Bolton and Blackburn, masters in the art of clever shopping

what a load of crap!! europes big clubs were never interested in gavin mcann or heidur helguson. real madrid needed a new left back, oh how silly of them how did they miss jlloyd samuel!!!

you have signed 2 villa rejects last time i looked, they finished below you last season. numptie

Tosh!!! I agree that spending big doesn't always guarantee success however it doesn't half help if you can afford it. However when you refer to the 11 players that Big Sam wanna be Sammy Lee has captured, i am extremely grateful not to be a Bolton fan. It's a thoroughly depressing set of players to be looking forward to. Helguson?!!!

But it is not that risky! Each team in the prem is going to get an extra £30 odd mill no matter where they finish. So even in Everton finish 10th they would probably still make more money than they did last season. This is why every club is spending more cause they can. You wont be saying clever buys once Bolton and Blackburn fail to match alot of the clubs in the prem.

You cant argue that spending big is bad cause it puts pressure on your self. It is like saying you should not compete because you might loose. I don't think it would be a disaster for Sunderland and City to miss out on Europe.

Gavin McCann, Heidar Helguson, Jlloyd Samuel, Guthrie - players that struggled to get games last season and will hardly light up the Premiership ever. Mikel Alonso - poor mans Xabi Christian Wilhelmsson - Journeyman footballer who has failed to cut it except in the Belgian league. Dzemaili, Gerald Cid, , Bogdan, Harsanyi and Daniel Braaten - Haven't heard any of these mentioned all pre-season so obviously not that exciting I always respected Big Sam Allardyce who enticed some big names such as Hierro when Bolton were a nobody club, for me McCann seems a major step down and i belive if Bolton lose Anelka then it could prove a long season. Even with him a top 10 finish would be asking a lot.

Does this author live on the same planet as the rest. Blackburn & Bolton know they can not get top players so they go for the second tier or 30 players. If Blackburn or Bolton go for player A the transfer woul be x amount. If by any chance Manchester United go for the same player the price goes up by plenty more xxxx. same goes for Chelsea, Liverpool & Arsenal. So before penning dow get of your bike and get to know the product before trying to sell it.

Wow, never heard that turn of phrase befor...I guess you mean spurs as they finished 5th.....It's gonna be a great season.....and exciting to boot!

I still believe that consistancy is the key, bringing lots of players guarentees nothing. It takes time for players to settle into a club and even longer if they are not originally from the Premiership, players that have looked average ina 1st Prem season have improved and become regulars for many clubs. Blackburn and Bolton have managed to keep hold to this point their most valuable assets and this more than the new signings will help them battle for Europe. A lot of clubs would like Anelka Nolan, Bentley, MGPedersen, McCarthy. These players almost did the job last year, a little bit of strengthening can see these clubs push Spurs, Everton etc for the UEFA places. Temas like Man City although might of not payed to much for the players it is surely going to take until Christmas to gel.

[quote]You wont be saying clever buys once Bolton and Blackburn fail to match alot of the clubs in the prem.[/quote] I can only talk about Rovers and we have already proved you don't have to spend big over the last two seasons. In 2006 we finished 6th by spending just 3m on Bellamy. Last year we got to the FA Cup semi, got Europe again (albeit intertoto) and had a decent run in the UEFA by spending a piddly £2.5m on Benni McCarthy who finished as the league's 2nd highest scorer. Spurs are famous for spending stupid amounts of money of player (£16m for Bent!) so I'm not suprised you think you have to throw cash about willy nilly. Other players that cost us nothing or almost nothing include Pedersen, Nelsen, Samba, Warnock and all are highly rated.

Big fees don't necessarily mean good players and vice versa. Benni McCarthy and Jussi are two prime examples. Likewise the spuds would have been luck to get £1m for Mido 12 months ago but now desperation has forced his price to sky rocket. The other thing people seem to be forgetting is the base squads teams had before all this money has been splashed around. Let's just say a that a big fee brings a pressure for instant results and there are going to be an awful lot of players being perceived as flops before we've even got to the end of September.

