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Since the dismissal of our beloved hero, it seems like a lot of us have decided that whatever Fawaz does it is wrong. I am not defending everything that has gone happened in the last few days because the Britt payments (if true) and the CEO resigning are bad news. But a lot of issues being directed at Fawaz appear just to be sour because he sacked a poor manager and club legend in Stuart Pearce.
I was in the camp that wanted Pearce to remain; i thought that while we were edging closer there wasn’t really any fear of relegation. I thought that some more stability would be good for us. So i wanted him to stay, but i don’t begrudge Fawaz for making the call to sack him, he was doing awfully. Our form was relegation form; it didn’t look like it was improving either. We weren’t even being the better side in matches and coming out with defeats. Maybe Pearce would’ve magically changed it around, but there was no sign of that. A lot of people believe he deserves more time because he’s a club legend. Well he definitely got it! Billy didn’t get this long of a bad run last season, neither did O'driscoll. Whether it was fear of upsetting the fans or respect of who he is, Fawaz gave him extra time to turn things around.
People complain that Freedman was brought in too quickly, in my opinion that is great. He didn’t want to cut Pearce out unless he thought he had found someone better. That’s a good move; we didn’t want to be left in limbo for a few weeks while we looked. Why not do that? Respect for Pearce people say, well Pearce’s last words were "that’s football" he knows that’s what it’s like in the game. Maybe it is disrespectful to Pearce; it also happened to O'driscoll, with Fawaz sacking him then adding "made contact with a premier league manager". It’s the best for the club. I personally would choose what’s best for the club over hurting the feelings of a club legend.
Offering Pearce a role in the club, another one people are claiming as disrespect. Maybe it is, but it’s also another good move for the club. Fawaz saw that Pearce was doing good work within the club; he wanted that good work to continue, so he offered Pearce a job to keep him here. Maybe Pearce's feelings were hurt, but for the club it’s another good move.
Not going into it, but i think Dougie will do a better job than Pearce, and i think he is up there with the best available to us.
Dougie only getting a contract till the end of the season, well good! Fawaz hopefully has learned his lesson about paying out manager contracts! I’m sure it will be extended if he does well this season!
Fawaz claiming that this season isn’t over, somehow people even think this is a negative for him. I don’t think Fawaz has said to Dougie "this year we want play offs" i think his goals for this season are to set the foundations up for next season, improve results and not get relegated. That’s what i expect he wants from this season, however he’s ambitious and optimistic, it is possible to get play offs this season. It’s not what is expected but it is possible. When Dougie took over Bolton in 2012 at 28 games in they had 34 points and where 17th, we are 28 games in, we have 34 points but we are 12th, so we have 5 less teams to overtake. He finished outside the play offs on goal difference that season. It’s within the realms of possibility he can go the extra step with us this year. Especially looking at the fixture list we have coming up. All in all, I’m happy Fawaz has the ambition and optimism to consider the season still alive!
Not selling players, apparently we turned down 9m yesterday, a very nice sum, and very helpful to getting us out of FFP, but very unambitious. Selling some of our most talented players with no hope of getting them back or replacements like them. We would just be taking money and sitting on it. Dougie has barely been here a day and to have his best players torn from him would be awful! Even if you don’t consider this season alive then what about next season? Starting next season without Antonio Lansbury and Paterson? That’s giving up on next season too. I think it shows Fawaz's ambition and commitment to the club, he wants to give Dougie the best shot he can; he’s not taking steps backwards. I’m hoping we have a better plan for FFP next year to get us out of the trouble, hopefully Abdoun, Collins, Halford, Mackie, Majewksi will all be entirely off the wage bill (if Dougie wants) with maybe a few others. There definitely won’t be any money spent on transfer fees out! And hopefully we have some improved revenue. I’m hoping this is all planned for so the money would could’ve received for those players isn’t needed. If it isn’t, then we can sell in summer.
sorry for the spelling error in the title
I was in the camp that wanted Pearce to remain; i thought that while we were edging closer there wasn’t really any fear of relegation. I thought that some more stability would be good for us. So i wanted him to stay, but i don’t begrudge Fawaz for making the call to sack him, he was doing awfully. Our form was relegation form; it didn’t look like it was improving either. We weren’t even being the better side in matches and coming out with defeats. Maybe Pearce would’ve magically changed it around, but there was no sign of that. A lot of people believe he deserves more time because he’s a club legend. Well he definitely got it! Billy didn’t get this long of a bad run last season, neither did O'driscoll. Whether it was fear of upsetting the fans or respect of who he is, Fawaz gave him extra time to turn things around.
People complain that Freedman was brought in too quickly, in my opinion that is great. He didn’t want to cut Pearce out unless he thought he had found someone better. That’s a good move; we didn’t want to be left in limbo for a few weeks while we looked. Why not do that? Respect for Pearce people say, well Pearce’s last words were "that’s football" he knows that’s what it’s like in the game. Maybe it is disrespectful to Pearce; it also happened to O'driscoll, with Fawaz sacking him then adding "made contact with a premier league manager". It’s the best for the club. I personally would choose what’s best for the club over hurting the feelings of a club legend.
Offering Pearce a role in the club, another one people are claiming as disrespect. Maybe it is, but it’s also another good move for the club. Fawaz saw that Pearce was doing good work within the club; he wanted that good work to continue, so he offered Pearce a job to keep him here. Maybe Pearce's feelings were hurt, but for the club it’s another good move.
Not going into it, but i think Dougie will do a better job than Pearce, and i think he is up there with the best available to us.
Dougie only getting a contract till the end of the season, well good! Fawaz hopefully has learned his lesson about paying out manager contracts! I’m sure it will be extended if he does well this season!
Fawaz claiming that this season isn’t over, somehow people even think this is a negative for him. I don’t think Fawaz has said to Dougie "this year we want play offs" i think his goals for this season are to set the foundations up for next season, improve results and not get relegated. That’s what i expect he wants from this season, however he’s ambitious and optimistic, it is possible to get play offs this season. It’s not what is expected but it is possible. When Dougie took over Bolton in 2012 at 28 games in they had 34 points and where 17th, we are 28 games in, we have 34 points but we are 12th, so we have 5 less teams to overtake. He finished outside the play offs on goal difference that season. It’s within the realms of possibility he can go the extra step with us this year. Especially looking at the fixture list we have coming up. All in all, I’m happy Fawaz has the ambition and optimism to consider the season still alive!
Not selling players, apparently we turned down 9m yesterday, a very nice sum, and very helpful to getting us out of FFP, but very unambitious. Selling some of our most talented players with no hope of getting them back or replacements like them. We would just be taking money and sitting on it. Dougie has barely been here a day and to have his best players torn from him would be awful! Even if you don’t consider this season alive then what about next season? Starting next season without Antonio Lansbury and Paterson? That’s giving up on next season too. I think it shows Fawaz's ambition and commitment to the club, he wants to give Dougie the best shot he can; he’s not taking steps backwards. I’m hoping we have a better plan for FFP next year to get us out of the trouble, hopefully Abdoun, Collins, Halford, Mackie, Majewksi will all be entirely off the wage bill (if Dougie wants) with maybe a few others. There definitely won’t be any money spent on transfer fees out! And hopefully we have some improved revenue. I’m hoping this is all planned for so the money would could’ve received for those players isn’t needed. If it isn’t, then we can sell in summer.
sorry for the spelling error in the title
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