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Not exactly - I don't know for sure and I don't trust either of them as far as I can throw Blackpool Tower.Boggersbelief wrote:wanderlust wrote:Boggersbelief wrote:"I don't want us to win the carling cup as it means we'll be in Europe and we can't afford it" - Garty 2004
Now then, now then Boggers. Some of us no longer worship at Bolton Hater's altar so as that isn't an actual quote it shouldn't be dressed up in parentheses to imply Gartside actually said that.
Cowardyce might have claimed he said it to deflect attention from his treachery but as far as I understand, Gartside actually said " We've got no money" at which point Fat Sam dropped the pretence that he actually gave a **** about BWFC and the fans and effed off after the Geordie shekel.
I find it difficult to understand how you reconcile forgiving Lennon for piss poor performances and results on the basis that he's working on a shoestring budget and yet forgive the chickenshit barsteward who wouldn't even try to manage sustainably.
If Gartside actually said "I don't want us to win the Carling Cup" then I apologise profusely, but I don't believe he did for a minute.
So you're saying you believe Gartside? Now that is interesting
What I am saying is that I don't think Gartside would actually say "I don't want us to win the CC"
I also think that "We've got no money" is something Gartside would be very, very likely to say.
Apart from that, all I know is that Allardyce couldn't face the challenge of managing on a reduced budget and was prepared to leave the us for a richer club as soon as he was told there was no more to spend. And to read that he made his mind up at the exact moment he was told about the budget is sickening and reinforces my view that he is more of a mercenary than any player.