[quote][quote]You wont be saying clever buys once Bolton and Blackburn fail to match alot of the clubs in the prem.[/quote] I can only talk about Rovers and we have already proved you don't have to spend big over the last two seasons. In 2006 we finished 6th by spending just 3m on Bellamy. Last year we got to the FA Cup semi, got Europe again (albeit intertoto) and had a decent run in the UEFA by spending a piddly £2.5m on Benni McCarthy who finished as the league's 2nd highest scorer. Spurs are famous for spending stupid amounts of money of player (£16m for Bent!) so I'm not suprised you think you have to throw cash about willy nilly. Other players that cost us nothing or almost nothing include Pedersen, Nelsen, Samba, Warnock and all are highly rated. [/quote] But Spurs have the money and the supporters to do that! Is it ourfault that even without European football we can still get in the top 15 riches clubs. If a club earns their money (not given from a russian) why cant they spend it! Not

"Dzemaili, Gerald Cid, , Bogdan, Harsanyi and Daniel Braaten - Haven't heard any of these mentioned all pre-season so obviously not that exciting" Dzemaili is out injured until October at the earliest, Bogdan and Braaten only signed last week, and Cid and Harsanyi have had plenty of playing time during pre-season. Might be best to do a bit of research before posting such nonsense next time? Everyone always points to McCann, Samuel and Helguson as being the reasons why Bolton will struggle. The trouble is, not one of these three players will be a regular starter, unless players ahead of them get injured for lengthy periods of time....

At 25, Daniel Braaten is hardly a youngster..

If most club are skint like Bolton and Blackburn, then there will be little transfer activities and little money flow in the games, not only in premeiership but in the whole football league....and people will be forced to watch bollock football thugs-styled like they have at edwood and reebock...no wonder fans stayed away from these two stadium.... Only when Bent was sold for 16 mil & Bale 10 mil to spurs...that clubs like Charlton, Ipwich and southampton could participate actively in trasfer market. at least Spurs spent locally....not like liverpool and Manchester City. Brittish Football should thanks me...and I should be knighted by the queen

we have qualified 4 times out of 6 seasons and bolton have qualified 2 out of 6. we havent had bags of money either but spent wisely. Mark Hughes has built his team gradually and intergrated them into his team. U think Man City are gonna hit the ground rolling haha.

[quote] Gavin McCann, Heidar Helguson, Jlloyd Samuel, Guthrie - players that struggled to get games last season and will hardly light up the Premiership ever. Mikel Alonso - poor mans Xabi Christian Wilhelmsson - Journeyman footballer who has failed to cut it except in the Belgian league. Dzemaili, Gerald Cid, , Bogdan, Harsanyi and Daniel Braaten - Haven't heard any of these mentioned all pre-season so obviously not that exciting I always respected Big Sam Allardyce who enticed some big names such as Hierro when Bolton were a nobody club, for me McCann seems a major step down and i belive if Bolton lose Anelka then it could prove a long season. Even with him a top 10 finish would be asking a lot. [/quote] McCann, Samuel,Guthrie or Helguson wont play unless someone in the squad picks up an injury, I agree. Someone who played quite well for Villa last season is good enough as a backup.So McCann is not at all a step down. Wilhelmsson is a class act, noone can deny that fact. He has skil

Blackburn have a good manager and striker (BM), they should be quite consistent throughout the season, good solid squad, but will never set the world alight with beautiful entertaining football. Bolton - I would rather claw out my own eyes with sh1t in my fingernails rather than watch Bolton play, at least Big Sam could get this foreign legion to play together and bully and bore their way to results. Little Sam will NOT have the same impact, Bolton will be lurking around the bottom, but should escape relegation if Le Sulk stays the full duration. Spurs may spend a lot of money, but we have the fan base and resource to be able to do this.

[quote]Blackburn have a good manager and striker (BM), they should be quite consistent throughout the season, good solid squad, but will never set the world alight with beautiful entertaining football. Bolton - I would rather claw out my own eyes with sh1t in my fingernails rather than watch Bolton play, at least Big Sam could get this foreign legion to play together and bully and bore their way to results. Little Sam will NOT have the same impact, Bolton will be lurking around the bottom, but should escape relegation if Le Sulk stays the full duration. Spurs may spend a lot of money, but we have the fan base and resource to be able to do this.[/quote] You may be right about the way Bolton played under Allardyce, but in case you had not noticed, he's gone, and that style of play has gone with him. You will not see 451 or long balls anymore. Sammy Lee has switched the system to 442, and has changed to a fast-paced counter-attacking style of play, similar to that of Spurs, funnily enough.

Look at Man City and West Ham. One manager buys players and admits he hasnt even seen them play. The other one specializes in buying mediocre players for ridiculous amounts of money.Due to the extra money available, most transfers (especially English players) are completed at many times the amount a player might be worth. Reo Cocker for 8.5 million, Bent for 16 million, Gordon for 9 million, Bale for 10 million, Chopra and Richardson...... Looks like there's much competition to City and West Ham. Are these players worth even half of what they were paid?