced to try to rebuild on a relatively modest budget. I agree that some of the purchases, tactics and selections of recent managers have been questionable, but that doesn't change the fact that we have to rebuild and manage within our means.

You may be still in denial about our position but it won't change anything. When you finally get round to accepting that we have to rebuild - and that there will be a lot of ups and downs whilst we go through the rebuilding process - I think you'll find it less stressful.

Keegan wrote:It could have been worse... as a Jamaican, I could have chosen to support any team and I picked Bolton!

And hung your star on Bibi!

Just to put the cat amongst the pigeons, I don't expect to see my team play in the
Top flight again! Make what you like of that comment, I'll be delighted if I do.

I'm actually not as much a Bibi fan as you might think - Fuller at Charlton (formerly of Stoke) or Austin at Leeds are players I prefer. Hardly any point discussing Charlton or Leeds players on a Bolton forum, though.